So yesterday was National Day here in the you ay ee and as usual there was just a plethora of ridiculously over done stickered up and decorated cars. I unfortunately didnt bring my real camera out but I was able to snap these with my phone and this was just the tip of the iceberg !!
Just about every other car looked like this, entirely painted and printed... nuts
this one was brilliant I thought, at least some creativity coming out and what a sick photo
that’s really it for now … I’m working on finishing up a podcast show during the weekend so hopefully you’ll get a chance to hear it quite soon!
Movember is coming to a close … how is everyone doing on their moustache?
Got a double dose of some proper Cocoon-approved techno last weekend and some days before that as well… Dubai was lucky enough to be graced by Phil Kieran (at Alpha) and then Frank Lorber (at Rooftop). So so so good. I can’t exactly go into much detail about what was played as my knowledge of techno lately is fucked … been disconnected from Techno for a while as I went on a soul/funk discovery mission and then immersed myself in the world of Dubstep as you’ve probably all noticed.
it's about damn time ...
Well I must say, especially Phil Kieran was just such a good time it took me back to the European days and daze. My feet started to move again in a way they hadn’t moved since probably late March … well enough about my weekend.
Music! It’s such a fucking awesome thing, this gift we call music. I can’t find other subjects I would rather talk about so let’s start off again with some new shiat for you all to check.
Phil Kieran @ Alpha (look there's me!)
Well, let’s begin with Phil Kieran’s release “Shh” which he was out here promoting, I haven’t heard many tunes off it in full but what I gather from the previews and my recollection of the night I’d have to say the stand out tracks are “Dirt” a filthy, tech-house, bamboozler of a tune or the more experimental Techno based “R.E.S.P” which actually has what I consider to be some traces of Electro when it comes to the bassline but it fits in nicely with the droney siren like sound and random shouting in the background.
Look for Phil Kieran’s “Shh” {Cocoon} on all good digital music shops, cds where available (aka not Dubai) and of course Vinyl .
Shh
Moving along at a cross roads between genres we come to a remix genius a man I talked about a little bit a couple of weeks ago as the guy who’s going to be all the rage soon enough and well it seems like he’s headed down that path.
Joy Orbison
Again featuring on the Mary Ann Hobbs show last week and pointed out in the comments by petepete, we’re talking here about Joy Orbison. Just recently he’s put his hands into a few remixes and well its easy to see just why he’s such a hot ticket at the moment. Check the two previews below: firstly his remix of Jose James’ “Blackmagic” and then “Love Cry” originally by Four Tet. Both of those just recently off the press so grab it if you find it … Pete … go back to the fucking shop NOW.
Jose James – Blackmagic (Joy Orbison Reconstruction) {Brownswood}
Nevermind the anime you see in the video look for this artwork in stores or online (beatport etc)
Jose James - Blackmagic Remixes {Brownswood}
Four Tet – Love Cry (Joy Orbison Remix) {Domino}
Look for this artwork and not the random picture of Joy Orbison …
Four Tet - Love Cry Remixes {Domino}
Finally, on an unrelated note I’ve got one more picture for you. It’s related to the big news yesterday about the state of Dubai’s finances.
I kept saying this about the billboards and well someone finally heard I guess and took some initiative
Indeed... {from Today's 7Days}
Have a stupendous sunday thanks to everyone who reads!
Enjoy,
D.
Polaroid instant film is being phased out … the way I see it an art form is being phased out and that should just not happen.
Think about what Vinyl is to music … sure they’re not doing away with film altogether but polaroids have such a different look and feel to them just the typical 5×7 prints and as such I wanted to raise some awareness about the Save Instant Film campaigns going on at the moment and share with you some art from the “Paulson Press“.
A quick video dump, or should be audio dump I guess but you have some sort of visuals to stare at… anyway,
as usual load the video and play before you read on .
Well, what to talk about … I guess this bit of music for now and we’ll see what develops.
So for those of you who don’t know Flying Lotus or commonly (and awfully I might add) referred to as FlyLo is a hell of a producer. Based in Los Angeles he’s been referred to as LA’s Burial… now I don’t quite see the comparison of musical styles so much but I can definitely see a resemblance when it comes to a profound influence in shaping a musical movement.
Flying Lotus
What Burial has done for Dubstep is sort of what Flying Lotus has done for the world of experimental hip hop, trip hop, and low end theory music. Alongside Glitch Mob, and Nosaj Thing to name a few Flying Lotus has revolutionized music especially in the way it is made, bringing to the forefront any and all technology which can be manipulated and changed to produce the sound he is looking for. (Difference is Flying Lotus has got his hands dirty in enough dubstep as well whereas I don’t think Burial has done much hip hop influence shiat).
A couple of weeks back I read an article I heard of when I was listening to the Mary Ann Hobbs show and fuck me was she right, the article does a great job in summing up whats been happening in this scene over the last year or 2. Have a read if youre interested and check out music by Flying Lotus, Nosaj Thing, Samiyam, and of course Prefuse 73. (be sure to check out these related links if you don’t want to read the article but get to some media : ONE and TWO )
I realized I haven’t said anything about Declaime aka Dudley Perkins and to be honest it’s cuz I don’t know shit about him but after a bit of research I found this :
He apparently has a grip of shit out (since ‘99 and was also featured on Mushroom Jazz Volume 5… he’s also done a bunch of shit with Madlib including a Hi-Tek vs. Madlib mixtape … could be worth checking out )
Let me know if anyone knows more about Declaime or if I missed something uber important, oh shit … I missed Pattie Blingh (aka G.A.M) but I also have 0 Idea who she is. So much music to be discovered so little time…. Stay tuned
Enjoy,
D.
