Tristan Welch’s new album Temporary Preservation comes out on April 30, 2021 and I got to collaborate with him on the song “Soul Exhaustion.” Tristan and I have been talking about collaborating for some time and this is the first of a few things we’ve been working on together. (He’s way more prolific than me, […]
I’ve known Rick Taylor for about 18 years, one longer than he’s been doing his monthly DJ night, We Fought The Big One, at the Marx Cafe in Mount Pleasant DC. I met Rick from Alcian Blue and the time I had my own DJ night with my friend Tim called Head On at St […]
Out now on Ice Station Records is a new 3 song EP by my cat, Mr. Jackpots. The album documents his first summer in our new house surrounded by trees and wildlife. 100% of the proceeds of this album are going to a rescue league Kim and I support, Lost Dog & Cat Rescue. We […]
The tapes are in and they turned out above my expectations in sound quality. The format allowed for me to crank the masters and utilize the natural compression and saturation a cassette tape gives. Cassettes were a great portable (and affordable) format and there was a spot in College Park MD called The Record & […]
I posted a new track on Soundcloud full of paranoia and dread that I recorded this summer called Information Junkies. Secret Wilderness · Information Junkies I used a Korg Volca FM and a Roland SH01A to track this one. The sample is from an interview Neil Postman gave about the internet in the 90’s. This […]
This is a repost from my Ice Station Studio site (mixing and mastering work). I’m really excited to announce the Alcian Blue Collection double cassette box set that is coming soon on Anathemata Editions. This was an idea that Terence and Sean Gray (Fan Death Records/Birth Defects) had a few years back and it took […]
It’s been a busy few months heading into winter. I’ve been working on a number of different projects. I’m trying to ready another Secret Wilderness release and I’ve been collaborating with a number of friends on various projects. Below are some things that have just been announced or released including an Alcian Blue box set […]
I really love the possibilities of web midi and wanted to capture a few instances I use web midi for programming synths. The first iterations of it I saw were things like this drum machine, but I always felt there was room for very cool ideas. Programming complex synths has been one of my favorite […]
Real Life Magazine has recently been archiving their articles via audio and podcasts and I licensed some tunes for them to use as intro and outro music. Check an excellent article out below (I pulled an excerpt). Camera Traps By Lauren Collee We know that surveillance is ubiquitous in cities, but most of us rarely […]
I’ve been struggling a bit to write new music lately, but I have been listening to a bunch of new albums and wanted to post about a few here you might enjoy. This is only a handful of albums on rotation. Voiski – 55 Days of Confinement When France went into lockdown, Voiski decided to […]