Category: Anderhill

True Sounds

I’m currently in the brainstorming phase of a new experimental music project, The True Sounds of Nashville. The concept is simple.

We all know Nashville as the Country Music capital of the world. But I live here and what I see and hear is not country music. I hear the engines of cars and trucks on overcrowded freeways and streets. I hear sirens. I hear the hum of AC units cooling large buildings. I hear factories, construction, and the chaos of multiple bands playing cover music up and down Broadway. I hear birds, rain, and thunder.

In the coming weeks and months, I’m going to start sampling the sounds I hear in and around Nashville. I’ll then manipulate those sounds and mix them with my own experimental ambient synths and pads.

I’m not yet sure if this will be an Anderhill project, or a darker, heavier sound more suited to A Cult of Lies. In either case, I’ll keep you updated on the project and a potential release date. – dse

Side Two

A little over a month ago I released an Anderhill EP titled Coalescence. Today, I’m releasing Side Two, a second EP with the same basic vibe, a combination of ambient synths and minimalist drone-based beats.

It’s been fun to program some drums and I’ll likely do more of that up the road. But my next experimental electronic project will likely move away from drums and focus more on live sampling, something I haven’t done in a while. There is a lot of industrial, road, and city noise in my current location and I’m going to take my iPad with me on a walk to capture some of those sounds.

In the meantime enjoy this one. – dse

Current Projects in the Works

So, I’m still stuck in Tennessee, but I’m making fair use of my time. I have a few projects in the works. Here’s the nuts and bolts:

  1. Cult Boy: I did a complete rewrite of my book A Train Called Forgiveness. It’s been stripped back to a novella and renamed. I’m currently doing a final edit and will proofread once more after that.
  2. Mercy, Mercy: This is in brainstorming mode. A potential novella about living through having a stillborn child. The book would have two first-person narrators, the father, and the unborn/spirit daughter.
  3. 1995/96 Songs: I’ve posted selections from my older song catalog up until 1994 on my YouTube channel. I thought my 1995/96 songs were already in Maine but I found them here. I’ll start posting some tracks in May. I might have to rewrite a few because I can’t find any recordings.
  4. Glitsch: My new website for brutalist and glitchy poetry and photos and music. Check it out at glitcsh.com.
  5. Anderhill: I’ve got a few tracks in the works on my iPad.

That’s it for now. I’m staying busy creatively. But I’ll also need to do some travel and other projects in the near future. – dse

Glitch of G_d

So, I know I said I was going to post less, and I am, but I just released another Anderhill track. It often happens after releasing an EP or an album that I try to do something opposite. This is my first pure noise release. It’s called Glitch of G_d.

At nearly 11-minutes long, the track feels like a 60-cycle hum with 50bpm industrial breath. If you listen closely, you may hear the sounds of cooing pigeons and bagpipes in the distance amongst the digital noise. It often feels like music is trying to break through, but it can’t quite find its way out of the glitch.

I used a lot of 8-bit digital sounds and sound effects and piled on the echo and reverb during mixdown, then I used some filter effects on the final mix. The end result: Glitch of G_d. – dse

Coalescence

New music from Anderhill, Coalescence has a vibe that is reminiscent of 2019’s Time & Texture and 2022’s Absence, with a new and unique vibe of its own.

The EP has a meditative quality. I make use of minimalist drum samples. The odd tracks have custom drum programming. For the even tracks I chose random drum loops. The sound is definitely darker than Time and Texture, but it also has a lightness about it. I invite you to take a listen.

Also, check out my new site, G L I T C . S H. You’ll find a combination or poetry, art, and music that uses both glitch and brutalism. – dse

Rooms

I wasn’t planning on releasing a third Anderhill project this year, but it just sort of happened. This 7-track album is called Rooms.

At first, I was going to name each track based on what the piece made me feel, or what it reminded me of. For instance, I hear the ocean in the first track. But as I was listening back to another track, I felt like I was in a big room. That gave me the idea of simply calling the album, Rooms.

All of these compositions are created fully within the DAW except for “Rm. 666,” which is subtitled “I Broke Your Heart” based on the back-masked sampled voices.

I feel new energy for electronic experimental music rising. Next year, I’ll work on more sampling and incorporating real sounds and instruments into the work. Enjoy. – dse