New Dark Noise ReleaseExit Strategy, a collection of remastered dark noise podcasts, is available from the Zenapolae netlabel. Links are available on the Releases page. Even if you subscribe to Drone Lab and/or Prosthetic Frequencies, please check this one out. A lot of effort went into the remixing and remastering, and I think the resulting tunes are far superior to the podcast versions. Also, the artwork, courtesy of Zenapolae curator Zenas Prime, is really cool.
Keep checking the blog for regular reviews and updates. I know it has been quiet here for a while, but I've started working on some ambient music compilations and will be adding reviews of the included releases as often as possible.
There's new Petal music in the works as well. A new episode of Prosthetic Frequencies will be out this week, and the recording of a companion piece to The Last Season is nearly done. Once we get to the mixing and mastering stage, it should move forward pretty quickly.
Buttons have been added here and on the Podcast page which will allow listeners and supporters to make donations. There is no obligation - I am grateful for whatever donations I receive, but I will continue to release music for free regardless of how well the donation option goes over.
I am adding a blog, in the hopes of having a space that I can dedicate to reviews. The blog is courtesy of WordPress - there are still some kinks to work out with regard to the template, but I think it looks well enough to go with as-is. If anyone wants to check it out I've added a link to the menu, or you could also click here.
There's a lot of music in the works these days - please check back regularly and keep an eye out for podcast episodes and upcoming releases. Work is well underway for a companion piece to The Last Season, though I have to admit it is going very slowly; I was hoping for a December release, but it looks like sometime in spring of 2010 will have to do. In the meantime, I've put that on the back burner for a bit and am working on compiling and remastering some podcast tunes for another free-form dark ambient release. With luck that should be available in another month or two.
The new banner image has been modified from Misty Pines..., which is available from Flickr. The original image was created by Himalayan Trails - thank you very much - and is copyrighted using a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 license. Among other things, this means that anyone who wants to do so is free to reuse my edited version of the image so long as the same license is maintained. For more information and to visit Himalayan Trails' photo stream, please follow the links above.
While updating the site recently, I discovered thousands of bogus links had been inserted into the HTML - Google Bombing, I guess. Hopefully nobody suffered any ill effects from it, and the site was past due for a revamp in any case. I have to say I like the new design much better, and much thanks are due to the folks at studio7designs and Open Source Web Design.
