Thursday, January 29, 2009

Complete Discography

While I am currently planning on compiling an album of sorts for this year, mainly featuring whatever I have done since my last "official" album, I would like to offer a general description of my work that can be listened to (and hopefully enjoyed) for free. Let's start with the oldest...


Slightly Serious - Full-length, 2004 - Download
I begin with this release because any other album I have "released" before this (and there were many) detailed a time when I knew next to nothing about mixing or equalization. So with this one I actually took my time to make it physically listenable, although I don't think that people liked it as much because it was on the rather slow side. 2004 also marked the height of my "hip hop years," with this one representing a much more downtempo feel.

Self-titled, I guess - Full-length, 2005 - Download
The previous title to this was "Mr. President," unofficially released with a slightly different track listing. These first couple of releases also demonstrate my interest in creating real cover art and packaging. It was done on a budget, so not much can be expected of it. A few copies may still even floating around Rhode Island. Anyway, these beats are much more mixed, featuring a few more experimental songs, which also marks the end of my Cubase days.

Melancholy - Full-length, 2007 - Download
My first non-Cubase produced album; also my first ambient album. What happened in 2006, you might say? Well, I'm not really sure other than the fact that I was acquiring real equipment and learning how to record using a digital 8-track. The idea for this came from a newfound interest and love in some of the more obscure ambient coming out of the independent electronica scene.

Something For Now - Full-length, 2008 - Download
As somewhat of a compliment to Melancholy, this album represents the actual beats I was making in between, and with a lot of genre-bending. I had intended for a bigger release of this, but unfortunately school got in the way of that (or just lack of motivation/confidence). There are some more perfected ambient songs on this, as well as songs I made specifically for my rapper friend Chris. I also try dub for the first time.

Love and Death - Double EP, 2008 - Download
This one came as a bit of a surprise. First off, I was really happy with the songs I had made prior to and a little bit into the summer of 2008. I wanted this to be half beats and half ambient. The beats leaned more towards minimal techno and pop, while the ambient side was a noisier-than-usual attempt at creating texture. Somewhere along the line though I got really discouraged about the quality of the songs and decided to just cut the whole thing short and release it strictly online. I doubt anyone listened to it as a result, but whatever I kept on here I couldn't seem to let go of. So I guess this one was somewhat of a failure. As you can see, however, the year 2008 also marked a shift into more experimenting.

Something For Now [Summer Edition] - Re-issue with bonus tracks, 2008 - Download
Okay, so this was me reviving my interest in making Something For Now a big release, with five or so bonus tracks to boot. I only titled it "Summer Edition" because I was hoping to have it finished before the end of summer. It was actually finished closer to October. The bonus tracks comprised of beats I had made that I had nothing to do with or were too good to put on Love and Death. In fact, I think there might even be one or two tracks from that album on here.


This next "album" I have in mind may resemble Love and Death more than anything, in the sense that it will be mixed beats and ambient that I may or may not be entirely happy with (we'll see). It probably won't hit the full-length mark, but it will definitely be a step up from (or to the side of) what I am used to making or what I have been making. Basically, I have had the intention to branch out since day one, and this, if anything comes of it, will represent yet another manifestation of that goal.

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