Errant Space

This month’s podcast features two solo guitar performances from a night and day in Philadelphia. The first was recorded on the evening of March 29, 2024 at the Rotunda as part of the Event Horizon series. Then the next morning I performed at Thunderbird Hall as part of the Chilladelphia series. Both performances were explorations … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 121: on the language of sound →

This month’s podcast marks a decade of Errant Space podcasting! I’ve dug into the archives and found some rare or unreleased bonus tracks to celebrate. It begins with a piece for piano and percussion by Peter Fagiola that features some guitar atmospherics by me (Craig). Next some recordings made with David Rothenberg at his Bee Street studio (that’s … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 120: Ten Years →

Its mid-winter here in the Northeast US. This month’s podcast is a series of solo guitar improvisations; contemplating winterness, and exploring the language of sound. Never miss a podcast, SUBSCRIBE!  with Apple Podcasts, Feedburner or on YouTube.

This month’s podcast is a behind the scenes peek into how I prepare for a show. For a solo electronic performance I need to devise a system to improvise with that will produce (manageable?) unexpected results that I can respond to. (When improvising with other musicians, this takes care of itself.) In this case I … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 118: 3 Drones →

This month’s podcast features recordings from my recent trip to Portugal where I met some amazing improvising experimental musicians. It starts with a collaborative performance with António Caramelo at Darc Desterro that was organized by the good folks at Russian Library. That’s followed by recording from a visit to the studio of Adriana Sá who played her … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 117: Experimental Sounds From Portugal →

This month’s podcast features experimental musician Mathieu Sylvestre from Berlin. My first meeting with Mathieu was recording for this podcast. I really enjoy getting to know someone by making music together and our collaboration turned out to be quite interesting. I play guitar for part of it and then switch to electronics. Mathieu works with looping, … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 116 with Mathieu Sylvestre →

This month’s podcast features excerpts from four recent live collaborations. It begins with a performance at XFest 2024 which features: Andrew Neumann (Buchla), Thomas Watkiss (bass) and Rachel Devora (french horn). Next, some electronic sounds with Missing Channels, recorded at Quinn’s in Beacon, NY. That’s followed by a performance with Irman at the Lace Mill in Kingston, NY. … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 115: Misc.Bits →

This month’s podcast is from a live performance with Space Biscuit (Matty Hutchins, aka DJ Buttermilk). We performed together for the first time in this configuration (me: guitar, Matty: synths) at Quinns in Beacon, NY where Matty runs a weekly electronic music series, Sleepwalking Through the Sun. Here you’ll hear some of the tastiest bits … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 114: Biscuit Space! →

This month’s podcast gets quite experimental! I’ve lately been listening to some early electronic music: I love the abstract nature and pure tones of the pre-synthesizer era. Also, I recently saw the film Forbidden Planet, and its amazing soundtrack inspired this podcast. I recommend listening to this one in the dark and seeing where the … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 113: Electronic Tonalities →

This month’s podcast is a live performance with Brian Dewan and Elizabeth Karp recorded in the Widow Jane Mine in Rosendale, NY. I’ve long wanted to play in the Widow Jane Mine, and the experience did not disappoint! And performing with two amazing collaborators was a bonus. This is a binaural recording that really captures … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 112: in The Widow Jane Mine →

This month’s podcast was recorded live at the first installment of the Noise Reduction series. Its a collaborative improvisation with synthesist David Mason. The performance took place in the rear chapel space of Prophecy Hall, a former Dutch Reformed church in Beacon, NY. Its an interesting space to create in, and I hope to do more … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 111: Noise Reduction →

This month’s podcast features the Multiphonic guitar of Ben Miller. Ben was in the area on tour and came by the studio for a quick session, we got some good stuff; lots of nice textures!! Never miss a podcast, SUBSCRIBE!  with Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Feedburner

This month we’re heading outdoors to explore the secret sounds of ponds with David Rothenberg. This was a fun adventure! I packed up a battery powered synth (softpop) and amp, and my binaural mic and hiked out to Hidden Lake in Putnam County, NY with David who brought a hydrophone and some speakers along with his … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 109: the secret sounds of ponds →

This month’s podcast features three performances from a November 2023 tour with Duo Denum (Al Margolis and Tom Law). The first is a solo performance in a church in Columbus, Ohio. It dissolves into drone. The second is a duo performance with Tom Law (viol da gamba and laptop) recorded in Philadelphia. The final piece … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 108: The November Report →

