Techno for Luddites

Most of my friends are creative types - musicians, artists, sound engineers, poets. I'm lucky to work with some very talented people. The past few years of collaborating with Dave Young to create a visual style and video imagery for Deprogram have been so amazing - we've both learned a lot from the project. Working with instrumentalists like Robbie Mudrazija (drums) and more recently, Steve Harris (bass) has introduced different perspectives to the music. Both come from a jazz background and bring new approaches to the Deprogram sound.

Now I'm looking to expand our team. For the first time I'll be searching outside my immediate friend circle. I'm looking for people to help out with the marketing, business and the planning side of this project.

I'm totally into the DIY ethic, and have slowly worked out methods to get the music out there, from industry books, online guides and even advice thrust on me from well-meaning sources. Sometimes I wonder if there's enough of me to go around to achieve all the things needed to keep my music a viable affair- composing/recording, advertising, distribution and the logistics of performing.

I'm looking out for a new Deprogram member who specialises in marketing and can help out in the organisational aspects of the project. If anyone would like to contribute to the project, please email me through the site's contact page.

posted by deprogram @ 6:38 PM

There are some upcoming gig offers overseas that we'd really like to take up if we can get the funds together in time. Bleepfest at the ICA in London is organised by Mstation's John Littler. It's a computer music day for electronic musicians and enthusiasts to swap ideas about music making, followed by a night of live electronic performances and DJs. I'd really like to bring my Linux setup to this, rather than continuing to bore my friends with it.

I've got a strong urge to travel, especially back to Czech Republic to play again at the Under Plunder Festival in Brno at the end of September. Just for a change of scene. Even though I love being at home and working in the studio, I've been starting to go a bit stir crazy. I need to get some new influences into me.

posted by deprogram @ 11:17 PM