Tuesday, April 26, 2005

baby - you are so damn CRASS...



Exeter - Phoenix Theatre - 12th May 2005

Years after hiding in fear during the heady days of Stonehenge Festival - when the bikers from hell decided (through normal cider-ed up logic) to assault any spikey-topped-yoof they could locate - I am again in close proximity with the remainders of Crass..... whilst my buddy in poetic crime and myself play a Respray early evening set in the Black Box at the Phoenix Theater in Exeter .. later the same night in the main hall will be :::

THE CRASS AGENDA
The Beginning & The Word
9pm / £8 (£6) A performance for vocalists, Eve Libertine and Penny Rimbaud, who were both members of the seminal anarcho-punk band CRASS accompanied by Louise Elliot, Ricardo Dos Santos, Gene Calderazzo and the fabulous saxophonist, Ingrid Laubrock of the London cutting-edge jazz community. Set and projections by Gee Vaucher, (ex-Crass)

Shame to miss this one ......

Monday, April 25, 2005

Hack a Day.. Introducing the 'Hamster Midi Controller'.



Having much fun expoloring this site.... in fact it is getting in the way of production and resulting in far too much thinking time ...... always a danger for slacker-glitch here .... but lets face it any site giving you a solution to that long-sought-after midi controller - THE HAMSTER ... has gotta be worth exploring ....



Or..... if you aint got no Hamster .... howz about making a DJ Turntable from a Mouse...

Enjoy ..

Friday, April 22, 2005

Wanna speak like the Daleks ...

Well - you will have to trust me on this one - and unless like me you were sad enough (and indeed lazy enough) to be watching day-time-telly yesterday - Richard and Judy no less (the shame the shame .. I know) - you will not have seen the voice of the Daleks (ok I know it is somewhat difficult to SEE a voice- but trust me - you did) ... and it comprises of 2 things ...

Thing 1 - some guy who is the voice-talent (yep thats what they are called) who is especially good at saying things like 'EXTERRRMMMIINNNAAATEEE ... EEEEXXXXTTTTEEERRRMINAAAAATTTEEE... "

Thing 2 - A MOOGERFOOGER Ring Modulator - for yes it is indeed thanks to good old Bob Moog that they sound the way they do ..... now as the Moogerfoogers did not exist during the original Dr. Who series .... it begs the question - "how the hell did they do that ..."

sooo .. for all the techno-lust guyz-n-gals out there - here is said mooger-fooger - what a bute hey !!



and for the kidz in the audiance - one of those pesky dalek thangs ....

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

The Usual Suspects.....

Venn Festival Bristol...



Lay down - deep breaths and run for cover - a sonic assault is brewing in Bristol..

The second Venn Festival is happenning between June 3rd and 5th and this year finds something rather special - ok - supa-fuckin-hot... might better describe this babe !!

MARK STEWART with DOUG WIMBISH, SKIP McDONALD and KEITH LE BLANC

Plus ADRIAN SHERWOOD on live mix and DJ.
ACID MOTHER TEMPLE
GRAVENHURST

MALCOLM X CENTRE / Fri 3rd June / 8pm till late / £14

Not too sure what to comment on this news - apart from - YES - OH YES !! The joys of being back in the UK ...!!!

More news here from the Venn Festival Site

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Sign up for GOD - he needs you ....

This just through from the BISHOP OF THE CHURCH .... seems somewhat urgent - so if you need 10 grand and want to support a good cause (and give all your personal details away) - PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE sign up !!

GOD LOVES US CHURCH THE CHOSEN ONES

THIS IS FROM THE BISHOP OF THE CHURCH ,THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROGRAMME WHICH WILL BE HOLD IN SIX GOOD COUNTRYS ,WHICH ARE ----1,CHINA ,2, LONDON 3,JAPAN 4,ISEARL 5,NIGERIA 6,SOUTH AFRICAN.YOURS FIGHT TICKET

IS FREE OF CHARGE ,FOR THE LUCK ONES WHO WILL FILL THE FORM ALL SUMIT IT IN TIME THERE IS NOTHING LIKE CHURCH MEMBER ONLY EVERY BODY IS INVITED,EVERY LETTER OR MAIL

WILL BE SEND TO MY PASTOR . PASTOR WILLAMS KINGS FRANK.THERE WILL BE THINGS FOR WINNERS OF ANY PARTPIANT LIKE DANCEING,SINGING, DRAMERS EACH MINISTER OF GOD COMING THERE WILL BE PAYED 10,000$ EACH HOTEL

ACCOMODTION WILL BE HANDLED BY MY MANAGER THE MANAGER OF THE HOTELS WE WILL BE USING OK.


THIS IS THE FORM .

FULL NAMES-_________________
DATE OF BIRTH_______________
LOCATIONS___________________
AGE_________________________
MARITAL STATUES_______________
SEX___________________________
OCCUPATION___________________
RELIGION____________________
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COME AND SEE SIGNS AND WONUDERS.

Friday, April 08, 2005

Abyssinia Infinite featuring Gigi

Now this sounds too good to miss .. click the image for more details and soundz...

Thursday, April 07, 2005

South West Sound @ Dartington

Just spreading the word - I shall be down there for a couple of the events - curious to see what The Waterboys are like - last having seen them around 20 years ago on a windy afternoon at Glastonbury ...!

Dartington Plus - SOUTH WEST SOUND

A reminder about SOUTH WEST SOUND, taking place here at Dartington from 23 – 30 April 2005. An exciting programme, expanded from last year, of symposia, workshops and live music for anyone involved in music in the region. Full schedule and booking form available at www.southwestsound.org.uk. Book now to secure your place.

Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Quack Strangeness and Charm ..


The pictures from the 5th South Petherton Annual Duck Race are out - grab them here



The S O Veeeeee



Well I am smitten - and trust me - there is reason for it .....

Ok - I have been following Lady Sovereign through the normal chanels (what can a guy down in Somerset do - apart from download and learn) - alas, South Petherton, and for that matter the whole of the West Country, has yet to provide an outlet for seeing this stuff live on anything other than a sporadic basis - so the online pirate shows the like of RinseFM and the normal p2p routes are still the most immediate for access ! Yes I know I can pick up the 12's (in fact the new SOV is actually packing out shelf space in Virgin no less - but to get to the roots of this stuff, I really want to here the live-chat !!) ...

Following on from the excellent review from Kid Shirt back in March, I have been cheking out the numerous mixes/demos/remixes that are now circulating of Random - and what to say - Kid Shirt - on the face of it - you hit the mark - the Riko rap in the Menta remix does indeed rock-it ! The combination of faked(?) lofi telephone rap slamming back into the SOV-toastin is to say the least totally-inspired... however for simplicity - and if you can find it - the 'demo' mix that I have sitting on the hard-drive here is cute in the way it reveals the track in all its primitive glory - not that any of the mixes are really what would normally be called 'polished' - and sounds like it was recorded on a tape in a bedroom with a minimal of hardware (possibly the same MC-505 session that the whole of the M.I.A. output has been recorded on to serious effect) .....

What is the most inspiring to me about this music - along with the whole of the dub-step/grime output, is the way that lofi-recording techniques/equipment, cheap software tools (stand up Fruityloops et. al.) are empowering the creation of some excellent sounds - in the same way that the non-musicianship and cheapo equipment (anyone remember those Woolworths guitars?) allowed Punk to flourish, we again have an environment where big-bucks and years of expereience are nothing compared to inspiration .... and I love the end-product ! My only fear is that if a tool (or set of tools) are adopted, the music may well end up going the same way as Acid - maybe it is just me - but the thought of yet another TB303 squiggle instantly sends me in the direction of the OFF button on the I-Pod..... the only real difference between the use of a TB303 and software is that the 303 would set you back around US$1000 back in the day, whereas the new-breed of software is next-to-nothing (and quite possibly thanks to p2p NOTHING) ....

Personally I cannot wait for the first 'live' dub-step band to hit the circuit - forget all the synced beatz and sub-freq bass-rumble (shareware software take a seat please) - what could be better than a freaked out bass/percussion duo/trio in serious improv-mode ...... or am I missing the whole point here, or even worst am I just imagining some lame-ass nu-jazz setup !! Maybe it is time to start cutting up some beatz - loading up a couple of sessions in LIVE and trying this out .... lets see ... but for now - as the article was meant to be about Lady SOV - go and sign up as a VIP on her site and take a peek ... me I am off to stick the kettle on ....



Monday, April 04, 2005

Some glitchy tech funk for a Saturday afternoon in LA...

This just in from my partner in beatz JVS (no less) - sort of paints a sonic-picture of what might well be coming up from us on our South-East-Asia jaunt - and very fine-n-funky it sounds too ... just waiting for the spilts so we can have a dirty-non-west-coast-remix done in time for the shows - .....

Digital_Cutup_Lounge-Bairunon.mp3

Sunday, April 03, 2005

smokin joe...

Well Sunday morning here in real-funky-n-sunny south petherton ... actually picked up a copy of a certain Sunday paper this morning - not known for the news content - but sure as hell packs a punch with 2 of the best down-n-dirty-metal-monsters ever produced (come on and correct me if ya think ya hard enuf !!).. these being

Ace of Spades (drang drang drang / dun dun dun / drang drang drang / dun dun dun .. - "thats the way I like it baby - I don't want ta live forever" .... wooohoooo how we are partying right now in FG-mansions ......) - and that long forgotten bute - which I actually have on 7 inch no less (not played for a couple of decades mind - none other than Cat Scratch Fever - by uncle Ted Nugent (pass the gun - I 'm off shooting ...)


oh what a glorious sunny - and full-throttle-metal-onslaught start to the day - me - I am bopping - z-glitch - she is less enthusiastic, o-glitch - well he just wants to play the Ghost in the Shell playstation game we have just managed to track down - but no way is anything coming between ME AND MY METAL ....

Friday, April 01, 2005

DCL KL SG invasion time...

Well the draft posters are almost going to press (apparantly) - so seems that a 2 day South-East-Asia tour is about to happen 6th in Kuala Lumpa 8th or 9th in Singapore .... now if we only had a band (yikes ....?!?!?!?!?) ....

Remixing the remixed remix ...



DIYMEDIA.NET pushing out the mixes .... here is a bush-laden rehash of our 2 year-old bush-laden michael-moore remix ... Flush Bush and then grab some more ...


and this review just in for an old DCLvsAFX remix from way back - Happy Valley, Hong Kong dayz... late night sess with one uber-stoned JVS (on floor, crashed) and FG on Fosa-Laptop ... any idea of the translation pleaz ..? and bonus point if anyone can spot the original loop(s) used in this babe (hint there baint be an afx in sight) !!

Drukqsのどの曲のどの部分を使用したのかも不明なMixです。Houseっぽい感じになっています。本当にDrukqsか?という疑問の声もありますが一応紹介。

Aphex Twin - Drukqs (Digital Cutup Lounge Remix)