music

December 2, 2010

Asheville Beat Tape Vol 1 Available Now

Skew Records just released the Asheville Beat Tape Vol 1, a showcase of some of Asheville’s essential electronic producers. [FREE DOWNLOAD] “ In a clearing surrounded by mountains a distinctive sound rings out. This sound is the imaginative echo of the Asheville electronic music scene. It’s a sound that has been growing rapidly within this […]

November 30, 2010

Event : Melanaster Band & Uncle Mountain 12/04/10

This Saturday, December 4th, the Melanaster Band returns to the Emerald Lounge, joined by folk / pop heroes Uncle Mountain. Uncle Mountain combines complex, multi-layered harmonies with Americana songwriting to create a sound that is “rich, layered, lively, and most surprisingly, cohesive.” – CityBeat (Cincinnati).  They are also cuter than a baby Fennec fox.  These […]

November 13, 2010

Miwa Matreyek at TED Global

Miwa is a fellow CalArts grad and did the album art for Careful’s “Oh, Light.”  This performance is just incredible!  Grab some headphones and turn off your lights…

October 25, 2010

Ephemera : Fall 2010 YouTube Roundup

This is something I mashed-up really quick a few weeks ago.  It’s a combination of this weird thing, and a Boards of Canada track called “Slow This Bird Down.”  Since September 28th it has had 3,285 views, making it the most circulated thing I’ve contributed to the Internet.  It’s fascinating what connects with people. I […]

October 19, 2010

Event : Careful & Marley Carroll at Bobo Gallery

This one is not to be missed, we promise!Marley will be premiering a brand-new solo set that includes songs from Melanaster as well as some new originals, performed on keyboards, turntable, sampler and electronics. Careful (Eric Lindley) has been featured on the blog a few times in the past year, and Melanaster Records is beyond […]

October 13, 2010

October, So Far

OK, time to take a break from the constant stream of promotion for an honest update.  Please, come in, have a seat. First, things are going swimmingly in the world of Melanaster Records.  I just returned from Trinumeral 10 in Miami, where I performed alongside Asheville favorite DJ Bowie, recent Asheville-by-way-of-Miami transplant Panther God, and […]

September 10, 2010

Event : Marley Carroll at Trinumeral 2010

September 10, 2010

Event : Jonathan Scales × Marley Carroll in Asheville

Friday, October 1 2010 Mo Daddy’s, 77 Biltmore Avenue Asheville, NC $5 / 9PM Facebook Event

September 1, 2010

Video : Stephan Bodzin × Marc Romboy × Skydiving

Amid my ongoing current obsession with minimal techno, I came across this video. Stephan Bodzin × Marc Romboy × eight minutes of base-jumping and skydiving = hypnotic, and kind of amazing.