cloud
Surveillance, especially of public space, is analogous to a one-way mirror: Cameras watch over you and footage is either replayed without…
ambient
A Genealogy of X performance – MMCA Seoul, Dec 3rd
Despite all the political protests in central Seoul, the show must go on! Excited to provide ambient saxophone backdrop to Choon…
roland gr-55 guitar synth
I literally had to hide my Roland GR-55 Guitar Synthesizer under the couch, safe from view. This unassuming piece of gear (it only…
bicycle ride
There’s deadlines and then there’s drop-deadlines. For this soundtrack for the award-winning firm SsD I had 5 hours to write, perform, record…
16:16
16:16 is a collaborative EP by area C X jh0st originally released in 1991. It is also a place in time. As a…
the art of ambience: volume not decibels
I learned the basics of sonic-psychology: That ‘volume’ and actual decibels can be separate aspects of sound…
the art of portability
I used to think travelling light, whether in a musical or any other sense, was about shrinking to fit…
new wave and reverb: forever together
I’ve gone on about giving up reverb. But like other mind altering substances it’s hard to shake. Even when…
statik 1
[1989] “I’m dead” proclaimed my old friend Brian Johnston aka Ireverend Brainskan. It was the summer of 1988 after one of his last…
tired of strawberry leaves
as Wept fell apart as all bands do, this song became a metaphor for distance – for that mad and meditative…
recycle bin
Sometimes the extra songs and sounds that were never placed within an album become like stray cats. They wander through the…