Quick early video post as I have a podcast to record. I'll update when its done. In the meantime, here's a nice collection of stuff via the V-Atak audiovisual label:
Botborg presents "PSNKY Test Subject #1 : Connection to the Photosonicneurokineasthograph"
"Botborg is a practical demonstration of the theories of Dr Arkady Botborger (1923-81), founder of the 'occult' science of Photosonicneurokineasthography - translated as "writing the movement of nerves through use of sound and light". Raw electronic signals are fused and rewired to create intensely visceral experiences of sound-colour synaesthesia."
Zarias Photography Critique [video podcast] Well worth the time to watch these. Even if you aren't aiming to sell your pictures, which is an assumption here, there is still some great advice. [thanks Iain]
I'm on holiday, what do you expect. I've got a house to paint.
"The latest instalment of Skip to the End is now available at www.thejuxtaposition.co.uk/skiptotheend.html I'm afraid it's a bit **** so be careful about when and where you listen to it. Pete" [55MB MP3 & tracklist on webpage]
"Jazari is essentially an automated, electromechanical percussion ensemble, controlled using two Nintendo Wii controllers. It consists of a MacBook, a bunch of Arduino boards and a room full of drums fitted with solenoids and motors, and software written in MAX and Java which parses input from the Wii controls and plays the drums. The software is also capable of improvising with the human operator, by imitating, riffing off and mutating what he plays.
"Jazari was developed by a guy named Patrick Flanagan, who had been playing around with algorithmic composition, only to discover that people don't want to hear about algorithms, but do want to see a good live show. Anyway, here there are two videos: one of a Jazari performance (think robot samba float, conducted by a guy waving Wiimotes around; the music has a distinctly Afro-Brazilian feel to it), and one of Flanagan explaining how it works." [Text via Null Device]
Worth watching for the eyebrows alone:
New Polar Bear album is out now! Samples on Boomkat. Also new Monster X download EP, although I'm holding out for teh rumoured vinyl release of this. Also need to get my ears around The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation CD asap
FACT magazine: "Autechre have recorded our 122nd exclusive FACT mix. Autechre. Do we really need to explain who they are?"
The Wrongamin is an excellent, easy to build sound maker that can create a range of sounds. From crackles not unlike the sound of a dusty old record to a deep hungry animal growl heard through several out of control AM radios.
:: Friday, February 19, 2010 :: MP3 Friday (is back!)
It's been a while.
Sunwarped Records "HURRICANE HELICOPTER" Compilation [55MB zip] 01 - Modem - Winter's Debilitating Grip 02 - Menagam - Water Dumps 03 - captainmarmalade - two ghosts eating a pancake 04 - Exillon - Chapi Chapo Remix 05 - shift tab - dim lot 06 - Solypsis - oil spill 07 - Not Breathing - Ball Hammerer Dub 08 - Terminal 11 - Self Exorcism
More Braindance Podcasts - this applies every week, keep an eye on this link.
Bedroom Research have launched a new website. Check the Discotek page. (Having said that I just tested some random links and some of them are dead, hopefully that'll be sorted soon.)
Miike Teknoist says: "The vast majority of dubstep i think sucks but Septic Insurgent makes 'music' from a genre that doesnt see alot (quite cheap coming from a gabber/breakcore enthusiast innit ;) anyway, keep your eyes peeled for tracks from him on my new techno label out soon.. also, get your peepers round the awesome guest artwork from Harry Shotton. ninjacolumboZoMbFREE8-SEPTICINSURGENT-Analemma [38MB zip]
Quiet week. Have been away on work. The new Braindance forum, which Pidgin has set up in place of the now defunct Planet Mu board, has hit the ground running with a weekly BrainPodDanceCast series. The first two are available here, including track listings. [~140MB each]
Pete says: "A new Skip to the End has appeared at www.thejuxtaposition.co.uk. It's a bit SAD in places, but give it a go see what you think." [Tracklisting and 58MB MP3 on page]
There's a live video collection from Alt Vault experimental improvised noise/electronica nights here on Vimeo. Including yours truly at Mr Wolfs/The Junction last November. The visuals are all mine too btw.
