My homage to Brian Eno.

Inspired by a gorgeous recording on a wax cylinder by the composer, Tanburi Cemil Bey (1873-1916). Performed on politiki lyra (classic kemençe), a small bowed fiddle from Istanbul. Recorded at The Banff Centre, November 2008.

Every single sound source on this tune comes from a cheesy 70's Capitol Records promotional record. A great record, mind you, complete with faked dialogues between engineer and producer. At times, it's messy, so hold onto your faders.

Sudara does Pop. The vocals/piano are rough as heck, but better early than never. Amazing Drum love from Glu. Backup vox from Marlena Koppendorfer.

After an adventure in re-recording the entire song down a third, we came back to the original, tightened and tuned. Always the self flagellating perfectionist, it still needs a bit more love. Always the pragmatist, it is probably done for now.

A little more acl-style Baroque 'N Roll. (Actually, it's more like Renaissance 'N Roll - but that just not as catchy...)

A further march down the road in acl's evolution - and one of the many directions we've been dying to get to... it's, ummm, water-y. (And this song is especially dedicated to J Wentz.)

Experimenting with the FX bank of your sequencer can only get you so far.

I'm a real fan of broken beat stretching, it makes all your samples raw as gravy. No wait. Phat as gravy, raw as uncooked crack.

An electronic track from the Dead In The Water sessions. I thought the Last FM version was missing something, so I went in to fine-tune it. This is the end-result of that fine-tuning. The track deals with how there are usually no easy outs…