This month, Brian Dewan is back!! And he brought his fancy beard along with the Swarmatron and Cartridge Organ. It was a lot of fun playing together again, the results often sound quite alien, and at times are reminiscent of early electronic music. Its strange and delightful! Never miss a podcast, SUBSCRIBE!  with Apple Podcasts, Google … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 107 with Brian Dewan →

This month’s podcast features three live recordings from 2023, all of which include either bowed, or circuit bent instruments. It begins with a performance with conceptual cellist Irman (who also contributes some keyboard) which was recorded at Telephone in Pittsburgh, PA. Then, there’s a recording from drone day 2023 featuring Tamalyn Miller on horse hair … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 106: Bows and Bends →

This month’s podcast sees the return of Art Labriola! Art’s last appearance, podcast #27, featured Art playing his modular synthesizers. This time Art plays pedal steel guitar – processed by his modular synths! It was great to reconnect and play with Art again, I look forward to hearing where he goes with his hybrid pedal … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 105 with Art Labriola (Pedal Steel) →

This month’s podcast features composer/keyboardist Jesse Beaman from Austin, Texas. Jesse was out on tour in the area, and had a free day to come by the studio to record. What you’ll hear here is the first time we ever played together, I find the results quite beautiful and minimal. If you enjoyed this podcast, … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 104: with Jesse Beaman →

This month’s podcast is a haunting soundscape suitable for your halloweening needs. It features some old Casios (MT-68, SK-1, CZ-101) along with some more modern synthesizers (Strega, Soft Pop, Cloudbusting) and guitar. Beware! Its scary stuff*, be sure to have some extra pants nearby… *mildly scary. If you enjoyed this podcast, please SUPPORT Errant Space via … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 103: The Dweller In Darkness →

This month’s podcast features Fronds & Fringe, a duo of sound makers from Philadelphia, PA. Rebecca and Irman came to my studio the day after playing a show in town to record this podcast. I really enjoyed our collaboration, its rare for me to do a studio podcast with more than one musician. There was … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 102 with Fronds & Fringe →

This month’s podcast features composer/clarinetist David Rothenberg, who came to the studio with his bass clarinet, field recordings, samples and electronics for an afternoon of sonic exploration. The results of our collaboration are surprising and delightful! If you enjoyed this podcast, please SUPPORT Errant Space via Patreon. Never miss a podcast, SUBSCRIBE!  with Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 101 – with David Rothenberg →

This month brings the 100th Errant Space podcast!! To mark the occasion, I organized a live event featuring eight past podcast participants which took place on July 1, 2023 at the Howland Cultural Center in Beacon, NY. It was a three hour performance with the performers surrounding the audience, who were encouraged to listen while … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast One Hundred →

This month’s podcast features Bernhard Wöstheinrich, from Berlin. Bernhard came to my studio to record before his performance at the Third Tuesdays: Electronic/Experimental Music Night, it was the first time we’d met and we promptly began making sounds together. I find the results of our collaboration have a dream-like quality, as if floating through surreal, … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Ninety Nine: with Bernhard Wöstheinrich →

This month’s podcast sees the return of modular synthesist Okkoto! This winter, I took a trip up to Okkoto’s studio in the mountains where we spent an afternoon exploring sounds… We ended up with plenty of hypnotic rhythms and interesting textures for your listening pleasure. If you enjoyed this podcast, please SUPPORT Errant Space via Patreon. … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Ninety Eight: A Visit with Okkoto →

This month’s podcast is pretty special. It features Dean Sharp, who was the first collaborator on the podcast (#3), and who has made several appearances, but on all of those he focused on guitar. This time, he’s gone back to his roots and plays drums(!) While I’ve dipped my toes into the water, with percussion(ists), … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Ninety Seven – with Dean Sharp (drums!) →

This month’s podcast is a collbo with Scary Mountain Wizard who brought his hybrid modular synth/guitar rig over to the studio for some ambient explorations. I’m very pleased with this one, it has a nice mellowness and there’s a feeling of gentle exploration. At times it gets very slow, almost to the point of stillness… … Continue reading Errant Spaces Podcast Ninety Six – with Scary Mountain Wizard →

