I recently found about 15 cassette tapes of old pre-Endif material.

This would all have been written from '92 til about '98, at which point I started putting most recordings onto then-expensive Zip drive cartridges on the then-revolutionary (and expensive) VS-880, and then onto a 400mhz G3 macintosh.

Probably half of it is only useable as sample material.
Which is fine, that's my bread and butter.

Some of it - Winterlong, the material made with other people, particularly my ex wife - well, let's just say there are intellectual property issues that will probably ensure that none of that ever sees the light of day. Too bad, as some of it held promise. Oh well.

The rest is clearly proto-Endif. Probably half of this is actually pretty good, if I do say so myself. ;]

Listening to this group of tapes makes me wish I had been more confident and more connected back then: I was making good powernoise back in '92. I wonder how it would have been received, and, if positively, how that would have changed the recent history of hard electronic music.

At any rate, I might have been able to make some money off it, eh?
Bloody downloaders. =P

So yes, found old tapes, am now sifting them for a possible release. Likely a smaaall run of special physical copies, followed by a free net-release or something.

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Carbon is 8 right behind Alter Der Ruine: right where I belong.
Giggety.

The promoter at Satellite made a bit of a hash of the scheduling and I didn't wind up playing.

There was miscommunication between Family Curse (who contacted me originally to play, and who rocked hard last night) and the promoter (who booked two other bands and was apparently unaware of my booking til the last minute).

So in the end they booked four bands and didn't put my project on any of the promotion, and I got pushed to the end of the night, at which point there was no one left in the bar. =/

Got paid though, and had fun despite the minor clusterfuck, so it wasn't a total wash.
=P

Thanks to those of you that showed up, it was great hanging out.
Hope you all had a safe and fun night, and we'll see you on Jan 22nd.
=]

REVERENCE 08
August 20, 22 - 23

Madison WI

Inferno Nightclub and High Noon Saloon

21 and up days one and three, 18+ day two

$36 for a THREE DAY PASS

SINGLE DAY PASSES – – –

DAY ONE: $6

DAY TWO: $16 ($2 surcharge at the door for ages 18-20)

DAY THREE: $21

(all 3 days include a $1 postage and handling fee)

PAYPAL is madreverence@NOSPAMgmail.com (take out the NOSPAM).



Note: TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW!



I'm not playing this year, too far away. =[

If you can go and don't you are made of stupid.

http://tympanikaudio.com/order/


Endif: Carbon
Pre-order - ships July 30th.


Full details and preview clips:
http://tympanikaudio.com/releases/ta011/

Tracklisting_

Churl 4:58
Ghost In The Machine 4:08
Peeling The Layers 3:45
Between Two Worlds 4:48
Surgery Of The Soul 5:06
Last Tribe (Endif V. Replogen) 4:13
Reactionary 3:39
The Answer 2:38
Naked Bloody And Hungry 4:37
Soft Power 6:10
Police State 4:04
Police State (Billy Club rmx by Pneumatic Detach) 4:28


Price: $13.00 + ship

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A new tool for my sonic arsenal, built from a PCB I bought via the Internets.

Youtube video here with full details.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emzdIbugP0g

The masters came back from Justin (Pneumatic Detach) this weekend.
The final art proofs came today.

All approved.

Carbon is on its way to the duplicators.
We should have copies.. soon.
Will post again when it's available.

=D

Saturday morning started as any other.



Got up. Carried Ozzy and Tim downstairs as the girls hopped and spun around me on the way to outside land for their first pee of the day. Makin' coffee in my underwear (boxerbriefs, thanks). Everyone inside for kibble.

Loud noises. Glasses falling. What the flying fuck. Glass everywhere within a 3 meter radius. Scaring the curious critters away from paw shredding awfulness.

Quarantine the kitchen. Shoes and gloves and eye protection. Sweep up the glass. Toss the kibble and water. Clean everything. Check offending cupboard.

The pegs in our cupboards had been failing, snapping off, so we replaced them with new ones from Home Despot. Some had left the pegs behind, which had to be drilled out. Either that hole was torn too badly, or I used too big a bit, because one new peg popped out and sent all the glasses on that shelf crashing down into sparkly oblivion.

Only injury was a little nick on Jen's shin.
Frickin' miracle, that.

Shake our heads, drink coffee, and move on with our day.


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Work for me. Two jobs.
Haircut and errands for Jen.

Stop for lunch at tasty Pho place.
Hit the restroom to pee.
Irritation in an otherwise happy zone.

Tiny.
Shard.
Of glass.
Stuck in my cock.
0_o.

Right through my fucking underwear.
I dress left, so on right side.
Just behind the head.
Hadn't noticed it at all.

What the high holy fuck?!

I happened to bring my camera in with me.
I always take pictures of install jobs as a CYA measure.
So I figured 'how often do you get a tiny shard of glass stuck in your unit?' and snapped a shot.

Checkit:

http://pics.livejournal.com/squidb0i/pic/0000ktak/



Tiny shard.
Easily removed.
*shakes head*
Fuckin' bizarre.

Endif will be releasing it's second album on US label Tympanik Audio.

This new signing adds momentum to Tympanik's steadily swelling roster, which includes Totakeke, Pneumatic Detach, Flint Glass, and Displacer to name a few.

The new release, 'Carbon', is scheduled for July '08, with a preview track appearing on the 'Approach Lights' limited edition Tympanik artist compilation to be sold at Festival Kinetik, as well as on Endif's myspace and LastFM profiles.

URLS:
http://www.tympanikaudio.com/
http://www.endif.org

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http://www.myspace.com/tympanik