Zephyr_Nova Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 This whole self-promo thing makes me feel a little weird, but I know there are a few watmmers who would be interested to know that my album has finally been released: http://bleep.com/index.php?page=release_details&releaseid=28697 I'm not sure what to say about it beyond that I am very proud of the end result, and I hope many others here will enjoy it. I'd like to thank everyone who has ever offered feedback to tracks I've posted in YLC. It's entirely possible an adjustment or two have been made thanks to some valuable comments I received back in the day. Here is the insert, since apparently bleep doesn't include that with downloads: http://hphotos-snc6.fbcdn.net/194052_207033895980757_196408420376638_960173_5852186_o.jpg --the image is a closeup section of the cover, which was painted by my insanely artistically gifted friend Dan Ainslie. Prints of the cover are available to those who want them. And here are some other relevant links: http://soundcloud.com/zephyr-nova http://www.facebook.com/pages/Zephyr-Nova/113719935371074 http://www.facebook.com/pages/EViVE/196408420376638 http://www.eviverecords.com/ Feels good to finally get all that spam out of my system... thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ganus Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 Congrats I hate buying digital only albums, but I'm heavily considering it in this case, since the samples are sounding so good. How'd you manage to get Vector Lovers to do a remix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted March 8, 2011 Author Share Posted March 8, 2011 Heheh, I hear you man. I only ever buy physical releases, so it is odd having a digital only release. The short-lived label I was on before I got picked up by evive contacted Vector Lovers about remixing a song, and he agreed to it. Originally it was going to be released as a single separate from the album, which is why it's listed as a bonus track. And thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spike Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Benedict Cumberbatch Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 niice one geezer. samples sound awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted March 9, 2011 Author Share Posted March 9, 2011 Thanks and thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 The bleep player is a cunt and deserves to die. Oh and congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 It used to have a cool aesthetic I enjoyed where it showed half the wav form of whatever track you were listening to. I wonder why they got rid of that. Anyway, yeah the mono start/stop format of the bleep player is hella annoying. There's a much better quality preview of the album selections here for anyone who's not sold on the bleep previewer: (They seemed to pick the more melodic floaty sections from my album to showcase, but rest assured there's plenty in the way of crunchy schizoid beat work to enjoy as well.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 They didn't let you make your own preview? Yeah, having listened to the album a ton, they do pick some odd portions of some of these tracks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jim Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Really cool, as usual! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 Thanks Jim! They didn't let you make your own preview? Yeah, having listened to the album a ton, they do pick some odd portions of some of these tracks. It's not that they didn't let me make one, they just happened to make one first and it's already posted. There seems to be a particular tone in some of my tracks that they really like, so they focused on that specific vibe with the preview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted March 11, 2011 Author Share Posted March 11, 2011 *edit: sorry, my last reply randomly disappeared for a while, then reappeared as soon as I posted essentially the same response... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 ... haha, i wonder what the crunchier bits sound like nao. + yeah, good job son. Sounds like you've been working hard/well on these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 I just discovered it's up on beatpport as well, which has a much better previewer in my opinion, gives a better idea of how the album actually sounds (albeit in very low quality): https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/track/catalog?contextEntityId=13950&contextName=eViVE+Records&contextType=labels&pageNumber=1&resultsPerPage=13#app=f84&a486-index=0 ... haha, i wonder what the crunchier bits sound like nao. + yeah, good job son. Sounds like you've been working hard/well on these. Thanks! There are a few tracks on there that underwent numerous revisions over the years, and others that came together very fast in the months preceding the release. For some extra crunchy beats check the Submergence preview on beatport. Searching for Signals, Possessed and Subway Citadel (check the latter half of that sample) have some decent crunch to 'em as well. There was a definitely a greater focus on the melodic side of my music for this album. Next time around I'll probably go for something more dystopian to balance things out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Or put out a drum and bass eP, and tour the world ;-] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
encey Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Fucking awesome -- congrats mate!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Thanks man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 It sounds really good for what its worth, I'm on a total spending embargo at the moment so I can't buy it but I would otherwise, and hopefully I will later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rstark Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Zephyr, was just listening to the samples on the site and it sounds sick!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 Thanks a lot guys! Feels good to hear such positive feedback like that after putting so much time and energy into something like this. If anyone has any suggestions for places to send it for review, that would really help me out. So far I feel like watmms is my sole promo outlet for this thing, and I gosta spread the word! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ranky Redlof Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 sounds amazing, congrats! for review you could email the guy from www.brainchops.net he does braindance reviews and stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GrandPopPoplock Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Epic win , my son Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 sounds amazing, congrats! for review you could email the guy from www.brainchops.net he does braindance reviews and stuff Great recommendation, I could easily spend a couple hours there just checking things out. Thanks! Epic win , my son Cheers man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Well, this album finally got its first review a year and a half later. And it's a very positive one: http://needsmorenoisegate.blogspot.ca/2012/12/album-review-zephyr-nova-shatterscapes.html The reviewer requested it from me after someone told him I had other non-noise projects --he reviewed my Cthulhu Detonator album last month and hated it, but I enjoyed the review nevertheless. Anyway, he's looking for more independent releases to review, so feel free to send him stuff. Just be aware that experimental electronic isn't what he normally listens to and he's very honest with his reviews. Seems like a pretty cool guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tokn Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 How did you get your music on bleep? Congrats anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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