SO, …THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A WHILE! BEHOLD! A SPLIT 7″ w/BOYCRUSH (ALISTAIR DEVERICK, RUBY SUNS). KINDLY PRESSED BY THE RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY, THIS 7″ IS A DOUBLE A-SIDE RELEASE FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE TRACK THAT WAS STARTED IN MADRID WITH THE AMAZING JIVRAJ SINGH ON DRUMS, AND FINISHED BACK IN N.Z. THE DIGITAL RELEASE FEATURES A REMIX, OR ‘MUSICAL DÉRIVE’, BY THE EVER-TALENTED PAPERGHOST… Enjoy! XO Gg.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE LIFE OF A SOLO ARTIST IS… ODD.   YOU RECEIVE INSPIRATION AT RANDOM, CREATE AT ALL KINDS OF BIZARRE HOURS, CRITIQUE YOUR WORK CONSTANTLY, QUESTION YOUR EXISTENCE AND CONVERSE WITH YOURSELF BECAUSE 99% OF THE TIME, YOU’RE ALONE!   NOT THAT ANY OF THIS IS REALLY THAT BAD, I’M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT ANY GOOD ART IS BORNE OF A STRUGGLE… BUT AT 10 YEARS SINCE MY FIRST SOLO RELEASE I’M LEFT WONDERING… WHAT NEXT? ANOTHER 50 YEARS OF POTTERING AROUND IN A STUDIO THINKING ‘yeeeah, that’s ok, but… but how could it be better?‘

I WENT TO SEE THE KRONOS QUARTET LAST WEEK, THERE DAVID HARRINGTON PARTED A QUOTE FROM HIS FORMER TEACHER… ‘The great thing about music, is that it can always be better‘   …YOU KNOW THAT FEELING?   MORE THAN A EUREKA MOMENT, LIKE THE FABRIC OF TIME AND SPACE IMPLODING IN YOUR BRAIN & CREATING A BLACK HOLE/WHITE ROOM/ANECHOIC CHAMBER OF TOTAL CLARITY.   I HAD THAT.   THEN.   BETTERMENT, REGARDLESS OF BORDERING ON O.C.D., IS HEALTHY, IT’S GREAT.

MY NEW ALBUM,  ’It’s An Infinite Life‘ …IS BEGINNING TO MAKE SENSE NOW, 13 OR SO TRACKS OF BRUTAL CULLING AND ‘BETTERMENT’:

01   Isn’t This Exciting?
02   Lemon Brain
03   Tunnel Vision
04   Minus Times Infinity
05   Lichtung
06   A Constant Nothing
07   White Sighlence
08   Blood Flow Four AM
09   27 Bells Of Youth
10   Pareidolia (Redux)
11   …Two Fifty Greece
12   God Is Whatever You Want It To Be
13   But A Dot You Are 

…HMM, COULD PROBABLY BE BETTER.

XO Gg

MINUS TIMES INFINITY / - x ∞ ! A NEW VIDEO FOR A NEW SINGLE FOR A NEW ALBUM COMING OUT SOMETIME 2013 !

ALSO ON ITS WAY! A LTD. EDT. SPLIT 7″ W/ BOYCRUSH THANKS TO THE RBMA, AND A LTD. EDT. SOUNDTRACK CASSETTE FOR SHOPPING ! ON TOUR 2013! USA – SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL, SINGAPORE – MOSAIC MUSIC FESTIVAL, NZ/AUSTRALIA/JAPAN/CHINA – SO SO MODERN !

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO MY TOKYO SHOWS, SEE YOU NEXT YEAR WITH A NEW ALBUM! XOGg.

I’M HEADING TO JAPAN & PLAYING A FEW SHOWS!… AND BY SOME BIZARRE CONNECTION AN EXCERPT FROM JESSE TAYLOR SMITHS ‘LOOSE CHANGE’ VIDEO WILL SCREEN AT THE SHIBUYA CROSSING IN TOKYO TO PROMOTE THE SHOWS! (CLICK ABOVE TO SEE!)… IF YOU’RE A TOKYO LOCAL, COME SAY HELLO!…

July 18 – Rock Action @ Club Asia – w/ birds melt sky, 夕暮レトロニカ, She Her Her Hers, MOROHA, pocketlife, luvrap group, Boys get hurt DJs
(http://www.kiwakiwa.jp/2012/06/16/bms_rockaction-3/)
July 20 – Alternative Current @ Ruby Room – w/ thatta, Icon Girl Pistols, Kate Sikora & Martin Leroux
(http://www.facebook.com/events/406440029408311/)
July 21 – Young Folks @ Heaven’s Door – w/ Day and Buffalo, Miila and the Geeks
(http://privatedub.com/p/50256)
August 1 - Moon Romantic - w/ 4 Bonjour’s Parties, Yosi Horikawa
(http://www.moonromantic.com/?p=10948)

FOR BANDCAMPERS…

FOR iTUNERS…

…ENJOY! xoGg.

