22 April 2007
I've been in Japan for nearly a week now. Cool place, I'm living in Osaka city. It's so different to NZ. I feel so much safer on the streets, and everyone's so respectful (sorry NZ, we have a lot to learn from these people). Lots of bicycles, bright lights, huge underground, it's bigger than you can imagine. There's well over two times NZ's population living in Osaka alone! ... I will visit Tokyo soon.
Been recording sounds I hear and started writing a song. I will put it up here when it's done.
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12 Mar 2007
Bought airplane tickets lastnight and will be leaving for Japan next month. I will stay there for 3 months as a UK tourist. Bringing a small recording rig with me so I hope to get some new stuff done and mix some older stuff. Also, we are doing a shoot for Nihon E very soon. Lots going on. Nyes.
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27 Jan 2007
A new cute n dirty song. Listen and download Sneak Out Make Out. Lyrics are listed too. Hope you enjoy and can maybe relate to it???
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Wow, I haven't written anything on here for a while. My website is also really out of date (i might just redirect it to here). Been busy as always. Had a good holiday in August and then started a new job as a 3d animator/programmer.
We just played a very cool gig at a little outdoor festival named "Little Day Out". I've uploaded a foto from the gig. I hope I can find some more from other people who had cameras that day. Lotsa people walkin around, so the place got muddy as the day went. I fell over twice.
I will upload some new tracks soon and also get to grips with the myspace music store. I have a lot of older music, which needs to be put on there.
New upcoming tracks are "Mother Machine", an industrial electronic rock song and "Sneak Out, Make Out", a cute but dirty electronica track.
ABOUT ME
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Blain likes to make things. One lunch time, as a five year old, he conned the other children and took every block in the classroom. With these blocks he built a large house for the other children to play in. And they did. The supervising teacher had probably head off for a coffee, or to do whatever it is teachers do during lunch hour. On return she was horrified to find a monstrosity set to collapse at any moment with little children inside. She stamped her authority and took Blain aside for a little chat...
... But Blain's obsession continued. As he grew older he built more than just a soap box derby car. He built waterslides, small roller-coasters, giant swings, a halfpipe, a luge track, ghost houses... the kid was not normal.
So time passes and has anything changed? Not really. Blain still likes to make things. But instead of trying to build the latest theme park ride, he is more content in writing music. He played in a band, travelling around New Zealand, playing shows while making animated videos. He had fun, but something wasn't right. You see, why be in a band with humans when you could make a virtual robotic band? And so begins a new phase of the madness...
Where could this all lead to?
Well, maybe Blain will create virtual fans, virtual groupies, a virtual music industry... hell, he might even end up replacing his girlfriend with a robot. Will it ever end? Probably not. Maybe when he dies he will create a virtual God and heaven.
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hello cousin! what weird & wonderful things have you ben up to on the other side of the world??? is it summer there? anyways hope u are fine & dandy!!! try not to miss me too much k!! haha xox
Enjoying that new tune... You were the musical highlight of the Little Day Out, as far as I'm concerned... although I particularly enjoyed slipping down into the thawn bushes and ruining my Milk Lime Green Polyester Suit from 1972... it was a very good year.
Just wanted to shout out that The Phoenix Foundations debut record Horsepower is in stores in the USA now! Highly acclaimed in New Zealand and Australia for there blend of indie pop with 70s prog horror tripped out ummm music TPF are really excited to be joing forces with Young American Records and will be on tour in the states throughout June playing with The Veils, Voxtrot, Au Revoire Simone and followong the release of NZ indy film Eagle Versus Shark for which they provided the score.
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Weds May 30: Bishop, CA – The Masonic Temple
Fri June 1: The Seattle Film Festival
Sat June 2: Seattle, WA – The Crocodile w/ Voxtrot, Au Revoire Simone
Sun June 3: San Francisco, CA – Amoeba Records In-Store Performace
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Thurs June 7: New York, NY – The Veils @ Mercury Lounge
Fri June 8: Brooklyn, NY – The Veils @ Union Hall
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Tues June 12: Philadelphia, PA – Flight of the Conchords After party @ World Café
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Love your profile. I wanted to put some more pics of me up but myspace wouldnt let me. there too sexy. my other profile has some. You have to make a quick account to see them through the free trial, but search for my email ad dress ;) is nzsex85@hotmail.com
What up Blain ? How's it going man. Were are you at these days ? I finally got one of your songs on my IPOD ! I got my DJ friend to remix one of your songs HAHHAA I'll send it to when were done.
