by eyes cast down | Jan 2, 2013 | The Creative Life, Working That Studio
Three things are inevitable: death, taxes and year-end reviews… 2012. What a year it was! And it didn’t end early, after all… First of all, many thanks to everyone who supported my musical explorations this year. Whether it was attending (or helping facilitate) a live...
by eyes cast down | Sep 2, 2011 | Album Reviews
Steve Brand has just released his first “lost pieces” collection, on his own Pioneer Light label. Upwelling (PL 0002) is a gathering of nine remixed and reimagined tracks, some created during work on other albums, others resulting from momentary...
by eyes cast down | May 13, 2011 | Album Reviews
Steve Brand has just released a remastered edition of his 2008 release SoulSpiral, the first offering on his own Pioneer Light label. On the album’s initial release, Steve wrote: “SoulSpiral represents a new phase of work for me, in which I felt the desire...
by eyes cast down | Feb 10, 2011 | Album Reviews
The Relaxed Machinery label celebrates its first anniversary with its 9th release: sleepMODE, a compilation featuring all 13 of the label’s artists. As can be discerned from the track titles, some of the artists used the Philip K. Dick-inspired question...
by eyes cast down | Feb 7, 2011 | Album Reviews
Longform pieces and albums abound, but this is only the second album that I’ve heard of featuring more than one longform piece. This by itself is merely eyebrow-raising; the real astonishment is the music presented by Steve Brand in his double-CD Coniunctio (Relaxed...