SPLENDID BEATS: Recent Episodes
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Out today is a wonderful double-album of ambient and downtempo music, with ALL proceeds donated to The Union of Concerned Scientists and Amazon Watch. Includes
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Partial live recording from Sound Sorcery Session IV in Newcastle, WA on June 14, 2017. Starts with Sonic Shiva then moves into Leave Trace. Music
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My new Leave Trace release of chilltronica is now up for pre-order. Fully available on April 29, 2017. Out on Self Center Records. Celluloid by
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The title track from my forthcoming Leave Trace release is included on this texturally-delicious comp from Self Center Records. Compilation Volume 1 by Self Center
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Wet Saturdays are for coffee and live-scoring the rain…
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My last live recording from 2015, made while waiting for our New Year’s guests to arrive. Wishing you and yours al the best for 2016!
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Presenting my remastered collection of the hidden soundtrack to “The Secret History of D.B. Cooper,” Brian Churilla’s visionary tale of the Cold War, psychotropic assassins,
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Here’s my Leave Trace set from the annual and über awesome Chillography event, held on the Seattle waterfront at the peak of summer. :: Set
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This video shows the journey from start to finish of creating a drum ‘n bass track with a 100% analog signal path from the synthesizers
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Playing with my Sonic Shiva setup here. Recorded live, in one take, mistakes and all.
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Exploring some deep, ambient dubscapes while in Thanksgiving haze. Watch in HD for the best audio quality.
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Improvisation for rhodes and texture.
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Here’s my DJ set from Chillography 701 in Seattle, WA, on August 3, 2014. It was such a fantastic day in the sun. :: Track
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Pure eyecandy. Cosmic Flower Unfolding from Ben Ridgway on Vimeo. Be sure to check out Ben Ridgway‘s other videos as well. They are equally stimulating.
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This drummer has perfect timing….
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This morning’s soundtrack is brought to you by my fellow Monster Planeteer Gel-Sol. Like fluffy bunny slippers for the brain, his floaty, ambient journey will
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I’m loving the psy-organic explorations in this new video from Liquid Stranger. The song appears on the newly released The Renegade Crusade EP.
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I borrowed a friend’s under-used Andromeda A6, and holy shiz this thing is a beautiful beast! Here’s a few minutes of me noodling on it,
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Post by Leave Trace / Crispy.
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Played and recorded on November 30, 2013, at an intimate evening of ambience and sonic clarity. Several tunes made their public debut in this one.
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Imaginary Foundation, keepin’ it surreal since orange.
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Some serious noggin’ bobbin’ psybreaks grooves from Hedflux:
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A sneak peak at something new:
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My deep tech entry for the Aligning Minds remix contest…. And here’s the fantastic original:
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This projection mapping is absolutely amazing. It’s great to see people still innovating in that space. Too many dancing/deconstructing building facades, not enough magic. Box
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By Michael Molloy
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Here are the photos I took at the fabulous Chillography 601 event on August 4, 2013.
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Midi-controlled Lego robots + dub = 🙂
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Last night I recorded a dreamy, supermoon-inspired lullaby. Straight from my subconscious to yours, it was recorded live in a few multi-track passes with minimal
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The ’90s vibe is alive with this one! Here’s a VHS rip of Warp Records’ animated CG extravaganja from 1994. Now where’d I put that
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Hat tip to Phidelity for bringing this face-meltingly awesome video to my attention. The Vein / Magma from Dvein on Vimeo. 'Magma' is the very
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Memorial Day weekend, deep in Oregon’s Umpqua National Forest, I played an afternoon live set featuring an equal mix of my released and unreleased material.
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Yum, new Boards of Canada. Reach for the Dead from the Tomorrow’s Harvest album dropping on June 10, 2013. This track is available for purchase
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Check out TM404 (aka Andreas Tilliander) working the various Roland x0x units into a juicy ear massage. So good.
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I really like Four Tet‘s simple-yet-flexible approach to a live rig. For my last couple of live sets I’ve consolidated down from 8 to a
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I have 2 tracks — Quintessence and States of Decay (with Michael Maricle) — featured on this new, FREE, compilation from Invibe Music. The comp
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Phutureprimitive fans rejoice! Here’s a new 5-track release to tickle you earbones with his trademark delicate balance of smooth-yet-nasty dubsteppy tunage, and a perfect dash
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This melodysheep guy totally gets it. Two legendary comedians, Bill Hicks and George Carlin, offer their perspectives on life, through song.
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Ah, here’s a cut from the new Benji Vaughan (aka Process and half of Younger Brother) album. It’ll be released in Spring 2013 on Twisted
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I absolutely love this promo spot for Moog’s new Sub Phatty synthesizer, with music by Flying Lotus and animation by Adam Fuchs. In honor of
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