HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Matt Papich and I recorded two tracks for our 2nd Annual Holiday Gift.
We recorded a version of Blue Moon and Sleep Walk.

You can download it here

Happy Holidays and enjoy!
:)

SOME REVIEWS of Infinite Love!!

The sections of “Infinite Love,” a continuous 40-minute composition, tend to start with plucked arpeggios and expand, sometimes taking on a melody, sometimes rippling in ever-wider arcs, sometimes melting into feedback and echo. The music is always heading somewhere promising -Jon Pareles, New York Times

It’s extremely technical stuff, marvelously fast, and so rhythmically precise that it generates momentum with ease, and many of the songs are notably driving for music without any traditional percussion on hand. But Wong’s compositions are also melodious, groovy, and relatively concise, as liable to inhabit your hips and heart as they are to tickle your brain. When he aims high, soaring, strawberry-hued leads rear up from the unraveling tangles of arpeggios and things get airborne quickly. In his more wistful moments, Wong writes and plays with a tenderness that’s featherlight, each track exuding warmth in generous measure.
-Evan Burrows, Tiny Mix Tapes

Infinite Love’s strength is its lack of presumptuousness. It doesn’t try to blow you away with technical skill; instead, Wong’s abilities become clear in a more subtle way, as he consistently coaxes new and fresh sounds from his guitar throughout the albums’ running times. Infinite Love is the kind of record that people will love in an appreciative, grinning sort of way, sidling up to it in the same sense that you might greet that person at a party who offers no existential conversation, but cheers you up on a Friday night. Those things are important to have around, too.
-Corey Beasley, Pop Matters

"Infinite Love is one of those rare records that could only have been made using modern technology, but that already sounds timeless...Wong's trance-inducing cyclical guitar runs even manage to recall one of his former band's biggest influences, the mighty Boredoms, in their early Noughties psychedelic shamen phase.High praise indeed, but a fair comparison; there aren't many bands – and even fewer solo artists – who can make music this rapturous, or use repetition to such blissfully hypnotic effect." -Michael Dix, The Quietus

The genius lurking beneath Infinite Love, however, is in the presentation. A film is included, and much like a Choose Your Own Adventure novella, listeners are able to pair sight and sound to create their own unique journey. Wong is putting his art school background to excellent use, challenging the mind through the power of positivity rather than destroying it through negativity. Infinite Love is pliable—listeners are able to construct their own vision through Wong’s epic scope. Technological interactivity has never been this pleasurable (get your mind out of the gutter). -Justin Spicer, 90.3FM KEXP Seattle

Tour dates For now!

updates coming soon!

so psyched to tour w/ avocado happy hour and holy ghost party! weeeeeeeeeee!!

Infinite Love日本盤

日本に住む人こんにちは！

今回Infinite Loveを日本でのPlancha Recordsから日本盤を出しました。

日本盤はボーナスにEPとボーナストラックが３曲ついています

どうか聞いて楽しんで下さい！

よろしくです！

ここで購入できます

Japan

Just arrived back to Japan! It feels great to be back and to be at my parent's house. I woke up around 4am this morning due to jetlag so I killed some time recording a little simple song. here you go!

Acoustic tokyo by Dustin Wong

Infinite Love is OUT!

Hey everybody Infinite Love is officially released today through Thrill Jockey Records! I'm really excited! I'll be in Japan the next week playing some shows. Oh and remember that in the LP there are golden tickets for Infi-Net Love, for private Skype Concerts. there are 12 in all :)

こんにちは！今日Infinite LoveがThrill Jockeyからリリースされました！凄く楽しみで興奮気味です。来週、東京で４回ほどライブを行います。あとLPのバージョンではInfi-Net LoveというSkypeでのプライベートコンサートを得る事が出来る切符が１２枚ほど隠れています（”u”)


東京でのライブ
１０／１１Lush Shibuya http://www.contrarede.com/event/moon3.html
１０／１２O-nest Shibuya http://shibuya-o.com/nest/2010/10
１０／１５Echo Shibuya http://echo-shibuya.com/
１０／１６Nanahari http://www.ftftftf.com/

time to quit tetris

So i've been a secret ocd tetris addict, i finally made it to grand master rank and i think its time to call it quits...!

