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Iceland

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 19:28:03 +0000

hi from the Swimming Pool, aka Sundlaugin Studios in Reykjavik, Iceland. I’m here working on a new record with Lullabies For Falling Empires but I’ll be back this week to participate in something interesting and secretive at Storefront for Art and Architecture, and to play a solo show at the Living Room on Sunday the 20th… and to finish a film score I’m very excited about… more info on that in due time…

New Video

admin — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:35:32 +0000

The video for my song “Bright, So To Blind Me”, directed by Jessica Pernikoff, is up now! Take a look–

Einstein on the Beach redux

admin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:01:24 +0000

Really excited to be invited to work with old friends & collaborators the Degenerate Art Ensemble and Mr. Robert Wilson himself, re-imagining a chunk of Einstein on the Beach, for performance in early April. Apparently 5 different ensembles are each tackling a section, under Wilson’s gaze. Very curious to see where this leads.

http://watermillcenter.org/events/onthebeach

Westside!

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:16:40 +0000

Las Vegas with Nettle and a West Coast tour with Filastine… heading up the coast over the next two weeks! Details here.

December

admin — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:35:20 +0000

So I’ve spent the last week holed up in studio with my cohort Adam Haggar of Stars Don’t Sleep, recording the (almost) final bits of my new album. Expect a few new tracks to trickle out before the end of the year…

I’ve also got a final show of 2011 planned, it’s on December 28th at the Living Room in Manhattan. Hope you can attend. Details here.

Cellist on Louie? Yep, it’s me

admin — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:37:41 +0000

Yes it’s true, I’m the cellist featured in numerous segments of Louis C.K.’s brutally hilarious show Louie, in both seasons so far. I composed the cello pieces in the studio based on discussions with Louis about what was needed for a given scene, then used a Boss-RC50 hardware looper to layer cello parts into little vignettes. Unfortunately due to some bureaucratic complications I’m not credited… annoying but what can you do?
Louis is really a pleasure to work with, and puts a lot of care into the music for the show. And the other musicians are also incredible, a great team. Hopefully I’ll be back for next season, and believe me I’ll make sure my name’s on it.
But hey, at least I got this great new quote for my press kit:
‎”The cello player, wish i fucking knew his name, is tremendous.” – Louis C.K.
And if you’d like to hear more of my work, you can find my records here.

El Resplandor

admin — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:25:37 +0000

Back in NYC, spiralling inexorably towards Winter.

The new Nettle record has been released– El Resplandor: The Shining in Dubai is now available, and it’s pretty fantastic. Check it out.

Now back to finishing up all the work from my residency. It’s about results.

Castle Life

admin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:13:50 +0000

Working with Filastine in his Barcelona studio was great, his new album’s going to be expansive in every way. If you’re on the East Coast of the U.S. you have a chance to see him live on tour this week, highly recommended!
Now I’m back in the countryside, writing music and planning a project with my fantastic fellow artist-in-residence Christophe Dentin.
I’m really excited about the work I’m doing out here in the middle of nowhere… as entropy accelerates everywhere around. Now back to fiddling while the world temperature rises…

so, so much.

admin — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:48:33 +0000

Summer was Rome, NYC, Maine, and Tangier. Was happy to record music for Louis C.K.’s TV show, do some very interesting projects with Nettle, a bunch of work with the brilliant Daniel Perlin, and co-produce those Kalup Linzy / James Franco tracks with DJ/Rupture. And now I’m hiding out in rural France for the Fall… finishing the score for Jamie Hook’s Vacationland, recording my new album, writing a book of music, and practicing a lot of cello.

summer = stew

admin — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 19:29:27 +0000

it’s only june but summer is here with a vengeance in NYC. and summer brings summer things: heat, yes, humidity, yes, and that peculiar summer sense of timelessness… watch out, 4am comes up so quickly and easily in the bathwater-warm air…

And Summer Projects: there’s a lot. working on the score for indie film Vacationland with director Jamie Hook, the Linzy/Franco record with @djrupture, helping @djnron with sound for a Mexican horror film, a couple remixes, a collaboration with @filastine, and oh yeah my next long-neglected record. Then Fall=France, for a composer residency in la Côte d’Or, and some European touring.

ok now back into the soup.