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Rendering Slender Wrists

Posted 2 months, 1 week ago

Well, it looks like I'm officially commencing serious work on my new record. Still don't know what shape it's going to take, or what it will be called, but I'm at least coralling all my unreleased tracks, and preparing them for all the final editing, fixing, tweaking, mixing, and re-working that they'll need before they're ready for potential release.

I started this weekend, with an old track called "Slender Wrists". This is one of my favorite tracks I've ever written, and it's seriously old. It predates Pushpin Revolution, and possibly Apparel as well. It's at least 5 years old at this point. In fact, it's so old that a VST plugin I used in the track has disappeared from my archive of software installers. Which made it difficult to open the original source file.

I ended up opening the file and swapping that plugin out for a generic electric piano. Then I went out and found the newer version of this VST. The problem is, the demo version won't load old presets, so I had no way of getting the original sound back. I ended up having to recreate it from scratch, then bounce the track to a Read More...

Minitweet

Posted 4 months ago

Oh, in case you haven't heard. I've been twittering for a while now. I've been a Twitter user for ages, but I just recently started a dedicated account for Miniature Airlines-related posting. So you can follow that account if you want to know what I'm doing with my plugins, but not what I had for breakfast.

Cheers!
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Aftermath

Posted 4 months, 1 week ago

Friday night was pretty insane. I'd never been to the Lo-Fi Lounge before, but I see myself coming back soon. It's a great setup, with two rooms; one large performance space in the back, and one swank lounge in the front. Hjalti and I were set up in the DJ booth in the front lounge, which was a lot of fun. Andrew Luck opened the show, with some guest spots by a live MC, then Hjalti played. His set was unfortunately cut short by some technical difficulties (seemingly caused by excessive heat and an old laptop). What he did play sounded fantastic, especially the heavier elements he's been incorporating lately. The material he played is part of a new album in-progress, so hopefully we'll be hearing some of it soon.

I played afterwards, and I was pretty thrilled with how the set went. It was about a 45 minute set, and I got a decent recording of it, which I'm planning on releasing as a Live EP after I have a chance to clean it up a little. Two nights before, I started writing a last minute Read More...

Miniair on the Air

Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Quick note, to let you all know that I'll be a live on-air gues of KBCS 91.3 FM tonight, from 11pm until 12pm. Hjalti will be with me, debuting a new track, and we'll be chatting it up, playing some tunes, and promoting the show at the Lofi next Friday. Tune in, loyal followers. See you at the show!
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Live ta the LoFi

Posted 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Quick update: I'll be playing live here in Seattle on Februray 20th, at the LoFi Gallery on Eastlake. It's a two room show: the main room lineup is Restiform Bodies, n1nth Cloud, and Egadz, and the side room will be me, Hjalti, xBen, and a DJ set by Travis Baron and M'Chateau. Should be a good night with a lot of variety, so please do come out. I'm going to be playing a fast-ish, breakbeat-y set, if all goes as planned. I'll post some more details soon.

XOXO
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2005 marks the official debut of Miniature Airlines (originally known as Airliner), with the release of the 6-song Apparel EP for free download. A collection of tracks loosely based around the theme of clothing, Apparel demonstrates a keen ear for shaping simple melodies and pop structures, while exploring the possibilities of random and pseudo random processing. The newly released followup, Pushpin Revolution is a set of retro-futurist pop that recasts classic synthpop for headphones and dancefloors. Miniature Airlines is the project of self-confessed pop junkie Dylan Abbott, who counterbalances a taste for songcraft with a healthy fixation on more experimental sounds and techniques.