OverClockHeadZ say: "Hello every one, We are proud to release the first OverClockHeadZ coproduction release: MechaKucha - Messiah? Label: NO-TEK Records Catalog#: NO-TEK 018 Format: Vinyl, 12" Country: France Released: 25 Dec 2009 Genre: Electronic Style: Speedcore, Hardcore, Breakcore
Tracklist A1 What I'm Searching For 4:20 A2 Kiss Me I'm A Sociopath 2:14 B1 Making Blue Screen 4:00 B2 Flushdown 2:55 B3 Wesside Fucker 3:43
Credits Artwork By - Brilliant Beast & Neurobug Notes Coproduction No-tek Overclockheadz Thanks to all friends everywhere, you know who you are! No name-dropping needed. Underground is a state of mind and a way of living, not a brand or whatever commercial bullshit, never forget this, cause life always give people what they deserve.
NIN say (or said, as I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago): "Our 2008 Lights In The Sky tour was an ambitious multimedia production on a scale well beyond anything we'd ever attempted before. Everyone involved was extremely proud of how it came together, and we were devastated when, for a variety of reasons, we were unable to capture it professionally for a theatrical or commercial release. As a "plan B" of sorts, early last year we released a massive 405gb free download of raw HD footage captured at three different shows during the tour. The idea was to get the footage out in the wild and see what our notoriously enterprising fans could do with it. There were no rules. No strings attached. This was a gift, and an experiment, and for the past year we've watched it come to life in more ways than we could have ever imagined."
Another Version of the Truth: The Gift "12 months, a core team of dozens (with a network of thousands) spanning 3 continents, 4 languages, 5 specialist teams, countless sleepless nights...
It's finally here.
Filmed in Sacramento, Portland, and Victoria by the Nine Inch Nails team, edited and produced by their fans, The Gift is a stunning work in 1080p High Definition video with 5.1 Surround Sound, multi-language subtitles, and artistically-driven ethics."
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the orb: dolly unit
"a crazy full-steam-ahead video for "dolly unit" from the new orb album "baghdad batteries"... filmed and photographed in battersea power station and beamish open air museum with a smattering of archive footage courtesy of the prelinger archives... imagine battersea power station having a restless dream... the album's available from http://www.maliciousdamage.biz/shop/ plus most other shops on cd & download"
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Simon Reynolds: on the Hardcore Continuum "Illustrated by seminal tracks, revered journalist Simon Reynolds outlines his oft-quoted theory of a 'hardcore-continuum' that links all the UK's rapidly changing electronic music genres. The talk at FACT was run in association with the Wire Magazine, and part of the Ding Dong exhibition."
I met Benji Bower last week. He plays the staggering collection of instruments below to provide his live one man soundtrack to Ali Baba & The Forty Thieves show at the Tobacco Factory, Bristol. Taken with permission. (The show is highly recommended (by me) btw although my nephew only enjoyed it "middle".)
From the programme: "Benji is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He is a founding member of Unforscene and UFS productions. Theatre credits include: Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, We're Going on a Bear Hunt (Bristol Old Vic), Aesop's Fables, Stickman (Scamp Theatre), Strange Case (Bristol Old Vic / Pervasive Media), Ugly Duckling (Tobacco Factory), City of One, Jolity Farm (Myrtle Theatre), TV credits as composer include Colut of a Suicide Bomber (Channel 4), Cmonics Britannia, Rude Britain (BBC4), Blown Apart (BBC2). As Unforscene: Sulston Connection, Pacific Heights, New World Disorder (Kudos), Fingers and Thumbs (Tru Thoughts)."
The fascinating looking spiky thing to the right of the photo is a waterphone.
