Dear Friend,

Welcome to 2010 — a year sure to bring large changes across the board.

My holiday travels to Blip Fest, to Ohio and back to ATL for NYE have all culminated and left me with valuable new materials and insights. Hélas has made significant transitional moves from isolation to expression. Revealing itself is a swelling passion for giving, and I intend to explore this direction. I want to give, transmit to people the profound feeling embodied within the sounds of Hélas Techne.

I’m seeing this reality drawing nearer every day, thanks to technical advances and harmonious collaborations. Performing with Nick Ogawa has been an invaluable catalyst for the live transition. Through our efforts to produce a powerful pop experience, we have overcome some major technical hurdles. Achieving dense electronic productions, effectively and genuinely intertwined with a moving human presence, is our mutual goal, and within our grasp.

For Hélas Techne, this means parallel breakthroughs and a symbiotic momentum. The more expressive Hélas becomes with his tools, the greater the impact becomes of all performances. And the more performance that occurs, the better Hélas is able to adapt his tools in an intuitive manner suitable for the stage.

I’ve come a long way in making human-machine interaction aurally and visually stimulating. A set-list is near completion, the logistics are mostly ironed-out, and confidence is strengthening.

Soon as I find a new stage rug..

Be well.

Joseph