First Snows & Last Leaves

So this single thing took on a life of it's own, and became a 6 track mini EP of sorts. Two original tracks plus four remixes rounding it out to a nice, comfortable 27-ish minutes. I guess I have a thing for 6 track releases. I wonder if I'll keep it up for the next one, or break the mold a little. Time will tell.

The A-side of this single, First Snows of Summer, was originally released as a very rough work in progress at Em411 almost exactly two years ago. It's come a long way since then, as I think you'll hear if you compare the two versions. Last Leaves of Spring is much newer, and sprang almost full formed from my brain one day while testing some new plugins. I think it actually took about 3 days overall, but the bulk of it was created right off the bat.

As for the remixes, they're all stupendous, in completely different ways. I love hearing remixes of my own work, because they always surprise me, digging unheard possibilities out of things I've already created. So extra special thanks to: Hjalti (as always); The Quarry Stone; The Celibacy Club (who we should be hearing more from); and Utofbu (whose new Realise EP on Sofarock is quite fantastic indeed).

Cover photography is by the supremely talented Serene Careaga, who is kind enough to let me use her gorgeous imagery. I knew this shot was an album cover the second I saw it. I'm glad it could be mine.

So please! Download and enjoy. There's more coming, I promise.

On the Ones and Twos

Two pieces of Miniature Airlines news.

First! I'm featured on the Submersible Hamster podcast this week, along with Trash80, Ernesto Aeroflot, Disasterradio, and others. Props to the Hamster Alliance for the inclusion! Go have a listen, and subscribe for a regular dose of great tunes.

Second! First Snows & Last Leaves is in its final stages. Release date? I'm thinking Monday, December 1st. Putting the finishing touches on the two original tracks and three remixes, plus hoping for one last mix to show up. There's some good shit on here, and I can only take credit for roughly a third of it!

That's all for now...

30:51

The set went well. It was early in the evening, and it was a pretty thin crowd, but still good. I breezed through a few sections of the set to keep it short, and ended up playing for 30 minutes and 51 seconds. Again, I have to apologize for a lack of documentary evidence. No recording, maybe a couple photos taken by others. We'll see. I need to do better about that. Maybe I should just play through my set at home and post it as a "live album". We'll see.

Anyways...One more show under my belt. I'll probably play this set, or slight variations of it, for my next shows, whenever they happen to be. There's some talk of something early next year, but it would be nice to have something lined up beforehand as well. And of course, I"m still eyeing the other big West Coast locations...Portland? Vancouver? San Francisco? I'm looking your way...

Next project: well under way. I'm thinking the new single will be out by the end of the month, and I'm going to try to get a remix or two lined up for it, making it more of a short EP. No promises on that front though. But it will be at least two tracks. I'll be finalizing them and beginning the mixdowns this weekend, as well as getting artwork sorted. If you're interested in remixing, e-mail me. dylan@miniatureairlines.com. I'm down to trade remix work, too...

Election Night

Nectar & The Divison List Present our Official

Election Night Headquarters
...(slash) Dance Party!
featuring live music from:

Jeans Team

• with DJs Travis Baron, Kadeejah Streets, Grindle, Ctrl_Alt_Dlt., Miniature Airlines, Righteous Trash & Jest One
• plus Election Results & Coverage throughout the night on our huge 12'x12' screen and 3 additional TVs!

5 PM - 2AM / 21+
FREE!!

*Celebrate or Drown your Sorrows w/ Happy Hour Drink Specials ALL NIGHT LONG w/ proof that you voted!!

*Take out your aggressions w/ our Obama & McCain Dartboard Tournament of Champions!!

As a Canadian citizen with no voting rights, I find it amusing to be playing an election night show. But I am just as excited as the rest of you to see the end of the Bush Era, and (hopefully) the dawning of the Obama Era. I'm Miniature Airlines, and I approve this message.