i have no idea what the reach of bbc1 is in england - you guys would know better having been there for a little bit - but check out who pops up about half way down this playlist from last friday -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/maryannehobbs/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20070824
31/08/2007
28/08/2007
powwow
we've got confirmation of the gig at feral media's powwow at the sound lounge in the seymour centre on thursday, december 6. we're playing alongside sparrow hill and someone else yet to be confirmed.
also, i need to get the remix things mastered in the next few days, so we really need to make a final decision on the track listing. what are your thoughts? i'll make up the packaging next week - are we going with just the black or do we want to add any handprinting as well? i've got plenty of the nice brown paper we've used for posters and morpheme covers in the past - should we go with that or something else?
also, i need to get the remix things mastered in the next few days, so we really need to make a final decision on the track listing. what are your thoughts? i'll make up the packaging next week - are we going with just the black or do we want to add any handprinting as well? i've got plenty of the nice brown paper we've used for posters and morpheme covers in the past - should we go with that or something else?
26/08/2007
the punches or the lies
i've made myself a new copy of the punches or the lies (tm) using the updated ideas discussed on thursday evening. i switched the last 3 with the first three, and it does feel much more accessible. i am also tending to agree with cel that including the original of this is the new thing actually seems to give the whole thing a point. so, the current track list with all that in mind is:
1. This is the New Thing
2. Tape Noise (Marshall Watson version)
3. Tape Noise (Broken Chip version)
4. Tape Noise (All India Radio version)
5. This is the New Thing (Sunstroke Militia version)
6. Laughing At Trees (tiefenKLANG version) (new name?)
7. Item Number (RantZen version)
it seems to flow quite well, i think. it's not like an album where everything is planned to flow perfectly, but for a bunch of remixes from very different sources it hangs together. what are your thoughts?
and lastly, since we have to do it in the next couple of weeks - what type of paper do you imagine we should use for the packaging? i'm really liking the idea of black print on a nice paper. the latest packaging reviews on cyclic defrost have a nice review of si begg.
1. This is the New Thing
2. Tape Noise (Marshall Watson version)
3. Tape Noise (Broken Chip version)
4. Tape Noise (All India Radio version)
5. This is the New Thing (Sunstroke Militia version)
6. Laughing At Trees (tiefenKLANG version) (new name?)
7. Item Number (RantZen version)
it seems to flow quite well, i think. it's not like an album where everything is planned to flow perfectly, but for a bunch of remixes from very different sources it hangs together. what are your thoughts?
and lastly, since we have to do it in the next couple of weeks - what type of paper do you imagine we should use for the packaging? i'm really liking the idea of black print on a nice paper. the latest packaging reviews on cyclic defrost have a nice review of si begg.
23/08/2007
19/08/2007
us vs. them
well, the plan is to launch the monstrous now's album at just like now in october - though i haven't heard from them for a little while. but in terms of the artwork, nothing is settled anywhere, so whatever we want to use for whichever release is up to us. if we use that graphic stuff for telafonica, we need to have something else for the monstrous now - if it stays with tmn then we need something for ourselves in the next couple of weeks so i can get it printed up.
should the e.p. have a title? i was thinking perhaps a phrase from 'this is the new thing' - 'the punches or the lies', 'every prediction points to you', 'feel the bones beneath my skin'... any other suggestions?
a
should the e.p. have a title? i was thinking perhaps a phrase from 'this is the new thing' - 'the punches or the lies', 'every prediction points to you', 'feel the bones beneath my skin'... any other suggestions?
a
one armed man
What has happened to the TMN release? is it on permanent hold? I would probably like to do something along similar lines for the EP - so if those initial graphics are now free - i'm happy to use them as the basis for the design.
In terms of doing things - i have a slight problem in that my broken right arm is pretty much useless for i don't know how long. Typing out this post left handed is enough of a struggle let alone using photoshop or ableton. i'm not sure where i'll be come september.
Come round one night this week -not tuesday- and we can go through it all.
In terms of doing things - i have a slight problem in that my broken right arm is pretty much useless for i don't know how long. Typing out this post left handed is enough of a struggle let alone using photoshop or ableton. i'm not sure where i'll be come september.
