Whilst it’s been super-quiet on ebauche.net for the past 5 months or so, I can assure you that I have been anything other than quiet.

At the end of last year I got offered work on my first feature-film, titled Five Day Shelter (view info on IMDB). It struck me as quite a dark film and I had to be careful to avoid encouraging acts of self-harm as a result of overly dark musical content!

I had only 9 weeks to compose the score for the entire film, as well as handle the sound design. At the end of those 9 weeks I boarded a plane and headed to Chennai in order to oversee the post-production in a sound studio there. That took another 3 weeks. By the time we finished the film and I said farewell to the rest of the post-production team I was well and truly exhausted, possibly more so than I’ve ever been before (trying to compose a feature length score in that time whilst also trying to balance running a web-design company is not recommended).

I figured that seeing as I had travelled so far I might as well go a little further, and from India I flew to Kuala Lumpur and on to Phnom Penh in Cambodia, where I’ve holed up since. It’s given me a chance to catch up with some friends who’ve been living here for a while, including the proprietor of my first release, Invisible Agent boss Warren Daly.

I took a little time off around Christmas but have now settled into life in Cambodia and am going to be sticking around here for a while. What’s on the cards musically whilst I’m here?

• Score and sound design for “As The Light Leaks In”, short film by Stitch Films
• Remix of a track from John Dalton’s latest release
• Remix of a track from Love Rhino’s last album, Tumatakuru
• Brand new Ebauche track on a joint release on Stasis Records
• Mastering a new Danseizure release

Most of the above has to be completed in the next month, so I’m going to be a little busy for the next while.

Also, I finally got round to uploading and creating a release page for last years ABCNET EP, Mucilage Biopsy. If you haven’t heard it yet then head over here to download this free music release.

Another free music download release, this time it’s my long-awaited ABCNET EP, Mucilage Biopsy, which carries you through a dark and unusual landscape of sound.

Weird synths build into walls of sound and fall away into a breathtaking panorama of auditory hallucinations; bells chime and disappear into the distance; distorted voices bubble under the surface, before being washed away; and mangled beats, held at arms length, burst into view when they can be restrained no longer.

Listen to the full release online

As is the standard with the ABCNET format, there is only one track. Sort of a cross between a live mix and a release.

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Complete Net EP

You can download a zip of this free Net EP by clicking the link below, and it’s also available over on the Alphabet Set website.

• Mp3 Quality: 320kbps!
• File Size: 79Mb
• Album Artwork: Included

Download the full album, along with artwork.

Thanks

Thanks to the Alphabet Set for putting this out there and always being supportive. Thanks to Love Rhino for his kind words and a guest slot at his album launch where I got a chance to test this release out (and the impending nature of said album launch got me to pull my finger out and compose a large part of what’s on this EP).

I’m gigging today at the Twisted Pepper as part of the Second Square to None gigs. Gig kicks off at 4pm and runs til 9pm.

I believe I’m on around 8pm. The best part is that it’s free in!

Line up

Live

• Ebauche
• Nexus
• Shane McKenna
• Keith Lindsay

DJ

• Noid the Droid
• Fyodor

More info can be found on the Second Square to None page where they say something like:

We at Second Square to None HQ are fascinated by synchronised synaesthetic audio visuals, visual music, and music that suggests visual imagery. The live acts we have booked for 13th September have all worked extensively with either visual music or film soundtracking, so we’re looking forward to seeing and hearing what they are going to play.

Next Friday, 24th July, the Audio Terrorists are out to inflict some more noise on your aural passages in an attempt to raise some much needed funds for our upcoming trip to Rathlin Island for the return of the Jigs & Rigs festival this coming bank holiday weekend.

Venue:
The Pint, Eden Quay (was Soul 28)

Date:
Friday, 24th July

Time:
10pm – Late

Admission:
€8 (suggested donation)

Line Up

Prince Kong (!Kaboogie)
Herv (CockRockDisco)
PCP (!Kaboogie)
DJ Welfare (Electronic Resistance)
A-Force (Alphabet Set)
Chuck (Homespun)

Love Rhino (aka Jonathan O’Riordan) is having a launch party for his new album “Tumatakuru”. I’m playing support on the night, alongside Halo Darkly. Gig details after a bit of info on the album:

“Tumatakuru” is the long awaited debut album from Love Rhino. Containing 11 tracks and running to 53 minutes the predominantly instrumental album is a blend of electronic and acoustic compositions recorded in New Zealand.

For various reasons the release has been delayed longer than planned but we can now bring it to you in all its glory. The CD will officially be on sale on Saturday June 20th and can be purchased at Road or Spin Dizzy Records and will also be available by mail order through the Love Rhino web site.

Preview tracks from the album here: www.myspace.com/lrhino. The album is being released in conjunction with the Alphabet Set who have tons of free home grown electronic music to suit every palate. Check them out at www.alphabetset.net

Tumatakuru Launch Party

We are having a free launch party to celebrate the release. Advance copies of the album will be available for a special low price at the gig. The details are as follows:

Friday 5th June @ Anseo (upstairs), Camden Street, Dublin 2
Free Admission. Doors 8pm. 3 Acts:

Love Rhino + Rude Doc (live)

As well as yours truly on guitar and electronics I will be joined on stage by Mark “Rude Doc” Finlay on drums and electronics. We have been beavering away in the studio to create live renditions of some of the songs from the album and few old Love Rhino classics.

www.myspace.com/lrhino || www.myspace.com/rudedoc

Halodarkly (live)

Funky, jazzy all out electronic rock mayhem from the undisputed king of Irish rock-jazz-electronic fusion.

www.myspace.com/halodarkly

Ebauche (live)

An electronic audiophonic journey through time and space. Ebauche is a master craftsman of live electronic grooves and soundscapes.

www.ebauche.net