Bronzed // "E" (single from Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
The first single from Bronzed, a short film I scored is out now and available to listen below. Film by director Mike Egan and producer Chris Capretto, starring Linas Phillips and Johnny Pemberton.
NIKE // We Play Real
Nike // DONT DO IT
Honored to score Nike’s new spot taking a stand //
“As the country continues to reel from racism—the American Psychological Association issued a statement calling racism a pandemic—brands appear to have taken a silent or measured approach in their response.
Today, however, one of the world’s most iconic and impactful brands, Nike, has taken the boldest step so far in a new ad.” - Ad Week
https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/nike-boldly-takes-racism-head-on-in-new-ad/
New Cy Dune Single Desert 3
New Cy Dune single Desert 3 out on Lightning Records ! Excited about a bunch of new music coming out this year! Check it out here and you can follow Cy Dune on Spotify for upcoming singles -
World Premiere of Bronzed at SXSW
Heading to Austin for SXSW Film for the World Premiere of Bronzed, a short film I scored by director Mike Egan and producer Chris Capretto, starring Linas Phillips and Johnny Pemberton.
More info on the film here: https://www.bronzedfilm.com/
AEON RITUAL AT MASS MOCA
New residency/collaborative project at MASS MoCA with composer/performers William Brittelle, Emily Wells, Daniel Wohl, Ian Chang, Hanna Benn, Topy Lyo, and Darian Thomas, presented by Infinite Palette, art directed by Andrea Hyde , produced/curated by Kate Nordstrum.
Meta Music with Wild Up
Played with LA contemporary classical ensemble Wild Up at the Soroya in LA! We played some awesome pieces by composer Ted Hearne, an amazing arrangement of Julius Eastman’s If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich, as well as Bjork, Messiaen, and more.
SHORT FILMS BY THE ROOS BROTHERS
Scored three, amazing humanist portraits of people living in small town CO by The Roos Brothers. Here is the first titled Aaron.
Band Dialogue VII
Recording At Fox Studios
Back to California early from the Holidays to work with a 50 piece orchestra at the historic Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox for an amazing new :90 Nissan Titan commercial by directed by Mark Molloy.
Here's a pic from the session with incredible orchestrator Dana Niu and amazing recording/mixing engineer Greg Hayes. Here we are seated in front of their awesome Neve 88 console!
This was an incredible group of musicians! The piece features a beautiful, minimal solo piano part played by the legendary Randy Kerber - who you may have heard playing piano on family favorites Star Wars, Titanic, Harry Potter and a lots of others.
SFX Orchestra at dobly theater
Working on set at the Dolby Theater (home to the Oscars) with the coreographer for a new composition I wrote for AT&T this week. The piece is an orchestra of everyday sounds like delivery guys and zombies of course. More soon on this....
Cy Dune Tour with Deerhoof
Fall Tour of Southwest US with Shred Legends Deerhoof !!!
11.05 Las Vegas The Sayers Club / The Sayers Club at SLS Las Vegas
11.06 Los Angeles Echoplex / The Echo
11.07 Tucson @NightoftheLivingFest
11.08 Albuquerque Sisters
L I G H T N I N G 0 0 2 Announced
So excited to announce L I G H T N I N G 0 0 2 - a new batch of 5 incredible recordings by Pontiak, Algae & Tentacles, Chris Forsyth, American Culture, and Sam Amidon.
You can preview them over at Tiny Mix Tapes //
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/news/lightning-records-taps-pontiak-chris-forsyth-and-more-massive-fallwinter-batch
Cy Dune Tour with Pontiak
I’m so excited about 3 west coast shows I am doing next week with the mighty Pontiak! You can find more info about Pontiak here:
Tue 2/11/2014
San Diego, CA // Tower Bar
http://www.thetowerbar.com/
Wed 2/12/2014
Los Angeles, CA // Bootleg Bar and Theater
foldsilverlake.com
Thur 2/13/2014
San Francisco, CA // MAKEOUT ROOM
w/ Golden Void !
http://www.makeoutroom.com
Band Dialogue 1 // NC
Debut performance of new multi-band piece Band Dialogue happening at Hopscotch Festival this year!!!!
Hopscotch Tour Notes
First Cy Dune East Coast tour was so much fun. Inspired by a trip to the awesome Hopscotch Festival in Raleigh, NC, I put together a band of some of my favorite NYC musicians – Andrew Barker and Greg Fox on Drums and Tim Dahl on Bass.
We started out in NYC playing a show with MEMs featuring Greg from Deerhoof. Then headed down the coast. Touching base with the awesome Richmond VA crew and then to Hopscotch. Of course heard amazing music there – Merzbow/Wolf Eyes/Daniel Bachman/Pissed Jeans/Charlemagne Palestine – saw Kid Millions drum with Spiritualized, talked on a panel with Low and Matmos, and held a multi band happening.
Our trip back up north included an awesome show in Asheville at the amazing Apothecary Gallery with the brilliant Leverage Models (Shannon Fields new project), and ended up in NYC with a 40 drum performance in Greenpoint. There reconvening with the mighty Pontiak that played on both big pieces!
Thanks to all who played and helped and came out. More soon!!!
CY DUNE track Rock n Roll Streaming on Tiny Mix Tapes
"rock & roll isn’t dead! IT’S ALIVE "
New Cy Dune track from upcoming Lightning Tape Release Shake streaming over at Tiny Mix Tapes.....
Cy Dune Cassette out on Burger Records!
New Cassette out on the futurist garage so cal label Burger Records!
Check them out HERE ——> http://www.burgerrecords.org/
people/s sounds
Band Dialogue 2 // ID
Super excited to announce that I am doing Band Dialogue 2 this weekend at Treefort Music Fest at Skatefort at Rhodes Skate Park (Treefort Music Fest). 10 bands set up stretched out across the Rhodes Skate Park in Boise.
This is a multi band composition/happening I started in 2013 that explores the sonics of many bands, stretched out across a space, playing simultaneously. Each version is adapted to the site and bands – the first performance was last year at Hopscotch Music Festival in NC.
Band Dialogue 2 will include – Pontiak / Delicate Steve / AU / Wooden Indian Burial Ground. / Inner Oceans / Art Fad / Sun Blood Stories / Twin Steps /Cy Dune/ and more……