Really proud to get this out into the world. So many killer tracks and so many good people involved.

Oxbow (Remix by Ben Vida) 3:24
Consonants and Vowels (Remix by Epstein) 3:11
Oxbow (Remix by M.Takara) 4:25
Consonants and Vowels (Remix by New Fumes) 5:05
You will need a new name one day Hercules Rockaway. (Remix by Dan Bitney) 4:04
Another Song about Euryale (Remix by Totem Test) 3:51
Hey Love (Zinc Remix by The Eternals) 2:51
Oxbow (Remix by Bundy K. Brown) 8:45
Consonants and Vowels (Remix by Diamond Age) 6:04
She’s Made of Clay (Remix by Clive Tanaka) 2:54
She’s Made Of Clay (Remix by DJ /rupture & Chief Boima) 2:43

Please pick it up and rock it out.

Digital here:
http://tallcornmusic.bandcamp.com/album/onze-pedras-atiradas
Analog here:
http://tallcornmusic.bigcartel.com/product/lobisomem-s-onze-pedras-atiradas-12-lp-and-bonus-7

01. Dick Hyman and Mary Mayo – Maid of the Moon // MOON GAS
02. Soft Healer – Low Hangin’ Fruit // DAYTROTTER SESSION
03. Diamond Age – Ninna Nanna Per Adulti // ROUGHs
04. The Flaming Lips with Prefuse 73 – Be Like That…That…That… // 12″
05. Circle – Saarnaaja // INFEKTIO
06. Peaking Lights – All the Sun That Shines // 936
07. The Heavenly Gospel Singers – Mean Old World // HARRY SMITH ANTHOLOGY IV
08. Earl Sixteen – Problems // YEAR 2000
09. Bear In Heaven – Casual Goodbye (Epstein’s Galloping Gertie Remix) // BEAST REST FORTH MOUTH REMIXES
10. Ennio Morricone – Ninna Nanna Per Adulteri // “Crime And Dissonance” COMPILATION
11. Ethereal and the Queer Show – Hawk // Big Kirtan (crossfade) Anthony Manning -Concision Ten // Concision
12. Chad VanGaalen – Peace Is On The Rise // Diaper Island (crossfade) Joe Meek – The Bublight // I Hear a New World
13. Os Bongos – Pachanga Maria // ANGOLA SOUNDTRACK
14. Dug Dug’s – Cual Es Tu Nombre? // SMOKE (crossfade) Peter Jefferies – Kitty Loop // SUBSTATIC
15. General Trees – Scatter Me Scatter // NEGRIL
16. Belong – Come See (crossfade) Jane Weaver + Demdike Stare – Europium Alluminate

I’ve been meditating a little lately on what role music functions in my life. Splitting my time between the harsh realities of what it takes to make a living through music and the dream of immersion. I haven’t been able to find steady work since I got to NYC so I’ve sort of turned to music out of necessity and/or morbid curiosity. The nightmare of booking and record distribution alone are enough to crush even the most optimistic soul, yet here I am wading through it all. I guess at the end of the day, there’s something sort of sacred and essential there.

I have lots of Lobisomem related good news:
A few cool Lobisomem remixes have made their debut this week. Please check ‘em out.
DJ /rupture & Chief Boima:
http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2010/09/shes-made-clay-remix-dj-rupture-
Clive Tanaka:
http://www.internationaltapes.com/reviews/lobisomem-shes-made-of-clay-clive-tanaka-remix/

Some other great remixes also on their way.

