tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190928337562852862024-03-05T14:23:30.898+00:00the // sonic // minefieldJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.comBlogger511125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-17793836653166790722011-12-28T12:54:00.009+00:002012-01-02T20:28:50.610+00:00>>>Move Forward >>><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriosjWWAAZCeXl8TXNmkBIygcbZ4TwF1Gryo4ur32iunJpgP3mCxabgRBPeEtvyeXXWHMq9DmJ2m12IIgwC6fQe9H8z2jTce0_1DO3T9QLIsUDeQKbpV6bmncFFfnvTgrsLUCVc2NZfo/s1600/tumblr_luf21rKLoA1qzylvvo1_500.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhriosjWWAAZCeXl8TXNmkBIygcbZ4TwF1Gryo4ur32iunJpgP3mCxabgRBPeEtvyeXXWHMq9DmJ2m12IIgwC6fQe9H8z2jTce0_1DO3T9QLIsUDeQKbpV6bmncFFfnvTgrsLUCVc2NZfo/s400/tumblr_luf21rKLoA1qzylvvo1_500.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691164578613530466" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Let’s look to 2012 and check out some artists on the new side that I think are well worth keeping an ear out for. They’re in no real order and ultimately just people I want to hear more from next year, check it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Preditah</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">For reasons unknown he still hasn’t had a solo track out on wax, just the sick remix of Trim’s ‘I Am’ on Butterz, ‘Circle’ is a killer grime track that deserves some attention on wax. He’s got plenty more in the bag too. His style is rude yet slinky. He can twist out some serious beats that flow as hard as the hit.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Splurt Diablo</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Another badman grime producer, this time in the form of Family Tree’s Splurt Diablo. He’s another guy that hits it hard and differently. Alongside Preditah, Faze Miyake and Darq E Freaker they’re the guys killing it outside of the Butterz camp in grime right now.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Dro Carey</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Pretty sure I tipped him last year too and you know what he killed it and I’m still hyped for whats to come in ’12. He had some killer tracks on Trilogy Tapes, Hum & Buzz as well as Ramp. I’d love to see what he can do over a full length but I’d settle for a handful of killer 12”s again any day. His sound is twisted.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Champion</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He had a big year in ’11 bring out consistent 12”s of UK Funky, something scene hasn’t quite come to terms with doing outside of a select few for some reason. I’ve got a feeling his ’11 highlights are just the tip of the iceberg though; ‘Lose Control’, ‘Lighter’ and ‘Sensitivity’ with vocals from Ruby Lee Ryder are too big.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Jhene Aiko</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">She made a quality mixtape in ’11 that I just kept going back to. It hit the spot for me in that dreamy R&B vibe where The Weeknd, Drake and Frank Ocean couldn’t. Her voice is sublime and the beats feel pretty effortless. I’d settle for something as quality as ‘Stranger’ in ’12 and I’ll leave happy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Kevin McPhee</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He’s been impressive with a run of 12”s for [Nakedlunch], Hypercolour, Idle Hands and remixes on Fourth Wave, Man Make Music over the last year but I bet its only the tip of the iceberg. His sound is deeply twisted and hypnotic sitting somewhere between deep house, bass and hyper coloured synth experiments. Well worth a look.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Gerry Read</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gerry has been on the radar for a while making some seriously deep dub infused techno for the likes of Dark Arx, but by the end of the year he really spread his wings with a twisted take on deep house and bass vibes for Fourth Wave that really grabbed my attention. He just keeps rolling out the odd ball bangers, so I can’t wait for his ’12 material.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Teeth</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">‘Shawty’ was such a wicked track; it really grabbed your attention. He dropped several other quality releases in ’11 too, yet I can just see him making another anthem in ’12 simply because one of the best tracks I’ve heard from him ‘Vibrate’ still hasn’t hit wax.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Lando Kal</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">As half of Lazer Sword he’s always been a load of fun, but Lando broke out this year with some quality R&B sampling, colour fuelled synth vibes of his own, taking in house, garage and bass like many had in ’11 but his twist on it oozed quality and banged hard. Tracks for Hotflush and Rush Hour really caught my ear, more is welcome, vibes.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Vessel</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Vessel is part of the Young Echo collective out of Bristol who are doing a lot right now and the EP on Left Blank showed us another reason why they’re on to something. Like a few of my other tips Vessel seem to sit in their own world between deep dubbed out house, twisted synth experiments and hefty bass weight. I’m pretty hypnotised.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Lapalux</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">After a quality showing on his SR mix this year he really got me on board, with a Brainfeeder release on the way he’s been grabbing the attention of the likes of FlyLo by the sounds of things too. His EP on Pictures Music this year was quality. That dusty, decayed, twisted take on beat music really sucks you in.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >El Kid</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mixing twisted electronics akin to post-punk/synth experiments with dance beats El Kid has nailed it with a 12” on Left Blank in ’11 and also showed his slow burning funk’d up house vibes on Immerse. El Kid has reach and I can’t wait to hear what he comes up with next. He’s part of the Young Echo crew out of Bristol, they’re all well worth a watch, keep an eye on Kahn, Zhou, Vessel & Jabu too.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Torus</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Day dreaming, early morning hangover music of the highest order, sink in and feel the vibes. He’s from The Hague and makes some irresistibly neat and subtle electronics with a bright twisted atmosphere. Keep an ear to the ground for this one.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Brey</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He’s a badman that’s been kind of keeping it on the down low this last year, I first tripped up on one of his beats inside one of those epic free zips Butterz gave away. It was a mad percussive remix of one of their beats; I just had to investigate more. His sound is twisted as you can hear in his remix of Javeon McCarthy’s ‘Love Without A Heart’ which easily out does the original for me. Hopefuly he’ll ease out something freaky for us in 2012.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Ossie</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">With other Hyperdub artists DVA and Cooly G dropping albums in ’12, which I’m also looking forward to, I just hope that Ossie has similar ambitions because he’s a killer producer with some serious scope. Plus I can’t get ‘Tarantula’ and ‘Set The Tone’ out of my head so I’m seriously in need for more where that came from.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Swing Ting</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Raw, low slung and swung UK funky hybrids are the call of the day for this lot and I’m all for it, they have a hip-hop swagger to them somehow too. They’ve kept it dark and hard with their 12”s in ’11 you can place them somewhere between Mosca’s slinky rawness, Breach’s rudeboy workouts and the spaced out vibes of Beneath and that isn’t a bad place to be.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Beneath</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">They sound like the dark underbelly of UK Funky, like a neverland where Youngsta rules. Its heavy, dark and swung, just the way we like it. The debut EP on No Symbols isn’t far off dropping and it’s just the tip of the iceberg if the mix he did for Blackdown is anything to go by.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >NKC</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He’s got a raw energetic dance floor thing going on has NKC, his Pyramid’s EP on Forefront really hit the spot for me. It’s a tough UK funky hybrid with some bashy attitude and a house lean that sits somewhere between Cosmin TRG’s Rush Hour vibes on tracks like ‘Sirop’ and my next pick, Presk... He brings the energy and gets things moving, can’t wait for more.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Presk</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He really hit a vibe with his release on Fourth Wave this year, a twisted broken, sample laced, big and bashy dance floor vibe. He later paired it with some garage slink and techy sounds for 12”s on Doc Daneeka’s Ten Thousand Yen label and Audio Culture with another Dutch badman Cinnaman. His tracks have rarely been out of my record bag and I would love more to join them.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Objekt</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He makes some solid slabs of broken bass heavy techno akin to 2562/A Made Up Sound. He’s already dropped some quality #’d 12”s on his own label and a big remix for SBTRKT amongst others. He’s just getting started and alongside guys like Blawan and Pariah and their Karenn project they’re keeping raw techno vibes alive.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >TRC</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">When he showed up on Butterz this year I couldn’t stop playing ‘Skipping Rope’ it’s a twisting flexing slab of grimy bassline that I couldn’t help but move to. Tracks from that EP kept coming back too, TRC found himself as the foundation for two of the best vocal grime tracks around in ’11 when Trim rode ‘I Am’ and Royal T did a twisted garage take on ‘Oo Aa Ee’ for the killer ‘Boo You’ with P Money, Blacks and Stickman. I’m itching for more fire from TRC in ’12.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >DJ Q</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">His 1Xtra show is one of the only reasons to tune into the station his bassline, meets garage and grime vibes have been killing it. He’s one hell of a selecta and no slouch when it comes to production too, his remix of S-X ‘wooo’ bred a new lease of life into the already addictive track when it dropped on Butterz earlier in the year, plus his outing on BBK’s Tropical 2 was pure summer time vibes. But when the killer refix ‘Brandy & Coke’ drops next year on a cheeky white for Local Action he could really have a runaway dance floor bomb on his hands.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Nguzunuguzu</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">With their mix ‘The Perfect Lullaby’ they fused that Night Slugs, UK Bass vibe to R&B and made some seriously luscious refixes to great effect. Then killed it later in the year with an EP on Kingdom’s Fade To Mind label with a spooked out bashy, drum machine wielding, synth heavy selection that was pretty irresistible.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Ruby Lee Ryder</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">She’s absolutely killed it in ’11 on just two tracks: Terror Danjah’s rawkus big room grime anthem ‘Full Attention’ and Champion’s bumpy funky number ‘Sensitivity’. I don’t think I’ve been this hyped about a UK funk vocalist since I heard Katy B on ‘As I’ or ‘Tell Me’. Hopefully we’ll see Ruby Lee keep on the sick beats from people like that for a while yet, because it sounds far too good. We can only dream of pop this raw and fun to spread in ’12... Maybe with vocalists like Ruby Lee, Terri Walker, Lily McKenzie and Miss Fire the UK is onto something.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >LHF</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">They’re another one I tipped last year and they didn’t slouch either continuing their killer shows on Sub FM and dropping a quality handful of 12”s on Keysound from various producers in the crew. They still sound like no one else, they make their own world and its one I want to hear more of. More 12”s, more sets, maybe an album and I’m more than happy.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Main Attrakionz</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">In ’11 the Green Ova gang kinda nailed that spaced out euphoric vibe on their countless mixtapes. ASAP Rocky and Lil B kind of took the attention when it came to that Clams Casino vibe in hip-hop in ’11 but for me Main Attrakionz where way ahead of the pack and it’s something I hope they keep rolling in the new year.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I’ve already gone on for too long and have no doubt missed a bunch but there you go, happy New Year. Keep it locked.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style=" font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Honorable Mentions: Helix, Golau Glau, Ghosting Season, Young L, Logos, Visionist, Kahn, Dropping Gems, Wanda Group, DjRUM, Artifact, King Louie. Knowing Looks, Gang Colours, Pedestrian, Gunplay, Ifan Dafydd, Palace, Mosca, 5kinandbone5, Cooly G, Tom Trago, Bok Bok, Throwing Snow, Manny, Hookworms, Space Dimention Controller, Hype Williams, Laurel Halo, Jam City, Damu, Erra, Alex Zen, Starlito, Royal T, Kowton, Maxmillion Dunbar, Darksky, Walton, Funkystepz, T.Williams, Nochexxx, October, Outboxx, Hodge, Maya Jane Coles, DVA, Chairman Kato, J.G.