etherdiver

etherdiver, 6 days ago to modularsynth

Stoned on Sunday? How about some weird-ass music to accompany your altered state? Here's my discography:

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/music

Go with Metaphysical Shitposting if you like to float on waves of noisy ambient drone spiked with occasional #experimental #ModularSynth #soundscape freakout ; stick with Psychedelic Ghost Stories if you prefer a little more structure to your wizard #synth anthems and weed accompaniment.

#music

@modularsynth @experimentalmusic @electronicmusic @synths

etherdiver, 8 days ago to random

I am amazed that I somehow never realized that the Midnight Special, a TV music show that ran from the early '70s thru the late '80s, existed until like... six months ago? Less than that? (Honestly, nothing's ever made me more inclined to believe in the Mandela effect than this 😅 , considering I was a professional music journalist for most of a decade and a lifelong music fanatic).

Anyway, I've been catching up on it via YouTube, where they're slowly archiving all of the episodes.

etherdiver, 8 days ago to music

Here's your weekly dose of fresh #music to check out. This week we have #experimental #soundscape, #ambient, #AltPop, weirdo #PostPunk and some #classical music!

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/05/31/opm-variety-is-the-spice/

Featured artists include @sknob, @poiseunderchaos, @stanleygrill, @JimTheSG, and @lynnsmadmon3y

Check it out, and make sure to support these artists with listens, favs, follows and (if you can afford it) finances!

#OPM #OtherPeoplesMusic #MusiciansOfMastodon

@experimentalmusic
@electronicmusic

etherdiver, 9 days ago to random

I need about 65 new followers to hit 2k, and I'd love to get there before my next release! To that end, I'd love it if anyone who finds my feed to be particularly interesting, useful or entertaining to tell a friend, give me a shoutout on your TL or whatever else you might think of that could help spread the word.

And who might want to follow? Musicians who want to get more ears on their music; music fans looking for new stuff to love; anyone who likes weirdos.

I do follow back, too!

etherdiver, 10 days ago to random

Alright, @mirlo, a #Bandcamp alternative who hangs out here in the Fediverse, is just $55 short of making its Kickstarter goal! Seems very likely they'll be funded at this point, which is great news for musicians and music fans looking to create a better music industry.

If you want to kick in a few dollars (and maybe your donation will be the one that puts them over the top!), here's the link:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mirlo/mirlo/posts/4111952

etherdiver, 11 days ago to music

It's a slow month over at https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com so I'm going to share a few things from deep in the archives with the hope of getting a few more ears on them. All listens deeply appreciated!

First up, "Implacable Progress Toward an Ineffable Goal," one of the 2 best tracks from my 2021 release Oneirogen Codex. This is a long slow burn of a track at 9 minutes but its the aural manifestation of the title--takes a while to get there, but there's no stopping it.

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/track/implacable-progress-toward-an-ineffable-goal

#music

etherdiver, 14 days ago to random

Even tho I publish my music and promote it almost daily, I still think of myself as its primary audience. That said, I do tend to listen to each release less and less as time passes since its release.

Today I decided to listen to last year's main release while I worked in the yard and you know what? I think it holds up really well. I can nitpick a lot of little things about it, but I'm still proud of it, and I still think you should hear it too. So, have a listen?

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories

etherdiver, 15 days ago to music

It's #Fedivision Friday, and to help the participating musicians along I've dedicated this week's #OPM write-ups to covering some of the entries. I couldn't do all 72 (!) but I did do all 16 of my mutuals' entries! Read them here:

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/05/24/opm-fedivision-special-super-edition/

And revel in the wild variety of music of the Fediverse. From doomy cyberpunk techno to giallo-inspired twee psychedelia, this is a deep class, with lots of intriguing music to discover. Dive in, and enjoy!

#OtherPeoplesMusic #music

etherdiver, 15 days ago to music

Explore a world of kosmische-inspired drone, alien soundscapes and general synthesizer fuckery on Metaphysical Shitposting, my latest (and ongoing) release. All but guaranteed to be the weirdest thing you'll listen to today!

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/metaphysical-shitposting

@synths @experimentalmusic @electronicmusic

#music #drone #weird

Please boost! And listen 😅

etherdiver, 16 days ago to random

Just finished listening to and writing impressions of all 16 #Fedivision entries from my mutuals (apologies if I missed someone!) and two things leap to mind:

1. Love the variety of tracks overall, and how distinctive and non commercial all the tracks I heard were.

2. Those of you writing about all 70+ tracks are hardcore! I am wrung out covering less than a quarter of the total!

Anyway, look for the post first thing tomorrow morning at mt blog, or in your email inbox if you're subscribed!

etherdiver, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to random

I'm going to try to write up all the #fedivision entries by my mutuals for this week's #OPM, so if You're a mutual and put in an entry, please LMK so I can be sure to include yours.

I'll probably be able to find most of them on my own but I'm likely to miss at least a a few unless you tell me specifically to look for yours...

(Also, if you don't want to be written about you can let me know that too.)

etherdiver, 17 days ago to music

Here's a digest of this week's #OPM writeups! 5 tracks from indie Fediverse #music artists to expand your musical horizons. Unusual ambient, wild ADHDcore, and more this week!

If you want the full, undigested versions (i.e. where I have more to say about each one than will fit in a single post) of these writeups, they are here:

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/05/17/opm-four-flavors-of-electronic-and-one-weird-trip/

Listen, fav and boost for good karma and a long life!

@music

etherdiver, 17 days ago to music

Here's an update on my upcoming album The Mechanics of Mysticism, wherein I discuss why it's taken me more than a year, where I'm at and some of what's left before it's finished.

