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phylum sinter

mission: to slap the divine reset button.

About Me


LUNATION moon phases
Emerging Organisms 2CD V/A out now! click above images for more info.
***note:
The most recent Free collection is the Inter[mediate] EP, downloadable for free from my official page.
Get it right here , donate a buck or two if you'd like to see more for free.
It has come to my attention that many people albums or other physical media - it's been sort of a secret here for awhile, but anyone that donates directly to me [using the paypal button above] $5 or more will get a thank you gift, in the form of self-pressed cd's filled with unreleased tracks, drafts and works in progress. Donations of $10 or more will get a pro-pressed cd or compilation from the archive too. Be sure to have your address listed on your donation if you wish to receive anything! :]
Biography::: Phylum Sinter is the pseudonym of 26 [born December 26, 1980] year old C.Todd, a Detroit-area native currently living in the outskirts of the City. He has been making music for as long as he's been able to read/write [4-5 days].
When asked on his goals, he had this to say:
"Currently, I am fascinated with the interplay of senses. I continue to explore synaesthetic responses. It is my goal to get to the point where I am comfortable applying the observations made on altering mindstates via sound and rhythm to provoke emotional, mental and physical responses in the listener -- much in the same way film directors or poets can."
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:::02.08.2008::: Abundance and Thriving throughout - Well it's officially the year of the Earth Rat, or a year of survival... the beginning of a new cycle in so many ways for so many people that it almost makes you want to believe there's something to it. Even if there isn't 'officially', it's been quite fitting for me personally -- After my repeated bouts of mortality last year i've arrived at a new place, a new beginning and i've come out kicking higher and um... jumping[?] harder than ever before. Earlier this week one of my tracks from my next EP entitled 'From Unity To Segmentation' (i've been talking about this one forever) was featured on xlr8r.com the track itself can be heard, downloaded and voted on right here . For other updates on that album, i've started an album development blog that's full of interviews and photos and all sorts of stuff more or less about that album right here . The Tympanik Audio Compilation 'Emerging Organisms' has had some wonderful exposure, and i've been drafting tracks for the upcoming LP i've signed on for Tympanik. Besides all this, i'm still working on a few remixes that will be announced once they're finished. Other than this i've committed to chronicling my doodles and internet findings through a tumblr page. Some call it primitive compared to wordpress, but i really like how simple it is to set up and how it acts more like a gallery than a spot for viagra spam to pile up. You can see my tumblog [mostly links and scans of my doodles, with a little bit of commentary] right here . It's always growing, always full of stuff!
:::11.25.2007::: Purposeful [Re]-Alignment - Fall has fallen upon me in a wonderous way... in that i've managed to shed many of the year's old growths and given myself time for introspective macrocosmic adjustments. This has resulted in some great music, some of which has already been released.
The Envizagae Records CD compilation entitled "First Envizion" was released in October, and features my track Torpal Cirquet, currently on the player here. I'll be releasing a 3" CD with Envizagae sometime too.
Next in the growth-spurt-skin-shedding-evidence-list is my track for the upcoming two disc CD Compilation from Tympanik Audio Entitled "Emerging Organisms" -- it contains many of my heroes and also features my track Shadow Codex. The 2CD digipak can be pre-ordered from Tympanik before it's official release of December 3rd from the label's page here .
If you've [SOMEHOW] missed the bulletins/blogs regarding My 3 track EP on IDMuziq Records entitled 'Biginsweden' be sure to check the release details out here . I've also participated in an upcoming FREE V/A release TBR on IDMuziq sometime soon, details are sketchy but i can tell you that it will include my tribute to one of the greatest escapes of my childhood, a wicked little bender of a game by the name of Metroid, the track is entitled Metametroid and it will skitter all over your tributary memory lobes whenever it's released properly. Watch the blog/bulletins for the date once i hear it.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/10/2005
Band Website: phylumsinter.matterwave.net
Band Members: c.todd
Influences: Always: Explosions, Shiny Objects, Classical Piano Music [Especially Chopin and Claude Debussy], Flowery female mannerisms, Count Chocula, Outer Space, Innerspace, Possibility, Probability, Every day.

