Tag: Musical instruments
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The Secret Life of The Optigan
Following on from the previous post I looked up the source of the sample in the Paloma Faith track Upside Down and was surprised – it was from the Optigan. ‘That’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time…’ /OB1 The Optigan was a home organ, really a kid’s toy made by Mattel, a…
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Hells Bells
Posts are like buses during an unexploded WW2 bomb panic, you wait for days and then two come at once! And what a post – SPOILERS if you watch Game of Thrones, middle finger if you don’t and whinge about it (kind of tired of those who make like certain vegans LOVE to tell you…
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Finitribe – DeTestimony (Tauschsieder remix)
When I say this floating around the social media cloud or whatever they now call it, I thought ‘aye aye’ – but when I finally got round to pressing play it really wasn’t what I expected. Tauschsieder* and banging beats haven’t really been in the same room let alone darkened park transmitting radio – so…
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DJ Detweiler
http://soundcloud.com/d-j-detweiler/pendulum-tarantula-d-j I was thinking there isn’t enough Dolmetsch & Bass out there, some bangin’ recorder tunes, and I’ve been beaten to it by decades. Here is DJ Detweiler’s 90’s and 00’s remixes, can’t see why they never got released. TOO FUTURE! If these had come out those boring recorder lessons would have been FAR different,…
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DJ Lumpy – Midwife Crisis mix
Dj Lumpy Presents – Midwife Crisis by Djlumpyrulesok on Mixcloud Lovely mix by DJ Lumpy which he does every year for his birthday, listening to the laidback jazz, exotica & lounge music as the rain drums down, especially as it’s ‘Deep Purple’ performed on theremin by Dr. Samuel J. Hoffman, and it’s wonderful (which is…
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No matter what colour, you’re still my brother
Listening to DJ Lumpy’s excellent Brunch of Currants mix I heard Timmy Thomas’s ‘Why Can’t We Live Together’ and I’m sure I must’ve heard it before somewhere but was blown away…not only one of the first records to feature a drum machine (TR 77 possibly) it’s impassioned plea for unity still rides strong in today’s…