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:: Friday, June 28, 2002 ::
Headed off to KY this weekend. Should be able to finish off a song and upload it on Tuesday when I get back. So a new song should be ready on the site by Wednesday of next week. I'll be off the blog though. Apparently they don't have much internet infrastructure down there...
:: DJ 6:38 PM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, June 27, 2002 ::
It's ok to cry as long as you're faking it.
:: DJ 8:22 PM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 ::
Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl has just been accepted by raw42.
:: DJ 6:10 PM [+] ::
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And I'm searching for my playground
So I can go and play.
:: DJ 5:37 PM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, June 25, 2002 ::
Well, I'm getting bombarded with some major listens these days. Not sure why. Really. Haven't really been promoting any differently. The only thing that I can figure is that once you get a song in one of the Top 40 charts then that song just pulls up the rest of your songs.
Right now I have 7 of the top 100 Chicago Electronic songs on mp3.com. That's a new record! Previously I've had one or maybe two simultaneously. But seven! Whoa!
It's also cool that I have 3 of the top 5 songs!
Whoever has been listening has brought a couple of old songs back to life too. Imbibe is number 13 on the Chicago Dance chart and Revel is number 26 on the Chicago House chart (though technically it's a breakbeat song - have to remember to change the genre on that one...)
But I think the most exciting for me is that Frost is number 189 for all electronic songs world wide on mp3.com. That rocks (well, at 70 bpm...).
All the significant rankings follow...
World Electronic
189. Frost
World Ambient
16. Frost
91. Bayou
World Trip Hop
89. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
USA Ambient
10. Frost
46. Bayou
65. Fen
USA Trip Hop
42. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
Chicago All Genres
7. Frost
99. Bayou
Chicago Electronic
1. Frost
4. Bayou
5. Fen
19. Bog
31. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
49. Morphological
99. The Monkey's Arm
Chicago Ambient
1. Frost
4. Bayou
5. Fen
9. Bog
12. Morphological
33. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
34. Slough
42. Brevity
48. Shaku Shake
Chicago Trip Hop
2. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
11. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
15. Absolutely Modern
Chicago Down Tempo
3. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
15. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
19. Drink The Fish Up
23. Absolutely Modern
34. Atmosherocephalic
Chicago Drum N Bass
8. Bituminous
22. Secret
29. Anthracite
Chicago Techno
12. The Monkey's Arm
13. Lobster Telephone
Chicago Dance
13. Imbibe
Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
19. Face
33. Scratchification
39. Miles Comes To Visit
Chicago House
26. Revel
:: DJ 9:14 PM [+] ::
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:: Monday, June 24, 2002 ::
Metaphysical Echo is now available on mp3.com.
Metaphysical Echo is a mellow (70 BPM) ambient tune featuring vocal swells (swell vocals?), humming viola, a violin bow on guitars (he played it left hand) and hip hop beats.
:: DJ 5:29 PM [+] ::
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Caterpillar crawling up the big phone pole.
Is there someone
That you want to talk too?
:: DJ 5:12 PM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, June 23, 2002 ::
Frost is number 12 on the worldwide ambient chart and number 915 for ALL songs on mp3.com. Not sure who's listening to my stuff lately, but it's wild. I haven't really been promoting any differently (outside of daily blogging) and a lot of my stuff has garnered a lot of interest.
Bayou is number 69 on the worldwide ambient chart on mp3.com.
:: DJ 9:11 PM [+] ::
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Look what they've done to us.
Now we're like no one else.
:: DJ 11:37 AM [+] ::
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:: Saturday, June 22, 2002 ::
Slough is still up there.
Currently it's #9 on the Chicago Electronic chart and #122 on the USA Ambient chart on mp3.com.
Wretched Bliss has moved up to #98 on the Chicago Electronic chart too.
Probably riding Slough's coat tails.
However it got up there, I'm proud of that one.
I believe it's my highest charting techno song yet, and it's my first attempt at Happy Hardcore.
Nothing like chart success on your first try.
Rest of the rankings follow...
Chicago Electronic
8. Slough
98. Wretched Bliss
Chicago Ambient
3. Slough
47. Swallow
Chicago Happy Hardcore
6. Wretched Bliss
Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
11. Scratchification
15. Miles Comes To Visit
16. Face
Chicago Trip Hop
12. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
15. Absolutely Modern
16. Bansuri Summer Sturm Und Drang
Chicago Techno
13. Wretched Bliss
44. Lobster Telephone
Chicago Down Tempo
13. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
18. Atmosherocephalic
19. Absolutely Modern
27. Bansuri Summer Sturm Und Drang
28. Drink The Fish Up
Chicago Drum N Bass
39. Anthracite
40. Curtain
41. Bituminous
42. Secret
43. Show
49. Prattle
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:: Thursday, June 20, 2002 ::
I normally don't post this early (I'm usually working), but I decided to listen to some tunes and as a lark checked the rankings of my songs.
Slough is #48 on mp3.com's Ambient chart - FOR THE WORLD!
It's also #30 on the USA Ambient chart, #221 on the USA Electronic chart, and #1 on the Chicago Electronic chart!
I'll post all the links to the individual songs later when I have time (probably Saturday night or Sunday morning), but the rest of the rankings follow:
Worldwide Ambient
48. Slough
USA Ambient
30. Slough
USA Electronic
221. Slough
Chicago Electronic
1. Slough
Chicago Ambient
1. Slough
30. Frost
35. Fen
50. Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl
Chicago Down Tempo
22. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
23. Atmosherocephalic
25. Absolutely Modern
26. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
27. Drink The Fish Up
Chicago Trip Hop
14. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
16. Absolutely Modern
17. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
Chicago Drum N Bass
28. Anthracite
29. Curtain
30. Bituminuous
31. Secret
32. Show
37. Prattle
:: DJ 7:14 AM [+] ::
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:: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 ::
Finished up another song and am loading it up to mp3.com as I type.