実は影でテトリス中毒者なんです、やっとグランドマスターになれたんだけどもうこれで辞めるしかないでしょう。。。！

shea stadium, last supper festival

playing a show tonight at Shea Stadium in Brooklyn, with Dan Friel, James Ferraro, Black Actor, and Gamut.

Also playing a show again day after tomorrow at 3rd ward for Last Supper Festival.

here is a video flyer they made for it :)



今夜BrooklynのShea Stadiumでライブしまーす！Dan Friel, James Ferraro, Black Actor,と Gamutと対バンします。明後日の土曜日も３rd Wardでラストサパーフェスティバルというフェスにいきます。食べ物からアートからいろんな物があるみたいだから楽しみ★

tomorrow @soft house (monday) w/ Greg Davi

playing a show at soft house tomorrow with Greg Davis&Ben Vida and Ami Dang!
明日ソフトハウスでGreg Davis&Ben VidaとAmi Dangライブします！

Infinite Love video preview :)

Dustin Wong - Infinite Love preview from Thrill Jockey Records on Vimeo.

interview for WUAG

i did an interview for greensbro north carolina's radio station WUAG a little while ago and they just put up the interview on their website :)

you can read the interview here

少し前にノースカロライナの町グリーンズブロのラジオ局WUAGとインタビューを行いました、彼らのサイトにインタビューが載ってるよ：）

インタビューはここ

show at wind up tonight

Going to play a show with Jason Urick, Bel Air and Martin Kasey, tonight at Windupspace. Show starts at 10:30pm!

i'm playing a slew of new material tonight :)

c ya there :)

Infinite Love coming out on Thrill Jockey!

I didn't know when to break the news but I'm going to release Infinite Love through Thrill Jockey Records! I'm so excited to work with them, i jumped on my bed a few times when i got the news. Tortoise, Aki tsuyuko, Boredoms, Nobukazu Takemura, and so many musicians that i used to listen to and getting inspired from, its such an honor.

The album itself is going to be a 2 disc album with a DVD. The album gets two versions, the two versions both start the same, but around the 20 minute mark the two shifts directions and it changes the musical journey. They are kind of like a twin brother and sister. At the end of the piece they come back together.

The DVD is a video my friend Andrew Shenker and I worked on. It is a visual piece that aides the whole album. We are pretty happy with it and it should be good watching it a little buzzed.

The art for the album was done by my friend Evan Lalonde, He took photos and video stills from the piece used on the dvd and using an overhead projector layering different images together to compose a drawing we see above. I'm really happy how it looks!

Infinite Love will be out in mid October

このニュースをいつブログにアップしようかなと思ったんだけど。。。Infinite LoveをThrill Jockeyからリリースする事が決まりました！一緒に仕事をする事が凄く楽しみでベッドの上を子供みたいに飛び回っちゃいました。Tortoise, Aki Tsuyuko, Boredoms, Nobukazu Takemuraなどもう中学、高校だった頃から尊敬するミュージシャンがたくさんいて、本当に光栄です。

アルバムはCD二枚組でDVD付き。二枚のCDはアルバムの二つのバージョンで後半から違う方向へ行くというアイデアで音楽の旅を変えるていう感じで。双子の弟と妹みたいな感じで見ています。アルバムの最後には二人とも一緒に同じ曲でフィナーレした。

DVDの映像の方は友達のAndrew Shenkerと一緒に作って、アルバムの４０分間の映像です、少しサイケ雰囲気になって映像を見ればもっと面白いかも；）

アルバムのアートは友達のEvan Lalondeが作ってくれましたDVDの為の映像のスチルをつかって奇麗な絵を描いてくれました。上に見える絵がEvanが描いてくれました。素敵出来上がりでうれしいです！

Infinite Loveは１０月の中旬にリリースされます！

LOST and Kruatrock?! who knew??

