the news
:: 01.31.2012 :: Happy New Year?
Uh, whoops, January is almost over! What? We're fortunately already busy, working on projects for Rivet Games, Playgrid, Kabam, Dynamighty, and Toys for Bob. Good start for the year! Keep 'em comin'.
:: 10.17.2011 :: Baby food
Baby food? Yes, baby food. Dave L recently finished music and sound design for a commercial for Plum Organics baby food. You can see it here. In other news, Jewel Quest 6 is in the can, as well as Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone. The Playgrid project is still going, as well as work on the Ozma of Oz cast soundtrack recordings. Much more is in the works, we will announce as soon as we have permission...
:: 05.17.2011 :: Ozma!
Getting close to rehearsal time for Ozma of Oz. The staged reading will take place June 10-11 in San Francisco as part of Cutting Ball's Risk Is This festival. The cast will be reading/singing their parts on stage while Dave L, Uncle Bergie and Walt Dizzle from Z.O.N.K. perform the music. Rumor has it McFiendish will come and perform an encore one night. The show is free but seats can be reserved here. In other news, the songs for DDR have been completed and we're currently at work on projects for Backbone Entertainment, iWin, and Playgrid.
:: 02.28.2011 :: Oz is Great
Six songs sketched out for Ozma of Oz, it's going really well. Eleven more songs to sketch out. One of the funnest projects we've done in a while. Also working with BA Sound on sound design for Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure for Toys For Bob/Activision, starting a new project for Backbone Entertainment, and Konami just asked us to write some songs for an upcoming DDR. I'd say we're off to a good start this year...
:: 01.03.2011 :: Merry New Year!
Whew! We haven't posted in 6 months. Second half of last year was nuts! Mostly in good ways, thankfully. We're close to wrapping audio for LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, and very excited about our newest project, Ozma of Oz. We will be working with Z.O.N.K. on original songs for the first ever musical based on the book, concieved by director/writer Rob Melrose and Cutting Ball Theater of San Francisco. Melrose is writing the stage play and the song lyrics, Z.O.N.K. is writing the music and will be performing live for the public readings scheduled for June. The new year is getting off to a rocking start.
:: 07.12.2010 :: Music and Stars
We can finally tell you some of the stuff we've been up to. Well, we're finished with Rock Band 3 for DS, and we are currently at work on The Force Unleashed for DS, as well as LEGO Clone Wars and Star Wars: The Old Republic. Like I said, Music and Stars!
:: 04.09.2010 :: iPad and secret
Is it a new year already? Oh. Yeah. We hear the iPad is all the rage. Wish we had one to play with, because we did the sound design for EXO-Planet, which was just released. Wish we could tell you about another game we're working on, but we can't. Toodle-ooo!
:: 11.18.2009 :: WIND Mobile
Has anyone checked out the Microsoft Surface? We hadnít used one until San Francisco interactive design
firm Stimulant asked us to do sound design for the application they created for
Canada's WIND Mobile. Very fun
project, very futuristic.
::
08.27.2009 :: Rock Band Network Charting
We are still working on DLC for Rock Band Unplugged as well as sound design for
LEGO Indiana
Jones 2. Weíre very excited
about the new Rock Band Network and would love to help any labels/bands get
their songs charted and published (and audio stems created if necessary). Please contact us at info@h-machine.com
:: 07.24.2009 :: Rock Band / LEGO /
Kate Bush
Those things do not go together do they?
Never a dull moment at Harmony Machine lately. We are still at work on DLC for Rock Band Unplugged, and we did not tell
you yet because we were so busy but we are just finishing up work on LEGO Rock Band
for the Nintendo DS! Not enough
LEGO? Well, we are also working on
sound design for LEGO
Indiana Jones 2. Why did we
mention Kate Bush? Well, because
Dave L is doing a remix of her song This Womans Work for the Gala Electronica dance show happening in
L.A. in September.
:: 03.16.2009 :: Rock Band
Unplugged!
