06|29|10 Capsul remixes Darkwave Equals MC Squared
A few weeks ago I got an email from a guy called James, who wrote to tell me about a remix of Darkwave he had created. His email came totally out of the blue, as it has been ages since I posted the Darkwave remix pack (which is still up, btw). I was pretty excited honestly. Kind of like finding a $20 dollar bill in some old pair of jeans that I’ve completely forgotten about. Anyhow, not only was I stoked that someone had remixed Darkwave, but the remix itself is super creative and very beautiful. James rearranged the song, added vocals of his own, wrote a few new lines of lyrics (I love that he did this!!!), and more. He really made it his own, so I asked James to tell me a bit more about his remix: “I used to listen to the song a lot, and got the remix pack when it came out, but never got around to do doing anything with it. Recently I’ve become obsessed with the idea of remixes, and making music production less uni-directional. I associate Darkwave with a particular time in my life which I havent really made peace with yet, and reworking this song in my own voice seemed to be a way of achieving some closure.” James plans to put out a release with more covers and remixes this year, so if enjoy this one, make sure you check out more of his music, as well as his label/blog Papaiti Records. Download the remix right here, and feel free to share this remix in any way you want.
03|24|10 Mint Chicks Remix tops RDU charts
I scared the living daylights out of my partner, Mary, the other day. Two weeks ago I noticed that my remix was #9 on the RDU charts, and thought I would check to see how it was doing this week. Hand to the heart, I was certain it would be out of the charts. You know… a dip in / dip out kind of situation. (Read the rest of this story…)
03|15|10 Taking a weekend trip out to Fire Island, NY
Two weeks ago I took a trip out to Fire Island with my partner Mary. That, incidentally, was also the weekend where the winners of the remix competition were announced. Thanks to your support The Enright House managed to take the popular vote! Unfortunately, that didn’t quite decide the overall winner. Out of the three highest ranked remixes The Mint Chicks would eventually pick the winner, and well… (Read the rest of this story…)
02|14|10 Enright House remixes The Mint Chicks. Crazy? Yup.
So yeah, musichype.com posted this remix competition for The Mint Chicks, who are a totally choice New Zealand band. “Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No!”, in particular, is a really great song, so I was quite excited to have an opportunity to remix it. Does it sound like an Enright House remix, though? Well… It’s a rad, trancy throwback to early 90’s euro-rave, mediated by piles of exuberance, some beautiful chord progressions, and a smitten of Enright House aesthetics. Download your remix here: Crazy? Yes! Dumb? No! (Enright House Remix)
02|10|10 Darkwave Live In Auckland now on Mine, All Mine! Records
So, something really sweet just happened. My friend John, who runs a boutique DIY label called Mine, All Mine! Records just offered to add my latest live recording of Darkwave to his label’s catalog. (Read more, and download Darkwave for free…)
02|10|10 Free download: Darkwave in Slow Motion (Live in Auckland)
This version of Darkwave was recorded live at the Wine Cellar in Auckland, New Zealand on September 11, 2008, as part of my Solo Electronic Tour. Thanks to John picking up this release on Mine, All Mine! Records. Download “Darkwave (Live In Auckland)” from any of these places:
As usual, any way you can help spread the word, be it a retweet or facebook message, would be genuinely appreciated.
12|20|09 A quick stroll around my neighborhood in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
11|17|09 I’m making a new record and this inspired me today
I was reading a recently published interview with Steve Albini this morning before work. Steve’s pretty much a legend in the indie community. He’s recorded over 2000 records, including albums by Nirvana and the Pixies, and has been running his own studio, Electrical Audio, in Chicago, for ages now. A good friend of mine and former bandmate, Andrew, actually interned for him for years during college, and so I briefly met Steve a few times when Andrew and I would go into Electrical to record stuff when the studio stood empty. Anyhow, this excerpt just made me feel an epic sensation of joy: (Read the rest of this story…)
09|20|09 New Misfit Mod videoCheck out the new music video two good friends of mine created. Sarah (aka Misfit Mod) wrote the music, and Dan directed the video:
Misfit Mod – Sugar C from eep! productions on Vimeo.
07|02|09 Enright House / Pushmi-Pullyu Split EP: now available as a free download
I’m pleased to announce that we’ve recouped the costs for pressing the EP (yay!), and that we’ve sold out of almost all of our copies – thank you all. Consequently, we’ve all decided it’s now time to set these songs free! So yeah, please help spread the word via twitter, email, facebook, and all that other good stuff. And to all those who have been wanting to get ahold of a CD for themselves or their friends, please note that mam!records is now down to its last 10 copies of the limited-edition EP, so make sure you visit the mam!records shop now to secure yourself a copy before it’s too late.
