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:: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 ::

Quick Rankings:

Worldwide Trip Hop
222. Understanding The Breakdown Of God (#11 on the Chicago Trip Hop chart!)
504. Chthonic Cerumen (#17 on the Chicago Trip Hop chart!)

Worldwide Ambient
364. Bayou (#1 on the Chicago Ambient chart and #73 on the Chicago Electronic chart!)

:: DJ 7:01 AM [+] ::
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Placid Abstraction, an ambient tune featuring drifting sonic beds punctuated with techno bass, drums, synths, and fx's, is now available on mp3.com.

:: DJ 5:56 AM [+] ::
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New and updated rankings:

Worldwide Ambient
293. Bayou

Worldwide Alternative Hip Hop
449. Face

Chicago Electronic
62. Bayou

Chicago Ambient
1. Bayou
13. Shag Lawrence
44. Lugubrius
45. Shaku Shake
46. Brevity

Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
3. Face
9. Scratchification
11. Miles Comes To Visit

Chicago Drum N Bass
11. Curtain
15. Show
16. Prattle
34. Secret
35. Anthracite
36. Bituminous

Chicago Down Tempo
16. Drink The Fish Up
26. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
34. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
35. Absolutely Modern
36. Atmosherocephalic
40. Chthonic Cerumen

Chicago Trip Hop
16. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
20. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
21. Absolutely Modern
23. Chthonic Cerumen

Chicago Happy Hardcore
24. Wretched Bliss

:: DJ 10:02 PM [+] ::
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Here's something I like: 3 20-minute techno songs charting at 20, 21 and 22 on the Chicago Techno charts.

That's right, 6 Appartitions Of Lenin In A Cowfish Opus, Opus To Zarathustra And Misc Cowfish and Cowfish Opus To The Five Rings Of Musashi are on the charts. I did these songs over a year ago and thought they were "novelty" songs (20 minutes IS a long time for a song), but I've found interest in them from people who want something to listen to while they work. They're "driving" but they're "background" music too. I've personally used them on road trips. I enjoy the dichotomy of techno and cornfields.

Other (abbreviated) rankings:
World Trip Hop Chart
320. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
572. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
578. Absolutely Modern

:: DJ 7:46 AM [+] ::
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When I look back
It's just a flicker of time
And for that moment
Everything is clear

:: DJ 4:53 PM [+] ::
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Whoever wrote "The Mothman Prophecy" was a dumb ass.

:: DJ 9:43 PM [+] ::
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I bought my first eBook today for my Palm VIIx. It's 'When Genius Failed' a history of the Long Term Capital hedge fund (yes, it's true - I'm a business geek).

I can't wait for Palm to come out with an mp3 player attachment that has serious memory on it. I already use the Palm for email, news (wireless and AvantGo) and "office productivity" (take notes directly into Word and Excel). Basically the little bastard rocks.

Once an mp3 player for it that's any good comes out, it will handle most of my media needs.

Truly a "killer app".

:: DJ 8:17 PM [+] ::
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Absolutely Modern has been rejected by raw42.

Here's what the reviewer said:
"Found this one a little too experimental around the edges. The production is nice and there is good atmosphere in the tune but its just a little too abstract for tv/film use which is where i see this track fitting. I think it would be difficult for us to place with a label with our current contacts but not a bad tune at all."

I guess that means it's not commercial enough. Damn.

:: DJ 2:46 PM [+] ::
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Just updated my set list. Will test it out tonight here at home.
The set list follows:

Order Computer Title Genre Length BPM
1 L Morphological ambient 3:12:00 80
2 R Chthonic Cerumen trip hop 3:03:00 85
3 L Shaku Shake ambient 3:07:00 87
4 R Understanding The Breakdown Of God trip hop 3:45:00 87
5 L Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl ambient 3:33:00 90
6 R Lugubrious ambient 4:58:00 90
7 L Drink The Fish Up down tempo 3:12:00 90
8 R Absolutely Modern trip hop 3:34:00 100
9 L Atmosherocephalic down tempo 5:14:00 90
10 R Brevity ambient 4:29:00 90
11 L Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang trip hop 3:51:00 87
12 R Shag Lawrence ambient 3:46:00 87
13 L Placid Abstraction ambient 3:24:00 80
14 R Metaphysical Echo ambient 3:39:00 70
Total Length of Set: 52:47:00

:: DJ 2:16 PM [+] ::
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Ranking time!

US Trip Hop
91. Chthonic Cerumen

Chicago Electronic
83. Metaphysical Echo
97. Chthonic Cerumen

Chicago Ambient
1. Metaphysical Echo
6. Morphological
29. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
38. Brevity
39. Lugubrious
40. Shaku Shake
41. Shag Lawrence

Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
5. Scratchification
6. Face
7. Miles Comes To Visit

Chicago Trip Hop
9. Chthonic Cerumen
11. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
15. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
16. Absolutely Modern

Chicago Down Tempo
10. Chthonic Cerumen
12. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
19. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
20. Absolutely Modern
21. Atmosherocephalic
22. Drink The Fish Up

Chicago Happy Hardcore
14. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Drum N Bass
16. Secret
24. Curtain
25. Anthracite
26. Bituminous
27. Show
33. Prattle

Chicago Rhthym & Blues
25. Sordid

:: DJ 11:48 PM [+] ::
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Enigmatic.

