Creukradio.org Blog

Sonny Sandoval on alternative music in Christianity

2012-01-28T12:57:00.000-08:00

Hi,In line with Creuk Radio's phase two mission to go campaign for a terrestrial radio station and add other artistic forms of music that are not well represented in Christianity http://www.creukradio.org/bizplan/Creuk_Radio_Campaign_Phase_2.docx. I saw this video of Sonny Sondaval http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=5m7nvRSc7ns. He talks about the difficulty of getting musical forms into the church.Thanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Interesting article on Mute Math

2012-01-04T15:44:00.000-08:00

Hi,Here is a good article on Mute Math http://blog.beliefnet.com/idolchatter/2007/08/burn-or-burn-mute-math.htmlQuote: As for me, I’m won over by Mute Math’s openness in talking about the struggles of being Christians who want to make music for more than just their fellow Christians. They haven’t shed the faith; just the faith industry. That distinction makes all the difference.Thanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 28

2011-12-29T12:00:00.000-08:00

Hi,Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 28 is now on iTunes. A lot of pop influences on these songs.http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/aarons-christian-electronica/id491991881Thanks. God Bless.Aaron.

YouTube Christian Electronica Video Playlist

2011-12-18T19:09:00.001-08:00

Hi,I created a YouTube playlist for Christian Electronica Videos.http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBE556990FAFF40B9Thanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Amplify on JCTV

2011-12-18T16:45:00.000-08:00

Hi,There is a show which features "modern worship" on JCTV. Some electronics are used in many bands. http://www.wordofhisgrace.cc/amplify/Thanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 27

2011-12-10T11:18:00.001-08:00

Hi,Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 27 is now on iTunes. Some hard rock, some alternative hip-hop stuff, a couple of chill songs and one dance tune. http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/aarons-christian-electronica/id488536339Thanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Papa San interview

2011-12-02T12:42:00.001-08:00

Hi,Here is a cool interview with Papa San the Dancehall Reggae artist.http://blackgospel.com/psalmists/papasan/interview/text.htmThanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Moving towards a terrestrial radio station

2011-11-30T21:32:00.001-08:00

Hi,Here are some useful links on the media landscape and low power radio.http://www.mediaaccess.org/issues/lpfm/the-present-landscape/http://www.prometheusradio.org/transmission http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/beyond-prisons/community-radio-powers-upThe Local Community Radio Act did pass. See what protesters were doing to create media attention for the act. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPh68vh_Hc8Here is another video about Prometheus who fought for the Local Community Radio Act's passage. http://youtu.be/rfnPRJ3GiZIThis station might be a good model for Creuk Radio. http://97x.fm/ Quote from www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=35233 The number of micro-broadcasting stations could soon increase. Last January, President Barack Obama signed into law theLocal Community Radio Act, a potentially far-reaching initiative that in the upcoming months will open up the licenseprocess for several hundred or more micro-broadcasting community stations around the country, especially in urban andsuburban areas.No one is quite sure when the FCC will begin accepting applications, but it must do so within two years from the passage ofthe law.Interested parties should prepare now, says John Anderson, who has spent the last decade studying radio and the FCC as adoctoral student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "It's the last massive expansion we'll see in communityradio," he says.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 26

2011-11-18T12:37:00.001-08:00

Hi,Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 26 is now available.http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/aarons-christian-electronica/id482131637Thanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 25

2011-11-13T15:57:00.001-08:00

Hi,Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 25 is now up on iTunes. Mostly techno, some popish stuff and a worship tune.http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/aarons-christian-electronica/id480554885Thanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Creuk Radio Android App

2011-10-29T00:16:00.000-07:00

Hi,The Creuk Radio Android App is now available in the Android Market. The new version of the app has a new link and the old app was removed from the marketplace. This is because I got a new computer and was unable to duplicate the "signing key" in order to update the old version in the Android Market. If you have a previous version please remove it as the email form goes to the old email address.https://market.android.com/details?id=appinventor.ai_aaroncavanaugh2.Creuk_Radio_AppThanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 24

2011-10-18T16:09:00.000-07:00

Hi,Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 24 is now up on iTunes.http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/aarons-christian-electronica/id474073603Thanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Miss Angie free download

2011-09-28T18:58:00.000-07:00

Hi,A lady named Miss Angie has a free download available here http://missangie.bandcamp.com/. It is melancholy electronic piano music. It's a good album.Thanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Tyte Christian Electronica Free Download

