by eyes cast down | Dec 8, 2014 | Airplay, Releases
Many thanks to Rusty Hodge of SomaFM for featuring the entire Memory Palace album today on Soma’s Deep Space One channel to mark the album’s release! Gratitude also to everyone who tuned in, and those who joined us in the Relaxed Machinery community chat...
by eyes cast down | Dec 1, 2014 | Album Reviews, Releases
Many thanks to Bert for his close attention and support! His original post is here. (I added the links.) ***** The origins for “Memory Palace” go back to Christmas 2010, when Greg Moorcroft (aka eyes cast down) approached Chris Russell with the idea of...
by eyes cast down | Nov 13, 2014 | Releases
What’s a memory palace? According to Wikipedia, it’s an ancient “method of memory enhancement which uses visualization to organize and recall information.” It was especially useful to students and orators in pre-printing-press times. I’ve...
by eyes cast down | Apr 4, 2011 | Album Reviews
On Soniq Variants (Harmonic Resonance Recordings), Alpha Wave Movement (Gregory Kyryluk), delivers an hour of vintage electronic and atmospheric delights. Working mostly with vintage Ensoniq synths (VFX-SD (modified to SD-1), ESQ-1 and SQ-R+), Greg presents an...
by eyes cast down | Jan 28, 2011 | Album Reviews
The old truism about an artist’s first album embodying his entire life’s musical quest up to that point certainly holds for this first effort from åpne sinn (Geoff Small). Espiritista (Relaxed Machinery 0015) explores a fine range of styles, weaving a rich tapestry...