12.2007 Dr.Maximilian Rheinhardt finished Second in the 2007 National Laptop Battle in Seattle, Washington. Videos of the event can be found Here, Here, and Here. Check out the videos, send the links to your friends, and watch this space for more Dr. Rheinhardt updates in the future. Next, mixing has finished up on four new tracks featuring the Shadow Huntaz crew. We have no idea about a release at the moment, but we've got four new songs with Larvae beats and Shadow Huntaz lyrics that we think are pretty cool. Lapsed also turned in a zany, busted up remix of "Nation of Bling," so thanks Lapsed! Lastly, work is slowly progressing on some new Larvae material. We have about four or five songs in various states of completion at the moment. More soon. 10.2007 Dr. Maximilian Rheinhardt (my alter-ego) managed to take the top prize in the 2007 Atlanta Laptop Battle so I'll be moving on to compete in Seattle in December. Video of the mayhem should surface sooner or later. We now have a Snocap store. You can purchase individual mp3 Larvae tracks for just 99 cents a piece! These are all tracks that are either unreleased remixes, singles, or things that were released by sub:marine on vinyl, so this your is best chance to get them in an electronic format. Check it out in the store! 08.2007 New Release I'm happy to announce that the EP we recorded for the Greek label Creative Space has finally been released! If you peruse the old news items, you will see references to this coming out going back to 2004. Well, the wait on this one was actually worth it because the label did a smash-up job on putting this together. This is a split release with the Greek act Spyweirdos and it's a double pack of two 3" CDs. The idea for the release was that the musical acts would write music reflecting on the theme of environmental destruction and that a visual artist would come up with the packaging and design from a similar angle. The result is a beautifully printed cardboard set that includes a number of photographs, some essays, and our two little 3" CDs affixed to cardboard. This is the first Larvae release where I didn't have anything at all to do with the artwork and I honestly couldn't be any happier. Our disc is called "How to Disintegrate" and the details have been updated on our Releases page. To grab yourself a copy of this limited edition release, check out the Creative Space Website or their Myspace Page. Other News Several Larvae produced Shadowhuntaz are now finished. Not sure what will become of them, but they are pretty dope. I'm also working on some tracks for esteemed Shadowhunta Dream. Larvae will have a show soon, in Rochester, NY. Details: Friday August 31, 2007 Tilt NightClub & Ultralounge 444 Central Avenue Rochester, New York 18+ Plus (most nights) Proper ID Required LARVAE [Atlanta, GA] http://www.zeroplate.com/ http://www.myspace.com/larvae N3WT [Buffalo, NY] http://www.myspace.com/n3wt DANGLER [House Of Hellfira - Rochester, NY] http://myspace.com/dangler 06.2007 Call the police--we have news! I've finally gotten around to adding the 'new' webstore. You can now purchase all of the Larvae and related stuff we have on hand with secure online payment through PayPal. I don't have international shipping set up right now but I will get around to it if there are any inquiries. We are slowly working on new material. No release plans as of yet, but we'll let you know as soon as anything materializes. I hear that our record for Creative Space in Greece should be out soon--I really hope so because every time I go back to listen to those tracks I'm really pleased by them. 09.2006 Please come out to one of our shows if you can. You can find all of the tour details on our Live page or on our Myspace page. Larvae will be on tour through September 16th, on a string of dates stretching from Detroit to San Francisco. New songs and videos abound. You can keep up with our travels from the perspective of Chris' phone camera here: pix.signalstatic.com using a little app that Chris wrote so that he can publish images from his phone on the fly. We are bringing lots of merchandise on this trip, so if you ever wanted one of those Larvae t-shirts or a vinyl copy of Dead Weight, now is your chance. In other news, we've been working on some new tracks with Shadow Huntaz, so stay tuned. 07.2006 The new album Dead Weight is now available from Ad Noiseam. In Atlanta, you can pick the album up at Criminal Records who will be helping us host our album release party later this month with Shadowhuntaz! We will also have copies of the new record at all of the upcoming shows. Visit the Live page for more details. Dead Weight is our second full length album and features guest performances from Hope for Agoldensummer, Jessica Bailiff, Non from Shadowhuntaz, and Scalper. We also had a ton of friends play on the record including Recompas, r_garcia, Scott Burland, and Nathan Whitmore. This record is a change of pace in a lot of ways, but it makes sense to us and we couldn't be happier about it all. A full blown tour of some sort will commence in the fall. Next up we have a split 12" with our good friend