This month’s podcast finds me wearing my wormlogo hat and creating deep drones with the Strega Synthesizer and tape. The Make Noise Strega is one of my recent instrument acquisitions, and I’ve enjoyed exploring its capabilities as a drone machine. These are three of those explorations. (this is one of the podcasts that i think … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Ninety Five – Winter Drones →

This month’s podcast is a live performance recorded at The Friday Experiment at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke, MA. It was an interesting show – an evening of continuous ambient performances featuring Craig Douglas, me and Bonnie Kane. Our sets overlapped by a few minutes, so the end of one performers set would become the … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Ninety Four: The Friday Experiment →

This month’s podcast is a compilation of unheard materials. It starts with a live performance at Shepard Recital Hall at the State University of New York at New Paltz recorded on Apr 30, 2022. That is followed by a remote collaboration with sound collagist Riprap. And it concludes with a recording from Buddy Fest 7 … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Ninety Three: Unheard v.1 →

We enter new (sonic) territory this month with percussionist Kevin Cheli. I’ve always been a bit apprehensive about having a percussionist on the podcast; I could never get my head around how it would work. But, as I keep reminding myself, “there’s only one way to find out!” So Kevin came to the studio with … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Ninety Two – with Kevin Cheli →

This month’s podcast was recorded in a basement during Xfest 2022. It features Conor Perreault and Greg Paul (Human Flourishing), Caleb Crittenden, and Irman Peck. Xfest was held in August, on a compound near Pond Eddy, NY. There was a basement where, on the morning of day 2, we gathered to do some recording. This … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Ninety One: From the Basement at Xfest →

This month’s podcast features Neonach (Craig Douglas) from Western Massachusetts. Craig combines vocals, electronics and acoustic instruments to create lush, immersive soundscapes.  Our collaboration explores varied sonic topographies and imaginary frontiers… If you enjoyed this podcast, please SUPPORT Errant Space via Patreon. Never miss a podcast, SUBSCRIBE!  with Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or Feedburner

This month’s podcast is a binaural recording from the July 2022 Space Out, Outside. It features Bob Lukomski (granular synthesizers, samples) and Irman Peck (conceptual cello/bass guitar). Its a really beautiful field recording, best experienced in headphones, with subtle interactions between the players, and their environment. If you enjoyed this podcast, please SUPPORT Errant Space via … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Eighty Nine: BLIP →

This month’s podcast is from a performance at the Moon, Serpent & Bone Summer solstice night market where I provided background atmospheres. I enjoy these longer, very ambient performances. They give me an opportunity to experiment and really get slooww. If you enjoyed this podcast, please SUPPORT Errant Space via Patreon. Never miss a podcast, SUBSCRIBE! … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Eighty Eight: Moon Serpent & Bone Night Market →

Sonic Hudson returns* this time in a collabo with my wormlogo persona. I packed up some synthesizers, donned my wormlogo hat and headed over to Sonic Hudson’s studio. We made weird sounds, these are some of them. Listen loudly. *Sonic Hudson’s first appearance was podcast thirty. If you enjoyed this podcast, please SUPPORT Errant Space via … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Eighty Seven: wormlogo meets sonic hudson →

This month’s podcast sees the return* of Tom Law, but with a twist! In addition to being an experimental musician, Tom has an interest in early music and brought along his Viola da Gamba to our session. He incorporated it into his Max/MSP rig and two worlds collided (to weird effect). We ended up with … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Eighty Six: The Return of Tom Law →

This month’s podcast is from a live performance at the Shaker Meeting House in Albany, NY in August 2021. It was a collaborative performance with dancer Ophra Wolf that took place as the sun set. As has too often been the case with weather reliant performances, it was very cloudy and even raining a bit … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Eighty Five: Moonbow →

This month’s podcast features the violin and voice of Concetta Abbate. Concetta came up to the studio from Queens, NY on a weird winter day that started sunny and devolved into icy snow squalls. The three improvisations that comprise this recording really seem to capture the feeling of that day. Concetta Abbate is a classically trained … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Eighty Four: with Concetta Abbate →

This month's podcast is a return to basics. As winter starts winding down I'm reconnecting with the electric guitar as a tone generator, and preparing for live performances again after being in studio mode and getting lost in the world of synthesizers. I constructed this podcast from five exercises where I explored the sonic and … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Eighty Three: Back to Basics →