I’ve been running around to record stores in NYC seeing if they’ll carry my new Lobisomem record. For the most part it’s been a positive experience. It’s really nice when stores will just buy the records outright. I will however admit to being really disappointed with a couple of my favorite record stores: Other Music and Turntable Lab. They seem to be so apprehensive to support emerging artists. I guess that’s a sign of the times. Bird & Whale gives away free music after all.
But yeah, I would strongly encourage you to keep the dream alive and support the following record stores (and emerging artists) where you should be able to find my new record, Onze Pedras:

Manhattan:
Kim’s Video & Music
Academy LPs
Good Records

Brooklyn:
Academy Record Annex
Halcyon

Chicago:
Reckless Records (Milwaukee Ave.)
Laurie’s Planet of Sound

Dallas:
Good Records

Austin:
End of an Ear

Lawrence, KS:
Love Garden Sounds

Minneapolis:
Electric Fetus

Tilburg, Netherlands:
Antenne Recordshop

If you know any other record stores that might be into stocking my tunes, please let me know. Likewise, if you visit any of these stores and they don’t have my record in stock please let me know.

Happy to report I’m going to be playing a solo Lobisomem show at the Beauty Bar in Chicago on Tuesday, October 14, 2010. (That show fell through. Waiting to hear about something else.) Super excited to share some new material with all my Chicago friends. I feel like my live show has come along way in the last year (lots of time spent thinking about how to make laptop jams come alive), so yeah it should be fun.
Also I’m going to be playing another solo show at Zebulon with Jason Ajemian’s Highlife and Woody Sullender on Tuesday, October 19, 2010. Should be a great night of music. The Highlife put on one of the better shows I’ve seen in while. Mercurial Appalachian jazz compositions that seem to fold space. I have never seen Woody Sullender live but his recordings are sublime, and I have no doubt he will offer more of the same in person.

Head Always in the Clouds

SIDE A – 08.09.10
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01. The Persuaders – John Barry
02. Anticope – M. Takara
03. The Age of Self – Robert Wyatt
04. Feather – Little Dragon
05. Tempo Nublado – Rita Lee
06. in here the world begins – Broadcast
07. Requiem pour un con – Serge Gainsbourg
08. Rainbow Man – Busy P
09. Go Ahead – Wire
10. Rubbermiro- Liquid Liquid
11. Long Lost Lover – The Lovejoys

SIDE B – 09.08.10
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01. Hotel (intro) – 10cc
02. Do The Du (casse) – A Certain Ratio
03. sal – M. Takara
04. El Lobo – Wganda Kenya
05. Lowrey Dub – Tapes
06. Sur Le Theme De Bene Gesserit III – Richard Pinhas
07. Game And Performance – Deux
08. (whoops) Good Life (excerpt) – Neu!
09. Timbilli / Arap Saçi – Erkin Koray
10. Eddie’s Rubber Band – Eddie Bo
11. Guide Us Father – General Trees
12. Haffi Rock – Mungo’s Hi-Fi
13. LazyBeat – Lukid
14. Swim – Billy Green
15. Two Cocks – Lower Dens
16. Cheree – Suicide

By the way, Bird & Whale gets a ton of spam in the comments section which I periodically weed through to try and figure out what is real. If you have anything pressing please contact me at birdandwhale@gmail.com – not through the comments section. Thanks for listening.

I collaborated with seven of my favorite musicians on the planet, recording in New York, Tokyo, Dallas, and Chicago. I also had the incredible good fortune to record and mix with John McEntire on the hallowed grounds of Soma Studios. I’ve been so influenced by John’s legacy, it was dream come true to work with him. Likewise, there are so many gifted people that played on Onze Pedras that it’s difficult to know where to begin in conveying my respect and thanks.

David Daniell – electric guitar
Nori Tanaka – drums & hand percussion
Matt Leer – electric guitar, baritone guitar, electronics, & synthesizer
Jaimie Branch – trumpet
Antonio Carella – electric guitar
Bob Jones – viola & double bass
Daniel Huffman – electronics

It was a true pleasure to work with this talented group of friends. They offered an immense sonic palette to work with, and I really appreciate their trust in letting me chase that soundtrack in my head.

I should give a huge shout out to Tall Corn Records for all their support and vigilance. There is no way that Onze Pedras would have ever been realized without their hard work.

