Month: November 2015
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AFX – Nightmail & Avril AltDelay
Some of the recent delights of the AFX soundcloud dump (yes it’s still going, I think he’s asking fans to name their best 30 for an upcoming release, or ordering of tracks) includes some really deranged house/techno. What about an acid version of Nightmail. Yes THAT Nightmail…banging Britten beats and Auden dropping some science! Never…
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Working In a Coalmine – RIP Allen Toussaint
Meant to post this yesterday, sad to hear the death of Allen Toussaint, whose history from The Meters, Glen Campbell’s best moment ‘Southern Nights’ to the infamous Lee Dorsey track ‘Working In A Coalmine’ pervades music history until today. Hip-hop as Questlove pointed out would be a lot poorer without ‘Get Out Of My Life…
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Say no to spec work
I’m always amazed how in the digital media, photography and advertising world it’s still OK to ask for work on spec (i.e. for free) ‘for exposure’ where as this video demonstrates other industries would ask you to sling your hook. The pay less in future for a longer contract is also depressingly common, and again…the…
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Yo Ho Ho and a Dead Man’s Chest
https://soundcloud.com/ingredients/dead-mans-mixtape Harking back to the Pirate Radio sound of the early 90’s (shout outs to Fire* and KoolFM!) is this jungle-tastic mix by Dead Man’s Chest. I thought I’d checked out DMC before, but somehow had missed his recent EPs Nautilus and Dreamscapes, and was (re?) introduced to him by the latest Lloydbrary and Ian…