Wicked idea for a website/blog this is, it’s a site that has downloads of some of the latest radio shows, including the Essential Mix on Radio One (get in!).
It’s all categorised by genre so you can find things pretty easily, and currently they’ve got shows from the following;
I’ve been listening Goldie’s Essential Mix all day, so I definitely reccomend you check that one out, then I’m going to listen to Phil Kieran‘s tomorrow. Excellent stuff.
Yea so I’m sure most people have seen this by now, but I thought I’d share it for those of you who haven’t.
It needs no really explanation really, just watch it and laugh…
Just got tipped off on this one by Henry (who seems to know everything there is about music somehow). It’s a wicked King Tubby tribute mix, by a guy called Fhex.
Download the mix Here
Rockers :: Original movie theme
Version dub :: Yabby You
Please officer :: Talent crew
Breaking up dubwaise :: King Tubby & Prince Jammy
How long dub :: King Tubby And Friends
Horn for I :: King Tubby And Friends
Everybody needs dub :: King Tubby And Friends
Great stone :: King Tubby & Soul Syndicate
Version of class :: King Tubby & Prince Jammy
Dub investigation :: King Tubby And Friends
Reggae music dub :: Barrington Levy
Rock with me dub :: Yabby You
Tubby drums intro :: Fhex edit
Dub Is my occupation :: King Tubby And Friends
From Pablo studio :: King Tubby
Beat them in dub :: King Tubby And Friends
Vengeance in dub :: Yabby You
The right song voice :: Voice edit
Dub ites green & gold King :: Tubby And Friends
Why did you leave me dub :: Barrington Levy
A dancing roots version :: Cornel Campbell & The Aggrovators
No tarry yah version :: Yabby You
Thunder Rock :: King Tubby And Friends
Higher Ranking :: King Tubby & The Aggrovators
Version 78 Style :: Glen Brown & King Tubby
A Living Version :: King Tubby & Prince Jammy
Version edit :: King Tubby and Friends
Wake Up Jamaica :: Dennis Alcapone
It’s a wicked mix featuring tracks from one of the pioneers of Dub, especially good for this kind of weather. Stick this on and have a BBQ, and feel the bassbins kick out.
If you’re not too au fait with Dub, I suggest you check out King Tubby Presents – The Roots of Dub and spend the afternoon immersed in bass.
New mix up for the podcast, albeit a little bit later as I am aiming to get the mixes up within the first week of the month. Better late than never of course.
This one is a bit darker than my usual output, but it’s a lot closer to the sort of stuff I’d play in a warm up slot, except the stuff at the end of course.
Download it Here
Running Time 01:03:19
     Intro: Skins – Born Backwards
01: Underworld – Skym [JBO]
02: Radioactive Man – The Mezz [Rotter's Golf Club]
03: Chris Clark – Early Mass [Warp]
04: Electrochemie – You’re My Kind [Get Physical]
05: CSS – Lets Make Love & Listen To Death From Above (Simian Mobile Disco Mix) [Unknown]
06: Death In Vegas – Dirge (Micronauts Mix) [Concrete]
     Beats: Mr. Oizo – Transexual [Ed Banger]
     Sample: Mr. Oizo – Transexual [Ed Banger]
     Beats: The Mystery Jets – The Boy Who Ran Away (Riton Rerub) [679]
07: Mylo – Destroy Rock & Roll (Riton Mix) [Breastfed]
08: The Mystery Jets – The Boy Who Ran Away (Riton Re-Rub) [679]
     Sample: Simian Mobile Disco – It’s Just The Beat [Wichita]
09: Simian Mobile Disco – It’s The Beat [Wichita]
10: Simian Mobile Disco – It’s Just The Beat [Wichita]
11: Who Made Who – Out The Door (Superdiscount Mix) [Gomma]
12: Riton – Hammer of Thor (Roman Flugel Mix) [Souvenir]
     Beats: Cursor Minor – Hair of The Dog [Lo]
13: The Klaxons – Golden Skans To Interzone (So Me Remix) [Ed Banger]
14: Black Ghost – The Face (Kissy Sell Out Mix) [Southern Fried]
15: Kissy Sell Out – Her [San City High]
16: Daft Punk – Robot Rock (Soulwax Mix) [Virgin]
     Acapella: Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Got Your Money [Elektra]
Remember you can check out the previous mixes/episodes Here
I was really happy with the reception of last month’s mix, which is currently just over 500 downloads and still counting at the moment, very pleased with that.