"The Waterphone was invented and is patented by Richard Waters (pat.#3896696). Each instrument is unique and made to order. Richard personally makes, tunes, signs and dates each Waterphone. The sound of the Waterphone has been compared to the haunting melodies of the Humpback Whale and voices from inner/outer space. Waterphones have been described as acoustic synthesizers, Waterharps, a musical “Aladdin's Lamp”, and “Whalephones”."
The ongoing competition page includes recordings of what people can do with it that are definitely worth listening to.
"9 Countries was recorded on location in Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Tibet, India, Egypt and Greece between October 2005 and March 2007 by Tom Compagnoni. What you hear has been entirely assembled from these field recordings, no additional samples used. "Recorded, edited, mixed, re-mixed, mashed and mastered by Tom Compagnoni 2005-2009"
"The Skip to the End review of the decade is now on line at www.thejuxtaposition.co.uk/skiptotheend.html [tracklist etc.] It's a personal look back at the last 10 years which is tricky seeing as I have difficulty remembering what I did last week. Consequently there are some blatant ommissions (no Venetian Snares, Rotator, Dub Step or Ukuleles - you've probably had enough of them from previous casts) and it's 25% longer than normal. Feel free to skip to the end of all the opinionated text that accompanies the track list. Hope you enjoy it and have a Happy New Year. Pete" Direct link [70MB MP3]
Spectra Liquid site says: "HO HO HO! Christmas would be nothing without gifts. Therefore, we and our newly signed artist, Frank Riggio, decided to give you his second album, Anamorphose, for FREE! That's right, 14 tracks of cinematic, experimental electronica, ranging from nu-jazz to film score soundtrack atmospheres and detailed sound design patterns are now available in both mp3 and wav. Only a few months before Frank's first CD-release on Spectraliquid, he couldn't provide the label and his own fans with a better gift than this.
"Download it here, spread the word and prepare yourselves for his next album on Spectraliquid, expected to hit the stores in March 2010." [WARNING: 800MB ZIP containing Wavs, MP3s and artwork]
IJO - 'Verbal Dance' EP BITPEP002DL [webpage with 50MB zip] "Bit-Phalanx's veteran Acid-Jazz, Drill & Bass Lithuanian compiles six of his favourite unreleased tracks from 2005 - 2009 that demonstrate his harsher, mentalist tendencies."
December Goatlab Radio: "On this month’s Goatlab Radio Anakissed and 606 are joined by very special guest Danny Kushlick of the Transfom Drug Policy Foundation. TDPF is the UK’s leading centre of expertise on drug policy and law reform based here in Bristol. Danny founded Transform in 1997 and has since been an active voice for the regulation and control of drugs to promote sustainable health and wellbeing. As well as interesting debate we get to hear a selection of Danny’s favorite records from his personal collection." Direct link [58MB MP3]
BLDG BLOG on Mudd Up! "For those of you who have enjoyed the posts here about music, sound, noise, urban acoustics, glacial reverberatories, and their like, I will be on the radio tonight speaking about those very things, in conversation with DJ /rupture on his show Mudd Up!"
