“Perhaps musicophilia is a form of biophilia, since music itself feels almost like a living thing.”
This week I am proud to present my first studio recordings in six years. I actually started these two tracks in 2009 as a follow-up to the Double-Edged Sword EP (still the closest I've come to realizing my full vision for integrating grace and grit in electronic folk music)...but life and time had other plans for me, and I went off on a great adventure in avant-garde guitar (highlights here, here, here, and here).
The Cyclist/Throwing Sparks is just an appetizer. This fall I'm doubling down on my production study, committing myself (finally!) to recording my new compositions, and preparing to create the greatest thing I've made to date. It's time.
Meanwhile, enjoy this sweet seven-minute token of my love for space and song. It's a gift, for the time being. If you like it, I hope you'll share it with someone.
You taught me to own my love
but I cannot quite pin down that bug.
Neither of us lives all that we say
and lovely ideas spill out and vapor away.
I'll take what I can get, give what you'll accept...
I no longer fear there will be nothing left.
Evolving Hyperspatial Language
(A Clip From February's Aya Awakenings Panel)
(A Clip From February's Aya Awakenings Panel)
Another shining moment from my wonderful discussion with directors Rak Razam and Mitch Schultz following the screening of Rak's ayahuasca documentary in Austin. (You can listen to our whole talk here.) This bit's on my conviction that there are no sensory experiences fully past our languaging – just over the horizon, maybe, for this time and place:
"Most of what we talk about today was 'trans-linguistic' a hundred years ago...I don't think it's categorically 'beyond words,' I just think that the words grow to fill the space of our consciousness."
I Made A Lot of Cool New Merchandise This Week
Look...I'm not trying to hide my mercantilism, here. I'm a freakin' artist for a living. It's not advised. I need all the help I can get. Hopefully you just bought a new phone that could use a case, or want to pimp your laptop with some cool adhesive flair. I get 20% on every sale. That translates into tacos. And I need tacos to live. So let's be symbiotic.
Custom Painted Hat #175
I have nothing fancy to say about this...but man do I love painting hats. Hit me up if you'd like one of your own. (You can see pics of the other 174 hats here.)
New Articles on Globalish
My new appointment on the writing team at Globalish.com gives me a fantastic opportunity to wax poetic about all of my favorite artists and to comment on the most amazing new developments in futuristic tech.
After years of not writing very much, I'm now on a daily schedule – and have a new vehicle for sharing some incredibly inspiring videos. Here are my most recent posts:
Visionary Culture
