Acoustic EP Now Available For Free Download

Like the recent Remixes and Collaborations album, our Acoustic EP, too, is now finally available as a free download at bandcamp.mu:

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Remixes And Collaborations Album: A Free Net Release

Just a quick note about a new internet release that you can download for free and in various formats (mp3, aac, ogg vorbis, flac and apple lossless) here:

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Kimo - Surrender

My friend Rob is pretty much my hero. He works really hard, writes and produces fantastic music, has run one of New Zealand’s longest running labels (Failsafe Records), is much more himself than I am myself, is in a wonderful relationship, runs his own recording studio, doesn’t drink, doesn’t take drugs, and is more passionate about great music than almost anyone I know. In short, Rob is one of my very best friends, and I’m really proud of that fact.

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Undertheradar.co.nz give away three copies of our Acoustic EP

One of New Zealand’s raddest online zines has three copies of our Acoustic EP to giveaway - enter here.

Speaking of Undertheradar and sweet give-aways, if you haven’t already downloaded last year’s It’s A Sonic Summer compilation, then be sure to grab a copy before the myst of the wired swallows it whole. Aside from our song Scattering The Sun Like Gunshot, the compilation also includes fantastic tracks by Disasteradio, The L.E.D.s, Collapsing Cities, Cue The Sun, White On White, and Sora Shima.

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Cat and Bird Split 7″

The Cat and Bird 7″ is a very limited edition split between us and the late Break Mission Kills. This collaboration, however, is more of a marriage than a split, with each of our band’s derelict post-pop aesthetic supporting the other’s. The entire run is limited to 100 copies, though the record (and bonus tracks) can be downloaded for free at www.catandbird.info.

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Free Remix Package: Darkwave = MC Squared

Would you like to have the opportunity to create a remix of one of our songs and have us share it with others through our website? We promise to post every remix you send us! In fact, after you’re fully satisfied with your own creation, you can even opt to give us permission to release it in some capacity in the future, either as a CD, a free downloadable remix album, as bounes tracks on a USB stick - anything’s possible. However, all these things aside, your number one priority should just be to have a hassle-free and fun time experimenting with music you enjoy and are curious about!

This remix package includes everything from samples and loops, to the full vocal and instrument tracks as used on the recording. All samples, loops and tracks are 16 bit, 44.100 kHz, and 107bpm.

If and when you’ve downloaded the files, please let us know how your remix is coming along, and be sure to share the results with us and everyone else. Have fun!

Get your free remix package here:

• Darkwave Remix Package [38.7mb]

The Darkwave Remix Package by The Enright House is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 New Zealand License (full legal code). Based on the song Darkwave Equals MC Squared by The Enright House.

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New video: Scattering the sun like gunshot

• High-res download [720x400 DivX .avi @ 110mb]
• Medium-res download [320x240 DivX .avi @ 67mb]
• iPod compatiple mp4 download [320x240 mp4 @ 36mb]
• High-res DivX streaming at Stage 6 [720x400]
• Low-res streaming at YouTube, Last.FM, Google, and Revver.

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A day out in the woods

I spent a wonderful day out in our woods and fields yesterday. It’s extremely cold right now, but heartening. The sun is out almost every morning, and I feel very much at home in the vast expanse of the American mid-west.

It feels like a lifetime has gone by since I recorded this little idea:

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Lowell, Indiana: A note from home

It’s true, I never thought the time would come, but I am now of an age where I belong to “those of a certain generation”. I guess I always thought that life would just make an exception for me, moving just a bit more slowly maybe, a bit more gently, protecting me, rather lovingly, a bit more kindly. Life, instead, has moved too quickly for my taste - and with more indifference, I might add. The many years have congealed into a single web, thin, and barely wide enough to cover my tracks.

I am so grateful to be home. I am so grateful to be home. So grateful…

MP3 Download: Theme and Variation 1 (192kb @ 2.5mb)
A tender interlude based on the song “We Might As Well Have Stayed Young”.

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“It’s a Sonic Summer”: a free mp3 Compilation

Under The Radar brings you: “It’s a Sonic Summer” - a free mp3 compilation of innovative New Zealand music.

Check out the full track-listing featuring all these amazing New Zealand artists:

• Disateradio - “Computer Graphics”
• The L.E.D.s - “Rumba”
• Collapsing Cities - “In The Valley”
• Cue The Sun - “15 4″
• White On White - “Beta Dance”
• Sora Shima - “Hovercraft”
• The Enright House - “Scattering the Sun like Gunshot”

Visit Under The Radar’s download page to get your free compilation [33mb zip file].

And if you’re on the other side of the world, where currently it’s not at all summery, don’t fret, just think of it as a winter compilation. It’ll help keep you warm next to the open fire.

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“Driving”: A song by Misfit Mod and The Enright House

Ever heard of Misfit Mod? Well you will. Count on it. Period.

Misfit Mod is my friend Sarah’s musical outlet, and honestly? everytime I listen to her music I get rediculously jeleous. Why? Because each and everyone of her songs is an earth-shattering revelation on just how much sonic and emotional depth can still be achieved within the bounds of popular music.

Anyhow, before Sarah moved to England a few months ago in order to start her music career, we actually spent a few hours one quiet night creating a song together, called “Driving”. I can’t remember who did what, but the two of us were knee-deep in synths, samplers and feedbacking guitars for most of the evening. And, after eventually taking turns at kicking each other out of the apartment, we both recorded a vocal line without the other person being allowed to hear it. In the end, we had two independent vocal lines, which, to our utter suprise, even worked well enough together to layer them over the top of each other at the end of the song.

Download the full 192 bit mp3:
The Enright House and Misfit Mod - Driving [3.3mb]

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Podcast 1

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To download the podcast rather than stream it, just right-click this link and save.

I’ve been meaning to create podcasts about songs and their production for quite some time now, but just haven’t been able to find the time to make any inroads into those plans… that is, until today.

I’m still trying to figure out how best to go about these, as I fully intend to complete one short podcast about each of the songs on A Maze and Amazement. This first attempt is a roughly 9 minute podcast and is all about “We Might As Well Have Stayed Young”. Hope you enjoy it, and be sure to keep an eye out for more of these in the future.

Finally, you can download the full song as a 320 bit MP3 file

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