How r we fine folks? Well, there is lots of new things to talk about, well, mainly the new album!! Adagio is complete and ready for a June release! It will be available ONLINE first at many different digital music distribution sites, including MySpace and my design website, www.untouchablearts.com —which usually gets updated enuf—with alot of other graphic design work, pictures, n other things.
The music.....This album has taken different elements of rock, folk, blues, experimental, jazz, and post rock to create a collection of songs that reflect all sorts of things, from the loss of love to realization; the feeling of displacement to euphoria ... You can hear influences ranging from the Grateful Dead, Nick Drake and Elliott Smith to Radiohead, Mogwai, and Sigur Ros.
The album has blended layers and layers of sound underneath deep seeded words and guitar loops with beautiful melodies. Many different musicians have helped to create the sound of Adagio, including Tony Cimorosi playing upright bass, Peter D'Amore , a longtime collaborator, of course, with his fabulous guitars, Hasan Mian giving a shout on saxophone, and many others. This album is certainly much more mature in its songwriting, performance, and production. It shows a serious progression in style and harmony. More information will be coming as the release date draws nearer. I am very proud of it.
You can hear songs from "Decembers" (2003) on this site. You can see my artwork and graphic design at my website.
Music is Art. Art is anything u create, anything u express. there will be more NEW STUFF coming often, and look for www.untouchablearts.com , as it has been revamped and taped back together. It looks nice, more artwork, more things to see quite often as they come up.
......Several influential artists include Jerry Garcia, Bob Dylan, Nick Drake, Elliott Smith, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Miles Davis, Kurt Cobain, John Coltrane, and writers and poets like Arthur Rimaud, Edgar Allen Poe, and Joseph Conrad.
This is the new art series used for an album redesign. All pictures were created from a composite of acrylic paintings, drawings, ink, and photographs. They will also be available for viewing and for purchase on www.untouchablearts.com. Enjoy...
"The best is yet to come."
A quote I heard from an unknown NYC subway performer, December 29, 2007. It was the best random thing to hear when you needed to hear it. It really stuck with me.
My current favorite music...
Sigur Rós
"Time has told me not to ask for more,
for someday our ocean will find its shore..."
–Nick Drake
To see my graphic design work, fine arts n other things, please visit untouchablearts.com as it has been updated n updated n updated...
"You show them that you have in you something that is really profitable, and then there will be no limits to the recognition of your abliity."
Joseph Conrad, Heart Of Darkness
White Sky
This is a short film for "White Sky" which is available on the upcoming album Adagio.
Conceived n filmed by Jason Thompson.
The Drift
A short film entitled The Drift about the distances and realizations of human relationships, told through song.
Conceived n filmed by Jason Thompson (for Pratt Institute Thesis '08).
To understand and be understood is to be free.
Daniel Johnston