Category: MCSD Studio & NetLabel
New Release: Mirrors to the Bonfire
onewayness + dRachEmUsiK Mirrors to the Bonfire Release Date: 08.29. 2016 onomastic records | MCSD NetLabel
onewayness + dRachEmUsiK
Mirrors to the Bonfire
Release Date: 08.29. 2016 onomastic records | MCSD NetLabel
Mirrors to the Bonfire, the latest collaboration from the critically acclaimed duo of onewayness (Adam Holquist/Erie, PA) and dRachEmUsiK (Charles Shriner/Indianapolis, IN), replaces the exuberance and emotional optimism of their last full-length, 2014’s Immeasurable, with emotional ambiguity and complexity, swapping comfort and joy for unsettling, but ultimately rewarding, drama and melancholy.
Mirrors to the Bonfire is a series of meditations on human feedback and the powers of interpersonal interaction. The three long tracks sculpt a polished narrative of conflict and resolution that cycles in and out of warm nostalgia and dark, uncharted territory. Dark analog drones and electroacoustic concrète clatter give way to extended melodic duo explorations for acoustic guitar & electronic wind instrument.
Mirrors to the Bonfire is available as a physical CD or digital download from onomastic records and MCSD NetLabel
3 “Flight Paths” Art Installation

For the last 6 months I’ve been working for SVI Themed Construction on the sound design for a large art installation in the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport by Steven Waldeck called Flight Paths.
Now that we are in the final month of putting it all together, I thought it would be good to share some of the progress.
Flight Paths has been quite an undertaking, spanning the entire 420 feet of the walkway between Terminal A and B of the Airport. The installation uses dramatic LED lighting imbedded into a custom manufactured canopy, video, lighting , 96 discreet channels of audio and 89 speakers.
There are four areas to each side of the installation; Forest, Clearing, Swamp and Pond. Visitors travel through the areas along the moving walkway between Terminal A and Terminal B. Each area provides a unique audio/visual experience. The audio delivery system is being handled by Ableton Live with Max 4 Live. I’ll post more info regarding the sound design and equipment in future posts as the project moves along to completion.
My main focus this month is tweaking the sound design and mixing the audio in the space. Mixing in the space is particularly challenging given the number of speakers, spatial movement between speakers (which follow visual events) and the need to mix remotely as the control rooms are up to 300 feet away from the installation! Remote mixing is being handled with TouchAble on ganged Airport Extremes and Desktop remote running on a MacBook Pro.
Big shout out to CEI Audio/Visual installers for all their work getting the hardware together!
The project has been a wonderful opportunity and I’m very grateful to have been invited to provide the sound design. And I’m looking forward to the return of my “regularly scheduled programming” writing music, recording and playing shows! New collaboration with Adam Holquist (onewayness) is recorded and siting on a shelf waiting to be mixed. Tour to follow 😀 and of course new dRachEmUsiK and Faux Pas Quartet music and shows.
Must. Be. Patient.
Here are some pictures of the current state of the installation and one of me looking “official” (ha!) with my special badge. The badging experience was quite an event and very much like being thrust into one of the office scenes from the movie Brazil…
0 New Release – Urbster1 & dRachEmUsiK
The release On December 2nd, 2015, in the USA… by Urbster1 and dRachEmUsik is comprised of four, live, unedited improvisations. The music employs elements of Dark Ambient, Glitch, Drone, Noise and Avant-Jazz.
This music was created two days after the mass shooting in San Bernardino, CA. While we didn’t specifically set out to create music based on that horrific event, the shootings and related events clearly had an influence on our creative process.
In addition to being available as a download, On December 2nd, 2015… limited edition CDs are available at live performances. Standard edition CDs available from the MCSD NetLabel site.
0 A Picture of the Sky – Live Improvisations Vol. 3
A Picture of the Sky - Live Improvisations Vol. 3 @onewaynessmusic, @drachemusik
A Picture of the Sky – Live Improvisations Vol. 3, is the final installment of three live releases by critically acclaimed, collaborators onewayness and dRachEmUsiK.
These recordings were made during their Summer 2014 tour in support of their release Immeasurable.
A Picture of the Sky – Live Improvisations Vol. 3 is a collection of three improvisations created during performances at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, St. Louis, MO and The Cincinnati Public Library, Cincinnati, OH. The music includes ambient, drone, glitch and musique concrète.
The previous releases in the series are also available for download.
The Silence is a Lie – Live Improvisations Vol. 1
A Handful of Dust – Live Improvisations Vol 2.
