... that said i've made a few exceptions, based largely on the "sympathy" referenced above ; there was a duo set last week with my good friend bill nace that opened up some new possibilites ; hopefully we'll revisit them soon (and when my euro cases aren't blowing fuses) ... i'll be dj'ing at john twells & ian lawrence's new "spectral rehab" night on the 22nd of this month in cambridge (mainly as i want to hear some of my favorite steel pan, turkish psych, library electronics, break-dance, break-beat, jungle, ragga, "digital", sleng-teng, group sounds, belgian nu-beat, and minimal synth jams played over a decent p.a. in a place that serves manhattans) & a few days later i'll be playing with geoff "dj garbageman" mullen @ cf's new spot in east providence, with synth legends mist & tape mulchesse pak ...

also, i'm just as excited to be performing a couple of concerts in lindsay metivier's new "aviary" space in jamaica plain, first playing a duo with good friend & "no" recording artist benjamin nelson opening for eric "carl calm" lanham (aka 1/2 of caboladies) 's new palmetto moon electronic group project & daren "driphouse" ho, followed by an opening set byron westbrook's "corridors" project ...

then, in late may, i've decided to take a week or two off from the busy mms schedule to a bit of out-of-town travelling ... i'm thrilled to be going back to the town i spent the majority of my birth-to-18 years in (well, hillsdale ; woodcliff lake is the next town over) to play in darren bergstein's house as part of his "one thousand pulses" series, where i'll be debuting a new solo-synthesizer piece ... a few days later i'll be in st. louis ; kevin harris' floating laboratories is easily one of the best venues i've played over the past few years, so i was honored to be invited back for their first festival (which should be followed in the fall by another appearance in st. louis as part of the new music circle's regular series) ... where i end up between new jersey & st. louis (in both directions) is anyone's guess ; if you'd like to meet up & go record / book shopping and / or grab a coffee / drink / bite / meal, let me know ...

then, back in boston non-event will be producing a concert of marcus schmickler for whom i will be opening, marking my third appearance in the swank, back-bay environs of the goethe-institut, reprising a bill that took place in boston's chinatown back on september 11th, 2002 (we'll both be playing in quad, just like the original bill) ...