After only releasing EPs I’d been toying with the idea of making an album and after coming into contact with Net LabelRec72 I decided to make one, a lot of the tracks had already been recorded, some finished, some half finished and some like “Don’t Panic” were made especially for this album.
It’s entitled Soft Shapes and Rec72 is a Creative Commons label so that means it’s free to download.
Way too late with this one, I started this for the Reckoner Remix Contest but became disillusioned with the whole contest so I shelved it before it was finished, I came back to it a few weeks ago and decided to finish it off.
Here’s Nude Remix. Both tracks are downloadable, just click the arrow on the right hand side of the player.
It’s been a busy time with some new releases coming very soon, the Bare Bones EP will be out on Lona Records in a few days and the Soft Shape download album is also due on Rec72.
Another project I had the pleasure of working on was a another Radio Scotvoid remix album. As usual Scott Buchanan has collected a range of diverse artists to mangle and mutilate his track “I Love Special K”
The official release date is 8th April but you can download it now from Bandcamp
My first experiment with Sony Vegas, 3 different videos combined to create a surreal effect. In Minor Motion is taken from the forthcoming Bare Bones EP.
Had some good news the other day, Lona Records will be releasing my new EP. The release date hasn’t been finalised but I’m guessing it will be early 2010.
Each track is available as full length preview at Last FM and Track 4 can be downloaded for free. I’m working on a video for the lead track which involves stop motion/time-lapse photography, so it’s taking forever to finish.
My favourite of the four is Sakura, inspired by Cherry Blossoms, Japanese Horror Movies, Brian Eno and Metronomes. It’s a free floating melody set over a repeating drum loop.
Two remixes I did, one for Radiohead the for Radio Scotvoid. The Radiohead remix of Nude was part of their remix contest, which was a bit of a sham but that’s another story. The free download is here
I had more fun doing the Radio Scotvoid mix of LTB, using Jazz and Glitch drum loops, reversed piano and cello, dirty guitars, female vocal samples and one half of a mobile phone conversation, you can listen and download here
