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Stella Natura: Reaping the Flesh of Light

2009-07-23T18:20:00.000-07:00

September is quickly approaching!
Stella Natura: Reaping the Flesh of Light is beckoning

Àrnica/ Wolfsblood limited 10" split, finally available!

2009-04-06T16:23:00.000-07:00

I am so excited to announce that the records are finished!

Aditionally, Stella Natura: Reaping the Flesh of Light has begun to take form.
Please visit thefleshoflight.org for news and updates as they arrive.

Many more great things are coming.

KnifeLadder, Arnica/Wolfsblood, and Changes news

2008-12-15T12:49:00.000-08:00

I'll start with good news, touch on some not so great news, and then end with some more good news.

A short interview with John Murphy edited with some nice footage of KnifeLadder life at Madrid le Blanc has been posted at Heathen Harvest. I've not been as active on Heathen Harvest as I would like to be, as far as submissions are concerned which is mainly due to my increasing amount of "real world" responsibilities, however they have been very gracious with me in this situation and are still happy to feature my work, as sparse as it may be. Next edition they will post additional footage, most of which has been available on Vimeo for a while now, but it will no doubt reach a larger audience.

And now the not so great news. I had hoped to have both the Arnica/Wolfsblood 10", and the Changes DVD released by Yule. However this is looking more like a dream right now, so I've pushed back the release date to next month. The vinyl press I'm working with has been great, but the holiday seasons have set back production. The Changes DVD is simply a lack of available funding.

With that said, I'll end on something a little lighter.

Spire: The Twilight Language is only a few days away. The forth annual Cascadian winter solstice gathering is something that legends and oral traditions are made of. I am honored to be invited to chronicle the event and suggest that if you can, you attend this meeting of souls.

September, 2009: Pesanta will be holding a harvest music gathering in the Sierra Nevada Foothills near Nevada City. This will be a retreat from modernity, featuring some fantastic artists within the ritual ambient, metal, and folk movements. I'll not be announcing these artists publicly for a few more months, but it will without question be a special event.

3 Changes online

2008-11-03T13:08:00.000-08:00

Changes - The Saddest Thing from Adam Torruella on Vimeo.

I know I know, it would seem that I am all talk in regards to releases.... But they are coming! Yule-time!
The above video as well as the video for the debut of "When the Sun Kings Reign Again" and the classic "Fire of Life" have been uploaded to my Vimeo page. These are taken from the forthcoming double-DVD release of the Changes show at Germ Books in Philadelphia this last midsummer. The DVDs shall consist of both sets from their show (expect to see some very special guests!!) as well as intimate interview footage with both Robert and Nicholas.

Also, I've upgraded to Vimeo Plus, so you can watch more videos in HD. Just go to my Vimeo page!

Minor change on ƒ Consortium

2008-10-10T16:45:00.000-07:00

I've given the site a face list, and basically stripped content.
The removed image galleries may be found on the right-hand column. Additionally, you may find other (newer?) images by selecting "photos" under the "Subjects" listing, or by visiting my Flickr account (and Vimeo for video)

Also, please visit my friends (formally links on The ƒ Consortium, now on the right hand side of this blog) as they are all wonderful people.

Pesanta's site is up!

2008-09-17T16:37:00.000-07:00

Pesanta's site is up and running!
Arnica and Wolfsblood split coming very soon!

New look on the horizon

2008-08-15T13:55:00.000-07:00

I'm in the process of redesigning the ƒ Consortium site. Still haven't gotten IdeaNode to implement SlideShow Pro (it's been months...), but none the less something fresh is coming. I'll be opting for an even simpler design for the main site, with links to other galleries posted here on my blog.

I hope within a month's time to have Pesanta's first release pressed. It will be the aforementioned split 10" featuring the Catalan group Arnica and Russian artist Wolfsblood.

This will be the premier release for Arnica, and it will be limited to 300.

I am also working on the Pesanta site (www.pesanta.com) and it should be up and running bare bones next week.

Pesanta and video news

2008-07-13T12:53:00.000-07:00

So my editing computer has been in out of service for two weeks now which is driving me absolutely mad seeing as I have so much work to get done.

Some news on forthcoming projects for Pesanta -
Pesanta will be releasing a split 10" vinyl for Arnica and Wolfsblood.
On a related note to this, if you click Arnica's link to their myspace page you can hear a track I recorded for them in Madrid.
Also, I've been in talks with the folks from the ritual black metal band Fauna [1|2] on the production of a full length DVD for them. This is a very exciting prospect for me as I believe they are truly a rare gem in the community. If you are familiar with their music or are lucky enough to own a copy of Rain or The Hunt I am sure that you can understand my excitement.

I would also like to thank Jane at Tesco USA again for her nice mention of me on the front page of the site.

Changes - Thank you!

