11/6/10
my new album Sleep Patterns is now out on Lesstalk Records.
29/5/10
a new video for Formations Of Mountains from the album Topography:
24/4/10
so anyway, my updating and word-giving here has been pretendous as of late. i guess i haven’t been on the internet much? i don’t know. anyway, i should definitely at least say that my new album of ambient guitar music is now available from the fine people at monstera deliciosa. it is entitled Please Be Quiet And Play Your Guitar, Vol. 1 and is 14 tracks of improvised loops, textures, and subtle melodies. influences range from the ambient sounds of stars of the the lid, brian eno and aphex twin to the melancholy melodies of the dirty three.
if anyone is in the mood for that you can get a copy from the label here.
stay tuned, as it were, for my soon to be released ambient/noise album sleep patterns and the still-not-released travel ideas. some actual songs on this one!
10/3/10
well hi. while i continue making the packaging for the new album “travel ideas” (which i foolishly decided to hand-make again) i thought i would upload a taste of the upcoming meal, which you could think of as the “first single” if you like. it’s a song called mothers and children and i hope you like it. you can download it just below. hope you enjoy it, the album will be available very soon!
11/2/10
good morning. the new album Travel Ideas has been completed, but i’m still unsure of how i’m going to go about distributing this one, so in the mean time here’s a different new one, a free download album called Topography.
this was recorded in december and january, all with just a roland sh2 monophonic analog synthesizer. in an effort to avoid bad habits of over-layering synth sounds, all the pieces were improvised with just the synthesizer, a loop pedal and delay pedal (with digital reverb added afterwards). with no computer editing and layering, a more spontaneous and organic sound is (hopefully) created, any unintended sounds becoming part of the loop and in turn taking the piece in new unplanned directions.
for fans of brian eno, stars of the lid, and the ambient side of aphex twin.
download the whole album here (.zip file, 102megs)
or to listen online you can go here
i have also made a video for the track “formations of mountains”, you can watch it on youtube
3/1/10
right, so… it’s been a while. i finished a new album. it’s called “travel ideas”. i’ll upload some stuff from it later. stay tuned! more coming! happy new year!
2/12/09
a new mini-album called 4 violins is now available for free download. it’s a piece i’ve recently finished mostly for the sake of writing a “performed” piece, rather than music that comes about by studio recording and editing, as most of my recent work has been. there are also 2 old pieces for piano i wrote at uni included. download the whole .zip file here. (37 megabytes)
15/11/09
last saturday i played some guitar at the gallery opening of Magic Mushroom Mould Mountain at ARThive in newcastle. i didn’t record any but i also didn’t delete the last loop i made on the loop pedal, so here it is for your enjoyment: #10 (The White Lodge)
14/11/09
roads is now available on iTunes. although if you’re purchasing in australian dollars, you’re better off getting it from cdbaby, as each track is $0.99US rather than $1.69AUS. the album as a whole is also about half the price on cdbaby. plus, i heard iTunes was funded by outerspace commie-nazi aliens.
so obviously i didn’t manage to do what i said i’d do, in regards to releasing 2 albums last saturday. i did receive several thousand death-threats as a result of depriving rabid fans of a sublime piece of art they had been promised, but rest assured, it was not a hoax. it will be done. let’s say, wednesday.
3/11/09
just uploaded a new video for “desert” from the album “roads” here
31/10/09
ok, i sort of forgot to finish off that album i said i was going to do. it’s almost done. i got sidetracked by making another album, which i’m planning to release at the exhibition on november 7th. it’s an album that i’ve been working on part-time all year: entirely guitar-made music, almost all with a single guitar recorded in one take (with a few pedals). i might keep the “double” theme going by releasing them both at once, just to be confusing. so: on november 7th i will release one physical CD album of guitar music, and one free digital album called “4 violins”.
oh, and i just found out that steve reich wrote a piece called “4 organs”, so in case you were wondering, “4 violins” is not a reference to that. though maybe it should be, given the reaction to his piece.
26/10/09
i’ll be playing some music at the above mentioned exhibition opening on november 7th in newcastle.
19/10/09
i’m finishing off a short album of instrumental pieces called “4 violins”. check back soon to download it.
7/10/09
photos from the bill & george show have been added over here.
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hello, welcome to the website!
i’ll be putting up more and more stuff whenever i find the time.
roads is now available at egg records in newtown,
or online (delivered from the USA or mp3 download) here
in my room available for free download here
woken up in a strange place is presently only available at gigs;
a few tracks are up at last.fm
check back soon and maybe something interesting will have happened!
there is a film coming out directed by werner herzog and
produced by david lynch. did anyone say DREAM TEAM?