</span></span><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-65792655876599281432011-11-04T11:15:00.004+00:002011-11-04T11:42:52.615+00:00Golau Glau presents: Libraries & Vinyl / Saturday 12th November, 2.30pm @ Test Space, Leeds.<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://golauglau.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/ggpostertsl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 620px; height: 877px;" src="http://golauglau.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/ggpostertsl.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>My favourite silver pop duo/project Golau Glau are running an exhibition at the Test Space in Leeds from 10th-13th November 2011. They’re an interesting one, an anonymous collective that caught my ear a while back so much so we at SR caught up with them and gave away an EP earlier in the <a href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/2011/04/premiere-golau-glaus-somato/">year</a>. So when they ask for me to head down the road with some records I’m more than willing...<br /><br />In their <a href="http://golauglau.wordpress.com/2011/10/15/golau-glau-first-exhibition-coming-soon/">words</a> the Exhibition will feature...<br /><br />‘A new sound and photography work about the closure of public libraries, ‘Public Interest’, and a selection of other sound works, videos and photographs by Golau Glau. There will be a programme/zine to accompany the exhibition, and it’s free to get in’.<br /><br />As well as that they’ve put together a killer opening line-up featuring some serious local talent: Hookworms are doing their thing live so expect a psyched-out dream-like stare rock vibe from them. Runners are turning in a DJ set, so it sounds like we’re in for a mad one there. Plus Ewan Jamieson from the ace local photo site A Negative Narrative touches down with a set of his own. You know its all people Golau Glau like...<br /><br />EXHIBITION LAUNCH: Thursday 10th November, 7.30pm, FREE ENTRY<br /><br />All well and good you say, but here comes the (other) good bit...<br /><br />‘James Balf from <a href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/">Sonic Router</a> will be playing a laid-back vinyl-only DJ set and Lauren Smith from <a href="http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/">Voices for the Library</a> is doing a talk on public library closures’<br /><br />Yeah I’ll be spinning a 90-odd min selection for Golau Glau right after the talk from Lauren. I’ve never played after a lass talking about library closures before so it should be a nice change of pace. Plus this is one of the reason I love Golau Glau they keep it outside the box and get some interesting ideas rolling. I figure they feel the passion and energy people have for the two subjects make for an interesting juxtaposition. One that’ll make for an event that’ll reach a different audience than it usually would.<br /><br />Head down Thursday for some bands, I’m hoping to make it. Then reach on Saturday where I’ll be playing a laid back selection of oddities, slow motion house, synth explorations, plenty of bass and anything else I can fit in my record bag.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Test Space are event producers, promoters, artists and curators. Test Space is also currently a physical space in the centre of Leeds, hosting exhibitions, gigs, live performance, theatre, pop up restaurants and club nights.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Test Space, Unit 2-4 Melbourne Street, Leeds LS2 7PS</span><br /><br /><a href="http://golauglau.wordpress.com/">http://golauglau.wordpress.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/">http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk</a><br /><a href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/">http://www.sonicrouter.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.testspaceleeds.com">www.testspaceleeds.com</a><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-42506913239984101722011-07-21T19:20:00.002+01:002011-07-21T19:27:17.341+01:00Trim – I Am [Butterz]<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuYxE5aCBpHgqRyxlEMET_yzno9FMHXKx8d3Ud-alQGVGFNMW90Asl5LHvUJBYy9_yTXIqKaKV9_2AB91v1ybf6V1xOsssMOAuuSxTzbj1SdOgmxW0Em9wiH_JHNlFte63PaNs1jNG7o/s1600/BR008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUuYxE5aCBpHgqRyxlEMET_yzno9FMHXKx8d3Ud-alQGVGFNMW90Asl5LHvUJBYy9_yTXIqKaKV9_2AB91v1ybf6V1xOsssMOAuuSxTzbj1SdOgmxW0Em9wiH_JHNlFte63PaNs1jNG7o/s320/BR008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5631873797093849090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Trim is prolific, this year alone he’s released four mixtapes. The grime scene veteran, ex-Roll Deep member and an undisputed grime war hero that isn’t shy of barring with the best has been on one of late, he seems revitalised as his ehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifpic work rate suggest. He’s got something to say and the beats to back it up. The last time he hit wax was on an experimental eski-esq banger from Becoming Real and that’s just the tip of the ice-burg when it comes to Trim taking on some seriously out there beats. He’s barred on everyone from Starkey to Harmonic 313 in a quest to explore new ground. Hooking up with Butterz seems natural, they’ve been putting out quality instrumentals the last few years that always hit hard but kept it interesting too plus they’ve been crying out for full vocal treatment after some hardcore radio testing with some fine MCs on Rinse.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Trust Butterz to get some quality cuts from Trim and put them on wax, picking Trim after the garage leaning grime banger ‘Boo You’ from P Money & Blacks is a no brainer. They keep that </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/2011/04/interview-elijah-talks-as-butterz-mark-phase-2/">‘Phase Two’</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> vision on track by bringing in the MCs and continues to expand their sound. Here Trim vocals two absolute percy’s from the Butterz impressive back catalogue: TRC’s ‘Skipping Rope’ and D.O.K.’s ‘Chemical Planet’ with a remix of the title track from Birmingham’s Preditah to round off the package.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">TRC’s instro does exactly what it says on the label, it’s got that skip and Trim hits his stride with his vocal version ‘I Am’ with a tight flow that matches the supple beat bar for bar. Those midi hi-hats and horns next to those irresistibly funky synth lines have that melancholic vibe that suits the introspective self depreciating bars he spits, lines like ‘Put myself in a pickle and belittle myself, piggy in the middle trying to wiggle myself out, I’m the only one who can let myself down’ or ‘East side we’ve got flees, sniffs, we’ve got weed’ and the chorus ‘this is what I am...’ really fit that down key synth melody. But that track still has that grime edge, since the skip is relentless and the synth bright enough to bring out that dark-side humour Trim has which also means it fits that confidence and bravado of lines such as ‘Trim’s in the rave don’t bring your girl out’, ‘I’m a star I can light the sky, with no fireworks’ or the twisted ‘when I creep I have the whole room crawling’ just as well. It’s Trim being Trim you get what you see.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Preditah turns in a filter heavy remix of ‘I Am’, that still manages to keep that sweeping synth funk but adds a stop start kicking rhythm to replace that energetic bump the original has, it’s got a moody edge to it that suits Trim’s vocals especially on the chorus. The skippy flow Trim brings in his bars play off the laid back widescreen energy of Preditah’s instro to add a nice bit of tension that really teases out the introspection and turns the track from a bumping party track to a late night blazer, the mood is flipped.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The flip ‘Notice Now’ see’s Trim upping the aggression over D.O.K.’s Sonic inspired banger ‘Chemical Planet’, he rides that tough funk with some serious bravado, chatting about how you’ve got to take note and when he goes in like he does on this 12” it’s hard not to agree. If you wade into his stream of mixtapes this year you get sizeable glimpses of just how good Trim is but that star really shines when you get a concentrated dose such as this.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://trimcrises.com/">http://trimcrises.com/</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.butterz.co.uk/">http://www.butterz.co.uk/</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://butterzrecords.bigcartel.com/">http://butterzrecords.bigcartel.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Originally written for </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/2011/07/recommended-pritch-trim-%e2%80%93-stereotypetrim-%e2%80%93-i-am-planet-mubutterz/">Sonic Router</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-18887249468912827832011-06-30T09:55:00.003+01:002011-06-30T10:03:52.831+01:00Sonic Router at Fabric This Friday<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/246660_10150195155937379_134600757378_7326927_3693978_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 500px; height: 700px;" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/246660_10150195155937379_134600757378_7326927_3693978_n.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">We’re very honoured to be hosting room three at Fabric alongside some of our favourite labels Hessle Audio and Tectonic this Friday. Get down early since the bill is jam packed with names you don’t want to miss. Plus Sonic Router DJs will be kicking off proceedings in room three: MLR 10-11 & Me (jimitheexploder) 11-12.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">You still have a little time to enter our competition to win tickets by heading over </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/2011/06/competition-win-tickets-to-sr-x-fabric-this-friday/">here</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">See you down the front.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.fabriclondon.com/">http://www.fabriclondon.com/</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/">http://www.sonicrouter.com/</a><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-14198095910401134892011-05-25T12:49:00.005+01:002011-05-25T12:54:11.167+01:00XXXY, My Panda Shall Fly, Nightwave, Throwing Snow, 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The line-up is big and there events are solid, it’ll be a good way to start your long bank holiday weekend. Then I’m switching it up in Hull with Forefront Recordings: head honcho Webstarr is putting together a soundclash and invited me along. He just put out a record from Slackk and has one on the way from NKC and they both sound like hot ones. If you’re in the area drop in it’ll be live. </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Grab the promo mix I did for God Don’t Like It bellow.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Kevin McPhee – Get in With You (LV remix) [[Nakedlunch]]<br />Mau’lin – Deeper Than the Sun [Ho Tep]<br />Boddika – Soul What [Swamp 81]<br />FaltyDL – Hip Love [Ramp]<br />Unknown Artist – Unknown [Analogue Solutions]<br />Head High – It’s A Love Thing (Piano Invasion) [Power House]<br />Thomas Bangalter – I Don’t Know Why [Roulé]<br />Maurice Donovan – Satisfied [ssssssss]<br />Funkystepz – Fuller [Hyperdub]<br />Champion – Loose Control [Hardrive]<br />Ossie – Tarantula [Lightworks]<br />Elgato – Music (Body Mix) [Hessle Audio]<br />DJ Qu – Babyluv [Strength Music]<br />Addison Groove – Minuets of Funk [3024]<br />Dark Sky – High Rise [Blunted Robots]<br />Desto – Glass Clouds [Ramp]<br />Silkie – Float [Deep Medi]<br />Alex Zen – Pimp Shoes [Berkane Sol]<br />S-X – Woooo (DJ Q Remix) [Butterz]<br />Teeth – Shawty [502]<br />Ekoplekz – Dayton Romance [Mordant Music]</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">More. <a href="http://www.goddontlikeit.co.uk/post/5541909637/we-are-very-much-looking-forward-to-having-jimi">http://www.goddontlikeit.co.uk/post/5541909637/we-are-very-much-looking-forward-to-having-jimi</a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><object width="100%" height="81"><param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15352061&"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F15352061&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%" height="81"></embed></object><span><a 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verdana;" class="MsoNormal">Since this weekend is a long slow hot Easter weekend I’m going to play it as such so tune in for a slow burning, spaced out, BBQ lighting, sun beaming session. We’re going to take it from 110 upwards, I’m keeping it long and loose. Long blends, deep grooves, BBQ beats.</p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal">It’s the Easter, eggs out warm down. All wax, crackle included, keep locked for DJ dates in May.</p><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal">My last show can be found <a href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/2011/03/radio-sonic-router-x-hivemind-fm-xpldr-session-27-03-2011/">here</a>.