Mikael Jorgensen, Greg O'Keeffe & friends.
Archive for March, 2010
Soniccouture & Mikael Jorgensen release RMI Rocksichord sample library in NI Kontakt format!
Mar 23rd
I’ve teamed up with Soniccouture to release the sample library of my RMI Rocksichord in Native Instruments’ Kontakt format:
http://www.soniccouture.com/en/products/p58-rmi-rocksichord/
Pronto LP02 Recording Update
Mar 16th
Greetings friends.
We’ve been extraordinarily busy in the studio for the past week. Tucked in between two substantial Wilco tours, we’ve managed to eek out about 16 basic tracks for what will be “The Next Pronto Record.”
This time around Greg and I are recording with the delightful and deft Adam Chilenski on electric and acoustic bass at The Bunker in Brooklyn with John Davis and Aaron Nevezie behind the controls. This session has exceeded all of my lofty expectations as far as sounds and performances go. Pick good people and trust in their skills and instincts and you can’t go wrong.
Yesterday we had our old friend, and Pronto alum Erik Paparazzi swing by and play some excellent guitar on two songs, “Stupid Angels” and “Biz Dev.” Nice.
It’s surprising to me how difficult it is to articulate just how excited and pleased I am with the goings-on of the past week. In six short days we’ve produced a considerable amount of material that requires further consideration and microscopic evaluation. I can’t wait to get it going and finish this thing by the Fall of 2010.
Thanks for stopping by.
Mikael
More love from BoingBoing.net for both Pronto & Wilco!
Mar 8th
Xeni lets us in on her recent visit to Amoeba Records in Los Angeles, CA. Some clarification is needed however: the Pronto record she’s describing is “The Cheetah,” which is our glitchy, computery one, while the record she’s holding is “All Is Golden,” which is our 70′s pop rock one. Here’s more:
“Amoeba Records is one of the world’s greatest independent record stores, with many thousands of square feet of new and used vinyl, CDs, DVDs, and assorted rarities in film and music. They’re in SF, Berkeley, and Hollywood. The kinds folks who run the joint invited me in to pick a handful of items I’m excited about, and the video that resulted is embedded above. I chose:
• The incredible Alan Lomax in Haiti box-set (we’ll be blogging more about this one on BB soon!)
• Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias From Peru (a tip of the chapeau to Susannah Breslin, and to my brother DJ Carlito for turning me on to this one)
• N.A.S.A. “Spirit of Apollo” (we’ve premiered a number of the music videos from this project on Boing Boing Video)
• Q-Burns Abstract Message and Eighth Dimension Records (we’ve used snips from his work as theme music for Boing Boing’s audio podcast, and for our video project—I’m a longtime fan!)
• Wilco, “Wilco (The Album)” (I loved their latest record, and I believe they’re one of the greatest live acts on the planet.)
• Pronto, “All is Golden” (Wilco keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen‘s side project, glitchy electronic minimalism, I mispronounce his name horribly in this video… sorry Mikael!)
• Die Antwoord!
Amoeba Records: What’s in My Bag? / Xeni Jardin
The complete “What’s in My Bag” archives are here, with many interesting past guests.”