05|16|09 US Tour: Olympia, WA (April 15th-18th, Day 14-18)We arrived in Olympia on Wednesday evening, just in time to play a house show at the Finger Complex. Our host, Colleen, from Polka Dot Dot Dot, had added us very last-minute to the bill, and so Evan and I had no idea what to expect. (Read the rest of this story…)
04|21|09 The Enright House Newsletter Vol.1What’s in this newsletter: 1) Intro + subscribing and unsubscribing 1) Intro + subscribing and unsubscribing
Hi, and welcome to the first Enright House newsletter! Many of you have opted into this newsletter through various channels, a wee few haven’t. Some of you actively chose to be on it by subscribing via Reverbnation, some of you are just friends and contacts of mine, many of you left behind your email address to download much of our free catalog of music. None of you should, however, feel any pressure to remain subscribed to this newsletter, if you don’t genuinely care to be on it, so if you would rather not get newsletters from us in the future, just reply to info@theenrighthouse.com with “thanks, but no thanks” or whatever you deem to be an appropriate response: “fuck you” would be harsh, but equally suitable, I suppose. I would have provided an auto-unsubscribe feature, but then I would have had to use a newsletter client, and all the free ones use ads, or html, and all sorts of ridiculous other features, and all I wanted to do here is talk to you directly in the simplest terms possible. Plain text, no attachments, corporate logos, just you and I. Seriously, let me know if you already get too much stuff in the mail – my feelings won’t be hurt (unless it’s my mom or my girlfriend opting out). 2) New release: Enright House / Pushmi-Pullyu Split EP
We have a new release available for sale. It’s a strictly limited CD (100 copies) that was just released by mam!records in Madison, WI. In addition to Pushmi-Pullyu’s gorgeous music, you get two new Enright House tracks, and a really awesome cover of “Darkwave” by Pushmi-Pullyu. One song, in particular, I am totally excited about, namely “Distance”. It was inspired by the acoustic tour we did in New Zealand, and features a long field recording of me and my old friend Mary talking about our college relationship, layered acoustic guitars, piano, an old vintage accordion, and a vocoder, as well. You can either buy the release directly through mam!records’ online store @ www.mamrecords.com/shop (which uses paypal), at our remaining shows in America, or, for all you back home in New Zealand who aren’t into paypal, you can email me, and I will send you through my bank details so you can just do a direct bank transfer. Whatever your choice, the split EP is very reasonably priced, and we’ll all do our best to make sure you get your copy as fast as possible! www.mamrecords.com/shop 3) New video: We Might As Well Have Stayed Young Ryan Alexander Llyod (ex-Christchurchian now living in Australia) shot a lovely new video for our song, “We Might As Well Have Stayed Young”. It’s now online on youtube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFh4_F9J3Tk, so please watch it, and if you like it, rate it favorably, leave a comment, and help us spread the word via facebook, blogs, twitter, word of mouth, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFh4_F9J3Tk 4) US Tour Evan and I are still in the midst of touring America, with roughly four more weeks of concerts to go. If you have friends living in America, please let them know we’re in their neighborhood. And if you’re reading this and live in the US, then – f’ing A – come out and see us! Our remaining dates are: Apr 20 @ Dunes, Portland, OR You can follow our whole tour (photos, stories, mp3s, etc) via our blog at www.theenrighthouse.com and www.twitter.com/theenrighthouse. 5) A general call for help This point, to me at least, is perhaps the most important reason why I finally decided to send out a newsletter. The Enright House, as many of you already know, is essentially a one-person operation. Evan, of course, is a huge part of The Enright House, and I don’t know what on earth I would do without his dedication and musical input, but, the truth is, when it comes to promoting and financing my music, I’m pretty much on my own. At first, this was never really an issue, as I adore the DIY aspect of making music, but as time goes on and our profile and amount of releases and videos slowly grow, I find myself at my end’s wit with all the stuff that I should be doing, but can’t, due to lack of time and energy. In short, I just can’t do it all by myself anymore. The myriad of social networking sites that need to be kept current, syndicating through blogs to myspace, entering tour dates in a million places, staying on top of last.fm, writing to blogs about our music and videos, writing and recording the music, booking dates, touring, organizing new releases, creating artwork and posters, keeping up to date with my own blog posts on my site, promoting new releases and videos, and so on and so on… it’s getting to be more than I can cope with. In short, what I’m looking for is help. From you. I’m hoping that amongst all of you are a few people who really genuinely care about my music and want to help it succeed in some way, and have a little bit of spare time here and there to help out. Perhaps, you would be willing to run one of the many social networking profiles related to The Enright House, such as Reverbnation or Last.FM. Or, perhaps, you might offer to start a new profile for us on sites I haven’t found the time to get to know very well, such as Bebo, Virb or Pure Volume, to name but a few. Maybe you have friends who blog a lot. Perhaps give them a nudge and see if they would be keen to give away some of our music, or feature a video on their site? Do you have friends who work for magazines or newspapers? Maybe hand them a CD and ask them if they would consider writing something about us? Basically, anything at all would help. Maybe a single twitter post that links to our new video, maybe a facebook message to your friends asking them to give our music a listen. I guess what I wish for in my dreams is that a humble and tiny stream of gestures of help might help me raise the profile of my music ever-so-slightly over time. And, on a purely personal note, a few small gestures of faith that our music means enough to you that would consider helping out in small way, would be a wonderful thing to experience, and would provide much needed fuel for the months that lie ahead. It need not be much, honestly, it need not even be prolonged; whatever you can do without it being troublesome to you in any way, is enough to make a difference. The payoff, aside from the fact that many little small gestures can amount to something greater than their parts, is that I will try as much as possible to make it worth your while. I promise to continue to offer free releases and videos over the years to come. And for those of you who chose to offer more of their time (i.e. building and maintaining an online profile for our music, etc.), I would be more than happy to give you free copies of upcoming releases, send you signed posters, share unreleased demos with you, etc. Anything I can to show you my gratitude. What I can’t do, unfortunately, is pay you – it’ll border on a miracle if I can even scrape together the money to release the new Enright House album! – but what I can do is promise to extend to you as much kindness, transparency, and generosity as I possibly can. Please take a second to think about this. I know some of you value what we do with our music. Please find a way – any small way – to help us get the word out about the fact that we exist and are here to stay. With all my gratitude for your interest and time,
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