I decided to redesign my websites with a minimal, clean look for the summer. I have been busy getting into grad school and writing reviews for my music blog almost every day. I am happy to announce a tentative release date of “early October” for my CD, and I’ll share more details when everything is official!
I’ve been working on music fairly constantly, alternating mainly between long textural drone ambient pieces and more melodic loop-oriented, slightly IDM-tinged shorter pieces. I’ve also developed several laptop “performance environments” that I can play live for long periods of time, so I’m hoping I’ll have a chance to start playing shows in the next few months. NI Absynth 4 never ceases to amaze me, and I have been taking my minidisc recorder with me on hikes on Mt. Shasta regularly. The stillness in the air at 7,000 feet above sea level is amazing, and I enjoy sitting quietly and just listening.
Since today is the Summer Solstice, I made several recordings to capture the solar energy. Here is one:
Ethernet – Solar Elemental II
I’ve started a new blog for a series of short music reviews I’ve been writing about my favorite records and labels. Please add it to your bookmarks and check back regularly!
http://djtanuki.blogspot.com
I also realized I forgot to post here that I had a track on the Japanese netlabel Bump Foot’s 100th Release Compilation! It is an ambient house track created entirely with Jeskola Buzz last Fall. My contribution is called “Magnetic” and is track 5 on disc 1.
http://www.bumpfoot.net/bump100.html
I have been meaning to make a new meditation session for my truesoundhealing.com website for a long time, and finally got around to it this past week. This recording is based on a binaural beat session I have been using to help sleep every night for the past year or so. It is a combination of three layers of binaural beats which gradually change over time, stimulating alpha and theta waves, which can help induce a very deep relaxed meditation and/or sleep. I have added two layers of Absynth tones, and a field recording of soft rain recorded in Japan back in 2001. The session is meant to be played at low volume, probably around 10% or even less for sleep, and can be played on repeat. For casual listening (or massage?) and to appreciate the full frequency effects it can be played louder. Give it a try, binaural beats really work!
Tim Gray – Deep Relaxation Session