Been in the studio tracking.
Sunday, 11 July 2010
Thursday, 17 June 2010
NOT the Bloomsbury/Recording
EARLY ON - 8PM
LONDON
WE ARE ALSO RECORDING LATER THIS MONTH.
Wednesday, 26 May 2010
LUCIFER SUN AT THE LEGION RELEASE
LUCIFER SUN AT THE LEGION
25 ONLY
THESE CASSETTES WERE FOUND IN MY FAMILIES LOFT AND ARE OF VARYING SONIC QUALITY/DISINTEGRATION. EACH CASSETTE CONTAINS THE SET AT THE LEGION (SUPPORTING ROY AND THE DEVILS MOTORCYCLE AND HONRADA) AS WELL AS WHAT ELSE IS ON THE TAPE. FOR EXAMPLE MY AUNT RECORDING AN AUDIO TAPE FROM HONG KONG, TO CHILDHOOD BEDTIME STORIES.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE - CONTACT THE BAND
IVEGOTTHEDOPAMINEBLUES@GOOGLEMAIL.COM
FUCK YEAH.
WE ARE PLAYING BLOOMSBURY BOWLING LANES - 24TH JUNE.
EARLY SET - SO COME ALONG, WATCH US, GET FUCKED, GO BOWL.
SURRENDER TO TIME AND FROM FEAR
Sunday, 25 April 2010
ROY&DMC/HONDRADA/THE LEGION
THANKS, GREAT NIGHT!
I RECORDED OUR SET ONTO TAPE CASSETTE...FOLLOW THE LINK TO DOWNLOAD..
LUCIFER SUN AT THE LEGION
I will be distributing the set on 25 Tape Cassettes only.
More gigs booked...more info soon.
Heading into studio to record two tracks for 12" EP and CDR/DOWNLOAD
I RECORDED OUR SET ONTO TAPE CASSETTE...FOLLOW THE LINK TO DOWNLOAD..
LUCIFER SUN AT THE LEGION
I will be distributing the set on 25 Tape Cassettes only.
More gigs booked...more info soon.
Heading into studio to record two tracks for 12" EP and CDR/DOWNLOAD
Monday, 22 February 2010
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Monday, 11 January 2010
Ugly Fucking Dirty Sexy Karma gonna get you back.
We've done an interview for Dirty Sexy Karma. Terri is great. Go read.
http://dirtysexykarma.blogspot.com/2009/12/lucifer-sun.html
Upcoming/Ongoing -
Goo Nite @ Buffalo Bar - 27th Jan
Also been working with our friend Wade on some initial ideas for his film.
Uploaded new EP. Signal Processed Tanpura drones
Studio this week: Further recording/jams
Goo Nite @ Buffalo Bar - 27th Jan
Also been working with our friend Wade on some initial ideas for his film.
Uploaded new EP. Signal Processed Tanpura drones
Studio this week: Further recording/jams
For those of you who don't know I seriously advise you to check out Kill for Total Peace debut LP "Kill For". Sublime.
Till later....
Sunday, 13 December 2009
Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Monday, 23 November 2009
Come on! (Scorpio's extended love mix)
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Tuesday, 10 November 2009
THE YEAR OF OUR DEATH
Was in the studio over the weekend rehearsing/jamming. Here's one of the "songs" that came out of the jams. It is the leading track off our "Poppy Tea Demos". More from that later.
Scorpiox
Monday, 2 November 2009
Roll the Dice
I am a great believer in Aleatoric Music. Also known as Chance music.
There's something uncontrolled and liberating with Chance music which I really enjoy. Not only that but essentially the music is composing itself so therefor you get complete spontaneity. And this same concept filters into wig outs as a band, and for me into the drone. Getting lost into a trance with the music. A form of meditation. And then mental freedom as is the music.
(Photography by Wade)
Monday, 26 October 2009
Sunday, 25 October 2009
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Lucifer Sun have a last.fm
Myspace compression pisses me off.
