Leopard Head EP

Recorded this one today. Im calling it an EP but it really isnt, it's only got three songs, two of which I think are some of the best songs ive written, for real. I really like this EP and it's probably the most proud ive been when finished with an EP. Im gonna start putting out more EPs and Virtual 7" s up. They're really fun for me to make cause i get to experiment with alot of different things. And you guys get to hear more new stuff. Ive never made so much music in so little time and been pleased with the end result.

The whole theme behind this is a kind of celebration to life. Ive been watching all these nature documentaries, like Planet Earth and generally things with David Attenborough, he's the man. For example, with Ghost Reptillia i saw some docs on reptiles and how tempurature affects their lives. I mean it litterally determines whether a newborn is female or male. Ive just been seeing all these synchronicites in nature and life. And ive decided to celebrate it to the max. Life with all it's complications and nonsense. The mere fact that i have the potential to reach a worldwide audience is enough to make me happy. Im excited about all the posibilities.

Soul. Love. Humana.

Ghost Reptillia EP

I wrote and recorded all the songs on the EP today. This is a real kind of punk, DIY record I think. I mean, even though some of the tracks, like Asleep and Was I Dreaming arent that "punk" sounding or hard, i guess. But I dont think thats what punk stands for. I mean, Neil Young was as much of a punk as Joy Division and Syd Viscious were. The idea of punk is always one of rebellion and truth. I mean, rock and roll was punk, Nirvana and the grunge movement was punk. Punk was the ever changing, shifting idea that took the minds of young men and told them to be courageous. To have courage to be honest, to be yourself. I think the punk movement now is just really ambient music in the pop setting. Or noise music. Or shoegazing, that whole reverb sound. I mean, reverb is the new distortion. I think that's a really courageous and positive sound to be around. It's not only old European guys behind a computer and a bunch of sample boards, it's teenagers in their basement with cheap amps and old shitty guitars. To be able to go against the grain and say I want to try something new. Thats whats its all about really....

That's what Ive done here, I made this in my basement and let everything strip down. I recorded instruments straight with no effects added on in editing, except for Asleep. Bare, raw...raw power.

This is really a pop EP. If pop met noise and ambient at a wedding party...

Soul. Love. Reptillia.

Well

-I Can Do Anything- Virtual 7"

I just made this Virtual 7" in the afternoon. I was searching up a bunch of old archival footage of interviews with people like Iggy Pop, Bruce Lee...and I was jamming on the piano too. I decided to mix in some of interviews into the tracks. In Water, it's a Bruce Lee's interview. And in Courage, it's Cornel West in Examined Life. Which is a really fucking awsome movie. Hope this can encourage you to take some action with your life. I know it's helped me...

Soul. Love. Body.

What Lies Over The Headlights- Virtual 7"

This is a virtual 7" EP. This is my first real ambient, shoegazer/drone sound. I wanted to create something you could fall asleep to. This is susposed to act in the same way as meditation music. You dont have to necessairly listen to it, just let it cover you up and make you fall asleep. It can accompany you on late night walks or small moments of solitude.

I'm gonna be making alot more of these. I think next time they'll be attuned to specific settings. Like you listent to it at night outside, or in your bed at dawn, or riding late night on a highway. I just want to make as much of these as I can.

BTW, on an interesting note, all these sounds were produced from an acoustic guitar.

Soul. Love. Night.

No More Runnin'

I've been trying to make a bunch of small songs that encourage and uplift the listener. It all started when I just wanted to make something that would prepare me for something, something that would encourage me or motivate me.

No More Runnin' is the first in a series of Mantraic songs. Just vocals and a few simple lines. I hope this can help you as much as it has helped me. Conquer your fear. Eat darkness.

Love.

Devil (Shoegazer) Instrumental

Hey everyone

This is a song I made a while back when I was pretty heavy into M83. They're a fucking awesome band. I love them. This is pretty different from what Ive posted lately. This track is really electronic, wall of sound type affair. I wish it was a little bit longer, I would love to let it just drone on and on. I might add vocals later on.

I wanted to have this really scratching, brooding kind of noise that was overlapped with a really nice simple lullabye melody. That's why I called it Devil.

Soul. Love. Xerathryn

Phantom Curtain EP

Hey

So here's the second EP compiled from summer recordings. This one is distinctly different in sound and texture from Weird Summer. The Phantom Curtain is a ghost record. It is a recording of forest spirits and dead souls from the beyond.

Soul. Love. Xerathryn.

Weird Summer EP

Hey

I got back from Germany yesterday afternoon. I finished compiling this EP which I play under the moniker "Raver". Most of the songs Ive already posted on the blog. Names have been changed, 'Wait For Me' is now 'And the Fleeting Light' , 'Candies' is now 'The Laurel Canyons'. The new songs are 'Hazel' and 'Walk Into the Sun'. The album cover was actually taken in Koln, Germany.

I made this EP as a kind of requiem to the summer. The ending of one wormhole and the opening of another. I hope youll enjoy the music as much as I did making it.

Click on the title to download it. I converted it to a compressed zip file.

Love. Thanks. Xerathryn

Hello from the distant future

Ive been in Köln, Germany for the past week visiting my cousins, thats why I havent posted anything for a long while. I havent been able to record anything, although, I did have a guitar with me so I came up with a few riffs and chord progressions. I am eager to try it them out and find my new sound. Ive had a pretty good time here. Whats great about Köln is the beautiful countryside that kind of surrounds the inner city. The thing is, teens here are always venturing into the city, going to clubs and disco, instead of exploring the nature that engulfs them. They want to escape nature. Its the oposite for me, living in Toronto, I dont get to see any of that. If I lived here, Id spend all my days getting inspired by trees and fields and forests. But I guess if youve been in one place your whole life you might want something more. Like living in a cave with a small glinter of light and knowing that the light is your escape. The light is your glimspe into another reality, another future. A different path. I have visions of these paths, little wormholes I experience in my dreams and thoughts. Theyre wonderful, really...

Anyways, as for the album. Im still trying to pinpoint a sound, a way it should be produced. With the songs I have now, I might just put up a couple of EPs. But the album is still in the works, Id say I havent even started the real record yet, Ive jut made little fragmentated pieces of music, experimental music.

When I get back to Toronto, Ill start putting things up. Ill try and squeeze in a Radio Contact show. As for now, rest...

Soul. Xerathryn. Love.

Almost End of Summer

Shazam

It is nearing the end of the summer. I am tired and I am also excited. The whole "summer record" experiment was...somewhat succesful. I did make enough songs for an album or two but I didnt make ones that I particularly loved. I didnt hate them, but they werent amazing. I think for me, it was a good learning experience, in terms of the creative process and really finding my sound. And still, I havent found it. Generally, all the songs I wrote were in a spur of the moment, stream of conciousness kind of fashion. I liked that I everything I made was so immediate, but I didnt like the fact that the songs had no real direction, they were all over the place. I'll be posting more of the songs I made over the summer. So, there wont a record coming out anytime soon, but maybe I'll put a group of songs in a small EP.

As for Radio Contact, that might be put on hold. I'm going to Germany on Thursday, to visit my cousins. I'm looking forward to travelling somewhere else. The blog might be inactive for a while, we'll see how things go.

As the summer comes to and end, I'm reminiscing all I've done. This summer was a summer of firsts. First attempt at making real, full fledged songs, first blog, first trip to Germany in 13 years, a first for all the small things that wont mean anything to you, but mean alot to me. I've learnt alot, I've known a little bit more about myself.

Here's to the new season.