Magnetic Magazine Premiere: NรISE (Lowtempo Mix)
Iโve been a dieโhard music fan since my youth, but I began to understand the structure of music when I learned toย DJ 12 years ago. After a few years of DJing with vinyl, a program called Serato was introduced that allowed me to DJ using MP3โs with the same control I had with vinyl. As a bonus though,ย unlike vinyl,ย MP3โs can be edited and remixed. My first production endeavors were simple re-edits of songs for improved mixing. My friend John Goff, a lifelong analog and electronic musician, would help me with these re-edits and indulged me as I became more ambitious with my arrangements. John suggested that we build some original music together. We put some instrumental compositions together, and then serendipitously met Merritt Lear and her former bandmate Joe Cassidy. Merritt added incredible vocals and melody ideas, and Joe added guitar and production/arrangement. We completed two songs, decided to name our projectย NรISE, and to rush produce a 7 inch for release at my 50 Shades of Black art show.ย I worked up some art for a screen-printed cover, and we cut and glued 500 sleeves to complete theย NรISE โLittle Lionsโย 45 RPMย 7 inch. Additionally, all 500 are signed and numbered but will still be priced at $10โฆ with no added โArt Taxโ in sight. You can listen to the music on the turntables provided in the Subliminal Projects gallery, or buy it for the art. To be clear though, this is not an art project with music included, it is a music project with art included. Weโll release some stuff digitally eventually, but itโs vinyl only for now. Getย theย NรISE โLittle Lionsโย 7 inch ย at 50 Shades of Black.
