Time waits for no man.

September 30th will be a collaborative revelation.

 Renfield/Trafford/Wymer/Madsen

The names really do not matter to be honest. The idea is the goal here.

"THE ATTACK.silence is a unique experiment involving the forceful birth of collaborative audial and visual endeavors while deliberately bypassing industry norms of raising the originators involved to a higher stature than the creations, themselves." [J/Trafford]

Exclusively available from SUBSPINE records on Sept 30th

Enjoy this brilliant vid for "Let's Get Ostracized", The teaser single that accompanies TA.s

realized by Atlanta-based film artist Anna Spence.

The Noise Briefcase [revisited]

I made a significant step forward in the realization of the "Noise Briefcase", idea. I have acquired a KORG Monotribe to accompany the DSI Mopho for sound generation duties.

An ingenious little device that combines and 808 sounding drum machine with a nasty little MS style synth. On it's own, you can make some great- though rather simplistic retro-sounding minimal electro pieces.

Run through a 4ms Noise Swash though the sound gets completely wicked.

THE ATTACK.silence

Check this out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiP9_YRboBQ

Let's Get Ostracized is the beginning of a collaborative effort between myself, J. Trafford [Suavity's Mouthpiece], and Steven Wymer [noisiV litcaT]. The project was realized through the Subspine Records forum where several different musicians have been meeting, discussing ideas, and collaborating. You can hear some of these creations on my SoundCloud page.

Read more info here: http://setfireto.webs.com/apps/blog/show/7569211-suavity-s-mouthpiece-promotes-new-attack-silence-releases

Natures Revenge!

Well, it has been a shitty month or so. First the old PC from 2003 finally died. I have had to rebuild everything with a new motherboard-which is kinda cool because it is an upgraded system. However it was very difficult because my RAM was no longer the same and the new motherboard is all SATA when the old one was IDE. SO I had to change things around. Get some adapters. Also I had to buy a new copy of Windows XP-Because I am still using such an old copy of Cubase :P I like the work-flow, what can I say. Not like my music has been suffering even though i'm not using shiny new Ableton or Logic.

Anyhow, then it rained like hell this weekend and the studio flooded :O

All the gear was up high, so nothing was really damaged. A few pieces got wet and I am waiting for them to get completely dry before I mess with them. Overall I think it was damn lucky. The real drama was that I had allotted this weekend to get several projects done and I was unable to do so. Now I have to wait for next weekend because the basement is all musty and uncomfortable. Going to air it out and get it together during this week.

Splinter interests

Been very busy. First thing, I am very excited to announce the Japan relief effort compilation "Pale Blue Dot":

• Track Listing:
  1. Collide - Crushed
  2. Avi Ghosh - All That's Left Of Us
  3. Advent Dawn - A Portrait in Mind
  4. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Death Threat
  5. Mankind Is Obsolete - Picking at the Scab (Live Mix by Sylvia Massy)
  6. Abrasions - All Ashes
  7. I, Parasite - White
  8. Prometheus Burning - Invisible Enemy
  9. Roughhausen - A Momentary Lapse
  10. Android Lust - Man Descends
  11. kAlte fArben - Braintrashed Love
  12. R010R - Exogenesis
  13. Anthony Baldino - Small Distances
  14. Explosives for Her Majesty - Frayed
  You can get the comp HERE. The track I did with Ingo "A Portrait In Mind", is on here, as well as the brand new R010R track "Exogenesis", I made especially for this compilation. The bands and songs on this album are very impressive. I am really enjoying it and really happy to be able to help out Japan in their crisis.
  Around the same time as this comp I have also been working on a few collaborative efforts. You can hear and download a couple of them at Soundcloud.
  monochrome dream by soillodge

• This is myself and Rust Creep collaborating
  LowHero.DLL vs R010R-Roman Holiday[wreckstep] by soillodge
  This is a remix effort for LowHero.DLL

Also working on a special collaborative single with noisiV litcaT and Suavity's Mouthpiece. As well as a new side project with a fantastic new vocalist where we are tackling some cover tracks of IAMX, Bats for Lashes, Siouxie & the Banshees, Joy Division, and Woven Hand. More info on that in the coming month.

The Rising Sun

Been a long and quiet winter for me musically. Nothing new has spawned until now. The EP is still in the works and the completed LP is still in the waiting line for a mastering treatment. No new news in those fields.

There will be some new music released from me soon though in the form of a couple Japanese Relief effort compilations. I used to be in the US military, and I was stationed in Yokosuka Japan for three years. I lived out in the city and traveled Japan as much as I possibly could. I actually started writing my own music during this time so the country has always been close to me and in my thoughts. Right now my heart goes out to them. I am watching the unfolding events through NHK World and the military website Stars & Stripes.

I am submitting R010R- Pro-Right. An exclusive track that I created for the ill-fated Zero Demographic compilation. Then for another comp I have submitted the completed Advent Dawn track "A Portrait in Mind". Again, Advent Dawn is a project between myself and Ingo Beitz of kAlte fArben fame.

I was also inspired to create a brand new track due to all the emotions and my reaction to the events. Here is a WIP demo of what I am doing: http://soundcloud.com/soillodge/r010r-demo-march-2011

I will post more info and artwork for the comps when I receive more information.

Reaching Out

No rest for the wicked..really.

http://www.fixtremix.com/remix/v/hostage-hostage-kludgestep-mix-by-r010r-by-soillodge/2182/

This is my remix of Front Line Assembly for the contest over at FIXT. Sign up and vote if you enjoy it. There are several other great artists that participated as well. Check out the list and be amazed :D

Next in line, I have been experimenting with a new sound. Melding sludge metal-noise-and dubstep elements to create something new.

So I am going to work on and release a special digital EP before I worry about releasing the 2nd R010R LP. Right now it is shaping up to be around 6 tracks. I might ask some people to drop a remix or two for it.

The average BPM for the tracks is about 110, so they are going to be really slow moving and fucked up noisy. Think like Scorn. The vocals are like metal though, really drawn out screaming, reminiscent of Neurosis.

To be honest, I have never felt so free before writing music. I am tearing down all ideas of fitting into a genre, just doing what I hear in my head and what I feel is not being done by anyone else. I think in another month or two this should be ready to drop on BandCamp. I'll do an update with some clips in a couple weeks.