Bike Lane
Treats for Bandcamp Friday
Hey, y’all.
Wanted to jump in, real quick with a couple of updates.
This coming Friday (December 5) is a Bandcamp Friday and I have some stuff for you.
For starters, I’ve been digging through some old hard drives and such and found all kinds of Bike For Three-related stuff - in particular for the first album, More Heart Than Brains. I found demos for most of the songs. I have instrumentals for most of the stuff too. There’s also a few previously unheard things. As I’ve been listening to the stuff this week, it has really hit me that Joëlle’s incredible production scratched the itch I’ve always had for Mantronix and mid-90s era Aphex Twin. Joëlle is legit incredible and I feel like her music should have made her world famous. Very powerful musical mind. So be on the lookout for a super-deluxe version of More Heart Than Brains. I’m gonna scramble and try to get stuff for the second album - So Much Forever - ready too. If I don’t manage to post it by Friday, it will be there soon.
As I was digging for Bike For Three! stuff, I came across something I didn’t know I had - a full instrumental version of Dirtbike 4. I have a vague memory of performing the album in full once, which is why I ripped the instrumental, I guess. Does anyone remember seeing such a show? Anyway, I know it’s a very niche thing and I don’t expect to sell a lot of copies but I’ll be making that available too. I listened last night and was reminded that I really love that album. The beats are quite dope. You’ll probably hear some little things you never heard before. Give it some consideration.
And I have seen that the process of having my music removed from Spotify has begun (check the last post, if you didn’t hear). A few albums are already gone and the rest should be gone by next week. Again, it was a tough decision to make. I know a lot of y’all go there for most of your listening. I’ve seen the numbers. But I had to do it. So to make it up to y’all as best I can, I’ll offer up a big discount on the full catalog on Bandcamp this Friday as well. If you can’t get the stuff on Spotify anymore, maybe this way you can get it on your phone or laptop or whatever for relatively cheap.
One more thing I wanted to mention... Last week, just as I was posting something on Instagram, I saw a post from DJ Moves saying that he was selling the 4-track that my album Language Arts was recorded on. I jumped immediately and said I’d buy it. It’s a little piece of my history and I’m happy to bring it home. I haven’t had a 4-track in my setup in many years now. But I still have all the old master tapes from the albums I recorded on one. So I have this idea in mind to maybe rip instrumental versions of Language Arts, Vertex and Man Overboard. Does that sound like something you might be interested in? When I get around to doing that, I’ll be sure to let you know. I’m thinking it might also be fun to record a new album on 4-track - get real dusty again, like the old days.
That’s it for now. Thanks in advance for any support you can offer on Bandcamp Friday.
Until the next.