May 22, 2014
In a cap and heavy beard, Jeff Mangum could have been anyone – until he started singing. Last night I saw Neutral Milk Hotel at the Roundhouse with Guy, Michael and Becky and Andy of Grande Valise. Hearing Mangum open and close the show alone with ‘Two Headed Boy’ parts 1 and 2 was almost a […]
May 12, 2014
Tim pointed me in the direction of this interview with Pye Corner Audio. “I spend less time pondering the what-ifs, more time doing, then moving on,” he says. “Given the chance, I can work very quickly. I definitely embrace imperfection. In my days as an engineer I spent so much time polishing performances and correcting […]
April 23, 2014
Easter provided the opportunity to work on some new music; a crazily difficult game called Dwarf Fortress provided the impetus. More on that later perhaps but suffice to say playing and understanding that game made music technology and child rearing both seem simple. The soundtrack had a layered keyboard part that gave my fingers some ideas. Off […]
March 26, 2014
I really like the beat Tim’s put under this Uffmoor track, and he kindly showed me how he put it all together in Ableton Live. Listen to Timmotronic’s remix of The Axe here.
February 4, 2014
My friend Paul has remixed this lovely minimalist take on ‘The Axe’.