Monster Movie - alka remix - Graveface Records

Graveface Records has announced that after 2 years of work Monster Movie's "Transistor" Expanded is now up for pre-order on limited edition colored vinyl LP in a screen-printed foldover with a letterpress insert and/or digital download:

https://graveface.bandcamp.com/album/transistor-expanded

Side A is a brand new remaster of the original EP and Side B features covers and remixes of Transistor by The Stargazer Lilies, New Fumes, Camera Shy, all in the golden afternoon and Alka.

Excited to have the opportunity to take part in this release with a remix for "dream pop" specialists, Monster Movie which is of course comprised of Sean Hewson and Christian Savill (also of Slowdive). Their pastoral track Left has always been a favorite of mine and it was kind of them to allow me free reign with the original isolated tracks. I coincidentally had Halsey Shelton's (Primitive Finks/Full Blown Cherry) Moog MG-1 that I had just repaired sitting in my studio so I experimented dropping it into the mix... things went a little strange after that... but you'll need to order the record to hear that.

End of Years

2015, what's in a number...? This year saw continued production on an upcoming alka release: The Colour of Terrible Crystal, but nearly as important, 2015 (and let's throw in 2014 because it's all a blur) saw the completion of many DIY analog synth projects and the restoration of old favorites at the alka studio: Angels' Den which has become the Analog Hospital as of late:

• MicroMoog restoration - a trash-picked classic, cleaned up and calibrated
• SN76477 restoration project: an old copper faced wooden-boxed 70's arcade chip synth was brought back to life.
• Buchla 258r build - for Electric Music Box project
• Buchla 208r rev1 build
• Buchla 208r rev2 build - for Electric Music Box project
• Alka my glitch card design and prototyping for 208 edge connector interface
• Moog/Realistic MG-1 restoration/rebuild
• Bleep Labs - Bleep Drum build
• SN76477 build from vintage Complex Sound Generator schematic :: Daemonous Scratch Box
• Korg Poly-61 restoration/rebuild
• Gieskes 3trinsrgb+1c analog audio/video synthesizer build
• Gieskes Analog HD2, hard drive instrument build
• Casio CZ-5000 restoration
• White Noise Generator breakout board for Buchla DIY Electric Music Box

Korg Poly61: Before

Korg Poly61: During repair

Korg Poly61: After

MONSTER MOVIE remix

Excited to have recently finished up a remix for "dream pop" specialists, Monster Movie which is of course comprised of Sean Hewson and Christian Savill (also of Slowdive). Their pastoral track Left has always been a favorite of mine and it was kind of them to allow me free reign with the original isolated tracks. I coincidentally had Halsey Shelton's (Young Werewolves/Full Blown Cherry) Moog MG-1 that I had just repaired sitting in my studio so I experimented dropping it into the mix... things went a little strange after that.

If all goes as planned the remix will be included in a deluxe remastered reissue edition of their 2004 mini-LP, Transistor out on Graveface Records early in 2016. Stay tuned...