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Archive for October, 2006
Unearthing MySpace Gems
Who’s got gems? I’ve got gems! A quick reminder on how this weekly feature works; all pages featured have had less than 10,000 page-views. If you know of any artists on MySpace, with less than that many page-views, that you think I should feature, please let me know. You can either email me to the address at the left, or send me a message and/or friends request (if you are an artist or band) at my personal MySpace page or the >>just like music MySpace … [read more]
Trans-Siberian Express
Choo, choo! All aboard the Trans-Siberian Express, with your host Tim Pare. “Who’s Tim Pare?”, well he’s an acoustic extraordinaire! Tim Pare is from Sheffield, England, but Sheffield is where it both ended and started – in 2004 Tim said good-bye to his life in England’s north and moved to China to teach. It was a year or so later that Tim found himself on the Trans-Siberian Express train in Russia, accompanied by 30 soldiers and 30 sailors, all returning from two … [read more]Track of the Week
Today’s track of the week (or tracks of the week) comes from an album I got just a week ago, and it is easily a nomination for album of the year, as far as I am concerned. Some have described it as romantic electronica, and don’t be fooled, it is far from being as cheesy as it already sounds! I’m talking about Daedelus and his latest album Denies The Day’s Demise. Released this year on Ninja Tune, it really is 15 tracks of pure … [read more]
Chrome Vids for Chrome Kids
You may, or may not, have copped the new Stones Throw CD/DVD Chrome Children – if you haven’t yet, it is worth getting for sure. On the CD side of things it reminds me of those Ninja Tune Zentertainment CDs that come out around once a year. They serve as a taster of what is going on within their label and often suck people in by offering tracks that are as yet unreleased. Well, Chrome Children is no different and offered up unheard Madvillain and … [read more]
ObliqSound on the remix
The indie label ObliqSound, who are based both in New York and Hamburg, have just dropped a remix album called The ObliqSound Remixes Vol. 2. For this release they teamed up with famed industrial designer Karim Rasheed – Karim was enlisted to create a case and carrier for the CD to match the spirit of the label, and as you will see from the pic below it looks pretty damn cool. The label’s eclectic blend of artists have been remixed by such names … [read more]
Unearthing MySpace Gems
There are millions upon millions of budding musicians and artists on MySpace – 90% of them are… shit. But, I’m here to separate the wheat from the chaff, I am the gem finder general. So five more pages for you this week. A quick reminder on how this weekly feature works; all pages featured have had less than 10,000 page-views. If you know of any artists on MySpace, with less than that many page-views, that you think I should feature, please let me know. You … [read more]
Track of the Week
Today’s track of the week is from a UK hip-hop album that dropped in 2002. The fella that produced the album has now actually moved to America, but more on that in a bit. UK hip-hop is a funny old thing, lots of different sounds and interests, but sadly it quite often goes unnoticed by the masses – which is fine for all those “keep it underground” kinda folks, but sometimes it would be nicer for the deserving artists to get a bit more attention. … [read more]
Days To Come
Many people are of the opinion that whatever Ninja Tune releases turns to gold, well in industry terms it doesn’t, but in the world of the underground leftfield… it certainly seems to. Ninja Tune host a plethora of talent in their ranks, from Coldcut themselves, to Amon Tobin, The Herbaliser, The Cinematic Orchestra, as well as many others and also their brethren at Big Dada – but today I’m going to talk about one Ninja Tune artist alone, and that artist’s brand spanking new album. … [read more]Parklife 06 – Brisbane
This past Saturday I went to the one day Parklife music festival in Brisbane. Essentially it was a dance festival, but they had some pretty diverse offerings, from hip-hop to breaks to dub to rock, a good selection indeed. I’d been looking forward to this for a long time, mainly for three main acts – these were; Cut Chemist, Coldcut, and Mixmaster Mike. It wasn’t actually until I got to the festival that I realised not everyone was looking forward to the … [read more]