Archive for October, 2009
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Friday, October 30th, 2009We are proud to present our sixth release, ‘Bangkok’ by Boris Dlugosch. Already a staple in Erol Alkan’s recent club sets, ‘Bangkok’ (co-produced/written with Raik Fargo of Hey Today!) has been one of the most enquired about records in recent memory.
Remix duties are provided by London’s fast rising Roska, whose recent ‘Kicks & Snares EP’ [...]
REUNITED
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009New video from FAN DEATH featuring special extended mix of REUNITED from forthcoming EP A Coin For The Well. Directed by Dandilion Wind Opaine!
fan-death.com
myspace.com/fandeath
Maman
Saturday, October 24th, 2009Hervé Siard, the brains behind the compilation ‘Sisters’, launches his label ‘Maman’ tonight in Paris. First release is an EP by Sheraff which features remixes from Passion Pit, Secret Music (Chase from Yes Giantes), Logo and We Are Enfant Terrible. Hervé describes Sheraff as ‘une bande de loosers’ on tsugi…Errr, I don’t think that needs [...]
RETRO/GRADE
Friday, October 23rd, 2009I’m not here to talk to you about Retro/Grade. The game you play as ace pilot, Rick Rocket, who must repeat his last space battle in reverse in order to protect the space time continuum or Retrograde Ejaculation the unfortunate condition where semen travels into the bladder rather than exiting the body, but that of [...]
Kashmir.
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Following on from our previous post on Chilly Gonzales, the man himself has stepped in to give us the craic on what is currently lighting up his life:
“Cashmere
I have never worn jeans in my entire life, not because I’m “better” than jeans, but because I’m afraid of them. Jeans scare me because they represent relaxation [...]
Synthgasm.
Friday, October 23rd, 2009If you haven’t already caught it we suggest you hop on over to BBC iPlayer and watch Synth Britannia, a trip back in time that feels bizarrely like a trip into the future. Also keep your eyes peeled for ‘Krautrock: The Rebirth Of Germany‘ which airs on BBC Four this evening at 9pm.
Soulwaxmas
Friday, October 23rd, 2009Forget Christmas, Soulwaxmas is getting scarily close and the line up looks amazing:
2 Many DJs
Soulwax
aeroplane / tiga
mixhell / erol alkan
London @ Brixton Academy, Dec 11th & 12th
Manchester @ Academy, Dec 16th
Belfast @ Ulster Hall, Dec 17th
Glasgow @ Braehead Arena, Dec 18th
Antwerp @ Lotto Arena, Dec 19th
Paris @ Grande Halle De La Villette, Dec 23
More [...]
Skhizein
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Incredible 13 minute animation directed by Jérémy Clapin and produced by Dark Prince. Poor Henry is struck by a meteorite and has to adapt to living precisely ninety-one centimeters from himself. This film has won numerous awards and now it has been release on a limited edition (500) dvd.
Simon & Garfield
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009I stumbled across these today (via bright stupid confetti); 100 handmade mix cd sleeves made by Simon Evans and Sarah Lannan throughout 2008. As someone who still makes/gives/receives/loves mix cds I thought this was amazing. The covers were exhibited alongside Simon’s other work at the James Cohan gallery in New York. See all the sleeves [...]
Gonzpired
Thursday, October 15th, 2009Monsieur Chilly Gonzales is coming to London town! His piano talk show will be on each Wednesday throughout November and he’s got some special guests lined up including Jarvis Cocker. I last saw him live when he was breakin’ records (see pyjama pic!) and I’ve just bought my talk show tickets for the 11th…Although I [...]
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