the unraveling

new extropy available now!

So what the hell… the album is ready to go and it’s not even Tuesday. You can grab it now from http://www.evolvesingularity.org Thanks for all the support.

New extropy - October 13th

I’m excited to announce that the new extropy record is finished. It’s my best work to date. I feel like I’ve managed to create something powerful here, something greater than myself… and as an artist it has exceeded my greatest expectations.

I’m torn between the belief that great art is beyond the commercial, and the feeling that our era of abundant “free” music and instant gratification has devalued it’s art to the point that it is almost worthless to most people. I have no illusions that this work is anything more than a labor of love. Nevertheless I want to share it in a way that does not reduce it’s value to zero. For this reason I am not going to give it away as a free download. I’m not intending to profit from this, only to insure that the listener must put forth some effort to “earn” the experience, even if it is a token amount. If this reduces the scope of it’s appreciation, so be it. I’ve put every part of myself into it’s creation and consider it a fair exchange.

The physical release will be limited to 20 copies, some of which will be allocated to close friends and family who have encouraged and supported me over the years. The remaining quantity will be available for $20 (incl. shipping within the US). The package is hand made, & hand embossed, with 2 Cds, and 2 12pg. booklets in an outer sleeve.

The initial digital release will be available as 2 .zip archives of full resolution audio files that can be burned to CD or converted to mp3/m4A/FLAC/or whatever format you prefer. I’m asking for a paypal donation of $5 (but you can donate more if you feel it’s warranted). You can barely get a sandwich for $5 anymore - so if you feel comfortable paying $5 for food that will be sewage in 24 hours, I hope you can swing it for art that will last forever.

The worldwide digital release will be later this year, but it will be available through Amazon, iTunes, and everywhere else once it makes it through the various set-up processes.

I’ll post an update on the blog here with instructions for ordering once the new website is up and everything is ready to go.

Again, thanks to all of you who have followed and supported extropy over the years. We are fortunate to have a small group of dedicated fans and we love you all. cheers.

O) PART I: THE INFINITE

01  cepheid variable

02  Aura

03  Perseus arm

04  asymptote

05  the dreamers

06  radii

07  mind sequence

08  swim

09  electric trees

10  the immortal

11  Aenea

12  the believers

O) PART II: THE IRRESOLUTE

01  the answer

02  depths

03  circumstance

04  Charybdis/Scylla

05  gravity well

06  at the center, a black hole

07  the absolute

08  parallax view

09  time stem/oblivion

10  the unnamed

11  hymn for the aeon

swim

I came really close to finishing up the new record this weekend, but in the end I decided to scrap the vocals on “asymptote” for a minor re-write. Sometimes my perfectionism pisses me off. Actually it’s ironic that this would be the last track to complete… the last line is “the closer I seem, the further I appear”. Anyway, it’s almost there. I did spend several hours getting the sound just right for “swim” and since the release date is only a few short weeks away (October 13th) I thought it would be alright to drop one more track out there. (click the title to download).

Close your eyes and float in the ocean of a million years…


swim

relax your mind

and let it in

all that came before

will be again

in a dreaming moment

in an ocean of thought

before      we       fade

           we      will         rearrange

tiny gods

collect the past

time’s secrets held

in luminescent grasp

absorb us

into your dreams

the absolute

Another new track from the as yet untitled Extropy double album due later this year (before October if all goes well!) I’ve enjoyed posting some of it ahead of the release so you never know, I might just continue to let a few slip out here and there… click the image to download.

   

the absolute

dim arc lights flex and glitter

sleep fails in the flux and flicker

fragments of decaying suns

scattered in the sky

burning out in slow repose

bleeding photons as they die 

and i will sleep tonight

and i will make this right

the hungry ghosts are let out to feed

radio bursts screaming in my brain and the deed

the deed

is

done

Acoustic Refractions

Jeremiah has released a killer sound pack for Native Instruments Kore… if you are at all interested in hearing the absolute cutting edge of synthesis/sampling you need to check it out. You can read about it on Jeremiah’s blog at Echoexist.  

“Aura” - New Extropy track

This was supposed to be the first public glimpse of the new extropy record, so even though most of you have probably already heard “depths” (which in some ways is a mirror opposite), this is the one I’m really excited to introduce… (click the title to download)

Aura

the universe

is more thought

than machine

geometry in parabolic dreams

histories computed

and drawn in lines

empyrean madness

in elaborate design

the future shifts with the wings of butterflies

prophets and tyrants brought down by the wind

and

when you awake 

from this ghostly sleep

the winter inside you

past days behind you

drawn out like a wave

cold, cold oceans away

silver crests under moonlight

sing in radiation

of icy stars 

and information 

your gravity

magnetic machinery

aura, we loved you

and with empathy made you

the air shifts

your arms flit like butterflies

forever orbiting

like satellites

your memory is a black hole

that spans

a thousand years

across the sky

the emptiness taunts you

the failure still haunts you

and threatens to draw you in

to draw you in 

The long view…

George Monbiot is usually right on… and this is no exception. I’ve always wondered if this development of institutional short term thinking in the populace, while nurtured by corporate powers intent on increasing profit with little regard for the future impact, grew teeth during the cold war era, as a result if the always impending doom of nuclear holocaust. When one expects annihilation at any moment the future is a distant unlikely place. Combined with the decreasing attention spans afforded by TV, the rapid technological change which seems to render visions of future life incomprehensible in a few short years,  and you have a population incapable of long term planning. Good article… it would make a great late night debate… 

hyperpolitics and the end of liberalism

This is a fascinating article about how the social networks of the 21st century have changed, and are changing the course of the future. Beware… it might give you a little hope…

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/pesce08/pesce08_index.html

a good idea

Wow… a well-reasoned, detailed plan for how we might (just maybe), if we work together, save the world from (and for) ourselves. These are not new ideas necessarily but the time is right. I just hope someone is paying attention. A Green New Deal

Ghost stories…

I’ve been reading Richard Dawkins lately so there is some resonance with James Carroll in regard to the psychology of religion being similar to the reverence the US establishment pays the military. It’s a good read and a great analogy.“That such investment only makes the planet more dangerous matters little, since the feeling of security, rather than actual security, is the goal of the entire project.”