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 Sprt.Wys (Spirus Unites All Worlds Apart in Dub) (10:14 minutes, 19 MB MP3) for your consideration.

Back in 1997, I played around with reworking the song Joyful Girl by Ani DiFranco. I thought her sedate vocals combined with the simple acoustic guitar for a nice listen—and sample-worthy material. I also liked the ironic, trip-hop-ish version featured in this video (YouTube). I never got very far with that remix, but I’ve kept a few loops in my sample library ever since.

While testing some Audio Unit plug-ins I made with SonicBirth (it’s free and open source now, BTW), I dug out those loops from ten years ago. The result is a relaxed, ambient travelogue (slightly reminiscent of Aphex Twin’s extended remix of Journey by The Gentle People, a favorite from my ‘chill out room raver’ days).

I have uploaded Jfl_Grrl (Chill Kids Rework) (18:12 minutes, 34.5 MB MP3) for your consideration.

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

I haven’t posted much lately, for obvious reasons: Jack continues to eat, sleep, smile, coo and otherwise grow into an even cuter chip-off-the-old-blocks. He’s especially fascinated with being outside and the purr of a washing machine from the Infant Calm CD someone gave us. I’ve been finishing up a demo CD of new music at the request of an old friend who has pledged to get it to some prominent listeners. My focus is on shorter, stripped-down pieces and reworked past compositions. Drop me a line if you would like a copy (at a discount price, no less!). I posted some favorite tracks which didn’t make the cut as well as a forgotten mix of tracks from 2001. My reading list has been very heavy with non-fiction of late, so I have a short list of fiction titles waiting to buy. This weekend, we participated in our first wine-tasting for a local newspaper column. I quite enjoyed having a host introduce each wine and then being able to discuss our impressions. I wrote and then scrapped a long post of my first impressions about being a new parent. Long story short: I highly recommend it. Cheers,