KJG

So you may have noticed, although pretty certain otherwise as this blog has only had one view since the day of the last post [thanks, Luke], that Tanzen: Revival and the Bakkheia Republic are without a doubt, defunct.

It was expected, and we had a good run! Their namesakes shall remain, as a venue to post and allow access to articles of various subjects.

In current news:

The first song of an unnamed musical project between me and a co-worker is nearly done - with lyrics! The ultimate goal is to compose and lyricize several pieces and perform them at local goth venues. Yes, I said goth venues. Synthesizers, heavy-beat drums, driving guitars and lyrics about sadism juxtaposed with masochism. Seriously. The first track is heavy.

I leave the lyrics and macro-direction to my counterpart, Kevin Glynn; I think we chose stage names, but I can't remember what they are; while I compose the music; production credit shared, and writing credit split between functions.

More to come, and I'll definitely be posting the new track upon completion.

Monthly Rhythm

Tanzen: Revival and its sister, the Bakkheia Republic have fallen idle lately. The reasons aren't new, of course, as any project or cause is subject to the whims of its peoples' focus and dedication. We've all fallen out of these as we expend our energies into other matters.

Background: 

My album, tentatively titled XPS as it pertains to being composed mostly on my Dell XPS, has developed greatly in the past week or two since I opened myself up to devoting time to its incubation. The oldest track is dated to summer of 2005, the last conceived in one five-hour sitting the - early November 2006; that track, "IPF" is essentially the same since that weekend. Work progressed consistently on the album until mid-2007 until it lost steam between maintaining a full-time job and nurturing my new family in a new apartment. Work ceased on XPS for two years, in which time I created the yet-to-be-finalized instrumental electronic album, Bend Over, Khomeini in March 2008 after being laid-off.

Over a year had passed since Bend Over, Khomeini, as it was a time of immense life changes. After settling in Colorado for what looks to be three to five years, I reopened the greater dream of XPS. I took the old tracks of XPS, the experience and creative growth from venturing out on the currently unfinished masterpiece of Bend Over, Khomeini along with a new vein of inspiration behind my guitar playing and musicianship and began the arduous but inspiring task of destroying and recreating XPS into something amazing.

That drive had a decent run: several weeks as Spring '09 turned to Summer '09 took a burnt and dried project into something fresh and green. The summer offered plenty, between work, family and enjoying the scenery. Composing XPS was parked as I focused on Tanzen: Revival and the Bakkheia Republic.

And then I went onto nights. All the creativity that had been somewhat materializing over the past few months was ceased as I went through the motions. I fell out with my family, my friends and my creativity.

My rhythm had been cut in the middle as I balanced a new schedule of work, sleep, family and leisure. But as the month of September bore on, I suffered with those around me, regather myself and eventually reopened XPS to a new fire, and its development is the strongest that it's ever been. No track has been left unchanged: not one is left as a slow and non-progressing behemoth that was a grinding sludge, too large to tackle by lyrics or even offer a hope of completion. The tracks have been slaughtered and reborn - it's good shit.

I'm very happy with the work that I've accomplished just in the past week. The level of energy is inspiring and I'll be proud to finish XPS over the coming months or years, not to mention the fact that I don't lyrics for any of the tracks. Shit. Well, here's a track:

Try'n check it in HQ.