<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><object style="font-family: verdana;" width="300" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=106"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="flashVars" value="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/sonicrouter/sonic-router-x-hivemindfm-xpldr-session-27032011.json&embed_uuid=49694128-5227-497f-8583-33fd614d4eb9&embed_type=widget_standard"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=106" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/sonicrouter/sonic-router-x-hivemindfm-xpldr-session-27032011.json&embed_uuid=49694128-5227-497f-8583-33fd614d4eb9&embed_type=widget_standard" width="300" height="300"></embed></object><p style="display: block; font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana; margin: 0pt; padding: 3px 4px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/sonicrouter/sonic-router-x-hivemindfm-xpldr-session-27032011/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=cloudcast_link" target="_blank" style="color:#02a0c7; font-weight:bold;">Sonic Router X Hivemind.Fm: Xpldr Session - 27.03.2011</a> by <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/sonicrouter/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=profile_link" target="_blank" style="color:#02a0c7; font-weight:bold;">Sonic Router</a> on <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=homepage_link" target="_blank" style="color:#02a0c7; font-weight:bold;"> Mixcloud</a></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;" class="MsoNormal">Archive and tracklist on SR later...</p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.hivemind.fm/"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">http://www.hivemind.fm/</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:Calibri;" ><br /></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.mixcloud.com/sonicrouter/"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">http://www.mixcloud.com/sonicrouter/</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:Calibri;" ><br /></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.facebook.com/SonicRouterLDN"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">http://www.facebook.com/SonicRouterLDN</span></a><span style="font-family: verdana;font-family:Calibri;" ><br /></span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/"><span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">http://www.sonicrouter.com/</span></a> <span style="mso-bidi-mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;font-family:Calibri;" ></span></p>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-34491445589698835302011-04-16T10:51:00.002+01:002011-04-16T10:58:00.217+01:00Ekoplekz – Memowrekz [Mordant Music]<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ekoplekz_640.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 640px; height: 333px;" src="http://www.sonicrouter.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/ekoplekz_640.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ekoplekz first came into view via. Punch Drunk late last year and it was an unexpected and downright refreshing release for the label that acted like a pallet cleanser. Not many people expected a dubbed-out beat-less noisy analogue freak out from one of the leading lights of the, for want of a better word… dubstep scene. Peverelist’s open policy of putting out pretty much anything he’s feeling as long as you’re from Bristol paid off yet again though. When you dig a bit deeper the move makes a lot of sense, noisy freak outs aren’t to far removed from dubtsep’s outer limits as the label in question here: Mordant Music has been working with another Bristol freak from the scene Shackleton for years, he draws together those distant yarns in his own way. You can connect threads further field too: Ben UFO pretty much played a noise set the other night on </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://relay.exequo.org/rinsefm/podcast/HessleAudio030311.mp3">Rinse</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">, debuting some extreme guitar excursions by </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.thetrilogytapes.com/blog/2011/03/4952/">Andrew Coltrane</a><span style="font-family: verdana;"> from Trilogy Tapes that’s a label who’ve dropped a 12” from Dro Carey who has been known to get a bit dissonant with his sound pallet all while keeping that dance slant rolling, same goes for Egyptrixx and his noisy past you hear filter into his Night Slugs… Then you have the general love for people like Hype Williams and Forest Swords from the scene… But right now we’re concentrating on the latest long-player/double-cassette and don’t worry digital collection from Bristol’s improvisational analogue experimentalist Ekoplekz. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Memowrekz is an epic thirty three track workout of dub infused dissonant synth music, it’s a tough one to pin down. It’s the sound of the Radiophonic workshop on a bender, blazed-out taking Dr. Who on an adventure through cavernous warehouse full of abandoned synths and dub records, in some sort of alternative universe where they’ve come alive, joined forces and have minds of their own. But this time the Doctor just chills out and vibes off the mutant soundboy’s and rolls another… It’s a dystopian vision but one that draws you in, it’s dissonant but never gets overtly confrontational. Its tough to draw comparisons, the record sits somewhere within that bunch of freaks on Olde English Spelling Bee: Stella Om Source and maybe even Forest Swords, its got the synths of one and the heavy dub of the other. But that’s to simplistic… You could draw lines with the Not Not Fun stable: Sun Araw’s and Peaking Lights dub-psych jams, both the heavy and breezy angles... It even fits next to Oneohtrix Point Never, but its way more free flowing, compelling and as much as I dig last years ‘Returnal’ it seems simplistic and rigid compared to Ekoplekz. This is the album I wish that one was in some ways.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The free flowing nature of these tracks brought on by the improvisational nature of the way Ekoplekz works really shows and pays dividends. Deep synth squiggles get shaped before your eyes. Beats bubble under, when they appear at all. Echo drenched surges of noise build layers of intensity on top of the warm synth tones. It’s intertwined with the odd bass and guitar line, dropped deep into the synthetic ocean of sound. The aesthetic should surely be harder work than it is, but Memowerkz makes for a really enjoyable listen. Blissful bright passages making each tonal change in mood and texture really pop, the extremes are balanced with ease, it’ll grab you, draw you in and take you somewhere you wouldn’t expect. Ekoplekz and Mordant Music are a killer combination: wrap your ears around this.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mix: </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://electronicexplorations.org/the-show/146-ekoplekz/">Electronic Explorations #146: Ekoplekz</a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://ekoplekznews.wordpress.com/%20">http://ekoplekznews.wordpress.com/ </a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://soundcloud.com/ekoplekz">http://soundcloud.com/ekoplekz</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.mordantmusic.com/">http://www.mordantmusic.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Originally written for the revamped and fresh looking: </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/">http://www.sonicrouter.com/</a><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-58330568866997511382011-03-26T15:34:00.001+00:002011-03-26T15:36:30.077+00:00Sonic Router x Hivemind x Xpldr Session // 27.03.11 @ 10-12pm GMT<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://thumb1.mixcloud.com/w/300/h/300/q/85/upload/images/extaudio/6584c2ad-536e-4d37-a68f-0677fbe62d5d.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://thumb1.mixcloud.com/w/300/h/300/q/85/upload/images/extaudio/6584c2ad-536e-4d37-a68f-0677fbe62d5d.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">This Sunday 10-12pm GMT I’m back on Hivemind FM for Sonic Router lock in to hear a load of fresh wax on the Xpldr Session. Big up Oli for the last show which you can find in the archives on our mixcloud along with our other shows. Scribble it down: every second and fourth Sunday of the month, lock in, and end your week with SR. Join our facebook group for updates and listen to our track of the day while you’re at it.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.hivemind.fm/">http://www.hivemind.fm/</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.mixcloud.com/sonicrouter/">http://www.mixcloud.com/sonicrouter/</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.facebook.com/SonicRouterLDN">http://www.facebook.com/SonicRouterLDN</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/">http://www.sonicrouter.com/</a><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-18012496355094938442011-03-01T17:27:00.002+00:002011-03-01T17:30:34.496+00:00Esben & The Witch – Violet Cries [Matador]<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2010/10/Esben-And-The-Witch-Violet-Cries.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 608px; height: 613px;" src="http://cdn.stereogum.com/files/2010/10/Esben-And-The-Witch-Violet-Cries.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Brooding post-rock addled haunted indie soundscapes are what Brighton trio Esben & The Witch deal in. They’ve been on my radar since the very promising EP ‘33’ appeared a year ago, meanwhile they’ve been honing their skills at gigs and in the studio. Only to get picked up by indie big guns Matador, they even landed a spot on the BBC sound of poll and unleash this, their debut album. It’s an assured slow burning long player that shows a young band with plenty of vision and a load of potential. To my ears at least they can sound like If Zola Jesus had a slightly more epic, atmospheric hazy sound and binged on post-rock then you’d get somewhere close, there is a haunted disconcerting beauty to them both. If you took Warpaint out of their garage and recorded them having a near death experience through blown amplifiers in a bigger garage with more plug sockets for drum machines and effects units, you wouldn’t be far off either. They even stand quite well with Laurel Halo’s off-kilter lo-fi pop too. It cold even be said there’s a hint of Portishead in there somewhere but that’s enough comparisons: on with the album.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">They build soundscapes that slowly unveil: opener ‘Argyria’ melts into view before teasing a more song like structure then seeping into the next track ‘Marching Song’ which makss a welcome re-appearance from the ‘33’ EP and its sounding better than ever its all high drama and pent up tension. The melancholy, delicate beauty of ‘Marine Fields Grow’ is one to really sink into. We’re really rolling with the one two punch of ‘Chorea’ and ‘Warpath’ slap bang in the middle of the record. They both have a bit of drive and intensity its where the album starts to burst into energy, emerging out of the hazy unsettling dreamscapes into something more sinister. ‘Chorea’ has some seriously luscious shimmering guitars, machine drums and sweeping vocal melodies. While ‘Warpath’ runs with a different kind of energy, there is a melodic, other-worldly spiky almost HEALTH-like post-punk shimmer to the guitar lines before it all drops into a spaced out state of bliss.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">We get all tender again with ‘Eumendies’ hushed tones, layers of sound and bubbling building electronics that flow out of the quite before getting a bit twisted and upping the energy and fragmenting into bursts of noise and haunted melody and back again then right when you least expect it, an indie disco thump... The final track ‘Swans’ chimes, drones and rings into effect and ushers Violet Cries out in fine off centre style that goes from haunting dissonant passages of shimmering melody it’s a sweet low key ending. Esben & The Witch are a young band that have really found their feet with the debut album, they’re still growing and mutating but they’ve got confidence in their sound and it shows. The song writing, vocals and soundscapes all come together beautifully. Violet Cries is an interesting listen and a solid record, they’re ones to keep an eye on, they’ll be one of the best new bands around for a while.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video: </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0nGE686qZU">Esben & The Witch - Warpath</a><br /><br /><iframe style="font-family: verdana;" title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/k0nGE686qZU" allowfullscreen="" width="640" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Buy: </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://esbenandthewitch.bigcartel.com/">http://esbenandthewitch.bigcartel.com/</a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.esbenandthewitch.co.uk/">http://www.esbenandthewitch.co.uk/</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.matadorrecords.com/">http://www.matadorrecords.com/</a><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-63847804242259682502011-02-26T13:03:00.003+00:002011-02-26T13:08:35.831+00:00Sonic Router x Hivemind x The Xpldr Session // 27.02.2011 @ 10-12pm GMT<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://thumb1.mixcloud.com/w/300/h/300/q/85/upload/images/extaudio/6584c2ad-536e-4d37-a68f-0677fbe62d5d.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://thumb1.mixcloud.com/w/300/h/300/q/85/upload/images/extaudio/6584c2ad-536e-4d37-a68f-0677fbe62d5d.