A Peaceful Ape24.02.10


Hey Guys,
If you could throw a vote my way here it would mean a lot. I am a huge Bonobo fan and would love to end up in the top 10.

You run the job, I run the show22.02.10


If you frequent the site you may have noticed the updates that have been happening over the past week. I have been adding some new features and finishing up a few long overdue items. I will now take the time to bore you with all of the details…



  • New Video Section
    This section will showcase some of our sound design and scoring via video and film projects that we have worked on.

  • New Music Section
    The Music Section has had a slight revamp in order to make room for new artists and releases.

  • Main Page Update
    The main page now has live news updates from the blog.

  • Blog About Page
    A little about the blog’s contributing members.


  • Blog Contact Page
    If you want to get in touch or leave some feedback.


  • Amazing right? Guys?

Forty Years of Darkness16.02.10


Miran recently sent me the 2009 chart positions at CFBX 92.5. Archaeology placed seventeenth in the Urban/Hip-Hop category. I thought I would take this opportunity to thank everyone that has made a donation after downloading the album and remind everyone that has downloaded the album and enjoyed it to spread the word. At this point I am mainly relying on word of mouth for getting the music out there so everyone you tell or give the album to counts.

All the support and donations go toward building the next project (which is well underway). In the meantime, keep checking out our vimeo account for video and music updates and look forward to lots of exciting new music from Nocturne in 2010.

Cassette Deck II01.02.10


Here is the second edition of our Nocturne Records Podcast. I picked out a few of my favorite records from my collection and mixed selected tracks from them into a 45 minute set. Let us know what you guys think in the comments section and enjoy the music.
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Except for a piano-shaped mezuza on the doorpost11.01.10


Hey everyone, just wanted to share some music with you that I’ve been listening to frequently in the last few months. These bands are all part of a deep funk revival movement started in the early 2000’s by a handful of very small indie labels that focus on re-creating that 60’s and 70’s soul sound using analog recording and mixing techniques. I am guessing that most of you don’t really care to hear about the details of analog vs. digital audio engineering so I am just going to skip the detailed explanation here. In case you are actually interested, you can give me a call and I promise to talk your ear off.


All you need to know is that it sounds like that “good old shit” that everyone keeps talking about, but you rarely hear on the radio nowdays…which is somewhat ironic because one of these songs was sampled by Kid Cudi for his album. Drop a line in the comments if you like any of these and I’ll make an effort to come back with some more goods for you.


The Budos Band





El Michels Affair





Menahan Street Band


Sprain Your Tape Deck23.12.09



I was in the process of putting together a mix-tape(yes TAPE as in cassette) for my car when I realized that it was an excellent opportunity to not only supply you guys with some good music for the holidays, but to start up the Nocturne Records podcast that Miran and me have made various attempts to get going over the past few months. In honor of the original purpose of the mix I’m calling the podcast ‘Nocturne Records Cassette Deck’, this being the first installment. We will see where this ends up, most likely it will fall by the wayside very quickly. If it does at least I got one out!

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Such a Long, Long Time Ago23.12.09


This semester in school one of my major assignments involved producing and recording an original song from any band or artist that I wanted. Some of the guidelines for the assignment required that it have at minimum: guitar, drums, bass and vocals. One of the major changes for me was that we were not aloud to use samples in the production of the track.

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The World of Dusty Vinyl16.12.09

LEWIS PARKER ON THE BEAT




I have been a fan of Lewis Parker for some time now. Being that I am in Canada and for the most part Lewis Parker is greatly slept on, I have not seen many of his albums in record stores. The only material I have is what I could find for sale online(see: Masquerades & Silhouettes). I discovered today that he has recently released a new album called “The Puzzle”, so I went straight to itunes, it turns out they have updated his catalog since I last checked. Not only did they have “The Puzzle” but they have a 2008 release called “Sniper Beats” as well. It is an amazing dust ridden all instrumental album styled after(sampling) scores from such films as “Bullitt”, and “Dirty Harry”. I am listening to “Sniper Beats” as I write this, if you enjoyed the supplied video at all, you will love the album. If you want Sniper beats go here. If you want to check out “The Puzzle” go here.

Go broke, all seen, done it08.12.09


As I’m sure some of you noticed, the blog has down for 2 or 3 days. I think our host had a problem with the database. Everything should be working now though, if you find something that isn’t, please let me know. In the mean time, check out this video of Mighty Mos Def reciting DOOM lyrics verbatim and breaking them down some too. Good stuff.





Chances are, after that you are going to want to hunt down some DOOM, let me save you time: here, here, and here, oh, and here.

Radio, Suckers Never Play Me23.11.09

I am now on CBC Radio 3, if you use Radio 3 and want to add some of my music to your play list check me out here.


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