Well, there seems to be quite a lot on the horizon for me over the next month and a half. First off, I’m going to see Radiohead in Broomfield on March 12, which should be really exciting.
All in all, a very exciting and busy few weeks. I’ll try to take some pictures and post them, and I’ll definitely be posting more tracks and updating my Listen Page (which you should check out if you haven’t yet!) You can also visit my BandCamp for my digital releases.
I’m still working on my new website, but this is still it for now. Don’t worry, the URL will stay the same, but I plan on having a little less blog and a little more music. Much love!
On a recent trip back to Boulder, I had an opportunity to compose and record a number of new tracks while on tour with a crew of Communikey folks. The result of those sessions has taken the form of a 2-track digital release called “Memories of Atlantis.” It can be downloaded and/or purchased from my BandCamp site.
In other news, I’ll be opening for ambient superstar Tim Hecker at the Mission Creek Festival in Iowa City on March 29. I’m very excited!
Lance Stack, of The Flat Response, records local shows and events all around Denver, and even sometimes ventures to New Mexico. He’s an unsung hero, and part of the glue that really holds Denver together as a community.
As part of his mission to document all the amazing things happening in the Metro area, he recorded almost all of the Communikey Festival in Boulder, which includes the set I played opening for William Basinski and Mark McGuire. You can listen on his website, and take a shortcut by clicking the following link:
DEEP TAPES has graciously released the debut EP of my project with kikiilimikilii, Gross Bite, and our cassette tape “Yod EP.” Peep it here:
http://deeptapes.com/gross-bite-yod-cassette/
The album art is really great, and Alex does all of the releases on his own time and with a lot of heart. Definitely worth the purchase. They are cheap.
I’m considering posting a max patch or two that I used on the album. I might do that later. In any case, check it out! kikiilimikilii and I are working on videos for each of the tracks, which should be available sooner or later.
In other news, New York is treating me very well. I am providing sound for an installation at the Museum of the Moving Image which will be installed in the museum lobby until March. I’ll be in Boulder for December, and will be playing some shows there, as well as working on material for a new record. So stay tuned!
I painted and drew pictures of my concept of the future of science, which are microorganisms that have been repurposed into human tools, like bacteria that glow or refract light, or function as batteries.
I transformed these pictures into speakers using some wire and magnets, and mounted them on my wall. I wrote a program to make the sounds you hear in the video, and also play through the speakers in real time. I also crafted 3-D variations on platonic solids/sacred geometry out of the same paper, transforming the flat into 3-D.
The piece is intended for live performance and gallery installation.
Since graduating from the University of Colorado, I’ve spent the last 7 months gigging, touring, and relaxing. I’ve received an offer for a job and a place to live in New York City, so I’ll be moving there… tomorrow. I look forward to the new surroundings and opportunities that are sure to present themselves. I’ll also be rebuilding my website from the ground up, learning HTML5 Canvas in the process. This blog will probably remain active, but will no longer be the feature of the site. It will instead focus on my portfolio and interactivity. I will also continue to update my projects, which are sure to be numerous, as I am moving to NYC to do the same things, i.e. interactive music and physical computing. So stay tuned!
If you’re curious about hearing my music, there’s a tab at the top of the page titled “Listen.” Feel free to click on it – it has links to videos and downloads of my music. Thanks for checking it out!
The performance at Communikey was a great success! I’ve received a lot of positive feedback, and I loved playing alongside Basinski and McGuire.
I’m finally in documenting mode again, so I should soon have some footage from my January show, “September Sixth.” I’m currently trying to track down more video from the Communikey performance. I have some shots from one angle, but I know there’s more footage out there and I’d love to cut something together. So that might have to wait a little while.
My first piece for violin and electronics, Apotheosis, is set to be performed this Friday and Saturday evening in the Black Box theater as part of a show called “Carnivals and Snowstorms.” Should be great!
Stay tuned, I should have audio of the Communikey show coming soon.
But in the meantime, here’s a video from Zemi17 of the Gamelatron installed at Naropa University in April as part of the festival:
After returning from tour, I’ve barely had time to think about anything other than composing a new piece to be debuted at this year’s Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts (communikey.us), which takes place here in Boulder, CO. Tomorrow night will be the debut of the piece, which is a collaboration between myself and Adderly Bigelow, a recent Boulder transplant and beautiful dancer. We’re doing surround sound, projection, the whole deal.
The show is in (of course) the Black Box Theater on the University of Colorado campus, and I’m performing a set before sound artists William Basinski and Mark McGuire (of Emeralds). I’ll be posting recordings soon of all the pieces in audio format, and after the performance I’ll also have video to share.
I’ve also been assisting Zemi17 on his incredible Gamelatron installation here in Boulder. We put an installation in the lobby of the ATLAS building earlier this week, and the robot is also performing tonight in the Black Box and Saturday at Naropa, all day in the PAC. Here are some silly cell-phone pictures:
I realized that I failed to link all of my internet resources together in a cohesive fashion. I know I’ll have to do that soon, and it will probably be here.
In the meantime, go to the following sites and you will be directed to places you can hear my recordings. BandCamp is set up to be donation-based, so if you want to contribute in that way, feel free to download from there and pay what you want. All of my SoundCloud tracks are set up to be downloaded for free. If you pay for the album, you get some bonus tracks.