And since a I love you all so much … a little bonus a “J Dilla Lightworks” Remix by Flying Lotus …
So today’s word for 8 on 8 is STENTORIAN … a random word I learned a few days ago and I figured why not make this section semi educational as well so why not use new words and give definitions..
Anyway yeah there’s the word and the picture … I quite like the photo to be honest and I’m trying to figure out exactly what the fuck is going on … and what movie / tv show its from … at first I thought it could also be some sort of an oldschool version of “LOST” with the Dharma Initiative guy and some alien but that idea was scrapped pretty quickly.
What do you think it is ? Or better yet, why don’t you come up with some captions for the photo… ?
Here’s my attempt :
Is that a Perm job ? Look at that wave… how do these humans do it!?
So I came up with some sort of a way for me to have a random photograph to show you all and discuss whenever I feel like updating this blog with a short blurb.
Since 8 is my favorite number and google has a cool and easy to use image search feature I decided I will randomly pick a word and then do an image search on google using that word… then the 8th picture on the 8th page regardless of what shows up will be the picture of the day or the “8 on 8″ for that day.
So without further ado lets begin … today I chose to look up the word “totally” because I was like … totally, like, super bored and shit. So like, I hope you enjoy the like 8 on 8 concept and I’m open to suggestions for the words although it’d be nice if you didnt do the search yourselves … we’ll see what develops.
so its been too long since I posted anything and a lot of you have probably stopped reading or checking back … in any case here we go with some shiiiiiiat.
Well, firstly, lets get the music dose out of the way so you can listen to this while you read through the rest of the post
As you’ve probably deduced it’s a Skream remix of Chromeo’s latest tune “Night by Night” … to be honest I fucking love it even if it doesn’t exactly have the distinct ear shattering bassline Skream loves to put on his tunes… it’d be real interesting to see what Shackleton could do with this track but its totally not his genre … still I its something I find myself doing all the time … I love trying to visualize in my head people doing covers or remix of tunes that are completely out of their style … sometimes it really works. Although I can’t think of something off the top of my head, maybe you can.
Right, well where was I going with this post … oh yeah … so I’ve been collecting a few tracks over the past couple of weeks a medly of dubstep tunes obviously, a handful of experimental trip hop sounding stuff, as well as a nice little selection of soul and funk … so what ? Well … im toying with the idea of a new BroCast or maybe releasing this mix under the guise and blessing of the Shitledger Radio label … we’ll see…
Either way what I’ve got to really work on is just actually making the mix and choosing the songs … maybe this weekend it’ll happen … I hope so…
I’m thinkin about gettin a midi controller to start playing around on traktor a bit more which could be fun and might make the next mixes and podcasts more interesting at least in terms of production, I’m looking at either the Vestax VCI 300 (but that sticks you to using their software) or the M-Audio Torq Xponent … anyone who knows anything more please let me know your opinion / suggestion. I’ve been reading reviews and shiat but the word of a friend is always better…
Oh and I hopefully get my fuckin macbook back soon after its been at the computer hospital for fuckin ages due to a random graphics card error. When that happens I’ll be able to start toying around properly with my video camera as well and who knows … there was chat round these here parts of incorporating video somehow into the podcasts so stay tuned for that!
I’ll get to posting a bit regularly again I’ve just had a few hectic weeks in terms of work and other blah blah blahness, for now thats all I’ve really got for you… when I’m done with some artwork and things I’ve been doing I’ll be posting some of that, hope you’re all doing good whomever you are and wherever you are … thanks for reading.
So I got a random friend request on facebook today from ‘Dark Arx’ an artist and record label of the same name… turns out they’re a pretty big enthusiast of the whole dubstep scene and want to give back … supporting Binary Sequence was the first move so DKX001 : Binary Sequence – Below The Ice was born (mastered by Stu Hawkes — “Panagaea, Roni Size, Thom Yorke, Metalheadz, Gilles Peterson, Breakage, Scuba and more”).
The first release on the label and to be honest I’m pretty impressed with the stuff, I quite like the last choon “Below The Ice” as the description on the site says : Gritty, pristine + emotive beats.
I like the fact that the whole movement is using any and all mediums to get the music out to the world and I mean for fuck’s sake … I’m in Dubai and I’m getting sent tunes from ppl in England who have 500 or so fans on their facebook page … I’m assuming that number won’t take too long to start growing exponentially if the music is of any worth.
So yeah, since I was contacted I figured I’d do my part and at least let you lot all know about it … now karma work your shit!
Have a listen for yourself and find out more over at Dark Arx Website
Check the video from the latest Flaming Lips album single “I Can Be A Frog” great album when given a chance … it’s quite experimental and a few tracks have a bit of distortion and psychedelia to them but all in all beautiful.
Enjoy
D.
The Video was removed because of whack copyright claims by some big corporation that cares more about making a profit off of the video rather than creative and/or artistic expression. Thanks.
So much music to be discovered so little time…. Stay tuned
