A Journey To Anywhere: An In Depth Look/Album Update (Feb)

                                        Artwork created by 3dtorus





Whats the project about?

A Journey To Anywhere is in essence just that, a trip to the unknown. There is no structure to the project as a whole and no narrative here like I have conveyed in past projects. Instead this series of mini EPs will be comprised of material that either didn't make the cut of previous projects or tracks that I worked on but don't fit the overall sound or vibe of my next project "Growing From The Concrete". The series of EPs will then be collected into an entire albums worth of material later this year with some bonus tracks as well. I want to thank 3dtorus for making this possible. 

Approach to the project

For these new tracks like in part 1 they will mainly be synth based as ive been experimenting more with that lately just to keep things different and refreshing. Of course since im known for more of a sample based approach I may put some tracks in there that are mainly sampled based but my main thing for this is to showcase a different style while still keeping the L.D.C.N approach to production. I think the overall synth based approach for me has just grown from making my own tracks without samples in general, alot of people on twitter who follow me make their own synths or experiment a ton and its just been a challenge I want to set myself and see where it goes. 

Since most of the tracks here are experiments and also full tracks that wont be on my next project they wont really have a cohesive element like my previous work has. They will be ordered somewhat decently when it comes to them being put into a the full volume collection later this year to highlight the changes. But for now we shall see as they are just being developed as separate EPs. 

Update/Plans for the year

Overall for this year I want to finish off "Growing From The Concrete" and of course finish this project. Im not sure on dates for either yet so just watch this space ive had a lot of work come up lately and its hard to get to work on music but im devoting some time for it soon and shall be working hard during the time I do get. Expect the album out this summer and maybe this series finished during the winter months (December for example). But that may change. When the albums finished im planning to spend summer hopefully getting interviews/reviews and generally promoting the project as ill have a ton of free time as University will be done for a while and that takes up 90 percent of my time it seems. 

Thats just a brief overview anyway but look out for "Growing From The Concrete" this summer and another part of "A journey to Anywhere" soon.


L.D.C.N Links: 

Soundcloud

Bandcamp

Twitter

Youtube 

Facebook Page


Mobuis Spin links: 

Bandcamp

Twitter 

website

Soundcloud

Hear Part 1 of "A Journey To Anywhere" below: 

The 2nd Album is Upon Us at Last...

Until The End due out 25th of July

Album Artwork by Alex Newman

So after many months of planning and making its finally upon us and honestly its been an interesting journey/process for me during that time. Ive detailed a certain aspect of the album in the booklet so im not going to touch on that too much here, but what I can say is that its not the 2nd album I thought it was going to be when I released Away From Here back in May 2014. It did however stick to the sound I had envisioned after I had completed work on Summer Rain. Overall id say this is my most ambitious project to date. Spread across 12 tracks, the album includes an actual collaboration (See Album notes in the booklet included in every download).  

Below is the Tracklist for the album which is due out on the 25th 

1. Mural 
2. You
3. Caught In The Rain
4. Phone Call
5. Midnight With You
6. Highway Lights 
7. Missing
8. Reflection 
9. Past Tense
10. Summer 2002
11. Looking Back
12. Until The End

Press

Interviews/Features

Gold Flake Paint (2014)

RealSoundsOK (2014)

BBC Introducing (2014)

BBC Radio Interview (2014)

Expansion of Presence Summer Rain Show (2014)

The Spoonster Spouts Year End List (2014)

South Waves Radio Interview (2015)

Eclectro Casts Interview (2015)

Popping Candy Podcast (2015)

BBC Radio Interview (2016)

South Waves Radio Interview (2016)


Reviews

Away From Here Album Review/Interview by Andrew aka Geeky Disco (2014)

Summer Rain EP Review by Andrulianblog (2014) 

Into the Night Sky Review by Andrulianblog (2014)

Summer Rain Feature/Short Review by breadhanded (2014)

Until The End Feature/Short Review by breadhanded (2015)

Until The End Review by Andrulianblog (2015)

These Days EP Review by Andrulianblog (2015)

Growing From The Concrete Review by Music Babbler (2016)

Growing From The Concrete Review by Andrulianblog (2016)

1 Year Anniversary of my Debut Album "Away From Here"

Time Flies 

This time last year I was uploading the files to Bandcamp and posting the full album video on Youtube for my first album "Away From Here". I know time moves forward and things change but today I wanted to share a sneak peak of the 2nd album (Track titled "You" out now) but also post about my 1st. 

Below you can stream and download my debut album for free or if you want to contribute money any amount would be amazing and would help alot! 

Sit back and I hope you enjoy...

New Track - "Ocean"

"Ocean" was originally intended for the sophomore album but has since sat not really knowing its fate. This was for two reasons: 1. The tracks in my opinion has always lacked something of which I cannot figure out what exactly. Over the past few months ive had a really bad creative blockage as it were and adding to a track has been near impossible for me to come up with. This track unfortunately sits in that unfinished state and wont be included on my 2nd album. 2. The sound of the album so far is much different compared to this track.

Since ive been quiet in a music capacity as of late here is a new track to hopefully tide you over for a little while.


- L.B

Update 12/02/15

Update on me and the music...

Ill start of by saying that the last few months since I last posted have been interesting but also difficult both personally and also creatively. The 2nd Album is in the works however and remains untitled for now so its not "Watching the Sunrise" like I tweeted a while back. I'm not entirely sure on why im sharing these struggles with people but I guess its because ive not really got anyone to talk to about music in the real world right now which sucks bad.

Creative Problems 

One of the struggles ive really been having recently is producing tracks from start to finish as in ill start a really good idea maybe add a few instruments in like a nice sounding drum pattern then ill just hit a brick wall. Like not even kidding here ive even had words with people about sourcing what ive made out to other people in order for them to add stuff because im unable to. Its really depressing me when I think about it because nothing right now gives me more happiness than completing a project and putting it out there and the stuff that comes with that.

Another possible EP before the album?

There is one other project that ive been working on and off now for about a year, it consists so far of 5 tracks and although I say a year its way less than that mainly because whenever I make a track that fits the EP's theme then it goes in that folder. Now only problem for me is at this point is should I release this? I'm not a record label but I seem to treat myself like one as of late. Anyway ill see what happens for now as the 2nd album will take its time but expect it this year.

Updates and Announcements

Change happens 

Okay so there has been some change in plan over the last few weeks in terms of whats next for the L.D.C.N project. Originally "Watching the Sunrise" was to be the next release but work on that has been slower than I had thought it would be. However the good news is that I still have much to release before the year is over. This includes 2 EP's and an unreleased collection with at least 1 EP being released before the year is up. As for the unreleased collection I have a date planned but its a surprise.

What to expect

Aside from the release dates mentioned above the content within these EPs is a slight shift for me. One EP/mini album titled "Into the Night Sky" contains material that was to be in the 2nd album as well as some game music I did for a friend that never got released. Its a Space ambient sound all the way through and its about 40 minutes long. Of course this will be completely free and released via Mobius Spin. As for the second EP that will be a remix EP containing all remixes done by fans and also some by me, the remixes themselves will be of my tracks and will be from anywhere in my discography.

http://mobiusspin.com/

http://mobiusspin.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/l-d-c-n

https://twitter.com/LDCNmusic

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