February 2012
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WatchA teaser of what’s in store tonight at Merkin Hall, from my “Presto” for yMusic. Tickets still available at the door!
“This is how I aspire to think about music,” Mr....
Some revealing secrets about my studio process in this New York Times article, Bridging Genres And Generations On the Fly, about yMusic (& friends) by William Robin. It will appear in print in this Sunday’s Arts Section!
I’ll be performing Wednesday with yMusic, alongside Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire, as part of the Ecstatic Music Festival at Kaufman Center’s Merkin...
January 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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jevinalmazan asked: What sounds do you make from scratch? Do you have any preferences in software for creating sounds?
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professorglum asked: I'm obsessed with those string sounds in the chorus of "Rising." They almost sound like a Mellotron! How did you achieve that effect?
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October 2011
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WatchWednesday night I’m performing in a show I co-curated with composer/multi-instrumentalist Toby Driver. The night features the work of two artists, Terran Olsen and Joshue Ott, and is sponsored by MATA as part of their Interval Series.
Joshue designed this video (full-screen that) for Weapons II (from the Weapons EP) using a visual instrument he designed called superDraw. During Wednesday...
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ltd-knwldg asked: I love your music, and production style. The acoustic and electronic elements seem to make so much sense together. There's also an ambience (the sound of the room) throughout a lot of "We Are Rising". Do you try to capture the room's natural reverb when recording acoustic elements? What types of reverbs (hardware/software) do lean on otherwise, during the mix?
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September 2011
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August 2011
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"But there’s a whole lot more to We Are Rising...
Maybe my favorite line from a recent review? Hard to say, this one’s got a few gemz. It’s here.
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Watchoh man oh man oh man oh man!
lottdance:
From the “We Added It Up” video shoot. I choreographed this piece for the incomparable Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond… In this shot, one of our daring cameramen, Alex Craig, chases Amy Miller as she dances around Bennyroyce Royon.