The original mix (on the RPM '09 album) was drenched in mic hiss. I used noise reduction to remove about 2/3 of it for this version (it didn't seem right to remove it completely). I roll off the noise reduction at the end for the au naturale outro.

Divine hand or black swan?

Archtop Guitar, electric guitar and Roland vocoder. Drums are BFD2 and a tabla I picked up that week at a thrift shop.

Sprachgeist is a German term meaning the "spirit of language". This one ties into the theme from 2009's RPM Challenge Album. (Like A Dark Mirror Keeping Its Secrets).

The most challenging track to record during the RPM Challenge this year. I like how a lot of it turned out, but there were so many clashing pieces, that I was pulling my hair out trying to assemble it.

This is one of the tracks that ties into the theme from my RPM 2009 album [Like A Dark Mirror Keeping Its Secrets]. A fall from grace. Every up has its down. Every down has its up. There's definitely a "ying and yang" thing at work here.

RPM 2010 track. Opener for "The Loudest Silence" album. Full songname is "Of Bad Sectors In The Human Mind".

idea for next one