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_JustifyFull" title="" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 13);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" alt="Justify Full" class="gl_align_full" border="0" /></span></span></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >‘Catch Jimi The Exploder presenting The Xpldr Session for Sonic Router every 4th Sunday at the same time from 27th Feb 2011’</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Yeah I’m stepping up from my ustream sessions to hosting my first radio show on Hivemind FM this weekend for Sonic Router. I’ll be taking over every fourth Sunday of the month @ 10-12pm GMT from Oli, he’s still doing the second Sunday of every month so you know. Just a quick heads up to remind people it’s coming. Get ready to lock in, jump in the chat room. Expect a range of vibes, loads of beats and bass. It’s going to be live!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Listen: <a href="http://www.hivemind.fm/">http://www.hivemind.fm/</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Archive: <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/sonicrouter/">http://www.mixcloud.com/sonicrouter/</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">http://www.sonicrouter.com/</span></a><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-24036974033301295642011-02-05T10:36:00.002+00:002011-02-05T10:43:43.508+00:00LHF – EP2: The Line Path [Keysound]<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.boomkat.com/images/406071/333.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 333px;" src="http://static.boomkat.com/images/406071/333.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">LHF are a shadowy organisation and to be honest that’s just the way we like it. They comprise of a production crew of about seven. They keep it tight and have built a world of their own that seems both far-reaching and contained all at once. You never know which way they’re going to turn next when you listen to their sets but it always fits and sounds unmistakeably LHF. The Line Path EP is split between producers Amen Ra and Double Helix two of the group’s core members.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Double Helix keeps the bumping rhythmic dubtep patterns going like on the previous EP. The horn samples give ‘Chamber of Light’ a Wu Tang kind of feel when they hit, well Wu Tang if they also featured Mala on the buttons. The drums and space are as infectious as ever; Double Helix has got a way with programming that really gets things bumping. Tablas, woodblocks and all manner of percussive nuggets just keep rolling on the next track ‘Bass 2 Dark’ too. Bursts of jabbering bass synths hit out of the rhythmic shuffle and pulsing sub bass.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Amen Ra’s track ‘Candy Rain’ sounds like it could be taken from the Brainfeeder stable, its got a similar de-tuned, melted vibe that a lot of Samiyam’s work has. The unlikely coupling of what sounds like an accordion or a synth version of it, steppy rhythms and warm lazy bass tones give the track a bright lilting funk. It’s undoubtedly a highlight. He rounds of the 12” with a techy dystopian vision on ‘Trifle’, its all dusty driving synths and gritty textures played like the soundtrack to a sci-fi race scene set in the ruins of Detroit.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Line Path wets the appetite, which is a good thing considering the amount of quality material they’ve got. It’s just the tip of the iceberg. Two EPs in and I’m already hoping an album is on the horizon.</span><br /><br /><iframe style="font-family: verdana;" title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TXoRe2SQBtk" allowfullscreen="" width="480" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.myspace.com/raizms">http://www.myspace.com/raizms</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.myspace.com/helixier">http://www.myspace.com/helixier</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=343822987445">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=343822987445</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/">http://blackdownsoundboy.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Amen Ra & Vibezin Live @ The Boiler Room</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://boilerroom.tv/amen-ra-vibezins-60-min-mix/">http://boilerroom.tv/amen-ra-vibezins-60-min-mix/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Originally written for </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/">Sonic Router</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-52713327614535544162011-01-27T23:58:00.003+00:002011-01-28T00:02:21.704+00:00Royal T – Orangeade EP [Butterz]<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://static.boomkat.com/images/405042/333.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 333px;" src="http://static.boomkat.com/images/405042/333.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">With a few 12”s already under his belt as well as some impressive tracks here and there Royal T has been making all the right moves, ‘Beat Fighter’ and his ‘Hot Ones’ remix have barely left the bag since they dropped. So here he is with his latest EP on Butterz, who’ve had a hell of a run lately with percy’s from TRC and DOK still very much fresh in the mind, plus the much called for vinyl release of the sublime ‘Wooo’ riddim by SX, anyway on with the T. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Fizz and bubble into action with ‘Orangeade’ a rhythmically skippy hyped up grime weapon that bangs hard with enough intensity to keep floors alight. Atmospheric pads and synth whines shuffle into bumpy beats and big bass tones to great effect on this one, it oozes hyper-funk. Remember a cheeky Beastie Boys single called ‘Alive’ well ‘Whistle Song’ isn’t it but the whistle melody does make me want to sing ‘dip dip dive, so-socialise open up your ears and open up your eyes’ over the top of it. In fact it sounds like what would happen if Daft Punk did too many lines of coke/glasses of orangeade whipped out the talky-box, lived in Bow and remixed it at 140bpm. Which obviously means it’s a catchy little banger... The return on the devil mix concept is a welcome one, especially when it’s done well. In the hands of the likes of Zomby, Untold and more recently </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://soundcloud.com/logos262/logos-kowloon-1-devil-mix-1">Logos</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> the beat-less/restrained twisted grime instro pioneered by Wiley is an inspired creation. Royal T also pulls it off on ‘Music Please (Devil Mix)’ morphing the hyped up synth leads into a pent up hypnotic gem that keeps on brooding.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Royal T is really starting to show his versatility and is growing into his own now ‘Orangeade’ bangs differently. They’ll be plenty more on the horizon too as you’ll no doubt know if you’ve heard his slinky garage remix of TRC on the radio recently. He shows some serious breadth and quality keep an eye out. Just a quick word on the promo video too the OGz: P Money, Lil Dee and Blacks go in hard they’re tight and sharp on T’s beats its one of the best promos around.</span><br /><br /><iframe style="font-family: verdana;" title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IwTgH-ORsks" allowfullscreen="" width="640" frameborder="0" height="390"></iframe><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Buy: </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://butterzrecords.bigcartel.com/">http://butterzrecords.bigcartel.com/</a><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.butterz.co.uk/">http://www.butterz.co.uk/</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://royaltmusic.tumblr.com/">http://royaltmusic.tumblr.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Originally written for </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/">Sonic Router</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. Check out the <a href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/2011/01/interview-royal-t-butterz.html">Interview and Mix</a>.</span><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-21923436678450268312011-01-20T13:06:00.002+00:002011-01-20T13:23:47.459+00:00Dro Carey – Venus Knock EP [The Trilogy Tapes]<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thetrilogytapes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Dro-stamp-480x320.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 480px; height: 320px;" src="http://www.thetrilogytapes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Dro-stamp-480x320.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">The young Australian producer is one to keep an eye on this year; his blend of haunted hip-hop is really on point. The debut 12” is a super limited affair for The Trilogy Tapes so get in quick. If you miss it don’t fret because we’ll be hearing more, Ikonika has already mentioned picking him up for a release on Hum & Buzz. The ‘Venus Knock’ EP shows Dro Carey flexing his muscles and knocking out some seriously twisted mutations. Imagine a heavier variant on the ghostly R&B of How To Dress Well or Hype Williams playing off the computer funk of Actress or 10-20 and the twisting bass heavy drum machine/sample workouts of DJ Rashad then you’ll be somewhere close. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">We start with a strong opener with the brooding ‘Get Rid Of This Guy’, which takes rolling 808 drum patterns and plays them off a menacing sluggish synth tone. Along with the infectious chopped vocal motifs it’s a real winner. Quick on its heels is the booming title track ‘Venus Knock’, bass hits punch wholes in your chest as an angry buzz swoops into view through a post-industrial haze it’s sinister. Flip the wax over for the slow motion smudge of ‘Dead Keys’, which feels like its come fresh off the set of a horror film with a scene set in a Chicago house club. The vocal hits twisted in and out of shape against the creeping backdrop. While the closer ‘Glitter Variables’ sounds like a submarine in trouble sampled and chopped into the form of a lost Dance Mania record. A solid EP all round.</span><br /><br /><iframe style="font-family: verdana;" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17016998" frameborder="0" height="225" width="400"></iframe></div><p style="font-family: verdana; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/17016998">Dro Carey Trilogy Tapes Promo</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user3747272">DC vampira</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Buy: </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.thetrilogytapes.com/ttt/">http://www.thetrilogytapes.com/ttt/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Web: </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.thetrilogytapes.com/">http://www.thetrilogytapes.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blog: </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://drocar.tumblr.com/">http://drocar.tumblr.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Originally written for </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/">Sonic Router</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-57697807511658490982010-12-31T15:43:00.006+00:002011-01-22T19:15:21.706+00:00Looking Forward >>><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uUT0FOO99nTOzbHKWLsvpJZ8ht5hHAAUhMvMv9gzdFDiD1W0DordejturDtBK1GHg4zIQ2J8dHJpflZ6fAZ9aeVNG88cknWEjl3r974qxOVlCNC-AmyMrjuXh5jxbzcNYBM9SyN9gH4/s1600/Metropolis+Maria+robot.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uUT0FOO99nTOzbHKWLsvpJZ8ht5hHAAUhMvMv9gzdFDiD1W0DordejturDtBK1GHg4zIQ2J8dHJpflZ6fAZ9aeVNG88cknWEjl3r974qxOVlCNC-AmyMrjuXh5jxbzcNYBM9SyN9gH4/s400/Metropolis+Maria+robot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556873359056181138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">There is plenty of music to look forward to in ’11 as always, so much so that this list could go on forever. So I’ve chosen a load of people I’m looking forward to hearing more of in the coming year. Plus I’m keeping it to people that are either bubbling under, pretty new, just need shouting about or have something cool on the way I’m excited about. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >LHF</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">They dropped plenty of teasers in ’10 their first EP for Keysound is just the tip of the iceberg just check out their massive radio/mix archives for proof. More EPs and hopefully an album on the way in ’11 means we’re all in for a treat. They’ve built their own world that sounds unlike anything else but gets close to what I’d imagine Flying Lotus soundclashing DMZ on a pirate radio station in another dimension would be like. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Martin Kemp</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Easily sitting quietly at the forefront of the UK’s dance underground the Blunted one keeps the quality stuff creeping out consistently. His sound has so much bump, flex and weight that they’re a pleasure to dig out. Its got to be tough to make a tough yet supple house groove that really flexes but he makes it sound easy. More of that will make ’11 more than a pleasure.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >T.Williams</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He’s been so consistent with his deep techy bass addled vision of the UK house sound in ’10. I’m always reaching for his beats and those of his Deep Teknologi label mates. There is something about the dark side of UK Funky that really appeals to me, the balance of rough and raw with a subtle soulful flex is a killer combination. