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By John Koch-Northrup, on February 6th, 2010
The name Relaxed Machinery stems back to a field recording I made years ago at the electronics factory I work at. I was doing a lot of weekend work at the time upgrading our main system software and was alone in the building. I decided to take my minidisc recorder in and place it in different parts of the factory and let it record.
Even though no one was in the building, the lights were off, and everything was more or less “shut down” – many of the big machines that solder, place components, etc… still make noises – clicking, beeping, air noises like the machines are breathing, alarms going off on machines that need maintenance, etc… Even though the machines were “relaxing” – they were very alive in their sounds.
I’d always planned to release an e.p. called “Relaxed Machinery”, but just never got around to it. I still have the recording somewhere…
A few years later I began planning a new label with a friend, we spent about 8 months getting it ready and planning, and both decided it wasn’t the right time and shelved the idea for later.
Fast forward another four years, and I joined AtmoWorks as co-owner and thought about recording again, but spent a lot of time working on the label. Now that I’ve left AtmoWorks and decided to launch something new and different, with a different way of running a label… I decided it was time to use the “Relaxed Machinery” name again.
The name inspires me and it fits the music.
Thanks for reading.
John
By John Koch-Northrup, on February 5th, 2010
I honestly didn’t plan on adding another artist quite this quickly, but Beta Cloud’s album “Lunar Monograph” utterly blew me away.
I’m very happy to announce that Beta Cloud will be recording new music and releasing it in 2010 on Relaxed Machinery. With the amazing quality of talent that is planning to release this year, wow, this is going to be one heck of a first year for Relaxed Machinery!
Beta Cloud website
Beta Cloud – Lunar Monograph
Thanks!
John
By John Koch-Northrup, on February 3rd, 2010
Steve Brand’s new album “Circular Scriptures” on the Relaxed Machinery label will be played in it’s entirety tonight, Wednesday, February 3 between 8-10 pm Pacific Standard Time on Portland Radio Authority ( http://praradio.org ).
The show is called “This is What It’s All About” – and plans to open with a Meat Beat Manifesto track at 8 pm PST, an intro break, and then Steve’s album will be played.
I’d sincerely like to thank Austere for giving the album to their friend that hosts the show.
John
By John Koch-Northrup, on February 1st, 2010
I’m very happy to announce Bob Ohrum will be releasing on Relaxed Machinery this year. He’s previously self-released several ambient albums, and I’m very happy to be releasing his “Elevated” album in the coming months. He’s also working on new music for release in the future.
I think Bob is a perfect fit for Relaxed Machinery.
Hover your mouse over “Artists” in the menu above and click on “Bob Ohrum” to read his bio and his comments about his previous releases.
John
By John Koch-Northrup, on January 19th, 2010
I’m pondering a shift from using my artist name “Interstitial” to using my real name from now on. To me, Interstitial was a great name and sort of defined the music I wrote at that time.
In the 1990’s I used to describe my own music as “ambient techno industrial piano” – which admittedly is a slightly odd combo and a little tongue in cheek. One of the main reasons I used Interstitial for a long time was because I thought of my music as “between genres”. I used to have on my website around 2001-2003 a “between” statement which I
…continue reading Change my artist name from Interstitial?
By John Koch-Northrup, on January 14th, 2010
Five minute previews from all three tracks on Steve Brand – Circular Scriptures are available in the music player on the right side of this page!
Also, click the little “Store” link in the player to purchase the album:
CD Baby – Download version
iTunes – Download version
Hypnos – CDR version
By John Koch-Northrup, on January 11th, 2010
Steve Brand – Circular Scriptures Wallpaper, originally uploaded by johei.
This wallpaper was designed by Steve Brand for his new Relaxed Machinery album “Circular Scriptures” which was released on Jan 11, 2010.
Please click the image to be link to flickr.com, then click on “all sizes” above the image and select the size you’d like to download.
Thank you!
By Steve Brand, on January 11th, 2010
I just got the mail that the “Circular Scriptures” page is live on CDBaby.com! You can find more and longer samples on either the rM/Wordpress page or my MySpace page.
First, let me say that I’m very proud to have been asked to release this album on John Koch-Northrup’s flagship label, relaxedMACHINERY. I look forward to releasing with John again in the near future and expect that you’ll discover lots of new and exciting music on rM.
The initial impetus for “Circular Scriptures” was to create subtly complex, slow-moving, diaphanous sheets of sound, multiple layers or washes of feeling tone?all interacting, with
…continue reading Thoughts on “Circular Scriptures”
By John Koch-Northrup, on January 7th, 2010
I’d like to welcome Chris Russell to Relaxed Machinery. He’ll be releasing an album called “Frozen” at some point in 2010 (date to be determined). I’ve been listening to it frequently this week and it’s truly excellent ambient work. He released two albums in 2009 on AtmoWorks: “Aralu” and “Merge”. ( Chris Russell at the AtmoWorks store )
I look forward to working with Chris in 2010!
.: Reminders! :.
Steve Brand – Circular Scriptures is scheduled for release on Jan 11, 2010. It will be available for download from CD Baby and as a CDR in the Hypnos store first… and
…continue reading Chris Russell
By John Koch-Northrup, on January 6th, 2010
.: First a quick update
Steve Brand – Circular Scriptures is scheduled for release on Jan 11, 2010. It will be available for download from CD Baby and as a CDR in the Hypnos store first… and later will roll out to iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, eMusic, etc… We’re in the process of finalizing the release and it’s looking good for the 11th. Of course, things happen… it might be available a day or two earlier or a few days later. That’s ok!
The New Release and Official Label Launch party is set for 9 pm Central
…continue reading Quick Update and Pondering Demos
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