We can finally announce that since summer of last year, we have been working on
the PSP version of Rock Band 2, officially called Rock Band Unplugged, being developed by
Backbone Entertainment. Harmony Machine was
hired to adapt the music data created for Rock Band 2 to be played with two thumbs on the
PSP! It has been a wild and fun
ride. Most of the work for the
initial release is done, but we will continue to work on downloadable content
throughout the year. In other
news, Konami
has asked us to do some more songs for DDR, coming soon--
:: 11.30.2008 :: Gala Electronica
Since we last wrote, we completed music and sound design for Skylinks Golf by
SGN. We are still at work on a
super secret project with Backbone Entertainment, and Saboteur is still rolling along. In other news, Nic and Dave are
collaborating on a piece for Morris Mizrahi for his dance concert Gala Electronica,
which is scheduled for January. We
cannot believe the year is almost over, but we are ecstatic about Obama winning
and are optimistic about the future.
:: 08.27.2008 :: New Z.O.N.K.
Single and New Projects
Z.O.N.K. has released The Fall, a
song very applicable to this election year. You can download it here. In other news, Harmony Machine is in
progress on a new unannounced project for Backbone Entertainment, sound and
voice were recently completed on Space
Movers by SGN, and sound design continues with Bay Area Sound on Saboteur.
:: 06.04.2008 :: PROJECT UPDATE
LEGO Indiana
Jones is in stores now!
Meanwhile, sound design work continues on Saboteur and new projects in the
works. A new Z.O.N.K. release is
imminent!
:: 03.31.2008 :: PROJECT UPDATE
Sound on LEGO
Indiana Jones is nearing completion.
Meanwhile, starting production on music for a new game by Konami and
will be starting sound design and mixing soon for a new film by the Jewish
Partisan Educational Foundation.
:: 02.05.2008 :: FEBRUARY ALREADY?
Still in production on sound design for LEGO Indy by LucasArts, some new songs for
Konami, and sound design for Saboteur.
:: 12.21.2007 :: ANOTHER YEAR GONE
Wow, did this one fly. It
has been busy towards the end of the year. In November Dave L collaborated with composer Mark Griskey
on the score for the Iron Man video game being developed by Secret Level and
SEGA. Current projects
include sound design on Lego Indy for LucasArts and sound design on Saboteur
for Pandemic Studios. Coming
in the new year will be some more tracks for Konami.
:: 10.03.2007 :: PROJECT UPDATE
Production is wrapping up on new songs for Konami Japan and we have lots of new
things in the works. Stay tuned---
:: 8.08.2007 :: PROJECT UPDATE
Now finishing production of Park Radio for Thrillville: Off
The Rails by LucasArts for an
October release. Upcoming projects include new remixes for Konami and a new single from Z.O.N.K.
:: 7.01.2007 :: PROJECT UPDATE
Music production is complete for Conan, SOCOM Tactics and the Heist trailer! Thanks to
everyone at BA Sound, Nihilistic, THQ,
Sony and Technicolor!
:: 5.15.2007 :: PROJECT UPDATE
Music remixing and editing has begun on SOCOM Tactics PSP for Sony Computer Entertainment. Production
continues on Conan Xbox360/PS3 for Nihilistic
and THQ. Production begins soon on
music for the second Heist
trailer.
:: 4.15.2007 :: OZMA OF OZ
Cutting Ball Theater director Rob
Melrose has asked Dave L to compose and produce music for his new live theater
adaptation of Ozma
of Oz, the third book in Frank Baum's Oz series. Production is expected to
begin last quarter of 2007 or 1st quarter of 2008.
:: 3.15.2007 :: ONE DAY
Indian-American artist AMIT has hired
Dave L to produce and perform guitar for "One Day", another track
from his forthcoming debut album.
:: 2.20.2007 :: LATEST PROJECTS
Since December of last year, Dave L has been working on interactive music
editing for a new game being developed by Nihilistic
Software and published by THQ. In
other news, Dave is producing music for a new game trailer being produced by Technicolor Interactive Services.