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Kassem Mosse</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">At the front end of ’10 I was still pretty bored of house/techno it had been years since I’d been excited by the sound. UK funky and its hybrids slowly brought me back to that tempo and this man Kassem Mosse alongside, MMM, Kyle Hall, Omar S and John Roberts feel it again. A steady stream of 12”s would keep me hooked for sure.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Bakey Ustl</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">His debut EP on Unthank is one of the most fucked up and compelling house 10”s I’ve heard for some time. I’m really looking forward to hearing what’s up his sleeve for ‘11. More curveballs and mad house grooves are more than welcome around these parts.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Jam City</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He’s been taking it kind of slow in ’10 after some hefty hype before anything had really happened he kept his cool and a couple of 12”s later and I’m on board, expect big things from the Night Slugger next year. Rumours of an album on the horizon and god know what else should see that he has a big year. His sound is just infectious, that raw blend of eski grime, supple electro and an ear for turning things on their heads are a good combination.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Non Person</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He just dropped a few hints in ’10 but its wet my appetite that’s for sure. The 12” on Clouds label Channel Zero is a killer slice of out there hip-hop with a heavy bass music thread running through it. Sitting somewhere in no mans land between Clouds, Brainfeeder and Mount Kimbie, Non Person finds a place of his own. I’d love to hear more.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Damu</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Every time a track of his comes on the radio my ears prick up. There is something about his synths and infectious melodies that puts him next to the likes of Hyetal, Rustie and half of Night Slugs as someone that can bring a load of emotion to a dance floor in a twisted euphoric ball of energy. With releases on the way for Keysound and Local Action in the pipeline he’s going to be making moves and I can’t wait to hear it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Esben and the Witch</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Like quite a few tips here they where one of mine for last year as well and they delivered some quality stuff bubbled under and got singed to Matador, where they’ll be releasing their debut album ‘Violet Cries’ next year. Top quality brooding post-rock drenched indie music.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Dro Carey</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Hazy dreamlike visions of hip-hop and R&B from a youngster from OZ, he’s had one 12” so far on Trilogy Tapes, a load of tumblr posted bootlegs and the odd mix. It all sounds pretty irresistible I’m intrigued. With forthcoming material on Ikonika’s Hum & Buzz label and god knows what else he’s got to be one to watch.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Golau Glau</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The mysterious silver pop duo have been a top tip of mine for some time now, they’ve got an album in the works and have been in the lab getting their sound down. No one does the haunted silver pop like them and I for one can’t wait to hear what they come up with.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Murdz 86</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He’s a UK Funky machine, raw house sounds with some of the most infectious percussion around. Its tough but with a load of flex, big bass and dance floor potential. Along with the likes of Funkystepz, Ill Blu, Coobe Beatz and Mad One, Murdz is someone I’d love to see releases from in ’11 because every time I tune into Live FM his tracks make my head turn.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Royal T</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He’s been around a while but has built up a nice set of 12”s over the last year or so for the likes of No Hats No Hoods and Butterz, which are a solid foundation to build on for this coming year. He’s always switching up and coming differently with his sound by making grime bangers that fit his vibe and spread it out all at once. Alongside SRC, TRC, Teeza, Swindle, Darq E Freaker, Spooky and a load of others grime beats are in good hands.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">So many more…</span></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-64969926236685412172010-12-27T13:37:00.008+00:002010-12-30T15:44:23.044+00:00Mixes of 2010<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqulkfrpA9oJ0iLaeMAUVUxpQNCYw1jtxeYY7977rI7FIBT1hhZOlhcx4oIycMSJgHOelkp2BBKibHXvHRWS2Nq5_vRDSEGD4SiFchveml4fL7N6ZBVUde3_uZkU_T8U3SCqjWu2r1uJ4/s1600/pew+pew+pew+shoot.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqulkfrpA9oJ0iLaeMAUVUxpQNCYw1jtxeYY7977rI7FIBT1hhZOlhcx4oIycMSJgHOelkp2BBKibHXvHRWS2Nq5_vRDSEGD4SiFchveml4fL7N6ZBVUde3_uZkU_T8U3SCqjWu2r1uJ4/s400/pew+pew+pew+shoot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5555358660063982370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">This is a tough one the amount of mixes that can be found online is pretty insane, week in week out another arrives and gets a play. So off the top of my head I bring to you a selection of the finest mixes from this year. They come in no particular order, so don’t watch the ranking... </span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >The Final Ruffage Session w/ Ben UFO, Ramadanma & Pangaea</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">What a way to start a year by killing off one of the best radio shows around: Ruffage Sessions. It was the brainchild of the above Hessle Audio crew, they made moves from their Leeds base with this show, not to mention their club night that went by the same name, which also ended this year in a quality send off with Shackleton, Kode9 and every Hessle guy within a 1m radius. This show was a special four-hour send off on Sub FM before the crew headed off to new things. It was bitter sweat at the time but ever since the crew have moved onto bigger things so its all good. </span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.dubstepforum.com/the-final-ruffage-session-4-hour-archive-tracklisting-t124153.html">http://www.dubstepforum.com/the-final-ruffage-session-4-hour-archive-tracklisting-t124153.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Bonus Best of Ruffage Sessions</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/2010/01/download-best-of-ruffage-sessions.html">http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/2010/01/download-best-of-ruffage-sessions.html</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Burial & Kode9 for Mary Anne Hobbs’ last show on Radio One</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This was a watershed moment this year, Mary Anne Hobbs left radio one for pastures new after leaving one hell of a legacy and impact that rings through the UK underground far and wide. She managed to coax out Burial for a mix with non other than Kode9 and it’s a special one that’s for sure.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.mediafire.com/?t09r1c7swgxctpu">http://www.mediafire.com/?t09r1c7swgxctpu</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Ben UFO - Hessle Forever and Ever and Ever Mix #62 for LuckyMe</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">If your some kind of fool that doesn’t tune into the Hessle Audio show on Rinse every other thursday or so w/ regulars like Pangaea and Ramadanman or go to clubs then you’re missing out on one of the best DJs around in Ben UFO. His record bags are deep his mixing is insane, genres clash in the smoothest most unexpected ways, he’s the one and this will give you a taste.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://thisisluckyme.com/html/1music/mixtapes.html">http://thisisluckyme.com/html/1music/mixtapes.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >LHF – Keepers of the Light Mix</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This mysterious crew turn in mix after mix of solid gold on Sub FM and from their studio’s, they where one of my tips for ’10 and they continue to be for 2011 and you can see why from getting your ears around Keepers of the Light. I’m not messing around when I say they carve their own unique sound out in these mixes, it’s a world of its own.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=343822987445">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=343822987445</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Petchy on Live FM</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Its tough to pin point an actual mix here, he’s on the radio most weeks and kills it every time with his MC Topsee. They epitomised UK Funky in 2010 with their raw charismatic pirate radio party vibes. Tune in to see for yourself or you’re missing out big time but catch the vibe from this <a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/wolnh2">teaser</a>.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.mediafire.com/?qv07ob8bkz1zlzi">http://www.mediafire.com/?qv07ob8bkz1zlzi</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >DJ Spinn & DJ Rashad’s Mix #195 for Fact</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Two original juke heads go deep into the mix for fact and show us how its done Chicago style, which is a refreshing change to hearing bits from people from outside of the scene or cruising youtube, which was about the only way we could hear this until this year. It’s a mix full of hypnotic party vibes with a load of soul and drum machine workouts to die for.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.factmag.com/2010/10/22/fact-mix-195-dj-spinn-dj-rashad/">http://www.factmag.com/2010/10/22/fact-mix-195-dj-spinn-dj-rashad/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Addison Groove Mix #157 for Fact</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Headhunter went ape-shit this year and decided to break juke in the UK, he got addicted to the drum-machine/sample workouts and took it upon himself to make his own variants of the Chicago sound all while representing the native sounds of Rashad, Spinn and many more to UK audiences, it caused a hell of a stir and you can taste it in this mix. If you didn’t already have it this one from late last year is a must too: </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://soundcloud.com/headhunter/headhunter-juke-mix-december-2009">http://soundcloud.com/headhunter/headhunter-juke-mix-december-2009</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.factmag.com/2010/06/11/fact-mix-157-addison-groove/">http://www.factmag.com/2010/06/11/fact-mix-157-addison-groove/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Peverelist Mix #218 for Resident Advisor</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He’s got to be one of my favourite producers around, no one sounds like him and that goes for his DJ sets too. His mixing is tight and selection on point, he lets the music breathe and find its own feat perfectly. Here you can see him blur the lines between dub, techno and dubstep in a distinctly Bristol way.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=218">http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=218</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Levon Vincent Mix #46 for mnmlssgs</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This came early in the year and still kills it big time. His spacious, tracky dubbed-out techno sound already feels timeless in its own way. If you like to get lost in a groove then you’ll be swimming in this one. Deep NY underground house sounds just keep bumping, it’s a subtle one that gets under the skin that’s for sure.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://mnmlssg.blogspot.com/2010/01/mnml-ssgs-mx46-levon-vincent.html">http://mnmlssg.blogspot.com/2010/01/mnml-ssgs-mx46-levon-vincent.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Shackleton Mix #133 for Electronic Explorations</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Rob Booth’s EE mixes have been an inspiration for some time now and he pulls in one hell of a guest on this one. Shackleton’s sets are more like hypnotic tribal freak-outs than mixes. He plays live via laptop instead of DJing and does it the only way he knows how… Like a post-apocalyptic bass-addled thing, no one sounds like Shackleton. Its dark yet groovy spaced out and intense. His Fact CD has to be one of the best since Omar S too.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://electronicexplorations.org/the-show/shackleton/">http://electronicexplorations.org/the-show/shackleton/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Kyle Hall & Floating Points on Rinse FM</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Two amazing producers/DJs get together and cause mayhem on the airwaves by digging deep into their crates to create a vibe so big it stretched from Detroit to London. Rare house and techno gems sat alongside modern UK bass variants and laid back funk rollers with ease. You get the feeling these guys could keep mixing for days and it wouldn’t get tired.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://www.bedtimebunnage.com/2010/07/floating-points-b2b-kyle-hall-rinse-fm-2hrs/">http://www.bedtimebunnage.com/2010/07/floating-points-b2b-kyle-hall-rinse-fm-2hrs/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Brainfeeder Radio w/ Flying Lotus, The Gaslamp Killer, Ras G, Samiyam, Daedelus, Jeremiah Jae, Tokimonsta, Teebs, Strangeloop, matthewdavid, Kode9 and more…</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Flying Lotus decided to celebrate the release of Cosmogramma and enjoy 420 with an epic live session that went on for hours from his crew Brainfeeder and anyone else that was in town. It was pure vibes all night long.