Come round one night this week -not tuesday- and we can go through it all.
to finish things, that is the question...
artwork - not sure yet. could we use something along the lines of the stuff you designed for the monstrous now a bit earlier, david? possibly even use it?
for september the 8th, we were thinking of basically playing all the tracks from the new album through. do you guys have any time this week to do some preparation for it? i'm happy to come in to your place. i'll need to get a few of the tracks broken down because some we haven't done live before.
i'll bring a copy of everything as far as it is recorded at the moment. there's still a few things to do, mostly vocally, but other field noise things could be good as well - we've started getting them on there, probably about 4 tracks have things so far, but some more segues kind of things would be good, i think.
send away is one that's kind of bugging me - just the last section - but i had an idea a few days ago, of taking some of the already recorded vocals and really cutting them up and programming them, so it's a vocal thing happening, but very obviously not sung. at the moment, it just repeats the second verse so feels kind of pointless and not like it really goes anywhere. my original thought would be that it was an instrumental section, which it kind of used to be but again without much point. i'll play around some more, but if you have any ideas let me know. i think we even discussed the option of cutting the final section completely out. that could also be looked into.
a
for september the 8th, we were thinking of basically playing all the tracks from the new album through. do you guys have any time this week to do some preparation for it? i'm happy to come in to your place. i'll need to get a few of the tracks broken down because some we haven't done live before.
i'll bring a copy of everything as far as it is recorded at the moment. there's still a few things to do, mostly vocally, but other field noise things could be good as well - we've started getting them on there, probably about 4 tracks have things so far, but some more segues kind of things would be good, i think.
send away is one that's kind of bugging me - just the last section - but i had an idea a few days ago, of taking some of the already recorded vocals and really cutting them up and programming them, so it's a vocal thing happening, but very obviously not sung. at the moment, it just repeats the second verse so feels kind of pointless and not like it really goes anywhere. my original thought would be that it was an instrumental section, which it kind of used to be but again without much point. i'll play around some more, but if you have any ideas let me know. i think we even discussed the option of cutting the final section completely out. that could also be looked into.
a
17/08/2007
hmmmm
I kind of just feel like writing on the blog without too much to say, Aj what are you thinking for the artwork? Make? Print? Combo?
I'd like to refilm the super 8 of my brother's wedding if that's ok with you, thanks for lunch last week, it was sweet to come over and hang with the girls.
What sort of set are you thinking for Sept 8? I haven't worked on gem, if you are sending a cd can you add that to it? my shuffle has stopped working so I haven't been able to get the file off it.
I'd like to listen to all the vocals we've recorded so far to hear if the songs are consistent with each other, I think I'd like to relisten to Send Away and maybe do some last minute tweaking. Have you thought/recorded any more 'natural/organic' sounds to integrate into the album? I keep thinking about flapping wings, not sure why.
M
I'd like to refilm the super 8 of my brother's wedding if that's ok with you, thanks for lunch last week, it was sweet to come over and hang with the girls.
What sort of set are you thinking for Sept 8? I haven't worked on gem, if you are sending a cd can you add that to it? my shuffle has stopped working so I haven't been able to get the file off it.
I'd like to listen to all the vocals we've recorded so far to hear if the songs are consistent with each other, I think I'd like to relisten to Send Away and maybe do some last minute tweaking. Have you thought/recorded any more 'natural/organic' sounds to integrate into the album? I keep thinking about flapping wings, not sure why.
M
13/08/2007
this is the remix thing
i now officially have all the remixes that we are expecting at this point in time. i got andreas' one this morning - a remix of this is the new thing. his official solo name is sunstroke militia. it's just great - it only uses the sounds we gave him, so it sounds like us, but it has this brooding, german thing going on which is perfect. my feeling at this point is that we use the six remixes we have on the actual e.p., they are diverse but i think flow well if we order them right. then any copies we send off to radio we add the original of this is the new thing at the front and try and get some ariplay for that, as well as any of the remixes that different people might like. and that may hopefully build some interest for the album, to be released in a little while.
06/08/2007
postmodern folk music
well, we have a whole bunch of new remixes to work with now. i set today as a deadline in order to give us time to get it all together for september 8. the quality has been pretty impressive. it's interesting that 'tape noise' was the most popular choice of track to remix, though everything on the list i posted got chosen by someone. i'll keep forwarding the download links as i receive them. so far there's marshall watson (which you've already heard), broken chip and all india radio doing 'tape noise', andreas has done 'this is the new thing' which he'll send over tonight, and TiefenKLANG has done 'laughing at trees' (title to be confirmed). i also have a cd at home from andy rantzen which i'll mp3 and send to you - it's a monster 9+ minute epic of growling rhythm experiments based on 'item number'.
artwork, anyone???
artwork, anyone???