:: 1.31.2007 :: ANON SALON, HERE
Z.O.N.K. COMES
"... monthly party/event/performance that celebrates all that's eclectic
and electric in Bay Area art, design, and media performance activity...moving
into its tenth year, though its roots go back through Climate Theatre to South
of Market gallery and Glashaus parties of the mid-80's."
Z.O.N.K. performs at Anon Salon Friday, February 16. To say this will be a
feast for your senses and imagination is an understatement. For details, visit Z.O.N.K.'s tour page.
:: 1.7.2007 :: TOP 5 OF 2006
On January 7th, Dwight Arnold, host of Sunday Night Music Meeting on
[un]commercial radio station M99.5, honored Z.O.N.K. by interviewing Nic and
Dave to celebrate: "Sold It For A Song" made the Top 5 Most Played
Songs of 2006 on his show. Dwight also mentions that Johnette Napolitano, sung
praises of Z.O.N.K. in a recent interview. What a thrill! Hear it for yourself
by clicking on "hear the music" at www.ZONKaholics.com.
:: 12.04.2006 :: END OF THE YEAR
Another year, almost past! Current projects include a new Z.O.N.K. album
and a new game project for Nihilistic
Software and THQ. Recently
completed sound editing and mixing for a new film from the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation.
:: 09.10.2006 :: UPCOMING Z.O.N.K. SHOWS
They can't stay in the studio too long. First up, they're headed to SoCal
for a show at Little Pedro's on
Saturday the 16th. Rumor has it Johnette Napolitano may show up
and do a song with them. Then it's back to San Francisco for a show on
the 20th at Hemlock with Mad Happy and Unified School District.
:: 06.25.2006 :: Z.O.N.K. SUMMER
DATES, NEW PROJECTS
New summer tour dates for Z.O.N.K. have been announced. Visit www.myspace.com/zonk or www.ZONKaholics.com for details.
Current Harmony Machine projects include a new Z.O.N.K. album and games for
Backbone Entertainment and Fluid Entertainment.
:: 05.21.2006 :: NEW Z.O.N.K.
Z.O.N.K. is hard at work on the new
album but continuing to make live appearances. The next show is June 25
at 12 Galaxies in San Francisco, and
will feature the first performance of another new track off the new album, in
addition to the two previously performed tracks off the album in progress.
:: 04.20.2006 :: NEW PROJECTS
New music and sound design projects under way for Backbone Entertainment and Fluid Entertainment. We are
also in discussions with Nihilistic
software about doing sound design for an upcoming title.
:: 03.29.2006 :: ANTI-SEMITISM
Dave L is working on music for a new series of short films by the Jewish Partisan Educational Foundation.
:: 03.21.2006 :: TSUGARU
Dave L is working on an OR-IF-IS
remix for Konami.
:: 03.21.2006 :: Z.O.N.K. LIVE
Z.O.N.K. has upcoming shows... Check their tour page for details.
:: 02.15.2006 :: EYE SPY A VIDEO ON
YOUR IPOD
The video for "Eye Spy" from This
Is by OR-IF-IS is now available for free download in a
format compatible with the video iPod and other portable devices (as well as
your computer screen). Visit the media page
to download it.
:: 01.13.2006 :: BLESS YOU, AUNTIE
E.M.
Z.O.N.K. will be featured in a "Pro/File" in the March issue of
Electronic Musician magazine. Dave L talked with Matt Gallagher about recording
and production of the latest album, "Half Human". Look for it on
newstands in Feb!
:: 12.19.2005 :: Z.O.N.K. DOES
ALANIS
Earlier this year, the president of CD Baby contacted us and told
us how much he liked Z.O.N.K. and he had this idea. He wanted to do an album of
interpretations of Alanis Morissette songs by CD Baby artists. He asked
Z.O.N.K. to do something interesting with "You Oughta Know". We were
intrigued, so we did a couple demos for him, which he really liked. Unfortunately
the project didn't pan out, but we liked how it came out so we decided to give
it to y'all as a little holiday gift.