We're starting off the new year slowly with wormlogo, which is another of my musical personas. I think of wormlogo as being based around synthesizers while Errant Space is more guitar based. I approached this podcast as I would one of my Remote Variations series; but rather than exchanging tracks with some one else, I … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Eighty Two – A Slow Start with wormlogo →

This month’s podcast features guitarist Lucas Brode. Lucas and I have know each other for a while, both of us being oddball musicians based in the Hudson Valley. We’ve had a few live collabos, but I’d never asked him to be on my podcast, because I tend to shy away from playing with other guitarists, … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Eighty One: with Lucas Brode →

Its time for another installment of the Remote Variations Series, this time with Pedeplei from Guadalajara, Mexico. (We were connected via our mutual friend BioMeSS.) Pedeplei is a project of sound artist, Israel Peña who creates and manipulates sounds in real time. I think of him as a sort of experimental foley artist or field … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Eighty: Remote Variations 7 with Pedeplei →

This month's podcast features my occasional project with Andy Rinehart, OCCULTS. We create strange, unsettling soundscapes, in this case for Moon, Serpent and Bone's 3rd Annual Samhain Oddities & Curiosities Night Market where the performance that became this podcast was recorded. It gets pretty spooky, so keep the lights on and prepare a change of … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Seventy Nine: OCCULTS →

This month’s podcast is a live solo performance from June 2021 in Goshen, NY at the Orange County Arts Council. Its a field recording, so you’ll be able to hear the environment where I was playing; there’s a little pond, lots of birds talking, and some traffic. Its nice to post an unedited performance like … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Seventy Eight: Live at OCAC →

This month's podcast features bassist (and synthesist) Irman Peck, from Philadelphia, PA. Irman was a participant in the Remote Variations series, but this one was recorded live at a Space Out, Outside performance in June 2021. We covered a lot of ground that afternoon, from contemplative improvisation to weird poly rhythms and textural drones. It's … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Seventy Seven: Spacing Out with Irman Peck →

This month's podcast features synthesist Andrew Neumann from Boston, MA. Andrew brought out his Buchla Music Easel(!!) for an open-air recording session in my back yard. We got pretty far out, exploring weird sonic textures and terrain. Its a fun trip, enjoy the ride! If you enjoyed this podcast, please SUPPORT Errant Space via Patreon. Never … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Seventy Six with Andrew Neumann →

This month's podcast  was recorded on Drone Day 2021. We spent a cool, damp afternoon droning. Presented here is a condensed version of the event. Participants included: electr(on)ic chakra, scary mountain wizard, listening center and steve roe. This one is best listened to very quietly or extremely loud. You can see photos and video from the … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Seventy Five: Drone Day →

This month’s podcast features synthesist David Mason. Its constructed from three sessions recorded en plein air; on my back deck and during a Space Out, Outside in April 2021. In the electronic music realm, David Mason usually goes by the name of Listening Center and as such employs mostly analog synthesis and tape manipulation. Since 2012, he has released several … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast 74 with David Mason →

This month’s podcast is another in the Remote Variation Series, featuring Anders Nils from Brooklyn, NY. Its very ambient; minimal and droney. Anders Nils is an electronic musician and producer who primarily focuses on generative ambient music, sound design and instrumental soundtracks. He uses a modular synthesizer, software synths and guitars fed through a wash … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Seventy Three: Remote Variations 6 with Anders Nils →

This month’s podcast is another in the Remote Variations series, featuring BioMeSS. Its a journey into deep sonic space; ranging from subtle drones to angular blasts of noise and amazing textures. BioMechanical ShapeShifters (or BioMeSS for short) is the project of Floyd Bledsoe from Trenton, New Jersey. The name has been used for his electronic … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Seventy Two: Remote Variations 5 with BioMeSS →

This month’s podcast is another in the Remote  Variations series featuring Modulator ESP from Nottingham, UK. Its super-spacey, droney stuff! Modulator ESP is an adventurer in sound. He produces improvised experimental soundscapes, using synthesizers, sampling,sequencing, looping and processing to create strange worlds of sound somewhere between ambient, berlin school, drone, space music and noise. http://www.modulator-esp.co.uk/ If … Continue reading Errant Space Podcast Seventy One: Remote Variations 4 with Modulator ESP →