PRAISE FOR "AIRSHIPS FILL THE SKY / UNSIMULATABLE"
"Packard has created a truly captivating album here which we're totally passionate about, we implore you to investigate, it's one of the year's finest. Essential purchase."
--boomkat
"...you'll find this to be an exquisite and utterly compelling listen. It's in my list of albums for the year, no question, and it comes with the highest possible recommendation. Brilliant."
--smallfish
"This is a sublime piece of work and is (dare I say it) a near perfect debut that elegantly showcases Packard's jazz and classical origins, and fuses them into something very special indeed."
--white line
Let me keep you posted - sign up for my occasional mailing list at morganpackard.com. It'll make me happy, and let me tell you what I'm up to.
and... here's a very official sounding bio
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Morgan Packard’s sound is rooted in a decade’s immersion in beat-based electronic music and informed by periods of intense study of jazz, western classical music, and computer programming. While his music may be wrangled into the minimal electronic category, he is actually eschewing minimal tropes in favor of highly wrought arrangements – fitting multiple sensibilities into music that could easily be mistaken for existing genres, though when explored carefully, hardly fits into any. Using the form of techno/house/breakbeat music as a beginning, not an end unto itself, Morgan arrives at a sound which manages to synthesize ideas from the worlds of electronics, jazz, and classical in a manner that has no hint of experimentation, but rather a purposeful, concrete rendering of his vision.
The structure of Morgan’s music begins with loop-based electronica. However he uses software of his own creation to subtly disrupt the “loopness” inherent in this form. Every iteration of a loop has incremental changes, which over time becomes something entirely different from its origin. The constantly shifting textures is due both to the software techniques employed and the hand guiding the results. Morgan carefully nudges the arrangements into music that pays homage to a host of techniques and styles that have come before it; taking those ideas and stretching them into new forms; adhering to select guidelines, while disregarding most.
hey, all is good here, the museum we played already, it went really well, except the recording of it was fucked up. we were going to release it as a live recording. oh well. the public place thing is coming along, we're playing some of the refined material in august in a theatre.
got your email too, i'll get back soon to both of you. sorry it's taking a while, been kinda busy, balancing between work and enjoing the summer while it's here.
everything's good with you? i just bumped into some photos of you at mutek somewhere. send me some of your new stuff for a listen or a spin on the radio show if you feel like it. /niclas
Hi Morgan, Thanks so much! It was really nice to meet you as well and finally see you perform live...your music has been on my "heavy rotation" for a while now. I will totally let you know how the show goes :) ltr! sharinne
haha, cool man, cheers. they're just some hip hop ideas. needs vocals n all. lots goin on here. will have to fill ya in. i'll check out yr tunes! hope yr well! j
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