Three years later, the first Ad·ver·sary album, Bone Music, is finally done. 13 tracks, just under 77 minutes, to be released May 13th on Tympanik Audio.
The tracklist:
- Ancients
- Waiting For Gira
- Friends of Father
- Bone Music
- International Dark Skies
- No Exit
- Number Nine
- Just (Spooks)
- Epilogue
- Friends of Father (Tonikom Remix)
- Bone Music (Antigen Shift Remix)
- Number Nine (Synapscape Remix)
- Bonus Track: Urusai - Learned Helplessness (Destroy and Contaminate Mix by Ad·ver·sary)
Yann (Iszoloscope, Memmaker) came into town for the weekend so that we could mix it down and get the master ready, and he worked some kind of audio voodoo — it sounds so much better than the old International Dark Skies demo. I’ve decided to mix the album to an average RMS level of about -14 dBFS, rather than the much louder -8 to -5 dBFS that’s currently standard for most electronic albums. (For reference, My Bloody Valentine averages at about -17 dBFS, Cyanotic at -9dBFS , and DJ? Acucrack at -6dBFS.) This means that you’ll probably have to turn up the volume when you listen to it, but it’ll sound much better for it.
The master is in the mail to the CD replication house, in time to release at the Kinetik festival in May. There’s also a remix EP coming in the fall (which I’m very excited about), with contributions planned by Cyanotic, Imminent, Stendeck, Asche, Iszoloscope, Synkro, JF Coleman (of Cop Shoot Cop and Phylr), Mo (of Zykotik K9), Totakeke, Shane Whitbread and more.
When Bone Music is released I’ll update with details on how to buy the album. Then to design some new merch: stickers, buttons, and maybe hoodies, hats, or new shirts.
And maybe, if things work out, a tour in the fall.