Updates and Plans Moving Forward

Why So Quiet? 

Okay, I know this is a long time coming but there is a few reasons for this. The first being the issue that you may have seen me tweet about a few times, if not below are some examples:

This problem which really got me down a fair bit and honestly had me stuck at one point was that one of the modules we have to take was planning on making all of us do a PledgeMusic campaign. Why is that such a problem you may ask, well ill explain briefly.

One problem that immediately struck me was that im not a huge fan of the platform personally. This being the Kickstarter or Indigogo type of method in which you put an idea out to the world and promise a product in return, or you simply make what you want yourself and promise a load of merch instead for rewards etc. Think Dragons Den essentially but without having five or so very wealthy business people stare you down and evaluate your idea. Instead these web platforms allow you to ask for the money from anyone who clicks on the project. It sounds cool and I like some of the stuff ive seen on there myself although ive not backed anything myself.

Why do I have an issue with it then? The issue is that I dont have a compelling idea currently to really put out there and ask you for money simply put. I was thinking of doing some re release work for older projects and also the newest one "Growing From The Concrete" and prints of artwork that was done for that project. Maybe I can be swayed into doing such a thing but I am working on something to remedy that as I know some people have been asking for Vinyls etc. But I was told that was a no go, then it was fine, now im not sure.

Picture from the PDF booklet of "Growing From The Concrete" Drawn by Lauren Speirs

Another issue with this was that the course was going to get me to start up my own label of which I am essentially already that and have connections if I wish to release on iTunes and other platforms but more on that later. Along with this I was really worried about the actual quality of the music. Most of you who are reading this know that I like to take time and really work on making it as good as possible to really sit with it day and night almost. This is something that along with doing academic work would not be 100 percent possible I feel and I could be wrong but if im going to release something or promise to you and have you pre-order then I want it to be the best it can be. I felt that managing the pledge campaign and other assignments might have taken away from this.

The second reason is mainly ive not been feeling too great about nearly everything it seems. Im always feeling that im not really doing good enough and I manage to get down about everything I make which in turn halts some progress on new material as I try and figure out what to do next.

I have this annoying habit of going a bit quiet after a release I did the same with Until The End and it seems its happened this time around aswell. I feel like the artists I watch, they put out an album then go on a massive tour so their Twitter feed goes quiet or limited at least for a bit its really odd because im not that guy well not currently, would be good though. I also worry about posting way to many links, like I want to get the work out there as much as possible but I can sense sometimes its a bit much which I guess I shouldn't care about but im way to honest about this I suppose.I want to give you me and also the links too at the same time so I suppose I need to mix it up a bit better perhaps.

Thinking of how exactly to approach the future is also a tricky one a I like to plan a structure to follow. Now I will say that despite these issues I have been planning for the new year, Im nearly always planning or coming up with concepts and ideas. 

New EP

For 2017 I am planning on releasing a new EP which will be the first to be released (hopefully) on iTunes and generally for sale as everything ive put out thus far has been for free or name your price. The reason for that other than sampling is that I believed them to be more Mixtape quality (if your a hip hop fan the comparison makes a little more sense). 

Im planning on around 6-8 tracks for the EP, ive already got a core concept and idea to approach musically and creatively. I am afraid however to say this may take a while to come out as im exploring other ideas alongside this but we shall see.  

Other Projects/L.D.C.N Collaborations 

In addition to this EP im also thinking of releasing some unreleased material as I had alot of demos for the last project that didn't end up getting used plus early versions of tracks that sound very different to their finished counterparts. 

Also ive been doing a few bits of work for other people since the release of "Growing From Concrete" including some mixing work, remixes and proper collaborations with other artists. These have been a change of pace and have been having some fun so ill most likely continue doing some work like this, however when they are released is down to the person im working with if they have a release planned etc. 

Some of you know that I also have dabbled in song writing and that's something ive really been itching to pick up again and work fully on instead of just having it off to the side. That's going to be a main focus in the new year unless something changes. 

Thank you for reading this far in, I appreciate you. 
Until next time.


- L.D.C.N

Growing From The Concrete

Growing From The Concrete Coming September 18th


The 3rd full length project by L.D.C.N titled "Growing From The Concrete" is finally around the corner and will be releasing in a weeks time. Check out the cover art below, the tracklist as well as the tracks that have been released from the album thus far. 

It was a long journey filled with alot of different emotions and events some of which prevented me from working on this project for a while. The digital booklet the album comes with dives a little deeper into what they were. 

I hope the wait will be worth it.

   

  Tracklist: 

1. Awake

2. 95

3. The Drive

4. City Lights

5. Vibe

6. Dusty

7. Youth

8. The Garden (ft. Engine Farm)

9. Sunset

10. Another Night

11. Life Is Strange 

12. Today

13. Looking Back Once More

14. One Last Moment 

15. The Long Way Home (ft. BFOS)

Total Length: 1:04:43

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