MIKE PARADINAS - In The Mix - EE 2nd Yr Anniversary Show "Plenty of splendid music on offer this week + one fucking HUGE mix from Mike Paradinas. 65 minutes - 31 tracks .... go on, have a crack at the tracklist ;) Includes an unreleased AFX track and a shit load of Planet Mu goodies coming out in 2010" Direct link [218MB MP3]
"This month Dan Gusset and Parasite are joined by special guest Typowriter from Occational Cinema – an ongoing project which temporarily transforms neglected, reclaimed or hijacked spaces in Bristol for openair film nights. It's basicly a laptop, soundsystem and a truckload of short films with work from new and aspiring directors, classic television and music videos from the past 40 years, local and campaign news. A cinematic mixtape if you like. Anyone can do it, it's dead easy!" [tracklisting, download [59MB MP3], stream, & sharing links on the website]
Barry Boxcutter says: "Alright folks, I've uploaded a set recorded in the Motor Club in Seattle in September this year on the Kinnego myspace, you can get it here: Kinnego Myspace Thanks to everyone who made it to any of my gigs this year." [64MB m4a]
"Bit-Phalanx would like to use the opportunity of launching our new Net-Label to introduce you to the artists whose talent, charisma and… well, insane moments of musical exploration, have got Bit-Phalanx to this wonderful place today. Our 13 acts come together and form ‘The Welcoming Committee’, a free compilation sampler to show you what just what makes Bit-Phalanx tick." Direct link [149MB zip] Bonus: HK119 vs. Bit-Phalanx ‘Fast & Cheap Über Mix’ [7.5MB MP3 on website]
From The Wire: Taking the concept of "minimal electronica" to a new level, a group of artists have created a collection of music tracks composed in only 140 characters of SuperCollider source code. You can listen to or download the tracks here [zip]. [via dev/null] "It started as a curious project, when live coding enthusiast and Toplap member Dan Stowell started tweeting tiny snippets of musical code using SuperCollider. Pleasantly surprised by the reaction, and "not wanting this stuff to vanish into the ether" he has recently collated the best pieces into a special download for The Wire's online readership here.
"Many of these pieces are actually generative, so if you re-run the source code (the track titles) you get a new piece of music."
"A brand new Skip to the End (Peel to the End) is now on line at www.thejuxtaposition.co.uk/skiptotheend.html [tracklist & download link] It includes some tributes to John Peel, some scarry, evil Monkey Funkers (just right for Halloween) and nods to the 40th anniversary of the internet plus all the usual crap. Warning - this podcast contains some very strong language. Pete" [Direct link to 54MB MP3]
idmf007 "Continuum, the newest installment in the IDMf library, is an electronic music album to behold. Beginning with the hard-hitters and slowing down to a softer touch, this compilation showcases the diversity of genres displayed on the IDMf netlabel, including breakcore, dubstep, house, breaks, ambient, and IDM. The tracks are arranged as they would be in a double CD package: Side A includes eight tracks jam-packed with energy that smoothly segue into a lighter mix of glorious beats on Side B. IDMf is proud to introduce a few new artists along with some of “golden oldies” who have appeared on previous compilations, bringing you the most well-rounded and genre-stomping release from IDMf yet!" It's a bit of a mixed bag but there's some nice stuff in there.
"Anakissed, 606 & Parasite host this month’s Goatlab Radio show from the streets of Bristol, with chat and music from across the spectrum. The winner of last month’s competiton will be announced, as well as dropping some exclusive breakcore from Maladriot off of his album “Best Breakcore Album Ever” on Hard-2B-Core Records." Download the show here: Goatlab Radio October 2009 [59MB MP3]
It’s been a long while since the last Goatlab radio show and after many a request from our dedicated fans we’re back with a bang! Dan Gusset & Parasite bring you an eclectic mix of fine electronic music and random banter. And to add to the fun we’ve launched a competition to win a limited edition Monster Zoku Onsomb! T-shirt! Listen to the show for details and email your answers to childrenof@thegoatlab.com.
New Sunken Foal Piece 'A Beard of Mercury Switches' in response to Bibio's previous tune on the Relay site [stream & 16MB zip] Previous contributors include Pierre Bastien and Polly Fibre among others
[CF031] The Gasman - Inept Whoop EP out now, free DL "The Gasman returns for an 8-track rollercoaster ride through his skewed aural world. Haunting, cerebral melodies and tweaked-up percussion give rise to his inimitable anti-anthems as a prelude to his forthcoming album on the mighty Planet Mu."
