Footprints in Snow

non so voi. ma io il lunedi notte, prima di un martedi di lavoro....che mannaggia, mi fara' perdere una data italiana di matt elliot....proprio non riesco a stare con le mani in mano. e l'unica cosa ovvia e sensata che mi viene in mente e' quella di cercare info su dntel. ok i postal service, belli bravi e buoni e si danzano pure carinamente, ma "life is full of possibilities" e' la perla. disco solista di jimmy tamborello aka Dntel, edito da plug research, che aiutò a ridefinire certi confini della musica elettronica, oltre che ad azzeccare alcune canzoni e collaborazioni da urlo.

ma ok dopo quel disco pochi sono stati i capitoli della vicenda artistica DNTEL. oggi con sommo piacere vengo a dirvi che sembra arrivato il momento. anzi ve lo dice lui:

"hello again,
oh before i begin, the postal service website is up: www.postalservicemusic.net
i got a url for dntel but haven't worked on it yet.
so the new dntel record is finally getting close to finished. if the last couple vocalists come through i think i could finish in the next couple months. it'll be called Dumb Luck and i have some paintings i had some chimpanzees paint which will probably make their way into the artwork. i think it will include 9 songs, all with vocals by different singers including me, andrew broder, jenny lewis, conor oberst, valerie trebeljahr and markus acher, and mia doi todd. there'll be a couple more singers but i don't want to say anything until i actually have their parts recorded.
i'm also finishing up a James Figurine record (the working title is Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake but still not sure) which is sort of poppy techno stuff with some vocals (mostly by me). John Tejada's been helping me out with that one, mixing and adding sounds and stuff. i think david figurine will be providing the artwork and maybe some sounds and meredith figurine should be contributing some vocals, although she just moved to canada so we'll see if i can find her in time.
there are also some other little things coming out: a dntel 7" on AIM records, a dntel instrumental on The Sound of LA comp from plug research, a James Figurine remix of Goldmine Gutted by Bright Eyes, a dntel remix of Merge by Grizzly Bear, and a Postal Service remix of Mushaboom by Feist. hmm i think that's it maybe. i feel like i'm forgetting something but i guess i can post another message here if i think of it..."


sono notizie splendide. diciamolo pure, noi fan senza timore.
qui pero' manca una cosa: a gennaio 2006 uscira' anche un 12" di Chessie so lok musik che conterrà un altro remix di dntel(vecchio di due anni, e forse e' per questo che si tace a riguardo..) aggiungo anche che uno dei cantanti con cui sta lavorando e non e' elencato prima e' quello dei grizzly bear.


se poi siete nerd elettronici...di quelli che vogliono conoscere i trucchi del mestiere...eccoci qua...ecco cosa usa un dntel qualunque...

"i've never been super comfortable with technology and am a little hesitant talking about studio gear and computers, but i get asked about it a lot so here's what i use, but try and ask some other people if you're interested in setting up you own home studio, i'm probably wrong :)
i use Cubase SX3 on a Mac G5 with a MOTU 828 mkII for the audio interface.
For hardware synths i mostly use an Elektron MonoMachine and a microKorg. i also have a Nord (the little two octave keyboard one, i can't think of the name- not the Lead) but i use that mostly to process sounds from other sources, not as much for the built in sounds. i just ordered a miniMoog Voyager which will probably be my favorite but i can't say yet...
My favorite (and only) hardware drum machine is the Elektron Machinedrum.
I used to use a K2000 for sampling but i don't really use any samplers anymore, i mostly just record and manipulate audio straight into Cubase.
I use some software synths like Mode and impOscar and Battery for drums, but that stuff scares me, i try and stick with hardware when i can.
Besides that it's just some random microphones and compressors and stuff. oh yeah i use the line6 delay pedal a lot.
that's all i can think of right now."


ok that's all.

ps
questo e' un pezzo di "james figurine"(ovvero il progetto poppy techno..?!?!) non proprio facile da trovare ed e' targato 2000.
http://s49.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0R7EBFBBN30943HETYDW2YCOAB