April 16, 2008

the thought criminals

'the thought criminals' is an official album now, albeit with a handmade aesthetic , it's being processed at cdbaby, itunes will follow in another 2 months or so. the track listing is as follows:
1- everything is byte size
2- hyperion
3- ruler of the flea world
4- failure (the chillmost de-mix)
5- music don't stop (nebulae's music DOES stop remix)
6-right on said jeebus (the sunray estate mix)
7-double down quick (nebulae's sunset mix)
8-get my drift
9-sailing on right by (unplugged)

we'd like to encourage you to purchase the digital copy, either at the cdbaby mp3 store, or on itunes when available. if you must have the plastic, please click here (link due up shortly).

and, we've got some new music for you:
everything is byte size (the sunray estate mix)
right on said jeebus (the sunray estate mix)
daydreams for dollars (unplugged)
get my drift (the loser mix)

March 20, 2008

do i amaze you?

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do i amaze you?

if we do amaze you, we'd appreciate a donation at our fundable drive. so far, we've got $90 worth of pledges and 22 days left to go to reach $1605. we'll use the cash to create a small batch of cds/dvds for promo, and get all our of recent tracks up on i-tunes.

here's a bunch of new material, including a 44 minute live set from saturday's internet skypecast. thanks to our friends/fellow musicians jason, jez and kemiso for joining us 'onstage'.

March 11, 2008

arkaos+midi control surface = geek ;-]'s galore

we're recording this weekend, i've got a few jams ready for the voxstress/abbodroid, tune back in early next week for some prelimi-mixes.

the vj software arkaos is really quite amazing, here's a sample of what you can do with it:


February 28, 2008

and the puffin said 'fweem'

we love our good friends (well, ever since we resolved that pesky blood feud thing) hidari (listen), but, we'll be the first to admit that they are easily distractable. moments after they penned their latest epic rock anthem, we posed this question: does chuck norris need both hands to count to infinity? predictably, they all whipped out their slide rules, as they argued amongst themselves christina and i slipped quietly away with the lyrics to our newest cover: 'monkey in a bucket' (lyrics below the fold)

terry hopper and i will be playing under the stars (and the occasional comet, perhaps even a neutron star) tomorrow (friday) night at the bridgeport, ct discovery museum's planetarium. a live-looped leap-day synth-fest galore will be yours from 7pm - 9pm, stop by and check it out. (it's free!) (map)

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February 21, 2008

return your regret

i reworked the tunage for 'return your regret'.

kinda gomez-y, with some dmb perhaps, and christina dead center, of course.

the title 'ryr' often reminds me of a bloom county strip where milo inquires about his missing sense of innocence at the lost and found counter.