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://dublab.com/labnotes/brainfeeder-radio-presents%E2%80%A6cosmogramma-special-420/">http://dublab.com/labnotes/brainfeeder-radio-presents%E2%80%A6cosmogramma-special-420/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Darkstar Mix for 20jazzfunkgrates and Fact Mix # 200</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This mix came right at the top of the year and showcased Darkstar’s vision, it was some kind of utopia with plenty of soul and space filtered through twenty-first century machines. If you book end it with their Fact mix last month (</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.factmag.com/2010/11/08/fact-mix-200-darkstar/">http://www.factmag.com/2010/11/08/fact-mix-200-darkstar/</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">) you get some kind of insight into a group that created one of the best slow burning albums this year</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/2009/12/download-darkstar-xxjfg-mix.html">http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/2009/12/download-darkstar-xxjfg-mix.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Club Autonomic’s Layer Podcast Series</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This was one hell of a series that set the tone of Autonomic’s moves this year. Headed by Instra:mental & dBridge the crew unleashed genre bending blends of techno, d’n’b, house, indie, old school electro and god knows what else in a seamless mix of new and old wearing their influences on their sleeves and reaching out into the unknown all at once. Oh yeah they also ran one of the best labels around Nonplus+</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.club-autonomic.com/">http://www.club-autonomic.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Braiden’s Journey Home Mix for Low End Spasm</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">One of the best DJs around is on Rinse most weeks, right now he’s showcasing an irresistible melting together of sounds that range from old school electro to UK bass variants via house and techno. He does it like no one else. This mix from earlier in the year gives you an idea of what he’s been about, but tune into his Rinse show for further reaching up to date selections they can’t be messed with. His breakout single ‘The Alps’ isn’t to shabby either.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://dot-alt.blogspot.com/2010/02/braiden-journey-home.html">http://dot-alt.blogspot.com/2010/02/braiden-journey-home.html</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:verdana;" >Elijah & Skilliam Mix # 175 for Xlr8r</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Butterz crew killed it this year bringing fresh new life into instrumental grime, making moves as DJs and by setting up a label they showed there was still a raw party vibe hiding in grime’s underbelly. They kept it upfront with talent new and old, Terror Danjah, Swindle, Starkey and DOK feature heavily as well as up and comers like Royal T, SRC, TRC… Pure energy. This mix showcases their sound as well as any other they dropped this year.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2010/11/elijah-skilliam">http://www.xlr8r.com/podcast/2010/11/elijah-skilliam</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Geiom’s mix for Planet Mu</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">He always puts out a solid mix, here we get a quality blend of sleek techy funky and many of its hybrids. It’s the mix that introduced me to Stella Om Source too. Quality producer, quality label, quality DJ.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.mixcloud.com/planetmu/geiom-planet-mu-mix/">http://www.mixcloud.com/planetmu/geiom-planet-mu-mix/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >Terre Thaemlitz Mix #188 for RA</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A laid-back mix of ambient material and other quality selections from DJ Sprinkles, Terre crosses genres and spans many years here to great effect, it’s a beauty.</span><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=188">http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=188</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Since this list has been mostly about Internet downloads a shout out needs to go out to all those inspirational cats on the radio who week in week out turn in incredible moments of musical bliss: Dusk & Blackdown, Oneman, Brackles, Bok Bok, Elijah & Skilliam, more Petchy and any time Jackmaster reaches.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Not to mention all the </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/">Sonic Router</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> mixes. My personal favourites have to be: Blawan, Non Person, Pariah, Clubroot, SRC, Dynooo, Orphan101, Icicle, Hypno, Distal, Desto, Oli’s <a href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/search/label/bleep.com">bleep</a> and </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.hivemind.fm/">Hivemind</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">’s and </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://alwayseverything.tumblr.com/">Always Everything</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">’s too, </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.mixcloud.com/eighteen/">Eighteen</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, oh and Xpldr </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/1f0kmd">#1</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">/</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/7t6k83">#2</a><span style="font-family:verdana;">/</span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/7jkhki">#3</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> by me if I had to give myself a shout…</span><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-57336192054528733112010-12-13T14:57:00.003+00:002010-12-13T15:02:30.394+00:00Golau Glou – Myrrh & Myth<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HP-CvgQ-6SNmedXsOpuEKZoP9kfNpOYsuHss9zkx4Dn2P6HI_KyKUzTrXevEGt8XBfhX8EDD1Rl5Mxc9SLXTV2UrGAlJGmYVDm_FPhImSLy-hJDFtP9mz2KYtTflKC4Sdq3tYJG_oAY/s1600/Golau+Glau+-+Myrrh+%2526+Myth+-+Myrrhartlrg.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0HP-CvgQ-6SNmedXsOpuEKZoP9kfNpOYsuHss9zkx4Dn2P6HI_KyKUzTrXevEGt8XBfhX8EDD1Rl5Mxc9SLXTV2UrGAlJGmYVDm_FPhImSLy-hJDFtP9mz2KYtTflKC4Sdq3tYJG_oAY/s400/Golau+Glau+-+Myrrh+%2526+Myth+-+Myrrhartlrg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550182350890640546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">My favourite mysterious silver pop duo Golau Glou have made a Christmas EP for you all, you can grab it for free below, plus they’ve made a video for each track. At some point there will be a remix EP featuring the likes of Ghost Box’s The Advisory Circle and the wonderful Worriedaboutsatan. They’ve also been working hard on an album I for one can’t wait.</span><br /><br /><iframe style="font-family: verdana;" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17594712" width="400" frameborder="0" height="225"></iframe></div><p style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/17594712">Yew</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/golauglau">Golau Glau</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><br /><br />Watch: <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/album/1488740">http://www.vimeo.com/album/1488740</a><br /><br />Download: <a href="http://golauglau.bandcamp.com/">http://golauglau.bandcamp.com/</a><br /><br /><object width="100%" height="225"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fusers%2F140995&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&show_playcount=true&show_artwork=true&color=ff7700"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fusers%2F140995&show_comments=true&auto_play=false&show_playcount=true&show_artwork=true&color=ff7700" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%" height="225"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/golauglau">Latest tracks by Golau Glau</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://golauglau.wordpress.com/">http://golauglau.wordpress.com/</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/golauglau">http://twitter.com/golauglau</a><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-47750166043144380522010-12-12T14:54:00.002+00:002010-12-12T14:58:05.237+00:00Richard Skelton<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWowQB-Ros8_alhNDxiPcv283yIQQO6amDG3pZ2zI4CdAukhYeO62azE8Bzyjl3-fW7_Pynkaa64iWNfETGKwc_VTzF3MyfMsENDXspnLYzPPkW4Qe69Kgj3a6nMneWsDUVFIoeRn4KWU/s1600/richard-skelton.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWowQB-Ros8_alhNDxiPcv283yIQQO6amDG3pZ2zI4CdAukhYeO62azE8Bzyjl3-fW7_Pynkaa64iWNfETGKwc_VTzF3MyfMsENDXspnLYzPPkW4Qe69Kgj3a6nMneWsDUVFIoeRn4KWU/s400/richard-skelton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549810035492017586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: verdana;">I wrote this for my friends over at <a href="http://alwayseverything.tumblr.com/">Always Everything</a> a while ago but its perfect Sunday music so have it again and check them out too, AE is a new website you should keep an eye on. They’re operating in a fuzzy sonic landscape joining the dots between disparate locations a bit like this review right here…</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Proper murky, greyed out Autumnal colours. Fog. Landscapes. Richard Skelton thrives in an area where dense collages of sound and that organic shape shifting nature of, well nature takes hold… just look at that artwork, its pretty much what comes into view out of my car window every morning as I transcend hills and look over plateaus. Spectacular views obscured by atmospheric other ideas... Bleak, ghostly landforms fighting for attention through the cloud and fog, plants echoing a vague hue of green in the meagre repressed light they’re offered. I swear the atmosphere is against the whole idea of photosynthesis… Skelton takes these fogged-out instrumental sessions of cello and string and plays them relentlessly. Building layers of sound like some sort of post-rock, ambient beast thriving in the freedom that only the modern classical, boomkat sphere can bring him. Niche as it sounds Landings deserves an audience outside of that. Big time, it’s the soundtrack to the mornings you missed while you where busy sleeping or waiting for the light to come up. It’s the country flexing itself in the morning dew while those early shimmers of light slowly start to energise the life around it. You can feel the cold fresh air fill your lungs, the deep warm breathe filter out slowly. Its like the whole album takes place in that transitional period between light hitting the ground and you actually feeling the heat of the sunlight. Cold shivers of strung instruments itch urgently into loops and layers, carving out dramatic glimpses of landscapes you’ve passed through. The unyielding atmosphere is urgent yet blissful, like you’ve come to a halt in that car journey I vaguely mentioned above and got out.... You stop and see that this previously fleeting set of landforms, colours, climate, is a new existence, a harsh yet strangely beautiful place that echoes calm as much as it does hostility. In short, you’re going to get cold but if you look a little further you’re going to find a whole different experience that’s rife for exploration.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://richardskelton.wordpress.com/">http://richardskelton.wordpress.com/</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://landings.wordpress.com/">http://landings.wordpress.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Richard Skelton has Clouwbeck on the way soon hear fragments of ‘From Which the River Rise’ here…</span><br /><br /><object style="font-family: verdana;" width="100%" height="81"><param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F4137639&g=1&color=333333&show_comments=false"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F4137639&g=1&color=333333&show_comments=false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%" height="81"></embed></object><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="http://soundcloud.com/sustain-release/clouwbeck-from-which-the-river-rises">Clouwbeck ~ From Which the River Rises</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/sustain-release">sustain-release</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Originally written for </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://alwayseverything.tumblr.com/">ae</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">. </span></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-62578746719668621432010-12-08T00:00:00.003+00:002010-12-08T00:09:06.393+00:00Xpldr #3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTh52WelhSG_34m-s5DXCxBREraupxd7IGelkut-N0fF_kPHU2ybxaWlfquzpAJN1l1ldXIi_UX0szoGrnylkJVI7gtgjdfJ1savBZhFVCxKiREnLAfWJnAhCCY90lIVS9XGbTmy6cx4/s1600/Nile-bassin-015.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTh52WelhSG_34m-s5DXCxBREraupxd7IGelkut-N0fF_kPHU2ybxaWlfquzpAJN1l1ldXIi_UX0szoGrnylkJVI7gtgjdfJ1savBZhFVCxKiREnLAfWJnAhCCY90lIVS9XGbTmy6cx4/s400/Nile-bassin-015.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548095187139171330" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Its been a long time since I left you, without a dope beat to step to...