Ari has made three albums to date.  His first release Incomplete is a 6 song EP.  It was followed up by his full length album Come Home, and most recently his newest album, Story After Story.  Ari's song "Strangers Again" has also appeared on the Winter Break Movie Soundtrack


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Incomplete


Track Listing

01  Consistency
02  Incomplete
03  Fade
04  Effortless Success
05  Pound For Pound
06  Looking At Myself

Album Info

Release Date:  June 28th, 1999

Trivia: 
- Incomplete was recorded in just a day and a half, with only Ari and Danny.
- The first 1000 copies of Incomplete were produced with the blue cover.  After those were sold, they decided that the current cover was "a little dull" so they had it redone, and came up with the current full color cover.
- The new cover of Incomplete actually has the picture from the old cover on the front left.

From the CD liner notes:
Produced by Ari Hest and Danny Hest. Digitally recorded, mixed, and mastered by Peter Kirk Hopper at Masterview Soundcrafts Recording Studios/ Airefire Mastering Laboratory, Ithaca, NY USA.  Vocal arrangements by Ari Hest and Danny Hest.  Album photos by Alan Pilson and Maria Dejoseph.  Design and layout by Disc Makers.  Manufactured and Printed by Disc Makers, Pennsauken, NJ, USA

     

Come Home

Track Listing

01  Caught Up In Your Love
02  Aberdeen
03  When Everything Seems Wrong
04  Come Home
05  Holding On
06  Terms and Conditions
07  You're the Only One
08  I Forgive You

 

Album Info

Release Date: November 6th, 2001

Trivia:
- Come Home was recorded in Darrell's studio, using his computer
- This cd is an enhanced cd, with and EPK that includes a short bio, 2 video clips, several photos, and various newspaper articles on Ari.

From the CD liner notes -
Produced by Darrell Briscoe and Ari Hest.  Engineered, Mixed, and Mastered by Darrell Briscoe at Two Galleries.  Except for tracks 1,2, and  8 recorded by Savvas Karamalis at Astoria Soundworks Studios.  Drums on tracks 3,5, 6 recorded by James Clouse at Park West Studios.  Saxophone on track 3 recorded at Mytoon Studios.  Electronic Press Kit by Two Galleries.  CD Photographs by Jay Lathon, taken at CB's 313 Gallerie, NYC.  Additional Photographs by Ally Schweig.  CD Design by Danny Hest.

     

Story After Story

Track Listing

01  Holding On
02  Fascinate You
03  Strangers Again
04  Monsters
05  They're On To Me
06  When Everything Seems Wrong
07  The Upper Hand
08  Aberdeen
09  This Fight
10  Didn't Want To Say Goodbye

Album Info

Release Date: November 12th, 2002

Trivia:
- Ari's engineer, Joe Blaney, recorded "Rock the Casbah" by the Clash
- The CD was recorded on analog tape - which is rare these days.
- It was recorded in less than two weeks.
- Ari arranged all those vocal harmonies in 'This Fight' and 'the Upper Hand' and then hit them all on the first take!

From the CD liner notes -
Produced by David Rolfe.  Recorded by Joe Blaney at Joe Music Studio, NYC.  Mixed by Joe Blaney, Except "Didn't Want to Say Goodby", Mixed by David Rolfe.  Assistant Engineers: Josh Engelhardt and Ichiho Nishiki.  Mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Absolute Audio, NYC.  CD design by Rainmaker Interactive.  Photos by Kellie Walsh, Rainmaker Interactive, and K2.

     

Consistency Live Bonus CD


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Track Listing

01 Consistency (Live from the Village Underground 10.1.02)

CD Info

This CD was given away with the first 1000 orders of Story After Story through awarestore.com.  Additional copies were also available as freebies for a limited time at various shows.

Trivia:
- The night of the Village Underground show on October 1st, Ari played consistency twice to get it recorded for this CD.

CD notes:
Consistency (Live from the Village Underground 10.1.02) - Recorded by Danny Kadar. Produced and Mixed by David Rolfe.  Words and Music (c) Ari Hest. Published by BusyBackSoon Music (BMi). Live Bonus CD: Ari Hest - Vocals, Guitar. Darrell Briscoe - Bass. Clayton Craddock - Drums. Geoff Mattoon - Saxophone.

     

Winter Break The Movie Soundtrack

Featured Song:

Strangers Again (from Story After Story)

Soundtrack Info:

Release Date: July 1st, 2003

More info at WinterBreakTheMovie.com

     

DecentXposure Promotional Compilation CD

Featured Song:

Consistency (new studio version)

Info:

Release Date: September 2003

New promotional compilation CD.

More info at DecentXposure.com