and fellow sound abuser ENDUSER also coming from Ad Noiseam. Expect something very dance-friendly for a dramatic change. Also, the greek label Creative Space will finally be releasing the EP we recorded for them back in 2004. This record will include four all new tracks, three of which pre-dated Dead Weight and hinted at the direction we'd be going in, and one of which was recorded some time later for the Watchmen project that got aborted. The whole thing is being mastered by Murcof, and if you haven't heard Murcof's latest record, you need to go buy it today, for serious. New videos, new tunes, new records, and a new look to the website. What more do you want right now? Please come out and say hi at one of our live engagements and tell the nice folks at Criminal Records that we sent you! 02.2006 No news since May? We've just been saving it up for the right time, and that time is now. Watchmen Aborted I'm sad to report that the remaining discs in Objective-Subjective's Watchmen-themed series probably won't be seeing the light of day, and that includes our planned Chapter XII disc which was almost complete. I'm sad that we can't be a part of this project now that it won't be finished, but I'm grateful that we got the nod to be a part, and that the whole thing resulted in a great creative period where I got to take my love of Watchmen and translate it into music, in a similar but less cheesy way than Empire did with Star Wars. The good news here is that we've taken the best of the Watchmen session tracks and have added it to the tracklist of the new Larvae LP. It was one of the first songs written in this new direction we are experimenting with, and as such, it fits wonderfully on the album. Dead Weight Which brings me to the announcement of our new record. It's going to be called Dead Weight and it'll be released sometime this spring on Ad Noiseam. This record has been a wonderful thing to build, and we've gotten to work with numerous inspiring collaborators to bring this thing to life. The album features vocal performances from London-based MC and 2nd Gen collaborator Scalper, Shadow Huntaz' own Non, Athens, Georgia-based muses Claire and Page Campbell from Hope for Agoldensummer, and a pair of tracks graced by Jessica Bailiff. If you had told me two years ago that we'd have a record with any of these collaborators, I would have fallen over, but to imagine that they are all on the same record--it's just amazing stuff. Sound samples and whatnot will be released in good time, but for now, check out the respective sites of our new friends and show them some love--these are the voices that inspired this record in the first place! This is our first release since last year's Empire 12", and the first full length since (gulp) 2003's Fashion Victim. You might wonder what's taken so long, but when you hear Dead Weight, I think it'll be clear. Oh, and we were on the road a lot! Other Tracks We've completed a remix for Angina P for the Reduced Phat label that everyone is very happy with. We took an atmospheric drum n bass tune and turned it into something like the tracks from our new record, complete with guitars! Look for that on RP in the nearish future, and big ups to RP for asking us to do this. We've also submitted a track that is going to be leading off the 5 year anniversary compilation from the mothership at Ad Noiseam. The track is called "Snowday" and it was written at the tail end of recording our new LP, so it's even MORE guitar-heavy and drenched in slow, moody atmosphere than most of the record! I hope you like it as it's one of Bryan's and my favorites. A remix for Enduser should be out on an Ad Noiseam 12" soon, along with an Enduser track, a remix he did for us, and one more new track that we are slowly, slowly getting off the ground. Expect this record pretty soon, though. Creative Space has yet to release the EP we recorded for them way back in 2004, but I hear it's coming soon, and it's another batch of tracks I'm extremely happy with and can't wait for people to hear, so keep an ear to the ground for those. 05.2005 The new 12" EMPIRE is now available. You can order it online from Ad Noiseam or you can pick it up locally in Atlanta at Criminal Records. Copies will be available in the sub:marine store very soon. Thanks go out to Enduser and Bong-Ra for busting out remixes for the record, and to the Ad Noiseam crew for putting the record out in the first place. We are really happy with it, and we hope you will be too. It's a bit of a return to the Monster Music form, and it's certainly different than what the next album is shaping up to be. There's a tour coming in June. Larvae will be travelling with fellow Ad Noiseam homeboy and all around good guy Cdatakill throughout the EU. We will get to share the stage with the likes of Doormouse, Scorn, 2nd Gen, and a host of other really cool people, so come check it out if you can. We'll be dropping in on folks in England, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, so please say hello. Larvae will also be kicking off the tour with a pre-tour show at Lenny's in Atlanta as part of the Kirkwood Baller's Club. Seeing as how the Larvae HQ was actually located in Kirkwood for 2 years, this seems appropriate! Check the LIVE section of this site for more details. Finally, Larvae has recently licenced the track "Autoloader" to the Spanish label Mindstrike Records for an upcoming 12" compilation. "Autoloader" is the most dance-floor friendly thing we've ever done (except maybe Empire) so it will be nice to hear it coming off a 12"! 