Reel-to-Unreal

Late November 2103: Red Bull Music Academy releases in the U.S. the book For the Record: Conversations with People Who Have Shaped the Way We Listen to Music , for which I wrote an essay about Raster-Noton label's Carsten Nicolai and Olaf Bender.

January 13 - 26, 2014: I have a work (in the form of a list of recommended sound-in-art work) as part of an exhibit at the Gallery of Light in Dubai (>disquiet.com, ductac.org [1] ).

January 29, 2014: First day of the 15-week course I teach on the role of sound in the media landscape at the Academy of Art in San Francisco ( disquiet.com ).

February 13, 2014: The release date for my book on Aphex Twin's landmark 1994 album, Selected Ambient Works Vol. II , published as part of the 33 1/3 [2] series, an imprint of Bloomsbury [3] . It can be purchased at amazon.com [4] , among other places.

February 19, 2014: I'll be giving a talk in the San Francisco Bay Area. Details TK.

March 20, 2014: I'll be doing a reading from my new 33 1/3 book on Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II at 7pm at the bookstore City Lights in San Francisco. Several musicians will be joining me (citylights.com [5] , disquiet.com ).

April 22, 2014. Today is Earth Day, and I'll be giving a talk in the San Francisco Bay Area. Details TK.

May 14, 2014: Final day of the 15-week course I teach on the role of sound in the media landscape at the Academy of Art in San Francisco ( disquiet.com ).

New: There are now three Disquiet-collated “carousels” on SoundCloud streaming sets of ambient, beat-based, and “other” tracks: disquiet.com . Think of them as fluid, iterative podcasts. I've set up similar stations at Rdio, one ambient [6] , the other beats [7] .

Ongoing: The Disquiet Junto series of weekly communal music projects explore constraints as a springboard for creativity and productivity. There is a new project each Thursday afternoon (California time), and it is due the following Monday at 11:59pm: soundcloud.com .

Down the Pike: Concerts in the Disquiet Junto series are in various stages of planning for London, England; Portland, Oregon; and elsewhere.

Links

1. ^{^} ductac.org (www.ductac.org)
2. ^{^} 33 1/3 (333sound.com)
3. ^{^} Bloomsbury (www.bloomsbury.com)
4. ^{^} < a href="http://www.amazon.com/Aphex-Twins-Selected-Ambient-Volume/dp/1623568900/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" name="readabilityFootnoteLink-4">amazon.com (www.amazon.com)
5. ^{^} citylights.com (www.citylights.com)
6. ^{^} ambient (rd.io)
7. ^{^} beats (rd.io)

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