So school is BUSY. Merde. Just a quick update to say that I am playing from 10 to 11 at Decade, on October 23rd at Sunset, as ITERATE. Iterate is a live / improv project that I do with Oakley ‘Patience Automate’ Low – we’re like a lofi, 8-bit answer to Cobblestone Jazz.
I am also playing at Hush on October 31st, from 11 to 1230 with the immortal Matt What. That will be sinful, dark, decadent dance music – which is, of course, the best kind.
Downloads and viewing of both audio and video are now available at tide-pool.ca/theworldoutside. Hold on.
The final set of previews is up at tide-pool.ca/theworldoutside. The screening is on Friday, and downloads open up on Saturday around noon. I hope to see you either in person or on the interwebs,.
THE WORLD OUTSIDE will debut on September 25th, at the University of Victoria. Audio and video downloads will go live before noon on September 26th. Oh snap.
And, there’s another set of previews, for the fifth movement, at tide-pool.ca/theworldoutside. Please pardon the pun.
Audio and video samples from the third movement are now up at tide-pool.ca/theworldoutside. Look out for tricky time signatures, cunning congas, and stratospheric pads.
Suspiciously, for a movement that’s called ‘Too Many Baboons’, there are no baboons in the previews. Check it here.
…are up at tide-pool.ca/theworldoutside. The second movement is called Desolation Jones, and may or may not feature spine-tingling ambient, giant spider crabs, and deep sea dubstep.
It’s ready. It’s been year and a half of my life. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done. It’s one hour, three minutes and six seconds of my music. Meet THE WORLD OUTSIDE – releasing in September on Tide Pool.
(image care of Davin Greenwell)
Another year, another Victoria Electronic Music Festival, another two days and three nights of exceptional thump-tss thump-tss music. Highlights includeded:
Stefan Alan, Spoon, Wesbeanz, and the Hush DJ Challenge Finals: I was in the unenviable position of judging this edition of the finals, along with Matt What, and I am delighted to say that everyone both played great and played great music.
Big Reds: Bassface! Our local dubstep mafia started things off on Saturday aftenoon in fine style.
Tedder: There is no time like a sunny afternoon when it comes to smooth, smooooth drum & bass.
Mykee & Carson: I didn’t catch all of their respective sets, but what I did catch was dancey, individual, and classy.
Longwalkshortdock: Legend. The best live show since Orbital blew the place up.
Uberzone: I was leery about what a nuskool breaks legend would play, 10 years after nuskool. However! His set covered NYC techno, big breaks, modern electro, and everything in between…including dropping Black Widow, which made my night.
AFK: My yearly award for ‘best melodies’ goes, again, to Davin ‘AFK’ Greenwell, and his cavalcade of stars, including a violinist and a guitarist. Serious business indeed.
Condition Red: Insane, insane 90’s jungle. I wish I had been more awake.
Kenzie Clarke: No one plays crazy dance music (or sleek techno, for that matter) quite like Kenzie. And no one gets the crowd singing along to ‘We Are Your Friends’ either.
And, as always, thanks to the VEMF masterminds: Bruce, Jason, John, Chelsie, and everyone else. You do great work, and we love you for it.
We found these two tracks on a beat-up old 78, in a junkyard just outside of Chastang, Alabama. After some serious restoration and investigation into the mysterious Mr. Longton, we decided to put them out as-is. It’s the sound of the south, like you’ve never heard it before. One mad dubstep joint, one deeeep tech roller. Check it out here. Oh, and both tracks are free – as in free, because Tide Pool loves you.