03.2005 Updates have been made to the Think page, the Movie page and the new Star Wars Thought of the Day page. Comments have been added so please feel free to contribute. The 12" EP for Ad Noiseam has been completed and if all goes well with the remixes and mastering, it should be out on a very special date some time soon! The 12" EP for Ad Noiseam has been completed and if all goes well with the remixes and mastering, it should be out on a very special date some time soon! The Watchmen Project EP for Objective-Subjective is now finished and will be out later this year. We are nearly finished with a video for the track "Bubastis Dub" from that release as well. Expect to see this video (shot on super8 b&w and color film) as part of the new live show later this year. Work has begun on our second album, which we hope to have finished by this summer for a possible fall release on Ad Noiseam. There may be a few live shows this summer, but probably nothing until the bulk of the album is recorded and some new videos are finished up. 01.2005 The Dalek single for "Ever Somber" is out now as a downloadable package from Playlouder. The single includes the Larvae remix of Dalek's epic track "Forever Close My Eyes," which is why we are mentioning it. The new Dalek track rules the Earth, so why not click on over to Playlouder and download it. It's in the Singles Club section. The whole thing costs a few pounds, but hey, nothing's free in this world. 10.2004 Time for an update. Larvae will be performing a couple of shows in Atlanta in the coming weeks, then we will be taking a break to work on some much-needed recording. The following projects are in the works/planned for the very near future: Watchmen EP on Objective-Subjective This will be a 3" CD and part of the Watchmen series of releases all inspired by the legendary comic book/graphic novel of the same name. Larvae will be providing the 12th and final installment of the series and we are working from a particular set of quotes from the text. Expect something dubby and melancholic. Ad Noiseam 12" We are working now on tracks for a more club-friendly, or at least upbeat 12" for Ad Noiseam. One of the tracks has been in recent live sets accompanied by a video of Uma Thurman as a Jedi. The rest of the record will follow suit and provide some fun, mashed-up breaks and samples, with hopefully a few remixes by those you know and love. Ad Noiseam Full Length Really, this is just in the thinking stage at the moment, but our follow up to Fashion Victim will be a full length CD for Ad Noisam that once again steps on genre toes and goes for the conceptual jugular. I imagine it's going to be slower and less frantic than the 12" but one never knows. This should be out before the summer 2005. Creative Space 3" CD The tracks for this are done and have been handed over to the bearded handler in Athens. He is waiting on tracks from another artist, but once that's done, we should see Larvae's take on environmentalism played out on a beautiful 3" CD. This project holds a special place in my heart because I love the people running the label and my first ever CD player was one designed specifically to play 3" CDs! Reduced Phat collaboration We've agreed to work with the new label, Reduced Phat on some sort of collaboration. I could tell you who we will be collaborating with, but then I'd have to kill you. Suffice it to say, this will not be a remix record or a split where tracks just bump against one another--but more of a full fledged collaboration. This is probably going to take until late 2005 to be realized. Dalek Remix The remix we did for hip-hop monolith Dalek will be the b-side to an upcoming web-single. We are proud to be a part of it, and glad to have our take on a truly excellent Dalek track out there in the world. More news as it becomes available. Split with Horchata The split record with Horchata hasn't been moving with much momentum, but we have a couple solid tracks and ideas that need to be fleshed out and finished off. This will be a blend of Larvae beats and bass and Horachata synth and field recording, so really the best of both worlds. If we can polish up the tracks in the works, expect this sometime in '05. That is about it for now. Larvae will be back in late 2005 with a new show with new videos and a new batch of songs, but until then, we really need to write and record some tunes. 07.2004 Alright, it's confirmed: Larvae is invading Europe! The European tour is now confirmed, booked, and ready to go. Larvae will be performing alongside the likes of NeedleSharing, Panacea, Hecate and Scorn along with other locals and of course all the folks at the mighty Maschinenfest. Cameras will be in tow. A new track has been written for the Maschinenfest folks called "Polemic" and a dub version of it is being prepared even now for Creative Space. More remixes will be coming up soon, as well as some work on new material for a new album in 2005. 