I’ve uploaded an archive of some recent sketches (70.4 MB zip) for your consideration. Most of these are shorter tracks, in the Short Fictions vein, along with two longer pieces. Individual files:

1. Mad house (sketch) (3:38, 5.3 MB MP3)
2. Headsville (sketch) (4:19,6.1 MB MP3)
3. Minimal (sketch) (4:00, 5.9 MB MP3)
4. Slow rave (sketch) (4:43, 6.8 MB MP3)
5. Strangler (2008 revision) (11:58, 17.1 MB MP3)
6. Untitled 2008-07-17 (sketch) (2:30, 3.7 MB MP3)
7. Broken beat box (sketch) (2:29, 3.6 MB MP3)
8. Tonglen dub (15:57, 22.9 MB MP3) - features elements made with BeatMaker

I’ve been using Intua BeatMaker for about a week now on my iPod Touch. It works well as a mobile sketchpad for writing simple tracks of beats and patterns. The user interface took some getting used to, as features are split up between Home, Pads, Sequencer and FX screens. There’s a noticeable lag when switching between screens as well. Sample kits and exported audio can be transfered to and from an iPhone or iPod Touch using their file transfer utility BeatPack. It’s easy to drag samples from my computer into a set and then transfer it over, although I had to add the ports (3131) to my Firewall to get a connection. There are two audio effects busses, but the choices are a bit meager: synced delay times are only divisible by 1/4 notes (e.g. no 1/3, 1/6, 1/12), three-band EQ and a simple bit-crusher. I’ve already exported a half dozen sketches for use in Live, so I’ll be posting some of the results in the coming weeks.

UPDATE: here are some sample exports: 001, 002, 003-8-bit, 005-hard (MP3s).

I am pleased to announce my 2008 Summer mix podcast (1hr05min, 74.9Mb MP3) of original music for your consideration. It’s equal parts reflective, chilled-out, lazy. A suitable soundtrack for your morning cuppa, yard and crafting projects, reading on the couch, afternoon coding sessions and breezy evenings on the front porch.

Track order:

1. Lost Things (Cascade dub)
2. La Palma (1984 CIA Factbook mix)
3. BASIC language
4. Departure Lounge, Pan-Am
5. 3mb (2008 Tabla revisit)
6. Circular Object (Sunset Island dub)
7. Dexu (2008 defenestration)
8. Aguadulce

I have uploaded a mix of recent original music (1hr19min, 90.61 Mb MP3) for your consideration.

Track order:

1. Book of Morvern
2. Chthonic (min)
3. Meshed
4. Agmatist (S&S dub)
5. Loaded (acid vs. mix)
6. Little iniquities
7. Disco drift
8. Electrum
9. Helial II
10. Paths of Unintention

Bonus outtakes (13.8 MB zip archive):

1. Tight house - has more variation in the original that didn’t export
2. Untitled (2008-02-03) - didn’t fit well in the overall mix

I have uploaded a mix of recent original music (65 minutes, 107.93 Mb MP3) for your consideration. Lots of ambient, granular, drone and chill this time around.

Track order:

1. Dub V-Dub
2. Slow Dance
3. Fineness
4. Untitled (2007-11-25)
5. Deep Time (parts 1–3)

I have uploaded a mix of recent original music (70 minutes, 117.96 MB MP3) for your consideration.

Track order:

1. Deterritories
2. nwRdrSbcltr (this.slowWater remix)
3. DBA (version)
4. Clockwork children (slowSun mix)
5. Blue Ocean Labs
6. Math art

I have uploaded a mix of recent unreleased music (38 minutes, 63.4 MB MP3) for your consideration. It begins with a building wall of sound and pattern before winding down to a sparse reverie. Enjoy,

Track order:

1. Wavebots Converge (alt.version)
2. Last Stretch to Gateway Two
3. Labwork I : Division
4. Chymical Comfort Farm
5. Labwork II : Learning Modules
6. Granular Winds
7. Labwork III : Clear and Exit

I have uploaded a mix of recent unreleased music (50 minutes, 87.37 MB MP3) for your enjoyment.

Track order:

1. Nerd Rock, excerpt
2. Laxometric
3. Snwd_Ndr
4. Little Book of Germs vol. III
5. Ocean Strategy, Blue
6. Slow Ghosts Rise
7. The Thaumaturgeon
8. Sector Boundary

Track order:

1. Scribnus, Fumbling
2. Code Book
3. FCPH
4. “Alright, let’s…”
5. Uke and Jack*
6. The Nibbler
7. Untitled (2006-07-17)*
8. Micro Micro
9. Highballer*
10. Dark Magus*
11. Untitled (2006-06-26)*
12. Baby Steps*
13. Untitled (2006-07-04)*
14. While We Sleep*

*=unreleased