2008-06-25T14:20:00.001-07:00

Last weekend was wonderfully busy. I'd like to thank everyone for their warm generosity and kindness, I only wish the weekend could have lasted longer, or at the very least that I had the energy to have headed back to the house for the mead and ritual Saturday night. I hope that we all shall cross paths again some day.

The video from the show is looking great, and with 5 hours of various interviews from the weekend, my workload is looking pretty intimidating in addition to the 200gigs of footage from Madrid! I'll be busy, that is for certain.

Robert and Nicholas, it was a pleasure to meet and speak with you both.
David, thank you for organizing this whole ordeal and allowing me to be part of it - also I you for the awesome books and music!
Scott, thank you for the interview! It was really a pleausre to speak with you in person.
Michael and Annabel, you were both so friendly and kind - I really look forward to our next meeting.
Jane, it was great to have finally met you - thank you for the encouraging words and the DVD!

It was indeed an unforgettable weekend, thank you to everyone involved!

(to view photos, click the image above)

Update: Madrid le Blanc

2008-06-16T16:48:00.000-07:00

A write up of the festival has been finished. Please head over to my personal blog to view it (meanvegan.blogspot.com). I also may be posting it to Heathen Harvest, if they allow me to do that.

All of the video footage is captured with the exception of one problematic hour captured to a CF card. That will soon be resolved, I hope. Over 150gigs of hard drive is now dedicated to the festival.

Madrid le Blanc

2008-06-09T08:05:00.000-07:00

(click the image to be taken to a gallery of photos from all three nights)

Thank you Jesús for making this whole shindig happen, my hat off to you for working tirelessly to pull of such a wonderful festival.

Andrew King and John Murphy for your conversations and interviewing with me on such short notice.

Many thanks to Simon Collins - I am so happy that we met. Dimo, Thomas, Gerhard, it's a pleasure as always. Marco, it was a joy talking with you, and I am sad that we could not have had more time together - stupid spanish payphones.
To the bands, thank you!
Arnica - You were, without a doubt the biggest and most welcomed surprise of the festival!

Also a big thanks to PortaBrace for making such a great hardcase! Without their case, those baggage handlers would have broken my camera 100 times over.

I will try to write more about the festival when I can - With this, as well as the footage from the Novemthree, A Minority of One, Waldteufel and Fauna show in Seattle, and the additional Bain Wolfkind footage, I have over 40 hours of footage to edit through.

Bain Wolfkind cover art

2008-05-06T13:07:00.000-07:00

New Bain Wolfkind album coming soon.

Featuring that photo by, you guessed it, me.

Changes!

2008-05-06T12:56:00.000-07:00

This may be the most excited I've been in a long while. I'll be filming Changes on June 21st in Philadelphia at David E. Williams' Germ Books.

Hurray!

I'm very grateful to Nicholas, Robert and David for providing me this opportunity. I cannot express how wonderful this really is.

Also a huge thank you to Scott Broderick for making me aware of this show. It's going to be great!

Coming soon

2008-04-21T00:19:00.001-07:00

A fancy new version of the site will be online (hopefully) by the end of the week!

New shiny plug-ins, for a new shiny site. More video content will be featured, and a slick new photo gallery.

Also, 2 days prior to heading to Madrid for the Madrid le Blanc festival, I'll be making up to Seattle for the Waldteufel, A Minority of One and Fauna show at the Northwest Folklife Festival. It's going to be an amazing evening full of surprises I've been assured. I can't give away too much, but one of the Rumors is that Markus Wolff will be doing readings with Fauna. I love Seattle.

5.3.08.

Because of server-side issues I have been unable to implement the aforementioned updates. That in mind, I still love IdeaNode.

Pesanta

2008-04-11T12:39:00.000-07:00

With the coming of Madrid le Blanc on the horizon, I've news of a new division of The ƒ Consortium - Pesanta.
I will be releasing all media under the label of Pesanta, including DVDs, CDs, and vinyl records. There are a few tentative releases of really great live recordings, all of which will be limited to under 300. The Bain Wolfkind DVD, as well as the Madrid Le Blanc DVD/CD with both be available in larger circulation, as well as a small and extravagant limited run.
Website should be online, with news of these possible releases by the end of the month.

ROME documentary

2008-03-19T14:23:00.000-07:00

I'm nearly done with editing the first part of the ROME documentary which as is right now about 30 minutes long. Jerome and I in currently discussing the form and future that this piece shall take, more news as it comes. I'm also nearly done with editing a live video of Reversion which will find it's way to the internet very soon.

Become a Sponsor, Madrid

2008-02-13T08:20:00.000-08:00

As you might have guessed, travel and equipment is not cheap. I do what I do simply for the love of the music, not the money - obviously. If I were in journalism field for money, I'd have to be clinically insane.

