These Things Happen (David Van Tieghem album)

These Things Happen
These Things Happen
Studio album by David Van Tieghem
Released	1984
Studio	Battery Sound; Right Track Recording; Public Access Synthesizer Studio; Rosewood Sound;
Genre	Progressive electronic; techno-tribal; experimental;
Length	43:38
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	David Van Tieghem
David Van Tieghem chronology
Singles from These Things Happen
	"These Things Happen"; Released: 1984;

Professional ratings
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These Things Happen is the debut studio album by American progressive electronic composer and percussionist David Van Tieghem, released in 1984 by Warner Bros. Records. Van Tieghem produced the album himself, and it was recorded at four separate recording studios in New York City, which were Battery Sound, Right Track Recording, Public Access Synthesizer Studio and Rosewood Sound.

Although not his first musical work, it was his first proper album, notorious for Van Tieghem's use of percussion objects such as radio transmissions, a wine bottle, hair comb, metal ashtrays and balloons.^[2] It was commissioned for the dance "Fait Accompli", choreographed and directed by Twyla Tharp.

After its original release, the album remained out of print on any format for many years. However, the album became available in 2017 via online MP3 download on Bandcamp.^[3]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by David Van Tieghem

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Number One/Hunted Animals"	9:24
2.	"Men's Line/The Women"	4:25
3.	"Remote Viewing"	4:22
4.	"Beyond Knowledge and Power"	4:06

Side two
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Untitled/These Things Happen"	5:14
6.	"Boxing"	1:54
7.	"The Skyway/Scavengers/Two Worlds"	5:48
8.	"Dark Passage/Phantom Power/Fait Accompli"	9:05
Total length:		43:38

Personnel[edit]

Credits are adapted from the These Things Happen liner notes.^[4]

Musicians

David Van Tieghem – drums; percussion; electronic rhythm generators; digital and analog synthesizers; piano; marimba; cymbal; organ; synthesizer drums; vibraphone; saucepan; wine bottle; ceramic hand drums; cassettes; whistle; wooden tongue drum; tambourine; nipple gongs; hair comb; metal ashtrays; raygun; drafting stool; scrap metal; balloons; steel drums; voice; processor programming
Peter Gordon – tenor saxophone; baritone saxophone; E-flat clarinet; synthesizer
Rik Albani – trumpet; flugelhorn
Rebecca Armstrong – voice
Peter J. Gordon – French horn
Eric Liljestrand – guitar
Randy Gun – guitar
Ron Robboy – cello; violin
Richard Landry – alto saxophone
Ned Sublette – pedal steel guitar
Richard J. Van Tieghem – shortwave radio
Leanne Ungar – processor programming
Paul Shorr – processor programming

Technical

David Van Tieghem – producer; additional engineering
Leanne Ungar – engineer
Paul Shorr – engineer
Mark Freedman – additional engineering
Peter Gordon – additional engineering
Eric Liljestrand – assistant engineer
Moira Marquis – assistant engineer
Tim Crich – assistant engineer
Tom Gartland – assistant engineer
Bill Kipper – mastering engineer

Artwork

Deborah Feingold – cover photograph
Jo Bonney – cover design

References[edit]

^ Ruhlmann, William. "These Things Happen – David Van Tieghem". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ These Things Happen: Overview Ruhlmann, William. 8-12-08.
^ "These Things Happen by David Van Tieghem on Bandcamp". Bandcamp. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ These Things Happen (CD booklet). David Van Tieghem. Warner Bros. Records. 1984.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

External links[edit]

These Things Happen at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Ruhlmann, William. "These Things Happen – David Van Tieghem". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[2] These Things Happen: Overview Ruhlmann, William. 8-12-08.

[3] "These Things Happen by David Van Tieghem on Bandcamp". Bandcamp. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[linernotes-4] These Things Happen (CD booklet). David Van Tieghem. Warner Bros. Records. 1984.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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