02/08/2007
we do still breathe!
yay - another voice!
i haven't mixed anything that we recorded yet as i haven't added my own vocals to it. i've been busily recording and mixing eliza's e.p. (the one i played a song for you a while back) but that should be done by next week so i'll get back on task with telafonica recording then. i think for your voice we really just need to get a final version of gem worked out and recorded. did that file we put on your usb stick work? any progress on turning it into a song?
gig dates - we are definitely on for september 8 at mars hill cafe, where we will launch a remix e.p.. carlos will be painting with us there. then the following week, september 15, we have a 30 minute set at laptopjam which is in the uts building. i haven't talked to carlos about that one yet - do you think 30 minutes is enough for him to use? perhaps i should be asking him that! do you guys know others who would be interested in painting live as well - it would be good to change it up now and then. then there is another possible gig at feral media's powwow thing at the seymour centre in either november or december (i have the date at home but can't remember off the top of my head).
i try to write as if it's just a conversation between us, but the knowledge that others will read can never fully be erased - just pretend you're on reality t.v. and are too much of a bimbo to be self-conscious.
david, any advances on some artwork for the remix e.p.? i'm thinking the two strip, 8 panel system is the way i'd like to go. we have 4 weeks to get it together!
good to see that kindpermission is back up and functioning as an on-line entity - perhaps a prelude to real life? ;)
i haven't mixed anything that we recorded yet as i haven't added my own vocals to it. i've been busily recording and mixing eliza's e.p. (the one i played a song for you a while back) but that should be done by next week so i'll get back on task with telafonica recording then. i think for your voice we really just need to get a final version of gem worked out and recorded. did that file we put on your usb stick work? any progress on turning it into a song?
gig dates - we are definitely on for september 8 at mars hill cafe, where we will launch a remix e.p.. carlos will be painting with us there. then the following week, september 15, we have a 30 minute set at laptopjam which is in the uts building. i haven't talked to carlos about that one yet - do you think 30 minutes is enough for him to use? perhaps i should be asking him that! do you guys know others who would be interested in painting live as well - it would be good to change it up now and then. then there is another possible gig at feral media's powwow thing at the seymour centre in either november or december (i have the date at home but can't remember off the top of my head).
i try to write as if it's just a conversation between us, but the knowledge that others will read can never fully be erased - just pretend you're on reality t.v. and are too much of a bimbo to be self-conscious.
david, any advances on some artwork for the remix e.p.? i'm thinking the two strip, 8 panel system is the way i'd like to go. we have 4 weeks to get it together!
good to see that kindpermission is back up and functioning as an on-line entity - perhaps a prelude to real life? ;)
30/07/2007
Today I blogged
Today was the first day I came home from work and could face another screen, I think it was because last week I was in outback NSW and wasn't in front of my computer at for, wait for it, 3 whole days - whoah! This thing even has a spell check, nice.
So Aje I'd like to hear some stuff we recorded - is there anything you can send me as an mp3 etc? What other stuff do we need to record? I always forget where we're up to. Can I view the rest of the blog while I write?
How was Sophia's birthday - I know I can ask that here but do you want to answer? Should I stick to things I know you'll want to answer.
David asked me today did I get the email about the gig dates, I may have got it too, but I don't pay too much attention to personal emails at work, it's all too hectic, I skim read then go back (hopefully and usually not ever) so they can sink in.
So we're playing 8 Sept in Parra any other city gigs? I have a friend from work who's keen to see us and after playing with Carlos I think I will let her, I felt that gig was a full package and I think we felt that which meant we we're able to be a whole package rather than playing like we're a half package.
How do I put pics in this?
Do you write as though only we will read your blog or do you write like anyone will read this? I think I'm writing as though anyone will read this. I think it changes my voice, perhaps that sounds wanky but you know, it is what it is.
I'll join your quest to be Sufjan, maybe I should be a Sufjanette.
M
So Aje I'd like to hear some stuff we recorded - is there anything you can send me as an mp3 etc? What other stuff do we need to record? I always forget where we're up to. Can I view the rest of the blog while I write?
How was Sophia's birthday - I know I can ask that here but do you want to answer? Should I stick to things I know you'll want to answer.
David asked me today did I get the email about the gig dates, I may have got it too, but I don't pay too much attention to personal emails at work, it's all too hectic, I skim read then go back (hopefully and usually not ever) so they can sink in.
So we're playing 8 Sept in Parra any other city gigs? I have a friend from work who's keen to see us and after playing with Carlos I think I will let her, I felt that gig was a full package and I think we felt that which meant we we're able to be a whole package rather than playing like we're a half package.
How do I put pics in this?
Do you write as though only we will read your blog or do you write like anyone will read this? I think I'm writing as though anyone will read this. I think it changes my voice, perhaps that sounds wanky but you know, it is what it is.
I'll join your quest to be Sufjan, maybe I should be a Sufjanette.
