Chris Bailey and I had a fun performance at Mojo Retro here in Taichung on the weekend – playing with Chris is always a pleasure and something I hope to do more of. Chris and I had our best audience to date – but then again, Retro is a small cozy place and it doesn’t take a large crowd to fill it. Nice to see Mark Forman and his son at the show. Mark’s photography graces the cover of Chris and my Suncake Lounge Vol.1.

(photo: Scott Chen)

Today’s episode takes its name from a technique US composer Steve Reich pioneered (big fan over here!). I’m always struck by how easy it is to set up Reich-like phasing patterns in Ableton Live. Listen out for it from about 30 minutes into the set.

Enjoy Live Online #24: Phasing Pattern

This recording was made at Substance (Second Life) on August 30th, 2009.

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Emma & Yi are from Australia and are taking part in the Taiwan Best Trip contest organized by the Taiwan Tourism Bureau. They wanted to focus their trip on music and dance around the island and I met them at a tea house in Taichung last Friday for a short interview. Unfortunately, they had some technical issues, so we re-did the interview via Skype. Want to help Em&Yi out? Vote for their Sounds of Taiwan trip at the website above.

Chris and I will perform together for the third (or is it fourth) time at Mojo Retro this coming Saturday. Either way, it will be the first time we’ll be playing at Mojo  since the release of Suncake Lounge Vol. 1. We’ll have copies of the album on hand and will be only too pleased to sign yours ;^)

The show will probably start around 8pm. Retro is located near the Taichung Art Museum – here’s a Google Map to guide you in.

I have a new weekly performance in Second Life at SL/RL artist Genevieve Silvercloud’s studio on Wednesday evenings. Genevieve streams webcam visuals into SL as she develops her latest canvas and I provide the soundtrack for an hour – it’s quite an immersive experience. According to Genevieve, my tunes are good to paint to – who’d have guessed?

I really enjoyed performing alongside Kou Chou Ching and Chang Jui-chuan in Taichung on Friday evening. The audience was considerably smaller than the one we had in Taipei; probably owing to the fact that KCC are Taipei based. While I’m proud of the fact that my audience is scattered all over the globe, it does mean that I can’t rely on a hometown crowd attending my performances. Getting a local fanbase is high up on my to-do list ;^)

Yay, the long promised MLO Sample Pack 2 with my samples from Epsiodes #11 – #22 is finally available! As with SP1, you can download it in 24 bit WAV or 256kbps MP3 flavors.

Enjoy Live Online #23: Genevieve’s Canvas

This recording was made at Studio Genre (Second Life) on August 20th, 2009.

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This one turned out to be quite a funky little number. I created some new elements for this set that you can hear in the first 15 minutes or so. The set is subtitled Nagtegaal (Nightingale) since I sang a bit more than usual, recycling some vocals from my old Afrikaans language Duusman band.

I’m also gearing up to performing live with Kou Chou Ching again this coming Friday. This time we’re performing in my hometown of Taichung, but at a club I’ve not been to before. Speaking of Kou Chou Ching, copies of the Unsung Heroes album are on sale at CD Baby.

Enjoy Live Online #22: Nagtegaal

This recording was made at Substance (Second Life) on August 16th, 2009.

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