Music I've Made

I just realized that I have pages all over the internet, with nothing to link them together. To make things better, some of them are years out of date. So, here's my musical history, with links to mp3s and websites where I have them.

Painted Invisible (2003-present)

A solo project that's somewhere between electroclash and futurepop (both terms I hate, by the way), as well as the name of a bouncy synthpop duo that never happened and an earlier trance/pop solo project.

An mp3 collection for Painted Invisible and Pneumat IX (below).

A web page about Painted Invisible and my musical history.

Pneumat IX (2005-2005)

Slower and moodier synthpoppish stuff. Pneumat IX was a duo with my former flatmate Francis until he flipped out and took off (with a bunch of my CDs and equipment) for LA.

The band's myspace page. Just about nothing on this page is true. For example, you may notice that the music that Francis claims as his deeply personal solo music is bit-for-bit the same mp3s that are on the other pages above and below. Oh well, it's still good music.

My personal myspace page, from the Pneumat IX era. I haven't updated it in almost a year, and I'm not even sure which email address it was attached to. There's some music-related stuff there, and some more blogs if you're bored.

The original Pneumat IX page, which we never finished.

The mp3 repository for the above site.

DJ Payn (1989-present)

My usual club DJ name. I've released a few mash recordings, but I haven't looked for them online.

Ice IV.V (1999-2002)

Electronic parody covers. My first post-Ice IX solo project. Most famous for "Del Taco Man," And One's "Techno Man" rewritten about various people in the LA industrial scene hanging out at a Del Taco. Other targets included Idiot Stare via Falco ("Rock Me Chadley Bishop"), NIN ("Closer to Lunch"), and... I can't remember. I no longer have any of this music. If you have any, please let me know.

LAGoth.net writeup, thanks to archive.org. Also see a later version, with the logo.

I have no idea how I ended up on last.fm. But someone must have this song--two different versions, in fact.

HacK (1999-2003)

Psytrance/ebm solo project. I never finished anything, mainly because I spent all my time making new sounds in Reaktor instead of writing music. Reaktor is dangerous. Also the name of three different clubs I promoted. No websites appear to exist.

Mulder's Files (1996-2000)

Synthpop all about the X-Files, basically a S.P.O.C.K ripoff. No finished recordings exist, and I can't find any evidence online that I existed.

Ice IX (1994-1999)

Synthpop/hiphop/ebm/techno. Ice IX was originally an SF band called RU486, but after founder Zeke moved to LA, it ended up turning into Ice IX, which I joined shortly thereafter. Over the years, we morphed from generic Laeatherstrip-style ebm to something unique and cool--partly because I got more involved, but mainly because Zeke's tastes evolved. Our album never came out, but we had a bunch of compilation appearances (not one of which I now have a copy of--again, contact me if you do). Not to be confused with Ice Nine (Levi from TKK's band) or Ice 9 (Chris Randall from Sister Machine Gun's band), from around the same time and in roughly the same musical space.

Official web site on Hallucinet, thanks to archive.org.

An interview in an online 'zine.

The discogs page, proof that someone actually paid me for a recording at least once. Although I think I made more off mp3.com (before they started screwing over their artists) than the whole band made from all the comps combined.

An everything2 node.

Internet Covers Database results, notably including not a single one of the covers we recorded on comps (I think Human League, Gary Numan, Run DMC, Kraftwerk?), and including some that we never even played live.

Krypton Angels (1992-1995)

Bad ebm. I wish someone had told me that the world didn't need another FLA ripoff. One demo recording lost years ago, and that's OK. No references online.

23 Naked Jesi (1991-1996)

Annoying old-school industrial noise. All demos lost, and I don't care. No references online.

Beat Traitor (1988-1992)

New beat/ebm/industrial collaboration with a guy named Topher back in college. One demo recording lost years ago, but I'd love to hear it again. No references online.

Battery Club (1987-1989)

"College rock" (which means somewhere between indie and alternative, before those terms existed) band that went through numerous incarnations before me and the other guitar player (Topher) decided we liked playing keyboards better and started Beat Traitor. No demos, don't care, no refs.