Welcome to the Cerebral Mix Episode 19: Soft Phases

Host: SoundChaser

A few weeks ago I was watching my Twitter and Identica feeds, when I saw
a message pop up about a netlabel remix release by Planet Boelex – a
name I am quite familiar with. Naturally, my curiosity was piqued, so I
followed the link to the release page.

Turns out, Planet Boelex had put together a continuous mix of a
selection of tracks from the first thirteen releases from a netlable
called Soft Phase… One of several hundred netlables I had not
encountered before.

I looked over the release, and saw a lot of names I’ve encountered over
the years, including: Coax, Mikael Fyrek, Planet Boelex, Mosaik, bad
loop, and Transient. Immediately, I knew I had to hear this release: I
was exceptionally pleased with what I heard. So, I contacted the Soft
Phase operator and asked if I could present this mix on my show. Not
only were they happy to allow me to use this release, but they provided
me a FLAC version of the mix to enable you to have the highest quality
listening experience.

So, this week, I present without any interruptions the Introduction to
Soft Phase.

All tracks this week come from the Introduction to Soft Phase mix from
the Soft Phase netlabel. You can find the Soft Phases website at:
http://softphase.org

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the
CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter
and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the
CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be
found on the CerebralMix website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which
supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet can
be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

Additionally, the CerebralMix is a proud member of the Fuzion Podcast
Network, bringing you some of the finest and most unique content on the
web. More information about FPN, please visit their website:
http://fuzionpodcastnetwork.com

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource
produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open
source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons
Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

I’d once again like to the thank the operator and artists of the Soft
Phase netlabel for allowing me to bring this excellent mix to you.
Please check out the releases from this label and support these artists.

That’s all for now. I hope you will join me again for another journey
to the sounds between thoughts on The CerebralMix.

Welcome to the Cerebral Mix Episode 18: Fantastic Alternate Universes…

Host: SoundChaser

Fat Chance Lester is a new group that has just released two albums under
CreativeCommons licenses. When I was asked to listen to them and
consider doing a “release party” show on CerebralMix, I jumped
at the chance. Why? The request came from Klaatu, who, as I have come
to know, has an interesting range of music interests. I knew that even
though I hadn’t heard of Fat Chance Lester before the music would be
interesting and be something that listeners of The CerebralMix would
likely find interesting.

So, this week, along with the Juiced Penguin OggCast, I am happy to
present the release party for Fat Chance Lester. Their unique sound
pulls on many influences in prog-rock and jazz to form a tribute to many
of the pulp-fiction stories of the past that most geeks and nerds are
familiar with. I hope you will have fun exploring Fat Chance Lester’s
Fantastic Alternate Universes…

All tracks this week come from The Fantastic Alternate Universes of Fat
Chance Lester. You can find them:

Website: http://aesdiopod.com/lester
identi.ca: falloutfangirl
Twitter: lazzydroog

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the
CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter
and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the
CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be
found on the CerebralMix website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which
supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet
can be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource
produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open
source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons
Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

This concludes the first ever release party on the CerebralMix.

The party is continue on the Juiced Penguin OggCast:
http://juicedpendguin.org with the release of Napalm Lounge by Fat
Chance Lester.

Thanks to Klaatu for honoring me with the opportunity to premiere this
very fine recording!

I hope you will join me again for another journey to the sounds between
thoughts on The CerebralMix.

Welcome to the Cerebral Mix Episode 17: Intersections In Four

Host: SoundChaser

This week’s show takes a slightly different format. As I was working my
way through the back catalog of music, I found that I had a number of
tracks from EP’s that were just waiting to be played. In particular,
one EP was an ambient work from Abyssal Plains, and another a more
Trip-Hop Jazz fusion oriented work.

While stylistically they works are very different, I found that the
shared a common element: the number four.

In the first half of the show, we are going to hear the “Fourth Quadrant
of the Mandala” by Abyssal Plains. The mandala comes from the Buddhist
and Hindu belief systems. They are frequently used for meditation and
as a spiritual teaching tool.

In the second half of the show, we are going to hear “The Hard Changing
of the Seasons” by Zero V. This work builds on many of the past jazz
masters to present a different way of looking at the changing of the
seasons.

