A 20m mix of recent freeform work, including electronic drones and noise, field recordings and granular textures. Free to download or stream:

1. morning birdsong, grand marais, MI
2. testing old instruments
3. star sailing, excerpt
4. front porch, fort wayne, IN
5. sinister, excerpt
6. core breach, excerpt
7. lake superior waves on rock beach, grand marais, MI
8. granular cloud, flute
9. granular cloud, tabalas
10. water wheel, fort wayne, IN
11. granular stretch, orchestral

A mix of various tones and soundscapes from my melton.granular.01 and .02 releases, plus several current works-in-progress; FREE to download or stream.

My next from-the-vault podcast is a live practice set from April, 1997 (53min:36sec, 97.4 MB MP3). I don’t recall what event this was in preparation for or have a tracklist, so I’ll just offer it without specifics.

NOTES: My gear for the set consisted of an Akai MPC-2000 sampler/sequencer, Alesis SR-16 drum machine, Novation BassStation analog monosynth, Korg Prophecy digital monosynth, Yamaha TG-33 digital synth, Tascam Porta 07 4-track/mixer, Alesis Microverb III multi-effects, Digitech RDS-4000 flanger/chorus/delay, DOD distortion and flanger pedals. I added EQ, multiband dynamics, stereo widening and loudness maximizing to clean up the mix and remaster for 2010.

My next from-the-vault podcast is a mix of six tracks from Soundtrack (37min:28sec, 56.3 MB MP3). Released in 2000 (and still available in its original form as a free download), Soundtrack was my sixth full-length release on CD-R and combined elements of acid, ambient, chill-out, downtempo, IDM, techno and trance styles. In addition to remastering these tracks for 2010, I added some 909 beats to move the mix along.

Track list:

1. Dreamy
2. Jetset Sunrise
3. Twilight
4. Suspended
5. Remembering
6. Seven Taos

As an added bonus, the complete album Soundtrack (2010 Remaster) is now available for purchase on Bandcamp. Immediate download of 9-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire. Album download includes a hi-res JPEG digital collage from the original artwork. One track from the original release, Patience, has been lost from its original recording and is not included. Remembered, a remix of Remembering, is included as a bonus.

NOTES:  My gear for these tracks consisted of an Akai MPC-2000 sampler/sequencer, Novation BassStation analog synth, Korg Prophecy digital synth, Nord Lead 2 digital synth, Mackie 1604-VLZ mixer, Digitech Studio 400 multi-effects, Alesis Microverb III multi-effects, Digitech RDS-4000, Presonus stereo compressor. I added EQ, multiband dynamics, stereo widening and loudness maximizing to clean up each track and remaster for 2010.

My next from-the-vault podcast is a mix of eight tracks from Devices (43min:04sec, 67.8 MB MP3). Released in 1999 (and still available in its original form as a free download), Devices was my fourth full-length release on CD-R and combined elements of ambient, chill-out, IDM, and techno styles. In addition to completely remastering these tracks for 2010, I added some minimal techno beats to move the mix along.

Track list:

1. Invocation (vocoder)
2. Spirus Falls
3. Wonders of Nando
4. Stance
5. Home Capsules
6. Beq Ultra Fat
7. Netro
8. Stolen

As an added bonus, the complete album Devices (2010 Remaster) is now available for purchase on Bandcamp. Immediate download of 12-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire. Also included are two bonus tracks of spoken word/vocoder material, a PDF of original booklet artwork and a JPEG digital collage.

NOTES: My gear for these tracks consisted of an Akai MPC-2000 sampler/sequencer, Novation BassStation analog synth, Korg Prophecy digital synth, Nord Lead 2 digital synth, Mackie 1604-VLZ mixer, Digitech Studio 400 multi-effects, Alesis Microverb III multi-effects, Digitech RDS-4000, Presonus stereo compressor. I added EQ, multiband dynamics, stereo widening and loudness maximizing to clean up each track and remaster for 2010.

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:

1. Slim demo, slightly eerie and broken
2. Silver Keys demo, distorted and glitchy
3. Monome jam session, starts overly busy but finds its groove halfway through before finding maximum chill
4. Spectral Drone demo, a cinematic space drone

At long last, a brand new seasonal mix—this time in honor of the approaching winter. In a Liminal Place (50:08min, 70.5 MB MP3) features recent ambient and minimal electronic tracks, including several alternate versions and a previously unreleased track:

1. Tracing Home v.02 (alternate version)
2. Further v.01
3. Tracers v.01
4. Horizontal v.01 (unreleased track)
5. Meditation v.01 (early version)
6. Intention v.01
7. Sunday Evening v.01 (early version)

I have uploaded a recent extended ambient piece, Lautrec (43:09min, 23.13Mb MP3) for your consideration.

I have uploaded a recording of my recent live performance (49:03min, 91.66Mb MP3) for your consideration. It includes reworkings of While We Sleep, Departure Lounge and Shakedown from Departure Lounge.

I have uploaded a recording of my recent live performance (1hr:03min, 117.7Mb MP3) for your consideration.

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

UPDATE: here’s the iTunes podcast directory listing.

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