Category: Behind the Curtain


Presuming it’s still 1985, that is.

Programming drums into the drum machines. I’m used to my Yamaha RX8, which is from the early ’90s and arcane enough but the RX15 is a real relic.

In some ways the RX15 is much simpler than the RX8 – fewer sounds, no non-drum instruments [ie, no bass lines]. Eg: not as fussy on putting in repeats – just punch in the patterns in the order you want, then go to the last part and hit “repeat” and tell it where you want it to repeat from and how many times. Of course, it’s also simpler to screw shit up and there’s less tweaking ability, not even the ability to label songs. [So, note to self: "SONG 01" is the drum track for "Molasses."]

Cool sounds, though, and besides, the RX8 is starting to get full.

Weekly round-up

So, of course the big news this week is the new EP, Futureghosts, available as a free download from maqlu.bandcamp.com, or you can grab it song-by-song at soundcloud.com/maqlu, and last.fm [whichever you prefer].

Videos are up at youtube.com/maqlumusic – I’ll be featuring one a week for the next little bit, but you can check ‘em all out now too.

Also figured I should probably start posting podcast links for my weekly radio show, The Vampire’s Ball, which airs on Friday nights from midnight to 4am Pacific on CiTR Radio – 101.9FM in Vancouver, citr.ca for everyone else. On that note:

The Vampire’s Ball, podcast part 1 for May 4/5, 2012
The Vampire’s Ball, podcast part 2 for May 4/5, 2012

You can also subscribe to the show on iTunes or search this page for individual episodes.

Anyway, aside from that, working on new material as well as writing more boring stuff like press releases etc.

New EP release date: April 30, 2012

Well, I have the masters back from Scott Fox for Futureghosts, and I’ve decided to set the release date for the EP as Walpurgisnacht: April 30, 2012.

Online at least. Just finishing up a few details for the short run of CDs I’ll do for servicing college radio in Canada, those will probably be ready to ship out mid-May and if there are a few left over I’ll make them available through my merch store at maqlu.bigcartel.com.

The EP will be available starting next week as a name your own price download from Bandcamp [just enter 0 to get it for free] and I’ll also upload it to Soundcloud, last.fm, etc.

My plan is to have videos for all 6 tracks up on the day of release, so far I have two done and 3 in progress, but I think I’ll make my target.

In other news, no Monday Nite Noise tonight, too busy working on video editing.