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the
CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter
and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the
CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be
found on the CerebralMix website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which
supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet
can be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource
produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open
source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons
Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

Beyond the seaons and the Mandala, there are quite a few other things
that occur in fours:

Welcome to the Cerebral Mix Episode 16: In The Beginning, Part 3

Host: SoundChaser

This week we take a final journey into the Early Works of Andrew
Cuathen.

Andrew is many things: a freegan, musician, philosopher, and extreme
individual. A look through his blog contains articles about water cars,
David Icke interview videos about humanity, James Fox on the BP Oil
Spill, and how Food is the equivalent of crack.

Either because or in spite of these opinions, Andrew’s musical works
become more interesting. It becomes clear with just looking through a
few of the releases he has made that he doesn’t follow conventions.

So, let’s take that last step into the unconventional soundscapes of
Andrew Cauthen on The CerebralMix.

All of the works on this weeks show were released under the artist name:
Rumored High Speed Rail Hub, and come from the collections entitled:
Early Ones Parts 1 through 5.

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the
CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter
and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the
CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be
found on the CerebralRift website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which
supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet
can be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource
produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open
source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons
Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

I’m honestly not certain how to reconcile Andrew’s music after seeing
some of his writing. On one hand, I could see his writing as being
similar to a “shock jock” style of blogging – trying to use extreme
opinions in order to make us all think about ourselves and our place in
society and the world. And, along the way, making us laugh at ourself.

On the other hand, I could take him at his literal word, and think that
he is almost an alien to our culture and society.

Either way, it’s his extreme opinions and views that inform his music.
While I think of him as something of an “outsider musician” (along the
lines of outsider artists), he brings a lot of his own values to his
music. And it’s those values that make his work worth listening to.

That’s all for this week. I hope you will join me again next week for
another adventure into the sounds between thoughts on The Cerebral Mix.

Welcome to the Cerebral Mix Episode 15: JBM II

Host: SoundChaser

I’ve been compiling a lot of music to play on the CerebralMix, and am
preparing to start working with some more thematic material again.
However, in the mean time this week I just went throug the backlog of
stuff that I’ve accumulated over the last several months to put together
a set of music that is funky, rocks, and grooves.

Track Credits for the CerebralMix Episode 15:

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the
CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter
and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the
CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be
found on the CerebralMix website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which
supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet
can be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource
produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open
source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons
Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

Special thanks go out to Amy for turning me on to Triplexity.

Next weekend is the Ohio Linux Festival, but that doesn’t mean that the
Cerebral Mix will be taking a break. Instead the show must go on, and
things are already in place for Episodes 16 & 17.

That’s all for this week. I hope you will join me again next week for
another adventure into the sounds between thoughts on The Cerebral Mix.

Welcome to the Cerebral Mix Episode 14: In The Beginning, Part 2

Host: Suzy “Sultry” Sounds

This week we take another journey into the world of Andrew Cauthen’s
unique soundscapes and audio paintings. Andrew is soemthing of a free
spirit, recording music that is at once very rhythmic and yet bearing
marks of ambience, electronica and even experimentalism.

So sit back and ride along with Andrew on his high speed audio rails.

All of the works on this weeks show were released under the artist name:
Rumored High Speed Rail Hub, and come from the collections entitled:
Early Ones Parts 1 through 5.

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the
CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter
and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the
CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be
found on the CerebralMix website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which
supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet
can be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource
produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open
source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons
Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

We will take one more journey in Andrew’s early works on this show in a
couple of weeks. From there on, his work will occasionally appear
interspersed in the show as it has in the past past.

If you have enjoyed what you’ve listened to so far, I encourage you to
check out the many many hours of releases available from Rumored High
Speed Rail Hub and Take Pills Die.

I hope you will join me again next week for another adventure into the
sounds between thoughts on The Cerebral Mix.

CerebralMix Episode 13: …Perchance To Dream

Host: SoundChaser & Sexy Suzy Soundz

This week’s episode is something of a surprise: a special request.

With the upcoming Ohio Linux Festival the second weekend in September,
one of the OggCastPlanet members asked if I could put together an
episode of the CerebralMix to help him fall asleep at night.

When I tried to inquire further about what kind of music he wanted for
such an episode he responded: “surprise me.”

