Ochre

Just a final reminder that I’ll be closing the mastering service and shop before the end of the week, until August, as I’ll be off to concentrate on my thesis work over the summer. I’ve got 7 Midsummer Nice Dream CDs left in stock, which would be nice to clear; considerably more vinyl is available, so don’t worry about that — plenty left. If you need any odd tracks mastered, please arrange to get them to me by Wednesday at the latest, just so I’ve got a couple of days to work on them and get them back to you.

I’ll still be online around here though and obviously contactable via email—not going to leave the face of the planet while I’ve got an impending album release.

If you haven’t seen/heard my remix of Jay Bharadia, you can listen to/download it from SoundCloud, as well as the other remixes from Lone, Airliner ’67 and Implosion Quintet.

I’m actually on SoundCloud, and although currently mainly using it as a means of receiving mastering files, I’ll be uploading demos and sketches now and then, so if you’d like to ‘follow’ me to be notified of track uploads, please visit my page. SoundCloud is a very nifty service, totally optimised for listening and commenting to music—you can comment on particular sections of tracks using the natty timeline while listening. As far as I know there are also the obligatory widgets for posting/sharing tunes too.

The server can occasionally strain under the weight of users, as it’s getting rather popular, but it seems pretty responsive these days, ironing out its initial teething problems.

Meanwhile, back at Ochre HQ, the new album is back from mastering, coutesy of panicStudios. Sounding warm and punchy after being fed through some ridiculously expensive analogue gear, waiting patiently for a release schedule to slot into. I’ll be able to spill some more beans once I’ve got a definite plan to unveil.

Midsummer Nice Dream CDs and vinyl continue to shift nicely, but there are still a few copies left if you fancy one. If you’d rather have a download version, it’s slowly making its way through the usual download stores like iTunes and Napster etc. At the moment it’s currently selling for a ridiculously cheap $1.69 at Amie Street (for 320kbps mp3, no less), though given the dynamic pricing used there it’ll probably creep up slowly as people grab it. Also on Bandcamp for a flat $6, in just about every digital format available ever.

I think that’s the current news round-up sorted.

I’ve received a box of the remaining Midsummer Nice Dream CD stock from Toytronic, and have added it to the shop. There are quite a few less copies on CD than vinyl—about fifty—so please act quickly if you want to secure a copy. As ever, the price is a very reasonable £6 plus P&P.

I’ve recently polished off a remix of Ed Chamberlain’s track ‘Styge’, available at some point in the hopefully not-too-distant future on Baselogic Records. You can hear the remix in its entirety in exquisite 22kHz 96kbps nigh-fidelity on MySpace. I’m fairly certain when it drops it’ll be 12″ only.

Also, I’ve finished uploading decent streaming mp3s of A Midsummer Nice Dream to Virb, so you can preview the album there before buying it, should you feel so inclined, from Toytronic (because as far as I can tell, it’s one of the few places left where you can still find it on CD and 12″). After all, you can’t buy what you haven’t heard, can you?