Some great reviews for the Feeding the Transmitter compilation are floating about on the web...Really nice to see the release get a review on Neural too! I love that site and magazine... :) One particularly nice story on the relevance of CD samplers in the current day is up on Tokafi, with a little mention of the track I had on the compilation... Read More
Well, after months of speculation my laptop finally died. I'm not sure if it was a result of general wear and tear, or if i should actually suspect someone may have tipped water on it - as the Mac repair guys deemed the problem "logic board damage due to liquid spill". They want $2,300 to replace the logic board, which just makes no sense at all. A new Macbook itself is only a mere $1600. Where do they get off charging ...Read More
You've got to wonder how many people actually read your blog. And what the point of it really is. It's like a public record I guess, well, I guess for me it is. But lately I've been using Facebook a lot, and I'll use it to post video's I like, things I'm interested in, quotes, events etc... It's kinda confusing having all these portals. Even at home I keep a journal, which I guess is just for my own personal ...Read More
Gregory Taylor (pictured back, 5th from the right) was kind enough to include me in his fave releases of 2008. Anigma EP made it into the delectable list. http://www.rtqe.net/2008/2008_best.html Read More
Just received this email from the 'YouTube Content Identification Team' to inform me that my final year Diploma video piece from Swinburne 'exp.05' has been pulled due to copyright infringement. The piece was set to a track by Nine Inch Nails from the album The Fragile. Ironically, NIN are these days calling on artists to use their free music to create free tunes for upload to YouTube! No Matter! Check it out on Vimeo! exp.05 from M. Leaf-Tierney on Vimeo. The email: Dear VintageSystem, Video ...Read More
I've been hard away at work, steaming ahead towards graduation of my Fine Art degree. It's about bloody time! I should have a new 3 Track EP out in a couple of months. Say, November. Though I might make it two releases, one stereo, the other a downloadable 5.1 DVD. All the tracks are currently for my class 'Immersive Environments' (under the guidance of lecturer Philip Samartzis) which is essentially a course in spatialisation and surround sound techniques. I'm also working on a ...Read More
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