Glacial Communications

Spring events

glacial23 — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 15:22:49 +0000

Work continues on some new recordings, but in the meantime, I thought I’d fill in everyone on some live performances happening in the next few months.

First up, I’ll be doing a two hour performance(!) at the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA) on March 15th, along with Jeremy Bible of Experimedia providing live video manipulations. Details and ticket information can be found at the MOCA website.

Next is the April 7th edition of the First Sunday Noise Series (aka “Noise Lunch”) at Now That’s Class on the West Side. I’m not performing at that show, but I am curating it. The theme is “Noisy Techno”, and the lineup I’ve put together looks pretty killer. Details on the event can be found here. I’m hoping to also release a compilation CDR to go along with it- more details on that in a couple of weeks.

Finally, I’ll be performing in Columbus on Friday, May 3rd, as part of the Fuse Factory Frequency Fridays series. They’re doing a kickstarter to raise funds for this season- if you’d like to contribute, you can check it out here.

New Release- GLAC-29: Chute

glacial23 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:23:35 +0000

Work is progressing on a couple of new projects, but here are a few new tracks to check out- a couple of danceable pieces and one for the noise-heads.

You can download the release at our bandcamp page. It’s free for at least this weekend (just enter $0 for the price), so get it soon!

Also, for those in Northeast Ohio, I’ll be playing on Saturday, January 26th at Wilbert’s in downtown Cleveland. Information about that event can be found here.

January update and free downloads!

glacial23 — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:51:24 +0000

We’ve made it to a new year, so it’s time for some updates and a little weekend sale.

All four of our 2012 releases are pay-what-you-want (including $0- that’s right, FREE) for a digital download through Sunday, January 6th at 11:59pm Eastern Time.

In case you’re interested, those are:

Béton Translucide- Chalet/Vortex (still one cassette copy left)
Acetic
Ethanoic (normally free anyway)
glacial23/Resting Cell: 9/09

New material is coming along pretty well. You can check my Soundcloud page for hints of how they’ll sound.

On the live front, the next show will be a Decay in Response event at the B-Side Liquor Lounge on January 13th. More details can be found here.

Many good things are going to be happening in 2013 – stay tuned…

December News, Part II

glacial23 — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:15:43 +0000

In addition to everything in the previous post-

I’ll be opening for my good friends Missile Command at the Symposium on December 22nd. Eprom Colony from Detroit will be on the bill as well.
Advance notice: I’m curating the monthly Noise Lunch on April 7th, 2013. The theme is “Noisy Techno”, or whatever the kids are calling it these days (Technoise?, Post-Techno?) Response to an informal call for participants has been amazing- I might have to do this as a multi-part event or something…
Recording is continuing- it looks like whatever it is may become two separate releases. When they’re done, they’re done- it may take a few months. You can probably get some sneak previews at the two upcoming shows.

December News

glacial23 — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 06:34:55 +0000

There is a new recording in progress. It’s maybe 20% done right now. I’m hoping to have it done by the end of the year. The most recent uploads to my SoundCloud account are probably a good indicator of direction.
Live-wise, I’ll be DJing on December 8th at Duck Island. This is a pre-party for the next Decay in Response event, which this time will be December 14th at the Phantasy Night Club- I’m kind of stoked about that, since the Phantasy was the first major venue I saw a show at in Cleveland.
I’ve finally got a batch of contact mics ready for sale. They’ll be available on bandcamp soon, but I think the first opportunity to get one in person will be at the Dec. 2nd METAL ABUSE event at Now That’s Class.

New Release: glacial23/Resting Cell 9/09 E.P.

glacial23 — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:11:42 +0000

Managed to release a new EP on 9/09, simply named for the release date. This is a split release between myself and Cleveland’s Resting Cell. It’s available as a digital download and as a C30 in an edition of 25 copies. Get them while you can – it’s already down to about 15 left in stock…

Next show will be Sunday, September 16th, around 2pm at Ingenuity Fest(!!!). I’ll be in the RCN Wandering Cave space. Provided it hasn’t sold out, I should have copies of the tape available there.

Ethanoic: Acetic Remixes

glacial23 — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:48:11 +0000

A new EP is available to download. Totally free. It’s a collection with some post-Acetic output and some remixes.

Check it:

Ethanoic: Acetic Remixes by glacial23

What’s coming next? This Friday I’m playing in Erie Pennsylvania, and eventually there will be some more recorded output. Going to shoot for an EP on 9/09. We’ll see how that goes…

Happenings – June 2012

glacial23 — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 22:53:09 +0000

Played a fun set Friday night at DNA Level C (my first show at a downtown venue if I’m not mistaken). You can download a copy of my set here- Live at DNA Level C June 22, 2012.
Prepping to play at The Happy Dog on Tuesday the 26th, along with Max Eilbacher, Luminous in Nummer and Kiernan Paradise (not to be missed- amazing set the last time we played a show together!)
I will be playing my first out-of-state solo show on August 10th in Erie, Pennsylvania. More details soon.
Progress is happening on a companion EP to Acetic. Should be 4 remixes of Acetic tracks, and 3-4 new tracks. I’m hoping for a 7/07 release date, but it may slip to 8/08…

Acetic – One month later

glacial23 — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:45:38 +0000

As of the time of this posting, Acetic has been out for one month. Sales are still rolling in and folks are checking it out. Thanks for all the kind words from everyone who has listened to it thus far.

So what’s next?

My near-term plans are to get some much-needed studio upkeep & improvements done. I’ve already replaced the power amp and finally “finished” the first set of my DIY monitors. There’s also a new drum machine enroute and lots of little projects to complete.

Since split cassette submissions are coming in slower than expected, next up may actually be a quick companion EP to Acetic, with remixes and unreleased tracks and a couple of new ones (want to remix? Everything on disc 2 was multitracked, so stems for those can be made available upon request…)

Mailing List

glacial23 — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:33:06 +0000

Since I’ve gotten requests for one, and news often gets lost in the activity streams of social whatnot, I’ve decided to break down and create a mailing list for announcements of label activity. So, if our ideas are intriguing to you and you wish to subscribe to our newsletter, you can now…

You can subscribe at this web page. I promise not to send too much spam- just notifications of new releases and the occasional show. Probably once or twice a month at most.