M
17/07/2007
i'm becoming an html genius ;)
i do believe that i have sorted out the issues with both the telafonica and 4-4-2 music websites. on going through them, i discovered that some had a 'base href' tag in them which referred to the things that explorer has been trying to find and obviously not succeeding to do. for some reason, firefox doesn't seem to be affected by the tag, as it seems to ignore it. i played around a bit, and found that removing the tag completely (it wasn't present on every page anyway, so i figured it would work) means that both sites now function perfectly in both firefox and explorer. i'm very proud of myself.
11/07/2007
are you guys interested in going out on friday night? i've been reading lots about dubstep et al (including the article in this month's wire magazine) and listening to lots of it, but i'd really like to hear it on a proper system which, by all accounts, is the only way to really get its impact. and a bunch of the djs are people i know, so it should be reasonably friendly etc.
i've been planning future sounds (yeah, i know, the album will be done soon) and i think some of these rhythms could be what excites me in our own production for the near future. there's already elements of it in tracks like 'requited love' and 'item number'. but i'm thinking i'd like to try the rhythms and subsonics with something else completely over the top - i.e. telafonica. so anyway, i'm quite keen to hear it loud, which i haven't really done so far, except for a few bits when we went to the becks bar earlier in the year.
09/07/2007
06/07/2007
nowhere man
i work so many hours that my life and identity have completely dissapeared. So has my blog posting. That said - i've always hated people apologising for not posting on blogs.
HDR should still be up on the noise site somewhere - but i might upload a QT to my own site. (which of course i've been meaning to remodel)I never forgave them for renaming my artwork themselves without asking me. This in principle is bad - but it is doubled by the fact that they called it 'traces in time' which is currently in the running for the anti-tate prize in the category of worst name for any artwork ever.
i'd love to play another show with carlos again - that was something i really enjoyed. I really liked it when cell helped out too! In terms of getting the album out there as a set - this seems like a great sounding post for how we feel about the songs. Let's do it.
HDR should still be up on the noise site somewhere - but i might upload a QT to my own site. (which of course i've been meaning to remodel)I never forgave them for renaming my artwork themselves without asking me. This in principle is bad - but it is doubled by the fact that they called it 'traces in time' which is currently in the running for the anti-tate prize in the category of worst name for any artwork ever.
i'd love to play another show with carlos again - that was something i really enjoyed. I really liked it when cell helped out too! In terms of getting the album out there as a set - this seems like a great sounding post for how we feel about the songs. Let's do it.
04/07/2007
carlos
carlos has said he'd love to come and paint when we play at just like now.
i've been thinking that i wouldn't mind playing the actual album through as a set. it goes for about 50 minutes. it won't actually be released at the time but would still be nice for people to hear all the tracks, most of which we haven't played in front of our regular audience, in one go.
03/07/2007
hard disk residue
by the way, david - is the hard disk residue video up online anywhere? or the entire image that you made as a poster last year?
calling all troglodytes
o.k. so i've been trying to track down the issues with running the telafonica and 4-4-2 websites. this is all i can discover - using firefox, it recognises the root as my i.p address at netspace. however, explorer tries to use 'index.htm' as the root for the telafonica site, and the c: drive on my computer for the 4-4-2 site as the root. therefore, neither site works past the opening page in explorer (and the image doesn't even load on the telafonica site as it also needs to get to the correct root to find the image). my html skills aren't enough to help me detect the problem in the code, but that is basically what's happening - explorer is looking for the wrong root address. is it worth me going through and manually changing them to the full address on each link (yuk!) as a workaround?
marcella, we've got sophia's birthday on saturday morning - is there another time to get some vocals recorded? i haven't had a chance to play with what we did on the weekend yet.
just as a forewarning, i've booked us to play at just like now on september 8. it's alongside sound it out.
also, andreas has asked if we'd like to contribute to a netlabel compilation he's putting together on electrolyt. this is what he says about it -
"the compilation will be called "seek and destroy..." . there are no real guidelines when it comes to the style. electronic in some way i guess. and always keeping in mind: interruption, destruction...then i came to relax on the beach. :)".
i'm thinking maybe 'hearing but never understanding'. any other suggestions?
marcella, we've got sophia's birthday on saturday morning - is there another time to get some vocals recorded? i haven't had a chance to play with what we did on the weekend yet.
just as a forewarning, i've booked us to play at just like now on september 8. it's alongside sound it out.
also, andreas has asked if we'd like to contribute to a netlabel compilation he's putting together on electrolyt. this is what he says about it -
"the compilation will be called "seek and destroy..." . there are no real guidelines when it comes to the style. electronic in some way i guess. and always keeping in mind: interruption, destruction...then i came to relax on the beach. :)".
i'm thinking maybe 'hearing but never understanding'. any other suggestions?
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