0 Finished MCSD Studio
The studio is finally completely finished and I’ve been up and running for a few weeks. Here are some real world working pictures of the space. The room sounds great and is incredibly comfortable and versatile.
0 Today on Music from last Thursday 3-10-15
“Music from last Thursday” Radio & Podcast
15:00-17:00 EDT, 19:00-21:00 GMT
Live Improvisations by Faux Pas Quartet.
Recorded music by PHOBoS, Muied Lumens and Jacob Watters.
Tune in and Join us in chat! radio.electro-music.com
Playlist 3-10-15
1. Muied Lumens and PHOBos, I’m not sure either – 47:41
2. Faux Pas Quartet, Live Improvisation – about 30:00
3. Star Pusher by Jacob Watters
- Countdown 00:59
- Liftoff 05:02
- Passing Jupiter 03:50
- Leaving the Solar System Behind 03:53
- Traversing the Void 05:04
- Engage 02:07
- Nebula 02:20
- Moon Shade 05:05
- Final Approach 02:42
- Star Pusher 03:50
- A New Destiny 07:35
0 Tonight on Music from last Thursday 3-5-15
“Music from last Thursday” Radio & Podcast
20:00-22:00 EDT, 01:00-03:00 GMT (Friday)
Live Improvisations by Faux Pas Quartet.
Recorded music by PHOBoS, Muied Lumens and Jacob Watters.
Tune in and Join us in chat! radio.electro-music.com
Playlist 3-5-15
1. Muied Lumens and PHOBos, I’m not sure either – 47:41
2. Faux Pas Quartet, Live Improvisation – about 30:00
3. Star Pusher by Jacob Watters
- Countdown 00:59
- Liftoff 05:02
- Passing Jupiter 03:50
- Leaving the Solar System Behind 03:53
- Traversing the Void 05:04
- Engage 02:07
- Nebula 02:20
- Moon Shade 05:05
- Final Approach 02:42
- Star Pusher 03:50
- A New Destiny 07:35
0 Today on Music from last Thursday 2-24-15
“Music from last Thursday” Radio & Podcast
15:00-17:00 EDT, 20:00-22:00 GMT
Live Improvisations by Faux Pas Quartet.
Recorded music by Perfect Villain and Mel Morley.
Tune in and Join us in chat! radio.electro-music.com
Playlist 2-24-15
1.Perfect Villain, now we darkly glow
- crack in the montage of a nova 07:55
- the universal texture is not so fluid after all 03:08
- strange sensation in my left eye 07:27
- Too good to ever be gone 04:35
- transdanubian time crystals 06:15
- Staircase to existence chilly 30:08
2. Faux Pas Quartet, Live Improvisation – about 30:00
3. Mel Morley, Live at electro-music 2010 – 23:55
0 Tonight on Music from last Thursday 2-19-15
“Music from last Thursday” Radio & Podcast
20:00-22:00 EDT, 01:00-03:00 GMT (Friday)
Live Improvisations by Faux Pas Quartet.
Recorded music by Perfect Villain and Mel Morley.
Tune in and Join us in chat! radio.electro-music.com
Playlist 2-19-15
1.Perfect Villain, now we darkly glow
- crack in the montage of a nova 07:55
- the universal texture is not so fluid after all 03:08
- strange sensation in my left eye 07:27
- Too good to ever be gone 04:35
- transdanubian time crystals 06:15
- Staircase to existence chilly 30:08
2. Faux Pas Quartet, Live Improvisation – about 30:00
3. Mel Morley, Live at electro-music 2010 – 23:55
0 Today on Music from last Thursday 01-20-15
“Music from last Thursday” Radio & Podcast
15:00-17:00 EDT, 20:00-22:00 GMT
Live Improvisations by Faux Pas Quartet. Recorded music by remsta8, Surrealestate and featuring the new release by onewayness + dRachEmUsiK; The Silence is a Lie – Live Improvisations Vol. 1
Tune in and Join us in chat! radio.electro-music.com
Playlist 01-20-15
1. onewayness + dRachEmUsiK – The Silence Is A Lie: Live Improvisations Vol. 1
- The Silence is a Lie, Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, St. Louis, MO – 09:49
- Silent Peace, Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, St. Louis, MO – 08:35
- Building, Breaking, Rebuilding,Canvas, Chicago, IL- 07:32
2. Faux Pas Quartet, Live improvisation – about 30:00
3. Surrealestate, Live at the Irving Theater edit 10-08-14 – 19:38
4. remst8 – Within
- Within v1.00 – 10:00
- Ascension v1.00 – 05:28
- Birefringence v1.00 – 11:45
- Mayfly v1.20 – 09:02
- Tide v1.40 – 04:24