So thanks to everyone who downloaded it, hope you enjoyed it.
Jung
PS: I know it was cheeky to use the sample of the Mr. Oizo track before it was released, which I obviously downloaded from a blog somewhere (which will remain nameless) but no one’s died, and it does sound wicked over Dirge. Don’t sue me! Cheers
There's this stall in the local market that sells all kind of second hand CDs and 12s that I like to visit every now and again to see what they've got on on offer.
The best thing about second hand music shops, is that people usually sell the most exciting musical gems that you never thought you'd get hold of, or ever stuff that isn't that rare, but it's now a classic. (A good example of this is that I once bought 'Mr. Oizo – Analog Worms Attack' for three quid)
I don't know why people sell these sort of things, but I'd imagine it has something to do with musicians developing heavy coke/crack habits, and so they sell all their music at reduced prices to fund said habit.
Doesn't bother me, I get to buy stuff I either lost or never bought first time round, for ridiculous prices.
Today I bought:
DJ Shadow – High Noon
Which has the extended overhaul of Organ Donor on it
Unkle – Rabbit In Your Headlights
With the instrumental & 3D Mix etc
Radiohead – Paranoid Android
Which is ace, because it's got Polyethelene on it!
Death In Vegas – Dirge
Including Micronauts Mix, filthy electro
Mylo – Destroy Rock & Roll
Riton Mix
2001: A Space Odyssey – Sound Track
DJ Shadow – Midnight In A Perfect World
All for like 15 quid. Deal done, bargain
I ran across a very interesting article on the BBC News website today about the current laws and classifications for recreational drugs. It is based on an investigation by the RSA, which details the problems with the current policy, as well as the danger of many common drugs, including those which are currently unclassified.
(As you can see in the chart below, alcohol comes in very close to the top, right in between street quality methadone, and ketamine).
There are quite a few very good points raised that most people have been thinking for ages, but were either to scared to say or couldn’t speak loud enough (or perhaps just too stoned and couldn’t be bothered). Especially those about many ‘illegal drugs’ such as acid, being potentially harmless in the right circumstances.
You can read the article here
There’s also a huge wealth of information on the effects and problems of almost every drug you can think of here
Here’s a few examples of some very very interesting architecture degree work from Ajmir Kandola (although like me, some of you probably just know him as mø).
The project is titled ‘Ontology, Space and the Architectural Drawing’ and is very much about:
(as quoted from Ajmir)
The disparity between space on a drawing and space behind an architectural drawing lead me to explore this field through various drawing techniques. I explored the architectural and ontological term ‘spatiality’ through the two dimensional drawing, with the eventual outcome of extruding the process into a three-dimensional entity.
I think from reading the essay excerpts below, and then looking through the images, you can really get a sense of depth as well as a general feeling of space and distance. Whilst being fully aware that it is still a 2D image, which I think is something quite difficult to capture, but he’s succeeded with distinction in my eyes.
(I won’t talk about it too much because something like this is a bit beyond my artistic talent, understanding it is difficult enough for me sometimes, let alone explaining it).
I don’t really want to post up a load of thumbnails here for you to look at, as I feel you really need to view the full series in order to appreciate the full work, but here’s a few samples anyway.
I’ve also got a few excerpts from the essay that I did pinch from the Virus B-23 website (sorry Henry!)
Spatiality references this three-stage relationship of thought, thinking and reality in an architectural drawing – thought and thinking are two distinct entities, and reality is their poetic embodiment. References that relate to universal entities or objects that are understood through attributes and connotations of these entities or objects will try to assert and fuel the discussion of space in a drawing. The references to other ‘somethings’ such as objects, attributes to objects, metaphors relating to objects, all aid the communication of an architectural creation. Distinction implies that thinking and thought share the same reference field, but are different as ontological entities, separation of context of thought and reality implies they exist in different fields of ontology. This, as discussed previously in the relationship between mind and matter, express simultaneously the properties of an architectural drawing. The notion of absolute negative space arises from the inability to describe unoccupied territory as a distinct architectural space because of the lack of context – it is a separate space belonging to a different ontological field of reference. Absolute negative space describes that which is not referenced in architectural depiction of a particular architecture due to the nature of the relationship between ontology and space. Regions in an architectural drawing that have not been tackled fully by considering the substances and their spatiality in relation to distinct entities of an architecture, and the organisation of mind – matter against the differences in fields of reference all fall into this category, particularly when and if there is no direct point of reference to matter or composition and non-presence are further explored in the series ‘Wounds 1-7’. Therefore the exploration of distinct entities in an architectural drawing examines the differences between inhabited and uninhabited territories that share fields of references relating to overlapping ontological stances.