:: DJ 6:20 PM [+] ::
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Still working on my next song. Have been experimenting with techno bass, beats and synths slowed down to 70-80 BPM and mixed with ambient pads. Seems to be working pretty well. Messing with the final effects and filters to add the right feel and fill out the tune. Should be ready for release in the next couple of days.

:: DJ 6:19 PM [+] ::
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Chthonic Cerumen is now available on mp3.com.

:: DJ 12:00 PM [+] ::
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Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang is number 249 on the World Trip Hop charts on mp3.com.

:: DJ 6:15 AM [+] ::
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Probably tomorrow I'll have a new song uploaded to my mp3 site. I've been taking much longer now to produce songs since I've been dealing with raw42. There's more at stake now with potential licensing, so I spend a lot of time tweaking the songs to increase their quality, and if I think the song is even slightly weak, I don't bother uploading it.

:: DJ 6:22 PM [+] ::
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Lenin Apparation is number 12 on the Chicago Techno chart. That's a come from nowhere performance.

:: DJ 7:29 AM [+] ::
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About an hour ago raw42 accepted Atmosherocephalic. Here are the nice things they said about it:

Atmosherocephalic - Down Tempo
No real intro as such with this one, just straight in with lighty jumpy beats, smooth floating underwater styled fx and a deep sub bassline...very groovy with a definite non-aggressive feel to the whole track...

:: DJ 3:11 PM [+] ::
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I updated the rankings below.
I just wanted to add that I think it was cool that a 20-minute techno song charted (6 Apparitions Of Lenin In A Cowfish Opus)...

:: DJ 2:55 PM [+] ::
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Rock steady.

:: DJ 8:24 AM [+] ::
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Haven't done rankings in a while.
It's time again.
I'll update the songs with links later.

Cool thing is that Sordid is back up on the Chicago R&B chart at number 32.
Also, Imbibe is back up on the Chicago Dance chart at number 48.
And, Wretched Bliss is the number 93 Happy Hardcore Techno song in the US and number 238 on the World Happy Hardcore chart.

World Happy Hardcore
238. Wretched Bliss

US Happy Hardcore
93. Wretched Bliss

US Ambient
203. Frost

US Trip Hop
393. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
425. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
426. Absolutely Modern

US Alternative Hip Hop
593. Face

Chicago Electronic
12. Frost

Chicago Ambient
2. Frost
15. Bog

Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
6. Face
13. Scratchification
14. Miles Comes To Visit
17. A La Mode

Chicago Happy Hardcore
15. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Trip Hop
17. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
20. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
21. Absolutely Modern

Chicago Down Tempo
30. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
35. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
36. Atmosherocephalic
37. Absolutely Modern
38. Drink The Fish Up

Chicago Drum N Bass
30. Bituminous
31. Secret
32. Curtain
47. Anthracite

Chicago Rhythm & Blues
32. Sordid

Chicago Techno
45. 6 Apparitions Of Lenin In A Cowfish Opus

Chicago Dance
48. Imbibe

:: DJ 7:30 AM [+] ::
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Wow. I forgot to post yesterday. Who would have thought. Just slipped my mind all together.

:: DJ 6:20 PM [+] ::
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Spent 2 hours last weekend running through my set in my dining room. Much fun.
Did a little rearranging and am working on a new 85 BPM ambient song that I'll use when winding down the set. Still working on a title for the tune - but I think the title should include the word...

CHTHONIC

:: DJ 8:28 PM [+] ::
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Wake up!
It could cost you.

:: DJ 6:14 PM [+] ::
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Art is a 3-letter word.

:: DJ 10:26 AM [+] ::
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Other random rankings:

Understanding The Breakdown Of God is number 70 on the USA Trip Hop chart and number 106 on the World Trip Hop chart.

Wretched Bliss is number 190 on the World Happy Hardcore chart.

:: DJ 8:33 AM [+] ::
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Bog has dropped to number 86 on the Worldwide Ambient chart. But the attention generated by Bog has pulled up a couple of songs onto the Chicago Electronic chart. See below:

Chicago Electronic
6. Bog
22. Metaphysical Echo
31. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
88. Lobster Telephone
89. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
91. The Monkey's Arm
93. Morphological
95. Absolutely Modern

:: DJ 8:11 AM [+] ::
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Last weekend I had a great time putting together the set for my August Madison gig (assuming it's actually going to happen - haven't had firm time/place confirmation from my contact there yet). Had both laptops hooked up to my new Vestax PCV-275 mixing board. Have the songs arranged so they start at 70 BPM and work their way up to a climax of 100 BPM then ease back down to 70 BPM again. Did I mention that it's an ambient/trip hop/down tempo set? People will be chilling out, and once I play my 100 BPM song their hearts will almost be beating...

:: DJ 6:05 PM [+] ::
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Thanks to all who've been listening.
I broke 40,000 listens today.

