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Writing about this album takes me back to 1977, where I cut up my brother's bicycle with a hacksaw to create my version of windchimes/bell sounds. I drilled holes in each part of what was left of his bicycle, and hung them with fishing line on a home-made frame...hitting them and recording whatever sounded good.
I then recorded the sounds of the spokes of the wheels, from said bicycle, as I turned them with the pedal mechanism, using forks or other things that would make a curious sound.

My bro… Continue

Through the fogsmoke of southern humidity, I found and bought a little place amongst grandfather oaks that were covered with spanish moss and creepers in Zephyrhills, Florida, I called it my hotel. It was the place I became Disturbed Earth and put that name to the music I had been doing since the late 70's.

The place was only 680 square feet and Steve Brand's incredible cover has captured the room where I would sometimes sit and watch a late night movie on the television after coming home from… Continue

The tying of the three releases that Steve Brand and I did is so simple, they were all done in July/August 2008.

"Broken Gold" was from sign outside a pawn shop down the road a ways from where I was that offered money for "broken gold".
"Busy With Dreams" was Steve's title...it's the best!!!
"The Rest Of Time" says it all.

"The Rest Of Time" I feel, is a reflection,and at the same time, a knowing of how to wrap it up on this one...put that happy/sad/missing closure on all three releases, sprin… Continue

I have a fascination with Carthage, it's influence in ancient times and it's demise(being raised to the ground) on a number of occassions. Too much to talk about with on this subject, the music and the cover says what I wanted to say though.

This is a special album, in that I used primarily my binaural mics for the recordings, both live, and in my little makeshift studio(railway apartment) I had at that time in Zephyrhills, Florida. As it backed on to an alley, and several family homes, it was… Continue

As the rudimentary elements of producing music of this kind, collaborating with another artist, and how it actually makes it onto cd are seldom explained, this is how these particular albums were recorded.

"Busy With Dreams" is the second of three albums all recorded within a three week period in August 2008 by Steve Brand and myself. The first, "Broken Gold" was released November 2008, and the third called "The Rest Of Time", is scheduled for later this year.

It felt right that we would do so… Continue