Here is the last interview that I’ve done for the Eleventh Hour. John and Jim talked about classic Fates Warning, A Twist of Fate, the new Arch/Matheos record Sympathetic Resonance, as well as the state of the music biz.
Mariusz Duda Interview
This is my interview with Mariusz Duda of Riverside (and now Lunatic Soul) that was conducted back in November of 2007.
Long time, no see.
Hi folks, as you can see things haven’t been very active on this blog. I have been keeping busy but just haven’t been posting about it here (damn you, Facebook). A beginning of the year update has been long overdue, so here goes:
My radio shows Go Long and The Eleventh Hour are no longer on the air on Sun-FM. I had a good run with both and am very grateful of the people I’ve met while doing them, not to mention the musicians that were kind enough to be interviewed for the show. Have a peek at the Interview Archive and you can hear most of the interviews.
I’ve joined the team for the zombie survival HL2 mod No More Room In Hell. This game is brutally hard and oppressive and I’m trying to help make it even scarier with sound design and music.
I have been recording some songs with Washed In Blood for a demo/self-released album.
A few tracks I’ve done for the NMRIH soundtrack are available on my Soundcloud page. These aren’t currently in-game and may end up in a different form eventually, but I’m proud of these versions. Torch Her, Grieve Not Soon, Untitled Sketch.
Jon Anderson interview
Back in June, I got to speak with original Yes singer and accomplished solo artist Jon Anderson. We spoke about his latest album Survival and Other Stories, his collaborations with Rick Wakeman and Trevor Rabin, and some other projects he was working on including a continuation of Olias of Sunhillow. Most of the interview aired on the 6/26 Eleventh Hour radio show. Here is the link to the interview in its entirety.
Caustic Reverie – Unearthly Sun
The new Caustic Reverie album is complete!
1. Longing For The Glow (39:34)
2. Unearthly Sun (06:01)
Check it out on Bandcamp!
Strange flat rotating discs of sound!
I’m very new to the LP game. A few months back, I was given a promo copy of a gorgeous picture disc from White Orange.
This necessitated finding a turntable. A nice lady at a flea market had a “brand new” Numark USB turntable to sell me for 40 bucks and she even threw in the only record she had: Another Voyage by the Ramsey Lewis Trio. Said turntable did not work when I first plugged it in, but that turned out to be because the drive belt hadn’t even been hooked onto the motor yet. The album is a jazz trio with a tiny smattering of funk.
The next two acquisitions are from eBay auctions. Spirit’s The Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus. This is probably my favorite album from the psychedelic scene.
And Triumvirat’s Spartacus. These guys were basically the German version of Emerson, Lake & Palmer. This album blows away Brain Salad Surgery in my books.
This morning was spent combing through shelves in the local Salvation Army thrift store. I found seven titles I liked through the sea of Barry Manilow, Mellisa Manchester, and Julio Iglesias, and for seven dollars, they were mine.
Steve Hackett Interview
I got to speak with Steve Hackett, former guitarist of Genesis and founder of GTR about two weeks ago. Here is the mp3 of the interview that played on the Eleventh Hour Radio show on 5/1/11.
Dusting the cobwebs off
Things have been busy for me lately and I’ve been neglecting the blog for too long.
PVK II released beta 2.4 that included sounds and voices that I’ve been working on all year. I did the Pirate Captain, Heavy Knight, and Viking Berserker.
I’ve been playing drums in the band Washed In Blood for the past few months. Our first show is this Saturday at Pontunes and we have two shows in the week after that. We’ve also been trying to do some home recording in the practice space and my bedroom.
Lastly, I had another go at the RPM Challenge, in which participants try to write and record an album in the month of February. I started work on what would become my latest album but had a couple of setbacks including a bout of illness. I wasn’t able to put the finishing touches on the album until a week after the contest was over, but I’m proud of the end result: The Descending. I’ve also just signed up for Soundcloud and have hosted the album there as well as Jamendo.
A Caustic Reverie compilation: Remainders
Remainders
Remainders is a compilation of Caustic Reverie drones and soundscapes from 2009-2010 that weren’t released for one reason or another. It is available for streaming and download from last.fm and Jamendo.
1. 
Helix 2 (9:21)
2. Helix 3(16:48)
3. Untitled (Reconstruction) (2:37)
4. Tranquil Reflection (20:38)
5. Smut King Refraction (4:07)
6. Arcane Robins Tilt (4:50)
7. Inertias Hold Tow (7:58)
8. Caped Psych Antic (3:11)
Total: (69:30)