More free music, all sourced from the same 5 samples. Includes a new Logickal track.

"And upon the pages were the most infernal of diagrams; my mind reeled as I traced the signal paths - slowly at first, but with developing fervor as comprehension dawned upon me. There was only one thing that these phantasmagoric blueprints could describe, only one possible device with this pentagonal symmetry. I hoped it was not too late..."

The 5 Way Path

It’s official - the first single by Logickal is hitting the streets on dPulse! It’s slowly creeping out to thee Internets by way of some of your favorite download services, with more to come in the next few days.

Big thanks go to the remixers - BlueDeceiver and Maurice Syntax provided their own personal interpretations of the title track, which is in some ways an homage to some of the sounds of my heroes - take 2 parts SP/Doubting Thomas/Download and mix with mid-period Coil and blend with some old-fashioned Logickal layering. Both remixes add take the formula and discard it completely, which is exactly what I was hoping for. Speaking of remixes, we decided to feature Randy Garcia’s Polar Attractor remix from Krushjob on this single, so big thanks to him for the stellar track as well.

I should also note here that Sugarknife features the sugary voice of Angelique Fisher, the knife-edged tones of John Sharp and the wonderful contact-mic’ed skulduggery of Mr. Natural on the sugar bowl and chef’s blade. Hints may also be heard of young Master Ryne lurking about in there somewhere as well. Thank you, my wonderful friends and collaborators.

Rounding out this single release are new improvisations called Students Fear The Three Cs (the stylistic partner to Krushjob’s Feels Atomic which is also included here) and the soothing Lullabye 43. I do hope you all enjoy - I have included a player from last.fm here for your listening pleasure, but please don’t forget about the download links below. If your favorite service isn’t yet listed (and I can think of a certain largeish service that is so far conspicuous by its absence), do not despair - I have been assured that they will be available shortly!

Introducing: Sugarknife at FlightDynamics

Atlanta Electronic/Eclectic label Nophi is holding their first ever festival this Thanksgiving weekend, which also allows me the opportunity for me to play the first ever Logickal gig in the ATL!

Hope to see some of you guys there, pass word along because it should be a fun weekend!

Nophest

Psychogeographic Paintings. Via Dataisnature

Also a good link in the dataisnature comments to a google images search on Lebbeus Woods.

Julie Mehretu

Very cool generative, fractal, rule-based and algorythmic web art.

Levitated

One of the most densely populated metropolitan areas in the world, Hong Kong has an overall density of nearly 6,700 people per square kilometer. The majority of its citizens live in flats in high-rise buildings. In Architecture of Density, Wolf investigates these vibrant city blocks, finding a mesmerizing abstraction in the buildings' facades.

These may lose something not being the original large-scale images, but they are still compelling. Almost abstract geometries, made more moving by the fact that they represent human living space.

MICHAEL WOLF

New Orb Album!

Okie Dokie It's The Orb On Kompakt

I Really Love Graffiti.

Art Crimes / graffiti.org - The Writing on the Wall

I Love Graffiti

Pictures of Walls

They succeed because they make everyone happy. Listeners get music for free, of course. Artists get to have their music distributed in high-quality versions with good metadata, album covers, etc. rather than crappy low-fi rips with no guarantee their name is on it. But most of all, artists and the labels build brands. The music sells the artist's live shows (if they have any), and the quality of the music found and distributed by the netlabel builds the reputation of the person behind the netlabel. And netlabels are starting to launch careers--there are a few artists, in particular a guy named Pheek who has become fairly big in the last year or two, who came entirely from netlabel releases.

O'Reilly Radar - Netlabels, Branding, Wet Fish, and The $0 Song