Here’s a list of websites that have reviewed the album or tracks. Many of them also have mp3′s for your listening pleasure. Lord knows, it’s really difficult to write articulately about music so I wanted to say thanks to all these folks for taking the time to listen to the album and write about it. I’ll hopefully add to this list if more reviews come in.

http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2010/07/concussus

http://www.theowlmag.com/news/introducing-lobisomen/

http://www.mememagazine.com/wordpress/?p=277

http://filthybeatsandtreats.blogspot.com/2010/07/lobisomem-onze-pedras.html

http://nyc.thedelimagazine.com/node/2305

http://www.earsofthebeholder.com/post/908538882/lobisomem-shes-made-of-clay-lobisomem-is

http://tympanogram.com/music/introducing-lobisomem-concussus/

http://www.cyclicdefrost.com/blog/2010/09/01/lobisomem-onze-padras-tall-corn-music/

http://www.textura.org/reviews/lobisomem_onzepedras.htm

Please spread the word about the release and pick up a copy on September 14th, 2010 if the music speaks to you.

You can find Onze Pedras at these fine establishments:

Manhattan:
Kim’s Video & Music
Academy LP’s (East 12th)
Good Records

Brooklyn:
Academy Record Annex
Halcyon

Chicago:
Reckless Records (Milwaukee Ave.)
Laurie’s Planet of Sound

Dallas:
Good Records

Austin:
End of an Ear

Lawrence, KS:
Love Garden Sounds

Minneapolis:
Electric Fetus

Tilburg, Netherlands:
Antenne Recordshop

I feel like a lot of folks don’t “get” Reggae, but I really believe that it is one of the most compelling musical forms to hit planet Earth in the last century. It is a unique amalgam of Caribbean, African, and European rhythms and melodies. When listening to Reggae one can hear the musicians summoning the whole of those various musical cultures and melding them together so succinctly. On top of that, and this is the kicker, you had hundreds of musicians in on this tiny little island (4,444 square miles to be exact) in the 60′s and 70′s who had all mastered that melding. That melding became the baseline – the standard. So, then they did something truly magnificent and somehow collectively pushed each other even further. And as if that wasn’t enough, then you had the genesis of the entire DJ culture and the fascinating advent of “studio as musician” with the introduction of technology to capture and more importantly manipulate sound. Perhaps it’s easy to take all that for granted if you’re under fifty or for it to go over your head if you’re over fifty, but I can’t stress enough how significant this movement was/is to human’s relationship to music and sound.

So yeah, I hope you’ll come out if you live in NYC or Dallas. Dance a little bit and rejoice in that revolution in sound. Although if nobody shows up to Matt’s night in Dallas that will just be one more arrow in my quiver proving that he should move to NYC.

Foundation Rockers Soundclash
DJ Franco Nero & The Diamond Age
@ The Doublewide
3510 Commerce Street
Dallas, TX
Tuesday, July 27th 2010
10-2 *Free*

More info here: http://thediamondage1.blogspot.com/2010/07/foundation-rockers-diamond-age-mix.html

And then on Thursday, I’m going to be continuing my DJ residency at The Counting Room with one of the guys who really turned me on to the whole of Reggae, Jon Bless.

DJ sets by Jon Bless & Brad Loving
@ The Counting Room
44 Berry Street
Brooklyn, NY
Thursday, July 29th 2010
9-2 *Free*

Diamond Age – JAMAICAN RECORDs 2:

1. Sir Lord Comic, Skatalites – Four Seasons
2. Upsetters – Night Doctor
3. Eric Frater – Venus
4. Roy Shirley – Dance Arena
5. Larry Marshall – Run Babylon
6. The Revolutionaries – M.P.L.A.
7. Toyan – Spar with Me
8. Mikey Murta – Rude Rock Dubplate Mix
9. Big Youth – Screaming Target Version
10. Barry Brown -
11. General Echo – Follow Fashion
12. Shinehead – Billy Jean
13. Leroy Wallace & The New Establishment – Far Beyond
14. Jackie Mittoo – Juice Box
15. White Mice – Tallawah
16. Prince Jazzbo – Pepper Rock
17. Ranking – Chatty Chatty People
18. The Gladiators – Tallawah