Living up to his name, this is an earnest endeavor. Maybe it’s all the Sonic Youth he listened to as a kid, or perhaps the photographer and graphic designer in him. Anyways, this Texan beatsmith and innate emo, creative maelstrom has dedicated his new album to his wife, Devyn. And as its title suggests, this is music (and art) that conveys all that he’s “Been Meaning To Tell You.” It’s sentimental in all the best possible ways and, as well as being a beautifully crafted electronic ode to the girl, it features an extra 16 remixes and 13 exclusive pieces of art made into a hardback book–no less. Friends of Friends indeed. However, the Exponential Records label head doesn’t just do Winter blues electronica. There’s Get Busy, his (first Fridays of the month) party with DJ Jester the Filipino Fist, which has hosted the likes of Daedelus to YACHT, not to mention Gonzales’ banging, masked, electro dubstep moniker, Mexicans With Guns. Beauty and the bass.

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