Some days are better than others. Today started off at 830 with a mouse killing. Now, I have no personal grievances against mice, individually or as a whole. However, I am not very keen on the idea of a half-way gutted mouse limping around my apartment with his entrails dragging all over my belongings. To touch on that, my cat figured he would bat the poor guy around and sink his teeth in just a tad. This will hopefully shed light on a "half-way gutted mouse". Sorry mouse, today wasn't your day, apparently.
With that out of the way, I wanted to showcase some art by Jeff Jordan.
"Strange Mercyis the third album by musician St. Vincent, released by 4AD on September 12, 2011, in the United Kingdom and a day later in the United States. The album's cover art was designed by St. Vincent, and was photographed by Tina Tyrell."
That isn't to say he doesn't enjoy the occasional repose, but between producing, performing, recruiting, recording, web designing, promoting, and having a very large hand in the management of DeepBlip Records ( A local Detroit independent digital music distribution company ) … down-time is sparse.
But in this case, the serious amount of focus and attention Shadow Attack lends to his work is nothing short of a blessing. I have never met an individual more focused and intent on doing whatever it takes to successfully do what he likes to do best;
Music.
Make no mistake, Shadow Attack WILL have sex with your sister.
Born in '86, Shadow Attack has been in a wide variety of acts that definitely run the gamut on genres. Intent on having a more direct hand in creation, he ventured off on his own into the dank, underground world of the Detroit electronic scene.
Not entirely alone, though. Jeremy is just one of many in a group of excellent artists, performers and producers who belong to a digital distribution company by the name of DeepBlip Records. Jeremy, not being content with only the performance aspect of the scene, and determined to have an entirely hands-on approach to the music industry both local and onward, organized the building of DeepBlip Records with the help of some close mates and other ambitious local artists.
Any sane artist's source of inspiration...riddling which root vegetable will best fit inside your sister. Be warned.
Shadow Attack's music stands out to me in an endless sea of electronic music because of his trademark FOCUS. The man is nothing if not prolific. His tracks are polished, refined, glitched-the-fuck-out and professional. We could use more people like him in the music industry, with his will-do attitude and hands on approach.
His newest full-length 'The Transit of Venus' is now available on DeepBlip Records. Check it out, and peruse the rest of his extensive catalog as well, either via any of my numerous and shameless plugs found throughout this spotlight, or here;
It has been a long while, and even though I feel as if I am addressing only myself, still there is a hypothetical knocking at an even more hypothetical door.
In the coming weeks I will be showcasing a few artists (Joe LeFOTO, Jaws That Bite, Shadow Attack, and Holli Streetman), as well as recording a new EP in Michigan with the helping hand of my good friend Sean Vanloozen.
Writing for this effort has been a chore to be quite honest. A hope for dense instrumentation, harmonies, and an overall more mature use of dynamics has kept me occupied and moving forward with the arrangement process. I am reaching out to other musicians this go-around as well, which is different for me in my solo outfit. Namely; Tony Solis, Nic Wagner, Ashlan Ounanian, Garrison Panyan, Tucker Eads, and Emily Davis. This is all tentative, of course, however I feel it necessary to hope rather than to write off any possibilities at this point.
As for a title on this upcoming effort...I am not sure just yet. Honestly I am not even quite sure of the moniker I will be using this time, as it will be involving more musicians, I can't exactly state that this is a solo outing. Therefore using my usual "The Lordfox" would just seem silly and inappropriate. I have decided on cover art, however, which I procured thanks to Megan's step-father. It will be as such;
I am pretty pleased with it, much more-so than the last art I used...which was a result of novice tinkering with PhotoShop (a program that I still can't get my bearings with).
This time around I am going to be using more electric guitars in the recording as opposed to the strictly acoustic approach I previously took. I feel this will allow me to represent a wider range of textures and hopefully enable me to make good on the ambitions I have for this effort.
Most of all, though, I am strictly geeked to be working with Tony and Garrison again, as we used to play in several outfits together when we were wee lads. The dynamic will be much different this time around however, and hopefully I can keep my focus among the ridiculous talent I will be surrounded by.
The sessions will be between the 30th and the 7th, so hopefully you will hear pieces soon.
For the time being, here is a sample of my earlier work, hope you enjoy.
