Why I didn’t write anything yesterday:
(11 June 2020)
noise
New sounds: Kuturo Mpodr
Why I didn’t write anything yesterday:
(29 May 2019)
Compilation tracks, 1996–1997
Three pieces released on compilations in 1996 and 1997; I reissued them as separate pieces in 2014.
‘Slip mode’ is an edited recording of me abusing a turntable I rescued from the dumpster of the apartment where I was living at the time. It originally appeared on a compilation cassette of music by folks subscribing to the Sylvian mailing list (back when internet mailing lists were a thing).
‘Gotanda-eki/Shibuya-eki/Ekimae’ was my contribution to the Wood Block Compilation double cassette released by Sound Probe Recordings.
‘Opacity grid’ was my contribution to Resurgence, a double-CD compilation of electronic artists from Oregon and Washington. I had trouble coming up with something new, so I dubbed ‘Refraction grid’ to a 4-track cassette, and used that as the basic for this new piece.
(1 December 2017)
Stone Temple Plots
A 1996 cassette release, edited down to EP length and remastered in 2014.
When David Bowie released his 1977 album Low, Nick Lowe responded by releasing an EP called Bowi. When the Stone Temple Pilots released their 1996 album Tiny Music, I responded with this.
(1 December 2017)
Observe Zero
Originally released on cassette in 1997, edited in 1999 for a CD-R version that I never released, then remastered and reissued in digital form in 2014. I gave this project the name Observe Zero. The two ‘Conduit’ pieces are based on the sounds of water; the ‘Observe Zero’ pieces are me making a lot of noise with a microphone and a couple of effects units.
(1 December 2017)
Live Anthology 1996–1997 Revisited
A 2014 reissue of a 2011 digital compilation that comprised two live cassette releases (one from 1996, one from 1997), both of which were recorded at the late, great Anomalous Records shop and performance space in Seattle’s Capitol Hill.
(1 December 2017)
Veiled Faces, Moving Shadows
Originally released on cassette in March 1996, then remastered and reissued in 2014. The opening piece, ‘Refraction grid’, also appeared as the opening track on the Nocturne Concrète compilation CD.
(1 December 2017)
Sublimation
Originally released in February 1996, I almost released a 10th Anniversary edition in 2006 before instead offering the tracks as digital downloads on the now-defunct social-media site Multiply. Remastered and reissued 2014.
(1 December 2017)
The Four Phases of Realisation
Originally released on cassette in January 1996, then revised, remastered, and reissued in 2014.
(1 December 2017)
Abstractions EP
A December 1995 cassette, remastered and reissued in 2014. This was my first released foray into improvised noisescapes, inspired by the Japanese noise recordings I began listening to earlier that year.
(1 December 2017)
Ordinary Average Thoughts 