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The Difference Engine

About Me

being inactive is never attractive.
"haunting melodies with crushing rhythms give [the difference engine] an edgy and different vibe."
-j-sin, smother.net

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/07/2005
Band Website: http://www.thedifferenceengine.us
Band Members: chris brown: instruments and voices
Influences: interpol, radiohead, joy division, slint, blur, my bloody valntine, xiu xiu, m83, sigur ros, pulp, patrick wolf, shellac, aphex twin, the cure, depeche mode, hello astronaut goodby television, skinny puppy, placebo, mclusky, nine inch nails, arcade fire, kraftwerk, rasputina, new order, can, hum, pink floyd, the notwist, friends, family, and villains
Sounds Like: someone who can't use a drum machine properly
Record Label: CDA
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

20081107

sixteen tracks currently in various stages of array/disarray, with several more slated to be started.ten are older and are borne of haunted attics and creaking floorboards. they were never really give...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:14:00 GMT

the tragedy of hammerspace

the final track sequencing for the new difference engine EP, "hammerspace", is as follows:1. interleaved 2 of 52. smpte3. the widest of the spaces4. something in my sight5. her mind's eye6. five chara...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 12:21:00 GMT

11.5.07

-there's some new difference engine stuff in the works, but we're nowhere near anything in terms of an ep or lp. just a couple of tracks and a lot of ideas...-i'm currently working with o-ry-n on a pr...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 11:36:00 GMT

tde:tpg review 2

(borrowed from the noise)THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE Talking Pictures of Ghosts 6-song CD              With the rallying cry from "The Bespectacled ...
Posted by on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:42:00 GMT

tde:tpg review 1

It's hard for any band to name drop Skinny Puppy to me since I have a Skinny Puppy tattoo, I'm such a devoted little fan boy. But the Difference Engine (comprised of multi-instrumentalist Chris Brown...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:08:00 GMT

mastered tracks online

hello.in the summer of 2005 i began work on what was supposed to be a quick one-off one-man side project called the divorce.in the spring of 2007 i will instead be releasing the debut ep of the differ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:48:00 GMT

a>d: voice

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Posted by on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 14:44:00 GMT

news. really.

the difference engine record is being delivered to the moontower studio in cambridge for mastering tonight or tomorrow. it will be mastered by mike quinn who has worked on recordings by bang camero, c...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:56:00 GMT

summer vacation

ok, so the idea of what is going to happen is a bit clearer now. the summer vacation is nearly over.matt, your interface WAS used. it was just sort of a notebook during chaotic times. but it's time to...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 18:58:00 GMT

nonononono

i got it all wrong.back to the proverbial drawing board.curses.some things were doneright though.some things.dusting off the past. reawakening. but not really. more of self-rememberance.i need to resu...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Jun 2006 21:59:00 GMT