This music was performed live at the Luggage Store Gallery in San Francisco, California December 12, 2013. Jack Hertz performed two live improvised microtonal sets played live on the 6x6: An array of six FM synthesizers. No loops, samples, sequencers or recordings were used. Everything was generated live in real-time using FM synthesis. Download the album now at https://archive.org/details/p…
"Revealing The Arcane" my collaboration with Christopher Alvarado has received a nice review from Yeah I Know It Sucks. IAM thrilled that they really got this album: ‘Revealing The Arcane’ ends the album with uneasy white noise, cavernous feedback. Swells of mana emerge and dissipate. The steely gears of progress are grinding away. The marriage of Protestant theology with capitalist political economy to a large degree dominates our current civilized discourse, determining the contours of our culture, its rites and customs, in contrast to the “chaos” laying outside it and subject to its rule from within. That both are assumptive is taken for granted; outlaying “cosmologies”, born from the methodology of science and reason are to be preferred."
Shambhala, my collaboration with Simon Walsh gets another wonderful review from Ambient Exotica: "Simon Walsh and Jack Hertz create a mood that crosses and overcomes every linguistic obstacle. And an obstacle I have in front of me alright, for it is hard to put the layers, coatings, fibers and strata that make up the mood range into perspective or to turn them into a catchy coinage. Regardless of the phase Shambhala is in at any time, it radiates forsakenness and awe due to the gigantic proportions and monolithic cinematography the duo grafts onto the base frame of each track."
2013 was another good year for helping others. Through the efforts of the Aural Films and Sound For Good Records projects. Artists were able to come together to raise $810 to help the Fukushima Disaster, $105 to support Hospice with The Human Condition - Dedications to Phillp K. Dick compilation, AND we planted another 2,220 trees through our partnership with Trees For the Future! I am so glad to see this that I have decided to revive the Sound For Good Label in 2014 to continue to release good music for good causes.
My release "Into the Eternal Darkness" with Scott Lawlor got a nice write up from MAKE YOUR OWN TASTE:
Well well, this is nice way to end the year. It seems I have been nominated by the Schallwelle Sound Wave Awards as one of the Best International Artists of 2013. Additionally, my releases "Contorted" and "Eye of God III" were nominated for Best International Albums of 2013. I have no expectations of winning, but I feel like I already have just being on the list with so many artists I know and admire.
A suite of tracks composed for listening to while driving. This is a living album project that may have new tracks added to it at a later date. Download the album now from Aural Films at http://auralfilms.bandcamp.co…
I enter into the night and dream awake in the darkness where the universe is suspended. As the moon rises, a nocturnal state queues the symphony of lurking beings to move upon quiet landscapes under gem filled skies. These inspiring visions are translated into the night songs I present to you here. Download the album now from Treetrunk Records at https://archive.org/details/N…
After some 30 years making music and over 60 albums to your credit, what do you think Jack Hertz can offer to the ambient aficionado? Read the full interview and find out the answer to this and other questions at http://synth-caresses.blogspo…
Aural Films New Release - Cahokia is an enigma of sorts, as the true origin of the people and name of this city are unknown. These works are a series of meditations on the mystery and wonder of this fantastic place of pyramids and a sophisticated culture that predates western history. Download the album now at http://auralfilms.bandcamp.co…