KnifeLadder, Arnica/Wolfsblood, and Changes news

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

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

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 and video news

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.

Update: Madrid le Blanc

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

(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.

Coming soon

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. 

ROME documentary

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.

RFM Promo Video

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

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

Bain Wolfkind live video

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

Podcast and .mov of Markus Wolff

I've finally edited down the footage of Markus.
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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.

Travel Plans

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.