Recently I was asked to participate in the questionnaire-based interview blogazine 12 Questions from Laughing Mouse Press. I decided to have fun with it and answer as many questions as I could with sound. Below is a link to the site.
Unreleased Early Recordings
Over the past few years I’ve been asked with some frequency about reissuing some of my out of print back catalogue. While I understand those early recordings are a part of my history, I usually just like to move forward. Also, like most artists, I’m extremely critical of my older work.
Irony caught up with me early this spring. I happened across a couple drawers in my basement/archive filled with close to 100+ hours of old 4-track cassettes, all well over a decade old. Curiosity got the better of me and I unearthed my old Yamaha MT400 that was used to create these recordings. As I began to listen, for the first time in over 10 years, I was transported back in time by what I heard. My studio during that period was about the size of a small, narrow walk-in-closet with accommodations for barely two people. There were no windows and only a single door (I remember it would get pretty hot in there during the summer months.) These 4 track recordings were all created in that wonderfully claustrophobic space circa 1997-1999. Some were sketches for later compositions. Others were soundtracks for the performance works, videos and installations I was creating at that time. Most of this music fits in nicely with my early experimental ambient albums Shoreline Of An End, Space Between Beginnings and Still.
After much deliberation, I’ve decided to compile what I feel are the best of these recordings for a multi-volume series of archive collections. If all goes as planned, look for a late summer early fall release through Slo Bor Media’s upcoming archive series.
Below is 5 minute excerpt from one of the first cassettes I listened to. Around the time of the recording [1997-98] I was heavily into deep electronic drone music and was listening to a lot of La Monte Young and Terry Riley. According to the notes I made on the cassette inlay card, I was experimenting with an Ebow for one of the first times. This tool went on to become a staple item in my studio and during live performances. The full composition runs around 48 minutes and will be released in it’s entirety with the upcoming archive collection.
Asleep in the Ocean and Breathing the Sky
[5:14 edit] [recorded on 4-track cassette circa 1997-98]
alseep_archive_recording.mp3
summer 2011 concerts
Below are some photos from the WXPN FM members concert on June 5, 2011 @ 7PM in the World Café Performance Studio. More summer 2011 concerts are currently being confirmed and info will be available soon.
This live performance debuted all new material that will be re-recorded for my upcoming 14th album (s)END, tentatively scheduled for a Fall 2011 release on Slo Bor Media.
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jason.sloan & erik spangler live excerpt
// Jason Sloan & Erik Spangler Live March 31, 2011
jason.sloan and erik spangler’s live illbient improvisation recorded live as it happened at the wind up space in baltimore march 31, 2011. this is a 19 minute excerpt taken from the full 40 minute performance.
jason.sloan: electronics, loops, guitar & live scanner.
erik spangler: turntables, loops, samples & electronics.
new e.p. released on december 27, 2010
I’m happy to announce the release of my new e.p. thirty.sevenDAYS. Recorded this past October and November, these works were created in reaction to social observations and personal experiences I had throughout the month of October. Clocking in at around 32 minutes, thirty.sevenDAYS is a contemplative release capturing some of the mood and psychology found in my earlier albums from close to a decade ago. Blending lush and ambient atmospheres with minimal electronic, chiptune experimentation; thirty.sevenDAYS has turned out to be one of my most personally satisfying moments as a electronic musician and soundArtist.
thirty.sevenDAYS was released on December 27, 2010. It’s now available through all good digital music outlets including the iTunes Store, eMusic, Amazon, Rhapsody and many other services. In addition to these retailers, thirty.sevenDAYS will also be available for purchase directly though the store at jasonsloan.com.
thirty.sevenDAYS e.p. [digital only release]
60 second track previews below – low bitRate
01. if.hopeWere.Breath – 5’36” 1.mp3
02. thirtySeven.days – 6’23” 2.mp3
03. denialAnd.distance – 7’50” 3.mp3
04. aloneWith_theAfter – 12’28” 4.mp3
radio interview
A new radio interview discussing sound art and my new album corruptedHorizon that aired on Baltimore’s NPR affilate station WYPR‘s Maryland Morning program.
Air date: 11/16/10.
WYPR_INTERVIEW.mp3