I’m pleased to announce my piece 7850 kHz will be included in the upcoming special edition of 60×60 focused on Radio Art. The program, presented by Vox Novus and Wave Farm, draws from 60 works (created with, for, about radio and transmission) with durations of 60 seconds. 60×60 Wave Farm Mix will be featured as an FM broadcast on Wave Farm’s WGXC 90.7-FM; distributed as a Wave Farm Dispatch Series download; and featured in a series of live listening events. Tune in March 7, 2015 from 8-10pm EST [-5GMT]. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
Deluge CD Out Now!
Very pleased to announce the official CD release of a dark-ambient concert I gave a few years back on Still Stream Radio. Released on the Swedish label Gterma, “Deluge” includes a 16 page, full color booklet plus an additional 15 minutes of new music composed as an epilogue to the concert. Many thanks to Gterma for doing such a great job with this album. Copies can be ordered from Databloem or Gterma at the links below:
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Live at WXPN video
Sorry about the lack of updates recently. But that’s not to say a lot hasn’t been going on. I’ll be posting a full list of upcoming concerts, art opening and information about two new upcoming albums in the next week or two. In the meantime, Mike Hunter from WPRB in Princeton, NJ was kind enough to post this HD video of a private concert I gave at the World Café Studios at WXPN in Philadelphia in 2010. This was one of the last live “ambient” concerts I gave shortly before starting the synth wave project L’Avenir. Enjoy the concert and more updates to come very soon!
L’Avenir – The Wait
I’m very excited to announce that my synthwave project L’Avenir’s debut album “The Wait” is now available on Barcelona’s Cold Beats Records on CD and digital formats. Vinyl will follow very shortly. The self-titled follow up album will be released in December on the Post Avantgarde label Beläten on cassette and digital formats. For more info on L’Avenir you can visit the official web site or better yet, Like L’Avenir on the official Facebook page and be kept up to date with all the news and happenings!
Order here: Cold Beats Records
What people are saying about “The Wait”:
“Sounds Fantastic!!”
– Sean McBride (Martial Canterel)
“A very fine and deep album. Upon first listen one of my favorite albums from last year by John Maus came to mind.”
– The Suicide of Western Culture
“The Wait” from American artist L’Avenir, minimal synth pairs perfectly solemn , reverb-drenched vocals with largely electronic analog sounds. Often heavy synth bass lines combine with soaring string sounds and driving drum -machine rhythms in this cohesive set of songs. While L’Avenir’s love of vintage “wave” music comes through clear as to Influence, the album never reverts to nostalgic for its own sake but rather comes across as a decidedly contemporary spin on the dark electronic sounds by established artists of Decades past . A very strong first offering from the new Barcelona based label Cold Beats Records.”
– Lissette Schoenly (Spatial Relation)
“Cascades of melancholy and nostalgica. More than just Minimal Wave.”
– Dj Norbertx
Announcements and Upcoming Performances
– TSM0004 CD COMPILATION
Be sure to check out the excellent new limited edition, double CD compilation by The Scrap Mag which includes a track by my side project L’Avenir. The release is packaged in a beautiful oversized 7″ gatefold sleeve. To order please visit The Scrap Mag’s online store.
– L’AVENIR LIVE DEBUT
My minimal wave side project L’Avenir will be making its public debut on August 29, 2013 supporting LA’s Soft Metals at the Metro Gallery in Baltimore. Ticket information and show time will be announced very soon.
– 88.5 FM WXPN STAR’S END RADIO
This coming November I’m looking forward to getting back to my ambient and space music roots for a live 1 hour radio concert on the morning of November 3, 2013. Star’s End is one of the countries oldest running ambient and space music programs broadcasting for more than 30 years. More information will be made closer to the performance date.
L’Avenir side project
2012 was a busy year with a lot of projects! I completed a good chunk of work in my ongoing Whiteout series, released two new solo works, Fall of the Fifth Sun and the Sine e.p., in addition to participating in numerous international exhibitions and playing a number of live concerts. In the early part of 2012 I started working on material for a new side project called L’Avenir. If you’re familiar with the numerous instrumental ambient albums I’ve released under my own name for the last decade and a half, this new side project is quite a bit different. Over the past 4 years, I’ve noticed my own solo work drifting away from its ambient and space music origins and moving into the realm of a traditionally structured music. While still retaining atmosphere and ambience, these albums [Corrupted Horizon, [–], Fall of the Fifth Sun, etc.] have approached more of a formal song structure than my past recordings have. So finally, this past year I decided to take the leap and start a new project that truly embraces this format, which includes lyrics and vocals.
The music of L’Avenir is rooted in the tradition of the minimal, analog, synthesizer music of the late 70’s and early 80’s ala Fad Gadget, Solid Space, Depeche, D.A.F. etc. In the mid 2000’s this genre of music, which has since been coined “Minimal Wave” by Veronica Vasicka, has seen a revival in the underground music scenes in the States and abroad. Having grown up in the 70’s and 80’s as a huge fan of synthpop and darker 80′s electronic music myself, a diversion down this path makes sense to me within the context of where my music has been headed over the past few years. Also, by channeling the exploration of structure into the L’Avenir project, I’m equally as excited to begin experimenting with pure electronic space again through future releases under my own name.
At the moment I’m seeking a good home to release L’Avenir’s completed debut album In Collapsing Silence. More information about the release will be made available soon. In the meantime, check out the micro site I’ve built for this new side project which also features a couple cuts from the upcoming debut:
L’Avenir Micro Site: http://l-avenir.us