news 2004

austere - happenings 2005

news 2006

14 Dec 2005 — The film "The Thin Horizon", written and directed by Michael Peters of Artifex Imagewerks, LLC in Forest Grove, Oregon, for which we composed and performed the was screened for the public on 14 December 2005 at the now defunct and sadly missed The Guild Theater on 9th Ave. in Portland, Oregon, U.S. R.I.P. The Guild.

19 Nov 2005 — We are pleased to announce the release of a track with The Ambient Collective's first FreeNetLabel release: "Space Collaboration".

Featuring 16 tracks of pure ambient delights ranging from glitch to uber chilled, symphonic to soundtrack, gritty to smooth and so on; the styles are unique are magically blend into one another. It can be downloaded with other Ambient Collective releases by starting here. Artists are Austere, Altus (aka Mike Carss), Bluejooz, DRT, Jujigen (Kevin Rees), Scott Turner (aka Not-Your-Average-Hippy), Chris Melchior, and Silvercord.

27 Aug 2005 — We are pleased to announce the release of an Austere side project known as "Freq. Magnet" called Principium Somniferum. It is another all guitar-based release, very floaty and ambient and not at all melancholy, and comes in an interesting "Zen" case on a purple CD.

It is currently available directly from us or from CD Baby and samples can be found there and at the Freq. Magnet site.

21 Jul 2005 — Failed to mention our latest contribution to Dark Duck Records'  " The Drone Download Project - Year 3", another guitar-only track called Wend which is a slightly different version than the one that appeared on our out-of-print release "Remission", slightly longer, different ending, and without samples. It can be downloaded for free for this year only in MP3 format.

08 Jul 2005 — Our new collaboration with Stephen Phillips, faded, a complete deconstruction and reassembly of our 2000 release fade, much more than just a remix by far, worked by Phillips with post-production by Austere and mastering at The Sound-O-Mat, is now available through Hypnos Online Store, Dark Duck Records, or through CD Baby while supplies last.

01 Jun 2005 — We are pleased to announce that our new release Eco is now available exclusively from the Hypnos Online Store.

Eco is a return to our roots, a Process Music piece ala Steve Reich, similiar in concept to our first release Convergence but with a different style and very different purpose: rather than to aid and encourage meditation, the new release was pain-stakingly composed, arranged, designed, and brainwave encoded to help enduce healthy and restful sleep patterns. It can be enjoyed as a minimalist composition, meditative piece, or also as an aid in sleeping for those who have difficulties finding true peace and rest. The trilogy ends with Pulse which was released in 2007.

15 May 2005 — Several of our tracks have been in rotation on two popular ambient streaming Web sites: StillStream and Sleepbot Environmental Broadcast. StillStream describes themselves thusly:

Welcome to StillStream, an ambient net radio station with a difference. Unlike many other stations, we are focused primarily on live, interactive radio programs, with living, breathing hosts who share their passion for deep music with you, the listener. And when a live show is not under way, our StillStream All Ambient feed plays a broad, fresh selection of superb tracks from some of the best ambient artists, to relax and recharge you.

Choose your preference to listen to the StillStream feed here.

The Sleepbot is a long-running, highly regarded ambient site/stream that's been around for many years, based out of Seattle. We've been heard on the Sleepbot Environmental Broadcast, which is designed to be musick to play while sleeping (the site even contains a test tone of the loudest volume so you can adjust the music accordingly.)

Listen to the Sleepbot Evironmental Broadcast here.

17 Apr 2005 — Convergence has been reissued as a production CD, complete with full-color CD artwork, new liner notes, a clear CD case, shrink-wrapped and bar-coded.

08 Jan 2005 — With about a dozen copies left of the limited edition of Curio remaining, we have started releasing copies of the second, unlimited edition.