Format

With the release of Realm Of The Infinite just around the corner, I figured I'd give a bit of insight into how it came together.

Format is one of the most important aspects when preparing a release. It's of utmost importance that my idea of how the music should be presented is fully realised. Even something as simple as changing the running order due to similar track lengths, or words that follow each other that might not look right to me, or the overall flow isn't right - it's all vital.

The majority of my work consists of 4 tracks in the extended play (EP) category on a single vinyl, and albums usually consist of 3 or 4 pieces of vinyl. So looking at this and thinking about more grandiose projects than 4 track EP's, but not so long as a 10+ track album, I started to consider 8 tracks over 2 pieces of vinyl - a sort of double EP or mini LP. Even though the overall play time is an hour (roughly), I still don't really consider these albums in the purest sense of the word. They will get categorised as such though (number of tracks, run time), so that's why I just accepted it and went with the AUXLP prefix for the catalogue number.

So this is how the Realms series started. Realm Of The Void is the next in the series, and has just been sent for mastering. More news on that one nearer the time, but expect an autumn release all being well. For now though, if you haven't got your copy of Realm Of The Infinite, here's a few links:

Pre-order: https://auxiliary.lnk.to/auxlp003
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/asc/auxlp003-asc-realm-of-the-infinite