Worldwide Electronic
291. Bog

Worldwide Ambient
29. Bog

Chicago Electronic
2. Bog
60. Metaphysical Echo

Chicago Ambient.
1. Bog
6. Metaphysical Echo

Chicago Trip Hop
22. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
23. Absolutely Modern
24. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Happy Hardcore
24. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Down Tempo
50. Understanding The Breakdown Of God

:: DJ 6:58 AM [+] ::
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It seems to be a good chart day. I'm number 2 on the raw42 charts too. Maybe that's what's pushing traffic to me...

:: DJ 8:39 PM [+] ::
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By the way, Bog is number 29 on the Worldwide Ambient charts today on mp3.com.

:: DJ 8:32 PM [+] ::
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As I'm sitting in my office at work (I've already been here working for an hour), I went out to my web site to listen to some music. While I was there, just for fun, I wanted to see how high Bog ranked overall. Here's what I found:

In Chicago, Bog ranks number 18 for ALL genres.
For Illinois, Bog ranks number 28 for all genres.
However, for the USA, Bog doesn't make the Top 600.

:: DJ 7:34 AM [+] ::
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I've had more traffic to my site lately - more listens too.
I really think blogger.com is driving people here.
There's been mentions in the Wall Street Journal and the Economist in the last couple of weeks (of blogging, not of my site in particular, of course).
Don't know what else it would be...it's the only "promotion" I'm doing.
Haven't even gotten off my butt long enough to get out a newsletter, update my radiostation or even finish the song I started on June 20.

On to the rankings...

Bog is doing amazingly well. It ranks as the number 28 ambient song in the world, as well as, the number 298 electronic song in the world.

Gotta love it!

Worldwide Electronic
298. Bog

Worldwide Ambient
28. Bog

USA Electronic
127. Bog

USA Ambient
18. Bog

Chicago Electronic
2. Bog

Chicago Ambient
1. Bog
26. Metaphysical Echo
44. Frost

Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
11. Face
12. Scratchification

Chicago Trip Hop
18. Absolutely Modern
19. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
20. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Happy Hardcore
20. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Down Tempo
27. Atmosherocephalic
28. Absolutely Modern
29. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
30. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
31. Drink The Fish Up

Chicago Drum N Bass
41. Anthracite
42. Bituminous
43. Secret
44. Show
48. Curtain

:: DJ 9:58 PM [+] ::
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Identify your target market.

:: DJ 8:38 PM [+] ::
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Believe nothing.

:: DJ 7:49 PM [+] ::
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Existence is empty.

:: DJ 6:18 PM [+] ::
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Haven't posted any rankings lately. I guess it's time.

Chicago Electronic
89. Bayou

Chicago Ambient
9. Bayou
43. Frost

Chicago Happy Hardcore
22. Wretched Bliss

Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
23. Scratchification
24. Face
25. Miles Comes To Visit

Chicago Trip Hop
25. Absolutely Modern
26. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
28. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang

Chicago Down Tempo
31. Atmosherocephalic
50. Absolutely Modern

:: DJ 8:50 AM [+] ::
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I want it stated for the record that Geza X is my hero.
Buy his album here.

I took a swim in the park
Now I glow in the dark...

Yeah, old punks are cool.

:: DJ 10:46 PM [+] ::
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Nice things said about my songs on raw42:

"Simple Non-Linear Melancholic Swirl" Ambient
Gentle ambience with rolling backing and pensive piano. Stays on one level throughout.

"Bansuri Summer Sturm Und Drang" Trip Hop
A low-key blippy scientific illbient affair with unusual sounds and plodding underlying percussion combined with eerie/avant-gard effects and synth lines. Subtle, unusual, somewhat experimental.

"Brevity" Down Tempo
Dark minimal trip hop beats and gentle, subtle synth lines and echoed effects. A belchy and rugged ambient backdrop suitable as background music.

"Morphological" Down Tempo
Airy echoing chillout with a slow beat and drifting melodies potentially useful as a good atmospheric visual backdrop.

"Bog" Down Tempo
Slow but interesting mechanical intro with low bassline and ambient pads. Futuristic and methodical with a sense of expectancy.

:: DJ 10:20 PM [+] ::
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The Monkey's Arm was rejected by raw42 today.

Comments follow:
"A lot more could be done on the mastering side - it sounds a little quiet to me. There are some good ideas in this, but it's a little disparate. I could see it would go down great at a free party on the right sound system, where the structure would not be so nit-picked, but for commercial release, it needs a lot of tidying up. :-)"

:: DJ 6:21 PM [+] ::
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At least I rank in the Top 40 on the raw42 chart today.

:: DJ 6:08 PM [+] ::
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Metaphysical Echo was rejected by raw42 today.
Oh, well. Back to the drawing board.

:: DJ 6:06 PM [+] ::
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It is a dismal game.

:: DJ 6:03 PM [+] ::
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A distrust of rationalism and formal convention prompted the young men towards the exploration of the realm of the unconsciousness and the dream.

:: DJ 6:58 PM [+] ::
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