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3rd self-released EP from The Min Min Lights: Secret Sessions, released today. ‘Secret Sessions’ was recorded during residence at our old farm-style cottage share-house at Doon Court, in Briar Hill, Victoria, Australia. The recordings were taken in 2009 from practice sessions of our live performance score for Kwaidan, which took place at Rainbow Serpent Festival the same year. We have decided to release the recordings, but true to The Min Min Lights ethos, we journeyed to the Blue Mountains National Park ...Read More

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It's been some time since I've posted an update about this project, but I'm happy to announce our material is now available online for free download. Our debut EP Fireflies (2007) is now online (and hosted at the gargantuan archive.org) as well as our 2nd EP, released yesterday, 'Pre-Historia'. Read More

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'Airfield' is the new two-track EP from Sinuso Dial (aka m. leaf-tierney). The title piece combines location recordings from an old farmhouse cottage residence in Briar Hill, Victoria, Australia, with the electric guitar aesthetic characteristic of Tierney's ambient electronic sound. Track 2, 'Parafern', plays with a Macbook Pro built-in microphone and multi-fx processing in Ableton Live, to create an undulating swell of computational mechanics swathed in a wash of digital processes. You can download it free here: Sinuso Dial - Airfield EP Released ...Read More

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I'm pleased to announce a new release, a track of mine called 'Anigma', on UK Label AmpBitif/go. It's a compilation called 'Feeding The Transmitter'. This is my first audio release on a label of any kind! I'm really happy to be featured - the album is a really enjoyable listen and I find the other artists work to be just the mood and genre that I am happy to sit amongst - glitchy, ambient, drone electronica. My track is the final track ...Read More

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M. Leaf-Tierney releases the new Sinuso Dial EP 'Live in Melbourne'. The release contains 2 new pieces, one being an exploration of percussive, open-tuned guitar playing, and the other ~ a loop based, processed ambient work that utilizes the aforementioned guitar techniques. 'Live in Melbourne' was recorded at 'The Toff in Town' as part of the OUTSET music event on the 24th of November 2008. http://mattleaf.com/releases/melbourne Read More

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I'm proud to announce 'Anigma EP', my second release as Sinuso Dial. You can download it for free here. Just double-click the .zip file to open it. Containing 4 tracks that explore processed electric guitar and field recordings, 'Anigma EP' examines more subtle frequencies and sounds than on 'Biology'. Mixed with field recordings from Mt Cootha in Brisbane, Narita Airport in Tokyo and river sounds from the Merri Creek in Melbourne, Anigma presents a mix of insect and amphibian sounds, harmonic, ambient ...Read More

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I've just launched my website http://mattleaf.com ! In the coming weeks I'll be moving this blog over to Wordpress, which will hopefully come out with a similar look to the website. It's also my pleasure to announce my first online (and debut) release of music as 'Sinuso Dial'. Entitled 'Biology', the albums compositions consist of processed guitar and field recordings which result in a blend of ambient, warm distortion and subtle electronica. You can download it for free here. Read More