Show with MiniRex Thurs 7/7 and New EBX Song

MiniRex has a new album out. I produced, engineered and mixed it last year. Dave Segal just wrote in the Stranger:

"Seattle quintet Minirex play beguiling pop with recessive punk genes—sort of an Emerald City Go-Go's, but inflected with the Northwest's requisite overcast moods"

They have a YouTube screenvid with one of the new tracks:


They are having a CD release show tomorrow, 7/7, at the Comet. I'm opening. Also with Watch it Sparkle, and 1-2-1-2. Come on by!

One new song my band and I will be playing is from a soundtrack I recently completed for a Brazillian indie film called "Center of Gravity" (centro de gavidade).
You can check it out on my soundcloud here:

Or Am I Wrong (Closing Credits) by ErikBlood

I'll be releasing the full score as an LP later this summer. Stay tuned.

CD Packaging as Art: Shabazz Palaces Black Up

"Was you there tonight?"

1st "Black Up" release show at Neumo's last night was ON. Can't wait for 2nd show tonight.

I gotta recommend all you grab Black Up in physical form: the CD is magnificent fuzzy gold luxury. The vinyl is all sleek mystery. Get them in your hands.
Charles Mudede wrote in the Stranger the other day about the new Shabazz CD:

“The CD's cover glitters like stars. It has a velvety feel. All of this finery makes perfect sense. With the rising dominance of downloading, CDs must go the distance. They must become what MP3 files could never become: art objects in themselves.”

Go get some art.

- erik