The series of ‘Wound’ drawings attempt to discuss purely the notion of absolute negative space. The drawings in the series ‘Wound’ were conducted in quick succession using water drawn on paper, with the boundary between wet and dry marked with the squeezing of a pipette full of a mixture of Indian ink and scented Chinese calligraphy ink. The drawings are in only two dimensions, and discuss the boundary of objects in three dimensional space analysed and reduced by the eye into pure distinctions between ‘something’ and ‘something else’. The irrelevance of perspectival focus on the depiction of object is an outcome of this pure distinction between objects sharing the same ontological reference field. In analysing the purity of distinction of objects through the use of ink, the idea of difference of fields between objects conveys their qualities in depiction. The objects portrayed are different objects, however in depicting them in the same fashion show they share the same notion of ‘field’. The absolute negative space (in this instance captured by the slit) is the central wound left untouched by paint or pipette. This is the differentiation between unoccupied territory and inhabited/uninhabited space and their portrayal as separate entities in the same drawing. When thinking of this image diagrammatically, the absolute negative space is a region that is not possible to discuss on two planes, or perhaps in only the realm of metaphysics, and is left to assumption. That is, this space does not affect the quality or interrelation of composition, but still must be shown as a concern in the drawing. It must be shown because it gives the study of difference of fields a location in the sense that unmarked and space beyond is relevant, but not necessary for consideration in depicting objects. Overlaid are lines drawn by pen anchored four points relating to the quadrate, and the preoccupation of the architectural drawing to move towards the Cartesian notion of drawing. There are also three nodes drawn in absolute negative space, which are a means of discussing the objects’ meta-fields in connection with uncharted space. This can be analogised as the eye travelling over the drawing, and the concern for the way the eye travels over the drawing.
Finally the best bit of the lot is that you can view the entire set of prints, sketches and digital work Here.
Looking forward to whatever the next peice of work Ajmir is working on, apparently it’s something to do with a city wide wifi network and a ‘giant’ midi controller, which could be very exciting and refreshing indeed I think.
The second installment of the still very unfamous podcast (which is pretty expected considering I’ve only just started doing it). Some of the tracks are old, some of them new, but I’m never too concerned about having the newest records, I think you’re much better off having the best records.
Gonna try and at least get a new podcast mix up monthly I think.
Click Here to download
Running Time 01:14:51Â
01: Vangelis – Main Titles [Atlantic]
02: Boards of Canada – The Colour of The Fire [Warp]
03: Boards of Canada – Dayvan Cowboy (Odd Nosdam Mix) [Warp]
04: Paul Woolford – Devil’s Night Fire [NRK]
05: Stephan Bodzin Vs. Mark Romboy – Phobos [Systematic]
     Acapella: Satoshi Tomiie – Atari [INCredible]
06: Mr. Oizo – Half An Edit [F Com]
07: New Young Pony Club – Ice Cream [Modular]
08: Simian Mobile Disco РClik [Kitsun̩]
     Beats: New Young Pony Club – Ice Cream [Modular]
09: Oliver Huntemann – 37 Grad [Confused]
     Excerpt: Skins – Pills [None]
10: Revl9n – Some Like You (Freeform Five Mix) [Because Music]
11: Beauty School – Disco Sux (Stone Lions Mix) [Erase]
12: The Prodigy – Spitfire (Future Funk Squad Vip Mix) [Unreleased]
     Sample: The Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up [XL]
13: Dieter Schmidt РMorse Code From The Cold War [Kitsun̩]
     Beats: New Young Pony Club – Ice Cream [Modular]
14: Justice – Waters of Nazareth (Justice Mix) [Ed Banger]
15: Para One – Dudun Dun (Boys Noize Mix) [Instubes]
     Acapella: PQM – You Are Sleeping (Chable Acapella) [Yoshitoshi]
16: The Gossip – Standing In The Way of Control (Soulwax Mix) [Backyard]
17: Djuma Soundsystem – Les Djinns (Trentemoller Mix) [Get Physical]
     Excerpt: 28 Days Later – Protection [None]
     Excerpt: The Jacket – 27 Years Old [None]
You can check out all the other podcast mixes here, and you can find details on how to subscribe to the podcast here.