LUCIFER SUN LAST.FM
A recording from my research project.
HARMONIUM DRONE
Lucifer Sun are working with a photographer/film maker and all round great friend Tom Wade. He is in my "followers" for those who wish to have a look. The collaboration is revolving around a soundtrack/live performance in parallel to the film. It's early days but I'm excited. For one I'm getting to really get my teeth stuck in a project with is more of a collaborative art piece. The combination of art with music. A reflection of culture by imposing our art on culture. I love the idea of performing the soundtrack live while the film is shown, interspersed with moments of dialogue and sounds. I want the music to be able to stand alone as a body of work without the film, just as much as it works in complete unison with it. From a recording perspective, it's gonna be recorded live, in dynamic and interesting spaces. Make use of locations that the footage is filmed in. Warehouse spaces, Churches, Rehearsal rooms, Bunkers, Lofts.
Scorpiox
Myspace compression pisses me off.
LUCIFER SUN LAST.FM
A recording from my research project.
HARMONIUM DRONE
Lucifer Sun are working with a photographer/film maker and all round great friend Tom Wade. He is in my "followers" for those who wish to have a look. The collaboration is revolving around a soundtrack/live performance in parallel to the film. It's early days but I'm excited. For one I'm getting to really get my teeth stuck in a project with is more of a collaborative art piece. The combination of art with music. A reflection of culture by imposing our art on culture. I love the idea of performing the soundtrack live while the film is shown, interspersed with moments of dialogue and sounds. I want the music to be able to stand alone as a body of work without the film, just as much as it works in complete unison with it. From a recording perspective, it's gonna be recorded live, in dynamic and interesting spaces. Make use of locations that the footage is filmed in. Warehouse spaces, Churches, Rehearsal rooms, Bunkers, Lofts.
Scorpiox
Saturday, 3 October 2009
Lucy Love...
It's been a while since I last wrote some words here.
I'm in the last...two weeks of my Recording Arts degree, and nearing the end of my dissertation, which has been a chance to write about something which is a huge influence on all my work.
DRONE: What is its significance within the work of contemporary Recording Artists and Counter Culture
That's the title (although I feel it may change soon, once I have finished writing) The research project is about how drones have been used in music (Everything from Classical Indian composition, to bands like Neu! Velvet Underground, Spacemen 3, Sonic Boom, stuff from the Basic Channel label, Dub and minimalism etc etc) It also covers its connection to spirituality. So the use of drone for meditation, and the use of psychedelic drugs to reach ego-loss, enlightenment. Spending time reading about Dr Tim Leary, Aldous Huxley, and shamanistic psychedelic rituals has been great. The finished dissertation is in for the 16th. I think I'll be alright. I'm going to be in the studio over next week doing my own recordings of Steve Reich's Pendulum music. Pendulum music is a piece of chance music. By placing a series of microphones connected to amplifiers, then letting them all go at once so they swing in front of them-every time the microphone swings across the speaker, a squeal of feedback happens. Eventually each microphone starts to go out of phase with each other, and then stops swinging leaving continues feedback. I will also be doing a bunch of recordings with my harmonium and Electronic Tanpura.
Next week I also have plans to do a bit of stereo mixing to the masters of Lucifer Sun's recent recordings. We've been down in our rehearsal space the past couple of weeks, and did a bit of recording. Stereo room recording - Two MD421's that I bought recently. They seem to be dated from around the 1960s, and they sound far better than Sennheisers recent manufactured ones. Set up in an AB technique, capturing the room sound. You can hear the results on our myspace
For rough demo's they are sounding alright, although I will work on some more refined placement. I'd love to get my hands on a Stereo Pair of Coles 4038s and run them through some Telefunken pre's.
I'm in the last...two weeks of my Recording Arts degree, and nearing the end of my dissertation, which has been a chance to write about something which is a huge influence on all my work.