Birds on the Wires from Jarbas Agnelli on Vimeo. “Birds on the Wires”, a beautiful video created by Jarbas Agnelli of São Paulo who saw a photo of birds on electric wires by Paul Pinto in a newspaper and decided to create a song based on the birds locations as musical notes. [via grom]
New Skip to the End [56MB MP3] 24th September - with Juxtaposeur "Includes a tribute to Keith Floyd, Bristol September highlights and other stuff like Mambo no.5 which was nearly number one in the pop charts when my daughter was born 10 years ago 24/09/99."
Miike Teknoist says: "DOWNLOAD FOR ZoMbFREE 3 LIVE/DJ SET MIX PACK HERE [RAR] Okay you bunch of suckers, the 3rd release on the label is the 1st of a 2 part mega pack that include either a live set or a dj set from everyone of the artists that played the ‘Undead Rave’ in July but not from the actual night… this 1st pack has: ** Scheme Boy Live from Bangface Weekender 2009 ** ** Infared Live from 2 Pints Of Tekno A.Y.B.F.H 2009 ** ** Tugie studio dj mix Aug 2009 ** ** The Teknoist studio dj mix Aug 2009 **"
Easing my way back into this after a holiday. Here's a few videos:
Schizophrenia 4 tour video
Check out Non Verbal's tumblr for videos of the last Alt Vault Live Improv Night @ Mr Wolfs, Bristol. I'll be doing a short burst of databent visuals at the October night and a live improv AV set (live improve audio with databent video anyway) in November.
"HTML5 Canvas and Audio Experiment. Twitter posts presented as a clickable particle swarm, with background music, and absolutely no Flash used. It's done entirely in HTML5, and, of course, needs a cutting-edge web browser to run on (Firefox 3.5 and Safari 4 both work, and so do Chrome and Opera, apparently). The demo seems to be based on something named processing.js, which is, apparently, a port of Processing (i.e., a Java-like language for software artists) to JavaScript." More about it here [via null device]
THE BUN-E BASS COMPILATION August 2009 [86MB rar] TRACKLISTING: 01. Baptist - Slipdress 02. Anergik - Subeena 03. Screw u - Robot for Brains 04. Utter Termitus Bitus - Teutonic Kaboom 05. Milanese cold Adidias - Milanese VS RUN DMC 06. Black vomit - Dokkebi Q 07. Far Beyond - Subeena 08. Aesope - Slipdress 09. Livz and Remainz - The lonely schizo & Schmove More info
MILANESE - (Brand NEW mix) - ELECTRONIC EXPLORATIONS [62MB Mp3] "I can't believe it’s been almost 2 years since I did a mix for your first show, a lot has changed since then and I’ve moved on. I've chilled out a bit but with that comes more space to hear in-between the beats and more interesting sound design. That's the approach I took with my recent double E.P 'Lockout' and the mix follows the same path but with fewer vocals and more beats.
"For the mix, elements were taken from all over the place and layered together, a lot of UK funky coming out at the moment reminds me of old techno and warp stuff, mixing new afro-Caribbean influenced stuff like Roska with old Latin influenced Black Dog, Cooly G with Luke Slater" More info
COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE CREW Pure Rural Essentials EP - Free Download! 01. Wurzzi Rascal - Conkers 02. Astile ft. Cornye Westcountry - Arable Boy 03. Wellie - Wearin' my Thermals 04. Cow Eyed Peas - Moo Moo Cow Exclusive Free Download - Only available from the Countryside Alliance Crew's homepage at ruraltakeover.eu
Lifetracks 03 : Antoni Maiovvi "For the next installment of Lifetracks, we sent the call out to our man in Berlin, the infamous italo maestro Antoni Maoivvi. Maiovvi has been busy spreading the synth l'amour across Europe and beyond, with second album Shadow Of the Bloodstained Kiss due for release on August 3, an imaginary soundtrack to a long-lost 80s giallo."
