A New Entropy

The family room is a mess of cables and tables and music gear. tHE bOY came over on Monday and we revived our old band FRANTIC! but decided to drag it beyond, evolve it past, our traditional bass vs. bass format. He brought two synths, a couple mixers, several effects pedals, and a sequencer, and I quickly set up my own synth and effects; plus we also had our basses. Equipment malfunctions and mystery silences and sounds plagued/blessed us throughout the session, and I ended up getting barely more than 15 minutes of useable material recorded onto my new multitracker (a "damaged mix" of which might soon be released as an EP). I chalked it up to the universe reacting to a challenge to the status quo. We bring a new entropy here in 2026, and the old sonic physics structures are groaning in protest. I'm sure the proper realignments will have taken place by the time we reconvene to make more noiz.

Meanwhile since Monday, I've taken advantage of having gear sprawled out, and added my drum machine and more effects to the mess. Yesterday I made a couple of really noisy pieces for my new project Rogue Deployment. In my recent reading and watching, I've noticed that it's common in the Noise community for artists to use Noise to process personal trauma as well as anger and angst towards society and politics. Me, I'm just reveling in the sonic mayhem. It feels good.