Couldn’t let 404 day pass without a tribute to this box of fun. Did a piece for CDM with some ideas for how you can use the SP-404mk2 for jungle, IDM, off-grid beats, and drippy sound design.
Also it pairs really well with the Model:Cycles - if you have both you’ve got a real Voltron groovebox with the best of sythesis, sampling, sequencing, and effects.
Stephen Mallinder interview on CDM
A real pleasure to interview Stephen Mallinder, whose recent solo renaissance brings some excellently funky industrial with very in the pocket delivery of unique lyrics.
Chatted with him for about gear (and working with Benge’s candyland assortment of classics), playing with words and spelling, his many bands, teaching, and those under appreciated 90s Cabaret Voltaire albums.
My list of the top albums of 2021 for CDM
(originally went up 12/31/21, just late on getting it up here)
Full lists are below the fold; click through to the link for my thoughts + music + artwork.
Spoke to Mark Clifford and Sarah Peacock about Seefeel’s incredible 1994-96 period, recently reissued by Warp.
Very proud to share that Happily, a short film I soundtracked, premiered today as part of the L.A. Shorts film festival.
Many thanks to Aaron David DeFazio & Eric Morgan for including me in their vision! And congratulations to everyone involved in this one.
New series based on what I’m listening to now, for CDM. If you’ve got something to promote, get at me on Twitter of at david[at]dhla[dot]me
“This war will not be fought with weapons, but with compassion, care, solidarity and a radical shift in our priorities.”
Interviewed polymath Giorgio Sancristoforo from my isolation in New York to his in Milan. All about software development, making art from DNA and radiation, and making it through this together in solidarity.
Donating 100% of the proceeds from my Bandcamp sales to Partners in Health for the foreseeable future; I’ve also put together a 40% off sale for the full discography. Stay healthy everyone!
Great piece from Cherie Hu about the homogeneity of streaming music brands. My thoughts below; TL;DR this is inevitable when your brand is “we like music”.
What we’re seeing here is in part the difference between people who spend a lot of time actively listening to and exploring music, and brands whose best path to unicorn status is to “love music.” Go ahead and call people snobs or narrow-minded, but we all have our favorites and we all have artists we can’t stand. They don’t always make sense. For many of us, they’re part of our identity.
Getting the Signature Auto-Tune Effect
New piece from me for Antares, all about making Auto-Tune sound like “Auto-Tune”. Featuring (gulp) my own voice!