Annakin’s third album, Icarus Heart, is now available for download through iTunes. Produced through last summer, it’s another collection of wonderful songs from Annakin which Dimitri Tikovoi and I variously twisted and warped, enhanced with real and electronic elements and liberally enhanced with as much creative freedom as an artist can give a producer. I produced 8 tracks of the album and this one, Second Skin, is one of my favourites. Check out Annakin’s website here, whilst the album can be downloaded here. Let me know what you think.

Just a quick bit of news. I’ve been asked by Resident Advisor to write a weekly blog on all things Music Tech and the first post has just gone live. The column is called ‘Sounding Off’ and this first one features a highlights round-up from this year’s NAMM show. You can read it here. I hope you Tech geeks will check it out… See you there soon.

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Annakin’s new record ‘Icarus Heart’ is due out in January and the first single from it is called ‘The Trooper’, which is now available for download right here. This time, Annakin collaborated on the album both with me and with Dimitri Tikovoi, famous for his work with Placebo and Sophie Ellis Bextor among many others. Dimitri’s production work on ‘The Trooper’ is great and the video, directed by Christian Ammann showcases Annakin’s gloriously unique image. Read what 140dB’s management have to say about the release here and, of course, check out Annakin’s website for further release details and gig dates. You can do that here.

Last week saw the screening of a project commissioned by the Vienna Tourism Board in collaboration with Imagination and Darkroom, the animation and projection company wizards with whom I collaborated on Gadgetvader back in the summer. This time I was asked to compose and sound design a 6 minute film designed to showcase Vienna in all of its glory, to would-be tourists. The result is above, as projected onto the Imagination building in Store Street. I’ll upload a ’studio’ version soon.