Month: August 2010
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Wiley – what could be
How many blogs go from early 70’s folk to up-to-date 2010 grime-pop? Not that many, that’s what! More up to date I’ve been slowly wading through the gigabytes of tunes that Wiley released via Twitter in July – 11 zip files full of new Wiley music, variable (even demos and just beats in there) but…
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Paradise is not a house in the city
Here’s a track that could’ve been on the Summerisle podcasts apart from the fact I’ve only just heard it. Keith Christmas played on Space Oddity and was one of those ‘lost’ folk generation, although lost to later disinterest in the early 70’s folk sound rather than a cult or drugs, I’m guessing. This is very…
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Bollywood in Space wins GYBO Weekend Challenge, Thou Shalt Always GYBO
You might recall me mentioning GYBO Weekend Challenge, the ad-hoc for-fun mashup challenge where you have a weekend (no, never) to create a mashup using a pre-selected acapella and instrumental – and winner voted by the people of the board (usually other challengers) gets bragging rights and to select the next tunes to mash. Well…
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RC 193: Return to Summerisle Part 2
Dead Rabbit, Outer Hebrides 2006 Return to Summerisle for a musical Wicker sequel (one probably making more sense than Wicker Man II – yes it exists, yes it was written by Tony Shaffer, yes it was bonkers. Being molested by tree gods and throwing people off cliffs with eagles attached to them? Anyone?). This time…
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Proto acid house from 1982
I’ve always maintained that Heaven 17’s masterpiece is an early acid house gem, partly because it was one of the first tracks to utilise the then new Roland TB303 in it’s squelchy (if not filter sweeped) glory. The 12″ mix makes this more clear. The original video is very prescient for modern times – showing…