Omnibus...

I have a blessed day off from renovating our new house today. Unfortunately, this wondrous event occurred only because I stepped on some exercise gear in the dark last night, and lacerated my right foot to the point where I can’t actually do anything renovation-wise, but must sit around all day convalescing. Those who know me know this is something I find intensely irritating, so I’m sure I’m going to be an utter joy to be around for the next couple days.

We’re in the calm before the storm of a new Audio Damage product(s) as well, so the most productive use of my time appears to be trolling YouTube for funny cat videos. Since YouTube knows me so well, it won’t let me watch too many of those without offering up something along the lines of this:

This fellow, Wouter van Veldhoven, is a Netherlands-based musician experimenting with ambient, IDM, and minimal techno using reel-to-reel decks, solanoid-triggered electro-acoustic instruments, and modular synth. So, as you can imagine, he and I are very much of a mind about how to make music. I like how he uses the artifacts of tape recording (tape stop, reversing, overdrive) as elements of musical expression. I recommend perusing his YouTube channel for some interesting shit.