Vultures Quartet with Schuyler Tsuda

SUI GENERIS (2013)

I met the London-based Vultures Quartet in Berlin.  I already knew Will Connor from the band as he was a friend and colleague from our days at the University of Hawaii, where we got our Master's degrees.  They were on a European tour, and I was traveling around Europe for the first time so Will invited me to watch them play at Staalplaat then perform with them at their second show of the evening at a place called the Loophole where we joined forces with PAS from Brooklyn and Philippe Petit from France.  I liked the Vultures and PAS so much that I had them headline the Spark Festival in Minneapolis a year later.  Will and I, in conversations, decided to take the opportunity and record some material while the Vultures and I were both in Minneapolis, and we did.  "Sui Generis" was the result, and the album was released on an experimental Polish label called Zoharum Records earlier this year.  Apparently, it is doing quite well in Europe!  "Sui Generis" features Will Connor on scrap metal and wind instruments, Anthony Donovan on electric bass, electronics and found objects, Matt Chilton on laptop and modular synth and myself on sound sculpture and electronics.  Listen for free below, and purchase a CD through Zoharum or the Bandcamp page!



Vultures Quartet website

Vultures Quartet with Schuyler Tsuda on Zoharum Records

Vultures Quartet Bandcamp page

Produced by the Vultures Quartet and Schuyler Tsuda
Recorded by Schuyler Tsuda
Mixed by Anthony Donovan
Mastered by Will Connor

Scotty Horey

ADVANCED PERCUSSION PERFORMANCE THROUGH BODY, MIND, AND HEART (2012)

This is a 2-DVD instructional video by a good friend and an amazing percussionist named Scotty Horey, who plays some of the most difficult repertoire in the contemporary classical world.  The first DVD features lectures and demos on topics like kinesiology and meditation, and the second disk features performances of 5 stylistically different compositions with a break down on the preparation involved in each piece.  The video above is a preview of the unreleased DVD, with flutist James DeVoll, violist Benjamin Davis and percussionist Scotty Horey performing my composition, "Normale."

VIDEO
Produced by Schuyler Tsuda
Directed by Michael Olson
Edited by Schuyler Tsuda

AUDIO
Produced, Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Michael Duffy

Shield Your Eyes

SONIC ALCHEMY SONIC ANARCHY (2008)

This was the first proper album that I can proudly claim to have finished as a producer/audio engineer.  It is a 2-disk debut release by my noise/experimental duo, Shield Your Eyes featuring myself on sound sculpture and my good friend Michael Duffy on computer and electronics.  "Sonic Alchemy" (disk 1), features studio recordings--a mix of duos and solos--and "Sonic Anarchy" (disk 2), features 2 complete live sets.  Sonically, the album is an "alchemical" interweaving of electronic sources with acoustic ones with a decidedly heavy sound, and musically, the album is a mix of the brutal and the meditative.  Stream the album below, and visit the Bandcamp page for high-quality download!



Shield Your Eyes website

Shield Your Eyes on Bandcamp

Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Schuyler Tsuda and Michael Duffy.