Information

Activities of Dust is a project directed by Doug Scharin. A New Mind is a fantastic journey into sounds and rhythms, from light to dark... Vibrant and organic. Here is the genesis process of this record, with Doug Scharin own words:

"Activities of Dust - A New Mind is the result of hours of recorded feedback that had been collected from various mixing sessions over the past decade.

Within are compositions, possibility waves, constructed, originally, from manipulation of these feedback signals.

The initial impressions from Jeff Parker were then added to the recordings. Parker interpreted, reacted to and in some cases painted a definitive picture of latent melodies within the feedback structures.

Combining and blending these two elements created a basic form for the introduction of keyboard, bass and drum elements to enhance the movements taking shape in the music.

The initial mixes were done analog, in single, first takes with an emphasis on the random nature of the project. Bill Laswell and Bernie Worrell fleshed out the tracks."

A New Mind comes with a DVD containing an exclusive video for Return to the Original Matrix by Doug Scharin. You can have a preview here:



Return to the Original Matrix - Video preview

Drummer Doug Scharin is also running the HiM project inviting musicians to shape grooves and explore new soundscape with him. He is involved in Mice Parade with Adam Pierce, and used to play with Rex and June of 44.

Jeff Parker plays guitar with Tortoise, Exploding Star Orchestra, Isotope217, New Horizons Ensemble, TriColor, Powerhouse Sound, Fred Anderson Quartet and does regular collaborations with many musicians from the Chicago scene.

Bill Laswell is a known figure in music... Bassist, producer, remixer... He has participated to numerous project with many musicians around the world. One of his latest is Painkiller with John Zorn. He also remixed Bob Marley tapes in a dub way.

Bernie Worrell is known for his work with Parliament-Funkadelic and Talking Heads. The keyboardist has recorded extensively with Bill Laswell on the last two decades, and has collobrated with numerous artists such as Gov't mule, David Byrne, Les Claypool, Prince Paul...

Visit the Doug Scharin MySpace page

Tracks Listing

1.	Return to the Original Matrix
2.	Shades of Appearance
3.	Possibility Waves
4.	Written in Nowhere