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memory trace

aka Sable Gray

About Me

I'm a computer musician and DJ based in Boston.

I like recording, manipulating and processing sound.

I like playing records through very large speakers.

aim=mtraceboston

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/12/2004
Band Members: nick dika - records, samples, drum programming, guitar, bass, mandolin, keys
Influences: High Contrast, Danny Byrd, Bryan Gee, Roni Size, Die, Krust & Full Cycle crew, Tony Coleman & London Elektricity, HEIST, Sean Connery, Marky, XRS, Q-Project, Baron, Pierce Brosnan, D-Kay, Artificial Intelligence (the production duo and the concept), Breakbeat Era, JUSTICE, Todd Edwards, Portishead, text games written in BASIC, Imogen Heap, Sneaker Pimps, Bill Laswell, Brian Eno, Elliott Smith, The Edge, Johnny Marr, impressionism, imagism, vorticism, lots of coffee, broken effects pedals, Goldie, Dillinja, Peshay, mind expanding mistakes, worlds most insane police chases, Bambatta, Bjork, Adam F, LTJ Bukem, Cyantific, William Gibson, The Oblique Strategies, dark roast, abstract ceramics, rocky shorelines, Cheatin Hogg, Charlie Simic, Robert Lowell, Yeats, Madchester

Sounds Like: what William Gibson's outerspace rastas in Neuromancer would listen to
Record Label: none
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

1997.

Clive Deamer = best d&B drummer in history, hands down. Jungle Drummer's got the power, Yuval Gabay's got some chops, Rob Merrill ... meh. But Clive has the finesse and mechanical concentration. N...
Posted by memory trace on Mon, 12 May 2008 12:50:00 PST

SUPER SIZE ME

That's right, we've got Danny Byrd BEFORE his album on Hospital drops. So you can hear the new tunes right out of his record bag. dancefloor madnesss in Good Life's underground vodka bunker THIS WEDNE...
Posted by memory trace on Mon, 05 May 2008 02:16:00 PST

morella’s forest

Morella's Forest is by FAR the best fucking christian shoegaze band to EVER come out of Dayton, Ohio. I am so glad that for once a band i revere is so obscure it can't even be found on wikipedia. th...
Posted by memory trace on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:56:00 PST

"you will experience an orgasm and fear of dying at the same time"

This is going to be a wild show. I'm really looking forward to it. Been to Love a couple of times before and was really impressed with the sound and vibe there. Not to mention I haven't played a prope...
Posted by memory trace on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:49:00 PST

LK ... feelin the summer vibe today ...

For some reason i don't even mind it's 95 ... ...
Posted by memory trace on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:16:00 PST

MEDIA vs. TECHNOLOGY volume 1: Transformers vs. Roomba

More Than Meets the Eye? Transformers Vs. Roomba This is the first in a series of  double-feature reviews I'm going to do. The idea is to take one item of media and review it alongside an excit...
Posted by memory trace on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 07:58:00 PST

note:

listen, i know i post more than the average person, but really, i don't do it about assinine things, do i? most of the time anyway. so i just deleted a couple people for posting up "Girlfriend Appli...
Posted by memory trace on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:29:00 PST

This morning's shower

I like my shower. Sure the bathroom in my apartment is kind of shitty. But really, every apartment I've seen in an old house in Somerville has a shitty bathroom. The sea foam green tile, the dirty gro...
Posted by memory trace on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:03:00 PST

The end of 18+ venues in Boston

"On Friday January 26th, the Mayor's Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing issued a directive to all venues operating underage events in the city of Boston. It states that venues operating underage...
Posted by memory trace on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:23:00 PST

Bassment Fridays, Springfield

Back from Springfield. Fun night! This was the first date of a new weekly. I really liked the room - BIG sound, video screens everywhere. It was kind of sparse tonight but I hope the night succeeds. W...
Posted by memory trace on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:04:00 PST