Hexagon tonight

playing at the hexagon tonight with Jonathan Badger, the water and expanding man!

今夜Jonathan Badger、the water、Expanding manとライブします！

EVERLASTING LIFE tonight

i'll be playing a show tonight at Everlasting Life in DC with Colin Crowe, Quiet Hooves, Bird Names, and Hume!

show starts at 6:30pm

今夜ワシントンDCのEverlasting Lifeでライブします、Colin Crowe, Quiet hooves, Bird Names, Humeと対バン！

whartscape ponytail

Whartscape

I will be playing Whartscape Friday Night at 1:30AM (technically Saturday) at the H&H building, hope to see you there!

今週の金曜日の夜にWhartscapeで演奏します、午前１：３０（実際は土曜日）H&Hとういうビルで行うよ。シーユー！

surf, thong, fist pump, clap

ponytail at siren fest ;)

WICV MICA RADIO tommorow

I'll be playing at artscape in the charles st. midway section. The set will be streaming from MICA's WICV internet radio :)

http://radio.mica.edu/

Beyond Say starts at 7Pm
and good man, Jason Urick will play at 8pm
i'll play at 9pm.

tune in if you're free!

明日、アートスケープでCharles st.の橋のあたりでライブをします。このライブはMICAのインターネットのラジオステーションでストリーミングするよ ('u')Y

beyond sayは７時
優しいおじさんJason Urickは８時
で僕は９時にはじまるよ
暇だったらチェックしてね!

http://radio.mica.edu/

ahaha

7/11 Brookyln Show at Secret Project Robot

I'm playing a show this sunday at secret project robot! I'm really excited to see Noveller and Blues!
この日曜日にBrooklynでライブしまーす！NovellerとBluesを見るのが本当に楽しみ！

to be there, is beautiful

spiritual sex

CURRENT SPACE RE-OPEN

Andrew Shenker and I worked on a video called "Mise en Scene" a few years a go. Its going to be a part of a DVD called "Baltimore vs the World"

Curated by: Michael Benevento, Hans Petrich, and Monique Crabb

Participants:

Baltimore: Rahne Alexander / Mark Brown / Phil Davis / Jason Dove / Joel Fernando + Future Islands / Dina Kelberman / The King of Russia + Madagascar / Katherine Mansdorfer / Allen Moore / Jenny Mullins / Lotfy Nathan / Aaron Oldenburg / Matt Porterfield / Robbie Rackleff / Alex Roper / Showbeast / Snacks / Wide Angle Youth Media / Erin Womack / Dustin Wong + Andrew Shenker / Fred Worden

World: Marci Branagan / Paul Donoghue / Tamara Erde / Joseph Farbrook / Dave Greber / Juan Jose Herrera / Tamar Hirshl / Karin Hofko / Shon Kim / Ellen Lake / Adrian Lohmüller / Mary Magsamen + Stephan Hillerbrand / Adam Montegut / Shalo P / David Politzer / Joanna Raczynska / Leslie Supnet / Frank Zadlo


The opening is this Saturday, should be fun!

友達のAndrew Shenkerと数年前にMise En Sceneという映像作品を作ったんだ。"Baltimore vs the World"っていうDVDに作品を提供する事になりました！

オープニングは今週の土曜日、楽しみにしてるよ！

last night's show at Don Pedros :)

YES!!!

Japan Wins!
日本勝利！yay!

What is Essential

this makes me cry
これ見ると泣くんだよね


The Fox
"Its only with the heart that one can see clearly, what's essential is invisible to the eye."

キツネ
「心でみれば清らかに見える、本質的に大切な物は目では見えないんだ。」

Thunder Clouds

last evening there were enormous clouds forming towards the south. I took my video camera and filmed the moving clouds. I saw numerous faces, bodies emerging.

