The latest Caustic Reverie album was featured on the experimental music blog The Glass Forest. Check it out!
Glacial Procession is the next project of Caustic Reverie. Bryn is more and more able to link field recording and ambient-music as atmospheric and artistic as possible. A freezing cold blows the listener away and tears him into the arms of the exciting and atmospheric world of Caustic Reverie.
I’ve just picked up a gently used Mandala 2.0 drum pad.
As you can see, it’s huge! It completely dwarfs the pads on my DS-10.
The black beauty snare emulation program seems to work great given the three minute demo I put it through. I had a harder time navigating the virtual brain software but if I can figure out how to involve some of my other midi gear, this looks a very powerful system.
This EP is an entry in this year’s Project 168 contest: to create a 2-song EP in seven days or less.
1. Giallo (24:12)
2. 6EQUJ5 Intercept (13:17)
HQ download link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/xotqyz
Marc from The Glass Forest gave my project a nice writeup on his experimental music blog The Glass Forest.
In other CR news, I’m working on a fairly minimalist drone, possibly for inclusion in Project 168.
I’ve got a five track EP on the way from my porn-grind meets screw goof-off project. Wait until you see the logo! It’s unbelievably brutal and would actually make a cool tattoo. A cool tattoo, however, that would take a lot of explaining if they somehow managed to decipher the lettering.
Since completing my entry for this year’s RPM challenge, it looks like what was supposed to be Caustic Reverie album nine will now be number ten. Submitted for your approval: Rust Shore.
1. Anthodite (17:36)
2. Rust Shore (18:15)
3. Still Lake (20:24)
I’ve known about the RPM Challenge (create an album in the month of February) for several months now but I’ve been hoping to finish a project that I started around the end of January first. I got sidetracked by a remix contest for Steven Wilson’s new album Insurgentes. I’ve finished the remix and I’m more than 3/5 through with Helix, but seeing that I had a week left to get my stuff together for RPM, I spent most of the weekend working on something new. I’ve completed three fairly minimal drones for this project that total 56 minutes of music. I haven’t decided on titles for the songs or started on album art.
I mentioned earlier that my third Caustic Reverie album has now been pressed. Here’s some pictures and links for you to listen and perhaps buy it.
I’ve put three of my albums up on CD Baby. Absent, Mute, and Stochastic Resonance are for sale for $10.00 each, or $5.00 each if you buy all three. If there’s a good reaction, I’ll see about making the rest of the catalog available.
By all means, feel free to download and listen before you buy.
I was sick for a few days and got out of the habit of updating this. I’ve gotten Stochastic Resonance pressed through Kunaki and sent copies of the first three albums to CD Baby. If the response is good, I’ll look into getting the whole Caustic Reverie and TheForgotton catalog on there.
I’ve completed an entry in the Steven Wilson contest for his track Abandoner. My remix is entitled Abandoner-Hypothermia.
Work on Helix continues, though I’m finding myself playing Left 4 Dead a little more than I should if I want to get it out before March. The call of the Purp compels me.
