11 Nov 2006 — Four of our releases: Convergence, fade, Remittance, and faded are now available in Canada through ping things, our northern neighbour's finest outlet for all things ambient and good. Tracks from Remittance are also in rotation on AMBiENT PiNG RADiO on Live365. Big ups to Rik for all his work and support in making this all happen.

10 Nov 2006 — While we retain full copyright to the names "Austere", "The Mystifying Oracle", and "Freq. Magnet", as well all sound recordings and titles (tracks and albums), we have opened use of our logos, images and any information on this site under license by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License.

26 Oct 2006 — Blue Water Records has released "Organbient - Longform Ambient Compilation Vol. 1", a 17-hour DVD-ROM / downloadable MP3 release to benefit and support Stillstream Radio, the Internet's absolute top choice for streaming ambient music, including four "live" shows every week. Both the compilation and Stillstream come highly recommended. One of our long drone tracks is included.

06 Oct 2006 — Much needed & massive updates, fixed, and additions to our Reviews & Samples page.

01 Oct 2006 — A recently recorded "power drone" track called "Puissant" has been released as part of the series for the fourth year for Dark Duck Records' " Drone Download Project (DDP)". Downloading is free so go grab a copy and give a listen.

11 Sept 2006 — Our... it's painful to say... our, um... MySpace Page is now finished and ready for consumption. Thanks to several people who helped us out, you know who you are. MySpace is, quite frankly, a piece of shite compared to Tribes or even Friendster, but it seems like where everyone lives now, and it is nice that they have page dedicated to bands. Pages for The Mystifying Oracle, Freq. Magnet, and The Sound-O-Mat are also available.

21 Jul 2006 — The third year for Dark Duck Records' " The Drone Download Project - Year 3" is now available for sale as a CD.

11 Apr 2006 — The Mystifying Oracle has released a four track CD EP called "Kiffed" which is now available from CD Baby and samples can be found there.

15 Jan 2006 — The last 20 copies of Monodia have been assembled and once these sell out, it will go out-of-print forever. We also have only three copies of the first edition of Curio remaining, which is made with 20 carat gold foil covers, each hand-made and unique.

12 Jan 2006 — Mix-downs on a four or five track CDEP by The Mystifying Oracle are almost complete and the CD artwork has been finalized, but it may be a few weeks in post-production and mastering. The tracks are very different from Austere and even from the first 'Oracle CDEP.

austere - happenings 2006