Second Sky (and me on keys) in D.C. July 19 , 2009
Thats right !! I’ll be helping out Second Sky ( a great downtempo band from Lancaster, PA ) in DC. I’m totally psyched because we are playing at the uber hip Eighteenth Street Lounge in Washington D.C.
If you are in town, def come and check it out. here is the flyer with the info.
A nice review from Exclaim.ca
Hey check it out… a review of the record.
decem mix, the december 2008 podcast in January 2009
Dude, its been far too long since the last one. But winter is here, a fresh coat of snow on the ground and a snifter in hand. In fact its a month late already
Took a new approach to these podcasts. Rather than beatmatch everything beforehand I decided to do it the old school way and just mix and listen. Its way more gratifying.
One thing that struck me with this mix is how great music is in the modern age. So many people still beef over digital vs analog, pro tools and tape, old school new scool. But really, now with the tools on an off the shelf computer you can record great music. So people are. So much great music is coming out without the pr machine that used to provide it for us.
For instance, MGMT write great songs, they probably would have been a band without all this technology stuff, but man they use it well… there album pretty much just rules. But it helps they are fantastic songwriters.
enjoy the mix, happy holidays
1. boney M Down – Lindstrom & Prins Thomas
2. Keep on Running – Solus
3. I’m just like You – 6ix
4. Drag Your Feet – Ed Seven
5. Nervous Like ME – The Dap Kings
6. Self Service – A Studio
7. Time to Pretend – MGMT
8. Take you There – Sebi
9. Hollywood Hump – Ohio Players
10. Useless (K&D remix) – Depeche Mode
11.Devils Anvil – Eddie Warner
12. Pivot – John Tejada
13. Nightwalker – Trentmoller
14. Midnight’s Theme – Manzell
Solus free download – “Now You’re Here” Mp3
That’s right, one of the new tracks from Rhizome is available free for download.
This is the radio edit of Now You’re Here. Bump it yo !!
Solus Rhizome is out now on Upstairs Recordings
The day has finally come. After too much delay, Rhizome is about to be absorbed into the public’s unconsciousness. Reemergence and convergence is to blame for the over saturated sound feeding back on decades old ideas.
What does this mean, who cares. enjoy. It is available for download NOW
grab it now at
Solus at the M room, Philadelphia Sept. 23 2008
That’s right. We’re gonna be at the M-room
September 23 2008
That’s a tuesday night
15 W Girard Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19123
(215) 739-5577
w/ dynasty electric
doors at 9
$8
The perils of digital recording – the pro tools 6085 error
This is just a post to help out people that may have had the same problem I suffered today. A good half hour setup at the reheasal spot for some drum tracking and my pro tools rig decides to give me the 6085 error.
No playback , no recording, to output into the headphones. The day is a wash and I tear down and leave. Now 2 hours later, after searching the support forums to no avail… I remember.
the old fix all… DELETE THE Volume.dbb file in the Digidesign database folder !!!
I’m back in business.
Hopefully I can save someone an hour or two of bs if they stumble across this post.
Hear the Chandler Germanium Compressor in this video Demo
Check it, you can hear the unit working. First off, this isn’t the best material. The drumloop is already compressed, mixed, mastered, sampled, and resampled. However, It does illustrate some of the sound.
Bass, full mixes, guitar, etc will be up soon. This unit excels on any type of material. For now, delight in the crushing percussive pressure of this here demo.
The Chandler is an FET style compressor with germanium amp and crazy unique features such as wet / dry for parallel compression, and different diode for changing the knee and character of the compression. tweaked out.
But the real purpose of putting this up hear is to give you an idea of what it sounds like. I’m really not passing judgment and ideally I’ll have many other demos up for you to compare and contrast, my only obstacle is time.
Free Download – Solus Live at the Smokehouse
A Solus live album. FREE Download !!!!
Here it is, the limited edition 010100011 edition. All digital, all now. Take this opportunity to forever capture that afternoon when space and time became one. You may have seen the Solus live performance on the Crack, but here you can hear the entire 6 song performance. Check out the Crack TV show on Blip TV.com. The above pic was snap at the Filming.
1. Fog and Rain
2. Plastique
3. Ocean to Ocean
4. Poncho’s Return
5. Duckgut
6. Ummes
Stability Mix – August Podcast includes Solus Sam Sparro Remix
Kick it Kick Here’s your ticket. August podcast starts of bumping with DJ Smash’s “Kick it” and the theme carries throughout. Bumping from the mid to late 90s Stereo Mcs, straight up to 2008 and Dr. Rubberfunk. Some exclusives too… The Solus Remix of Sam Sparro “Cottonmouth” may be out later this year, or not at all… but you can hear half of it here. Smack dab between The Orb and Bohannon. Kick it, slap it, and pass it along…Its August for realz.
tracklist:
1. DJ Smash – Kick it
2. Buckweed – Life on Mars and Mantavani
3. Mapp & Derf – Fat Albert
4. Hustletron – Maximizer
5. The Orb – Mother Nature
6. Sam Sparro – Cottomouth (Solus Remix)
7. Hamilton Bohannon – Rap on Mr. DJ
8. Stereo MC’s – Graffiti Part One
9. Daft Punk – Short Circut
10. Bill Withers – Who is He and What is He to You
11. Bob James – Nautilus
12. Faze-O – Riding High
13. Waajeed – Ess Villa
12. James Brown – Coldblooded
13. Dr. Rubberfunk – Sunset Breakdown
14. Koom.H – Move Your Funk pt.2
15. Deela – Swing the Dictum