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/05/22/production-diary-mechanics-of-mysticism-progress-report/

#ProductionDiary #TheMechanicsOfMysticism #music #MusicProduction

etherdiver, 18 days ago to random

Can I entice you to listen to my 2023 album Psychedelic Ghost Stories? 10 tracks of weird, spacy post-industrial psychedelia, alien electro dub, & the music you hear in a bad dream. Wizard synth anthems and ghostwave jams; sounds like tripping on Halloween.

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories

etherdiver, 20 days ago (edited 20 days ago) to electronicmusic

I've picked up a few dozen new friends since I last posted this so it's time again...

If you haven't listened to my 2023 release Psychedelic Ghost Stories, can I entice you to do so? It's a ten track album of weird, spacy post-industrial psychedelia, alien electro dub and the music you hear in a bad dream. Wizard synth anthems and ghostwave jams fired in the crucible of classic games and film music; sounds like tripping on Halloween.

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/psychedelic-ghost-stories

@synths
@electronicmusic

etherdiver, 22 days ago to music

Let's hear some #OPM! This time, new #music from @cpacaud @keefmarshall @MOULE @CrowsLabyrinth and @stefan in a diverse array of genres including #BassGuitar #ambient, #chiptune #ADHDcore, #HouseMusic, some unusual #breakbeat #IDM and a wild #Jazz meets #PostRock and #Prog track!

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/05/17/opm-four-flavors-of-electronic-and-one-weird-trip/

#NewMusic #OtherPeoplesMusic #Listen #ListenToThis #MusiciansOfMastodon

@experimentalmusic
@electronicmusic

etherdiver, 23 days ago (edited 23 days ago) to random

Hey, @mirlo is it possible to embed tracks/albums from Mirlo into Wordpress blogs? I can't figure it out if it is...

EDIT: OF COURSE IT IS, I am just not terribly observant. It's right there when you hit the "Share" button.

etherdiver, 23 days ago to random

Finished this week's #OPM, it'll go live tomorrow morning (8 am Eastern time). Nice eclectic bunch of tunes this week! House music! Ambient! Weird IDM/breakbeat! Jazz/prog/post-rock! ADHDcore! Find it all tomorrow at:

https://www.etherdiver.com/ships-log/

Or sub to the RSS feed or newsletter so it comes to you!

BTW, if you submitted this week but don't see your music in tomorrow's post, don't worry: I just got A LOT of subs. Yours will be in the next one or two, promise.

#OtherPeoplesMusic

etherdiver, 25 days ago to random

Who's got music they want me to check out? Send me your links!

Up to 15 mins worth of music, hosted on a service that allows payments and/or messages directly to the artists (self hosted, #Bandcamp, #Faircamp, @mirlo, jam.coop, SoundCloud, YouTube, etc but NOT Spotify, Tidal etc).

Oh and you have to follow me in some respect (I'll follow back! Looking for community, not "fans" or whatever).

More details in this relatively short blog post:

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/04/04/opm-other-peoples-music/

etherdiver, 25 days ago to random

Great insight from @hilljam's newsletter yesterday:

"my work got much better when I stopped worrying so much about what other people thought and delved more wholeheartedly into my idiosyncratic interests."

If you are an artist, of any type, at any level of success, and you aren't already putting this into practice as the core of your artistic journey, do it now. It's the single biggest thing you can do to make your art better, AND more satisfying to create.

Chase your dreams, not trends!

etherdiver, 25 days ago (edited 25 days ago) to random

Godsdamn it, Pittsburgh Modular, if you could stop making badass synths that I feel like I can't live without for a while, that'd be great!

(This is in reference to the new Voltage Lab 2, as well as last year's Taiga, to a lesser degree.)

Especially since they're not cheap 😅

(No shade intended, I KNOW they're actually very cheap for what all they can do, but the raw cost is eye-watering to a indie artist who doesn't make $10's of thousands a year from music making.)

#gear #GearSquad

etherdiver, 25 days ago (edited 25 days ago) to RadioControl

Explore the wilder, more #experimental side of my work with Metaphysical Shitposting, an evolving collection (new tracks added about once a month) of #drone, #ambient and #soundscape pieces, with the occasional splash of musique concrete, #kosmische and #noise mixed in to keep things interesting.

Lots and lots of #ModularSynth work here, plus some #strange stuff like #Soma #Terra, tape loops, toy instruments and more.

https://etherdiver.bandcamp.com/album/metaphysical-shitposting

@experimentalmusic
@modularsynth
@synths

etherdiver, 27 days ago to newmusic

Look here, it's #NewMusic for you! Every week I cover 5+ new acts, listen to ~15 min worth of stuff, then tell you all about it so you can check out the ones that seem intriguing. This week we had a couple different flavors of #ambient and New Age, some #neoclassical (that also works as ambient 😅 ) and a really distinctive #rock track. Check them out!

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/05/10/opm-ambient-new-age-and-other-mostly-mellow-music/

#NewAge #Music #ListenToThis #MusiciansOfMastodon

etherdiver, 27 days ago to movies

Well dang. Roger Corman dead at 98. That's a good long run! Dude made a lot of movies that helped make me the weirdo I am today.

Roger Corman: The Little Shop of Horrors cult B-movie director dies aged 98 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-17127556

#RIP #movies #FilmLegend

etherdiver, 29 days ago to music

Here's the weekly digest thread of my #OPM post: 5 writeups of new (to you, probably) artists and #music for your listening pleasure. #Rock, several flavors of #ambient and #NewAge and more await you within!

Of course, you can read the whole thing, with longer writeups than fit in a single post, here:

https://www.etherdiver.com/2024/05/10/opm-ambient-new-age-and-other-mostly-mellow-music/

But I know some of you don't like clicking off Mastodon, so here we go..

#OtherPeoplesMusic #MusicWriting #NewMusic