<br /><br /><div><object width="300" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=20"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="flashVars" value="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/xpldr/xpldr3.json&embed_uuid=edf74706-c005-4f5f-9ad4-04afbb88ed3a&embed_type=widget_standard"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=20" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/xpldr/xpldr3.json&embed_uuid=edf74706-c005-4f5f-9ad4-04afbb88ed3a&embed_type=widget_standard" width="300" height="300"></embed></object><div style="clear: both; height: 3px;"></div><p style="display: block; font-size: 12px; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; margin: 0pt; padding: 3px 4px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/xpldr/xpldr3/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=cloudcast_link" style="color: rgb(2, 160, 199); font-weight: bold;">Xpldr#3</a> by <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/xpldr/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=profile_link" style="color: rgb(2, 160, 199); font-weight: bold;">Xpldr</a> on <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=homepage_link" style="color: rgb(2, 160, 199); font-weight: bold;"> Mixcloud</a></p><div style="clear: both; height: 3px;"></div></div><br />Vainqueur - Rangers – Extension [Scion Versions]<br />Airehead – Paper Street (Nick Høppner Remix) [BRAiNMATH]<br />John Roberts – Ever or Not [Dial]<br />Wbeeza – Boom [Third Ear]<br />Omar S - Solely Supported [FXHE]<br />Mood II Swing – Sunlight In My Eyes [Core]<br />Actress – Always Human [Honest Jon’s]<br />Bakey Ustl – A Tender Place [Unthank]<br />Kassem Mosse – We Speak To Those [Non Plus+]<br />Kyle Hall – Osc2 [Third Ear]<br />Levon Vincent – Woman is the Devil [Deconstruct]<br />Tazz – Lost [Underground Quality]<br />Braiden – The Alps [Doldrums]<br />Elgato – Blue [Hessle Audio]<br />Even Tuell – Workshop 11 Side A [Workshop]<br />Stellar Om Source – Copper Dream [Olde English Spelling Bee]<br /><br />All wax, one take, two beers, one pasty, some snow and a beard…<br /><br />Clap your hands if you want to fuck.<br /><br />Download: <a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/7jkhki">http://www.sendspace.com/file/7jkhki</a><br /><br />Stream: <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/xpldr/xpldr3/">http://www.mixcloud.com/xpldr/xpldr3/</a><br /><br />You may have missed…<br /><br />Xpldr #1: <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/xpldr/xpldr1/">Stream</a> / <a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/1f0kmd">Download</a><br /><br />Xpldr #2: <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/xpldr/xpldr2/">Stream</a> / <a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/7t6k83">Download</a><br /><br />More from me…<br /><br />Sonic Router: <a href="http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/">http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />Sonic Minefield: <a href="http://thesonicminefeild.blogspot.com/">http://thesonicminefeild.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />Xpldr: <a href="http://xpldr.tumblr.com/">http://xpldr.tumblr.com/</a>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-85481516098476575622010-10-23T10:27:00.002+01:002010-10-23T10:30:25.016+01:00Silkie - City Limits Vol 1.2 [Deep Medi]<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4A1cmOIIek61aUjdQGalA7OqlctDI4i14eTQJMcc6WfrFPG-_-IXqGXUSvd0A8E9O4m7egL9H7IcUeRzepOoO5nTbf-6Gzz61ilv6RZuCtmNl5EousfotO98nkZWTagU6e_0gcR-s6E/s1600/Medi030_artwork_S.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 388px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4A1cmOIIek61aUjdQGalA7OqlctDI4i14eTQJMcc6WfrFPG-_-IXqGXUSvd0A8E9O4m7egL9H7IcUeRzepOoO5nTbf-6Gzz61ilv6RZuCtmNl5EousfotO98nkZWTagU6e_0gcR-s6E/s400/Medi030_artwork_S.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531171181087650594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Since at least Christmas last year a Silkie track has been running around my head, the video bellow captures when I first heard it, Anti Social where having a crimbo-spesh on Rinse FM and played a track I’d never heard before that was so full of vibes it just kept playing on my memories ever since. It turns out that track was ‘80s Baby’ a track you can hear on City Limits Vol 1.2 the bridge gap between last years fantastic City Limits Vol.1 album and the follow up Vol.2. A series of 12”s you wont find on the next album or the last and by the sounds of it Silkie isn’t messing. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the one I’ve been waiting for: ‘80s Baby’ has a rolling street soul feel to it like a London variant on Detroit techno, midnight machine funk that just keeps coming. Sweeping pads, bumpy rhythms and funk stabs made from plastic sax, lounge piano and 80s tinged funky synth keys that sound like they’ve been beamed in from a forgotten Cameo record. It all comes together with a hypnotic loved up vibe that’s just irresistible. The flip ‘Bass Junkie’ sounds like the tougher brother of ‘80s Baby’ it hits hard instead of rolling. Rattling breaks shimmy over bass pulses and funk’d up synth lines that sound like aliens chatting each other up. It keeps some of that blissed-out funk but twists it into gnarly shapes that are pretty relentless. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Keep the 12”s rolling, when Silkie hits his stride there isn’t anyone like him ‘80s Baby’ is pure vibes, hi-tech London soul through and through. With three more platters of material on the way before the second album Silkie will keep us doing that gangsta boogie right the way through.</span><br /><br /><object style="font-family: verdana;" width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QAi54N71dsE?fs=1&hl=en_GB"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QAi54N71dsE?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://www.deepmedi.com/">http://www.deepmedi.com/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Originally writen for </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.sonicrouter.com/">Sonic Router</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-82041427564272639522010-10-10T13:43:00.001+01:002010-10-10T13:45:37.933+01:00Peverelist & Hyetal – The Hum/rrrr [Punch Drunk]<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.tailored-communication.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/anj-image-cover-medium/images/artwork/1939_hum-rrrr.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 309px;" src="http://www.tailored-communication.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/anj-image-cover-medium/images/artwork/1939_hum-rrrr.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana;">Massive collaboration from two of Bristol’s finest, it comes off the back of their two solo releases: Peverelist’s ‘Better Ways Of Living’ and Hyetal’s ‘Phoenix’ 12”s both of which wont leave my bag in a hurry. The two producers first melted their sonic sensibilities when Peverelist remixed ‘Pixel Rainbow Sequence’ to great effect, twisting the original into a trippy number that still sounds like nothing else around. This time the two hook up for some original productions. With Peverelist’s knack for hypnotic techy dubbed-out sounds and Hyetal’s bittersweet melodic sensibilities it’s a collaboration just aching to happen. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The two tracks ‘The Hum’ and ‘rrrr’ feel like early electro experiments that where forgotten but dug up, rearranged and lovingly finished especially to move some dance floors. There’s a retro feel in there somewhere but one that’s brought on by the melancholic melodies and synthesized sounds rather than any kind of revivalism, because nothing really sounds like this collaboration. You never know who did what in collab’s like this but you can hear Peverelist’s swirling dubbed-out percussive ticks and bumpy rhythms and Hyetal’s knack for shimmering synthesized melody in both the tracks. They’re hypnotic and introspective but the bright synth tones and subtle funk keep them from being ultra deep eyes down material. There’s an uplifting quality to the tracks that hits that magic bittersweet spot which gets me every time. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Punch Drunk is a buy on sight label already and this 12” is just sublime. It’s the sound of two artists flexing their production skills and it coming together so on point that it makes me wonder if there’s more. </span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.myspace.com/punchdrunkrecords">http://www.myspace.com/punchdrunkrecords</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://soundcloud.com/punchdrunkrecords">http://soundcloud.com/punchdrunkrecords</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.myspace.com/thepeverelist">http://www.myspace.com/thepeverelist</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.myspace.com/hyetalmusic">http://www.myspace.com/hyetalmusic</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Originally written for </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.blogger.com/%20http://www.sonicrouter.com/">Sonic Router</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-43261318392780634482010-10-07T21:37:00.002+01:002010-10-07T21:42:09.830+01:00Xpldr #2<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><object style="font-family: verdana;" width="300" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=20"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="flashVars" value="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/xpldr/xpldr2.json&embed_uuid=dc9d9bbd-a241-4a31-a4a0-481dad4c8096&embed_type=widget_standard"><embed src="http://www.mixcloud.com/media/swf/player/mixcloudLoader.swf?v=20" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="feed=http://www.mixcloud.com/api/1/cloudcast/xpldr/xpldr2.json&embed_uuid=dc9d9bbd-a241-4a31-a4a0-481dad4c8096&embed_type=widget_standard" width="300" height="300"></embed></object><p style="display: block; font-size: 12px; font-family: verdana; margin: 0pt; padding: 3px 4px; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/xpldr/xpldr2/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=cloudcast_link" style="color: rgb(2, 160, 199); font-weight: bold;">Xpldr#2</a> by <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/xpldr/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=profile_link" style="color: rgb(2, 160, 199); font-weight: bold;">Xpldr</a> on <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/?utm_source=widget&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=base_links&utm_term=homepage_link" style="color: rgb(2, 160, 199); font-weight: bold;"> Mixcloud</a></p><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><br />It’s been about a month since my last Xpldr Session and even longer since Xpldr#1 so its about time you got something fresh. Welcome to Xpldr#2 I’ve gone for some dark dubbed-out funky flavours diffused with techno tangents, hyper-coloured house and some major curveballs.<br /><br />Commix – Be True (Burial Remix) [Metal Headz]<br />T.Williams – Afric [Local Action]<br />Cooly G – Phat Si [Hyperdub]<br />Fris-T – Deep Mover [502]<br />Bowly – Idee D’un Tropique [Berkane Sol]<br />Ill Blu – Dragon Pop [Hyperdub]<br />Lil Silva – A Million [Night Slugs]<br />Robert Hood – Clash [M-Plant]<br />Dexplicit Feat. Sweets – Follow Me (DJ Naughty Remix) [DXP North]<br />Apple – Siegalizer [White]<br />Martin Kemp – Wot U Got [Blunted Robots]<br />Swag – I Need A Freak (Freaksbusinessasusualredo) [Version]<br />Mr Oizo – Last Night A DJ Saved My Dog [F-Communications]<br />Ikonika – Aqueous Cream [Hum & Buzz]<br />Simon/off – No Pills [Immerse]<br />Likhan’ – Boxin [7even]<br />Los Hermanos – Quetzal [UR/Los Hermanos]<br />Dopplereffekt – Myon-Neutrino [International Deejay Gigolo’s]<br /><br />One take, all wax.<br /><br />Stream: <a href="http://www.mixcloud.com/xpldr/xpldr2/">http://www.mixcloud.com/xpldr/xpldr2/</a><br /><br />Download: <a href="http://www.sendspace.com/file/7t6k83">http://www.sendspace.com/file/7t6k83</a><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-52797845414182195352010-09-27T20:09:00.003+01:002010-09-27T20:13:19.906+01:00James Blake – The Bells Sketch [Hessle Audio] / CMYK [R&S] / Klavierwerke [R&S]<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzoykgQQ4we_puUR8OoFuxDun1azVsGbE4LPIcpF8x1Y2c0btIFY2k_LTC7r6jU1y2WHuGXFexqwM5fBpjA2xKP5mEsafQ0LTdeq1lz0HHXX2qQKlZitfwvFrKDr0A2FhqXNbNp1bmzg/s1600/James+Blake+Kavierwerke+EP.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzoykgQQ4we_puUR8OoFuxDun1azVsGbE4LPIcpF8x1Y2c0btIFY2k_LTC7r6jU1y2WHuGXFexqwM5fBpjA2xKP5mEsafQ0LTdeq1lz0HHXX2qQKlZitfwvFrKDr0A2FhqXNbNp1bmzg/s400/James+Blake+Kavierwerke+EP.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521673141797203586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">Where to start with James Blake? He’s a unique talent making seriously twisted synthesized gems that can range from full on dance floor movers to bittersweet introspective soul. One of my blog projects </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/">Sonic Router</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> was probably one of the first to interview and get an article on him via Oli’s column at </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.blogger.com/%20%20http://thequietus.com/articles/02845-sonic-router-006-a-dubstep-column-for-october">The Quietus</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> right after before he dropped the ESSENTIAL ‘Stop What You’re Doing’ remix and after the sublime first 12” on Untold’s Hemlock label. A release that is still in my bag and a firm favourite sounding as fresh as it did when Distance first dropped the dub on his Rinse show that got everyone’s attention. Ever since he’s been making waves, getting attention outside of the scene and dropping some seriously good 12”s/EPs. A low-key collaboration with Airehead on BRAiNMATH, one for the always on point Hessle Audio, whose quality control is just insanely high and another for legendary old school techno label R&S who seem to be making a return to my radar for the first time in years after dropping a brilliant few records from Pariah and now the guy in question.