So, here’s the surprise: an episode of the CerebralMix that reaches out
in all sorts of directions from abstract dark ambient, to classical, to
jazz and many genres in between…all while being softer and more
relaxing for sleeping, and perchance, for dreaming…

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the
CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter
and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the
CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be
found on the CerebralMix website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which
supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet
can be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource
produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open
source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons
Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

This week’s episode was a lot of fun to put together. I knew when I
started that I had a handful of recently acquired tracks I hadn’t been
able to use in other episodes. And I also had a few favorite tracks that
I had wanted to use, that just fit with this theme.

With all this material very quickly in place, I had the chance to play a
bit… I was able to sit down and come up with a way to assemble the
show that I feel will improve the overall quality, and this episode
reflects those improvements: silences at the beginning and end of the
tracks have been trimmed more cleanly, levels are matched between tracks
better, the segues are more consistent, and the timing of the
transitions are better.

So, what does this mean for the show overall? It means I will be
able to focus more time selecting and researching materials for the
show. It means that I will be able to develop more themes and more
surprises: I will be able to focus on the more human elements, rather
than on the process of assembling the show.

All of this just goes to show the power of Free Software. None of this
would be possible without the tools available to me from the Open Source
community. I owe a major debt of gratitude to the Open Source community
for providing me the tools to make it so much easier to explore the
sounds between thoughts, on The CerebralMix.

CerebralMix Episode 12: In The Beginning Pt 1

Host: SoundChaser

Andrew Cauthen has been making a lot of music for well over a decade. A
single man with a keyboard, a computer and the drive to translate the
world around him into sound.

His interpretations take on many forms: techno to ambient, and numerous
styles in-between, and a few styles that may be his own invention.

In this the first of three episodes of the CerebralMix, we spend and
hour examining some of the early works of Andrew Cauthen as compiled on
his “Early Ones” releases.

Track credits for the CerebralMix Episode 12. All tracks used in this
episode were released by Andrew Cauthen under the artist name “Rumored
High Speed Rail Hub” on the releases titled: “01-02 Early Ones” Parts 1
through 5.

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the
CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter
and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the
CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be
found on the CerebralMix website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which
supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet
can be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource
produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open
source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons
Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

With ten hours of music in just the compilation of his early works,
Andrew Cauthen distinguishes himself. Not because his work is
groundbreaking or different: in fact he uses forms that are recognizable
and popular, and yet he also reserves space to investigate forms that
are different and unique to his perspective.

And, that’s where the value of his work presents itself. Andrew is an
interpreter of the world around him, and it’s his unique perception of
the world that comes out in his audio interpretations.

The ideas and thoughts he investigates are put on level ground. It
doesn’t make a difference if it’s a small idea (“19th Street Coffee”) or
some unique and revealing perspective (“Time Is A Slippery Slope”). All
ideas are explored deflty from his perspective.

And, this brings us to the end of the exploration of Andrew Cauthen’s
works for this week. I hope you will join me again for another
exploration of the sounds between thoughts on The CerebralMix.

Chimes, bells, Tibetan singing bowls, vibraphone, glockenspiel, xylophones, marimba, crotales…

All of these instruments share the similarity of being percussion instruments, that make a metallic ringing sound. They are different in tone and texture, but they are distinctive.

This week on CerebralMix we present a journey into the more ambient settings of the these instruments, so sit back, relax, and let it ring…

For more information on the selections in this weeks show, visit the CerebralRift website: http://www.cerebralrift.org.

You can follow the CerebralMix on Facebook, identica, last.fm, twitter and MySpace. Check the CerebralMix website for links.

Licenses for all episodes of the CerebralMix are registered on the CreativeCommons Network. A link to the CreativeCommons Network can be found on the CerebralMix website.

The CerebralMix is proud to be a member of the OggCastPlanet which supports many fine shows. More information about the OggCastPlanet can be found at: http://oggcastplanet.org

And finally, the CerebralMix is a one hundred percent OpenSource produced show. All software used in the production of the show is open source. All of the music used in the show is either CreativeCommons Licensed, Public Domain, or released under a compatible license.

In closing: I hope you enjoyed listening to show and will join me on another journey into the sounds between thoughts on The CerebralMix.