Author: h

  • CONTINUING WORLDS | Night Mode

    Selections from Continuing Worlds is a CD-length playlist curated from the primary work.

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  • Shacker Music Dot Com in the Wayback Machine

    It’s there! Shacker Music . Com as of June 6, 2004

    There’s not a ton there, but the news updates track us through 2003-04, there’s a couple photos on the “Multimedia” (!!) page, and the color scheme sure takes me back.

  • Under Construction!

    It’s website redesign day! Everything should remain available but might look weird; have some patience as I work <3 -h

    4:01 PM CST – I’m about done for the day. I will keep picking away in the coming days and weeks, but I’m satisfied enough with the functionality and look that I’m going to leave the new theme up. Enjoy, and get in touch if you have any issues or feedback! -h

  • NOT ONE PERSON LEFT OUT | M/S Ride and Royce Diamond White

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  • EXOPLANETARY SHADOWS | Night Mode

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  • Dharmic Beams is Back on Streaming

    On Daniel’s implied request, Dharmic Beams is the first release to go back up on major streaming platforms through our new digital distributor. I’m planning to do a set of 3-5 more in the coming weeks, possibly including a new one!

    Dharmic Beams on:

    More reboot news is below the fold.

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  • One For The Scott Fans

    Over the weekend I ran into VB, Paul B’s mom at the library event (Hi, Paul!  She said you check the site but I wasn’t sure which one so I’m posting both on the main MFR site and the howie&scott sub-site.  Very cool that you keep tabs on us, I had no idea!).  For Paul and everyone else I wanted to post an update on recent-ish and upcoming music Scott and I have made / are making, since it’s not all under the h&s name.

    “V for Voice”, our 2019 comeback record –

    “An Evening at Home with Howie and Scott,” our deep pandemic stay-at-home EP –

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  • THE DREARIEST KIND OF NEO-WEBERN DRAWN OUT TO INORDINATE LENGTH | Drone Space Nine

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  • FIGHT SONGS | M/S Ride

  • MFR Reboot

    As Mr. Furious Records approaches twenty years, we’re looking at a significant reboot.

    The wind-down I planned and carried out last August hasn’t wound up again yet, for a lot of reasons.  The adoption plan Cari Ann and I were a part of failed (sounds harsh, but that’s the term of art in the field).  I had a health scare (I’m fine).  Mom got sick and died, and I continue to help Dad in the wake of that.  Amber died shockingly, suddenly.  It’s been rough!

    It’s time for another evolution over at The Long Play Listening Party.  Then, just this week, I learned our streaming distributor is shutting down and we’ll need a new one of those.  Oh, right, so:

    AS OF APRIL 15 LINKS TO OUR MUSIC ON SPOTIFY, YOUTUBE MUSIC, DEEZER, APPLE MUSIC, TIDAL, AND AMAZON MUSIC WILL GO DEAD

    BANDCAMP, AS ALWAYS <3 <3 (LONG LIVE BANDCAMP), WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE

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  • The Best Music Howie Heard in 2023

    In random order:

    Black Milk, “Everybody Good?” (2023) – “Everybody Good?” was the first I heard of Black Milk, and after it knocked my socks off I started going backward through his discography to see when he got so amazing. The answer? Allllll the way back at the start. RIYL/FFO Q-Tip, Lupe Fiasco

    billy woods & Kenny Segal, “Maps” (2023) – Five minutes in (“Soundcheck”), I knew this was my AOTY, and I never really doubted it in the months after. And when you get to “Hangman” and “Baby Steps”?? Whoooo! RIYL/FFO Madlib, Boldy James, Armand Hammer, Open Mike Eagle

    Sines of Exquisite Pleasure, “Modular Systems” (1982) – Aptly named, these long-overlooked synthesizer and piano jams helped center me many times this year. RIYL/FFO Abul Mogard, Alessandro Cortini

    Aesop Rock, “Integrated Tech Solutions” (2023) – Endless, generous brilliant bangers from the dean of rap studies. RIYL/FFO MF DOOM, Del the Funky Homosapien

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  • ONLY MOSTLY DEAD | Night Mode

    Selections from Only Mostly Dead is a double LP-length overture from the four-and-a-half-hour primary work.