DharmaMix is live, and has been going strong for just over a week. Free sign-up, free music, a conscious community and much more. Strong messages mixed over music, featuring musicians from the 3rd Coast and West Coast, quotes from around the world and poignant speakers. Here’s where to start:
10.19.2k9
10.08.2k9
October is upon us, with All Hallows pacing quickly towards the present. With so much to cover, let’s skip the small talk.
David Ascott, Austin’s caterpillar, committed suicide just one week previously. I (Jaya) learned all I know about hookahs from him. He is, in fact, the reason I have my own hookah. His absence means there is one hookah less in Austin, on less person to gather a group of souls around the warmth of sheesha and much more.
On the opposite news-spectrum, Ghost Face Geisha landed in Austin more than a week ago to stay. For the first time in history, the Trochlear Recordings digital label is in one place. Once settled, look forward for a huge upgrade to the site as well as live samples from new music as it comes. As like last year, a winter EP is scheduled from Jaya Prime, currently titled “The Smell of a Storm”. As with the last EP, it will focus more on electro and glitch, except that the beats are quicker and harder hitting. More on that soon.
Just on the horizon is the beta launch of DharmaMix. Many different Trochlear artists have been featured across multiple mixes. This coming weekend the site goes live. Keep an eye on DharmaMix dot Com this coming Sunday. One of the premier mixes for the launch, called “Too Good to Be True”, features the track “Keep Movin’” by Mushuto, with more on the way.
BandCamp has changed their policy, so no more free 128kbps downloads from their site. However, we will return to hosting 128kbps quality tracks on this site and re-releasing those soon. High quality cuts can still be downloaded from them for low prices.
Finally, a bit on this year’s burn. Sending out mad gratitude and love to Camp Mystic, to Skinny Kitty Teahouse and to some of the new faces that stand out for me this year: Ronabell, Chip (Optimus Prime) and Danielle (Bumblebee). The latter two autobots picked me up as I hitched out of the playa on the day of Exodus. Ronabell is a fellow mixer/producer who hails from the PDX and was spinning at Arachnophobia. It was an incredible burn, with a huge slide the size of a building, one of the most beautiful temples ever and so many more mutant vehicles and art installations than last year. Mad gratitude to the extremely burner-friendly Reno-Tahoe airport, who joked with us burners and let us sleep just about everywhere while we waited for flights to take our dusted asses out of there.
Much love… and stay tuned.
08.01.2k9
Welcome to August! There is a lot of fun to cover. For those who missed it, Jaya Prime’s album “IO Teknika” hit the net at the end of July and is available for free download. Check it:
You can download the tracks from here on the site in average quality, or purchase the album for five bones off of BandCamp in high quality (as well as in insanely high qualities).
News from the labs, above all, is that Ghost Face Geisha just left the ATX after the owners and producers gathered. Many new images, recovered images and sounds are all bubbling into the future at this very moment. This coming October, Geisha will be moving to the ATX and the previously mentioned site overhaul will set underway. Anyone who would like to see something changed on the site (or added to it) should contact us before then. We have electronic ears set up to listen.
For some previews of the images you’ll find entering the site soon, check out the two below:
There is music coming as well. Check the Free Download Page here in the next few days, as Epileptik Cerebral Reaktor’s debut album–”Fluxuati”–is due for re-release and has been re-mastered by BMFD. Tracks like “Ten Blessings” and “Lost Liver” have long been favorites. We’re bringin’ ‘em back.
Finally, the time between updates will continue to be long as we make final preparations to travel out towards the Black Rock Desert. The year has turned round the sun, and soon the last great tribe of mankind will gather around the wheel of time to celebrate all that is great in the species… and to burn a man. Much love to everyone who is planning to meet us out there. To all the rest, we will see you on the other side of the world.
06.15.2k9
News from the open-source music scene: Ugress, mad scientist extraordinaire, has released his fourth album–Reminiscience. It may be too early to tell, but this could quite easily be his best work to-date. With a jazzy start, the album progresses into darker and darker elements. At first listen, it is almost as if the songs are moving through the stages of life up until the end, except on a more global level. You can find links to listen to it or purchase it from the good doctor’s main site here:
06.11.2k9
Our server company has finished a large upgrade. There have been a few technical errors along the way. Having prodded around the insides of the machine, it appears everything is working. Apologies for any unwanted bleeps and bloops during the transition.
05.31.2k9
Ghost Face Geisha has wrapped up work on a handful of tracks. Expect to hear more on this (and the tracks themselves) in July as she makes her return to the ATX. She has also been working on the next batch of promotional plaques. There is a lot brewing, so keep the FSK’s tuned in and on time.
In other news, the organization P5Y is currently undertaking a large task for raising funds for world peace. Is world peace something you want and would actively be a part of?
