DETERIOR

yep, I'm finally cranking out stuff for the re-recorded version of the debut EP World . it can't be finished until at least after I am rejoined with my bass in late September, but I've got vocals done and I'll have guitar and drums finished by then as well. I've recently acquired a brand-spankin-new drum machine and it sounds godly. you'll be able to hear it on World and everything coming out after it; Ectype is stuck with the old drum machine I used for Cleanse , which is still good in its own way though.

the moment you've all been waiting for: the CD-R compilation of the three Music for... tapes is officially released. this is the first opportunity to hear the unreleased Music for Battery (out in September, likely). these are a limited, handmade run of an as-yet-undetermined amount. they cost $7 plus shipping. CD-R: label: GarageMonkey Productions (GMP-014) format: CD-R released: July 27, 2009 time: 1:18:01 cover art: Deterior tracklist: Decay I (6:33) Sferic (7:13) Decay II (10:18) Three Bodies Cause Chaos (3:46) Automata (3:03) Genetic Drift (7:38) Strange Attractor (3:25) Paradise Filter (3:51) Fresh and Tired Mountains (6:05) Corrosion Engine (3:54) Anomaly Sniper (5:30) The Aberrance (2:43) Structural Bliss (1:50) Blinded by Static (6:12) In One Breath... (3:58) Don't Look (2:02)

You can now pre-order the Antimonument and Music for Tapes CD-Rs! They will start shipping on the 27th. Each one is $7 (plus shipping). Antimonument: Music for Tapes:

thanks to fan input (yeah I do listen to you) I'm working on releasing a limited CD-R run of the following: Music for Tapes , a compilation of all three noise tapes—yes, including the as-yet-unreleased final installment Music for Battery Antimonument due to demand these will be available very soon. both are going to be very limited (depending on demand, really) so when I finally get around to fixing my PayPal store act fast. update one: inserts have been printed. they look badass except I didn't measure quite right and I have to trim them a lot. that's what I get for being hasty. update two: I now have some CDs and cases; I'll have them packaged up by the end of the week. update three: masters have been burned. it sounds great even with my crappy earbuds (I'll need to listen on good stereo later). update four: attempts to spray a test disc with engine enamel spray paint went okay. probably Saturday I'll whip up a batch of decorated discs, as tomorrow I'l...

so apparently Audacity thought it would be cool to just delete some of my bass recordings for Ectype . what a jerk. and of course I decided not to bring my bass with me for whatever reason. I could record using another bass but nobody here owns a 5-string (what is the world coming to?). of course this might have something to do with having no space on my hard drive, but regardless, I need to re-record stuff. friggin computers.

so I had this crazy thought today... I've heard several people express interest in getting physical copies of Deterior stuff. of course pressing CDs is way out of my budget (I almost literally have no money at the moment), so I was thinking about a simple on-demand CD-R system. so if you wanted a CD of an album or whatever, I'd whip one up and send it your way. probably something cheap like $5, same as the tapes. if this sounds cool, leave a comment! I'm lonely.

I am currently away from the studio, and will be for at most the next 3 months or so. so if you want to order a tape, I will probably not be able to ship it out until late September at the latest. sorry about all that but it's more or less beyond my control. sort of. on the other hand, I will have lots more time to work on stuff, so Ectype (which has been sitting on my computer untouched for a long time as the school year was ending) will finally get proper engineering/mixing/mastering pretty soon. so look for that in perhaps mid-July? oh and don't forget to check out the GarageMonkey Productions blog ; there's been quite a few new things popping up over there.