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temporis

iskeptici — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:52:07 +0000

In honor of pi (π) day I thought I would post the latest mix of one of my new tracks (from the forthcoming Ouroboros 3.14159265 ep). Best enjoyed at high volume with a good set of headphones.

TEMPORIS

something new?

iskeptici — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:39:47 +0000

I’ve been working on a new musical project in my spare time (what there is of it!) and hope to have some finished material to post soon. I’m exploring some new sound spaces and excited about the direction so far. Loosely calling the new work “Ouroboros 3.14159265″. Field recording meets shoegaze doom dreampop. Or something.

new extropy available now!

iskeptici — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:52:51 +0000

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

iskeptici — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:55:44 +0000

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

iskeptici — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:15:53 +0000

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

Electric Trees

iskeptici — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:47:17 +0000

I’ve been working on this track since July of last year… and I’m finally ready to let it leave the nest. This was greatly inspired by Dan Simmons Hyperion novels and is probably one of my favorite tracks from the new record… anyway, without further comment I give you…

Electric Trees

suicides and electric trees

parasites and bad dreams

there are ghosts in the faraway

a crown of thorns

and a spire of blades

stay away

but stay awake

i see a crowd craving judgement day

get out

of the way

the army of the cross will take your soul

and prop it up on a wire

shaping shudders into screams

pain sings

in electric dreams

and

the loop is repeating

endlessly

Charybdis/Scylla

iskeptici — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:09 +0000

April said I should post this one, so here you go… more coming next week. Album is coming together… Charybdis/Scylla

i’m on the outside now

looking in

it seems the pure are not so pure

and the truth has no meaning

between the pious and banal

and the ugly uncaring cold

i’ve lost my way

you will live forever

if you just believe

if you do what we say

a loving creator waits for you

at the end of the path

with the holy

the ordained

the true

follow me

there is no hope

there is no god

despair will burn your throat like acid rain

nothing fucking matters

we are just maggots crawling across the corpse mounds

of humans past

and if we dare to make a mark

who will care in the end?

i’m on the inside now

looking out

i don’t know what to believe

there are too many devils happy to show me the way

and i wish i could escape

but the monsters have got me now

the monsters have got me now

extropy… track list

iskeptici — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:22:09 +0000

it’s starting to fall into place so I thought I would post the track list for the forthcoming extropy record. Going to sum it all up I hope. self-titled..

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

the believers

iskeptici — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:24:11 +0000

I’ve been trying to get my thoughts straight on this song for months now, and after seeing my baby in the Ultrasound monitor on Tuesday it all came into startlingly clear focus for me. I’m not finished with the arrangement yet but the lyrics are really important to me and are probably the best summary of what the new record is all about (despite the dark nihilism of disc 2). I’m certain this will be the last extropy release, but I’m confident it will be a fitting end to just over a decade of work. I don’t know what comes next, but thanks to everyone who became a part of this story and helped us to reach this particular moment in time. Cheers.

the believers

i am just a wanderer in this place

staring at the infinite

the stars wheel about our heads and i

can’t spin fast enough to make them still

and i know

we’re only here for an instant

but i am an observer

overwhelmed by the beautiful

and i want to carry it within me

and tell you everything

before it slips away

because we only exist

for an instant

unspooled from billions of tiny threads

within centuries of drift

fractured, splintered, cratered, bled

from oceans transforming stone to sand

through fields that fed the forebears of man

all the aeons that spawned this moment

seem to be aligned

and it’s so fucking absurd

it’s hard to believe

but

here we are

the absolute

iskeptici — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:42:46 +0000

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

done