Crossfade Grimoire

Crossfade Grimoire- unsigned indie band and artists reviews.
Category: Music    CROSSFADE GRIMOIRE,
a.k.a. The Revolution will be Synthesized..:

“Talented” Staff

Scott Mayfield
Editor-in-Chief, Reviewer, Co-Head Idiot
Michael Sullivan
Senior Editor, Reviewer, Co-Head Idiot

Rank and File
6.0            Mythical: The legendary 6 point award is rare and precious,
Like finding vintage MDMA in your closet from 1991 that still works or [...]

Thursday, September 03, 2009

The Death and Resurrection of the Grimoire
Current mood:  blissful
Category: Music

Alright, freaks and freakettes, I am offically back, but before the reviews start flying and the writing gets weird, I feel all of you (if you’re still there) are owed: 1) an apology, 2) an explanation, and 3) a promise.
THE APOLOGY
I am [...]

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Crossfade Issue 0: the Mayfield Rant

CROSSFADE GRIMOIRE

MAYFIELD RANT 1
While it’s not an issue, I thought you might like a little acid ranting before the issue comes your way in the next couple of weeks, and I felt all of you should know just what the hell happened that I would suspend this [...]

Tuesday, September 02, 2008

Album Reviews- Issue 6
Current mood:  animated
Category: Music

DISKOPHRENIA: Issue 6

It’s been a while since I have been able to listen to anything, and I am glad to be back. Thanks to everyone who is still with me: in mind, body, spirit or any partial combination of the three. I had originally planned [...]

Monday, July 28, 2008

Recreational Chemistry 2
Current mood:  stoked
Category: Music

RECREATIONAL CHEMISTRY
VER. 2.0
(aka Scott’s Acid Trail Mix, Blend 420)

It’s been awhile since there’s been anything posted in this space, so no time like the present to get the rest of Issues 6 adn 7 out before I forget what the hell I’m doing. For those of [...]

Friday, June 27, 2008

Crossfade 6.0: New and Used Tracks
Current mood:  bouncy
Category: Music

CROSSFADE GRIMOIRE
ISSUE 6.0
This is one of the last Crossfades to be purely on Myspace. Shortly, the ‘zine will be on its own website, and as a column on The Impious Digest’s site (links in an upcoming bulletin.) So, let’s get to it!
Electronica:  Daniel Masson, [...]

Friday, June 27, 2008

Crossfade 6.0.2: New and Used Tracks, Part 2
Current mood:  relieved
Category: Music

CROSSFADE 6.0:
NEW AND USED TRACKS, PT. 2

HARDCORE
Norotek Records
machine KILLING machine- Trust Me   [2008]  5.4
DJ Choke- Unfulfilled            [2008]                   5.25
xQUICKSILVERx- The New Underground (Atroa’s Mix)
[2008] 5.9
Vinyl Fatigue- V is Hardcore    [2008]                5.05
Four more tracks from the excellent hardcore compilation, VS. Hardcore, on FTS/Norotek Records. Another [...]

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Recreational Chemistry
Category: Music

RECREATIONAL CHEMISTRY
(a.k.a. Scott’s Acid Trail Mix, Blend 420)
This is coming late, and sorry for that. Later issues of this segment, dedicated to new and not-so-new dinner specials of Mixology, Cut Chemistry, and Other DJ Madness, will be a little more timely, if not anymore coherent! Compliments and complaints can [...]

Friday, May 09, 2008

5.1.3: The rest of the story (RIP Paul Harvey…for my sanity’s sake)
Current mood:  lethargic
Category: Music

CROSSFADE GRIMOIRE
5.1.3: The Rest….of the Story

GLOBAL
BLY
(2008)
Por un manana     5.0
Estoy tembleando   4.75
Desempleando      4.9
Nunca lo es tarde 4.75
BLY      4.5
(2006)
Y Sin Mirar Codigo Postal   4.9
Alejandro de la Parra Solomon, alias BLY, may be virtually unknown to places where [...]

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Crossfade 5.1.2: More tracks
Category: Music

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5.1.2

DRUM AND BASS (cont.)

Oracle
(2008) Last Laugh                      4.65
(n/a)
Welcome to Hell                       5.05
Wild Style                                  4.75
In Effect 5.65
Death Drop                               5.4
Seamlessly combining drum’n’bass with other EDM genres and influences, the UK’s Oracle have an original sound and style that sets them apart. Of the older tracks, “Effect” and “Death” [...]

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Crossfade 5.1.1: Just the tracks, ma’am
Current mood:  ninja
Category: Music

CROSSFADE GRIMOIRE
5.1.1
“Just the tracks, ma’am”

Editor’s Note: This is more or less the blueprint for the website, which is now under construction. This section will be linked to the main page, where all sort of news, rumors and assorted nonsense will greet the unsuspecting viewer. Had [...]

Monday, April 14, 2008

Crossfade 4: Gigs and Events
Category: Music

POLICE BLOTTER
For 4/14 and onwards:
GIGS

Alex Shapiro [fantastic 21st century composer and film composer; Her works can be heard at the following:
4/14- "Of Breath and Touch" (Bill Jobert, bassoon; pianist TBA)
Recital Hall, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, US
4/20- "Water Crossing" (Demetrius Spaneus, clarinet)
"Act" (Suzanne Kessel, piano; Leon Milo, [...]

Monday, April 14, 2008

Crossfade 4.2 Part 3
Category: Music

Issue 4.2 Part 3
Psychosis Agent
New Track Taster                     4.3
Deep inna jungle                    5.3
Ruffin ah jungle 5.5
The Illuminati Illusion             4.9
Christchurch, New Zealand’s Psychosis Agent is not only skilled in the hyper-velocity realms of drum’n’bass and jungle, but also in dense experimetnal sounds collage and reggae offshoots as well. “Taster” is just that: [...]

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Crossfade 4.2 part 2

Ella Blame
Ella Blame is a Milwaukee-based vocalist and composer who works primarily in experimental and avant-garde art-song and avant-pop. Possessing a jaw-dropping range, classical and pop chops, and an artistic vision that hasn’t seen the light of day since Nico’s albums in the 1970’s, Blame creates a musical tapestry that [...]

Monday, April 07, 2008

Crossfade 4.2 Part 1
Category: Music

Crossfade Grimoire 4.2
Evening all! I almost didn’t make this deadline, and shortly, you’ll see why. I updated the top tracks of both 4.1 and 4.2 and posted it on the front of the site, instead of taking up room here. If time allows, I’ll write out the list [...]