Our planet.  It’s the biggest and most beautiful gift we have, yet almost all of us take it for granted.  In fact, many of us thoughtlessly cause harm to this great gift through seemingly inconsequential actions on a daily basis.  What’s worse is that this type of behavior is condoned and encouraged by our society at large.  As the average income ratio of the richest 1/5 to the poorest 1/5 on the planet soars toward 100:1 and beyond, all many of us can think about on a daily basis is what’s on tv or what we’re going to buy next.  We live as though we’re not intimately connected to nature and to this planet that we are so fortunate to live on.

This album’s content spans more than a year, and thus, contains the full range of emotions and experiences from that period.  I learned a great many things during this time, as one does in one’s travels, and many of those things contributed to the thoughts and feelings that went into the album.

I’d like to take some time to thank EVERYONE in my experience for being a part of it, and specifically my friends and family for all of the love and support they’ve given me over the years (especially this last year).  Special thanks to modem for his inspiration, teachings, and encouragement.  Special thanks also to James Stimac for the fabulous album art.  Finally, a big thank you to The Zeitgeist Movement and The Venus Project for opening my eyes and giving me hope and something to work towards.  Check them out at the following links:
http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com
http://www.thevenusproject.com

Remixes are good for the soul.  This is true for both the artist and the listener – each grows a bit in moving from the beginning to the end.  This album splits nearly right down the middle in terms of whether the remix was at the request of someone or chosen as a special experiment.  I hope all are as enjoyable to listen to as they were to make!

Special thanks to my sister Lizzy, as I would never have thought to remix ABBA without her, and my buddy boy James Stimac (whose name you should see more often if you’re into art) for the fantastic album cover.

THRU THE WIRES
WEDNESDAY MAY 28TH 2007

9PM-2AM
$5 @ the door / 21+ (sorry kids)

@ THE LOFT
420 South Mill Avenue / Tempe AZ 85281 (map)

PARKING: In the lot on Ash & 5th (west of the venue, same side of the street)
LOAD IN: Artists between 8:30-9:00pm
TENTATIVE LINEUP (listed in order of appearance)

Chop/Shoppe
ANgR MgMT
Menagam
Modem
RamenBoy
Chop/Shoppe

If the world were to end today, this album would be its theme for doing so. Complete with beams of judgment, this album depicts the world ending the way it should be done: beautifully, and finally. Each original track was created from the ashes of a major crisis or other world-shattering event, and both remixes are completely annihilated versions of the originals. Enjoy, and remember to watch the show from a safe location: the edge of the solar system.

Album art by Acampante.

BLEEP BLEEP BLOOP! This album represents the work of many spoomusic.com artists and a bunch of great guests. We’re so excited to have the opportunity to present these songs to you that we have had our index fingers surgically replaced with MP3 players (bluetooth-enabled).

The following artists graciously appear on this ambient electronic IDM electronica chill chillout downtempo search engine-friendly release:

• Abstractology [website] [myspace]
  Resident ambient masters pumping out dreamy cityscape science for thee.
• alex black
  A vile henchman!
• ANgR. MgMT. [myspace]
  Celebrated for his dance floor stompers, now available in new ambient flavor!
• captainmarmalade [myspace] [website]
  Circuit bending madman, previous releases on milk beep.
• Consumer
  The anti-producer.
• Lime [myspace]
  Freshly plucked from the sacred tree of things-swirly.
• Machine Spleak
  Kim Jong Il.
• Sir Katiie [myspace]
  Of Sit Down Katiie and the Sitts fame, flying through the air via electric umbrella.
• Sleem [myspace] [website]
  .5 sp00, 00ps 5., cowboy with a propeller beanie.
• sudonim [myspace]
  Slicer of beats, dicer of hearts.
• Terminal 11 [myspace]
  Laptop donkey-puncher extraordinaire. Previous releases on Phthalo, Cock Rock Disco, Zod, and 216 others.
• transient [website] [myspace] [monotonik]
  Glitchbient vagabond vanguard vagrant. Previous releases on monotonik, Miasmah, Camomille, and 492 others.
• wjoojoo [myspace]
  The most elusive walrus-beetle on the Internet today.

