I had the honor of being featured as SoundCloud’s artist of the day. They featured my track “Night Ships.”

Audio:

Night Ships by Swartz et

Video:

Special thanks to Adam Williams out of Wales and Fluid Radio out of the UK for the very kind words. These guys are doing an amazing thing. Not because of the time they’re giving to my music, but because of the amazing wealth of quality sound they share with the world every day. Check it.

Thanks to Lend Me Your Ears! I dig the new title. ;)

You are super kind! Grazie! Review HERE.

More kind words. I’m very honored.

Kind words from Dave Sutton over at Stadiums and Shrines.

At long last, today is finally the day that my ambient/drone album is available to the public. It’s been an amazing journey of discovery and exploration. My hope is that you will enjoy it, find comfort and peace with it, and that it will sweep you away for an hour apart from your troubles. =)

Stream it in it’s entirety HERE

AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD AT THE FOLLOWING:

iTunes
eMusic
Amazon

HIGH RESOLUTION MP3/FLAC/LOSSLESS:
http://swartz.bandcamp.com 

VINYL:
Any parties interested in helping make this happen can contact me:
swartzet (at) uttereast (dot) net

NOTES:

For my daughter, Claire, whose playing and exploring in the recording studio inspired much of this work.

This album was recorded, mixed and mastered in high resolution audio with numerous subtleties. The mix of each piece will sound different from system to system due to the full scope of frequencies captured during the recording process. The decision was made early on to protect the integrity of the dynamics and subtleties contained within the mix. Therefore, mastering was treated minimally and volume should be considered as one would consider salt. Add to taste. In other words, if you need it louder, turn it up.

All compositions written and performed by Steve Swartz

Additional acoustic guitars recorded by Justin Van Slembrouck on Mercy Lights, Dinghy and Late Machines

Recorded by Steve Swartz at Utter East - Detroit, MI
Mixed by Steve Swartz at Utter East - Detroit, MI
Mastered by Steve Swartz at October Audio - Detroit, MI

THANK YOU God, Anna Swartz, Claire Swartz, Mom & Dad Swartz, Michael Carian, Justin Van Slembrouck, Janie Van Slembrouck, Stephenie McWalters, Philip Zott, Tom Currie, Monique Prieur, Kari Shimmel, Krystle Lilliestierna, Candice Belanger, Dan Paton

© 2010 UTTER EAST / ASCAP

THE BLUE LIGHT OF MORNING (From the upcoming album “Nighttide” available November 16, 2010.)

SYMPATHETIC STRINGS (From the upcoming album “Nighttide” available November 16, 2010.)

NIGHT SHIPS (From the upcoming album “Nighttide” available November 16, 2010.)

Super big thanks to Richard Allen over at The Silent Ballet for a lovely review of the new record. His column in general is pretty sweet. You should check it out.

IT GLIMMERS THROUGH THE SNOW (From the upcoming album “Nighttide” available November 16, 2010.)

CURTAINS (From the upcoming album “Nighttide” available November 16, 2010.)

LATE MACHINES (From the upcoming album “Nighttide” available November 16, 2010.)

Super huge thanks goes out to Michael Andrews over at Digitally Imported for adding the new record to the rotation. http://www.di.fm/spacemusic/