I'll be in NYC this weekend (away from my high speed internet connection again),
so I wanted to get the song up early.
Will post the link when it exists.
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:: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 ::
Well, I hooked up my new mixing board last night.
It's sweet. It's a Vestax PCV-275.
Had both laptops plugged in, getting the feel for it.
Really fun.
Still need to pick up a microphone stand and a little light so I can see what I'm doing at a live performance.
:: DJ 6:10 AM [+] ::
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:: Monday, June 17, 2002 ::
Everything will be virtual.
:: DJ 6:46 AM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, June 16, 2002 ::
Wretched Bliss, a happy hardcore song featuring some cool organ work and DJ FXs, is now available on mp3.com.
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:: Saturday, June 15, 2002 ::
Someone has Bayou as a favorite somewhere, because it has popped up in the Top 50 Chicago Electronic songs again.
Imbibe started getting a lot of listens again for no apparent reason and with no promotion on my part; it's in the Top 50 Chicago Dance songs. I guess that 80's sound is coming back.
Another big surprise is Sordid (my experimentation with rhythm and blues); it's on the Top 50 Chicago Rhythm And Blues chart. Not bad for an electronica guy.
Chicago Electronic
31. Bayou
Chicago Ambient
3. Bayou
39. Frost
Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
11. Miles Comes To Visit
12. Scratchification
15. Face
16. A La Mode
Chicago Trip Hop
18. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
19. Absolutely Modern
29. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
Chicago Down Tempo
24. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
28. Atmosherocephalic
30. Absolutely Modern
41. Drink The Fish Up
Chicago Drum N Bass
39. Anthracite
44. Prattle
Chicago Rhythm And Blues
45. Sordid
Chicago Dance
46. Imbibe
:: DJ 8:54 AM [+] ::
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:: Friday, June 14, 2002 ::
We are not obscene.
:: DJ 10:23 PM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, June 13, 2002 ::
Suppose space can be curved
Instead of flat.
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:: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 ::
You say your pain is better
Than any kind of love.
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:: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 ::
Your pasteurized life isn't fit for consumption.
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:: Monday, June 10, 2002 ::
There are no angels.
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:: Sunday, June 09, 2002 ::
So today I'm number 31 on the new raw42 charts.
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I am the machine.
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Everybody's waiting for the future.
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:: Saturday, June 08, 2002 ::
Hey! Currently I'm #3 on the raw42 chart.
Not sure how that happened, but I'm not complaining!
:: DJ 2:31 PM [+] ::
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I can hear the room breathe...
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:: Friday, June 07, 2002 ::
Clark and Belmont
She laughs at something in a donut shop
Hey I like that smile
Yeah
:: DJ 8:00 PM [+] ::
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Fen is still in the Top 100 Chicago Electronic songs at #85. So to whoever is listening, thank you.
Chicago Ambient
9. Fen
Chicago Trip Hop
9. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
15. Absolutely Modern
19. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
10. Miles Comes To Visit
15. Face
16. Scratchification
Chicago Down Tempo
12. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
15. Atmosherocephalic
26. Drink The Fish Up
28. Absolutely Modern
32. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
Chicago Drum N Bass
33. Curtain
34. Anthracite
35. Bituminous
36. Secret
37. Show
:: DJ 7:59 PM [+] ::
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:: Thursday, June 06, 2002 ::
Stir it up.
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:: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 ::
Fen is #38 on the Chicago Electronic chart, #3 on the Chicago Ambient chart and #262 on the USA Ambient chart. Another old ambient tune with a bullet.
The rest of the rankings follow...
Chicago Ambient
3. Fen
Chicago Trip Hop
7. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
27. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
Chicago Down Tempo
9. Understanding The Breakdown Of God
10. Atmosherocephalic
45. Drink The Fish Up
47. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
27. Face
28. Scratchification
29. Miles Comes To Visit
:: DJ 8:59 PM [+] ::
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Absolutely Modern is now available on mp3.com. Absolutely Modern is a trip hop tune featuring a cool bass line, some sweet percussion and plenty of nifty noises.
:: DJ 6:48 PM [+] ::
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:: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 ::
We must be absolutely modern.
:: DJ 7:57 PM [+] ::
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:: Monday, June 03, 2002 ::
Simple Nonlinear Melancholic Swirl and Understanding The Breakdown Of God are back on mp3.com.
:: DJ 6:26 PM [+] ::
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:: Sunday, June 02, 2002 ::
Bayou hit #33 on the Chicago Electronic chart and #272 on the USA Ambient chart. Don't know what it is. My techno rarely does that well, my trance NEVER does that well. Guess I'm an ambient and down tempo head more than anything.
The rest of the significant rankings follow:
Chicago Ambient
1. Bayou
22. Frost
28. Bog
Chicago Alternative Hip Hop
7. Face
10. Scratchification
21. Miles Comes To Visit
Chicago Techno
15. Lobster Telephone
Chicago Down Tempo
29. Drink The Fish Up
50. Bansuri Summer Sturm und Drang
Chicago Drum N Bass
45. Curtain
46. Anthracite
47. Bituminous
48. Secret
49. Show
:: DJ 1:49 PM [+] ::
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:: Saturday, June 01, 2002 ::
Received an invite to perform in Madison, WI, from Digital Harmony for end of August.
Might not be able to make it due to travel to Montreal. Sure hope I can, and even if I can't I take it as a compliment just being asked.
By the way, make sure to check out Digital Harmony's stuff at the link above. Really good. Has inspired me to start laying my own vocal tracks over some of my songs.
:: DJ 8:55 AM [+] ::
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