Study Number 5- Dark Office

A long time coming, but I have a good excuse, moving cross the country and whatnot.

This is the 5th study and a labor of love that started months ago. I wanted to somehow visually and sonically elucidate my love of nighttime office architecture, old archaic mainframe machines, and electronic soundscapes. That led me to making dozens and dozens of new clips and create an entirely new sort of working esthetic that somehow left the actual creation of the study as secondary. I have been swimming in old electronics advertisements, abandoned office footage, and various other vintage admin ephemera for months. This is the result. Download the study in its entirety (with cd artwork, track listings, and five minute visual loop and instructions) here. Comments are welcome.

Study #4 - Super Hits of Winter

Winter is upon us, and for me the season brings changes in certain habits. I tend to listen to more Soft Machine and creepy electronic music in the winter. I get a powerful lust for the smell and taste of peppermint. And I switch to Super Hit incense instead of my usual Nag Champa.

I sincerely wish that blogs came with a special pneumatic tube like those found in the old Weimer-era Berlin swinger's clubs- you could buy trinkets and send them to whatever table held the object of your fancy- so that I could send all a package of this lovely incense to complete this auditory and visual experience. Super Hit and the first two Soft Machine albums- that is as winter for me as ice and Christmas. Ergo, the title of this study.

Songs are all across the map, and many would wonder why I included a couple of reggae numbers in there. Reggae in winter is a very close, warm sound. It's the sound of shivering round the fireside to warm, dubby bass. This makes sense to me. Perhaps it won't for others.

Nevertheless, included as usual is the cd artwork, track listings, and a five minute visual loop of appropriate ephemera (ran through my own peculiar psychedelic processing system, of course). The whole can be downloaded in its entirety here.

Many blessings in the new year, and many more studies poised for entry.

Study 3~ Biker Psych

Lest things get too delicate here is a fatbacked slice of meanness to shake off the torpor. I have always considered biker psych to be an unsung corner of the protopunk pantheon and I will do my best to address that now. Download the whole mess of A/V buffoonery here. Enjoy.

Study 2~ Dust Motes and Daisies

Music and visuals for haunted afternoons, sepia-tinged introspection, and the scent of fading flowers. Perfect for the coming autumn.

Get mp3, visual loop and ephemera here. Enjoy, comments welcome.

Study 1~ The Eerie Midnight Flower Power Hour

Study One is titled "The Eerie Midnight Flower Power Hour", which is just as its name implies. Sickly, melancholy and sometimes disturbing psychedelia that is best enjoyed at night. 

The entire zip file with all contents is here, or if you prefer you can download the mix, track listings, cd artwork and a five minute visual loop (with instructions) individually here. Enjoy. Comments are always welcome. More studies forthcoming.