2011-09-15T17:20:00.001-07:00

Hi,Here is a link to a really good Christian Electronica Pop Worship album. It is free.http://tyte.bandcamp.com/album/making-wavesThanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Electronica 4 God website

2011-09-15T12:34:00.000-07:00

Hi,Here is a link that has links to a couple dubstep artists as well as Graphite412's netlabel. http://www.electronica4god.com/news.htmlThanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 23

2011-09-05T20:36:00.000-07:00

Hi,Vol. 23 is now on iTunes. Mostly mid-tempo popish stuff.http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/aarons-christian-electronica/id463395470Thanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Owl City - In Christ Alone

2011-09-02T18:15:00.001-07:00

Hi,Owl City did a version of In Christ Alone available for free here http://owlcityblog.com/2010/10/25/my-hope-is-found/Thanks. God Bless.Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 22

2011-08-17T11:38:00.001-07:00

Hi,

Vol. 22 is now available on iTunes.

http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/aarons-christian-electronica/id458117657

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

A couple of albums worth getting

2011-07-26T12:12:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Here is a link to a couple of free album worth picking up.

http://worthlessrecords.blogspot.com/2009/07/no-laughing-matter-in-god-we-rust.html

This is by a group called No Laughing Matter. It is looped electronica.

http://www.brysonprice.com/

By Bryson Price. It is Dubstep.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 21

2011-07-05T13:16:00.001-07:00

Hi,

Here is the link to Vol. 21

http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/aarons-christian-electronica/id448418879

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

New Itunes compilations

2011-06-11T15:52:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Here are the last three Itunes compilations titled Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol's 18-20.

Vol. 20
http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/aarons-christian-electronica/id442847970

Vol. 19
http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/aarons-christian-electronica/id422225303

Vol. 18
http://c.itunes.apple.com/us/imix/aarons-christian-electronic/id409958450

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Creuk Radio Themepack for Windows 7

2011-06-05T14:52:00.001-07:00

Hi,

I created a themepack with Creuk Radio branded photographs I took for Windows 7 computers. http://www.creukradio.org/tempfolder/Creuk_Radio.themepack

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Christian Electronica show in Greece

2011-05-28T12:54:00.001-07:00

Hi,

There is a Christian Electronica radio show in Athens, Greece called Holy Vibes at http://www.godradio.gr. There are different Christian DJ's that are featured during each show. The show is aired at 4pm EST or 11pm in Greece every Wednesday and Saturday. Additionally, In the upper left hand corner there is a link to change the site to the English version.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Transform DJ's at Creation Fest NW

2011-05-27T12:29:00.001-07:00

Hi,

The Transform Dj's will be in Seattle on Jul 21st at Creation Fest NW at midnight http://www.creationfest.com/nw/lineup#late

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Soundcloud Christian Dance Music Group

2011-05-24T16:28:00.000-07:00

Hi,

There is a Christian Dance Music Group on Soundcloud. http://soundcloud.com/groups/christian-dance-music

There are many free downloads.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

A couple of free Christian Electronica Albums

2011-05-15T09:16:00.000-07:00

Hi,

I just found a couple of free Christian Electronica albums thanks to indievisionmusic.com

https://www.noisetrade.com/haydonspenceley
and
http://ubiktune.org/releases/ubi018/

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Old Creuk Logos

2011-03-27T20:12:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Here are a couple of old Creuk Radio logos

The 2005 original logo first and then the 2007 logo second.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Christian Electronica Radio Show

2011-02-10T19:14:00.001-08:00

Hi,

Here is a link to a Christian Electronica radio show on a station called Radio U.

http://tvulive.com/radiou/fusion.htm

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Remastered Creuk Compilations

2011-01-16T19:18:00.001-08:00

Hi,

Creuk Radio compiliations "Remnant," "Living For God," and "Oregon Christian Electronica Compilation" have been remastered. They are now closer to par with professional recordings.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Crumbacher 80's Christian synthpop interview

2011-01-05T20:29:00.000-08:00

Hi,

Here is an interesting article about an 80's band with some synthpopish sounds in their music. "Once in a Heartbreak" is a good song they have.