Simply put, my love of journalism is becoming very taxing on my finances.

What I am asking is for sponsors for the upcoming Madrid le Blanc Festival.

What will you receive in return? Based on the response to this post, you would receive credit on the dvd (If you would like), a limited edition DVD and CDr of the festival in a personalized wooden box packaging, and 3 signed and numbered photo prints*

If you are interested in sponsorship - lets have a dialogue.

adam @ f-consortium . com

Thank you in advance,
Adam

*Currently the DVD/CDr is tentative, I would not accept any sponsorship until the DVD/CDr is officially confirmed.

*Update:
Based upon the sponsorship price which has yet to be determined, the DVD box set will be limited to anywhere between 25 and 50 copies. Each sponsor shall receive a personally inscribed wooden box bearing an engraving commemorating the event. Each box will contain a personal thank you to all the sponsors, 3 (maybe more, to be determined) photos from the event, the DVD and a CDr of select songs recorded directly from the mix board. The CDr will only be available in this bundle.
This bundle will also be the same bundle that will be given to the artists and promoters. Truly a limited piece

Updates

2008-02-10T18:04:00.000-08:00

As mentioned on Bain Wolfkind's myspace blog(here) I shall be editing additional footage onto the upcoming dvd release, featuring live footage and intimate (.... maybe not the best word to use) interview footage and a photo slideshow. There were brief talks with Albin Julius of releasing it through HauRuck!, however the dvd needs to find itself in finished form before anything further can be worked out.

I hope to have news of a release date within the next two months.

Other news - Due to a very frustrating manufacture error, 3 out of 5 sets of my new years eve footage from Leipzig were rendered basically unusable. In conclusion - DO NOT BUY ZOOM AUDIO RECORDERS.

Madrid in may I hope. Die Weisse Rose, Andrew King, Foresta Di Ferro, KnifeLadder, Allerseelen, Svarrogh and other awesome acts (understatement). I'm really hoping everything works out for that, for it's going to be a satanically weekend!

If Madrid doesn't work out - or even if it does and I can get my planning spot on - I'll be headed to Seattle for a Waldteufel and A Minority of One show at the Northwest Folklife Festival.

A Leipzig New Year's in Pictures.

2008-01-15T20:29:00.000-08:00

Not very many photos for how long the evening was, however most of the night was spent shooting video. And when I say most of the night I mean nearly 6 tapes. That's quite a bit for one evening in my book. Images of Die Weisse Rose, Nebelung, ROME, Camerata Mediolanense, and Allerseelen.
Enjoy!

In Leipzig

2007-12-30T08:55:00.000-08:00

I've arrived here in Leipzig. After missed flights, misplaced baggage and the usual airport insanity and chaos I'm happy to say that all is well for the most part.

Tomorrow evening is the New Year's event at Hellraiser which I mentioned previously. It's going to be an extremely busy day as I will begin shooting interviews around 9:30 in the morning and will be working basically non-stop until the evening is through.

Tuesday will be a day of relaxation before heading off to Berlin - the day will be spent between the St. Thomas Church/J.S. Bach Museum, the botanical garden, and the Naturkundemuseum.

RFM Promo Video

2007-12-04T14:44:00.000-08:00

Time lapse photography I edited as a promo piece for RF Maston.

(Sorry for the youtube linkage, my server is getting a big full)

R.F. Maston images

2007-11-30T14:58:00.000-08:00

Images from the R.F. Maston photo shoot.
Click here.

Dear Priceline

2007-11-26T21:15:00.000-08:00

Please let me enter in my discover card information. Your FAQ tells me that you accept it. I can enter it under my profile information. But why, why does the "buy tickets" forum offering me insanely low prices tells me differently, why does it not give me that option. Why don't you want my money?!

I want your low price. Give it to me. If you don't, I can't go to Leipzig.

:(

Stepping outside of the neo-folk photography for a moment.

2007-11-24T18:43:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow I'll be doing some promotion photography for a friend of mine and genuinely swell musician, R.F. Maston (Myspace - Official Site). I shot some test shots today and they came out smashingly. I'm pretty excited!

Also:

I'm still looking for a place to stay in Leipzig. I need space for two. If you can help, or know someone who can - please email me.

Leipzig, unofficial update, and a pointless note

2007-11-23T08:21:00.001-08:00

There is a good chance that I will be flying to Leipzig to film this show.
As of now it is unofficial, but I should know one way or another by the end of the week.

Camerata Mediolanense, Die Weisse Rose, ROME, Nebelung if you're interested in hearing them.

An unofficial update:
I've spoken briefly with Albin Julius about releasing the Bain Wolfkind DVD on HauRuck!, obviously this prospect is quite exciting to me - however any release is still very tentative and subject to whenever I actually finish the final product which I assure you I've been working pretty hard on.

