Maximal is finished and on sale now! I think it perhaps requires a little explanation. I created the EP as a fun interlude between albums One and Two, and it's quite different from either. The project, and the title "Maximal," stemmed from a number of different areas, and ended up as a dance-oriented intrumental set.

When Chris Randall made up the grindhouse genre, I wrote a track following the rules he laid out. It was a fun, fast process, and I ended up with a compelling track. If you're interwebs-savvy, you'll find that the track "D575" is the exemplar track for the maximal grindhouse sub-genre.

The fact that I produced D575 in less than 8 hours is an indicator of how fast I can pump out a 4-on-the-floor track, at least compared to how long a Bounte track usually takes. While this speed-writing process isn't as satisfying for me, I figure it has its place, so I envisioned a side project called Shallow, which would be a bunch of mindless dance tracks, on par with the typical white-label vinyl. I ended up injecting some intellect into the tracks, so they didn't quite fit the spirit of that project.

Then there is Minimal electronica. I've been fascinated at how Minimal can so simply present the essence of a successful dance track, and really get people moving. I'd love to understand and tap into some of that, but my track programming runs quite the opposite to Minimal. Indeed, it's Maximal.

So Maximal is a bit of a strange mish-mash, a little departure for me, but the essence of the project is to cram as much information and subtlety into the tracks as possible, without overbearing the danceability of them.