New release "dexterity" is available now from AtmoWorks!

I'm pleased to announce that my latest release "dexterity" is available now from AtmoWorks. Inspired by decay, deterioration, and how we respond emotionally to these changes, "dexterity" is a 38 minute album with five new songs for your listening enjoyment. Find out more by clicking the cover above.

BTW while I have your attention, did you know that mara's torment is on Twitter? Follow me at http://twitter.com/marastorment

New Kalte Show, New CD, New Review and New Twitter Account!

Oh dear. It's been some time since I've last posted here, and I imagine that you've all been missing me fiercely. My sincerest apologies, I'm afraid that sometimes life and music making have a habit of getting in the way of my e-communications, but know that I've been thinking about all of you fondly during my absence.

So, thank you to those of you that made it out to one or both of the Kalte shows in August, it was great to see so many of you and we had a wonderful time playing our songs live, so much so that we'll be doing it again on Thursday October 15th! We'll be playing as part of the Monsters in Your Head Headphone music event at Gallery 1313 (1313 Queen Street West in Toronto, just west of Dufferin) along with Nick Storring and L'Ombre.
Cover is $9 at the door (bring your own headphones or borrow a pair at the door), and it's a 19+ event. We're on first, about 8pm, so please do make sure you arrive early. It promises to be quite an exciting evening and I look forward to seeing all of you there! For more information, please be sure to visit the Monsters in Your Head Event page on Facebook at
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155460272440&index=1

In addition to the Kalte live show, I wanted to let you know that I have a new EP called Dexterity coming out on AtmoWorks on November 13. It's five tracks long, about forty minutes of music, and it addresses conceptual issues of loss and deterioration. It's a bit uneasy to listen to, but I'm hoping you'll enjoy it. Samples will be posted on the mara's torment myspace page shortly for you to check out. If you're not already familiar with the wonderful music that comes from AtmoWorks, then by all means please check out their website!

I also wanted to mention that "across for show..." received a wonderful review from Morpheus Music. Thanks very much to them for their kind support!

Last, but certainly not least, I thought you should know that I now have a mara's torment Twitter account. Everything you could possibly hope to know about me, all in 140 characters or less. Feel free to add me by visiting http://twitter.com/marastorment

So that's about it for now, but don't worry, I'll be back again soon with some new information and maybe even some more new music!

See you then!

rik
mara's torment
http://www.marastorment.com

Kalte live shows, new review and a sale at Atmoworks!

Just a few things of note that you should know about...

First off, I'll be playing two shows this week as part of Kalte, my collaborative project with Deane Hughes of Akumu. What's that? You haven't heard me mention Kalte yet? How foolish of me! Go visit http://www.kaltemusic.com to find out more information...

Anyway, about those shows...

1) August 18th at THE AMBiENT PiNG 10th Anniversary (at The Supermarket . 268 Augusta Ave. Kensington Market in Toronto) along with dreamSTATE, Wally Jericho and General Chaos Visuals (door is PWYC and this is a legal event).

2) August 21st at The Akin Collective(444 Dufferin Street, Unit E, just north of the Gladstone in Toronto) along with The Flashbulb, Wisp, Bartel, and DJ Submental (door is $8 and this is a legal event).

Come out to either, come out to both, either way it would be lovely to see you!

Speaking of lovely things, I received a very lovely review of the remastered "across for show..." disc from John Shanahan of the Hypnagogue website. Not only was it noted as a Hypnagogue Highly Recommended CD, it was also noted as having a "languid beauty and lyrical imagery and needed to be heard". Thanks for such high praise John! You can read the rest of the review at the Hypnagogue site at http://hypnagogue.netfirms.com/index.htm, and be sure to check out the Hypnagogue podcast at http://hypnagoguepodcast.blogspot.com/ while you're at it...

Speaking of "across for show...", Atmoworks is having a $4.98 download sale on a number of releases for the month of August including "across for show..."! Visit http://store.atmoworks.com/ to buy great music from Exuviae, Pixyblink, Disturbed Earth and more!

I think that just about covers it for now. I look forward to seeing some of you at the Kalte shows this week!

Cheers,

rik
mara's torment
http://www.marastorment.com

and

Kalte
http://www.kaltemusic.com