DRONE: What is its significance within the work of contemporary Recording Artists and Counter Culture
That's the title (although I feel it may change soon, once I have finished writing) The research project is about how drones have been used in music (Everything from Classical Indian composition, to bands like Neu! Velvet Underground, Spacemen 3, Sonic Boom, stuff from the Basic Channel label, Dub and minimalism etc etc) It also covers its connection to spirituality. So the use of drone for meditation, and the use of psychedelic drugs to reach ego-loss, enlightenment. Spending time reading about Dr Tim Leary, Aldous Huxley, and shamanistic psychedelic rituals has been great. The finished dissertation is in for the 16th. I think I'll be alright. I'm going to be in the studio over next week doing my own recordings of Steve Reich's Pendulum music. Pendulum music is a piece of chance music. By placing a series of microphones connected to amplifiers, then letting them all go at once so they swing in front of them-every time the microphone swings across the speaker, a squeal of feedback happens. Eventually each microphone starts to go out of phase with each other, and then stops swinging leaving continues feedback. I will also be doing a bunch of recordings with my harmonium and Electronic Tanpura.
Next week I also have plans to do a bit of stereo mixing to the masters of Lucifer Sun's recent recordings. We've been down in our rehearsal space the past couple of weeks, and did a bit of recording. Stereo room recording - Two MD421's that I bought recently. They seem to be dated from around the 1960s, and they sound far better than Sennheisers recent manufactured ones. Set up in an AB technique, capturing the room sound. You can hear the results on our myspace
For rough demo's they are sounding alright, although I will work on some more refined placement. I'd love to get my hands on a Stereo Pair of Coles 4038s and run them through some Telefunken pre's.
Monday, 23 February 2009
Candy Stevens, what have you done? You took the hand of the Lucifer Sun
The last couple of days have been spent working on new songs with my band and getting some rough recordings of initial ideas/wig outs for reference. Here are some edits of the session. Apologies for the ghostly "crackles" on a couple of the tracks.
Sunday, 8 February 2009
Tanpura
As I said earlier, I would be posting either a Drone or Field recording that I have done.
The internet confuses me, so in till someone shows me how I can get an embedded player for this page, you will unfortunately have to click the link.
Tanpura Drone Recording
The recording is of a Electronic Tanpura.
Essentially a Electronic or Digital Tanpura is used to replicate the sound of the stringed drone instrument used in Indian Music.
It was invented to allow musicians to practice without the need for an actual Tanpura player.
Now these "little white boxes" are pretty cool and this one gets a lot of use in my band. The recording was done pretty quickly, and more so for a listening test. Over the next few weeks, I will be doing some proper recordings, sending the tanpura through various amps and effects. When I get them done, I'll post them up. Maybe by then the internet wont be so confusing.
The internet confuses me, so in till someone shows me how I can get an embedded player for this page, you will unfortunately have to click the link.
Tanpura Drone Recording
The recording is of a Electronic Tanpura.
Essentially a Electronic or Digital Tanpura is used to replicate the sound of the stringed drone instrument used in Indian Music.
It was invented to allow musicians to practice without the need for an actual Tanpura player.
Now these "little white boxes" are pretty cool and this one gets a lot of use in my band. The recording was done pretty quickly, and more so for a listening test. Over the next few weeks, I will be doing some proper recordings, sending the tanpura through various amps and effects. When I get them done, I'll post them up. Maybe by then the internet wont be so confusing.
As quiet as a spider/As loud as a tiger
Currently working on a number of things at the moment. If I sort my shit, I'll get a Field or Drone recording up on here by the end of the day.
But for now I'm going to spend my time reading about Arnold Schoenberg.
But for now I'm going to spend my time reading about Arnold Schoenberg.
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Never been the finest with introductions, so I'll keep it sweet.
You mean nothing to me (Should i even care?) is the vehicle for my field and studio recordings, drawings, collective projects, occasional writings and anything else that deems itself good enough to tag along.
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