ENVIRONMENTAL DREAMS (2010)

Recorded, Mixed, & Produced by Tomas delToro-Diaz & Noah Hornberger
All material was created using Pro Tools HD & LE, Garage Band, Reason, Ableton Live, Tape Recorders, Real Instruments, Samples, Midi, Live Performance, and "You Send It."

Mastered at the Exchange in London by Nilesh Patel

Material recorded at Mills College, Oakland, CA in a practice room, Ada St. Chicago, IL walking on gravel near a freeway, Santa Barbara Sound, Santa Barbara, CA, Howell, MI on head phones in a room, Ojai, CA at grandma's house, & in Forest Park, IL late at night in the second bedroom.

Tomas delToro-Diaz & Noah Hornberger both went to The School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago together studying studio art. While Tomas went on to get his Masters degree at Mills College in Electronic Music & Recording Media, Noah worked at the famed Pixar Animation Studios as an animator. They now live on opposite ends of the country and are still creating art for the world.

Neither Tomas, nor Noah saw each other while making this album. All of the material was sent via the Internet from California to Michigan and back again in a series of "bounces" limited to 4 at any one time. One person would create the start of a song, and regardless of how many individual elements were in that song, only 4 separate stereo tracks were sent. Then the other person would add and manipulate those four stereo tracks to create something new. Once finished, that person would send 4 stereo tracks back to the first person (now combined music). This continued until the original material became a complete synergy of both parties.
Drive to this music, it’s good in the rain.

Many Thanks to our wives for the continued love and support. Dom Camardella for his guidance and kindness, Fred Frith, Roscoe Mitchell, Maggi Payne, Chris Brown, John Corbett, William Harper, and many more professors who have changed our lives and given so much in the way of creativity and art. Greg Scott, for his focus on his dream. Chris Peck for inspiring words and thoughtfulness. Colin Sipos, for being a second pair of ears. Thanks to Mr. Van for teaching artistic discipline and Grant Fisher for creative sparks. All of our friends and family, you make it count; you are the reason we are making this music. You give life to the creativity inside of us. We wholeheartedly thank God for bringing all the support and resources to create new things.


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acid jazz, ambient, bassline, chill, club, dance, dub, electro, electronic music, headphones, idm, minimal, music, progressive house, psytrance, techno