On March 8th, the long-awaited release of Computo's "Banana Tits" EP will be set upon the world! Thanks to Vermin Street and some mind-stirring remixes from my buddies Encanti and DLX, this release is gonna be a powerhouse. Mastered by Derek Allen (DJA) from Mad Decent, and artwork from Jack Kellythorn, "Banana Tits" is going to be a force to reckon with. The four tracks will be available on every major electronic music download service, including Bleep, Beatport, Addictech and more. The links will be posted here upon release.
This is the first release of 2011 for Computo, with a more to come very soon. This is going to be a very big year, so hold on tight...
1. Banana Tits 2. Banana Tits (Encanti Mix) 3. Sweet Death 4. Sweet Death (DLX Mix)
As usual, lots of happenings since the last post... Perhaps the most notable occurrence as of late, is the mastering and pressing of my first track on vinyl! The track, a remix of Xeriscape Records' artist Daniel Zeta's piece, "Beacon", will appear alongside the original track and 2 others from Zeta on a limited 12 inch vinyl pressing of only 100 records. Witnessing this process has been a real treat, not many people get the luxury of seeing their record being pressed with their own 2 eyes. The guys at Capsule Labs have been extremely professional and accommodating. Included are only a few of the many images and videos captured during the process.
The vinyl release of Xeriscape Records Xeri004 will correspond with a digital release on Beatport on October 12th, so if you should miss out on the vinyl, you can still sample the bottled fire inside. If you would like a record or two, contact me directly on Twitter. I would also highly recommend checking out their previous 3 releases. These guys are making a special niche for themselves!
In addition to this exciting news, I will be making my first musical return to my longtime home of Boston at the end of October. I'll be playing 2 shows while there, both of which being wonderfully representative of the Boston electronic and bass music scene, Beat Research, hosted by DJ Flack and Wayne Marshall (Wayne and Wax), and Post Prosperity, hosted by Encanti and Vermin Street.
July has been a pretty busy month, lots of tracks in production, the physical release of the latest issue of Big Up Magazine featuring an article I wrote, and we're ringing in August with a few gigs and some exciting new shizness.
The flyer above is for an event this Friday, July 23rd, in San Pedro, California. Ten Commandments of Dub is the Long Beach area's biggest dubstep event, going down monthly, and featuring some of LA's hottest producers and DJs. I've been lucky enough to get to know Selecta Ghetto and Madame X who run the event (as well as a great art gallery in San Pedro) and they have invited Computo to come play this weekend. These are two of the sweetest people I've met in LA, they are all about the music, and have a great attitude and vision. The first two artists performing at this event will be streaming live on the Bombadub radio show on Sub.fm... which leads to the next topic...
On August 6th, Computo will be performing live on Bombadub! It will be a fun time, planning some pretty special stuff for that show, and since the audience can listen in stereo, I might drop some live Digital Drugs, if you think you can handle it...
On the topic of live performances on the innernetz... Computo is working on putting together a regular live streaming show on ustream or some similar facsimile of it. This will be a completely live, anything-goes, performance based show, with occasional special guest or dead air (not). The frequency and specifics are still in development, but there should be an announcement about this by the first week of August.
Finally, here's a quick video of Computo performing at the Concrete Jungle LA Skate Shop grand opening in San Pedro. This was a super fun gig, with a lot of stoked kids and food and a giant halfpipe to keep things busy... I highly recommend checking this skate shop out, the indoor design is AMAZING, and the guys who work there are very supportive of the scene. The kids seemed to love Computo, too...
Oh yeah! Cannot believe I almost forgot this...
The incomparable Vermin Street Records has turned 1 year old!! I cannot begin to express how awesome this label and everyone involved are, nor how confident I am that this label will be a force to be reckoned with in no time. I am so so SO deeply humbled to be involved with as eclectic and unique a group of maniacs as these guys, and I am super eager to get this forthcoming "Banana Tits" EP out with them. Check out this blog post about their birthday, and the megasupermonster-mix which features an two unreleased Computo tracks (one forthcoming;)!! Who knew!
Banana Tits is finally on Beatport!
