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Aug 25

PDX Pop Now! 2009 CD Release Party

On Thursday, June 4, 2009, PDX Pop Now! threw a CD release party at Holocene, to celebrate the release of their fifth annual compilation CD, PDX Pop Now! 2009. (originally posted in 2009) PDX Pop Now!CD Release Partylive at HolocenePortland, OR4 June 2009 A diverse night of entertainment, this event... read more →
Aug 25

The Baseball Project • Portland 2009

The Baseball Project is what some might call a "super-group" whose members are some of the most durable players of the 80s & 90s alternative / indie / underground rock scene. (originally posted in 2009) The Baseball ProjectPortland, OregonPortland Center For The Performing Arts"Music on Main Street" Outdoor SeriesWednesday, August... read more →
Aug 19

How I make lathe-cut records

This is a short demo clip I made several years ago, that I thought would be fun to share, and which might help folks understand more about the making of a lathe-cut record in general.
May 02

Lathe-Cut Records : Rates

When artists approach me about making a small run of lathe-cut records for them, the first question nearly everyone asks is: how much does it cost? I don’t have a fixed price list for all the different types of lathecut records I make, due to the nature of how specialized... read more →
May 02

Überscenesters On 45!

Here's a fun little project I recently had the pleasure of working on for some old pals in Minneapolis. Four different half-speed mastered singles, in four different colors. These tracks were originally recorded in 2001, involving three different producers, and had never seen the light of day - until now.... read more →
May 02

Spooks!

Every now and then I have to break away from the industry aspect of the music biz, and tackle a pet project just for the fun of it. This time it was an old cassette that Peter Jesperson loaned to me many years ago, of Curtiss A's early band, Spooks,... read more →
May 02

Lathe-cut Plunderphonics!

Here's a little blast from my early adventures in lathe-cutting : A nifty Plunder-phonics styled track I created entirely from dozens of vinyl scrubs; embedded in my very first 5" record, created at Mike Dixon's Lathe Camp in Tucson, 2018. https://videopress.com/v/VLmQoNzn?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fsonicarchives.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fbrazil-goes-to-the-byrds_mp4_std.original.jpg&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Can anyone identify the original source LP I used... read more →
May 01

An Introduction to Lathe-Cut Records

A lathe-cut record is small-batch art. It was made by hand, one-at-a-time, in real time, on a polycarbonate (plexiglass) medium, using machines built in the 1930s & '40s. The embossing process presses the sound into the medium with a stylus made of tungsten or sapphire as the music is playing.... read more →