When remixing [and to a lesser extent when working on her own material], one of her biggest interests is creating dialogue within the music, be it between different vocal lines or even just call and response between instruments. She also likes to work organically as much as possible and let the different parts "talk" and dictate the flow of the work.

Pyra is also the host of CiTR Radio's weekly industrial show, the Vampire's Ball, which airs from midnight to 4 am PST on Friday nights. More information on the Vampire's Ball can be found [along with podcast links and playlists] on the show's blog at The Vampire's Ball. Guests of the Vampire's Ball have included Nivek Ogre, Dave "Rave" Ogilvie, Phil Western and kAINE D3L4Y of Left Spine Down, among others.

A recent graduate of the engineering program at Garth Richardson's Nimbus School of Recording Arts and current student in Nimbus' music production program, Pyra has recorded and mixed various up and coming Vancouver bands, including the Best Revenge, Emberline, and the Hope Slide. Mixing is her favorite aspect of engineering, but she also enjoys assisting on assorted sessions around town. Her favorite audio program is still ProTools, which she used to slice and dice this set together with, but she is also getting into Ableton and [gasp!] Traktor as well. Favorite audio toys include SSL boards, Distressors, Studer tape machines, LA2A compressors and assorted other things that would blast her credit card bill to Hell, and some day she longs to have an ARP synthesizer of her very own [plus a vintage Moog or 17].

When she's not making music, either her own or other peoples', or playing it on the radio, she's greedily seeking out new additions to her small but growing vinyl collection and can be found searching for Skinny Puppy and other old industrial bands' records at different shops around Vancouver.

In addition to all of this, Pyra also now does promotional work for Synthetic Sounds, a growing industrial rock indie label based out of Vancouver. Despite persistent rumors to the contrary, she does occasionally find time to sleep too.

You can check out more of her work on her MySpace at MaqluMusic and you can keep tabs on all her assorted projects and nine lives via her Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/pyradraculea.

This mix may contain explicit language.

Tracklist

01. Nurse With Wound - Astral Dustbin Dirge (Original Mix; Digital Manipulation by Pyra Draculea) [United Dairies]
02. Boyd Rice - Assume the Position (Original Mix; Digital Manipulation and Editing ..
» More..by Pyra Draculea) [Caciocavallo]
03. Maqlu - Trouble Thing (ProtonRadio Edit by Pyra Draculea) [ID]
04. Raggedy Angry - Chest Pains (Original Mix; Edit by Pyra Draculea) [ID]
05. Maxwell Maxwell feat. Peter Breeze - Fuck Talk (Original Mix; Edit by Pyra Draculea) [ID]
06. Ministry - The Nature of Love (Cruelty Mix; Digital Manipulation by Pyra Draculea) [Wax Trax! Records]
07. Landscape Body Machine - The New Deal (Original Mix; Edited by Pyra Draculea) [Interdimensional Industries]
08. I, Braineater - Hammerhead (A Capella version from an interview with Jim Cummins on the Vampire's Ball; Edit by Pyra Draculea) [ID]
09. Pailhead - Man Should Surrender (Original Mix) [Wax Trax! Records]
10. Excessive Force - Queen Bitch (Original Mix; Edit by Pyra Draculea) [Wax Trax! Records]
11. Fake Shark Real Zombie - Angel Lust (Ghost Frequency Remix) [ID]
12. Pigface - Work to Come (Original Mix; Edit by Pyra Draculea) [Full Effect Records]
13. Maqlu - Whore (ProtonRadio Edit by Pyra Draculea) [ID]
14. iVardensphere - Wormtongue (Original Mix; Digital Manipulation by Pyra Draculea) [Synthetic Sounds]
15. Nickelback - Figured You Out (Original Mix; Digital Manipulation by Pyra Draculea) [Roadrunner Records]
16. Left Spine Down - Reset (Maqlu Mix) [Synthetic Sounds]
17. ohGr - Collidoskope (Original Mix; Digital Manipulation by Pyra Draculea) [ID]
18. Maqlu - Writhe (ProtonRadio Edit by Pyra Draculea) [ID]
19. SKOLD vs. KMFDM - It's Not What (Original Mix) [KMFDM Records]
20. Revolting Cocks - I'm Not Gay (I'm So Gay Club Mix by Dave "Rave" Ogilvie and Colin Janz) [13th Planet]
21. Rammstein - Pussy (Original Mix; Digital Manipulation by Pyra Draculea) [Pilgrim/Universal]
22. Jakalope - aka Cupcake (Original Mix; Digital Manipulation by Pyra Draculea) [ID]
23. Betty Hutton and Howard Keel - Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better (Original Mix; Digital Manipulation by Pyra Draculea) [Rhino Records]
24. Boyd Rice - Assume the Position (Original Mix; Digital Manipulation by Pyra Draculea) [Caciocavallo]
25. Maqlu - Dream Come True (ProtonRadio Edit by Pyra Draculea) [ID]

Feedback

	from ALEX M, February 11, 2010 01:54 AM Great stuff! I grew up listening to stuff like this in the '90s - brought back some good memories. Very dark, freaky, industrial music!
	from gircho, January 30, 2010 01:13 PM freaky :)
	from s007ii, January 28, 2010 09:26 PM Just wailing! Thanks for being on the show. w00t!

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