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Where am I? and Shellstates.

Hello loyal feed followers… things have been awfully quiet here of late, and for that I apologize.

I’ve been knee deep in a ton of projects, all of them quite challenging. I’m quite excited and think that the end results will be worth the blood, sweat and brain cells that have been poured into them, but in the meantime it means I’ve had very little time to perform even the most basic upkeep here at the blog. I have a number of things that really need doing around here, and I’m giving serious consideration to moving off of Wordpress to a fresh install of Drupal, which (again) requires some bit of time investment to accomplish properly.

So, with all of this in mind, I’d like to direct your attention to the netlabel Pelican Dump, run by former Nophi proprietor Randy Garcia (RIP, Nophi). I’ve been promising him some material for release for what must be over a year now, and I’ve finally come through for him. Entitled Shellstates, it is a 41-minute collection of somewhat lowfi abstract ambient/noise improvisations. Thanks to Randy for giving these orphaned tracks a home as well as for providing artwork for the release. It’s totally free as in speech, and can be downloaded from the Pelican Dump website. To give you a taste, here’s a short “sampler” style podcast, but again: the release is free - what are you waiting for? I hope you enjoy it!

Now, I’m off to the Lisp50 event at OOPSLA. I have a feeling my brain will hurt by the time it’s done.

(Speaking of things that I need to do around here, apparently Podpress’ built-in inline media player isn’t working. To listen to the podcast, either download using the link below, or play in the pop-up media player.)

 
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NATIVE INSTRUMENTS : Products : Dj Line : Beatport Sync

NI has partnered with Betport to release a free audio player/simple DJ software based on Traktor:

Beatport SYNC is a powerful audio player with basic DJ functions developed by Beatport and Native Instruments. Based on the award-winning TRAKTOR 3 technology, this free software for Mac and PC lets you mix tracks like a DJ using the two virtual decks, a crossfader and auto beat sync function. Beatport SYNC offers powerful track management, access to DJ radio stations, plus an integrated Browser to instantly buy and download the latest tracks from the comprehensive Beatport Online Music Store.

Haven’t checked it out yet, but Create Digital Music has nice things to say about it. Oh, have I mentioned that Logickal is on Beatport? Just sayin’.