crushing your bits.

Looks like I'm officially DJing again after an almost five-year hiatus? Sheeeeeeeeeeeit. I'm pretty sure there must be some upper age bound for this job, and I'm equally sure I'm approaching it. But until then.....vee dansks!!! Or brood, or, you know whatever.

26 October 2012: Delicatessen @ Wilhemina Pakhuis, co-produced by STEIM: CD release party for Bandwidth ft. Gerri Jaeger; Robert van Heumen.

14 November 2012: AUXXX presents 2 xxx 3 @ OT301, with Knalpot ft. Hilary Jeffrey and Jozef Dumoulin Trio.

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And zen I play guitar on 13 November at Zaal 100 with Ig Henneman (viola), Alan "Gunga" Purves (perc), Lori Freedman (reeds) and Anne La Berge (flute).

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the softer side of super hardon collider.

It looks like the Super Hardon Collider session is just maybe going to be made into some kind of release of some sort, hopefully mixed by Dog Faced Herman Colin, yay.

Here's a bit of it, mixed by Rune and tweaked by me, followed by an outtake experimentally mixed by me that probably won't make it in.

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Magnet Quench. (6.7MB, 2:50).



Suit Of Armor. (7.8MB, 3:23).



John Dikeman: tenor sax
Rune Lohse: drums
Mark Morse: electric guitar
Jasper Stadhouders: electric bass

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another look.

The Sleep Gunner is trying to record a record next week, and in preparation for that we're rethinking some arrangements. This is really just an impro that happened while I was seeing how my Octava condenser sounded with the dobro, and the answer is "thin and crispy". But the approach to SJC is maybe useful for something. And yes that's the sound of traffic outside.

Satan's Jewelled Crown. (5.3MB, 3:15).



 Mark Morse: dobro, laptop

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today's turgid episode.

Recording session this past Sunday with the beguilingly machoesque Super Hardon at Jottem in Wormerveer. Here's a tiny excerpt of the rough stereo mix, just a little Ferox analog overload added for that "we're really loud" feeling and some OmniSone side gain to bring the guitars up.

Blue Booby. (4.3MB, 2:15).

John Dikeman: tenor saxophone
Rune Lohse: drums
Mark Morse: electric guitar (right)
Jasper Stadhouders: electric guitar (left)

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de kortste nacht.

From relaxed 8pm soundcheck through scarily underattended 10:40pm opening notes (due to scarily lightning-attended storms maybe?) to engaging 1am Xenakis to desperately necessary 5:30am croissants and multi-amplifier guitar solos. To....yes, 12noon hangover. It was a pretty fun night. Also a bit, mmm, "special" due to the fact that this room is where we had our first gig together back in 2008, almost four years ago, and every time we play here seems to be generally pretty satisfying.

And in the aftermath? Spirits remain pretty OK, and Coming Up Next: the wagon. And two recording sessions. I'll take pictures.

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