THE MOST FUN YOU CAN HAVE DYING WILL PREMIERE THIS WEEK AND THE SOUNDTRACK WILL BE RELEASED DIGITALLY VIA iTUNES AND BANDCAMP… LINKS TO FOLLOW!

THE FILM FEATURES A RE-WORKING OF ‘HUMBLE PUNK ROCK’… ALIGNING IT SOMEWHAT CLOSER TO ITS NAME, THERE’S ALSO A COUPLE MORE INTERPRETATIONS IN THE SOUNDTRACK, BUT IN THE MEANTIME CHECK no. II OUT HERE!

ADMITTEDLY I’D KEPT RELATIVELY QUIET ABOUT THE PIECE BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE PLAYING MY FIRST SOLO SHOW ALL OVER AGAIN (OH, THE ANXIETY), BUT HEY! IT WENT WELL, AND BELOW IS AN EXCERPT FROM THE PIECE…
I COULD RATTLE ON ABOUT ITS CONCEPTUAL RELATIVITY TO A DÉRIVE BUT… I WON’T! JUST IMAGINE THE EXCERPT OVER EIGHT MINUTES… OR THE UNPERFORMED ‘FULL SCORE’ LENGTH AT FOURTEEN MINUTES.

EXISTENCE – AETHER I (EXCERPT) by graysongilmour

ALSO, I CAN’T SAY MUCH ABOUT THE FILM THAT I’VE BEEN WORKING ON RECENTLY (VERY HUSH HUSH), BUT IT WILL BE NEXT YEAR BY THE TIME THE SOUNDTRACK IS RELEASED… A WHOLE 60, 70, 80? MINUTES WORTH OF MUSIC. …AND BECAUSE I LIKE TO KEEP MYSELF OVERWHELMINGLY OCCUPIED, I’VE ALSO STARTED WORK ON ANOTHER FILM SCORE… MORE ON THAT LATER!

FINALLY, SHOWS!… NEW SONGS!… SWAMPFEST – P.NTH, OCTOBER 7TH & THE FLYING NUN 30TH ANNIVERSARY – AK/WG, NOVEMBER 4/5TH.

ZANG, Gg.

RUBAN NIELSON, UNDER HIS NEW GUISE ‘UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA‘ REMIXES ‘I AM A LIGHT‘ FOR A FADER MODCAST…WORDS CAN’T EXPLAIN HOW MUCH IT BLEW MY MIND! HAVE A LISTEN & FOLLOW THE SKULL FOR A FULL TRACKLIST… ENJOY! Gg.

GREETS! ITS BEEN A WHILE! WHY THE SILENCE? … OVER A MONTH AGO I BROKE A FINGER AND AS A RESULT HAVE BEEN SPENDING MY DAYS IN ORTHOPAEDIC REHAB LISTENING OUT FOR NEW & INTERESTING SOUNDS / DIGGING FOR UNTRACEABLE SAMPLES / SCRUTINISING & REINVENTING MY NEW MATERIAL POST NO CONSTELLATION… SO IT HASN’T BEEN ALL THAT BAD. I’VE ALSO BEEN BURROWED IN MY STUDIO WORKING ON A FILM SOUNDTRACK WHICH WILL BE RELEASED IN EVERYONE’S FAVORITE YEAR OF THE MAYAN CALENDAR; 2012.

WHILE MOST OF THE MUSIC I’M WRITING FOR THIS FILM IS NEW, THERE ARE POTENTIALLY A COUPLE TRACKS FROM YOU SLEEP, WE CREEP MAKING THE CUT, WITH A FEW EDITS / ADDITIONS… THE REASON I’M BRINGING THIS UP IS BECAUSE IN RE-MIXING THE WORKING I’VE REDISCOVERED THE SONIC WARFARE GOING ON AT THE END OF THE TRACK… SO I THOUGHT I’D SHARE A SALUTE TO MY FEEDBACK FUELED TEENHOOD… ENJOY! Gg.

THE WORKING (FEEDBACK OUTRO) by graysongilmour