Sunday, October 12, 2014

the 24 Hour Psychosis by Bedtime for Robots

     In the early 90s, I began brainstorming on a 24-Hour studio album of music that would take the listener on a journey into hallucinatory madness. At the time, the technology available made the project an undertaking that would be painful at best. After recording a 3-hour album that took several months of non-stop work, I realized I would have to abandon the idea for the time being.










     As digital technology evolved, so did my ideas about this 24-Hour Psychosis, which I slowly began creating in 2001. I continued to record the original tracks on analog tape, but was able to edit the music using the latest digital goodies of the mid 0's. By 2008, I finally had all I needed to take this mad creation to a new level. I experimented with everything from electric and acoustic guitars, Moog synths, stomp boxes, field microphones, Internet, Ipods, and eventually the iPhone 4S as well. The final result is an astonishing nightmare soundscape that continually surprises, soothes and even challenges the listener and is best enjoyed through headphones. 
     The first prototype was slated for release in 2010, but again was abandoned due to personal life circumstances beyond my control. I revisited the project once again in early 2014 and made some drastic and much needed changes that took the whole thing into the direction I always imagined possible. The 24-Hour Psychosis would not have been possible without contributions from some amazing friends and musicians, including Tenno Andra, Kristjan Karu, John Starrick, Jim Vader and Amy Ferentino. 
     I am now in the planning stages for the release of this monstrosity, which, I promise, will astonish you whether you actually like what you hear or not. I will simply leave it at that and let the listener be the judge. It is important to note that this is not a 24 Hour period of experimental live performance, but rather 13 years of painstaking studio recording and experimentation complete with a 5-hour sleep music section and a shitload of various moods and movements far beyond your wildest nightmares. 
     The goal is to release a limited number of hard copies of this thing in a very special box set. I am also working on having the entire Psychosis available for limited-run Internet broadcast performances as well as the possibility of a campout style live listening event or events....
     Following is a link to the original trailer from 2010....