Diamond In The Rough : A Conversation With Carlton Melton

Back when I was a little kid and I used to hear my brother talk about “Led Zeppelin” and “Def Leppard” and “Thin Lizzy”, I always thought those were names of people, not a band. They just seemed like actual human names to my 8-year old ears. I think that’s just the kind of stupid […]

An Urge To Explore : Rasmus Rasmussen and Aerosol’s Electronic Wonderland

When you listen to the music of Aerosol you get the feeling of deep contemplation, or meditating in outer space. Getting lost in the cosmos. Getting lost in your own crazy head space. Aerosol’s sole member, Causa Sui keyboardist Rasmus Rasmussen, makes the kind of dense, vast electronic albums that fans of Boards of Canada, […]

Time Traveler : A Conversation With Musician J D Emmanuel

Last year was the year I fell hard for synthesizers. I’d always had a passing interest, but never took them all that serious. Hell, growing up in the 80s and listening to metal albums you could usually find in bold lettering in the liner notes of said albums “No synthesizers were used in the making […]