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">For some reason I’ve not got around to writing much on him here so a rundown of his last three EPs is in order because I can’t stop playing them. He shows some range over the three from the stripped back percussive elements on The Bells Sketch EP to the shape shifting R&B sampling gems on CMYK or the mellow eerie bedroom soul on the latest addition Klavierwerke. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Hessle release has a percy on it in the form of ‘Buzzard & Kestrel’ the rhythms are irresistible, they subtly roll out with a heavy groove before the synths are unleashed in a sudden flourish. It’s the paired back minimal clicks and booms of the percussion that do it for me here. The title track and ‘Give A Man A Rod’ are something else too, both melodramatic synthesizer jams that make people move in strange ways when they’re dropped in the dance. The collision of laid back funk and twisted synths on ‘The Bells Sketch’ is a killer combination, it’s a huge sounding track with so much pent up energy its unreal. ‘Give A Man A Rod’ is a subtler affair, a spaced out funk number that seems like its been beamed in from an intergalactic cocktail bar.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The two R&S EPs come from different angels CMKY plays around with that popular production trick of taking slinky R&B vocals and twisting them into new shapes. But instead of re-treding that post-Burial emotional landscape Blake morphs the likes of Aaliyah and Kelis into freaky funk jams like the anthemic title track with its looping mantra of ‘Look I found her, red coat, look I found her’ over bleepy melodies reminiscent of Peverelist’s ‘Roll With The Punches’ a track which he’s also made a cheeky remix of, but its the twisting euphoric synth rushes that lead into the big bass drops that really shake things up. The rest of the EP is a more low key affair reaching for subtler highs and drops that are designed to tug at your heartstrings rather than make you loose your shit. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It’s the latest EP entitled Klavierwerke that takes that mellow side and really runs with it though. James has hinted at his paired down vocal side for sometime with covers of Feist’s ‘Limit To Your Love’ with him accompanied by piano. Here he doesn’t go into full on vocal mode but hints at it by using his voice as another instrument, chopping bits in and out here and there. It’s all pretty chilled out, haunted and melancholy, really introspective. The title track has a late night deep house feel running through it that’s channelled through a hazy bedroom soul. At many points in the EP like on ‘Tell Her Safe’ when the hazy piano and vocal loop intro takes hold you think he could break out into full song at any point, but it’s the restrained mellow vibe that wins over and it’s a killer EP for it. The fragments of song get twisted into these new shapes and contexts that’s way more interesting than straight up song craft, but then that’s a talent he no doubt has somewhere too. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Who knows what else he’s got up his sleeve, go and see him DJ and you’ll see yet another side to him. As well as fresh dubs from the guy taking in all those vibes mentioned above you get some seriously adventurous combinations in the mix. It’ll make you wonder why Coki doesn’t produce for Beyonce for one… Plus if you’ve never experienced his remix of Untold in the flesh on a crowded dance floor you’re missing out big time. Now my catch up session is over you go and do the same.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.myspace.com/jamesblakeproduction">http://www.myspace.com/jamesblakeproduction</a><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-54411535502373114622010-09-26T11:59:00.004+01:002010-09-26T15:41:11.487+01:00Pamelia Kurstin and Seb Rochford duo @ The Shed, Brawby Village Hall. 25 September 2010<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMjKxm9PKIsCR23-Tg-qzMHQ4-CvC2l2zNKJJ1O_30yST6M9Dw4x-bh45mbohQk3WAGmQqfdzvfaEZHhBY938jYTPWdF8a3GtwPC5bzfBJW_J8_upgC_PXbNaXxLe7ferKbn2WdrA8cg/s1600/Seb+Rochford+in+a+van+003.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghMjKxm9PKIsCR23-Tg-qzMHQ4-CvC2l2zNKJJ1O_30yST6M9Dw4x-bh45mbohQk3WAGmQqfdzvfaEZHhBY938jYTPWdF8a3GtwPC5bzfBJW_J8_upgC_PXbNaXxLe7ferKbn2WdrA8cg/s400/Seb+Rochford+in+a+van+003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521175689945557666" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">The Shed goes back to its original home of Brawby for a special show from Pamelia Kurstin and Seb Rochford who come together showcasing an interesting project; one I’d never thought I’d witness, let alone in a Shed… Pamelia Kurstin on theramin and Seb Rochford on drums. Plus Seb Rochford went on the road the day before in a van taking in hotspots such as Kirkbymoorside and Helmsley, pulling up and playing with the doors shut. Something I missed unfortunately but </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/music/8413913.White_van_man_Sebastian_Rochford_takes_to_the_road/">this lot</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> didn’t… But tonight its time to head to Brawby for some Shed Bitter and a good show, what to expect? No idea.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Pamelia Kurstin hails form California has a background in upright bass, a skill she adapted and really ran wild with to create a unique and creative theramin playing style of her own. The sounds she creates is something else, I’ve never heard anything like it. One minute she’s creating low-slung slow motion funk by messing with frequencies and looping them into new shapes with pedals, synths and effects. The next its eerie b-movie soundscapes via a Aphex Twin–esq Selected Ambient Works collage of sound or a Herbie Hancock electro-funk. Whole tracks were created live with such control and precision. Seb Rochford accompanied her with some seriously creative drumming; accenting the compositions with anything from incidental meandering through lilting funk and intense shed rattling drum workouts. It was a hypnotic experience swimming in layers of theramin built from the ground up infront of you.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">My prediction is that drum & theramin will take off just like drum & bass did, expect to hear it take over soon. The pair have an album on the way for the Slowfoot label and after tonight’s performance its one I’m keeping an eye out for. As always The Shed continues to be one of the most inspiring and entertaining venues around, bringing something new to the table with each season. </span><br /><br /><object style="font-family: verdana;" width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hW25pK1YR3Y?fs=1&hl=en_GB"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hW25pK1YR3Y?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.myspace.com/pameliakurstin">http://www.myspace.com/pameliakurstin</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.angelfire.com/freak/pamelia_kurstin/welcome1.htm">http://www.angelfire.com/freak/pamelia_kurstin/welcome1.htm</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.myspace.com/sebastianrochford">http://www.myspace.com/sebastianrochford</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.theshed.co.uk/">http://www.theshed.co.uk/</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.vangig.co.uk/">http://www.vangig.co.uk/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">*Photo by Susan Balf in Kirkbymoorside market place, 24th September 2010.</span><br /></div>Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-41171745451663793792010-09-23T18:59:00.002+01:002010-09-23T19:01:57.050+01:00T.Williams – Chop & Screw EP [Deep Teknologi]<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/132/l_21985d7d05294b50b2dc468e67c7b2f1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 364px;" src="http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/132/l_21985d7d05294b50b2dc468e67c7b2f1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">T.Williams’ EP on Local Action is a personal favourite; he’s rolling on a dark, techy flex that gets pretty addictive. After the last two quality releases on Deep Teknologi from Zander Hardy and J.Bevan recently the label boss steps up with a three track EP all of his own that picks up where the Local Action EP left off and even shows off a bigger room sound on one track. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Opening with ‘Chop & Screw’ we walk right into peak time on some hazy Ibiza dance floor, bumpy disco, funk loops build like a filter house track. A trick I wasn’t expecting to hear on a dark techy, UK funky release and at first it was hard to get on board with. But when the beats drop into a punchy, rolling rhythm with a deep flexing bassline and skittish snare hits its hard not to feel it. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Things get darker with the rest of the EP, ‘Hard Cash’ and ‘In The Deep’ sound like they’ve been carved out of heavy summer heat. They bump and flex shaking themselves free from a dense haze of bass and dubbed-out frequencies. The basslines on both of these get thing moving, ‘Hard Cash’ pulses and drones until unleashing deadly down turning rave stabs and ‘In The Deep’ has a pulsing funk to it. Maybe its T.Williams grimy side coming out again, these are dark with a restrained swagger that means business. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Another solid EP coming out of the Deep Teknologi crew, if you’re looking for a fix of that dark, rolling, techy stuff with enough flex in it to get things moving then you can’t go far wrong.</span><br /><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.soundcloud.com/deepteknologi">http://www.soundcloud.com/deepteknologi</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.facebook.com/deepteknologi">http://www.facebook.com/deepteknologi</a><br /><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.myspace.com/deepteknologi">http://www.myspace.com/deepteknologi</a><br /></div><br /><br />Originally written for <a href="http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/">Sonic Router</a>.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1119092833756285286.post-23378846617472999282010-09-17T21:39:00.002+01:002010-09-17T21:43:22.978+01:00Breach – Fatherless/(Doc Daneeka’s Mrr Snrz Rmx)/Man Up [PTN]<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: verdana;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2992Z-s60aMkJ78aY3gUjaKNCsyzfSz3YOq9bHaQwIoVwyj-UMxAfBB0euLW9FAXEy3tL33ETeqHoOEudQsTM_WhyiDJ1OD6k19VISoOMPMsFTTQXIC9rKvgkUg9tKINAmrrukL8iBk/s1600/ptn004.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2992Z-s60aMkJ78aY3gUjaKNCsyzfSz3YOq9bHaQwIoVwyj-UMxAfBB0euLW9FAXEy3tL33ETeqHoOEudQsTM_WhyiDJ1OD6k19VISoOMPMsFTTQXIC9rKvgkUg9tKINAmrrukL8iBk/s400/ptn004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5517985600319204338" border="0" /></a>PTN are on it right now, the new offshoot from Ramp specialising in variants of the house persuasion from, for want of a better word the bass scene… featuring artists like Hackman, Doc Daneeka, Hypno and now Breach, PTN reaches its forth platter with the tribal anthem ‘Fatherless’, which has been hitting dance floors hard for some time. Breach is the ‘house’ alter-ego of Ben Westbeech a multi talented musician/producer who’s turned his hand to anything from d’n’b to dropping soul-addled vocals for people all over the place, but that’s another story…<br /><br />It’s the raw physical power the simple elements of over the top tribal drum workouts and looping flutes combining that make ‘Fatherless’ such an anthem. Not since the Beastie Boy’s ‘Flute Loop’ have I heard such a killer hook from the instrument. It keeps rolling and rolling pretty relentlessly over the booming kicks, snare splashes and tribal percussion you can pretty much sing-along to. The icing on the cake is a quick fire sample declaring the mantra ‘Fatherless’. Doc Daneeka brings the originals almost dubstep sounding lilt further into house territory with a four four kick, relentless fizzling snares and pulsing bassline. It doesn’t add much but doesn’t detract either for that slightly different vibe. The b-side cut ‘Man Up’ is subtler but just as tribal, echoing the likes of Julio Bashmore, looping chants and swirling tabla’s that get twisted out of all proportion bring the energy before the drop.<br /><br />This 12” is pure dance floor fire, big and brash and seriously addictive. ‘Fatherless’ has summer anthem written all over it’s grinning face. This track is getting rinsed all over the place and rightly so. It wouldn’t be surprising if the big room house and electro guys found it too, it’s just to much fun. Enjoy it while you can.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ramprecordings.com/">http://www.ramprecordings.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/benwestbeech">http://www.myspace.com/benwestbeech</a><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/breachmusicuk">http://www.myspace.com/breachmusicuk</a><br /></div><br /><br />Written for <a href="http://sonicrouter.blogspot.com/">Sonic Router</a>.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662727969179282071noreply@blogger.com0