http://www.downthelinezine.com/2011/01/05/crumbacher-interview-preview

From the article:
They were definite innovators in the new wave/synthpop genre of Christian music back in the 80’s and they released several different albums that varied in musical direction with each release. They formed as a band in 1983 and released their first album, Incandescent, in 1985. Initially Crumbächer was a solo project of front man Stephen Crumbächer, but through a series of events the band grew to include friends Dawn and Jimmy Wisner (brother and sister) on keyboards/BGV’s and drums/BGV’s respectively. Dan Hohulin rounded out the group on guitar. The sound was new, fresh and Crumbächer immediately became a success in the small but unique world of alternative Christian music.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

UK Gospel House

2010-12-24T15:40:00.000-08:00

Hi,

Here is a snippet about a UK Gospel House act Dance4Daddy from http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Dance4Daddy_British_gospel_house_with_a_powerful_message/42470/p1/

There has been a long time tradition in club music for gospel house but in the past the genre has been almost exclusively American. Said Akin, "What we're trying to do with Dance4Daddy is build something that is UK-based but more long-term. We're not thinking about just one or two songs, but we're talking about building a brand that, over years, people will learn to appreciate what we're trying to do with the message.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Christian Industrial Dark Music

2010-12-08T10:57:00.000-08:00

Hi,

Here is a very cool website I just found out about http://christianindustrialdarkmusic.blogspot.com/

Plenty of free downloads.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Down The Line Magazine

2010-11-16T20:26:00.000-08:00

Hi,

Down The Line Magazine is an online magazine that covers some indie-classic music as well as some alternative music. They even cover some electronica stuff.

Check it out here: http://www.scribd.com/downthelinezine

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 17

2010-10-29T19:28:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 17 is out. This one is mostly Gospel House and Latin.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Article on the early dance scene in the UK

2010-09-19T07:52:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Here is a snippet from an article on the early dance scene in the UK. Full article is here http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/House_Of_God_Tony_Cummings_remembers_a_pioneering_dance_music_release/41444/p1/

Dave had a revolutionary idea - recording some Christian dance music. The UK music scene was awash with the sounds of rave and house music and as usual the British Church had completely failed to notice this musical revolution. There was absolutely no gospel dance music being recorded anywhere and the way Dave saw it we two impoverished journalists could do something about it, namely record some tracks which Kingsway could then press onto 12 inch vinyl. Dave knew that I had produced some records in the past and, equally important, might be able to scrounge a bit of studio time in the Walsall studio complex Big Feet Media that was also housing Network Eleven. There were snags - like finding a bunch of musicians prepared to play for nothing save maybe a train fare - but Dave knew I'd go for it, even with Dave's insistence that we adopt the rather silly pseudonyms of Levi (Roberts) and Top Cat ("TC", ie, me).

Dave was full of ideas for the project. One was that one of the tracks should be a rap version of Larry Norman's "Why Don't You Look Into Jesus". Another was that at least one other track should feature sampled extracts of preachers. Even the name House Of God was his idea.

And so it came to pass that one cold weekend in Walsall we gathered to make the three tracks we felt that at a push we could record and mix in a weekend. I'm no technician (if anything, I'm a technophobe) so essential to the mysterious world of samples and 16 track recording desks was Big Feet Media's Kevin Edwards, a talented engineer/producer who was later to produce Sammy Horner's successful 'Celtic Praise' album and become a member of the short-lived mainstream dance act Minds Of Men (Atlantic Records).

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 16

2010-09-14T17:42:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 16 is posted on ITunes.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 15

2010-08-26T20:47:00.001-07:00

Hi,

Vol. 15 is now up on ITunes.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

New Creuk Radio compilation available

2010-08-24T09:50:00.001-07:00

Hi,

Remnant, a Christian Electronica compilation, is now available for download on the comps page.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

The history of Christian Funk in the U.K.

2010-08-16T08:29:00.000-07:00

Hi,

This paragraph is a reprint from http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Paradise_Britains_gospel_funk_pioneers_of_the_1980s_now_on_CD/40662/p1/#addcomment

This month Kingsway are releasing a 'Best Of Paradise' compilation. If that doesn't fill you with excitement it's probably because (a) you are very young or (b) you are not a funkster. London's Paradise weren't the first gospel act to integrate funk into their sound (such a credit should be given to such US gospel pioneers as Andrae Crouch and Rance Allen). But Paradise were the first in Britain and in the early '80s demonstrated that gospel was moving on from the quartet sound and the choir call-and-response fervour of old. Now with the release of a lovingly selected compilation, a new generation of believers can enjoy the groundbreaking music of London's early gospel funksters. Read more at the website above.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

A few of Christian Electronica events coming up

2010-07-26T12:21:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Here are a few upcoming Christian Electronica events.

