Coming in just a few weeks is the highly anticipated Extreme Futurist Fest, with a bevy of some of the most intriguing minds alive today. I will be making my west coast debut at this event, so if you live on that side of the country be sure to go. This is a highly rare opportunity to see me live along with performances by Hanin Elias, NoIzee, NoLongerHuman, The Tleilaxu Music Machine, Julie D:Stroy, DJ Hipgnosis, Malfaktor, and more… so don’t miss out! To find out more about this EXTREMEly one-of-a-kind occasion, visit the Extreme Futurist Fest site and make sure to get tickets!

Raised up my claws ov doom with full might at a superheroes and supervillains costume themed warehouse party at the Phil Mechanic Studios in downtown Asheville last night! Of course I arrived there dressed like an evil kitty villain. My set turned out to be a blend of that nasty electro-glitch-thrash-funk-whomp that we’ve all been getting to know so well lately.

Some great performances were given by SpaghettiMan, d:raf, Betty Toker, Selector Cleofus, Medisin, and a facemelting set by the mighty Brad Bitt. Needless to say it was a serious rager and I had the wherewithal to record my set for those who were not there to witness it. As usual, listen to the stream below or download for your portable device or general safekeeping.

Really been getting into developing new formulas like blurring the lines of performance while playing and mixing sets at shows this past summer. The last event was a serious blowout! With a host of artists such as Quetzatl, dubvirus, GalaxC Girl, d-Queue, and Mixtress Krikett gracing the stage. In case you missed out on the party, listen to a recording of my hybrid DJ/live set from the Wondrous Temple Of Boom: Afterburn 3 massive show at the Garage last Saturday, and feel free to sweat… at your leisure!

Now that it’s been nearly two years since the last one, it appears as though I still haven’t had my fill of the tormenting absurdity that comes with the promotion of a new album. I figure its about time to launch another collection of freakish sounds for the one or two people who may care. The last couple Johan Ess records were released during the month of September, in 2007 and 2009 respectively, and with this hot winning streak I’ve got going, I figure there’s no reason to slow down. As a result, bLvrgTr0n, my fifth solo record which is surely destined to reach uber-platinum status, will be released on the conveniently numerological date of 9/10/11. After all, these days its all about being chill with witches and houses and symbols and ▼ ▲ ▼ ▲ ▼ and all that mystical nonsense.

So what’s the new record about? With a title like bLvrgTr0n, its obvious that this term accurately describes my mood when it comes to putting out bizarre defiant harsh vocal electronica in the year preceding 2012, and also makes for a fitting battle cry in this era of the ferocious plutocratic vampire squid. I seem to have a thing for surreal un-pop songs, so there’s a healthy dose of that, along with my odd trademark cross-pollination of synthetic ghosts, unholy bass wobbles, pixelated kick drums and heaps of overblown confidence. That said, these sonic blast waves are more than capable of ejecting corporate pop stars from their private jets, making their deflated botox lips flap helplessly as they plummet to nothingness.

For the tracks that carry the greatest delusions of grandeur, I have also created remix kits:

Functional Vanity [remix pack / original track] (135 BPM)

Occult Celebrity [remix pack / original track] (127 BPM)

With remixes already secured by artists like [tlr], palebit, and CHEEZFACE, this album is shaping up to be quite a powerhouse of underground mutant electronic weirdness. Send me your remix ASAP and it just might, nay, more likely will be on the new album!

In anticipation of the release date, I have made it possible to conveniently pre-order the album digitally, whereupon you will get three spectacular bLvrgTr0n tracks for download immediately, and later be notified via e-mail when the album is fully available to download on September 10th. The current album art image being shown there is pretty lame, as I did it as a mockup and am no kind of serious visual artist. The actual album artwork is still in the process of being designed, and you should expect something much better coming soon to replace it!

Also worth mentioning, you may want to take in an earful of this stuff…

Speaking of unyielding torrents of rage, I am in the final stages of mixing for Murder The World, the second album by my machine-metal band HoodooEngine, which will be released around the same time as bLvrgTr0n. In case you weren’t aware, I do all the words and vocals for this group, so it’s definitely relevant to check out if you want to follow my creative output besides what I do on my own. At least we were recently featured on the podcast/radio show Solipsistic Nation with the likes of ohGr and Tim Skold, so shouldn’t that be enough to get you all excited about buying some of this music like you are probably doing with all of your favorite clearchannel bands?

Yeah, yeah… I know how it is, you crazy bitches. Have a nice one.