昨夜、南の方から大きな雨雲が空を取り囲むように僕の目に神秘的な光を照らしてくれた。ビデオカメラを屋根に運んで、感で、うごく、雲をテープに焼き、いろんな顔、体が、雲から、出てくる。

PRETTY BOY

went to pretty boy with friends and swam, i am healed
pretty boyという湖で友達と水泳、癒された

6/25th IMPOSE PRESENTS

i will be going up to new york again next week to play a show with ecstatic sunshine, air waves, weekends and prince rama!

it should be a really fun show!

来週またNYに行ってきます、ecstatic sunshine, air waves, weekendsとprince ramaとライブをするのが楽しみ！
いいライブになると思う！

SUNSUNSUN

Caleb Moore from Lands and People from Baltimore Just put out a Compilation on his Wigflip Records. I am really happy to be a part of it!

A lot of amazing tracks on this compilation, that blends from one track to the next

you can download the comp here

there are some amazing triumphant moments, here, Rod hamilton's Snowden was a fist pump in the air

Lands and PeopleのCaleb MooreがWigFlip RecordsでSUNSUNSUNというコンプをリリースしました。このコンプに曲を提供できてすごくうれしい！もうステキな曲がいっぱいあるしトラックからトラックへのクロスフェードのブレンドがすごく気持ちいい。

コンプのダウンロードはこちら

Rod HamiltonのSnowdenを聞いた時はこぶしを天へのばしたよ、ピューン！このコンプ勝利

Its officially Summer! listening to the killer whales!

woo its summer! was walking around today jamming on killer whales!They're a super under rated band from chicago, they remind me of everything thats happy!

いやあー夏ですな！今日散歩してKiller Whalesを聞いて本当に気持ちよかったー。シカゴのバンドでもう超ハッピー、あんまし知られてないけど、いいバンドだあー


裸nudey

Chicken Head ニワトリ頭

Bilingual＿バイリンガル

from this post on i would like to post in japanese and english, my japanese is getting pretty rusty these days so i'm going to try to keep up with it by posting in japanese too :)

これから日本語と英語の二カ国語でブログを提供したいと思います、最近アメリカでの生活によって日本語を喋らなくなってしまい、ザビだらけになってきたのでこれでなんとか日本語をメインテイン（英語じゃん）するように頑張ります。よろしく！（'u’)Y

LO (st) L (ightsaber)

OMG, i dunno why but i lol at this everytime i see, i think the way the star wars theme creep up is totally amazing. im a huge lost fan too, so i think thats why.

SHOWS!

im playing a few shows this week,

i'm playing with High Places and Rob Lowe tomorrow at the Ottobar (SUN) and the day after at DC9 (MON)

I'm also playing my first New york City show this Thursday at Cake Shop. I'm opening a really fun 5th anniversary show at the cake shop they made a really cute little promo video too!

READY MADE

found this video when i was working on a video and i was looking for how to make a seamless loop and i found this guy right here


its almost like Duchamp's ready made


though rather than the wheel turning its a cap on a iron. I was internally laughing out loud.

kinda beautiful huh?

Let it Go

this is my second release through WTRCLR records. Its in cassette tape format. I'm really excited and Justin Kelly who owns label did a great job with the tape, looks green! These songs were written between Seasons and Infinite Love. I'm really psyched that Justin wanted to put it out. you can buy it here. There is also going to be full mp3 download too soon. if you like the mp3s consider purchasing the object :) thanks!

Hosono Haruomi

I love watching YMO videos or Haruomi Hosono videos on you tube. I found this one Quiz Show all about YMO trivia and I came upon this.

