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Hello World. Here's where I'm uploading random live recordings of sketches I'm making increasingly often. Feel free to let me know what you think. 

A bit of background: As a DJ in the 1990s I learned the ropes on and around Auditory Spiral on RTRFM in Perth and played lots of formative 1990s techno from Detroit, Germany and elsewhere at strange parties and things before getting sidetracked by life.

In the early 2010s I started Synaesthetics on Edge Radio in Hobart to whet my appetite for transmitting strange sounds to unsuspecting listeners. This was more focused on using Ableton Live to arrange and manipulate things than my historical vinyl focus.

These days I try to spend time playing with a nice new Akai MPC Live 2 to control a rack of old synths to keep my auditory needs met and yes, I'm still listening to your stuff from the 90s.

One day I hope to release an album, or at least an EP but I'm happy taking my musical career nice and slowly apparently.

The Civil Wars are Joy Williams and John Paul White. The self-titled follow up to their debut album Barton Hollow will be released on August 6, 2013. Pre-order now at http://smarturl.it/thecivilwars

The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode, we pick a text and chat about it with some balance between insight and flippancy. You don't have to know any philosophy, or even to have read the text we're talking about to (mostly) follow and (hopefully) enjoy the discussion.

Hi we are Jennifer and Ryan Sapp. We feel so lucky to have you all on this journey as we explore what impacts us in a positive way, we'd love to hear when you're inspired by our journey then we inform you and talk to the teachers we are calling in. Thanks for subscribing to Impact Inspire Inform with Jennifer and Ryan Sapp and being in our world! You have a unique gift and together helping each other embrace our gifts we rise.

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