pehr blog

most of the members of timonium and divisadero have formed a strange project/ensemble/supergroup and they will be performing inside of swörk coffee for the eagle rock music festival. this is where pehrspace has a stage for the day, it’s a collaborative event called pehriscope (i didn’t think of it or plan it or arrange it, [...]

Tags: divisadero, eagle rock music festival, non-ikea scandinavian sounding places, sublamp, timonium
Posted October 1, 2009 by adam under multimedia, performances

since i got a new computer, i have been learning to make computer music. here is a demo i gave to the other timoniums, so they can add their parts, write new parts, add some male and female singing, add some drums… so we can evolve it and hopefully turn it into a real living [...]

Tags: timonium
Posted September 9, 2009 by adam under multimedia, recording

divisadero just played at the american legion in highland park. check out the ending where josh mccool points at something several times. what is he pointing at? even though it doesn’t really sound the same, i kept thinking of the go-betweens when i saw this video. i think both bands sound wistful.

Tags: divisadero, mystery pointing
Posted February 11, 2009 by adam under multimedia, performances

usually when you think about bands recording a video, you think of the term “tape is rolling.” but when the band is out of control like eucalyptus, and the video is being filmed by an aesthetic engineer who breeds dust, you’re going to hear the term “tape is pulling.” like america’s funniest home videos, this [...]

Tags: eucalyptus, pain management, unrecognizable now
Posted January 29, 2009 by adam under multimedia

Today and last night I did headphone sequencing for a triple album from languis called close-up. I will send it to mr. languis and see if he approves this weekend. May I say that stereo ambient music sounds so trippy in headphones (I have studio monitor headphones of course: only the best will suit me) [...]

Tags: all things must pass, emancipation, languis, looking back, sandinista!
Posted January 24, 2009 by adam under multimedia, recording, upcoming releases

didn’t we just post about demos? yes we did and we’re doing it again. timonium has been demoing a bit, and these are songs that will be released 3 albums away. they already are stalled in an atwater village studio for tracking songs for their concordia album (bass and drums are done, guitars and vocals [...]

Tags: beehives, chermachine, demos, honeycomb, timonium
Posted September 9, 2008 by adam under multimedia, recording

as i was getting ready to send elephant pixel cds to amazon, i found one of their videos on youtube. i love it. this is not as gloomy as the usual pehr videos… the aspect ratio is muffed up but if i figure how to fix it or the proper ratio comes online i’ll update [...]

Tags: airplanes, berlin, d_minum, elephant pixel
Posted August 29, 2008 by adam under multimedia

the first artist we released (in 1997; we are old), tucker martine, is interviewed and spoken highly of on this microdocumentary on the making of a bill frisell album. the mount analog cd we put out is sold out now but available on itunes here. mount analog also has a new single out on records.

Tags: bill frisell, itunes, karl blau, mount analog, tucker martine
Posted August 26, 2008 by adam under multimedia

monoptik. this is the most beautiful eerie video, and an amazing example of stop-motion. this must have taken weeks to shoot? it’s from d_minum and it’s from a song on their newish album that we put out. stunning.  

Tags: citrus, d_minum, lemon, lime, popsicles, stop-motion
Posted August 24, 2008 by adam under multimedia

i like steve winwood, but besides the fact that my parents listened to him, i didn’t feel any deep connection. until, of course, i found out that a member of timonium was in his video. if lately you feel that i am only blogging youtube lynx and stories about my toe, you are correct. i [...]

Tags: back in the high life, blind faith, bring me a higher love, roll with it, spencer davis group, timonium, traffic
Posted August 23, 2008 by adam under multimedia