Sat. July 31st DJ Frankie Vibe will be DJing in Newark, NJ at the Lincoln Park Music Festival. Free Admission.

Internacional Gospel Festival - musica eletrônica DJ ONIX BRAZIL
Where: GOIANIA ARENA, Av.Fued José Sebba, Goiânia, Brazil
When: Friday, August 13 at 8:30 pm until
Saturday, August 14 at 10:00 am

Fri. and Sat. Sept. 3 and 4 Terrence Parker, Steve Wade and Science Drop and others will be DJing at Lifelight Festival in Worthing, SD. Free Admission.

" Soul Food " Praise & Worship dance Festival
Where: Extreme Freedom Rehab, Plot 358 Corner of Sakabuka and Molotoroad, Pretoria, South Africa
When: Saturday, September 4 from 7:00 pm to 12:00 am

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 14 on Itunes

2010-07-12T13:49:00.001-07:00

Hi,

Here is the link to Aaron's Christian Electronic Vol. 14 on Itunes.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

A few good Christian Electronica Forums

2010-06-29T16:48:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Here are a few Christian Electronica Forums as of 6-29-10.

http://tastyfresh.com/forum/
DJ and Dance music

http://www.godsdjs.com/forum/
DJ and Dance music

http://www.flamingfish.com/index.php?option=com_joomlaboard&Itemid=6
Industrial

http://www.malianteocristiano.com/foros/f40/
Hispanic

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 13 on Itunes

2010-06-01T17:37:00.001-07:00

Hi,

Here is the link to Aaron's Christian Electronic Vol. 13 on Itunes.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

A few free Christian Electronica albums worth downloading

2010-04-10T23:35:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Here are a few free Christian Electronica albums as of 4-10-10 worth picking up.

Calamateur - Commissions 2008-2009 - http://www.calamateur.com/commissions0809.htm
Ambient stuff and a kids song :)

William Schlegel - Forever Love - http://cuctematuk.livejournal.com/8363.html
Minimal Dance music with vocals

Morse - A Look to the Heavens Z - http://farawayrecords.com/releases_morse_az.html
Ambient/Atmospheric

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 12 on Itunes

2010-02-25T21:21:00.000-08:00

Hi,

Here is the link to Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 12 on Itunes.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Steve Leach: Bournemouth based deejay

2010-01-29T22:22:00.000-08:00

Hi,

This is an interesting article about a Christian DJ in the UK. It shares some of Steve's thoughts about Christianity in the clubbing scene.

http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Steve_Leach_Bournemouth_based_deejay_artist_adept_at_sampling_preachers_/38638/p1/

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

"Living For God" a free Christian Electronica compilation

2009-12-13T14:07:00.000-08:00

Hi,

The compilation "Living For God" a new Christian Electronica compilation is now posted at creukradio.org and is available for free. Just click on the compilations page to find the link.

Have a Merry Christmas.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Sufjan Stevens article in Wall Street Journal

2009-12-04T22:24:00.000-08:00

Hi,

Here is a link to an article about Sufjan Stevens in the Wall Street Journal a few months back.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124475230719107485.html

Here is the first couple of paragraphs.

Indie folk and rock singer Sufjan Stevens has avid fans in many countries who are desperate to hear one of his latest songs.

But to do that, they have to get to Alec Duffy's apartment in Brooklyn.

Mr. Duffy, a 33-year-old theater director, owns the song. He won the exclusive rights to it in a contest that the singer held in 2007.

Fans assumed Mr. Duffy would upload the song to the Web. In today's music world, uploading, downloading and file-sharing are givens. But after a year of wondering just what to do with the song, Mr. Duffy decided that putting it on the Internet wasn't special enough. He wondered: What if the only way the song could be heard was in person, in intimate gatherings?

