2010 is going to be an exciting year for Progtronica. I am nearing the compleation of compiling all the tracks for my debut solo release “Progtronica-Live from Nowhere” The raw version of all the performances have been featured an all my recent videos. The next step is mixing, mastering and arraigning them into album form. [...]

Just added to this post is the last of my 4 part video series of Novation Launchpad live remixes of the music from some of my films produced in the last few months. Now you can see my live performance of “Dreaming” using the Novation Launchpad to arrange all the parts live, just above the [...]

This is a Novation Launchpad remix in 20/8 time of my song “Lets Face The Music” (a tribute to Phillip Glass, The Cinematic Orchestra, and the MPC 2000) all of which were deep inspirations for this piece. I approached this one a little differently then my recent “remixes” incorporating some live drums (using Roland [...]

I have been working with Ableton Live as my main digital music platform for a few years, using several different controllers to trigger sounds, samples, drum breaks and affect different parameters in real time while mixing music. With this unit though, I’m bringing it to a whole different level. Here are two live home performances: [...]

Does it exist anymore? This video is an ode to the proletariat despair of going someplace while wanting to be someplace else. Equipment used: Ableton Live 8, akai mpd 24, Roland V-Drums, Mino Flip video, Camera, and iMovie. Big ups to Phillip Glass and the Cinematic Orchestra for music and film integration inspiration. This is [...]

This “Broken-Beat” video is a audio/cinematic tribute to evolutionary theory at a time when it seems to be under constant attack from a growing international trend of “creationists” who are convinced the Earth is a mere 10,000 years old with humans and dinosaurs coexisting in some sort of harmony. It features audio from prominent academic/author [...]

Originally inspired by the amazing racket my new washer/dryer unit was making. I set out to make a piece using samples from around my immediate surroundings. Featured here are: sink (with dirty dishes) coffee carafe, coffee cup, garage door opener, airplane advertising for the Long Beach Marathon, stairs, bottles, and the Be-Bot app on the [...]

This is my brand new video I created on 9/5/09 using a Mac running ableton Live 8 with and akai MPD 24 (like my old MPC) roland v-drums, and a small trumpet sample from Nils Petter Molvaer, all filmed on a flip share micro video camera. I just obtained this Akai controller and and it’s [...]

A video tribute to Luke Vibert, JoJo Mayer, KJ Sakwa, and the health care reform debate insanity. This is a
live drum n’ bass performance video from Nigel Sifantus’ upcoming solo ep. Like a line of dominos, The sounds are set up and then knocked down using digital V-drums, nobs, sliders and effects. Prepare to be [...]

This is the brand new video for my new song “From 10 to 11″ featuring Jubei on vocals (of L Maestro Presents). I recorded mixed and edited all the music as well as shooting and editing the video itself. The drum beats are all cut up clips from my own drum breaks mashed up into [...]