“Eat food, mostly plants, not too much,”

I’ve been working to alter my food habits and generally be more aware of the sustainability and resource impact of products I buy. In a nutshell, I’m trying to eat foods that are grown locally and in-season. Along this path a friend of mine gave me a copy of Michael Pollard’s book “The Omnivore’s Dilemna” (buy it from your local bookstore), which examines the practices of global agri-business and how it impacts our health, the health of our environment, and the quality of our foods. It’s really fascinating and paints a highly monetized and extremely un-sustainable picture of global agriculture. Of specific interest, Pollard goes into great detail about the inordinate value and consumption of just a few corn species monohybrids. Our food economy is based in cheap overproduction of corn, fed by petroleum, then downstreamed to feedlots and bionegineered to just about every type of food imaginable. In some sense, Safeway and McDonald’s are little more than corn outlets. Indeed, his examination suggests that corn is a far more adapted and successful species than our own.

The above video is of Pollard’s recent talk at Google where he addresses the solutions to the problems posed by “Dilemna”.

This past Friday we signed a distribution deal with the Oseao Media Group. We’ll soon be distributing Subgrinden music through the likes of iTunes, Dancerecords.com, Beatport, Juno, eMusic, and many more. w00t!

The first Subgrinden release is out on high-quality 180g vinyl. Audio mastering was done by Henry at Sonic Vista Studios in Ibiza, vinyl mastering by Shane McEnhill at Heathmans, and final pressing at United. Side A is my original track, Timebomb, and side B features the Dismantled remix by Phil Smart and Jimi Polar. Both tracks should be available digitally within the next month or so.

Boreta of Glitch Mob is almost done remixing my track “Spell On Me”. I can’t wait to hear his glitchy break madness. These two tracks will likely be the next Subgrinden release.

We’re also currently working with Oseao Music Group to put together a distribution contract. More info on this as it evolves…

Meanwhile, I’ve built this site, U R Being Recorded, as my professional online face. I’m trying to get together more of my music and flesh out a portfolio of sorts so keep checking back for more tracks. This site will also present some of the more interesting projects I’m working on (the blog will have ongoing links and updates).

Anyway, I’m really excited about pushing forward into new creative frontiers. Keep in mind that Subgrinden is always looking for artists to produce, collaborate with, and/or work out remix projects.

Cheers!