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 11 on Itunes

2009-11-27T23:23:00.001-08:00

Hi,

Here is the link to Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol.11 on Itunes.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Acid House Diva Finds God

2009-11-27T20:28:00.001-08:00

Hi,

This article was originally posted at http://www.zooloader.com/NewsItem.aspx?newsItemId=312

Here's the text:

Soul 2 Soul/ Marshall Jefferson collaborator Kim Mazelle chatted candidly about becoming an evangelical Christian this week, and
admitted that she struggled with success when moving to the UK in the early 90s from America.
“Show business can be a very bad place and I ended up on a lot of rocky roads, whilst in this country,” she told the Voice newspaper, “I
fell into a lot of things, like the whole partying scene, and then met a guy and got into the things he was doing, which was drugs,” she
confessed.
The former opera singer, whose biggest solo hit was ‘Love Me The Right Way’, nowadays performs at evangelical gospel events in both
Ibiza and London and spoke cheerfully of witnessing conversions at her show. She also found success covering ‘Young Hearts Run
Free;’ the 70s disco classic written by soul diva Candi Staton, who herself converted to evangelical Christianity in the early 80s.
Chatting to Skrufff several years ago, Candi described hanging out with then close friends Diana Ross, Gloria Gaynor, Patti Labelle and
Chaka Khan and admitted she thoroughly enjoyed the notoriously decadent disco scene.
“I loved the dancing, the excitement, the people. I used to go to Studio 54 and stay there all night,” she recalled, “I had my drinks for
free, the DJs would recognise you and bring your drinks over, then ask you to dance. It was just a never ending party.”
By 1982 she’d embraced evangelical Christianity wholeheartedly (teaming up with subsequently disgraced charismatic leaders Jim and
Tammy Bakker) and said she remains much happier since finding God.
“I still love worshipping the Lord, it gives me so much peace,” she said, “I’m in a state right now that I wouldn’t trade for any money in
the world, I have the kind of peace that I’ve always looked for. The Lord is my man now,” she added.
Acid house pioneers DJ Pierre and Green Velvet also converted in recent years as did the man who enjoyed Britain’s first crossover hit
Love Can’t Turn Around: Farley Jackmaster Funk. Chatting to Skrufff in 2004, Farley recalled seducing ‘harems of girls’ as his career as
a superstar DJ took off.
“I blew my mind, it would blow anybody’s mind, and that was when I started losing all touch with reality,” he confessed.
“You start thinking these girls want you because you look so good, it’s not that, it’s because people are drawn to success and power
positions. Because I was the DJ in the club, I was the guy with the most notoriety in the club so of course girls would gravitate to me. I
wasn’t the best looking guy; I was overweight. So there had to be another reason these girls were flocking to me.”
“But I lost all sense of who I was, when I’d look in the mirror I stopped seeing the person I used to see and I saw what I wanted to see,
because all these girls were flocking to me. I was looking at myself thinking ‘these girls want me because I’m the most handsome guy’,
but no, I’d lost all touch with reality,” he added.
Fighting to stay at the top, his career gradually imploded until he reached out to God in 1990 and reassessed his priorities.
“Being number 1 is one of the hardest things in the world to handle because as the bible itself says ‘you can gain a whole world but lose
a whole soul’ because you end up giving up all moral things just to stay number one,” said Farley.
“Whatever I had to do to stay number one, I did,” he continued, “You stop caring at all about whose feelings you hurt because all you
want to do is continually have people praising you and telling you you’re so great. And what extent you will go to, to stay number one is
the part where you lose your soul,” he adds.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Todd Edwards

2009-11-27T20:27:00.000-08:00

Hi,

Here is an interesting link. I guess this guy has produced for Daft Punk. He talks a little about his spirituality.

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/todd-edwards-the-stylus-interview.htm

Here's a couple snippets

I’m guessing the church was important growing up. What role did it play in your childhood?

Funny you should ask. The honest truth of it [is], the church was the cause of a lot of controversy in my life. My mother was a devout Catholic. The ’80s [were] a time when the term “born again” became almost like a denomination. It’s a term that’s almost caused a split in the Catholic Church, which is too bad.

My church had a small denomination, 100 people, 200 people max, a lot of old people. As a kid, you had to go to Sunday school, and I learned a lot. That was good, because I learned the New Testament of the Bible. But my church was extremely legalistic. My father—I love him dearly, we have a really good relationship—but a lot of our bonding came—I’m sort of jesting [when I say] that we spent a lot of time having religious debates and religious arguments. You’ve got to understand that I grew up in a normal school environment. Obviously, there was a lot of Catholic Christians, but it wasn’t so outwardly shared. You don’t go to a club and talk about religion, and you didn’t go to school and talk about it. I was battling against my father’s view of Christianity and a secular view from school. There are a lot of disciplines in Christianity that are good for you, but you should practice them because they’re good for you, not just because it’s a rule.

