It was quite strange when I woke up this morning. As I lay there in bed, I thought to myself "this is the last day of 2003!" It's a silly and simple thought, I know, but it was a strange first thought, considering I hadn't paid any attention to the new year at all up to this point.
Aesthetically, I've grown fond of 2003 as a year and number, but I've been quite excited about 2004 for quite some time. It will be the tenth year since I started giving serious attention to my art projects, and I've had a good energy over the last few months building up to it.
There are three releases planned for the new year. One was recorded last summer, one is still being worked on, and one was primarily recorded back in 1994 and has new layers of sound from 1999 and 2003 on it. The first two mentioned will be on CD, and the last one will be copied over thrift store tapes.
After much internal debate, I've decided to release this new work under a new project name, aodl. aodl will primarily be straight up big analog noise, allowing me to keep Eucci focused more on minimalism.
So.. While I've been anxiously awaiting 2004, I'm still surprised that it's just about here. And it sounds like I'll be welcoming it in with Southern Comfort, David Lynch movies, friends, and [most likely] more fresh snow. Excellent.
Other big changes go into motion when the new year hits. More on that later.