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Here you will find information on my various music recording projects, albums, collaborations, live performances, and more.

Latest News: 11/22/2008

LIVE SOLO PERFORMANCE on Stillstream.Com's Ambitar Radio!

On Friday, 11/14/2008 Stillstream.Com broadcast my first-ever LIVE online streaming solo ambient guitar/Chapman Stick performance on their Ambitar Radio program (hosted by Allan Goodman)...!

Performing an improvised 48+ minute set showcasing my new all-pedal-based rig live in my studio, I jumped between 6- and 12-string guitars and Chapman Stick - quite a juggling act, believe me! Aiming for a more dark, edge-y sort of mood, the results are a bit of a sneak-preview of my upcoming new follow-up release to 2007's "Dream Tower Blueprints"

Click to hear a streaming audio recording of the entire 48 minute performance (Flash player required) as well as see photos addtional notes about the show.

CaTC ALBUM RELEASE: "From Atop This Hill"

Scot and I are proud to announce that our long-awaited new Christus & The Cosmonaughts album, "From Atop This Hill", has been officially released by Beta-lactam Ring Records and is now available!
(note to you vinyl fans out there: the vinyl LP version is scheduled to be released on August 10th, with pre-ordering available)

You can purchase the album from the Beta-Lactam Ring website at http://blrrecords.com/ (you can't miss us, today we're right at the top of the page!).

You can also go directly to the CD and vinyl LP pages, which are at:

This album has been several years in the making, and we're thrilled to see it now finally available. We hope you enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed making it. (wow, how corny-sounding...but hey, it's true!)

TRACK LIST:

The Painfree God (Beyond Belief)
Nothing To Say
From Atop This Hill
Surviving the Fanatics
The Fractured Faithful
Nod if You Were the Last Man Alive
Modulating Between Faith and Knowledge
No Chance To Dream

Audio samples available at both the BLRR links above (including the new Christus & The Cosmonaughts podcast, featuring a ton of our new, older and unreleased tracks), and at our (kinda) new MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/christusthecosmonaughts

NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES: "Dream Tower Blueprints"

Rejoice, those who would rather download files than spin little shiny disks! :-)

My solo ambient album, "Dream Tower Blueprints" is now available to purchase online as digital downloads from iTunes.

Click to go to the "Dream Tower Blueprints" iTunes page now.

"FULCRUM" NOW PLAYING ON HEARTS OF SPACE...

Wow, first Star's End and now this - legendary long-running NPR/XM ambient/space radio show and label Hearts Of Space (or, for you MST3K fans: "Music From Some Guys In Space" LOL)...is now playing "Fulcrum" on this week's program, "Downtempo To Space"...! (program # 804)

Aside from being available on NPR and XM radio, you can listen to streams of their shows directly on their website, either via a membership subscription, or on their free Sunday shows.

More information on Hearts of Space can be found on their site at: http://www.hos.com/

NEW CaTC MYSPACE PAGE AND BLRR PODCAST NOW ONLINE!

After pestering Scot about it for ages, we finally went and did it...heh heh...

As the June 10th release date of the new Christus & The Cosmonaughts album "From Atop This Hill"rapidly approaches, we have finally put The Official Christus & The Cosmonaughts MySpace Page online at http://www.myspace.com/christusthecosmonaughts....whooo-hoo!

Yes, not only do you get to see wacky photos of us, you also get to see examples of Scot's incredible artwork (such as the cover art for the new album), listen to audio clips of both new and unreleased CaTC tracks, read blog postings (three so far from Scot; I'll contribute some as well), and...you know, MySpace-y stuff.

Also, in preparation for the June 10th release date, our label Beta-lactam Ring Records has posted a huge new podcast featuring all manner of Christus & The Cosmonaughts tracks: new, old, remixed, and even some cool unreleased tracks we've been hiding up our sleeves! Not only that, there's two voice introductions from both Scot and myself...so now you can finally hear the proper way to pronounce our names! :-)

Check out the podcast at: http://www.blrrecords.com/podcast.php.

SOLO ALBUM RELEASE: "Dream Tower Blueprints"

Yep, at long last it's here! :-)

I'm thrilled to announce the full CD release of my first solo album, "Dream Tower Blueprints" - which is now available to purchase online from CDBaby at http://cdbaby.com/cd/harmusic, with digital-download purchases from iTunes and others coming soon!

There are 6 tracks on the album, all of which are processed guitar and Chapman Stick -based instrumentals in the ambient/dark-ambient/soundscape vein, with the main underlying theme being mostly based on dream images from my childhood. The overall feel ranges from soothing/dreamy/hypnotic to dark/edgy. Several of these tracks have already been getting airplay on the excellent 24/7 ambient online radio station StillStream.Com, and the track "Fulcrum" has been available to hear on my MySpace page.
MUSO/TECHIE NOTE: No MIDI, synths or samplers were used with the exception of some subtle sampled percussion on the title track, and the quick sampled sound-bite at the beginning of "Urban Forge" (which I sampled back in the 80's from a gang of fighting kids walking past my home's window).

You can hear 2 minute streaming audio excerpts of all six tracks on the CDBaby site, though of course the audio quality of their little Flash audio-player streams is geared more towards fast downloads than audio quality - so if you have a decent high-speed connection, I recommend using the "hi-fi: broadband PLAY ALL SONGS" option...to get a better idea of how things sound.

Caveat: of course, being of the ambient/drone nature, those who live and die by Ellington's Theorum ("It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing...") may understandably not find all this to be their cup of tea at all. :-) ...so:

"Well, for those who like that sort of thing, I should think it is just about the sort of thing they would like."
-- Abraham Lincoln

Purchase the album online at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/harmusic
And if you like what you hear, please do post a comment on my CDBaby page! :-)