I’m really looking forward to the Jónsi tour coming to Seattle in April (just got my tickets in the mail this weekend ). I’m not looking forward to seeing it at Showbox Sodo, but this man has a direct connection to the Creative Source, and I do my best not to miss those sorts of people when they come to my town.

Check out this teaser for “Go Quiet”, a film to included in the limited & digital special editions of his upcoming album “Go”.

“the concept behind ‘go quiet’ was simple: it’s new year’s day in reykjavík, and jónsi awakens to a trashed house in the wake of his party. he avoids cleaning up and instead procrastinates by playing songs that reflect the night before, the bittersweetness of new year, and the melancholy of a year gone by” – director dean deblois.

This Friday, the 26th, you’ll find this splendid beat seeker at the Seattle Art Museum, for an installation of their SAM Remix event series, featuring some of my favorite local (and nearly-local) producers, plus a museum full of other happenings…. all for only $10!

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26TH @ THE DOWNTOWN SAM

Experience SAM Remix Downtown, which will bursting at the seams with live music, art, DJs, performances, talks, dancing and more at this late-night creative explosion!

The night’s activities include:

• Decibel Festival stage featuring A/V performances by LOSCIL (Kranky : Vancouver), THE SIGHT BELOW (Ghostly International), NORDIC SOUL (Decibel) & GEL-SOL (em:t).
• Brokenbeat performances by SUNTZU SOUND
• Mashups spun by DJ FREDDIE KING OF PANTS
• Accordionist Philip Kobernik of band Hey Marseilles playing live in the galleries
• SAM Talks: Artist Salon with videos, images and more presented by Seattle-based artists
• Live, kinetic sculpture installations by Lingo Dance Company
• Theatrical performance by Mike Pham of Helsinki Syndrome
• Modern dance by Evoke Productions
• Teatro ZinZanni’s amazing juggler Bernard Hazens
• SAMtrax playlists in the Third and Fourth Floor galleries, curated by writers, artists and critics
• Seattle Beard & Stache Fest’s Bearded Lady competition
• A drawing studio with live models
• Masquerade face painting
• A design competition using Seattle-based artist Curtis Steiner’s 1,000 Blocks interactive sculpture
• Readings by poets Daemond Arrindell and Storme Webberwith Rosalyn DeRoos
• My Favorite Things tours with local artists, critics and arts organizations, including Adriana Grant, Regina Hackett, Denee McCloud & Gao Gao, KT Niehoff of Lingo Dance, Yoko Ott & Scott Lawrimore, Jessica Powers, Helen Divjak of MOHAI, Vivian Phillips of the Hansberry Project at ACT, Carlo Scandiuzzi of Act Theatre and more.

Doors open at 8pm / 18+

Tickets may be purchased at the Ticketing Desk at any of SAM’s three sites or over the phone with a credit card by calling the Box Office at 206.654.3121. This is an ages 18+ event. Visit THE SAM REMIX EVENT PAGE for more info on the February SAM Remix event.

Members: $5
Adults: $10
Students: $8
Seniors: $8

The Seattle Art Museum
1300 1st Ave, Seattle

I posted a massive Doodling At Work update last night. Check it out to eavesdrop on my subconscious ramblings and comment on your favorites.

Check out this fantastic coupling of psychedelic, glitchy, chillout tunes from Sun In Aquarius. It’s a free download, so you best do yourself a favor and add these gems to your bloated music collection. You can be sure that I’ll be using both tracks in future DJ sets. More music and info about Sun In Aquarius can be found at his Myspace page.

Sun In Aquarius is a Experimental Electronic project from up and coming sound designer Jake Rose (23). Thick sonic soundscapes and liquidy glitches interweave with the psychedelic, cryptic lyrics of jim morrison and the doors in this FREE release.
Special thanks to Travis Universe for his magical guitars on Riders on the storm!.

Please enjoy this set of lovely, melodic IDM-chill-downtempo-glitch from recent Chillography guest, Cotec.

Music to Cycle Thru  by  Cotec

Here’s the February 2010 installment of Psilicon Dreams, my monthly mix of psychedelic downtempo electronica for DI.FM’s Psychill channel. For this mix, I dove into my much neglected vinyl collection and pulled out some of my favorite chillout tracks from the mid-to-late ’90s. Much of what we now hear coming out of the psychill scene was directly influenced from these records. And to top it off, I whipped up a little Mark Neal inspired retrodelic cover art. Tune in every second Saturday at 9am US PST/12pm US EST/5pm UK/18:00 Central Europe to catch the newest episode. Chillout like it’s 1999 and enjoy!

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Download » Crispy - Psilicon Dreams 4 (February 2010) (2hr 13min, 306MB)

Tracklist ::
Sunkings – Eden Reprised
The Infinity Project – Under the Overtones
Shaman – Entraterrestrial
Orb – Passing of Time
Turban Bloc – Five Million Years They Knew
Doof – (There’s Nothing So Dated As) Yesterdays Future
The Infinity Project – Mystical Experiences
Shpongle – Shpongle Falls
Doof – Dark Secrets
Western Rebel Alliance – Slewake
Ivor Guest – Negative Yogi (Single Version)
X-Dream – Piece
Kox Box – Go Fly A Kite
Galaxy – Aquarian Deep Sea Diving (Part 2)
Alien – A Killer In The Family
Dimension 5 – Flow
Quirk – Salvation

I had several people inquire about the radical Chillography t-shirt I was sporting at Chillography 203, so I wanted to blast the merch link out here, in case you missed it on the Chillography site. So, gear up with a set of Chillography branded threads and be the chillest cat on the block.

Browse the selection here: www.cafepress.com/chillography101

What a fine idea!

SomaFM is broadcasting a live mix of ambient music and Shuttle Endeavour STS-130 Live Mission Audio all this week on Mission Control. The recent playlist has included past Chillography guests Gel-Sol and Osiris Indriya.

Note: Astronaut sleep periods are approximately from 6am pacific to 2pm pacific. There will be minimal mission audio at that time.

via Synthtopia

Here’s an excellent Brian Eno interview/documentary from the BBC.

via Synthtopia