Holy fucking Hell, this Carpenter Brut “Blood Machines” soundtrack is blowing me away. It’s so god-damned big. Now I can’t wait to see the “Blood Machines” film it’s attached to. Seriously, he’s picked up where PERTURBATOR left off after “New Model” (this album is heavy metal to me). It’s hard, it’s big, it’s loud, it’s …
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Empire, Still Empirical
29 years later, Queensrÿche’s “Empire” (1990) still impresses me with its deft audio engineering. It’s a cornerstone in the wall of sound. James Barton (engineer) and Bob Ludwig (mastering) did a bang-up job on the album’s sound with the band’s source material. It’s still fuckin’ loud with minimal compressor pumping, and the soundstage is still …
PERTURBATOR
The PERTURBATOR show on Thursday was everything I had hoped for. Everything. The music was phenomenal, and the light show was mind blowing. James Kent definitely takes after the Pink Floyd school of stagecraft: if what you do is mostly pretracked in the studio, then on stage you just have to dazzle ’em with a …
Slog By Sleep Well
I spent the past 9 evenings downtown doing the SXSW thing, and now I’m hella tired. It was a good palate cleanser, breaking my usual habits and stretching out a little while doing a lot of walking. First weekend during the Film/Interactive portion, I just went downtown and hung out, people watching, trying to find …
Slow Pulse Fast Thoughts
Thursday night’s slow-fast playlist Marie Davidson – So Right The Black Queen – Ice to Never GUNSHIP – Symmetrical Automelodi – Navette de Remplacement Essaie Pas – Substance M Only Now – Inside the Mineral Room 2814 – 再生 -Fin-