Things have been fairly quiet around here over the last while, but not without good reason.

I’ve been extremely busy with Pixelapes work, which is great but not so good for music production reasons. I’ve also moved house, started work on mixing and mastering a new Love Rhino album, and managed to sneak in a wee holiday to Amsterdam.

This is just to let everyone know I’m still alive and kicking in every sense barring the musical one.

If you’re interested, you can see photos from Amsterdam in my web album.

When is there going to be more music? Well, I have to finish this album mixing and mastering, work out some music and sound effects for a new short film, and then…

The good news is that I have created my best ever studio layout, coupled with the birthday goodness of a Genelec sub-woofer, the improvement in sound in my studio is massive. I’ve already noticed the help with the first few Love Rhino tracks I’ve mixed and I’m looking forward to applying that to my own stuff.

Something exciting to look forward to?

The most exciting upcoming news is that Autechre are going to be releasing a new album on March 3rd. It’s called Quaristice and has 20 tracks of who knows what. I can’t wait and have already pre-ordered my copy.

You can pre-order it from Warp Records here, or Amazon here, or well, loads of places.

It might interest you as well to read the following interview with Rob Brown over on Pitchfork:

I think we’re just in our own little world trying to have our new ideas in slightly newer contexts. I think that’s the same plan that we’ve always had since day one, slipping into the cracks in a society of music that doesn’t quite deliver the things that we need personally from it.