Custom Darkroom panels for the modular
08/04/10 15:11 Filed in: gear
Back to CB2
05/04/10 16:02 Filed in: gigs
This Wednesday (7th April), for the first time in
over ten years, we’ll be playing at
CB2, Cambridge, as part of
Improvizone.
Do join us if you can.
Os, April 2010
Do join us if you can.
Os, April 2010
Video from last two Improvizone gigs
03/04/10 14:55 Filed in: gigs
The Vimeo pages are here and here. Another two outings for
the Juno, now triggered from a Moog MP-201 pedal, and Mike
continues to bring new pedals along, most recently
an Eventide TimeFactor.
Os, April 2010
Os, April 2010
Bandcamp
27/01/10 20:22 Filed in: website
We’ve put most of our catalogue up on our Bandcamp page.
Bandcamp is a great service that allows musicians to sell directly to their fans. It also offers downloads in much higher quality formats than other services - up to and including lossless formats such as FLAC, so for example you can now go and get Some Of These Numbers Mean Something in 24 bit FLAC, better than CD quality!
The downloads are also cheaper on Bandcamp. Well, to be accurate, the downloads can be as expensive as the band wants them to be, but I’ve set ours so you pay about what we would get from iTunes for a sale - because on Bandcamp we get all the money (none goes to Apple etc.) we can afford to do that and not lose out.
We’ll also be putting up most of our podcast tracks on Bandcamp from now on. The podcast will remain as 128kbit mp3s (i.e. low quality by today’s standards) but you’ll be able to download the higher quality versions from Bandcamp if you want.
Os, January 2010
Bandcamp is a great service that allows musicians to sell directly to their fans. It also offers downloads in much higher quality formats than other services - up to and including lossless formats such as FLAC, so for example you can now go and get Some Of These Numbers Mean Something in 24 bit FLAC, better than CD quality!
The downloads are also cheaper on Bandcamp. Well, to be accurate, the downloads can be as expensive as the band wants them to be, but I’ve set ours so you pay about what we would get from iTunes for a sale - because on Bandcamp we get all the money (none goes to Apple etc.) we can afford to do that and not lose out.
We’ll also be putting up most of our podcast tracks on Bandcamp from now on. The podcast will remain as 128kbit mp3s (i.e. low quality by today’s standards) but you’ll be able to download the higher quality versions from Bandcamp if you want.
Os, January 2010
New album progress
27/01/10 20:18 Filed in: releases
The new Darkroom album is progressing well. The
eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that my last.fm profile shows me
listening to some cryptically named Darkroom
tracks in various orders over the last few days -
that’s me trying to get the play order right. I
think I’ve nailed it.
It should be said that Mike hasn’t heard much of this yet, so it could be all back to the drawing board soon.
But I like it.
Os, January 2010
It should be said that Mike hasn’t heard much of this yet, so it could be all back to the drawing board soon.
But I like it.
Os, January 2010
Improvizone gigs
27/01/10 20:06 Filed in: gigs
Mike and I are playing at the three forthcoming
Improvizone gigs. These are
* Wed 03 March 2010 - last.fm event
* Wed 31 March 2010 - last.fm event
* Wed 21 April 2010 - last.fm event
and all are taking place at The Plough, E17.
Watch www.improvizone.com/gigs.php for updates, for example details of the other musicians playing.
Os, January 2010
* Wed 03 March 2010 - last.fm event
* Wed 31 March 2010 - last.fm event
* Wed 21 April 2010 - last.fm event
and all are taking place at The Plough, E17.
Watch www.improvizone.com/gigs.php for updates, for example details of the other musicians playing.
Os, January 2010
Interview in Tokafi: The Notes behind the Numbers
27/11/09 15:25 Filed in: press
Random updates
27/11/09 15:12 Filed in: recording
sessions
It's been quiet here on the blog for a while, but stuff
is going on behind the scenes.
A couple of podcast updates have gone out, largely based on the ever-growing Darkroom modular synth. Check them out if you've not already - they offer some clues as to where you can expect the next album to be going.
Also, on November 4th & 25th we indulged in a substantial amount of recording. Largely bass on the 4th, and all guitar on the 25th. For the gearheads - Mike used a Harley Benton GA5 head & some nameless old cab, mic'd up with an SM57 and the previously blogged T.Bone ribbon. Pedals included the Space Echo, a tremolo, a phaser and any number of random fuzzes (often two at once).
There's a good feeling in the Darkroom about this new album right now. To me it somehow feels more 'grown up' than anything we've done before. Definitely a progression from the last one, & we're still pretty chuffed with that.
Os, November 2009
A couple of podcast updates have gone out, largely based on the ever-growing Darkroom modular synth. Check them out if you've not already - they offer some clues as to where you can expect the next album to be going.
Also, on November 4th & 25th we indulged in a substantial amount of recording. Largely bass on the 4th, and all guitar on the 25th. For the gearheads - Mike used a Harley Benton GA5 head & some nameless old cab, mic'd up with an SM57 and the previously blogged T.Bone ribbon. Pedals included the Space Echo, a tremolo, a phaser and any number of random fuzzes (often two at once).
There's a good feeling in the Darkroom about this new album right now. To me it somehow feels more 'grown up' than anything we've done before. Definitely a progression from the last one, & we're still pretty chuffed with that.
Os, November 2009