At the time, I didn’t wanna deal with it. Again, kids watched certain movies, did certain things. He was being very overprotective of me. It was frustrating; as a kid I rebelled against that. There was a lot that I was grasping by reading the New Testament, but there was another side I was seeing. Going back, in this church, you were dealing with a very old generation of people. It’s not like they had priests—they had elders. There were 12 elders that ran the church, and they told us to accept Jesus every week.

It was hard to fathom people in church who didn’t already believe in Jesus. It was almost like there was a bit of acting; something never felt right with the church, like when you see an evangelist on TV. It didn’t feel heartfelt. I basically had problems with that. By junior year I’d decided not to go to church, and had it out with my father. I didn’t want to deal with God at all. Correction—I dealt with him more on my terms, not in a you’re-the-boss way, but in an I’m-keeping-you-at-arms-length way.

In high school I wrote songs. That’s how I dealt with stress in school, be them bad relationships—not that I had a lot, but you know, it was a way to get the stress out. By the end of high school, my friend, who goes under the Original Filthy Rich, was into club music and introduced me to the club music he was into. At the time was Todd Terry and Masters at Work, 1989-90, I got an education in that, and I decided to get into that. Up to that time I was writing pop stuff or whatever. It seemed like dance music was easy enough to make, do that and break into the music industry. But I underestimated that. Just getting a style and making a name for yourself takes time.

The plan to incorporate talking about God in my work came later. In my 20s, I kind of bottomed out. I hit a rocky period; I kind of threw my hands up. After that, the negative relationship I had with God was healed. I started putting positive messages in; it wasn’t meant to be preachy, but I wanted to share something that helped me and maybe give that inspiration for other people. Even in remixes I would cut up vocals to say spiritual phrases, and if you listen closely you can hear them.

Do you think if you lived somewhere other than New Jersey that your music might be different?

Yeah. There’s a lot of different things that contribute to music. When I worked with Daft Punk, I went to Paris twice. It is an inspiring city. Going to Europe, period—and I’m sure it’s a commonplace for people who DJ a lot more—going there had a really big impact. The architecture alone had a big impact. I’m sure if I was living out in the Midwest you definitely get a different sound. I think it’s proven, whether it’s Chicago or California or whatever, you get different sounds in different areas, in dance or in rap or anything else. But I do think what was meant to be was meant to be. My background is part of who I am and I look at it as God’s plan.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Helping a non-profit fill its need for sports drinks

2009-11-25T00:51:00.001-08:00

Hi,

I am helping a a good cause this holiday season.

There is a non-profit called "Weathered Hands" here in Portland Oregon that is giving away sack meals to homeless people in Oregon. They need sports drinks to fill in these bags. It is a big cost for them to do this. So they are asking for help.

Weathered Hands
-supports 18 shelters
-100% of the proceeds go to those in need
-gift bags will be given to more than 1500 people

If you would like to donate go to creukradio.org and click on the banner on the main page that asks for donations. I am going to be purchasing the sports drinks. The deadline to donate is Dec. 18th.

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Archive of Xfest NW 2008 Warehouse Dance

2009-11-15T17:26:00.000-08:00

Hi,

I archived the Xfest NW Warehouse Dance 2008 videos (they are a little over ten minutes long each so they wouldn't fit on Youtube).

Here are the links.

http://www.archive.org/details/KingdomAgeAtXfestNw2008
http://www.archive.org/details/PatDAtXfest2008

I also archived the Aaron Cavananaugh VSTi's and Vst's (tools for music producers).

http://www.archive.org/details/AaronCavanaughVsts

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 10 on Itunes

2009-11-14T19:46:00.000-08:00

Hi,

Here is a link to Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 10 on Itunes.

Check out the other Aaron's Christian Electronica Vol. 1-9

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Image Journal

2009-11-06T23:13:00.000-08:00

Hi,

A creative writing journal mixing religion and art published via Seattle Pacific University.

http://imagejournal.org

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Down The Line Zine

2009-08-22T00:08:00.000-07:00

Hi,

Online goth zine

http://www.downthelinezine.com/

Thanks. God Bless.

