05.04.2009
Oh happy day, friends.
I’m pleased to announce that my new album of “opium-ambient-bliss” is now available to purchase. I’ve kept this a secret from most people for most of the process, only letting out a couple of tracks to friends. Now they’ve been compiled into an incredible package. Lots of work has gone into the creation of all of the music and art, and it now represents something else I care about, the acre collective’s little sublabel, CARE. More information about the collective is emerging these days as well. See the site.
04.07.2009
I’ve been invited by the College of Arts and Media to perform at Metro State College on Thursday, April 9th. I’ll be playing at 1pm outside the Plaza Building. Come sit in the grass while I make weird noise.
Also, my recent performance on Radio1190’s Systemaddikt show is available online here. Good times with Jason Corder (Offthesky) and Justin Gitlin (Cacheflowe). We think we are funny.
Also, there’s a twitter thing for the acre collective now. It’s a thing.
03.26.2009
Blizzard today. Here is a nice little write-up about Ten and Tracer in Westword. Many many thanks to Cory for the kind words.
03.20.2009
HAPPY SPRING! Great news about the upcoming planetarium show tomorrow. First, I’ll be rocking the radiowaves on Systemaddikt on Radio1190 to play a little bit of music and chat about severely interesting things. Not only that, but the great hero Offthesky is in town and he’s going to be helping Movax with some VJ activities at the planetarium. For those who don’t know about this show already, here’s the flyer. So for those in the Boulder area, tune in and come out to the show. For those too far away, you can still listen to Radio1190 online here.
03.07.2009
I’ve had the pleasure of participating in The Questionnaire, a short interview-like survey conducted by a very fine fellow, Thierry Massard. Read it here. I hope my blog is not angry that I’ve been working with other blogs. This could get messy.
02.22.2009
Blog, I just noticed that people on discogs.com have practically every Ten and Tracer release for sale. For anyone who is looking for any of my old releases, including my two vinyl releases, check here.
02.20.2009
A couple of things, blog. One, I neglected to mention that I have a track out on EED’s Summer Vacation ‘08 compilation. You can order that fine release here.
And. Les Freres Courvoisier (me and Time for Trees) have a new EP out on Archipel! It’s called Why Does Everybody (Move) and you can order it all over the place, including Beatport and Whatpeopleplay. We’ve also launched a little website that we’ll update with news and more fun things as we get a break from our busy academic schedules.
Also, blog, a couple of shows are coming up. On March 21st, Ten and Tracer returns to the Fiske Planetarium. This time, I’ll be accompanied by Movax doing video (you may have seen him touring with Plaid last year). We’re hopefully going to work out something quite special. Processing meets vintage films meets odd little Ten and Tracer animations… something like that. More details on the show here. Les Freres Courvoisier will by playing the Communikey Festival of Electronic Arts as part of the Modern Love/Dope Recordings Showcase.
More on the horizon as my arts collective, Acre, is seeing a new dawn and eventually a new day. Watch http://www.acrerca.com for developments.
Lots of love from Colorado. Anyone else looking forward to springtime as much as I am? I know you are, blog.
12.05.2008
Stefan Courvoisier, Jean-Pierre Courvoisier (me), and Les Freres Courvoisier together DJing (with all the live i. Tonight at b-side lounge (formerly Trilogy) in Boulder, Colorado. 9.30 until 2.00. Yes, we’re playing for four hours. I will be playing a TOTALLY ILLEGAL set for my first round. Though I won’t elaborate why that is. Come to the show to find out. TOTALLY ILLEGAL.
11.27.2008
Hello friends, blog, everyone, everything.
I’m pleased to announce that one of my tracks “Ties Crews Emerging” has been included on the new Intelligent Toys compilation released by Sutemos. Intelligent Toys 5 features the likes of: Ulrich Schnauss, AGF, Vladislav Delay, Yagya, Swod, Funckarma, Octex, Miwon, Maps And Diagram, Ten and Tracer, Sense, Marsen Jules, Kero, Sabi, Ruxpin, Sleepy Town Manufacture, Praveen, Jvox, SubtractiveLAD, Monoceros, Gultskra Artikler, Stockfinster, Few Nolder, IJO, Leon Somov and many others. It’s available for FREE, here. I’m very pleased to have been included this round and am well excited to give it a listen myself. Enjoy!
11.24.2008
You know, blog, we had some friends gather together to watch Purple Rain in a rather large house on a rather large TV. We had fine wines and cheeses and not so fine candy. We made a pesto-pasta with delicious shrimp and a salad. Nine people, blog. Purple Rain was great - Prince was great. I can’t believe Morris Day has that one girl thrown in a dumpster because she’s mad that he did not call her like a real gentleman would. Morris Day is not a real gentleman. I was also quite shocked when Prince told that fine lady that she had to prove herself by jumping in Lake Minnetonka, and so she stripped naked and jumped into the lake they were at. He then revealed to her that the lake she jumped in was not Lake Minnetonka. He was very rude to her after, riding off on his bike, pretending to leave her naked on the shore. What kind of people are these? I suppose that it will always be cool to be rude to fine ladies? I’m not sure, blog. I can not agree with this, but perhaps I just haven’t learned enough about life, blog. Anyhow. It was one hell of a grand time to watch Purple Rain with so many friends.
Yesterday Rachel found a Yamaha pf15 in the alley. It works, too. I suppose the world is still ok when I can get a free electric piano. Damn it’s a heavy synth though, blog. I mean, really. Now I just need to find room in my studio for it, blog. You know, sometimes synths find you before you’re ready for them, but you just have to go with the flow of life like that, blog. I’m sure you understand.
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