My new album, Sleep/Walk Situationer, is available right here. I wanted to make something a little different, so instead of recording it digitally, like normal, I recorded the entire thing directly onto some late 80s/early 90s (and very used) Radio Shack Supertape brand cassettes. Then I imported the tapes onto my PC and mixed the sounds I recorded very minimally, spliced them all together, and then recorded them back onto cassette before finally saying, "Okay, that is enough of that!"
I gave the album some lore about the titular device and hand drew and hand colored all of the cassette covers. That process, like making the music for the album, was very soothing. It's called "art therapy" and I invented it. Pretty soon, I'll be teaching courses on my revolutionary technique.
As for the music of Situationer, I limited myself to one guitar and all the guitar pedals at my disposal. There are no drum machines or synthesizers this time around. I wanted to see if I could make something soothing or, at the very least, moody, with a limited amount of tools. And I had a stash of 90-minute tapes that needed to be used. So, I recorded about 2 and a half hours of music and then cut it down to 90 minutes for the tape.
But what about that lore? Here's the story of Sleep/Walk Situationer from the liner notes: "In May of 1994, Dr. Eva Jelion received word that her estranged daughter Era had been killed in an unlicensed somnambulistic spelunking accident. Dr. Jelion set about inventing the Sleep/Walk Situationer, a preintuitive synapticolater in order to prevent sleepwalkers from ever coming to harm again."
Last but not least, here's how I decided to promote the album:
