Side Project | 2001
Side Project represents the beginning of an exploration into dark atmospheres and dirty beats.
The first experimentation of industrial music. I started out using a Macintosh Classic computer/ Master tracks pro software and a Korg 5DX. All tracks where recorded at Minong Ridge Recordings with the Help of audio engineer Tim Boldt. Additional selected samples and effects where added to the tracks once they where recorded in, and then mixed down using Sony Acid and sound forge 7. The artwork also represents some of the first digital artwork that I created, which would later start the initial :10: girl concepts found in later albums.

Side Project | 2003
After exploring concepts in music production, the second self titled Side Project album was released after a two year period. This second album was Also created with the same production methods as the first Side Project album with the help of Tim Boldt at Minong Ridge Recordings. This would also be the last album released under the Side Project name. This album to me was an accomplishment in sound design. It was the album that pushed me to keep creating.

Nome | 2003
In late 2003, I started full production at my home studio on an experimental album titled Nome. This Album was fully constructed using A new version of Master tracks Pro, Cubase SX3, Sound forge 7 and the Korg 5DX. Nome was a merely an experimental album to test the new software out, and to open up new work flows for creating music. I feel this album lacks what the first two releases embody, but it opened new Ideas for the next release.

Deadboy | 2004
Deadboy is the last album created with Master tracks Pro and is the only album self released under the Deadboy name. Production and programing styles reflect earlier work, but more refined and also include live guitars with higher quality integration of samples and dark atmospheres which are best represented with the tracks "Your Words" and "Morning Star" . To this day are still some of my favorite older tracks. The Original artwork was lost, and the album was remastered in 2010. The end product was closer to what I wanted to create from the beginning, mixing noise scapes with samples and distorted drums.

10 | 01
This was the first initial concept album titled Gift to be released under the :10: name. Before it could ever be released, new techniques in sound design, and overall quality of music started to change, and the older tracks became outdated, so they were never released. These selected tracks have a certain sound style that holds them together as a whole, and shows the beginning steps of music production within a virtual environment, building on the concepts of dark/layered drum programing and sound design to help drive each track.

10 | Becoming
As production evolved, the music style changed due to experimentation and growth as an artist. Each track here also has its own unique sound for the period that these where created and hold a certain emotion within each song. This selection of tracks represents a more refined song structure than previous entries as experiments in drum programing, sample manipulation and mixing were better developed. With the help of the Project 5 communities feed back, I continued to push the :10: sound.

10 | Self
Self is a mesh of tracks that span the last few years. Some of them are tracks that didn't make the cut for the Gift album, which was a constant work in progress and never seemed to work for what I wanted the Gift album to represent and sound like as a whole. This is more or less a B-sides album of forgotten tracks. Tso Mus, which is Hmong for letting go is the first track ever released with vocals and lyrics which were preformed and recorded by artist Chiasm.

Inert | 2008
Inert is a free downloadable digital album that was created for fans of :10:. It was made as a thank you to
everyone who supported the concept of :10:, and enjoyed the music behind it. It is a selection of both old and
new tracks that were hand selected from over the years and has become a fan favorite. More people seem to like
this album more than any other album I have made. Still one of my favorites as well.

Video | 2009
In 2009, Video was the first Album released under the :10: name to be sold as a digital download. Video represents a collection of B-sides that over the years were potential Gift album tracks that were never used. This album also has a collaborative track titled Machine Sim which was created by both :10: and artist e0nic.

Gift | 2009
In late 2009 I finally released the Gift album, which was a work in progress over the last 4 years. Gift went
through four revisions, and through each revision tracks were added and removed, but the album as a whole never
seemed to represent the over all vision that wanted or had in mind for this release. This album was to represent
the best possible work from myself, but never seemed to pan out, and over the years was put on the side several
times as each incarnation of it along with the artwork caused nothing but stress and disappointment. It would not
be the album that it was meant to be, and in the end I just took the fourth revision of the album, pulled a few
tracks out, remastered everything, created new artwork for the cover and released it as a digital download.

Vocals and lyrics for the track Hello by artist Chiasm.

Aphotic | 2011
This two artist release stays true to its name. The first half of tracks done by artist Rewir3d set up the bleak and distorted stage for what the rest of the album will be. Rewir3d weaves crunchy trip hop beats into soaring leads seamlessly then adds some glitch to keep the progression fresh. His down tempo style never slows in pace as he fills the stereo spectrum with haunting background ‘scapes and sounds blending genres as much as he blends sound design, which is only matched by his attention to detail.

:10: picks up the second half without skipping a step, as you bathe in the distortion, glitchy breaks pound the head and bounce over the strings and one barely has time catch their breath between tracks. Industrial dance floors will not stop moving until the speakers are blown or the ears bleed from :10:’s stark, unforgiving sound. What you are left with is the sound track to your own nightmare, but a nightmare you’ll want to push through.

Both artists do a great job gluing their harsh sounds to beautiful atmospheric pads. Aphotic means growing in the absence of light and while the light barely shows up in this release they do hint at its existence and beckon the question, what is there in the absence of light? The answer is buried deep within the background drones and melodies. Turn out the lights, turn up the speakers, I give you Aphotic.

Lyrics & Vocals on In Hallow by Avonlea Montague.
IDMf managed by Wayne “Fidelium” Baker