Much love x
To be honest I’d stumbled across last.fm a few times when googling for various tracks around the place, but never really paid much attention to what it was or did (yea so I can be naive like that). But after a bit of investigation when I was bored, I worked out the whole point of it.
Without going into too much detail, it’s a bit of a social networking site, based primarily on the music people are into. You download a peice of software that sits stealthily on your PC (or Mac if you’re that way inclined) and it just pays attention to what you’re listening to in iTunes or Windows Media Player, and then reports it back to the site, thus anyone who views your profile can see what you’re into, and laugh at your pathetic/impeccable taste (as if anyone has impeccable taste in music).
The people behind the site can probably explain it better than I can though;
What is Last.fm?
Last.fm is a service that records what you listen to, and then presents you with an array of interesting things based upon your tastes — artists you might like, users with similar taste, personalised radio streams, charts, and much more.What is Scrobbling?
Scrobbling a song means that when you listen to it, the name of the song is sent to Last.fm and added to your music profile.
Once you’ve signed up and downloaded Last.fm, you can scrobble songs you listen to on your computer or iPod automatically. Start scrobbling yourself, and see what artists you really listen to the most. Songs you listen to will also appear on your Last.fm profile page for others to see.
Millions of songs are scrobbled every day. This data helps Last.fm to organise and recommend music to people; we use it to create personalised radio stations, and a lot more besides.
You can see what Last.fm users listened to the most last week by clicking the Charts button at the top of the page. Add your musical taste into the mix and help us get some decent music into the top 10.
The best bit though I reckon, is that you can have it output your recently listened to records to a .gif image, so you can whack it on your myspace/website/blog whatever, and everyone can have a good old butchers at what you’re listening to. (it’s always updated automatically, through internet magic)
eg; here’s the last ten tracks I’ve listened to on the old iTunes player thing…
 
So yea, thats pretty much it. Sign up, listen to some songs, everyone elses see’s what you’re listening too, and maybe reccomends stuff that’s similar, and the best bit is that the site will even point you in the direction of people who are into similar stuff to you, so you could end up talking to John Peel’s ghost, or a bloke called Dave who’s into The Village People.
Bit of an old mix this one back from May last year, but I thought it was a nice mix to start the podcast off with, so download and enjoy. Drop some comments down as well if you’re into it.
Download Here
Running time: 1:04:23
     Intro: Troops On Acid [None]
01: Swayzak – State of Grace (Silicon Scally Mix) [Columbia]
02: Chadwick Strange – Breakit [Omnis]
03: Kosmas Epsilon – Velvet [Precinct]
04: Greg Kobe – Cosmic Diver [Butterfly Effect]
05: Momu – Missy Elliot Bootleg [White]
06: Timo Maas – Feedback Welcome (Part One) [Warner]
     Acapella: Dr Dre – Next Episode [Aftermath]
07: Radioactive Man – Uranium [Rotter’s Golf Club]
     Beats: Timo Maas – Feedback Welcome [Warner]
     Acapella: Ol’ Dirty Bastard – Got Yo’ Money [Electra]
08: Timo Maas – Feedback Welcome (Part Two) [Warner]
09: Surkin – Radio Fireworks [Instubes]
10: Jackson – Utopia [Warp]
     Beats: Evil Nine – Crooked [Marine Parade]
11: Lcd Soundsystem – Disco Infiltrator [DFA]
     Beats: Ils – Music (Evil Nine Mix) [Marine Parade]
12: Pet – Superpet (Evil Nine Remix) [Gronland]
13: TG – You Ain’t Got Time To Think [Four Twenty]
14: Moguai – I Want, I Need Love [Kontor]
     Excerpt: 28 Days Later – Protection [None]
15: Surkin – Ghetto Obsession [Instubes]
16: Johnny Dark – Can’t Wait [Kin]
17: Squarepusher – My Red Hot Car [Warp]
     Acapella: Freeland – We Want Your Soul [Marine Parade]
18: Booka Shade – In White Rooms [Get Physical]
19: Boards of Canada – Dayvan Cowboy [Warp]
New mix should be up ready to download in the next week or so.