Segue

A great week for music keeps on getting better. I got started on doing a remix for Melbourne’s Fromage Disco, which came at a great time as I have pulled out the bass guitar and am using it as a great vehicle to record some riffs with. I posted a quick and early snippet of this in progress over the weekend on the Segue Twitter account, which you can still listen to here. It has been an enjoyable track to work on, and play on, and as it would happen the Fromage Disco lads are coming up to play at Bar Soma in Brisbane this week. Check them out if you’re in the neighbourhood. I’ll be popping in, though it’s a big week with both Sasha and Jaytech hitting Brisbane in quick succession. If you’re wondering what the photo above of the sock puppet has to do with me remixing Fromage Disco, you can check out the film clip for their single, entitled “Vicious”, on YouTube.

Here’s an update that is frustrating to make. Some of the previous posts since I got back from Hong Kong have gone missing in an update in the back end of the site, so I will have to restore those this weekend. As for right now, there is a lot of excitement bouncing around like a ping pong ball in zero gravity. New hardware, new music, new releases on the way, a new remix for Fromage Disco to start and new gigs booked. Also a new haircut thanks to Harley at Orb, notable only as a rush before shooting some proof of concept photos for an idea I’ve had for promo photos with Vitreous. We’ve got some media and gigs coming up so we are working through ideas for a bio photo of us that gets around the fact that we are, at present, in different countries. One idea involved VHS cassettes, a hung blanket, a few lamps and the 450D giving some quick test shots. I’ve now learned how hot it can be standing still for half an hour wrapped in tape. Which is to say, hot. So there’s an update. Now I’m off to practice some bass guitar and tear my piano fingers up a little more.

I was just surprised by a message from Nate B, of Fromage Disco fame, that Juno Records has listed the Segue remix of Guise at #11 in the Disco category of the Juno Recommends list for August 2009. Needless to say I was surprised, and not in the least because some of our friends are still amused to see the name “Segue” anywhere near the word “Disco”. It puts a smile on my face tonight, as I was already happy about the new setlist falling together and was going to post about how well the gear, concepts and tracks are coming together for the new live set. That and I’m sitting here running Moog riffs through an SSL Alpha Channel. It’s a good night all round. Thank you Nate for letting me know, and thanks to everyone for the various real-world and digital comments since! I’ve just been listening to the other tunes in that list while typing and adding a few gems to my download crate. A great way to start the week!

Check it out: Juno Disco Recommendations August 2009

Climbing around some glaciers today, I remembered that it’s the Beatport launch date for the Guise EP! I did an impromptu handstand to celebrate, tore another hole in my gloves, and recorded a quick message for all of you back in the civilized world.

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So bust a handstand, kick your rollersaktes off and check the tunes. After that, please pause for a moment of silence for my poor, torn gloves. I did it all for disco.