Pete says: "Hi all, Just got back from a rainy holiday, but while I was away a new Skip to the End appeared. This one is the result of radio interference/collaboration with London based podcast Radio Clash (http://www.mutantpop.net/radioclash/). Basically every 15mins of either podcast skips over to the other show. Therefore to hear the whole 60mins of Skip to the End you'll have to download my podcast from the usual www.thejuxtaposition.co.uk/skiptotheend.html and the Radio Clash podcast from http://www.mutantpop.net/radioclash/page/2/ Confused? You will be... I was going to draw you a diagram, but maybe Tim explains it better on his page. Probably better to just listen to the music and not worry about where it comes from. It was fun in the making and thanks to Tim for such excellent contributions, I know who got the better deal. Next show at the end of August will be the 2nd anniversary show, Still shit to the end. Pete"
Env Mod Lovely pair of wonky acid tunes from Kerek. Quite AFX/Tuss derivative but that's not necessarily a bad thing.
Trailer for new Duncan Jones (née Zowie Bowie) movie Moon. It looks like an excellent classic style sci-fi film, it has Sam Rockwell in it, and it has a Clint Mansell soundtrack. I'm sold. There's a handy Clint Mansell score retrospective here. And to cap it all, here's the moon on a stick.
Demon Cabbage says: "Oooooo Arrrrrrr Wronguns! Demon Cabbage ere how are you all? Its all good here at camp Wrong we been smoking our tweed and getting ourselves ready for our takeover at Glade Festival!!!! So bring your finest tweed down and have a right old knees up with the Wrong Music Crew!
Chevron says: "My new release "BN1 4GB" is available free on Acroplane."
iTAL tEK says: "Just finishing off some new tunes for Glade Festival next week...took some time out to do this little mix. As our Great British summer is hot one minute and wet the next here's a quick mix of bouncier party tunes and some deeper numbers. Some new bits by me and stuff that I'm feeling at the moment." [47MB MP3 on divshare] Tracklist in comments
Jansky Noise - Something good is going to happen (DVR040) Release date: 22 June 2009 Pressing: unlimited MP3 album All tracks recomposed by Jansky Noise/Andy MacGregor Compiled in Madrid for June 20th-21st 2009
Parasite - Conscious Reggae Mix for Charlie "Charlie Olsen passed away on 7th June 2009. He was my best friend, lover for a time, and like a brother to me. He was a true warrior and was always there for me when I needed him most. Charlie will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him, especially me. To celebrate and remember him I have laid down a selection of some of his favorite conscious reggae and hip hop tunes. The mix ranges from Sizzla, Damien Marley, Richie Spice and Willie Williams to Dead Prez, RZA (from the Ghost Dog soundtrack) and a bit of Stivs thrown in for good measure, which he used to pump from his bedroom window on Sunday mornings (much to the dissaproval of the church goers across the street)! Charlie, this one goes out to you bro. Love you always xxx" RIP Charlie. Whenever I met him he was a really nice and very funny guy.
miike Teknoist says: "the second FREE booster pack in the series comes from Michael J Rocks.. 2 animals regurgitating a 12 track feast in a mixed live set form for you to devour like some audio vomit scoffing deviant… this is across the board breakcore rave, from the pretty to the damn right institutionalised..
They made [their] mark on me while live so i thought it fitting that i released a live set…
please email me and ‘los demonios que oscilan’ and let us know what you think.. theres a few words and contact details from them offering the full seperate tracks if you want them
Tim Exile - 16bit Chainsaw Calligraphy live jam/remix
"A live mashup of this amazing 16bit tune using a patch I made in Reaktor using the Maschine controller from NI. FX on the pads and twisters, bar progress on the top 8 buttons, track section on the 8 buttons to the left of the pads." [original]
Quoting from a flyer Demon Cabbage gave me: "The Wrong Music Show is a weekly radio broadcast on Sound Art Radio, based in Darlington, South Devon. The 2hour show is hosted by Ebloa, Sorry and Judith Priest on Mondays from 10pm-12midnight and features "off kilter" music from established and up-and-coming bands + artists from around the globe. Listen to the show on 102.5FM (if you live in Totnes). For non-locals you can ctream it from: www.soundartradio.org.uk"
If, like me, you recorded Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle recently, rather than watch it as it went out, you will have missed the Red Button interviews after each show with Armando Iannucci. All six are now available on Lee's website. Highly recommended.