The Question was:
When Hosono was active in YMO He said, "Techno isn't about sound it is about _______"

Answer: Consciousness

PEAKING LIGHTS

this is an awesome video of aaron coyes and indra dunis showing their circut bended sound machines! aaron and i went to the same film school in california and he was a huge, huge influence on me. before i left for baltimore he burned me a mountain of cd-rs that included awesome bands like silver apples, la dusseldorf, can, faust, goblin and a bunch of great psychedelic albums that shaped me musically.

i remember him showing me some of his 16 band equalizers turned into tone generators and it blew my mind. an incredibly kind and positive man he is. :)

Titus Andronicus: The Monitor

i happened to paroozle around pitchfork and i happened to find the documentary for titus' 2nd album The Monitor. i was one of their guest guitarist for their song the battle of hampton roads. they came to my house with their sound engineer kevin mcmahon. nolen from double dagger came and also andy and jenn from wye oak, it was so much fun. we had a pizza party and i was getting pretty drunk recording those tracks for them since they bought a case of a natty boh for the recording session.

good times, good times.

IN C

last friday i had the pleasure to be a part of the In C ensemble at soft house. It was a wonderful experience, i felt a surge of warmth and closing my eyes felt so many sounds going through me.

thank you soft house!!

in (:

you can find the link to the recording here

Rapdragons at mobtown studios

Rapdragons asked me a few days ago if i wanted to play a song with them last night at Mobtown studios. It was super fun! They sampled Ponytail's 'Late for School' from Ice Cream Spiritual and called it 'Early for Work' :D

The space itself was really cute, a small space with a giraffe patterned rug for the bands to play on.

Mobtown is run by Matt and Emily Leffler Schulman they are married and they are gonna go on a vacation to Costa Rica soon, they are psyched about that!

Sam from Future Isalands was there too and he rapped with them which was really crazy to see, that guy is verbally talented, seriously. my mouth is like a crippled scarecrow, I can't rap for crap!

to listen to the recordings go here

my favorite song they did that night was bigwams, they have such fresh yet simple beats with old school rapping like de la soul, it was awesome!

Square defining a Circle, Infinite Love

i just finished recording and i'm excited yet i don't know what to do as of yet. i'm definitely thinking about asking labels to see if they are interested yet this project has gotten a lot more involved than i thought it was going to be. it started out as a 20 minute piece now its about 40 and when i thought i was done, i came up with a new idea where the piece has two versions each version beginning the same and in the middle splitting off in a different direction then coming back at the end.

my friend Andy Shenker and i have been working on the video too so its getting ambitious! we want the images to go together with both version of the record. hoping that this experiment's different sounds and songs can re-contextualize the imagery of the video. i'm really curious on how its going to change.

this is the rough idea for the cover

tomorrow wind up space Novo fest

i just got asked to play novo fest tomorrow since one of the bands won't be able to make it. I'm pretty excited, novo stands for no vocals, i meet the criteria!

the show starts at 10pm see you if you can make it
\('0')/ woo!

Jodorowsky

this guy is my hero for sure

must post

i feel bad for not posting recently...

In C is going to be on 3/12th saturday!

I recently played at my friend Heidi's class she teaches at nursery school too, that was really interesting. All the kids were great, curious, rambunctious, totally charming. i had them play my guitar and my pedals, really fun. most of the boys liked the distortion pedal.

IN ((C

yaaaas! I'm very excited about this. About 30 musicians are going to perform Terry Riley's in c! Its been a blast rehearsing, hearing all the different instruments. a saxophone sounds so round, felt like my guitar was drawing a line right through it.

IN (;

Putty Hill by Matt Porterfield

Here is a trailer for Matt Porterfield's Putty Hill! I'm really flattered that he used some of my music for the trailer! I'm going to go see it tomorrow! looking forward to it! :D

PUTTY HILL trailer from Matt Porterfield on Vimeo.

Aural States Fest

I'm playing the Aural States Fest at sonar next week! It should be a fun time, this is going to be their last time doing it since Greg Szeto is moving out of Baltimore soon. You should come if you're not doing anything.

Also will be performing Terry Riley's In C early February. Will post about it really soon!

CUTSEY PIE

RASCALLY

PERVY

instore show at warszawa, tokyo