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By John Koch-Northrup, on December 21st, 2009
Steve Brand’s “Circular Scriptures” album is nearing release – with a planned date of 1/11/10. We’ll be celebrating the release on 1/16/10 on StillStream.com at 9 pm CST on the Zen Caffeine show hosted by David Herpich.
Lots to do between now and 1/11! A few items if you’re interested:
* Album Artwork is complete (and amazingly beautiful, I might add). This needs to be uploaded to CD Baby for the download version and to Hypnos for the CDR version. After it’s uploaded to CD Baby – they will distribute the album to multiple websites
…continue reading Countdown to Release – To Do List!
By John Koch-Northrup, on December 18th, 2009
If there’s one thing there never seems to be enough of, it’s time. So I try and focus on what matters to me. Launching Relaxed Machinery is something that matters to me. Recording again is also something matters. Obviously, my wife, family, and work come first – so prioritizing and picking what musical projects I tackle is a key. I don’t think this philosophy is very different from the majority of label owners and artists out there. You squeak in time when you can and don’t fret too much when not everything goes perfectly!
I still have a ton to do
…continue reading I’m ready… musings on time, rM, and recording again
By John Koch-Northrup, on December 15th, 2009
I posted a “promo requests” page last week to the site (it’s in the menu at the top) which essentially says if you review, blog, create podcasts, or any other form of writing/recording about ambient music – let me know. It’s interesting how much has changed in the last decade plus that I’ve been following ambient music on the internet. There used to be a lot of webzines and review sites (Ambientrance, Ambient Visions, EER, Ampersandetc), and quite a few radio stations (normally college or public stations) that played ambient music. Some of those still exist, but by and large,
…continue reading Promotional Copies of rM Albums
By John Koch-Northrup, on December 10th, 2009
I’ve chosen “organic .: ambient :. techno” as a short concise description (or tagline) for Relaxed Machinery. What does that mean to me?
“organic” – This brings a feeling of being made from scratch and isn’t full of extraneous elements that don’t need to be there. The artist sat down and composed the music with their heart. There’s a certain “hands on” approach to writing, recording, playing. Organic to me is a feeling that describes the music… textural, earthy, healthy, natural, rich in depth.
“ambient” – This means so many different things to different people. I subscribe to “ambient” as music that’s
…continue reading organic .: ambient :. techno
By John Koch-Northrup, on December 9th, 2009
Artists and labels pretty much live on the internet now – especially with ambient and electronic music in general. Creating a “home base” for Relaxed Machinery has been a key project in getting the label launched. Even though this website is not done yet, I decided to open it up and let everyone see it develop as we ramp up to the official “launch” in January 2010. By posting these blogs I hope that my journey to launching a new label helps other artists and label owners along the way. I also hope the listeners and potential fans get a
…continue reading websites: why? what?, how follows when you have a plan
By John Koch-Northrup, on December 8th, 2009
The factory building stood in stark silhouette against the slowly darkening sky. Oddly the building seems serene. There’s no trepidation in your footsteps as you approach the entrance and go in. You flip the large electric throw switch and hear generators in the distance whir and hum to life. The lights slowly bring the hallways out of darkness… a pale yellow, faintly flickering light.
The factory floor is filled with machines of every sort. What kind of factory was this? Humming, buzzing, clicking, water dripping, lights slowly blinking from various areas of the factory. The machines aren’t fully on, but they’re
…continue reading “the machines are relaxing”
By John Koch-Northrup, on December 7th, 2009
I just posted a long bio on my page. Just click on “Artists” in the top menu – and then “Interstitial”. If you’re at all curious what I’ve done musically before launching this label – from releasing ambient to my wonderful grandma teaching me piano at 5… it’s all there.
Totally off topic, but this blog title reminds me of one of my favorite Jackie Chan movies.
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By John Koch-Northrup, on December 6th, 2009
Relaxed Machinery is proud to partner with StillStream.com and David Herpich to host a label launch party and listening party for our first release: Steve Brand – Circular Scriptures.
David will be playing the entire Circular Scriptures album – and we’ll also be playing some of Steve’s and my backcatalog releases.
The party is planned for 9 p.m. CST on http://www.stillstream.com
More details in the coming weeks!
A very big thank you to Darrell Burgan at StillStream and David Herpich, host of the weekly Zen Caffeine program from 9 pm Saturday to 1 am Sunday.
John
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By John Koch-Northrup, on December 4th, 2009
Relaxed Machinery Wallpaper rM_0001, originally uploaded by johei.
To download this great wallpaper designed by Steve Brand – click the image which will take you to my flickr.com/johei account.
Just above the image is an icon for “all sizes” – click that and then select the size you’d like.
Thank you!
John
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By John Koch-Northrup, on December 4th, 2009
A lot of thought has gone into exactly how Relaxed Machinery will release it’s albums. My personal opinion is most people are interested in downloads now. I’ve switched over to an iPod and primarily buy downloads myself. And my time at AtmoWorks showed that the majority of listeners were buying the downloads and not the cdr’s. Some albums were 5 downloads for every 1 cdr, and some were as high as 10 downloads for every 1 cdr.
Regardless, I still love physical discs, and I know some listeners are still very keen on getting cdr’s vs. downloads. So I’ve set up
…continue reading Deciding how to release the albums.
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