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
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.
(more…)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 –
(more…)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
(more…)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
(more…)Daniel and I talked about the project with Ebony and Joel. Hear it anywhere you pod, or below.
Recorded a rhythm guitar track last night for a song with the working title “Killer Illness” from the I Am The Brute Squad project.
Signal path:
I’ve also been finishing off lyrics for Jam My Wave / Don’t Jam My Wave, and wrote the first piece for 23 Infinite Choices (the Night Mode synth hocketing project) over the past few weeks.
Another lightly edited and excerpted email exchange. I should have posted this one first; ahh, welp…
2023 April 12 – From: Howie – To: Cory
Subject: picked out FX for buckaroo bonanza
might perform them tonight. i’d forgotten i added this cool
little extra sample that really makes it. i don’t remember if the last
version you heard had the “yeah, yeah!” in it but it rules. anyway. 2
more songs of FX (buckaroo, ice/disappear), then doing some vocal sample
performances into the computer, then mix/master! we’re pretty close to
being able to hear the whole record and i’m really excited about that,
because i don’t know what it’s going to sound or feel like to hear all
these different tracks in one go. -h
2023 April 12 – From: Cory – To: Howie
I don’t think so on the “yeah, yeah!” but a little sprinkle of sample is always tasty! Love them extra touches, Uncle Grabby!
It’s crazy how quickly this record came together, at least from the outside! Obviously a lot of time and work goes into it, but this kind of music seems less gnarly than something with full drums and winding arrangements. And 27 sax-trax.
Spring is here and it’s beautiful outside and my head is full of fluid!
2023 April 12
it’s been fairly quick-ish? not as quick as a New Synth Record, but a lot quicker than a guitar record. i think the 404mkII arrived about a year ago (i ordered it when it came out in oct/nov ’21, but there were production delays). and it took a while to kind of learn and come up with a workflow. or it felt like it did… but i had the first 5 songs done by christmas, because over the break i set up and did a bunch of guitar parts for songs 6-10.
(more…)Here’s a lightly edited and excerpted email I had with Cory during the recording of Frog On The King’s Head.
2023 April 23 – From: Howie – To: Cory
going to be listening to a version of the full album for the ** first
time ** tomorrow! 4 songs are missing vocals, that’s next, but i’m
super psyched to hear it all as a piece. i think my first sequence is
pretty good, too. “farewell my lovely” is the beat i keep coming back
to. -h
2023 April 24 – From: Cory – To: Howie
So psyched for you my dude! I love that we have Chandler represented on this birch, let me know how you feel after
2023 April 24 – From: Howie – To: Cory
i feel awesome, i have no idea what this **is** (not that it matters) but i dig it.
i’m ready to read at least one more chandler this summer, not sure which, but i’ll just grab one and go for it. probably the earliest one i haven’t read, i guess.
(more…)I did three videos for songs from Frog On The King’s Head on the MFR YouTube channel, walking through the individual samples and patterns on the SP-404 mkII sampler.
We did two podcasts covering Frog On The King’s Head; grab them from your podcast platform here, or directly below.
I don’t know much at this point, but if you arrived here looking for Rob’s music, I wanted to make it as easy as possible to hear.
Calla Lily (digital re-issue) by The Golden Age
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