Alter ego

Erik Spangler is not just another composer with a Ph.D from Harvard University. He's also a DJ/turntablist. Known as DJ Dubble8, Erik synthesizes his interest in music for the concert stage with his passion for beat-making into some really cool stuff. I'm proud to boast that the first of his experiments into this realm was a piece called pastlife laptops and attic instruments, which was written for me and premiered last October at an integrated multimedia concert of electro-acoustic music that featured the unsurpassed video artistry of Johnny DeKam. Erik's remixed the track and it's now available on a CD titled Tomkins County Organic: homegrown beats vol. I, which can be purchased at CD Baby. Check it out! Incidentally, the live version of pastlife recorded at the whatWALL? show back in October will be included on my debut album, American Voices. (What's the hold up, you ask? Well, there were a few issues in the first master. It's being remastered and will be off to the record company within a week or so. Hang tight.) More info on DJ Dubble8 at Sonicbids. And watch out next spring for Hybrid Groove Project.