Track list:
1 Bliksem

Release description:
‘Bliksem’ was created specifically as a special tour CDR for the March tour of the Netherlands and Belgium with Machinefabriek, in a limited edition of 10 copies. The title ‘Bliksem’ is the Dutch word for ‘lightning’. It was chosen because the piece was made by loop and electronics improvisation the night before flying to the Netherlands. The paint wasn’t even completely dry on the CDRs when I arrived.

Recorded March 13, around midnight.

Track list:
1 Weak Ends

Release description:
Sitting on the mountainside, the palm forests looked down over the farm-tilled sugar cane fields, and beyond over the blue and turquoise ocean. The towns were littered and far away, made of sand-bleached houses with toys sitting in the yard. We tiptoed over the broken coral rocks to the beach, and stayed there under the passing thunder clouds, the ocean turning a deep blue, and melting into the evening. We walked through the town looking for dinner, checking out the front of every restaurant in the town before finally choosing the one across the street from our hotel. Once back at the hotel, we washed our clothes in the hotel washing machine, channel surfed through the same 5 channels without success, and fell asleep. Two weeks later, I still have sand in my shoes.

‘Weak Ends’ was recorded and mixed before and after a trip to Okinawa in July, 2013. It included a PDF of seven selected photographs.

‘Weak Ends’ was available in a limited edition CDR package on the August 2013 Japan tour of Celer with Christoph Heemann and Jim O’Rourke.

Track list:
1 日没 Nichibotsu

Release description:
‘日没 Nichibotsu’ was made at the same time as ‘Weak Ends’, for the August Japan tour with Christoph Heemann and Jim O’Rourke. ‘Weak Ends’ was performed in Tokyo, and ‘日没 Nichibotsu’ was performed in Kobe, with the cover image projected onto the wall for the duration of the performance. Since I never play the same piece twice for shows, ‘日没 Nichibotsu’ was unique to the show in Kobe.