Music: Stars of The Lid, Ministry, Franz Liszt, Nintendo games, Tangerine Dream, Meat Beat Manifesto, Autechre, Proem, Tracker weirdos, The Beach Boys, The Potions, Mungus, Lackluster, Future Crew, Amiga nerds, Ryuichi Sakamoto, A Silver Mountain Zion, Nailbomb, Air, Apparat, Bach, Joseph Nothing, Haujobb, Noise Unit, Frontline Assembly, Skinny Puppy, David Byrne, Chopin, The Talking Heads, Ween, Funkstorung, Jaron Lanier, Nine Inch Nails, Lamb, Alva Noto, Depeche Mode, Vivaldi, many, many friends and unknowns...

Others: Arthur Schopenhauer, Neurological Research, Synaesthesia, Psychology, Existentialism, Surrealism, Metaphysics, Quantum Mechanics, Engineering, Sound Design, Sociology, Linguistics, Rome [HBO's take and the actual], Egypt [ditto], History, Humanity, Evolution, Mutation, Ecology... all of these things in various combinations are bouncing about inside as I write music, and many of my albums hover around these ideas.
Sounds Like: The apes have been listening to lots of lectures on musical theory, harmonic balance, and melodic dissonance; then have been placed in a room with music making computers.
Record Label: Tympanik, Xynthetic, M-Tronic, Abandon Building...
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

[album propaganda] SEEDS PLANTED. HARVEST SOON.

There’s been some wonderful feedback regarding my track that was released with the xlr8r magazine/INCITE compilation [also available for free download here].  I just wanted to thank everybo...
Posted by phylum sinter on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:03:00 PST

Xlr8r.com track of the day is...

Me!That's right, a track from the upcoming 'From Unity to Segmentation' EP entitled 'Beside You Through The Wires, Forever' is featured on Xlr8r.com  You can hear it, download it and all that fun...
Posted by phylum sinter on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:01:00 PST

[other spots] i can be found...

Hey Everybody,Been getting some questions on my next album and such, so if you're wondering, i've set up an album development blog [the album in question being 'From Unity To Segmentation' TBR on Xynt...
Posted by phylum sinter on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:32:00 PST

[RELEASE INFO] Emerging Organisms 2CD out now!

Hello Friends,  The much awaited release of Tympanik Audio's 'Emerging Organisms' dual CD digipak set has come!  It contains two discs, one of industrial slanted sounds and another of idm/el...
Posted by phylum sinter on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:22:00 PST

OiNK R.I.P

How will i leak my own albums now?
Posted by phylum sinter on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:18:00 PST

[life commentary] lucid d[sc]reams

Today i woke up like any other, just seconds before my alarm went off.  The first thing i notice is the fingers on my right hand twisted like vines all together and unable to move them apart.&nbs...
Posted by phylum sinter on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 12:32:00 PST

[release announcement] First Envision Compilation out now!

Hello Friends,I'm proud to announce that Envisagae Records out of Hessen, Germany has released their compilation entitled First Envision!  It features a more elaborate version of Torpal Cirquet, ...
Posted by phylum sinter on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:16:00 PST

[RELEASES] Biginsweden EP Available NOW!

Hi Friends,I'm happy to announce that the Biginsweden EP, featuring 3 tracks of lively, glitched up idm has been released via IDMuziq.com. You can find it online for purchase [in FLAC/uncompressed fo...
Posted by phylum sinter on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:34:00 PST

[Wallpapers, Info] From Unity To Segmentation

Hello Friends!It's been some time since i've updated this thing... i've been working hard behind the scenes though.  This post is dedicated purely to the upcoming 'From Unity To Segmentation' EP ...
Posted by phylum sinter on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:40:00 PST

Matterwave REBORN, Foci 1.0 UNLEASHED!!!!!

Hello Everyone,I'm happy to announce two... well three things here:1)  My artist collective Matterwave is now live and kickin.  Officially my position is Communications Director, but i'm als...
Posted by phylum sinter on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 12:55:00 PST