the static between the airwaves…
Five hours, one cat, and a voiceover lesson — soundtrack for a computational urban research film.
Surveillance inverted into public art — an interactive sound sculpture at the North Korean border.
TapeOp #112 review of the Roland GR-55 — and the 5-hour drop-deadline that proved its worth.
A hang gliding accident at 13, three decades of pain, and what the surgery unexpectedly unlocked.
TapeOp #103 review of the Roland GK-KIT — a discreet guitar synth pickup, still in active use a decade later.
A live saxophone performance inside an installation exploring what X marks — not erasure, but a space held open.
Lo-fi indie rock from a Somerville hovel, 1995 — small amps, half a drum kit, and the Dry House manifesto.
A 2005 session with AN — Fela Kuti politics, fretless dub bass, and a chant about digging to the roots.
Two Appalachian folk songs — personal, melancholic, and the beginning of what became d’ville. [1993]
TapeOp #82 review of the Roland Octa-Capture — a decade in service, still a strong find on the used market.
The deck behind the archive, 1987–1993 — on Nakamichi’s pursuit of perfection in a doomed medium.
Smashed at a rehearsal, rebuilt with runes — how a broken Telecaster became something better.
The 4-track behind the archive, 1987–1993. Hi-fi constraints, no-bounce discipline, cassette secret handshake.
Full-frame photos shot on a pocket camera in Charlottesville, 1990 — between imagination, journalism, and allegory.
Every archive on this site passed through this mixer. The gear behind the recordings — and what it still holds.
Two acid jazz songs, one hard lesson — the difference between character and caricature. [1992]
New Wave as adolescence, safe house, and punk cousin — and the Simple Minds show that changed everything.
A 1991 dark wave EP recorded at a shared address in Charlottesville — where avant-garde and pop trajectories crossed.
An EP of jazz, gothic undertow, and indie rock collision — in between worlds and not quite ready to leave any of them. [1989]
Virginia post-punk and goth, 1987–1991. Six releases, DC Space appearances, and a sound that resisted easy classification.
Stray songs that never found an album. Rescued outtakes spanning decades — ambient, feral. [1986-2011]
A fortune cookie in a quiet city. On archives, analog methods, and why looking backward is a running start.
Nine songs of dark ambient jazz, 4-track cassette — with a surprise guest… [1987]
