Check out and download 30 great songs for FREE. Tom Rose of Reveal Records has complied some artists on his label. He's also written some exquisite liner notes. This link is only good for 28 days. Then you have to leave rehab.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/navigator--reveal-records-mixtape-giveaway-1819588.html

thank you Charlotte Richardson Andrews!



check it out....

http://wearsthetrousers.com/2008/08/01/dead-air-dead-air-2008/more-1424

yes. dead air was featured live in the studio on marc riley's "brain surgery" on BBC 6 Manchester earlier this evening. Listen in....Rainy, Paul and Gareth performed Tin Drum, Elephant Decision, and Widdow. Marc and Rainy had a little natter here and there on air. x

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/brain_surgery/

chris williams of monkey with a pen has been very very quiet....still waters run deep....

strange and beautiful....reminds me of the normal, early laurie anderson and liz phair....what do you think?

xx

Dear friends,

while many media people will rightfully hype the D.I.Y. aspect of Dead Air, let the truth be known that behind this digital smoke and mirrors operation there is more than one lady working late into the night in her apartment in New York City. During the mixing process, Dead Air enlisted the help of Josh Hager of Mission Control Studio in Boston. After recording all the tracks and doing rough mixes (some rougher than others), in true Dead Air fashion, all six of the mini album’s sessions were uploaded into the ether. After collecting the data, Josh routed it through his board for balancing and final mixing. Josh’s artful magic is all over the record, Mr. Hager’s most noticeable contribution to the mixing process can be heard on "Tin Drum and A.L.O.N.E." Josh is also responsible for the extra 80s edit of the song "Forever". Check out his D.I.Y. solo music (Garvy J.) on the MySpace. Not only are his impeccable production / engineering skills featured prominently here, but listen to his epic, exquisitely crafted melancholic pop songs. Experience his songwriting and musical virtuosity. Josh works as a producer, engineer and musician worldwide and he continues to support Dead Air, giving technical advice regarding translating the songs into live performance.

let’s also give thanks to Nathan James of Vault Mastering for clicking the last click and aligning the last bits of zeros and ones...during the incredibly scientific process of MASTERING.

Science.

Check it out: Directed by Lars Gerhard, Shot by Clem McIntosh, Edited by Joseph Suslak, Hair and Makeup by Jennifer Silva of Fringe Salon.

That’s Parker Kindred on Bass...

that’s the word.

Check it out! go to this link and tell 'em how you love / hate the Dead Air Song "Elephant Decision".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/nemone/lunchbox.shtml

elephant decision

elephant decision
stuck in our mouths
sick with the answer
sickened by doubt
birds fly over there in the sky
spell out our names together
oh that makes me cry
oh that makes me cry

uh uh oh
uh uh oh

rude commotion fell out of my head
restrained emotion well i'm better off dead
he's got that cigarette motion
writing in the air
find a new devotion
promise to take care

uh uh oh
uh uh oh

hmmm...
delicate decision
glass elephant decision
he's got that cigarette motion
writing in the air
it spells out the names together
spells out the names together
oh that makes me cry
oh that makes me cry

uh uh oh
uh uh oh
uh uh oh
uh uh oh

electrical heart

i touched my lips to yours in francia
i brushed the hair from your face in rome
smoked a cigarette for you in munich
touched your face in the rain on a cold dark night
missing you from haarlem to hamburg
hamburg to berlin.

holding your hand against my heart by the wall
did i hear you on the other side
wait for me a faint whisper to my thoughts
made me want to cry
oh that voice makes me come undone....

feel me in east berlin. show me i'm the one

to meet in the ether digidelirious
in the sky zeros and ones
breathless and oh so mysterious
electrical hearts and lust

i followed your footsteps on the duomo
touched the small of your back in belgrade
i'm your former serbian soldier, i carried you home
kissing you all the way

i left you twice in daventry
figured things would be better that way
i longed for your touch in birmingham
took you back--the way you said wollongong
holding the door for you in spain
as you lay down at my feet
in fake fur and stilettos
pleasure mixed with pain

i take you to bed with me
and before you sleep
an aloha look forever and never all and nothing
so complete
free me from etherea
be on this earth in the rough
naked breath to breath material
electrical hearts and lust

but then we meet in the ether delirious
in the sky zeros and ones
breathless and oh so mysterious
electrical hearts and lust

free me from etherea
be on this earth in the rough
naked breath to breath material
electrical hearts and lust

in my mind's eye 'til the days end
slit your arms around me, come undone
feel me in east berlin. show me i'm the one

widdow

you act like widdow who's never been married
float from window to window
you face is white in the shadows
dressed in black and long skirts
with your kohl's eyeliner
i'm not supposed to look at you when you put on mascara

i like that lipstick
it looks like it's flavored cherry
candy girls forgive themselves
by saying hail marys

you used to write me postcards
said i should come visit
but when i got there there was nothing much left to see
it turns out you were scratching the walls with your bumper car delight
but then you looked when you looked at me
oh
you looked at me
made me smile
held my hand and heart for a while but

i like that lipstick
it looks like it's flavored cherry
candy girls forgive themselves
by saying hail marys

A.L.O.N.E.

it used to be great
we used to do everything
and when you sung
you had my heart on a string
and when i clutched my pillow
think you'll wanna know
words are hard to swallow

but oh, it's suddenly so strange, oh yeah
now we're done and i'm A.L.O.N.E.
A.L.O.N.E.

alone, not a place to go to run
think i'm gonna fade away
when i cry   
hide my eyes
wonder why
i died inside
alone

oh it's suddenly so strange, oh yeah
i found a gun you're A.L.O.N.E
A.L.O.N.E.

alone
not a friend to go and cry to
pass the time a fragile fool
ride the lies
dry your eyes laugh and hide
wonder why we died inside
alone

forever

edie you're lookin' so good in your getup
a new skirt over the trousers  
ahhh the revolutionary costume
 
leopard print and those high heels
all done up to feed the racoons
in the attic
i'll be right down, mother
but not in a kimono, oh no 

mother had quite a fit
caught on camera
went straight to print  
rows and rows
no end in sight
i won't get out of here until i die
    
forever
 
she paces filling boredom
with dance routines and old memories
longs for new york city, and the sounds of street
mother reminds her
any place would be much worse 

i remain your photograph of something not to choose
an easthampton aberration, a quiet recluse
a spirit by the sea cloaked in mystery
a 70s muse or fading aristocracy

tin drum

tin drum persona
let's eat wild stawberries
ingmar bergman and madonna
should've been at monterey pop

star power and dark shadows
blinded by a muted beauty

tin drum persona
i am you, you are me
half a face and a beautiful body
but you couldn't even speak

i see the light behind you
it silhouettes your broken heart
to find a new affliction

tin drum persona let's eat wild strawberries
ingmar bergman and madonna
should have been at monterey pop
bathed in black and white like an old screen movie
but you couldn't even speak