A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD VOL. VII

Hello, hello it’s good to be back. It’s been awhile since I’ve written anything here. Did you miss me? In all seriousness though I haven’t felt the urge to be sharing things or using my socials as much since the new year, for many reasons. The main reason being that being creative and/or taking care of my family and friends has been far more replenishing for me than anything I can experience on my phone. Especially in the midst of the chaos, suffering, and uncertainty of the present. I understand that is an extremely privileged thing to say and it does not mean that I am peace-ing out from the severity of the moment. It’s more just that I have been trying to remain disciplined and reclaim my attention back, which in this day and age feels like a radical and liberating thing to do.

In the meantime I’ve been working on so much new music and art that I can’t wait to eventually start sharing. I will be posting more about the things I’ve been working on soon ; )

I wanted to say that in case you may have missed it, the soundtrack for the video game Lost Records: Bloom & Rage which I worked on extensively with Ruth and Natty over the past few years has finally been released! You can stream the ten tracks we created for it here. I feel so honored to have been a part of this project. It was a real blast being able to create this music with Ruth and Natty. The team at Don’t Nod were so wonderful to work with as well. I cannot thank them enough for inviting us to soundtrack their game. If you’re interested in purchasing the soundtrack on vinyl you can do so here in Europe and here in the USA.

A few things I’ve been into lately…

Bill Orcutt “Music For Four Guitars” - The best way I can describe this music is that it sounds like a polluted beach that nature has reclaimed. A place where barnacles and algae have grown all over the debris and stacks of discarded tires. Like Throbbing Gristle or specifically anything with Genesis P-orridge, our dogs hate this. It’s not music for everybody but it’s definitely music for me. Lately I’ve been drawing a lot while listening to this on the stereo.

Cecil Taylor “Silent Tongues” (Live at Montreux 1974) - I scooped this up about twenty five years ago (😱) at Cheapo Records in Minneapolis (the genesis of so many records in my library). I think it was on the recommendation of Nathan from The Gossip because he used to make me really wonderful mixtapes of no wave, free jazz and other out there stuff. I don’t even know how to describe this. Is it free jazz? It feels like classical influenced liberated jazz to me. It blows my mind that there was once a moment in our culture where someone at major label like Arista thought it was a smart idea to release an album by an artist like Cecil Taylor because like that Bill Orcutt album, this is not music for everybody. When this is playing in our home it just makes me feel good. It takes me back to my state of mind while listening to it twenty five years ago, in the best way possible.

That’s it for now. Thanks for reading and subscribing to my substack. I hope everyone out there reading this is hanging in there ok in the midst of all the chaos and vulgarity.

Sincerely, Adam

“Where the will to power is paramount, love will be lacking.” - Carl Jung