Aaron.

Old Creuk Radio Newsfeeds

2009-08-21T20:48:00.001-07:00

Old Creuk Radio News feeds

http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/content/rss/ekklesia.rss
http://www.theooze.com/rss/articles.xml
http://feeds.feedburner.com/BelieversWear-ChristianApparelBlog
http://www.hmmagazine.com/blogs/doug/index.rdf
http://www.sphereofhiphop.com/ezine/index2.php?option=com_rss&feed=RSS0.91&no_html=1
http://board.christianrock.net/board/weblog.php?w=204
http://emergingchurch.info/rssfeed/feed.rss
http://rss.groups.yahoo.com/group/DanceChapel/rss
http://www.balaamsmiracle.com/index2.php?option=com_joomlaboard&func=sb_rss&no_html=1
http://www.24-7prayer.com/cm/rss/articles.xml
http://media.worldvision.org/rss/wvus_news.xml
http://blogs.answersingenesis.org/aroundtheworld/feed/
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Faithfuldemocratsallstories
http://gospelgraffiti.com/blog/?feed=rss2
http://www.tastyfresh.com/component/option,com_rss/feed,RSS0.91/no_html,1/
http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/feeds/rss.xml
http://feeds.christianitytoday.com/christianitytoday/ctmag
http://feeds.feedburner.com/Bustedhalocom

Old Creuk Radio Links

2009-08-19T19:16:00.000-07:00

Old Creuk Radio links aka Christian Electronica Links

Christian Jazz Artists, Christian Jazz Artists
Velvet Blue Music, All Christian bands run by the guy from Starflyer 59
Johnny Baker, Christian VJ
TastyFresh.com, Christian dance culture site.
John Ankerberg, Compares Christianity with other world religions.
Sphereofhiphop, Christian hip hop forums and MP3\'s
Nejat Productions, Farsi Christian music site.
Cross Channel, German Christian radio station
Gospel Radio, Start your own AM radio station.
Balaams Gothic Page, Balaams Christian Gothic Page - Downloads and more.
Arts and Faith, Religous Arts board.
Flaming Fish, Christian Industrial Music Radio, Forums and Store
Indie Vision Music, Online Zine w/ forums
Firestream, Christian Hard Rock hangout.
Christian Answers Film News, Christian Film News
Holy Hip-Hop, Christian Hip-Hop radio station
Effect Radio, Alt. Rock Christian radio station
Rapzilla, Christian MP3\'s download.
Da South, Southern USA hiphop and more.
Cross Rhythms, UK based Christian radio station.
Act One Program, Christian screenwriters
JC-TV, Christian Youth TV and music videos
Gospel Grafitti, Christian grafitti
Lark News, Satirical Christian newspaper.
Worship house media, Buy MPEG Christian short films.
Blue letter Bible, Online Bible Concordance
XXXChurch, Porn help
Gospel House Music, House music live stream
Blue like jazz community, Active forum community, free music downloads
Vision Gate Film, Watch/Share Christian short films
Thunderstruck, Christian based newsfeed
Pray as you go, Jesuit multimedia website
The Ooze, Emerging Christian site with good forums
Megazeen, Christian comics
Cartoon Church, Christian Cartoons
Humanbeatbox, Tyte and Hobbit Christian beatboxers run this site
TVU Live, 24/7 Internet TV featuring Christian music videos
Emerging Church info, A Webzine
Prodigal Magazine, Christian mens magazine online
168 Project, A Christian Film Festival based on Bible verses
WYSIWYG film festival, A Christian Film Festival
Track 10, NW Christian indie artist site
Frostic, A Swedish Christian booking site that has a great links page
Film, Faith and Justice, Christian social activist site
Monergism, A good place to start when looking for history of the church
Christian New Wave, Old-School Christian Electronica and more
Enoch Magazine, An Online Christian Magazine
Relevant Magazine, Christian 20 something magazine
C28, Alternative Christian Clothier
Eisenbrauns, Bookstore specializing in Near East and Biblical Studies
Blast Beats, Used Christian Cd\'s
Already Been Chewed, Christian artist blog of Barton Damer
Tomfest, NW USA Indie Christian Music Festival
Cornerstone Festival, Midwest USA Indie Christian Music Festival
Autobahn Festival, Christian Electronic Pop Festival