My newest release is Metaphysical Shitposting, an album of wilder, weirder and more #experimental --but still relatively easy to listen to-- pieces. I'm releasing new tracks for it as I finish them; I work on new tracks for it when I get frustrated, stuck or bored with working on the more intricately produced tracks for my next release. It's a more casual, but still intense, take on my usual aesthetic. Please check it out!
You ready to hear about some #OPM (other people's music)? I'm going to try something different this week and add all of the music I'm covering in one thread, with the blog containing slightly longer versions of all of these linked at the end. LMK what you think of this format.
A concept EP about headaches based on an Aphex Twin-created instrument? Spicy! This one's for the adventurous listeners as most of this abandons any pretense of standard musical structures or instrumentation in favor of dark, intense and at times abrasive sound sculpting. Yeah, you’ll hear a piano or a recognizable human voice here and there, but in this context the familiar timbres seem all the more strange.
Lovers of horror soundtracks, both real and imagined, may find much to keep themselves awake at night, staring at the moon, inside or outside, in these here glitch-filled sounds and such
Image of the (Wednes)day was Fanned Out, an in-camera double exposure on film.
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This is another image I really love that I never published before for no other reason that, at the time it was produced, I had other images to put forward. I love how the fanned out fingers seem to balance the lateral treetop technique that fans out the back of Margaux's head and back.
Well, #BandcampFriday started out well for me! Got a sale of Metaphysical Shitposting in the first hour to kick off this most special of days. Thanks, benefactor! I appreciate you!
Now...who's next? Chock full of wild #experimental instruments, techniques and concepts; #Eurorack#modular madness; gritty #CassetteTape textures; and uncountable references to drugs, cosmic horror, mysticism and other #HighWeirdness
Gros coup de coeur de la semaine, découvert via la compilation Pagans 50 du label #Pagans. Du #rock#expérimental chanté en #catalan, avec un gros son, un rythmique du tonnerre, des interventions de violons et roue à vielle, ça s'écoute comme on boit du petit lait. Je suis totalement fan de ce disque, dont j'attend ma copie vinyle.
LOL, just found an EP called I Ate Acid on Christmas. I should reach out and see if the person wants to do a split release of this and my track "I Always Love Tripping at Xmas"...
Here's mine (weird #experimental#soundscape featuring a fake "sleigh bell" sample mutilated beyond all reason), for reference:
As promised, here's some free download codes! First up, a baker's dozen codes for my #psychedelic#scifi post-industrial electro-dub concept album Psychedelic Ghost Stories.
Then you can slake your (audio) thirst with a long, cool drink of Metaphysical Shitposting, a woolly, loose-limbed journey thru #kosmische, #ambient, #noise and #soundscape. #Experimental and #weird but always a delight (I hope).
Same deal, listen & redeem the codes via the link at lower right
Image of the day is Chervilled, an in-camera double exposure on film.
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I don't know if that texture was actually chervil (I somehow doubt it, just growing randomly in a park) but whatever it is I love the delicate little branches. And they look like chervil. Anyway, they make for a great texture, as you can see here.
This Friday, I'll be in #Chicago to play a #noise / #experimental show with my good friend Henna Chou, a cellist from Austin. We're at Elastic Arts at 8pm...check the flyer for more info.
If you come out, please be sure to say hi! I love meeting Mastodonians in the wild. <3
And if you or any of your Masto pals are around Chicago and like this sort of thing, a boost would be appreciated!
Been in Dublin for the last month and a half, working on this amazing experimental theatre piece. ‘Motherkraft’ is by Regan O’Brien, and I’ve been working on its music with some of these beautiful souls: Regan, Robbie Blake and Sharon Phelan. Playing at the Project Arts Theatre for the next few nights!
#Radio Irrtum! is a German language #radioShow exploring the sonic vastnesses of the underground. Emitted transmissions may raise your attention for new unheard #music all over the genre spectrum from all over the world. Btw.: Forget about that German language aspect - it's all about the music… as in:
But can you withstand the genre jumping overdoze?
This time the Fediverse is represented via one track by #Sitka, which is the most talented @oleksiy !
Also lots of powa female energy in it! And... tape machines!
On top of that thanks to @mistfunk for raising my attention towards @pixelblip (not active here anymore unfortunately) so I could inject his animated #Teletext art into my video teaser (see below!).
As always I'll post playlist and manuscript later here (provided I’m at home, else it will come up the day after). And if you have questions about the music – I'll gladly answer! Just ask!
C U all tonight! :)
↑↑↑ English version above, the German one is still below ↓↓↓
Der Underground hat angeklopft und will seine Bandschleifen zurück! Oder Bandschleichen. Was weiß denn ich?
Jedenfalls — 1 Monat is rum, Radio Irrtum! ist wieder da! Und zwar Samstag Abend, 20 Uhr über Alex Berlin auf FM 91MHz/DAB+ Ch.7D (Stream URL oben).
Radio Irrtum! ist meine Radiosendung, in der wir zusammen die Weiten des musikalischen Untergrunds erforschen mittels Musik folgender Genres:
fast schon gotischen (so sagt man, oder?) Shoegaze Dreampop