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Happy new year (and a dub techno mix)

Emulsion — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 04:57:55 +0000

Happy new year everyone - I wanted to give away a dub techno mix I assembled last week.

Tracklisting (Approximate - doing it from memory!)
Deepchord Presents: Echospace - Abraxas (from The Coldest Season)
Murmur - Gradient (from Section EP)
Deepchord - Vantage Isle [DC Mix III] (from Vantage Isle 2×12″)
MLZ - Dark Days (from Dark Days EP)
Ovatow - X-Dub 1 (from X-Dub EP)
Echospace - Spatialdimension [cv313 reduction] (from Spatialdimension EP)
Sven Weisemann - Spheric Wave (from Shade EP)
Length: 26:20 (60 MB)

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Ramp Chicago 2007

Emulsion — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:48:23 +0000

It’s done! Over the last 14 months we’ve had well over 20 performers spin and perform live at Sonotheque and it’s been a blast. Last night’s Near the Parenthesis set was no exception, with beautiful crisp IDM/ambient production and a great crowd (despite freezing rain). It was also great to see so many Ramp veterans and fellow travelers see us off last night like m50, Kate Simko, Justin McGrath, The Deep Element, Bounte, and DJ LSE.

I’m excited about the switch to a weekly format and I promise we’ll have more info soon.

Studio related news: I’m now the proud owner of a Prophet ‘08. I’m excited about the possibilities of combining the depth and instability of analog with modern sound processing in Ableton Live.

That Darkroom show…

Emulsion — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:47:56 +0000

was a lot of fun. Bounte sums it up nicely on his blog - DJ? Acucrack couldn’t make it but we carried on without them and a good time was had by all.

It was interesting to experiment with using timecode records in a club environment, and problematic thanks to a turntable only outputting the left channel and sometimes throwing Traktor into confusion. It was a good chance to play some extended dub-techno and pop ambient styled sets that went over well with the crowd.

More updates soon…

Emulsion — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:03:44 +0000

Sorry for the lack of updates folks, two weeks on the west coast set me back a bit. I was also very sad to miss the Manual/Syntax/Ulrich Schnauss show here in Chicago, but I did get to see my friend Yard get married in Oregon, cruise down the 101 listening to the new Vector Lovers album and Kompakt’s new Total 8 comp, and enjoy some much needed time in San Francisco.

I’m keeping a low profile right now, but look for some Ramp Chicago news soon (I can say that Near the Parenthesis will be playing in December to support his new album on n5md) as well as a new Emulsion EP in the Spring.

Show Tonight (free stuff)

Emulsion — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:17:11 +0000

I’ll be giving away discs with some new tracks and remixes (from Bovaflux and Caural) tonight at the Chicago Cultural Center show. There should be a pile at the merch booth, or don’t be afraid to come up and ask me for one!

What I’ve been listening to recently

Emulsion — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:45:03 +0000

Blamstrain has a new album available for free download on his website. I’ve given it a few listens, some solid tracks on there! It feels a little haphazard at times, not like Disfold, which was an hour of consistently solid ambient.

Another album which has really caught my ear is the new Lusine album, Language Barrier on Hymen. It’s not at all clubby like his previous Ghostly release - much more subdued and evocative of the Kompakt Pop Ambient comps. It has a rhythmic “pulse” to it, but there’s nary a kick drum in sight.

Emulsion on Gearwire.com

Emulsion — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:52:39 +0000

My friend Mr. Automatic came over a few weeks ago and interviewed me about my tools and workflow in the studio for gearwire.com. Watch me geek out about my studio, ReFX Vanguard, Native Instruments Kore, Remote SL, and the Focusrite Liquidmix.