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Not too Distant
September 4th, 2008
Another month, another single. This time a somewhat IDM inspired track titled Not too Distant . Zip file comes with the song and high-res album art.
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Eno + Byrne
August 17th, 2008
Legend of ambient music Brian Eno and founding member of Taking Heads David Byrne are releasing their first collaboration in 30 years. The album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today is to be released tomorrow. One free song is available now.
Can’t wait.
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K. B. Peterson - Navigation
August 1st, 2008
It’s August and one of my new goals is to release a new song each month. So here is Navigation a slight departure (can you have a departure from just one song?) from my last song. Zip file comes with the song and high-res album art.
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Japan, I Love You
July 19th, 2008
Last night my friend Taylor had me listen to Yellow Magic Orchestra, a Japanese band from the late 70s, early 80s. I really can’t explain how excellent they are, except to say that they may be the Japanese DEVO (although, slightly subdued). Check this video:
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Rydeen
After exhausting all of their videos on youtube, I ran into this band. A more modern, pop version of YMO, Polysics. Self described as “technicolor pogo punk”. There are no words, just watch.
Polysics - I My Me Mine
Polysics - Black Out Fall Out
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The Ghost and the Grace
July 14th, 2008
I’ve been doing web design for my friend Daniel Anderson for a while now. Daniel is half of the duo Idiot Pilot , and with his help I was lucky enough to be able to design their website. His newest project, The Ghost and the Grace , is quite a departure from Idiot Pilot, but nonetheless reflects Daniel’s intense knowledge of music.
I designed the site pictured above and the album art for his 4 upcoming EPs below. There’s a mash-up that Dan recently posted on his excellent blog at the very bottom.
You need the Adobe Flash Player to hear this.It Takes Time to Videotape (Daniel Anderson Mix)
Almost forgot. Dan and my friend David Drori and I also made a promotional video for The Ghost and the Grace. Here it is:
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The Myriad - With Arrows, With Poise
July 13th, 2008
My brother-in-law is the bass player for The Myriad . They’ve had some success recently, but I’ll leave that story for another day (or to their myspace). What I’d really like to talk about is the design for their new album art. It was illustrated / designed by artist Dave Gorum who has an excellent portfolio that I would highly recommend checking out. The image above is the final album art and the image below is an early draft. I really love the final product but I’m left wanting that beautiful rock texture from the earlier version. It brings to mind the underground dungeons filled with monsters from the Zelda franchise. The orbiting moons are a stroke of genius as they subtley suggest that this mythology is taking place on a very distant world.
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When We Reach the Stars
July 7th, 2008
Alright here it is: my first single! I’ve been messing around with Logic and a keyboard for the last few months and put together this song. It’s available for download in a zip complete with high-res album art. The song is posted below. I’d love to hear some feedback from everyone, because I would really like to improve my musical skills.
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jennipotts.com
June 30th, 2008
For the last few months I’ve been working for a small record label here in Bellingham called Clickpop Records . My most recent project, a website for singer/songwriter Jenni Potts , was completed about a month ago. Jenni is an excellent musician and a very enjoyable person. Check out the site and make sure to listen to the track posted below.
For all you web designers out there the site was built with a custom Django back-end and some neat features like flickr and google maps integration. I’ll be posting more about Django and how I work in some upcoming posts.
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Karli Fairbanks on Tour
June 26th, 2008
On tuesday my friend Karli Fairbanks stopped in Bellingham as part of a small tour through the northwest accompanied by fellow musicians Noah Gundersen and Dylan Morrison . Karli, Noah and I spent the day hanging around town and enjoying the beautiful summer weather. I think it was the nicest day of the year.
That evening they were featured artists at The Three Trees coffee shop and all played terrific sets to an enthusiastic crowd. Afterwards we returned to my apartment for a private, candlelit show with a few friends and a few glasses of wine.
Here’s a sampling of some of Karli’s music off her hand-made tour EP (pictured above). Be sure to check out their myspaces for more music and to see if they’re coming to a town near you.
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My name is Karl Peterson and I'm a designer living in Bellingham, WA. This is my life.
You can reach me at kbpeterson(at)gmail.com
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