An unrelated note:
Apparently I must be dumb, but whilst playing scrabble last night I found out that the word 'fjord' can also be spelled fiord. I don't know how I feel about that, sort of a cop out if you ask be, where's the scrabble dictionary. Not to mention that fiord managed to score the player 30 points, knocking my team into third place. Not that I'm a sore loser or anything.

Bain Wolfkind live video

2007-11-01T01:44:00.000-07:00

Here is a two song edit of the LA show. There is the idea of a limited edition DVD being released later on with more concert footage, interviews and images from the show.

The iTunes version of the video is presented in 640x380. It's quite nice and large. Enjoy!

Bain live in .mov 320x180 35.3mb
Bain live in .mp4 320x180 29.7mb
Bain live in iTunes .m4v 640x360 50.9mb

Bain Wolfkind and C.O.T.A., L.A.

2007-10-03T09:54:00.000-07:00

The images are up. Video should be up next week. I'm excited about the video from Bain's set in particular, it looks splendid.
Visit the image gallery

In Gowan Ring and Birch Book

2007-09-14T11:41:00.000-07:00

The In Gowan Ring/Birch Book video is currently online at Heathen Harvest.

What's in a name

2007-08-16T14:23:00.001-07:00

The ƒ Consortium? What does it mean? In what connotation does he use the ƒ? Isn't consortium mean association, partnership, union?

These are all questions I know have gone through one or two minds over the past year or so. I've been sort of dodging actually explaining in, in hopes that my original plans would just work out and all the pieces would fit nicely into place.

Basically the ƒ Consortium idea was hatched by me and a few of my friends from Brooks Institute of Photography. We wanted a place to host all of our work, a co-op gallery, a place to link us all together. My friends and I (when I lived near them, that is) did everything together, so why not create a website together?

I'm guilty of this as much as anyone else, but actually getting our work all on one server just never happened. We all tried, but nothing ever solidified.

Now, call it an improper use of the Latin word, I use the term to signify the partnership of the different facets of visual journalism I utilize - Photography, audio, film, post production of all and the hodgepodge of those wonderful "new media" toys that I love so dearly. As I said, technically it's not the proper use, but with the original idea in mind - it's a pretty slick sounding name.

The ƒ. Yes, this has baffled many of my non photog friends. The ƒ is in reference to the aperture of a lense. The ƒ-stops represent the amount of light being let through the lens and controls the depth of field. So no, the ƒ didn't stand for anything devious or sexy. Sorry.

So that's that.

Podcast and .mov of Markus Wolff

2007-08-16T10:43:00.000-07:00

I've finally edited down the footage of Markus.
***
Live from the Somday Lounge in Portland, with interview footage.
Duration 07'33
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Please visit Heathen Harvest to view the videos.

In Gowan Ring and Markus Wolff images are up.

2007-08-05T17:58:00.000-07:00

I've put up an edit of the images from last week.
The gallery isn't in flash this time due to massive multi-tasking trying to process video, audio and 500+ images not to mention my car broke down 40 miles from home. Ah, wonderful stress.
So once everything is edited I'll get things looking nice and bonny.

Click below for the image edit.

In Gowan Ring/Birch Book & Waldteufel

2007-08-02T08:35:00.000-07:00

So the video footage has not yet been edited, but I've downloaded the images and am listening to the audio recordings right now and they are golden.

Once I get home I will finish editing everything, but here is a small sample of what is to come as far as the live shows.

B'ee of In Gowan Ring and Birch Book

Markus of Waldteufel

Markus of Waldteufel

As I said, more coming soon.

Travel Plans

2007-07-24T15:09:00.000-07:00

August 1st I will be in Portland, OR., tentatively interviewing B'eirth of In Gowan Ring and Birch Book. The evening of the 1st I will be shooting video and photographing his show at the Someday Lounge.

August 3rd I will be in the Trinity Alps area interviewing Malakhi Thorn, creator of Heathen Harvest about the inspiration behind the webzine and his involvement and thoughts of the post-industrial culture.

Both of the interviews and the live footage/stills will be posted on my site, as well as featured on Heathen Harvest. The footage is also being compiled for a neofolk documentary I currently have in the works.

Auburn Essay

2007-07-10T12:17:00.000-07:00

One thing that I failed to mention on the site is my in progress travel essay on Auburn, where I currently reside.
That can be found by clicking below.

Fresh and new

2007-07-10T11:48:00.000-07:00

Here's to another new version of the site. There might be a few kinks as I've not really had the time to stress test it, so if you run across anything buggy please email me and let me know.
I've also added a lot of images to the site, most of which have remained unpublished on the web until now.
If you're wondering why I decided on the pop-up galleries, or are bothered by my choice - I'll ask you to deal with it as pop-ups are only way I could create a clean, simple design in a time constraint of 12 hours.

Enjoy,
Adam T