Here is a recording of the my live Leave Trace set from the Oscillate ambient showcase at Chop Suey on Sept. 9, 2009. It was my first solo live set, playing all original music, and I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. It features some material you may have heard in my Regression Session mix, but there was also a good chunk of newer material in the set. Enjoy!

Download » Leave Trace - Live at Oscillate

I’m playing a live ambient set at Oscillate tonight and would love to see you there! Only $5….. more info here.

Doors @ 9pm

9:30–10:30 — Leave Trace
10:30–11:30 — Dining Needle
11:30–12:30 — Scott Sunn presents “stars & stripes”

» NWTekno event thread

Sensory Effect presents

OSCILLATE

with ambient, textural, and abstract musics from

SCOTT SUNN (aka Tracer Visuals)
DINING NEEDLE (cosmeceutical -SEATTLE) — live ambient set
LEAVE TRACE (Chillography / Splendid Beats) — live ambient set
w/ a special found sound and textural set from
GANESHA COLUMN (aka electrosect)

Wed. Sept. 9, 2009
Chop Suey
1325 E. Madison
Seattle, WA

9pm doors // 21+ // $5

Here’s a loungey house track for your afternoons of sipping bubbly beverages from the deck of your yacht, featuring the acoustic guitar stylings of James Whetzel. This is not the final version of the tune, but I’ve never been able to open the working files properly after upgrading to a new computer a year or so ago. So, until I can resurrect it in some workable form, I thought I’d share this early render with you all.

I’ve spent the last couple of days polishing up a new track to drop in my upcoming sets. I feel like I’m really honing in on my personal sound and this track is just the start of a whole new breed of face-melting, dance floor burners from me.

Be sure to come on out to HOTwired this Friday to hear this track on a big beautiful sound system.

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Download » Leave Trace - Regression Session

Regression Session is a mega-mix tapestry, woven from my older ambient works. It has been sitting nearly completed on my hard drive for many many months, and I’ve finally finished it up, and am now putting it out on the ’net for the world to download and hopefully enjoy.

The music in this produced set was created between 2000 and 2008, which was a very explorative time in my music making pursuits. I’m at a point now where I’m feeling more certain of my own creative voice, and feel that combining my older works into a larger piece is a proper way of closing the book on that chapter and allowing me to have a fresh start with my newer techniques, equipment, and processes. Essentially, Regression Session is a time capsule of sorts, documenting the ambient side of my musical voyage since 2000. The production files of most of these tracks have been lost to digital gremlins and computer platform changes, so they are presented here in their final state—goofed notes, audio glitches, mastering mistakes and all. They are what they are and will never be anything different. Despite these imperfections, I am proud to say this is/was me and am happy to have a nice package of the material to present to the world.

Your thoughts and feedback would be very welcome, but are not expected. If you enjoy what you hear, or parts of it, let me know! This music has been intensely private for so long, that I’m now very curious about how it sounds to other sets of ears.

Tracklist::
Ocean Deep
Uncertainty Principle
Time Lapse
Quantum Soup
Freedom of Movement feat. Gel-Sol (live)
Interlude
Deeper States
Lighter Than
Had
Moment of Clarity (Ethereal Bliss Mix)

Speaking of the Chillography site, I’ve linked the recorded sets from the past events for your downloading and listening pleasure. So head on over to the media page to download hours of chillout goodness. Included are sets by Gift Culture, Osiris Indriya, Skoi Sirius, Leave Trace and DJ Eckoe, 0×86, and Kevin Hoole. I especially recommend the Gift Culture live at Chillography102 set. That was something quite special.

There’s also a recording of Gel-Sol’s live set from 101 that I’m still trying to track down. It was a great set and hope to have it available really soon. UPDATE:: Got the Gel-Sol set and it is now available for download. Enjoy!
Gift Culture at Chillography102