So visit the Z.O.N.K. store and
get your free download of Z.O.N.K.'s version of "You Oughta Know." No
purchase necessary (of course we wouldn't mind if you decided to buy something
while you were there--ho ho ho, 'tis the season to support art).
:: 12.13.2005 :: Z.O.N.K. YOUR
PHONE
Need some Audio Caffeine? Now you can get it on your phone with a Z.O.N.K.
ringtone. Get it on Zingy.
:: 11.21.2005 :: Z.O.N.K./LYRICS
BORN/MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO
Those are
just a few of the 30 bands and DJs that will rock for 3 days at G.A.M.E. in
December. We've got the deets on Z.O.N.K.'s performance. They're playing Friday
December 2 at 6:45pm. Check out Z.O.N.K.'s tour page for more info.
:: 11.01.2005 :: "SPOTLIGHT
FULL OF FORESHADOWS..."
Know what song that's from? Hint: It's a Harmony Machine artist. On
the subject of spotlights, Sonicbids has decided to feature ZONK on their front
page this week . Check it out (you
might have to refresh the page to see ZONK as they're featuring a couple other
artists too), and make sure to click through to view the Sonicbids ZONK Electronic Press Kit!
:: 10.15.2005 :: RAWKSHOW
Dave L
is currently producing a new track by Amit Kapadiya of RAWKSHOW.
:: 09.26.2005 :: PROPAGANDA AND
DIGITAL DOWNLOADS
ZONK's Half
Human is now featured on Better Propaganda,
and can be downloaded at the iTunes
Music Store and all other major download retailers.
:: 09.09.2005 :: ZONK MUSIC ON 97.3
FM ALICE RADIO THIS SATURDAY
ZONK has breached the gates of San
Francisco's Alice Radio 97.3FM and
gained a new fan in DJ Hooman, who will be kindly playing the track
"Nervous Excited Delighted" from ZONK's Half Human this Saturday, Sept.
10 between 11 and 11:30pm. If you want Hooman to continue supporting ZONK,
shoot him an email AFTER he plays
ZONK on Saturday night! You can email him that night after 11:30pm or any day
after, but probably by Monday is best.
Check out the whole story: Half Human on Hooman.
::
08.24.2005 :: NEW PROJECTS
Dave L has begun work on music for a new game being developed by Backbone Entertainment, as
well as music for a promotional video being produced by Yellow Duck Design for Adobe.
:: 08.08.2005 :: 12 GALAXIES
Catch ZONK this Thursday night in their hometown at one of San Francisco's
hippest live music venues, 12 Galaxies.
Check the ZONK tour page for more
details.
:: 08.08.2005 :: HALF HUMAN GOES
DIGITAL
We're happy to announce that ZONK's
latest CD, Half
Human, has just been signed for digital distribution with San Francisco's INGrooves. Look for it on iTunes and
ringtone sites soon!
:: 07.12.2005 :: THE B-52s!
With the release of Half Human, our favorite superheroes, ZONK are chosen to open for
the B-52's in California and Oregon, followed by other ZONK shows in Portland
and Seattle. Check the ZONK
tour page for deets.
::
07.12.2005 :: THE FORBIDDEN DANCE DANCE
"Bassile" from the OR-IF-IS
release This Is will
be featured in Konami's Dance Dance
Revolution: Ultra Mix 3 coming this winter! Also featured
will be a remix by ZONK, and some
other surprises...stay tuned...
:: 06.21.2005 :: FROM RUSSIA WITH
LOVE
Dave L is working on dialog mastering for EA's
game version of James
Bond 007: From Russia With Love starring the one and only
Sean Connery!
:: 06.21.2005 :: HALF HUMAN
ZONK's new CD Half Human released today!
It's currently available for purchase online through the ZONK site and soon to be available
on this site. CD release party in San Francisco tomorrow night followed
by summer tour dates on the west coast! Check the ZONK tour page for more info...
:: 05.23.2005 :: REDEYE
ZONK's Our
Five Worst Songs has recently been signed with Red Eye Distribution for digital download
sales through all the major online retailers. Look for it on iTunes and
other sites!
