skin contact website rebuild finished

I'm much happier with this one. All the content that was there on the old site is back now, also added some desktop backgrounds for download (see the "images" page under "downloads").
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review of SC’s Pleasure, Pain, and Distraction @ Grave Concerns

Another nice review of PPD: http://www.graveconcernsezine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view...
My favorite part is where he says it ” seems aimed at the type of people who have Orbital and Future Sound of London albums sitting alongside Coil and Skinny Puppy …

new album (Antitrust) update - pre-order ready

The new album is nearing completion, so I’ve made a pre-order available here: http://www.skincontact.com/anti-pre. Includes extra goodies. Pre-orders are GREATLY appreciated.
Tommy T. from DSBP has offered to help with distribution when it is released (thanks man!).

new SC material to air on Digital::Nimbus

I just heard back from Pietrobot at Digital::Nimbus (http://digitalnimbus.com) that the new stuff I sent them will be added to the rotation of their radio show, which airs on KUCI 88.9FM out of Irvine, CA friday nights/saturday mornings from 12:00-2:00am PST. There is …

deviantArt page updated

today I updated my deviantArt profile (http://synthgeek.deviantart.com/) for the first time in a long time. More pictures of the sky, dogs, trees, and mountains. The weather's supposed to be decent up here over the next couple of days I guess, so I'm hoping to get out & …

skin contact interview at ebm-industrial.nl

Just finished an interview with Ruud over at the Netherlands-based site http://www.ebm-industrial.nl - he recently re-launched the site with a new look, and has a few other interviews up, as well as news, reviews, and more.

IDE: Interface Vol. 1 released

Big news today: the netlabel/artist collective I've co-founded with Marc from CyberLotion has officially launched it's website (http://www.ide-hq.org) & released our first compilation. Promo from website follows:

IDE is an artist collective/netlabel focusing on …

the synthgeek sound shop opens its doors!

I'm very pleased to announce the opening of the synthgeek sound shop, which will be dealing in downloadable sample sets. The first sample set, Rhythmic Manipulations 1, is available now for an introductory price of $5.00 US. After Dec. 31st, the price will go up to …

remix of "disrupted" by DJ Vrhovny

I unexpectedly recieved this from Vrhovny the other day- an excellent surprise. Has a more driving power noise feel to it, I for one really like it. Link to the mp3:

http://www.skincontact.com/audio/disrupted-vrhovnyrmx.mp3

Link to DJ Vrhovny's last.fm page:

new skin contact album in the works

Work on the new SC album has picked up lately- it's about 75% done in terms of writing. I haven't decided on a title yet. I'm quite happy with how it's turning out so far. I would estimate a release in early 2009, though I may not do a cd-r release like the last two, at …

new Fugue State EP (free download)

The new FS release is online, a 5-track EP entitled "Terrible Instance of Enlightenment". You can download a zip file containing artwork & music (vbr mp3 format) here:

http://fstate.skincontact.com/audio/tioe.zip

Like all previous FS releases, this EP is released under …

skin contact remix of 3am's "the shallows"

review of "pleasure, pain, and distraction" @ Heathen Harvest

More praise for PPD- here's an excerpt:

"Skin Contact's first full-length album is quite a kinky electronic music release. The notes suggest dark, twisted romance scenes, perverting the listener in some sort of dangerously horny mood. All songs breathe this sexually …

N.U.T.E releases free EP "Number 8 Wired"

New Zealand artist N.U.T.E has released a free downloadable EP, available from their website: http://www.nute-music.com. Includes a remix of the song "Temptress" by skin contact, plus 7 other remixes by Roxy Riot, The Shudder Club, Loki, Greg Danger, Metal Maori, and N.U.T.E.

it's my birthday...

and my father's too. Happy birthday dad!

remix of Runagate's "Sprung Thaw"

I recently finished a remix for fellow KVR artist Runagate, here's a link to the mp3:

http://www.skincontact.com/audio/sprungthaw-scrmx.mp3

and here's a link to his myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/briarmonsmetrach5

not usually one to get excited about the vehicle I drive, but...

check it out:

she's a beast. Needs a little work, but way cooler than the van I traded for it. It's a '77 CJ-5, with the AMC 304 & 3-speed transmission. It's a blast to drive, even more so than I thought it would be. Looks like it'll be a summer of off-road …

someone gave me a Kaoss Pad

early birthday present I guess (though he didn't know it's coming up). It's the old, first version, but still cool. Especially for free. Thanks Jeremy!

HQ Synthetica being released at Wusik.com

A set of sounds I worked on for German audio software company Wusik.com (HQ Synthetica) is being released soon at their shop. These sounds were previously only available as part of the Wusik Sound Magazine. Watch their site for details:

http://www.wusik.com/w/index.html