06.2004 Larvae will be performing live on the radio on Wednesday, June 16th. In Atlanta, tune into 91.1 WREK from 10 pm to midnight for The Mobius featuring a special live set. Additionally, the set can be heard live on the internet at WREK's site WREK.org. The show will also be archived on the site for some time. The remix for Curtis Chip's track "Eating" is done and will be released soon by Ad Noiseam. A remix for Enduser is currently underway and will be complete very soon. Touring and live plans are starting to shape up for the fall, and work on a final track for the Creative Spaces label will commence shortly after the shows with Enduser. 04.2004b The tour of the Northeast is complete and was a success. If you missed the shows and happen to live in Texas, then check the live page for upcoming dates in Austin and Dallas. Back in the studio work is in progress on a remix for Curtis Chip that will appear on an upcoming Ad Noiseam release. On the collaborative front, sounds were contributed to Mothboy for his upcoming album, also on Ad Noiseam. 04.2004a Larvae's tour of the Northeast is underway. If you're in the area, check the live section to see if a stop in your city is on the schedule. After the tour, work will begin on more remix projects and a few new songs. 01.2004 Larvae will be touring in April. A complete list of dates and information are available on the Live page or at tour.adnoiseam.net. Alsothe track "Staesis" originally slated to be released on a compilation by Ethedrone has now been sent over to the kind people at Hive Records who willhopefully be able to do more with it than the folks at Ethedrone did! We are also recording a trio of new songs built around the theme of ecological destructionfor a new Greek Label. More news on that shortly. 10.2003 Larvae has recently completed a remix for the Australian act Terminal Sound System that will be included on a release by Hive Records. More reviews have been streaming in for Monster Music--so many in fact that I'm not going to try and keep track of them all here. People seem to be enjoying the record though, so that's great. Fashion Victim should drop in a few days. 09.2003 Fashion Victim is completely done, artwork and master audio have been sent to Berlin, and the finished album should be out in October. You can see a preview of the artwork to the right. Many, many thanks to Le Peep for his last minute design assistance. We have recently completed a remix for Censor of the track "When 4 is 3" to be included on his upcoming release for Hive Records. A remix for Canadian act Displacer is currently under way. 07.2003b Some reviews have been coming in for the Monster Music EP and the split 7" with Miles Tillman. Check out the newest issue of URB (with Bjork on the cover) for a glowing review of the 7", and check Electronic Music World, Immanence, and Twilight Zone Webzine for some words about our ode to Godzilla and friends. 07.2003a The first Larvae full length album will be out on Ad Noiseam in October and will be called Fashion Victim. We currently have a handful of songs written that have been recorded at Zero Return Studios here in Atlanta, and we should be finished with the basic mixes in late July/early August. Expect a smoother, subtler Larvae in spots, but a rougher, meaner version in others. Coming soon! 06.2003 MONSTER MUSIC will be released by Ad Noiseam on June 28th. There is a Monster Music page up on the Ad Noiseam site with some mp3 samples and a picture of the artwork. I was going to make a Monster Music page for our site, but for now, just look at the one over there as it fills in the blanks nicely. Progress continues on the LARVAE full length which should be dropping in September. 05.2003 More release news: The LARVAE remix of Cdatakill's "Paradise" will be on the upcoming Sub.Session 2CD compilation called Duo.Tone. Additionally, MONSTER MUSIC will see its release next month! 03.2003 LARVAE have signed on with the label Ad Noiseam to record a new full length album to be released sometime in the fall of 2003. The album project is yet untitled, but will include all new material that is being written and recorded now. LARVAE tracks have also been recently selected for inclusion on a couple more compilations due out in 2003. The first is a compilation from DTA Reocrds, who have included the track "Blunt Force Trauma", while the second is a new compilation from a new Swedish label called First Aid Recordings. First Aid has picked up the new Larvae track "Vostok". 01.2003 The LARVAE track "STAESIS" will be included on a compilation CD by Ethedrone Muzac sometime this year. The split 7" with Miles Tilmann will be out in April on sub:marine. LARVAE have contributed the track, "Seclusion Dub." LARVAE are currently remixing a track for the Atlanta group, Misfilter. A collaborative project with Horchata is underway. Expect more news on this soon.