As many of you in Seattle know, the Church of Bass venue has had to close its doors due to its inability to pay for the city-required fire code upgrades. The CoB quickly became one of the most important venues in Seattle for our lovely electronic community, and is directly responsible for allowing Chillography to ever become anything more than a pipe dream. There is hope, though! They have entered the Pepsi Refresh Project, in hopes of winning the grant money needed to get everything up to spec. If you love the Church of Bass, or want to support an innovative venue that relies on participation, rather than booze sales for income, then I urge you to cast your vote daily with the widget below or over at www.refresheverything.com/churchofbass.

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Words fail me…..

More drool-worthy photos here.

via Synthtopia

I finally uploaded my Shambhala 2010 photos. Enjoy!

After taking July off, Psilicon Dreams, my monthly mix of psychedelic downtempo electronica for DI.FM’s Psychill channel, is back with Episode 9 for August 2010. Heavily inspired by a fantastic few days at the mighty Shambhala Music Festival, I assembled a groovy mix of the many shades of dub. From straight-up, to world beats, to techy, to a dash of dubstep… it’s all there. I even dubbed-up the artwork to complete the package. Highlights include a classic slice of The Orb, new tracks from Adham Shaikh and Kalpataru Tree, some serious deepness from KiloWatts and Evan Marc & Steve Hillage, an absolute ripper from Nagual Sound Experiment vs. Ital Roots Player, and the dubtronic masters, Pitch Black, bringing us safely back to earth at the end.

Like what you hear? Let me know! And don’t forget you can grab all off the past Psilicon Dreams mixes from my downloads page. You can also subscribe to the Splendid Beats Podcast and never miss another splendid download!

Tune in every second Saturday at 9am US PST/12pm US EST/5pm UK/18:00 Central Europe to catch the newest episode.

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Download » Crispy - Psilicon Dreams 9 (August 2010) (1hr 23min, 190MB)

Tracklist ::
01. Secret Archives of the Vatican – Gold and Slaves
02. Indidginus feat. Ishq – Cy
03. Adham Shaikh – Desert Dub (Featuring Ben Johnson)
04. Globular – And On The Care free Shores of Dub…
05. The Orb – Towers of Dub
06. Vlastur – Neverland
07. Tara Putra – Hidden Sense
08. KiloWatts – Kyanite
09. Evan Marc & Steve Hillage- Delta Phase
10. Nagual Sound Experiment vs. Ital Roots Players – Forward
11. Kalpataru Tree – Night Spirits
12. Pitch Black – Empty Spaces Missing Units

(When possible, I link out to any free net releases that I’ve used in the set. If you like what you hear, follow the linked tracks, download them, and support the artists with your love!)

 Crispy - Psilicon Dreams 9 (August 2010) [83:00m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

I recorded August 2010 installment (episode 9) of Psilicon Dreams last night. The mix is a dubbed-out, double-dipped blend of vibes and bass, with a dash of world flavor, directly influenced by my fantastic Shambhala 2010 experience. Tune in to DI.FM’s Psychill channel at 9am US PST / 12pm US EST / 5pm UK / 18:00 Central Europe to catch its debut. I’ll post the set here for download later in the weekend.

More info at http://www.di.fm/calendar/event.php?event=22252.

Good news! Gel-Sol’s follow-up to “IZ” will be released on September 6. Here’s what he has to say about it:

You ready to Rock?!?!? Yeah, neither am I. I mean I am, but I got this new ambient album coming out. YOU READY TO CHILL?!?!?! Good.

So yeah, new album. It’s called K8EMA and was written for my second niece, Katelyn Mae. She’s a cutie. And what better way is there to mold and shape a young child’s mind than some extremely tripped-out psychedelic music from yer pal, Gel-Sol? Cuz I don’t know.

Check out the cover:

I made that shit! The music sounds like that too, which is of course BADASS. Ok, it might not be badass, but it’s pretty cool. I’m trying to promote here!

Here’s the tracklisting:

01. Abyssinia
02. K8EMA
03. Spirit Guide
04. Glade
05. Halo of Stars
06. Peacetime Fortress
07. The Mechanical Garden
08. Panta Rhei
09. Gel’s Hole
10. Energy Pools
11. Last

K8EMA drops on September 6th, 2010 through Keith Downey and the fine people of Psychonavigation Records in Dublin. They have a hell of roster, so you should check them out!

http://www.psychonavigation.com

K8EMA is also available for pre-order through Darla Records:
http://darla.com/index.php?fuseaction=item_cat.ecom_superitem_detail&item_cat_id=38248

and Ear/Rational (currently the month’s top seller!)
http://www.ear-rational.com/detail.php?id=64603

You can also check out the K8EMA album sampler via Soundcloud!
K8EMA album sampler by Gel-Sol

So yeah, buy K8EMA today and be the first on yer block to brag to all yer friends, family and neighbors that you have some ambient cd that nobody really listens to! K8EMA will also be available digitally through iTunes, Beatport, Bleep.com (Warp Records) and a few other online shops…

And I’ll try to blog more in the future. I totally forgot to post the new Kids For Tomorrow album (Nequa) that we finished up in the spring. It’s a crazy ambient album too!

Yer Pal,
Gel-Sol

I’ve created a Leave Trace landing page at flavors.me. Flavors.me is basically a social network aggregator with tons of nice design options and customization, and a very usable free account. Pretty cool idea and excellent execution. I do hope they add in some raw html modules so I can build a more complete and specifically Leave Trace site, but until then I’ve created a few workarounds for the youtube and flickr modules that at least allow me to just show specific photos and videos.

Check out some Leave Trace action here.

I still need to update the Chillography site with the event info, but until then, head over to NWTekno or Facebook to get your Chillography 301 fix.

Only 2.5 weeks until we can properly chill in the sun!

Monster Planet Part 4 – Welcome to Tromaville

Monday, July 12, 2010, 9pm – 1am
21+
The Can Can, Seattle
FREE!

Featuring live jambience by:
SEICHE
LEAVE TRACE
ELECTROSECT
FULL ON
BLAKE PETERSON

Movie selection theme:
Tromaville!

Facebook event post:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=130506806985999

There will be no Psilicon Dreams episode this month. I’m just too swamped with other things to give the mix its proper attention. To tide you over until the August mix, you should download my Chillography201 set for some smooth, summertime vibes.