Let me put it this way. How easy is it for you to use your blender to play your music? Not easy, is it? That’s because the blender, of course, was built for blending. Now, in a world where war is “the way of things”, a machine that becomes self-aware will most likely have been engineered for war. It will have been engineered to kill… and so killing will be the function it serves once it becomes self aware. AI is coming. If our technology becomes aware in a world at war, we die; in a world at peace, we may still die… but it is no longer the probable outcome. The T.Rex DigiLab suggests placing the chips on world peace. Here’s where to become a part of it:
05.29.2k9
Thanks goes out to BMFD, Jaya’s drummer and a local ATX entrepreneur. He has created the first T.Rex automaton. BMFD’s T.Rax Bot is now behind all mastering for the label. The first album to be digitally remastered by the bot is Schema’s debut EP “Conversation Pieces”. It is up on the Download Page at this very moment:
http://www.trochlearrex.com/download/
“Ghosts of Blood and Oil” has been uploaded to Last.fm. All three tracks can be downloaded in average quality 128kbps. This is the third of four triads in the upcoming “IO Teknika” album from San Jaya Prime. Those who want to purchase high quality cuts or listen to the album as it takes form (aiming for a July release) should visit the album’s page on Bandcamp here:
http://sanjayaprime.bandcamp.com/album/io-teknika-in-four-movements
To listen or download the three tracks from “Ghosts of Blood and Oil”, visit the album’s page on Last.fm here:
http://www.last.fm/music/San+Jaya+Prime/Ghosts+of+Blood+and+Oil
The next triad, “iHeartStalker”, should be released in late June. The final triad is scheduled to be opened up for free download at the end of July. Thanks goes out to Tricky Fish Photography for the photos that were used in creating the album cover, as well as to Quiccs who provided the font and to ObsidianDawn dot Com for the alchemy brushes.
05.14.2k9
Production has been wrapped up for the next few three-part singles from San Jaya Prime. While they remain to be mastered and lack album art, Jaya has created a fifteen-minute mix containing parts from each song. Right-click here, then save it to your computer and load it onto your MP3 player. You can also listen using the nice little flash button.
The first three songs from the mix have already been released on the “Party at Arizona Bay” single (available for free download here). Once all three of the singles are ready, they will be re-released as the full album “IO Teknika (in Four Movements)”. Tune back in at the beginning of June for the next of these triads–”Ghosts of Blood and Oil”.
04.29.2k9
Plenty to cover. To start out, the new T.Rex Triad from San Jaya Prime:
San Jaya Prime – Party at Arizona Bay
| 1. Party at Arizona Bay (Ouverture) | [download@64kbps] | |
| 2. Party at Arizona Bay | [download@64kbps] | |
| 3. Robot Beats Its Drum | [download@64kbps] |
./download.album: Party at Arizona Bay [Full Album @ 128kbps]
BMFD finished mastering the triad earlier today. It can be downloaded for free here, or from Jaya’s Artists > Audio page. Both “IO Limiters” and “The Ash of a Thousand Suns” are being reviewed by Amazon dot Com for submission. Pending approval, that means Trochlear content at super high quality 320kbps for cheap download. Following on the news about IMDb, the information for Mushuto, Schema and SJP has been entered into the Discogs dot Com database and is simply pending verification.
There are at least three more T.Rex Triads like this one to be released by Jaya over the next few months. Tracks are already mastered for the next triad–”Ghosts of Blood and Oil”. They’re pending only album art. On that topic, the digital insert in the ZIP file for “Party at Arizona Bay” includes alternative album covers as well as liner notes and credits.
Pending feedback from Jason Newby and Ghost Face Geisha, a Jared Newby tribute album may be available as soon as this autumn. Until later. . enjoy. . and stay tuned!
Party at Arizona Bay
04.09.2k9
A lot to cover, including some new music, some great news, some shout out in thanks and a bit from the open-source community. Welcome to April.
Firstly, Trochlear Rex has been in contact with different leaders from the open-source music community. Sending a shout in thanks to Boreta of The Glitch Mob, GMM of Uncanny Planet Records, PK of Pepper Mill Records, as well as Amber of DharmaMix dot Com and Ellechip. We are absorbing a lot of information and suggestions from each of them as we move towards the next stage for Trochlear.
In the news, the movie “15 Minutes” by AndersonEnvy Media being populated [here] on IMDb at this very moment. T.Rex artists Mushuto and San Jaya Prime are both featured on the soundtrack and on IMDb. Here is the link to the soundtrack listing:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403116/soundtrack
In celebration, Mushuto’s album “Flex Louder” has been re-released on the Download Page as well as on his artist profile on the main site [here]. “Flex Louder” was the very first release from Trochlear and featured on KarmaDownload within the first month of its release. Other re-releases will appear in the months to come.
In other news, the Collage Records label went open-source in July of 2008. Their most recent album, titled “Collagist“, gives an excellent review of their various artists. The music spans everything from blues, to trip-hop, to breaks and more. To add to the amazing talent that they make available for free download, the label is located primarily in Texas… and, like Trochlear, right in the ATX. Here is the link to their main site:
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