Yep, another album. This one is called Thermoses Are Allowed on the Turnpike. And why wouldn't they?
See: https://amalgamatedhippopotamus.bandcamp.com/album/thermoses-are-allowed-on-the-turnpike
So, there you are.
--KR
A fourth album has been released under the name Hidden Messages in Bathtub Belches. Maybe a bit more ambient than previous efforts, but who can tell?
See: https://amalgamatedhippopotamus.bandcamp.com/album/hidden-messages-in-bathtub-belches
I haven't heard a bathtub belch in many, many years. I always imagined they were talking to me. Wheels.
--KR
Albums are still chugging out the factory doors. The third album, A Universe That Smells Like Pumpkin Pie, has just been released.
See: https://amalgamatedhippopotamus.bandcamp.com/album/a-universe-that-smells-like-pumpkin-pie
Happy listening. Tranquilizers may be necessary.
--KR
The second Amalgamated Hippopotamus album has been released. It's called Only Hemorrhoids Can Divide by Zero and is available on Bandcamp for your listening pleasure.
See: https://amalgamatedhippopotamus.bandcamp.com/album/only-hemorrhoids-can-divide-by-zero
Don't step on the potato chips.
-KR
Ten years ago I made the last update to this page. The Amalgamated Hippopotamus project as I originally intended it never really got off the ground. It was supposed to be an avant-garde prog rock side project that would incorporate any of the really oddball stuff I made that didn't feel like a fit for the Superluminal Pachyderm project. The SP project has sort of become weirder and weirder as it progressed so there wasn't much left for this side project to work with.
That has now changed because I have redesigned the Amalgamated Hippopotamus project as an experimental electronic/prog rock "deconstruction" of the Superluminal Pachyderm project.
The debut album The Crust Lifted Itself Off the Earth is available on Bandcamp as a "name your price" download.
See: https://amalgamatedhippopotamus.bandcamp.com/album/the-crust-lifted-itself-off-the-earth
Thanks for visiting and save some cheese for me.
-KR
Slightly over two years and all I have to show for this project is three unfinished, untitled songs. I can tell you one thing. These songs are really odd and very unconventional with reference to mainstream progressive rock. I don't listen to much avant garde stuff, so I can't even come up with a comparison. I imagine if I ever finish this album, it could be rather difficult to listen to for most people. I'll keep on working on it. No promises, but I hope I get the album finished this year.
I'm sorry there isn't much to read about on the Amalgamated Hippopotamus pages, but in due time. After the debut album is released, there will be more information posted here. Whether it's worth reading is most likely debatable.
Thanks for visiting. Don't forget to open the door before you exit.
"Goofing off" procedures have started. This means I'm playing around with sounds in the sequencer. For the moment, only musical ideas are being worked on. No lyrics have been written. I know that this doesn't sound like much, but Amalgamated Hippopotamus is a "side project."
Welcome to the official home page of the Amalgamated Hippopotamus. This project is an offshoot of the Superluminal Pachyderm project. Recording has yet to begin because some preliminary work to setup the structure for the project needs to be completed. Updates will be posted in this News section as progress warrants it. A release date isn't expected until 2007.