Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Craig Blacklock and Ryan Rapsys Interview - YouTube

On Sunday, December 1st, 2007, Channel 8 PBS-WDSE in Duluth, Minnesota invited Craig Blacklock and Erratik artist Ryan Rapsys to be interviewed live as part of their pledge drive. Here is the last segment of the interview, with both Craig Blacklock and Ryan Rapsys, now available on YouTube: Interview - Craig Blacklock and Ryan Rapsys on PBS-WDSE

They discuss the processes involved in the creation of the video and music for the film Minnesota’s North Shore by Craig Blacklock.

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Minnesota's North Shore Soundtrack (Digital Music)

Ryan Rapsys

Title: Minnesota's North Shore Soundtrack
Format: Digital Album
Length: 135 min
Release Date: 08.15.2008 | Price: $19.98 ($9.99 per Disc)
The relaxing, ambient soundtrack to Craig Blacklock's film Minnesota's North Shore. The trailer for the film (along with excerpts of the music) may be viewed here: Minnesota's North Shore Trailer
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The-Novus-Arcadia (CD)

Ryan Rapsys

Title: The-Novus-Arcadia
Format: Enhanced CD
Length: 60 min (plus enhanced features)
Release Date: 5.31.2007 | Price: $4.99
Press:
"...[The-Novus-Arcadia's] dozen instrumental tracks work together marvelously..." - Budgeteer News, 6/29/2007
"Overall, [The-Novus-Arcadia's] an immensely enjoyable experience, and it could well become a piece of electronic art that may be a required listen in the near future." - Muse's Muse, 7/31/2007
"Building up tension through clever drum programming and a heightened sense of atmosphere, each track ups the ante for the album as a whole, while being complete in and of themselves." - Igloo Magazine, 8/27/2007
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Minnesota's North Shore (Book & DVD)

Craig Blacklock with original music by Ryan Rapsys

Title: Minnesota's North Shore
Format: Book & DVD
Length: 180 pages, 175 photos, 3 hour DVD
Release Date: 07.07.2007 | Price: $59.99
You can take it home with this lusciously illustrated book and DVD. The set includes all your favorite parks and overlooks, as well as a world of fleeting beauty you might otherwise miss. This is a perfect way to extend your vacation, or send the magic of the lake to those who have moved away--it is as close as you can get to being on the shore without getting splashed! (from blacklockgallery.com)
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Minnesota's North Shore (DVD)

Craig Blacklock with original music by Ryan Rapsys

Title: Minnesota's North Shore
Format: DVD
Length: 3 hours
Release Date: 07.07.2007 | Price: $19.99
Bring the natural splendors of the North Shore into your home with this three-hour movie. Craig presents Superior's rhythmic motions and ambient sounds, Duluth composer, Ryan Rapsys artfully complements these with an original sound track. (from blacklockgallery.com)
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Minnesota's North Shore - Trailer

Craig Blacklock, Ryan Rapsys

2:25 - movie trailer

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This is the trailer to Craig Blacklock's DVD Minnesota's North Shore, which accompanies the book of the same title. Ryan Rapsys composed and produced the original soundtrack for this three hour epic film documenting (without dialogue or narrative) the beautiful north shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota.

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Erratik Productions is a music label, video production company, entertainment studio, and independent distributor and reseller of a variety of forms of entertainment and art. The general styles and genres we deal with may be 'erratic,' but one characteristic remains consistent: a sense of adventure, eclecticism and timelessness.

Erratik artists unleash a truely erratic output of satisfying artistic niblets. Currently and continually releasing CDs and DVDs (as well as a reseller of unique works released by other production companies, labels and publishers), Erratik would like to push the envelope among all genres. For people's tastes who demand quality yet erratic artistic consumption, now there's Erratik.