Oppressed by the Line » news http://www.oppressedbytheline.com And we fall into soft focus... Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:39:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Autumn Update http://www.oppressedbytheline.com/2009/11/06/autumn-update-2/ http://www.oppressedbytheline.com/2009/11/06/autumn-update-2/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:29:49 +0000 admin http://www.oppressedbytheline.com/?p=37 It’s already autumn again.  It’s definitely my favorite time of year, and probably the time of year that I feel the most creatively inspired.  I’ve been working on a follow up to Kiku, when I can.  I’ve been rather busy running Drifting Falling and it’s been a struggle to find balance between all of the things in life.  I may start posting some preview tracks as I complete them.  In the meantime, here is Kiku streaming in it’s entirety.  If you haven’t already bought a copy please go to the Drifting Falling store and make my day.

]]> http://www.oppressedbytheline.com/2009/11/06/autumn-update-2/feed/ 0 Spring update http://www.oppressedbytheline.com/2009/03/12/spring-update/ http://www.oppressedbytheline.com/2009/03/12/spring-update/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 04:34:08 +0000 admin http://www.oppressedbytheline.com/?p=33 OK, so it’s been a little while since my last update.  Sorry for that, seems that between MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and such I’m having a bit of a social media identity crisis.  Couple that with the fact that I also run Drifting Falling and it seems the tools that are supposed to make it easier to keep the lines of communication open end up more or less like that tool drawer that you have that is so crammed full of shit that you find the phillips-head screwdriver that you desperately need.  When did life get so meta?

My next disc Kiku was  sent off to the plant a couple of weeks ago, and there is every indication that I should have it in hand in about the next week.  Of course there’s alot of busy work that needs to be done between now and release, but I expect you’ll be able to get you eager hands on a copy soon.

If you’d like to follow me more closely I recommend becoming a fan on Facebook, I presume you already have an account, as it’s rather difficult for me to think of anyone I know that doesn’t.  If you follow the link below to Facebook, you will be treated to a couple of tracks from Kiku that are steaming exclusively at that location, including a wonderful remix of one of my tracks by Winterlight.  Whom if you’ve not yet heard, I suspect you will soon.  These tracks are unmastered, but I’ll try to remedy that and get the mastered versions up soon.

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I’ve been hearing lots of great feedback from the release of Soft Focus.  Lots of kind words and they’re very appreciated.  I thought it was time to discuss my next release.  It will be an EP, and will be out next year on Drifting Falling.  It was written a couple of years ago when I was on holiday in Japan but the finishing touches have only recently settled into place.   I haven’t settled on a definite name for it yet, so I won’t be spilling that today, but I do have a base track listing which I hope to augment with some remixes.  The track listing is as follows:

  1. Mountain Mist
  2. Sunset from the 16th Floor
  3. Paper Cranes
  4. One Thousand Red Stars

I have another project in the pipeline as well.  Right now it’s about 6 tracks that may or may not develop into more.  But I expect that it’s a little further down the path than the EP at this point.  I’ll keep you posted on the progress.

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Soft Focus is available for pre-order on the Drifting Falling webstore.  10 tracks, this album has been a long time coming.  I think it’s a great follow up to The Cause of the Colour.  I’ve posted a few new tracks to my MySpace page, for you to listen to and there is a track preview for Condensation (the opening track) on the Drifting Falling site.

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Soft Focus

  1. condensation
  2. sorry i never wrote you back
  3. don’t bestow the lesser things
  4. the stars are sleeping
  5. solitude
  6. i can’t remember the sound
  7. static images and soft whispers
  8. thousands of miles and an ocean away
  9. shattering glass houses
  10. magnetic north
]]> http://www.oppressedbytheline.com/2007/01/01/the-cause-of-the-colour-track-listing/feed/ 0 The Cause of the Colour support shows http://www.oppressedbytheline.com/2006/01/15/the-cause-of-the-colour-support-shows/ http://www.oppressedbytheline.com/2006/01/15/the-cause-of-the-colour-support-shows/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2006 05:37:12 +0000 admin http://oppressedbytheline.com/?p=12 A couple of shows have been added in support of the release of “The Cause of the Colour”. Watch this space for more dates.

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