The year has been pretty full on so far, so not much time for blog updates. We've had a busy few weeks at work as our game nears alpha, but it looks like things are starting to calm down again now. In between the late nights and pizza, I have actually managed to do some new music though, in the shape of a remix of Fibla for Underscan records. No word yet on the release date, but I'll add the info here when I have it.
The remix will probably be your first chance to here some of the new elements making their way into my music, namely my guitar. It took some time to get a good feeling for how I can blend it in with my normal song writing, but I think the last few tracks I made with it turned out pretty good. I'm actually thinking about trying out a side project of some sort, with a really limited set of equipment - just my guitar, my music box, and some kind of simple percussion. Might be a disaster, but I have a few ideas brewing, and in the worst case, I have some samples to reuse later. All I need now is a bit of a break from work!
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New MP3 store
I saw that Amazon UK has opened it's new MP3 store this week. There are a couple of my albums up there to buy if you feel that way inclined.
Also, I'm told that the release date for PowerUp Forever (the XBLA and PS3 game I created the concept for and contributed music to) will be released on the 18th December. Strange for an XBLA game to be released on a thursday, but there you go.
Also, I'm told that the release date for PowerUp Forever (the XBLA and PS3 game I created the concept for and contributed music to) will be released on the 18th December. Strange for an XBLA game to be released on a thursday, but there you go.
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Random November update
Well, I just kind of realised that 2008 is on the way out.. is it really November already? Starting a new life in Germany has really made the time go fast, and at times I've really been wondering if I can still manage to keep up making music. But well, making music isn't really something you can just decide to stop doing, so I always find my way back to it. The harder thing is doing all the stuff that surrounds it, trying to promote it, updating the website, etc. I really think it's about time the site had a bit of a tidy up though, as it's getting pretty old looking in places.. about time some new tracks were uploaded too I think.
Anyway, I thought I'd also update you all on some of the little goings on from this year. Not a big year for releases, but still a few interesting bits and bobs.
First up there's a couple of remixes. First out was my remix for Fuck off Machete, which you can find here. The gang seem to have gone pretty quiet since that release, but I hope they return some day, the are an awesome bunch.
Next up was the remix for Emulsion, which I think has turned out as probably my favourite remix I've done. Check it out at the lens records site.
I also saw that "Bomb It!", the graffiti documentary by Jon Reiss was released on DVD this year. This excellent thought provoking film features the opening track from my 2005 album. I can't tell you how proud I was to see my name scroll up in the movie credits! :)
I also released the much delayed EP, Yesterday, Tomorrow, Now, on [d]-tached records. Many thanks to everyone who bought a copy, especially the growing number of bovaflux fans from Japan! One great thing about direct mp3 sales is that I really get to see where every copy gets sold, and it sometimes really surprises me.
There won't be any new releases from me now until next year, but I will start uploading a few new tracks to the website and myspace pages, leading up to the new album release next year. In the mean time, you might be interested to know that I have some music featured in a new XBox 360 Live Arcade game called Powerup Forever. The soundtrack is pretty interesting actually, as it tries to always present something new by randomly mixing together a set of ambient tracks with a set of beat tracks, to give a kind of endless mix of music. Also worth noting is that I created the original concept for the game, but had to leave development of it behind once I moved out here to Germany. I haven't had a look at the game since the early prototype stages, so it'll be interesting to see how it shapes up.
Anyway, I thought I'd also update you all on some of the little goings on from this year. Not a big year for releases, but still a few interesting bits and bobs.
First up there's a couple of remixes. First out was my remix for Fuck off Machete, which you can find here. The gang seem to have gone pretty quiet since that release, but I hope they return some day, the are an awesome bunch.
Next up was the remix for Emulsion, which I think has turned out as probably my favourite remix I've done. Check it out at the lens records site.