:: 05.23.2005 :: ZONK SUMMER TOUR
DATES, NEW CD, OWLMAG.COM REVIEW
Check the ZONK site for new summer
dates in California. The new CD, Half Human will be released on June 22,
and The Owl Mag has just given ZONK's
2004 EP Our
Five Worst Songs a great
review!
::
04.27.2005 :: OR-IF-IS TO PLAY IGNITE: DARK ENERGY
OR-IF-IS returns once again to play IGNITE, a fundraiser for the arts, on
Saturday, May 14th. For presale tickets and information, visit the IGNITE site. For a night of heady,
improvised electronica with deliciously sensual female vocals, don't miss out
on this experience. If you don't already have OR-IF-IS burning up your CD
player, have a listen.
:: 04.23.2005 :: ZONK TO PLAY WITH
THE B-52'S
Yep, ZONK's going to open for the fun
and famous B-52's at the historic Mountain
Winery in Saratoga, CA on July 13! See ZONK's tour page for more info,
or buy tickets here.
:: 04.05.2005 :: ZONK INTERVIEWED ON DDRSPOT
ZONK talks with DDRSPOT about games, music and what superpowers they'd like to
have. Check
it out.
:: 04.05.2005 :: THE EXTRAORDINARY ROAD TRIP
Dave L is finishing up music and sound design for XRT: Extraordinary Road Trip,
an educational sim game being developed by Fluid Entertainment for the
states of Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana.
:: 03.21.2005 :: DAVE L DOING MUSIC FOR SECRET LEVEL
Dave L is currently creating music in collaboration with Bay Area Sound on a new project being
developed by Secret Level and
published by UBISOFT.
:: 02.23.2005 :: ZONK AND LADY KIER
FROM DEEE-LITE
ZONK will play their first show of
2005 at Tongue and Groove in
San Francisco on March 25, sharing the bill with Lady Kier (of Deee-Lite), Simon Stinger and more TBA. See ZONK's tour page for more
info.
:: 02.04.2005 :: BE OUR VALENTINE
SATURDAY, FEB 12
OR-IF-IS
to perform live at Anon Salon's "THROB" (a Valentine's
celebration). Click for more
information.
:: 01.24.2005 :: ZONK TO BE IN DDR FOR EUROPE
Konami has licensed ZONKs
"Tittle Tattle" for use in the European release of DDR for XBox, due out fall
2005. ZONK is currently in the studio working on new material and is
scheduled to perform their first 2005 show on March 25 in San Francisco.
:: 01.19.2005 :: ZONK FEATURED ON NPR'S OPEN MIC
ZONK's track "Urban Paradise" from the 2004 EP Our
Five Worst Songs is featured on the current episode of NPR's Open
Mic. Go to the Open Mic web page and rate Urban Paradise! Click here
:: 01.13.2005 :: DAVE L INTERVIEWED BY GOOD DEAL GAMES
Dave L is interviewed about music and sound for games, as well as the ZONK and
OR-IF-IS projects. Check
it out.
:: 01.06.2005 :: HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
ZONK is working on new material for
release in a few months, and Harmony Machine is talking to RedEye Distribution about doing digital
distribution for this release. We're also talking to Konami about ZONK's track "Tittle
Tattle" being featured in the European release of Dance Dance Revolution Ultra Mix
2 after the success of the U.S. release. Dave L is also finishing up
a project for Fluid Entertainment,
and talking to Secret Level about a
new project. New h-machine website coming soon!
:: 12.18.2004 :: HAPPY HOLIDAZE!!
ZONK is back from a fantastic run of
shows in Southern Cal. Thanks to Concrete Blonde!
ZONK is going to be spending a few months in the studio, then back out to
entertain you with new stuff in early 2005! Go visit ZONK's site, browse
and pick up a few goodies...www.ZONKaholics.com
:: 12.06.2004 :: ZONK
HEADS TO SOUTHERN CAL.
OR-IF-IS had a great show last Saturday night at IGNITE! Thanks for all who
came! ZONK is headed to L.A. for 3 dates. Check out their tour page for more info.