busy August!

Time for an update!
Studio has undergone a few changes and investments: new monitors and new headphones. They were necessary and I don't regret because I invested in quality items that will definitely help me hear things the way they should.

First track to come out of this new setup is a remix contest track for ZENZILE band. I've loved this band since their debuts a long time ago and followed them through all their changes. My love for this band was the only motivation when I started this remix contest. At first I wasn't sure of where I was going with it and I wasn't even sure I would finish it... but with the new setup I was able to really enjoy the ride and I'm really happy with the final result. You'll be able to hear it soon on ZENZILE's special player. I try not to think too much about it, but I really hope they'll like it...

I've started working on new [P.U.T] tracks with my brothers and I'm super excited about them. LiB has submitted 2 really intense tracks which are really inspiring. And the boys seemed to like my track too.
Being back in the band I started with LiB in 1998, even if it's only for the creation process, is something I've been really looking for since I decided to take a break that lasted 10 years! Now, the 3 brothers are on board! So we'll see where it goes, but I'm sure it will be a good trip.

I'm still working on this other guitar oriented project called daark.wav. But my quest for the perfect guitar tone never seems to end as I keep changing it all the time! But I've learnt a lot about mixing and I think I'm close to where I want to be. The remix for Abdomens Tribute Volume 2 should be the first track to be unleashed... once I have revisited it at least another 30th time! Yann seemed to like it a lot and spotted the common references that I had put there for him... and that's already an achievement I'm happy with!

LiB asked for a new garlic.wav track and he'll get one. He wants to celebrate 25 years of POGO Records with a comp. I have an album worth of tracks bits that need to be recorded, so I'll probably just pick one and finish it... maybe it will help me finish that album! who knows?

You probably got it: tons of ideas and projects + a family to take care of + an intense job means = I need longer days!!!

Month Music

My friend Phil "Le Peep" Thompson is a creative person. He needs to create.

So do I.

When he came up with this personal challenge of building music from field recordings, on a monthly basis, like a sound diary of 2013, I thought this was a very cool concept. When he decided to make his sounds available for everyone to (re)mix, I thought it was even cooler!

So you get it. I took the challenge too. I type these words right after recording a jam of almost 10 minutes for my february contribution. It's very experimental, very tribal, very noisy, very glitchy, very... fun! That's it, I'm really having fun with the concept and the sounds, pushing the envelope.

Phil created a dedicated site. You'll find the source sounds and Phil's creations, and also some guest contributions ;-)

Merry Christmas!

Been silent here but not in the studio!

Garlic.lab has been updated with a new high performance PC and a few toys (big thank you to my family for contributing to this very nice birthday gift).
Since then, I've been working on a garlic.wav album and a new project called daark.wav. I hope to be able to work on both projects during Xmas break.

Speaking of Xmas, you can find an exclusive garlic.wav track on Under The Avalanche II.
Members of the Avalanchers discussion board have again teamed up for a Xmas comp. 23 tracks have been produced this year!

My contribution is one of the tracks that will constitute the aforementionned album I'm working on. However, this mix / sequence should remain exclusive to this comp.

Since the world is still turning, enjoy this year end festivities with people you love... and good music! :-)

Have a nice one.

BIG update

OK, should have posted all those a long time ago, but better late than never. So here we go:

- Foghorn remixes: the goal was to use field recordings of fog horns as the only sound source and produce "music" with it. I've had great fun twisting these natural sounds and doing my first drone / dark ambient track. I'm very proud to be on this comp because the quality of other contributions is very high. Please note that this is an ongoing project (read details on the bandcamp page).

- Signalvoid : another comp contribution with a new challenge : noise! I went through different ideas but have finally chosen to keep it electronic and rythmic with some non musical frequencies attacks.
Contributors were supposed to give 3 pieces of one minute each so the final result could be played randomly. My contribution is a 3 minutes piece that has been divided in 3 pieces. You can download it for free or buy a very nice physical package.

- Niveau Zero : just when I decided I would not get involved in remix contests anymore, a musician and a label I both like a lot are launching a new one... I've tried something different, with a lot of "real" instruments (electric bass and distorted guitars), and spent a lot of time on it. As always, we'll see what happens.
Anyway, this was also the opportunity to start a kind of new direction, somewhere I want to go next. But it's too early to speak about it.

Enjoy.

They're coming! Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks! 6 auditory invasions by garlic.wav is now available for free on bandcamp.
I took time to put notes about each tracks, so if you want to know more, go directly there.

Any kind of feedback is appreciated, so please express yourself.

I'm taking some rest from the studio. But I know I'll need to get in again soon.
So much stuff inside of me that need to come out, it's necessary.

new EP out soon!

It's been a fruitful march 2012! Taking advantage of my son's naps on weekends I created 6 new tracks over a month. I've been playing them in the car since the beginning of this week and decided some of them just need a little tweaking here and there. I'll work on that next weekend, and also try to put together a little design for it.

They will be presented in chronological order of creation, because each track was a kind of reaction to the previous one. The main idea was to not leave the tracks too long on the canvas and quickly record something live with minimal editing afterward. I'm also very happy that I could use guitars on two tracks (+ my bass guitar on one). There's some kind of concept around sci-fi because of some of the sounds I wanted to use. Consequently, track names (still in the work) will be reference to space and sci-fi movies.

Allow a week or two, and you'll be able to check that on Bandcamp for free (as always).

Next, I'll begin collecting movie samples (I keep watching films and say "wow! that would make a great sample!") and will work on finalizing that album I keep talking about! :-)

new EP soon?

I've been quite productive lately. While I'm still thinking of releasing an album soon, there could be an EP before, likely in April. Nevertheless, I'll put things on hold while I go on vacations to Thailand with my beloved.

In the meantime, you should go and buy the new [P.U.T] album!