I also saw that "Bomb It!", the graffiti documentary by Jon Reiss was released on DVD this year. This excellent thought provoking film features the opening track from my 2005 album. I can't tell you how proud I was to see my name scroll up in the movie credits! :)
I also released the much delayed EP, Yesterday, Tomorrow, Now, on [d]-tached records. Many thanks to everyone who bought a copy, especially the growing number of bovaflux fans from Japan! One great thing about direct mp3 sales is that I really get to see where every copy gets sold, and it sometimes really surprises me.
There won't be any new releases from me now until next year, but I will start uploading a few new tracks to the website and myspace pages, leading up to the new album release next year. In the mean time, you might be interested to know that I have some music featured in a new XBox 360 Live Arcade game called Powerup Forever. The soundtrack is pretty interesting actually, as it tries to always present something new by randomly mixing together a set of ambient tracks with a set of beat tracks, to give a kind of endless mix of music. Also worth noting is that I created the original concept for the game, but had to leave development of it behind once I moved out here to Germany. I haven't had a look at the game since the early prototype stages, so it'll be interesting to see how it shapes up.
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Time for a change...
Hi Folks, No update for a while as I've been rather busy with non-Bovaflux things, namely preparing to move to Germany. That's right, I'll be leaving dear old Blighty for a new life in Frankfurt! Me and my girlfriend have been thinking about doing the move for around a year or so now, and we've decided to now make the leap. I'm still pretty nervous about the whole thing, but at the same time really excited and looking forward to all the new experiences. Expect a few hicups with the site as I make the transition, but hopefully it should all go smoothly. I'm guessing that I'll keep the .co.uk domain name for a while.. changing it to .de seems a bit weird, so if it does change at all, it'll probably go to bovaflux.com, since I'm like all international and that now.
So anyway, I've been so busy with getting a new job (will be working for keen Games) and planning the house move I've not been writing much new material, but I'm sure this will change once I've settled into the new place. The EP is still apparently just around the corner, so that may even appear before I've moved. We have the masters from Twerk, so it's just waiting to be
pressed really.
The other little bit of release news is that the remix I did for Emulsion should be getting a release early next year. Glad that's coming out, as it's a sweet little track. Still no word on the fomachete remix I did a while back.. that was supposed to come out as a download only release, but it may not be on the cards now.. I should chase it up really, if it's not going to get released I'll ask the band if they're cool with me just sticking it on the site for download.
And speaking of downloads.. I'm thinking of adding a new download only EP to the site. As you may have noticed from how long I've been waiting for the EP to appear, it can be a very slow process! I'm thinking I might try out side stepping all that stuff and put out an EP of about 5 tracks, free to download, with an option to donate via paypal for those of you who still feel music has some value! :) I'm guessing I won't get much chance to prepare everything this side of Christmas, what with the upcoming house move and everything, so expect to see it around January.
Ok, that's about it for now. I'll try and get back into making these posts a bit more frequent!
Eddie
So anyway, I've been so busy with getting a new job (will be working for keen Games) and planning the house move I've not been writing much new material, but I'm sure this will change once I've settled into the new place. The EP is still apparently just around the corner, so that may even appear before I've moved. We have the masters from Twerk, so it's just waiting to be
pressed really.
The other little bit of release news is that the remix I did for Emulsion should be getting a release early next year. Glad that's coming out, as it's a sweet little track. Still no word on the fomachete remix I did a while back.. that was supposed to come out as a download only release, but it may not be on the cards now.. I should chase it up really, if it's not going to get released I'll ask the band if they're cool with me just sticking it on the site for download.
And speaking of downloads.. I'm thinking of adding a new download only EP to the site. As you may have noticed from how long I've been waiting for the EP to appear, it can be a very slow process! I'm thinking I might try out side stepping all that stuff and put out an EP of about 5 tracks, free to download, with an option to donate via paypal for those of you who still feel music has some value! :) I'm guessing I won't get much chance to prepare everything this side of Christmas, what with the upcoming house move and everything, so expect to see it around January.
Ok, that's about it for now. I'll try and get back into making these posts a bit more frequent!
Eddie
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