Brendon Moeller preps Jazz Junk Safari

How did you hook up with Brendon? Brendon contacted me through MySpace. I always listen to the tracks on the players of those who contact Third Ear through MySpace. It's part of good A&R. Was the intention always to compile the three EPs onto a single release? Yes. Were you involved at all in the track selection process? Yes, I usually select the tracks for a Third Ear release. In Brendon's case, the four tracks on the the first EP, Jazz Space were selected from a pool of eighteen tracks; one CD of ten tracks and then a few weeks later another of eight tracks that he sent to me. On the second EP, One Man's Junk, "Changes" and "N-Train" were selected from the CD with eight tracks, with the addition of "One Man's Junk" and "Stinkin Thinkin" which Brendon sent on request for more tracks. "Slight Transition" on the Safari EP is a track from the initial CD of ten tracks Brendon sent. "Safari" and "Traffic" which are on the third EP, Safari, were sent at the same time as "Stinkin Thinkin" and "One Man's Junk" when compiling that EP. "Fixer" was a track sent on request when I felt I needed Brendon to send me a further track to complete the Safari EP. I search for a particular combination of tracks for an EP. That is why a track like "Slight Transition" can fail to make the Jazz Space EP and also get passed over for the One Man's Junk EP, but appear later on the Safari EP where it sounds right... to me! What's coming up for Third Ear in the near future? More newcomers and some remixes. The newcomers include Miss Dika from Austria, Demetrio Giannice from Switzerland, Ricardo Jefferson from the UK, Sarrass from Germany. Also eps from Norm Talley, Benjamin Brunn and Wbeeza. Why Sheep? delivers his new album this year, which will be preceded by an ep including remixes by Pole, Plaid and Wbeeza. That is probably the release I am most anticipating. And more Beatdown EPs.