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By John Koch-Northrup, on February 26th, 2010
Steve’s Hypnos Secret Sounds release “Children of Alcyone” was reviewed this month on textura along with 3 other Hypnos releases.
Steve released his “Circular Scriptures” album on Relaxed Machinery in 2010 (look under “releases” in the top menu).
I’ve copied the Steve Brand section of the review below, the full text is at textura
A supra-terrestrial theme also runs through Children of Alcyone, the second release by Steve Brand (who’s also issued recordings under the Augur name) to appear on Hypnos Secret Sounds. The inspiration for the work came from the writings of Barbara Marciniak whose books supposedly channel information
…continue reading Review: Steve Brand – Children of Alcyone
By John Koch-Northrup, on February 26th, 2010
I utterly love Lunar Monograph by Beta Cloud. In fact, after listening to it I invited him to release on Relaxed Machinery and I’m listening to a preview of that new album now (and I’m utterly blown away). It will come out sometime this year.
In the meantime – here’s a review of Lunar Monograph by Phil Derby. Go get this album, you really won’t be disapointed!
Beta Cloud “Lunar Monograph”
(www.betacloud.com, 2010)
5 tracks, 67.37 mins
Two tracks in to Beta Cloud’s latest release Lunar Monograph I already find myself totally captivated, particularly by the 22-minute masterpiece of piano,
…continue reading Review: Beta Cloud – Lunar Monograph
By John Koch-Northrup, on February 20th, 2010
Live video of Beta Cloud playing in Toronto in 2009. Carl (Beta Cloud) will be releasing an album on Relaxed Machinery later this year.
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By John Koch-Northrup, on February 20th, 2010
I stumbled across this video (actually it’s a still image) for a track off of Steve Brand – Awakensong which was self-released by Steve in 2007. It’s 11 minutes and worth the listen!
Buy the download if you’d like: Steve Brand on CD Baby
UPDATE: Unfortunately the youtube user decided to remove the video. Steve and I both thought it was cool – hopefully they’ll post it again! jkn
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By John Koch-Northrup, on February 9th, 2010
Congratulations to Steve Brand for making the Star’s End Top 15 for January 2010 with his Hypnos Secret Sounds release “Children of Alcyone”! If you’re interested in this album or any of his great releases on CDR (including his rather excellent Relaxed Machinery release: “Circular Scriptures” – please go to:
Steve Brand section of the Hypnos Store.
STAR’S END 1-6AM SatNite/SunMorn 88.5FM WXPN Philadelphia, PA
Top 15 For Januray 2010 (alphabetical) Compiled by Chuck van Zyl
ARTIST – ALBUM – LABEL
Anomalous Disturbances – Archive Two – Disappearing Music
Anomalous Disturbances – Inside – Disappearing Music
Arc – Rise – DiN/DDL
Matt Borghi
…continue reading Steve Brand’s Children of Alcyone on Star’s End Top 15
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 –
…continue reading How the name Relaxed Machinery evolved…
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
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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
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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
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