Music

New Release: Elsewhere

In General, Music on 4 March 2010 tagged abstract, ambient, chilled-out, dub, electronic, laid-back, lounge, minimal, space, techno

Buy my new album: $5 for 1.2 hours of abstract, ambient, chilled-out, laid-back, space lounge greatness:
Elsewhere (1:16:39 total time) — available for purchase on Bandcamp.
Immediate download of 6-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.

Status update

In General, Music on 28 February 2010

I’ve been working more with polyrhythms and patterns of different length multiples, e.g. a bass pattern that’s nine beats long, a synth line five beats long and a drum beat three beats long. This leads to some interesting tensions and recombinations, which can be heard on recent tracks such as Theoretician v.01, Dark Lord [...]

Papa Ghede v.02

In Music on 28 February 2010 tagged ambient, breaks, D&B, dark, dub, electronic, fluid, generative, glitch, techno

I’m releasing Papa Ghede v.02 (9:36 min, 18.2 MB MP3), a recent generative composition as a free bonus track in anticipation of my upcoming album release. In terms of style and tone, this one has a lot in common with my recent single Antipode v.02.

Dark Lord v.01

In Music on 22 February 2010 tagged ambient, chill-out, dub, electronic, fluid, generative, glitch, meditative, soundscape, spacious

I’m releasing Dark Lord v.01 (8:42 min, 16.5 MB MP3), a recent generative composition as a free bonus track in anticipation of my upcoming album release.

Theoretician v.01

In Music on 15 February 2010 tagged ambient, chill-out, dub, electronic, fluid, generative, glitch, meditative, soundscape, spacious

I’m releasing Theoretician v.01 (13:36 min, 22.3 MB MP3), a recent generative composition made using Nodal and Ableton Suite with Max for Live, as a free bonus track in anticipation of my upcoming album release.

New album preview

In General, Music on 9 February 2010 tagged abstract, ambient, chill-out, dub, electronic, laid-back, lounge, space

I have posted a full preview of the new nofi album, Elsewhere, which will be released on March 4, 2010. It is a return to a more abstract, ambient, chilled-out, laid-back, space lounge sound and features six extended pieces—most of which have been posted as works-in-progress here. Check it out; more details [...]

New single released: Antipode v.02

In Music on 4 February 2010 tagged ambient, bass, dub, electronic, minimal, Music, single, techno

New single released: Antipode v.02 (16:38)
Thick, deep bass (x2!), crisp rhythms and swirling, saturated space. A new and improved version of Antipode v.01 (free download). Check it out.

Thoughts on mobile musicmaking

In General, Music on 3 February 2010 tagged ambient, app, generative, mobile, multi-touch, musicmaking, software

Since posting my first impressions of the Apple iPad, I’ve been thinking a lot about its possibilities. Given the din of naysayers and doubters (which does seem like Future Shock), I wanted to post some thoughts on mobile musicmaking:
This DIY interface (YouTube) is impressive, but it just seems like buttons and sliders [...]

First impressions: Apple iPad

In General, Music on 28 January 2010 tagged apple, games, iPad, mobile, multitouch, Music, video, web

My first impression of the Apple iPad is: I like it. It’s pretty much what I imagined might be announced, and it would work nicely around our home for its intended purposes: browsing the web, checking emails, reading news and weather, viewing photos, videos and movies. I can even see myself reading some PDFs and [...]

Bonus podcast mix: Max for Live/Monome experiments

In Music on 17 January 2010 tagged Ableton, electronic, generative, improv, jam, live, Max For Live, mix, monome, podcast

I’ve been exploring Max for Live and my new monome grayscale 64 using Stretta’s MFL Monome Suite and thought I would share some of the results. Max For Live/Monome experiments (31:00min, 51 MB MP3) is an aimless mix of four different pieces I’ve been working on:

Slim demo, slightly eerie and broken
Silver Keys demo, distorted and [...]

2010: A New Hope

In Art, General, Music on 5 January 2010 tagged Art, business, design, generative, live, marketing, media, Music, personal, reading

A new year brings a bounty of hope—for new attitudes, new projects, new directions. In the past year, my intentions were to play more live shows and focus on finishing select tracks to my satisfaction. Mission accomplished.
Rather than make predictions or resolutions, here are some of the things on my plate and/or on the horizon [...]