Thanks and best wishes for a happy 2007,
Your friends at spoomusic.com.

Second up in our day o’ fun is Bristol – The North. Just what you need to cool off after a heavy dose of ANgR, our brand new spoomusic.com artist pokes holes into the veil of other realities with a tasty mixture of undulating ambiance and trip-hop drum tracks. Our mysterious new artist gives us a glimpse of the chilly north as winter slowly draws to a close, which is why we suggest enjoying this album with a steamin’ hot cup of liquidy bliss.

In other news, spoomusic.com has officially pervaded several corners of Internet space, including iTunes, eMusic, and Napster. Options are now available for our future artists to have their music digitally distributed by these companies and more. If you are interested, please send an e-mail using our contact form to spoomusic.com staff.

Now, go listen to our awesome new discs! Spread the good music! Love always, your best friends at spoomusic.com.

We proudly present Spoon Music Volume 1, featuring many of your favorite spoomusic.com artists and a bunch of great guests! Includes tracks by:

• Abstractology
• alex black
• ANgR. MgMT.
• captainmarmalade
• Consumer
• Lime
• Machine Spleak
• Sir Katiie
• Sleem
• sudonim
• Terminal 11
• transient
• wjoojoo

Thanks to all the artists who contributed to make this such a great compilation!

Spoomusic.com: So very odd to see you here, plummeting towards Earth like this. Anyway, ever gone by anything else?

ANgR MgMT: My first attempts at organizing sound into music were done under the moniker “Unknown Electronika”

Spoo: What was it that made you get into music in the first place?

AM: Aphex Twin. Richard D. James made me want to explore the art of sound after hearing the track “4″ from the Richard D. James album. At the time, I was into Korn and Pantera, and a friend played me “Come to Daddy” which piqued my interest. After that he let me borrow a couple of CDs, and voila, I was hooked. I picked up a copy of MTV Music Generator, and began to make REALLY bad trance music. Soon after, I found Rebirth, and ModPlug Tracker and away I went!

Spoo: What kind of music do you listen to?

AM: The kind that makes me feel good. Depending on the artist/track I have been known to listen to metal, ska, punk, pop, jazz, funk, gospel, “emo”, all kinds of electronic music, rock, hip hop, rap, symphony, classical, reggae, accapella, and disco. Just about anything that feels good!

Spoo: Does anything inspire you to write your music? Any particular emotion?

AM: For the most part, sadness. I lived a hard life for a long time (of my own choosing), and experienced many pains, many losses, and much sadness. I have often used music to alleviate those feelings, and also to augment them (human nature I guess). And sometimes, it’s just “I wanna track!!! NOW!!!”

Spoo: What do you think is next as far as the future of music?

AM: Music has been the same but different for thousands of years. As far as what I think (which is terribly irrelevant), I have a sad feeling that pop will continue to be king, and before you know it there will be naked people performing terrible rewrites of old songs (it’s almost there now!!). However, as electronics have entered almost all pop and R&B style music, I have a hope that some day, you can turn on the radio, and instead of hearing the crappy house/trance/dance music they’re playing now, you’d hear some good old Squarepusher and Aphex Twin. That would be sweet.

Spoo: We can only hope that pop music finally goes the route of naked artists. Speaking of artists… Which artists would you like to collaborate with?

AM: ZOMG, if I had the choice I’d collaborate with anyone I listen to. I could learn a lot from just about any of the electronic artists I call my favorite: Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, Venetian Snares, Chris Clark, Boards of Canada, Terminal11, sp00, Modem (been there, done that, doing it again soon!), etc.

Spoo: Who are some of the people that influenced your music most?

AM: My ex-GF Nina, as she is a source of great sadness. Also, my current GF Kimberly, as she is a source of great happiness. Kind of a balance… I suppose that my friends are often an influence as I sometimes make tracks entirely to hear them say “that’s badass”.

Spoo: That’s badass! Do you plan the songs that you write, or do they just happen?

AM: Both. I plan in a certain key, with certain sounds that I like, then the rest just happens.

Spoo: Thank you! We love you.

AM: No problem! I love y’all too!

As our parachutes opened, our interview ended. Thanks, ANgR MgMT! You RULE!

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I put it back up here.