Review Love for Cold Wires

It's a bit early yet, but here's some lovely words about Cold Wires courtesy of Anti-Gravity Bunny, which, if you don't read regularly, you should. This list also compiles some incredible records that you should check out.

http://antigravitybunny.com/?p=8498#more-8498

More soon. Thanks for listening.

Cold Wires Tape Available Now

Physical copies of Cold Wires are now available. I have copies available (send me an email greenhousedrone (at) gmail (dot) com if interested), and they're also available direct from Prairie Fire Tapes. Thanks for all the support and for all those who came out to the release show on Friday. It was really fun.

No shows on the horizon just yet, but I'm certainly up for it. Get in touch. The plan is to start on some recordings as soon as possible.

Current listening: Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - Folklore Venom; Sutekh Hexen - Becoming; Coliseum - Sister Faith; Autechre - Exai

Video from send+receive

Happy Halloween folks.

First off, the release show for Cold Wires is tomorrow night, Nov. 1, at Frame Gallery. Kvik and Solar Coffin are playing - and releasing albums - too. It's going to be a fun night. Come out and support Prairie Fire Tapes before they cease operations for the next little bit. Show starts at 10pm.

 Second, here's an excerpt from my set at send+receive a few weeks ago. Video courtesy of the talented Robert Szkolnicki. I think some weird compression happened when I uploaded it to Vimeo, which is why things look a bit jerky. Maybe I actually look that way, I don't know. Anyways, it was such an honour to play at this festival. I opened for Sons of God and Tony Conrad, and they were both totally incredible. After this weekend I'll have some cassette copies of Cold Wires, and they'll be available from the label too, so you know, get in touch if you want one. Thanks for listening.
Greenhouse - Live at send+receive 2013 pt.2 from bandc on Vimeo.

Stylus Interview, updates

I'm still vibrating from send+receive. An absolutely stunning festival, with some unforgettable performances (here's looking at Le Revelateur, Tony Conrad and Charlemagne Palestine).

Stylus Magazine did an interview with my about my work and the festival. You can read it here.

Up next: Cold Wires release show at Frame here in Winnipeg with Solar Coffin, Kvik and Crabskull (DJ Set). It's going to be a great night. Don't miss.

Also: my fucking amp is broken.

Current Listening: Rainforest Spiritual Enslavement - The Plant With Two Faces; Julianna Barwick - Nepenthe; James Blackshaw and Lubomyr Melnyk - The Watchers; Huerco S. - Colonial Patterns

Cold Wires - Album Release Info

My latest album, Cold Wires, is available for streaming and download purchase now via Prairie Fire Tapes. The physical release is a few weeks away, but it will be a limited edition cassette version of 40 copies. If you're interested, get in touch with me here, or keep an eye open on the Prairie Fire website.

If you're interested in reviewing a copy, please send me an email.

I'll be playing a release show on Nov. 1 at Frame here in Winnipeg, more details when I have them.

I'll also be playing at send+receive festival on Friday here in Winnipeg, with Sons of God and Tony Conrad (!!!) at the Atomik Arts Centre. This festival is absolutely incredible, so if you're in Winnipeg do not miss out. View the full program here.

send+receive

I am incredibly honoured to be playing this year's send+receive festival here in Winnipeg. Send+receive is a festival dedicated to sound art and experimental music, and 2013 marks it's 15th anniversary. No small feat in Winnipeg, let me tell you. This festival is truly one-of-a-kind, and the artists they bring in are jaw-dropping. This year is no exception: Charlemagne Palestine and Tony Conrad, among many, many others. I really can't believe I'm playing this.

Full details over at www.sendandreceive.org

In other news, "Cold Wires" will be released on cassette by the fine folks at Prairie Fire Tapes this fall.

Until then, I'll be rehearsing as much as physically possible.

Current listening: nin - hesitation marks; Neko Case - The Worse Things Get... - Mike Shiflet - The Choir, The Army

Review: Stave - Reform

Courtesy of the Flinco Sound System imprint, who are responsible for great releases from Locrian, Wrnlrd and Haptic, comes Stave. Stave is the solo project of Jonathan Krohn, who's previous projects I'm unfamiliar with, but I am really enjoying this release.

Sonically, Stave deals in dark, cold, industrial-infused techno. Highly repetitious, Stave's drum patterns clatter like pieces of rebar dropped through the steel girders of some half-abandoned skyscraper. Kick drums echo through concrete basements, and synths coat everything in gradient of ever-darkening grays. Everything is gritty, soaked in reverb and delay, and is sounds like Krohn set up his gear in an abandoned construction site at midnight, cranked the volume and hit record.

"Tower9," one of the more aggressive tracks here, employs a sinister drum beat amidst some highly distorted blasts of bass, before Krohn masterfully drops everything, leaving the listener with only a ghostly synth line.

At only 7 tracks, the tracks of Reform cover a fair bit of ground. The shimmering, channel-jumping hi-hats and concussive kicks on "Stave" are nearly dubby, while the glacial "Disc1" nearly forgoes rhythm, save for some minimal clicks, for gorgeous, forboding, droning synths. Though even at it's most serene, tension is never far away. Krohn's skill as a producer and attention as a sound designer is something he's clearly been sharpening for quite a while, but his ability to ratchet up the tension and shroud everything in a bleak, dead-of-night industrial landscape is what I find most engrossing. Perfect for making your walk home tonight infinitely more harrowing and snapping the summer humidity.

Stave is released by Flingco Sound System, though it appears they have already sold out. Perhaps keep your eyes peeled on Experimedia for some copies to show up. I know I will.