“Facebook World” Mash-up w/ PURVEYORS OF FREE WILL

Mark Brennan has always been a always been a huge supporter and ally of independent and alternative music, whether it is through hosting the “Coast 2 Coast 2 Coast” show on CFUV or organizing the “Vic’s Secret” compilations. All of my musical projects have benefited from his curation. So, it was a cool change of pace to be able to collaborate on a file sharing mash-up. This is an appropriately hectic track that effectively expresses the anxiety I feel every time I log into FB. You can check out the track on his bandcamp page.

https://thepurveyorsoffreewill.bandcamp.com/album/facebook-world

Half Earth Socialism

I had the great pleasure of scoring this eco-socialist strategy game that puts the player in charge of a world government that is faced with solving the current climate crisis. I used a variety of instruments both analog and digital to create a series of compositions that pulled from different continents and musical traditions. You can check it out here.

The Kiln Project: live YouTube première 12/10/2021 8pm pst

The live YouTube premiere is finally happening for “The Kiln Project.” It’s been 2 months of composing, recording and editing the music for this collaboration with dancer Shion Carter. In this photo you can see Bee Kent filming on site at the charcoal pit kilns on Galiano, and Dayna our host at LEÑA Residency. This film will be available for a limited live stream on YouTube (see the link below) before it is entered into festivals in the new year. Thanks to Active Passive for facilitating and supporting this project.

youtube.com/watch

The Heaven’s Rained Stones – video collaboration

Alexis Grey Hildreth and I collaborated on another video and I couldn’t be happier to finally share it.

I gave him complete control to pull imagery from whichever song called to him from my upcoming album, Fantasy Themes Vol 1. He chose “The Heavens Rained Stones.” This song was originally inspired by an episode of Star Trek Enterprise that explores the perception of time, but the titular imagery can be found even in the most grounded works, such as Ken Loach’s “Raining Stones.” When i first saw the finished video I was shocked by how it weaves mystical and historical images to supernatural effect. This was exactly what I was trying to achieve with this song musically, by juxtaposing shimmering spectral strings and traditional waltz rhythms. I guess this why Alexis and I have been making art together off and on for 15+ years.

Keep on dreaming all you starchildren out there!

Fantasy Themes Vol. 1 is releasing this Friday December 4th exclusively on Illuminated Paths.

INTO THE OCEAN: Finding inspiration in a rabbit hole

During quarantine it’s been increasingly important to find ways to stay connected to other music makers. Normally I’m pretty happy to just hole up in my studio and obsess of musical minutia. However, when your whole life seems to be holed up and obsessing over minutia, it’s those brief moments that allow you to leave yourself that take on new meaning. As a challenge I tasked myself with remixing music for artists that I admire (something I have never done before). It has been quite inspiring to have the connection with other creators. I hope to build a collection of remixes for some sort of official digital release in the future but for now these remixes may trickle out here and there. This first one is for fellow Victorian Psychic Pollution. Normally Jzero follows a very aesthetically minimal lo-fi approach, so I wanted to create something that glimmered and shone. Check out the remix for Into The Ocean and compare it to the original here at bandcamp:

https://psychicpollution.bandcamp.com/

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