Steak House Records (Monkey Steak & Dub Boy) - Do You Want Chips With That? profiling the best new 8bit sounds, with tracks from BitSlap and Breakwhore
Syntheme says: "Here's the 3rd of BUN-E's monthly mixes, 30 minutes of fun from SUBEENA" [43MB ZIP] Tracklist 1. Monster X – Acid Bullman (Murder Channel) 2. Underground Resistance – Base Camp Alpha 808 3. Sarantis feat. Sick Crew – Focus (Senseless Records) 4. Skream – If you know (Tempa) 5. Blackmass Plastics – Future Past (Kanji Kinetic Remix) 6. Zomby – Aquafresh (Hyperdub) 7. Buraka Som Sistema – Luanda Lisboa 8. Stormfield – Dysorient (Bracket remix) 9. Pinch – Joyride (Tectonic) 10. Traject – 0718 (Creative Space) 11. Squire of Gothos – Pass Dem Poppaz 12. F – 0907 13. Subeena – Call it anger (Imminent recordings) 14. DeVille – Quente Demais (Kanji Kinetic Remix) – (Senseless Records)
zoMb3 - EXCLUSIVE MP3 LABEL!!!! "Available exclusively from AudioSickness.com now!! ZoMb3 #1 is the 1st in many batches of tracks from various monsters… the 1st being this lot of huge sounding breakcore-esque style goodness. As always, artwork done by the phenomenal ’splurj.com’ : I hope you enjoy Miike" DETEST . DURAN DURAN DURAN . ENDUSER . THE TEKNOIST [clips here]
maggots from sans culotte on Vimeo. Deathstorm is Maruosa on vocals und Bong-Ra noise, blasts and chainsaws. 7" out now on Hirntrust along with others from Deathstorm and Eustachian.
PERKID - Otherside Promo Mix [download link not working at the time of posting, I'll correct if it changes] Tracklist : 1. Vex'd - Crusher dub [Planet µ] 2. Boxcutter - Otherside dub rmx [Airflex Labs] 3. DJG - Bender [Pressing Issues] 4. Led piperz - Otherside dub [Airflex Labs] 5. Tes la rok - Ignition [Argon] 6. Ruf - Rudeboy Riddim [Red Volume] 7. Led piperz - Aerial [Airflex Labs] 8. Niveau zero - Cause of death [Destpub] 9. Pendulum - The other side [Breakbeat Kaos] Perkid Airfix
"Leeds legend and a man who surely can’t remain in the shadows of the underground for long, Prod makes his welcome debut on Dead Channel with a collection of gems from his personal archive.
"Multi instrumentalist, achingly talented and completely devoid of the sort of ego you normally associate with such things, Prod has honed his craft almost to the point of absolute perfection. Although this album lacks a lot of the vocal and instrumental elements that are such a feature of his new material (check the awesome new album ‘The Artworks Formerly known as Prints’ out now on Pollinate Records) it still has a musical depth that many attain to, yet few attain. Add to that a dose of fun, and a keen eye on the dance floor and you have what will, we’re sure, become a future Dead Channel classic."
Ubuntu Linux Release + 8-Bit Electro DJ Party "On April 23 [yesterday, sorry] San Francisco celebrates the release of Jaunty Jackalope, a.k.a. Ubuntu 9.04. This is the tenth major release of Ubuntu Linux: the most popular flavor of the most popular free operating system ever. Ubuntu California is hosting an all-out rumpus in the Tendernob, featuring a lineup of old and new school electro DJs making music on Linux, Linux robotics demonstrations courtesy of Orb SWARM, free Jackalope CDs, and a fat bearded dork wet Linux t-shirt contest (weather permitting)." 5 track sampler for download [31MB ZIP]
John Parish & Polly Jean Harvey guest on The Radcliffe & Maconie Show If you don't want to listen to the whole show, although it is very good, you can skip to the interviews and tracks at 26min (int & Blackhearted Love), 1hr12 (int & 16 15 14) and 1hr27 (int, Leaving California and 'Show And Tell' Beefheart track).
