“Not Applicable is a spectacular and rather cinematic experience. The central texture is influenced by Tangerine Dream & Brian Eno and periodically altering its orientation to Phillip Glass & Steve Riech. My favorite part of this music is the mysterious tension of the hauntingly beautiful vocalization. The Music takes occasional ominous sounding detours into new age, and even flirts with electronic windham styling. But the overall aesthetic is still very original.” – The Big Roll
[singlepic id=3338 w=320 h=240 float=right]”Not Applicable’s Courtnee Fallon Papastathis writes highly emotional ambient music, combining dreamy tones with an unforgettably beautiful voice.” – Mp3.com Spotlight
“For an album that has not one word, (Point of Origin) still seems to speak to you; The music has a way of speaking its message through the pitch and emotion in the vocals rather than poetry. Point of Origin is the death of a loved one and the regret our minds ponder, the things that are spiraling around our subconscious every day. Not Applicable is a musical form of these” – Azriel J. Knight
“Not Applicable is a one-woman band (Courtnee Fallon Papastathis) who possesses the unique ability to virtually freeze time with her moving, highly emotional ambient landscapes.” – Digital DriveThru Essentials
Not Applicable first emerged on mp3.com in 1999, with my first track Infinite Reality immediately topping the ambient electronic charts. Over the next few years through mp3.com, two albums were released; Point of Origin in 2000, and Altercations in 2001.
In 2001 I produced vocals for The Dream Traveler (Joey Fehrenbach) for the tracks Structure and Headpusher. Described as “impressive and emotive”, both tracks were released together as a well-received single through Fade records in 2003. Headpusher was featured on Nick Warren’s Global Underground release Reykjavik.
In 2002, I sang on Scribe Machine‘s album Replicant for the stand-out track Fragile, a top 10 hit on many college radio stations, which was later released as a Maxi-single through Plan B and Tower Records. Somewhere around the same time, I teamed up with Aaron Marshall to create Cirque Des Vampires, and later worked with him again on the song Last Breath.
The music of Not Applicable has also been in films, from the college assignment variety and personal projects to the likes of “Horrorvision” (2001) and “Jigsaw” (2002). Holy IMDB, Batman!
In 2007, I self released a compilation of both new and old songs, entitled “Songs of Leaving”. The last of my 50-album limited edition run was sold in September of 2011.
I perform live occasionally in the Seattle area, and I am interested in collaborating with local musicians, both to create new works and to add dimension to my original songs.