New animated video I did for the amazing band, Cloud Rat
Write up via Revolver Magazine
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Saturday, October 26, 2019
Friday, November 30, 2018
Josie's Expiriment (Animated Music Video)
I recently finished this animated music video for Iowa City based act Good Morning Midnight. I like the song a lot - the video was a lot of fun to make and I learned a bunch while doing it - also, it is my first ever animation commission. So that's cool. Enjoy!
A few words about the band / vid from Little Village:
https://littlevillagemag.com/video-premiere-good-morning-midnight-josies-experiment/
A few words about the band / vid from Little Village:
https://littlevillagemag.com/video-premiere-good-morning-midnight-josies-experiment/
Tuesday, May 15, 2018
MOONSTOMP VIDEO
Worked on this animation for months.. released today, finally!
Pre-order for the new Closet Witch LP is up here
Some words on the vid/track etc here
Pre-order for the new Closet Witch LP is up here
Some words on the vid/track etc here
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
CW / The Central TOUR
I forgot to post something about CW's short tour with The Central. It happened. It was lovely.
Some words / photos about it at the following links:
I Heart Local Music
Colorado Springs Independent
Some words / photos about it at the following links:
I Heart Local Music
Colorado Springs Independent
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
the peaks :: interview
good pal dan orr invited mollie and i to be guests on his podcast.. here is the result. thanks dan! :)
Monday, November 4, 2013
SASSBOLOGNA :: Reviews!
Oliver Arditi recently took the time to give a listen, and thoroughly review several albums out on Sassbologna, including my album 'Andor(/)' follow the link to check them out and check out Oliver's website if you are interested in finding some new music or reading some of his other writings(fiction, poetry).
http://oliverarditi.com/2013/11/03/various-artists-album-roundup-025/
'This entire album is performed straight to tape (or whatever recording medium was used) on a Roland MC-505 groovebox; Cory Peak chose to use a particular set of simple, rounded timbres that gives it a distinct 8-bit vibe, although the machine is considerably more sophisticated, and a much more powerful synthesiser, than the devices that gave rise to that genre. The point is a similar one, as well: in an era of expanding technological possibilities, where the range of options available to electronic music producers on even the tightest budgets is dauntingly vast, defining a closely constrained set of creative boundaries can be empowering rather than limiting. In fact this is a lesson that artists in every field have to learn: focus is a necessary pre-requisite to any kind of a coherent statement. In the case of / (Andor) there is a consistent sound across all thirteen tunes, and a pretty consistent compositional approach, which is equally a function of the particular characteristics of the groovebox, adapted as it is to the lyric formal demands of the pop song or the dance tune. Within the boundaries of that creative zone, Peak makes a methodical exploration of the possibilities afforded to a stylistic dialect of funky, minor-key synthpop and electro, without recourse to vocals. ‘Kraftmerk’, with which the album opens, reminded me of the atmospheric soundtrack to the classic FPS game Doom II, to which many hours of my early twenties were sacrificed, and that combination of melancholy with driving muscularity is a touchstone for the whole recording. Sometimes the musical focus is on texture and timbre, as in the contrasting clean and dirty sounds of ‘Booz Hound’, sometimes it’s on the groove, as in the jerky, staccato ‘Pump’d’, and at other times, ‘Runawayz’ for example, it’s melody at the centre of things. Whatever the weighting, these are all compositions in the round, however; they’re simple enough tunes, but they all have enough interest in each musical dimension, and sufficient contrast with what precedes and succeeds them, to keep the attention of the listener for the relatively brief period that they request it. / (Andor) skirts pretty close to the limits of my tolerance for such a narrow field of sonic materials, but it sticks to the right side of that line, and doesn’t outstay its welcome, despite its relatively hefty running time. It’s a very pleasing and atmospheric listen, and it’s great to hear music that foregrounds its author’s creativity so baldly as the hook on which it hangs. In his guise as the idiosyncratic hip-hop micro-label Sassbologna, Cory Peak has established his interest in music of a truly independent bent; with / (Andor) he shows he can walk the walk as well as he can talk it.'
http://oliverarditi.com/2013/11/03/various-artists-album-roundup-025/
'This entire album is performed straight to tape (or whatever recording medium was used) on a Roland MC-505 groovebox; Cory Peak chose to use a particular set of simple, rounded timbres that gives it a distinct 8-bit vibe, although the machine is considerably more sophisticated, and a much more powerful synthesiser, than the devices that gave rise to that genre. The point is a similar one, as well: in an era of expanding technological possibilities, where the range of options available to electronic music producers on even the tightest budgets is dauntingly vast, defining a closely constrained set of creative boundaries can be empowering rather than limiting. In fact this is a lesson that artists in every field have to learn: focus is a necessary pre-requisite to any kind of a coherent statement. In the case of / (Andor) there is a consistent sound across all thirteen tunes, and a pretty consistent compositional approach, which is equally a function of the particular characteristics of the groovebox, adapted as it is to the lyric formal demands of the pop song or the dance tune. Within the boundaries of that creative zone, Peak makes a methodical exploration of the possibilities afforded to a stylistic dialect of funky, minor-key synthpop and electro, without recourse to vocals. ‘Kraftmerk’, with which the album opens, reminded me of the atmospheric soundtrack to the classic FPS game Doom II, to which many hours of my early twenties were sacrificed, and that combination of melancholy with driving muscularity is a touchstone for the whole recording. Sometimes the musical focus is on texture and timbre, as in the contrasting clean and dirty sounds of ‘Booz Hound’, sometimes it’s on the groove, as in the jerky, staccato ‘Pump’d’, and at other times, ‘Runawayz’ for example, it’s melody at the centre of things. Whatever the weighting, these are all compositions in the round, however; they’re simple enough tunes, but they all have enough interest in each musical dimension, and sufficient contrast with what precedes and succeeds them, to keep the attention of the listener for the relatively brief period that they request it. / (Andor) skirts pretty close to the limits of my tolerance for such a narrow field of sonic materials, but it sticks to the right side of that line, and doesn’t outstay its welcome, despite its relatively hefty running time. It’s a very pleasing and atmospheric listen, and it’s great to hear music that foregrounds its author’s creativity so baldly as the hook on which it hangs. In his guise as the idiosyncratic hip-hop micro-label Sassbologna, Cory Peak has established his interest in music of a truly independent bent; with / (Andor) he shows he can walk the walk as well as he can talk it.'
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
THE PEAKS / DNB on SHS Supercast
nick maida talks with myself plus trav, dan, and mollie from DNB/the peaks and we perform some songs.
listen to the entire podcast here:
http://superherosociety.podbean.com/2013/05/06/episode-21-muscatine-music/
music bits from the podcast:
listen to the entire podcast here:
http://superherosociety.podbean.com/2013/05/06/episode-21-muscatine-music/
music bits from the podcast:
Friday, June 24, 2011
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