Reading the news about hurricane Sandy and wondering when Snake Pliskin is going to show up and do awesome stuff.
“Hidden Kingdoms” (Violitionist Sessions)
Another video from the Violitionist Sessions I recently. This is one of my favorite songs to perform. I just love the movement it has through it, so to have the chance to do this in a relaxed setting and allow others to see one of my processes for building live was wonderful. I hope the… Read more »
“The Weight Of Dreams” (Violitionist Sessions)
I recently was invited to play a Violitionist Session. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do because I often times am still trying to figure out how to perform and communicate my ideas with the audience. However, this session allowed me to do some new ideas and use many more controllers. So I… Read more »
My Name Is Moses – Summertime (Feat. Datahowler & New Fumes)
This was the brain child of Josh & Jessica Jordan. They came to me wanting me to produce this cover and as I became invested in it we found ourselves really enjoying the whole process. This song was a blast to make and we had so many wonderful people involved. Jessica is a long time… Read more »
Modern Til Midnight
This set was recorded April 16, 2011 at the Ft Worth Modern Art Museum’s Modern Til Midnight and was never released. During this time period I was doing lots of vocal looping live and was experimenting with different ways to make sounds in a live setting. This set was the beginning of many techniques and… Read more »
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Wiz Khalifa – Say Yeah (Datahowler Remix)
I thought the beat on this song was a travesty. The hook and flow is actually really awesome, so I gutted it and did my best on it. The drums and bass were from a previous song I recorded that never got released. My friend Tauvy had the idea to slow them down like 10… Read more »
Holy Grounds – Baywatch (Demo)
I introduce a demo of my side project with Tauvy Thomason. I recorded the basis of this song a long time ago and never knew what to make of it. It was just so funky and out of place and then Tauvy came and sang on it and it just jammed. So we kept it… Read more »
Beyonce – End Of Time (Datahowler Remix)
I really did not like this song when I first heard it. I am not the biggest pop music fan either. But I loved when I acquired the stems that there were so many great sounds nested in this recording. It shows that production really is in the ear of the beholder. There were these… Read more »
Datahowler Interview
This is an interview I did with Lara Caroll from UTD Radio. It was nice to sit down and speak more on the overall idea behind my projects. In this video specifically I speak more about my history and where I come from as a musician. Often times people I assume I grew up being… Read more »
Passengers As Eggs
Passengers As Eggs was released May 24, 2011 as a free release. It was the left over vapos of Slowdrifter except set in a different context. Slowdrifter was an album assembled in the studio while Passengers As Eggs was assembled in a van while on tour with an MPC1000. I specifically remember writing the title… Read more »
Toro Y Moi – Still Sound (Datahowler Remix)
I love Toro Y Moi, and I enjoyed doing this remix even more. It is hard to take an amazing artist and try to do something different with their work when in your mind they do such a great job anyways. It was an exercise in creativity and letting go my preconceived ideas of what… Read more »
Live
Live was the first electronic set I ever composed for a live setting. It was recorded in early January at Club Dada in Deep Ellum while performing with Baths and Braids. At the time most of these songs were demos, unreleased material and ideas I had flailing around in my head but they still all… Read more »
“Get Over (Live)” – Akai MPD26 + Ableton
This is me performing a quick improvisational routine using only a custom MIDI mapped Akai MPD26 and Ableton 8. As insignificant I thought this song was on my album it ended up being one of my favorite songs to jam to in my space. For those who want to know more about this performance: Clips… Read more »
Slowdrifter
This was my personal step into a great journey. I had never released a solo album. I am excited to see how well it has stood the test of time and how much I have grown. This album was completely funded by a Kickstarter and it was met with open arms. It helped me out… Read more »
Mashed
Mash ups. What can I say. They are fun. I have always viewed them as more of exercises in rapid production. What would you do if you had the chance to produce any song? Or put a new spin on it? I loved doing these because I could just rapidly make fun songs and see… Read more »
Estate / Black Swans Single
This was the first single I released as Datahowler. I can’t believe it’s been a few years now and people still reference this to me. This single was a break out point for me. All my friends were getting married and I was all alone and wasn’t sure who I was anymore. It was the… Read more »