Sodcast "Hi people Here at Sustained Records HQ I have been busy setting up 2 exclusive MP3 stores where you can get your hands on a variety of Core n Bass MP3s. You can purchase MP3s of... The Teknoist - Theres Nothing Here For You Throttler – I Don’t Dance I:Gor – Obak I:gor – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder These tracks are still available on 12” from most decent online record stores. I have just set up Sustained Digital, a purely digital download side of the label. The first release is 2 tracks, ‘Flangebatter’ and ‘Alter of God’, by Jakub23, a rising star from Oxford in the UK. Check out http://sustainedrecords.ithinkmusic.com Or https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/catalog/?labelId=12692&contextType=labels&contextEntityId=12692&orderBy=releasePublishDate%20DESC The Memento Mori EP (SSTD003) has been postponed slightly but will be released on a 12” double pack very soon. It features 4 top notch, ear bending, soul wrenching tracks from DJ Hidden and I:Gor ... Clips of the tracks are available on www.myspace.com/sustainedrecords A. DJ Hidden – Earth Cry B. DJ Hidden – Ten Direction Ambush C. I:Gor – Were Not Most People D. I:Gor - Plastic Axe 10% of profit from every record and MP3 sale goes to environmental causes. Because I’m a caring sharing kind of guy i thought i would feed your ears a bit so here are a few links to some mixes you can download for free... MacheeeN Boi @ Tinnitus, Sheffield. 13.03.09 this was recorded live using Ableton and decks. (Check out www.myearsarebleeding.co.uk or www.myspace.com/tinnitussheffield for info on this sick night)
The entries to the Leafcutter John remix competition posted last week are piling in. you can hear those received so far here. They even include one from Planet Mu label mate Sunken Foul.
Polar Bear (with Leafy) at the Mountain of 8 minifestival at The Arnolfini in Bristol tonight for anyone interested. Dirty Projectors, Lucky Dragons, Tom Bugs and more also on the bill. "A special performance from the west country storm watching duo Silver Pyre featuring Tom Bugs, blending rural howls and angst with Detroit techno." Nice.
"Bruce Stallion (formally Black Rabbit) is the new project from Brighton based Dj Floorclearer (Guy Appleton), known for his frantic amen breakcore and for being part of the notorious Wrong Music party crew.
"Under his new guise guy seeks to meld his love of ridiculous arse shaking bass, the spirit of 90’s hardcore, Amiga game music and hip-hop. Mixing up dubstep, heavy bass and the occasional bit of bassline cheese he aims to make music that pleases the dance floor and the headphone listener by gently tweaking the party centres of the brain.
"Influenced by the likes of Zomby, Rustie, Drop the Lime and AC Slater, but with a sound and mood of its own, a kinda cough syrup hazed equivalent of the Outrun theme with 90’s rave piano. And lots of bass."
Parasite says: "I recently made a soundtrack and sound effects for a new Playstation 3 game called Savage Moon. It’s a tower defence strategy game available in Europe and USA on the PSN (Playstation Sony Network) download shop. Savage Moon is not currently available in Japan, so I decided to ask a few friends from Japan to remix the soundtrack in the hope that people there might like it enough to want to play the game. So if you live in Japan and like what you hear, please email Sony Japan at this address (https://www.jp.playstation.com/support/formSF/en/) and ask them to release Savage Moon in Japan!" Download the .zip file here: Savage-Moon-Remixes.zip or the torrent file here: http://www.mininova.org/tor/2385782 or here: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4778112.
Leafcutter John - Animated Graphic Score Played by York University Music Students