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House remixes of classic Sade tracks ‘Paradise’ and ‘By Your Side’. The former is tweaked by an anonymous technician, but someone who clearly knows their onions when it comes to pumping soulful house goodness. If you liked the Kerri Chandler remix of Gabriels - this one's for you baby!
'By Your Side is remixed by Ben Watt into a vibrant deep house gem. Sade's vocals filtered and looped to perfection alongside a delicately picked guitar line and mountains of thick, chunky bass n drums.
There won't be a stationary arse across the entire gaff!
'By Your Side is remixed by Ben Watt into a vibrant deep house gem. Sade's vocals filtered and looped to perfection alongside a delicately picked guitar line and mountains of thick, chunky bass n drums.
There won't be a stationary arse across the entire gaff!
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: Crazy good Sade house refixes! One of the most sampled voices in dance music leans herself into the shuffling 4/4 beats of Ben Watt and an anonymous groovesmith.TRACK LISTING
A. Paradise
B. By Your Side (Ben Watt Remix)
Formed in 2014, Gruppen are a post rock, post poetry, post culture collaboration between artists, Dean Brannagan and Tim Brennan. Their sound involves spoken word, soundscapes and field recordings to produce dark, atmospheric recordings and performances that draw on the deep past to reflect the state of our current and potential world to come.
White Starr, their debut album consists of 6 tracks taking the listener through an aural landscape of past, present and the possible. Through spoken word, poetry and post-rock you will find yourself travelling to the earliest known human settlement of Star Carr and across the mesolithic landscape of Doggerland to arrive at contemplations on ritual, social compliance and the plight of an existence underground.
White Starr, their debut album consists of 6 tracks taking the listener through an aural landscape of past, present and the possible. Through spoken word, poetry and post-rock you will find yourself travelling to the earliest known human settlement of Star Carr and across the mesolithic landscape of Doggerland to arrive at contemplations on ritual, social compliance and the plight of an existence underground.
Manhattan Maurder Mystery jet all the way over from Chicago to hit the shelves with their Steve Albini produced clash of snappy garage rock, jagged punk and melodic rock and roll. 'Messed Up Brain' for instance, has more in common with the early wave of skate-punk like the Descendants or the chugging mutes of Bad Religion, while it's on tracks like 'Greensboro' or the country-leaning 'East Hollywood Livin' that we really see the skill and dedication that has gone to achiving such a carefree, cohesive fusion. A well produced (obviously), nicely written odyssey from the Chicago group.
TRACK LISTING
1. Artie Lange 01:34
2. Messed Up Brain 03:24
3. I'm Alone And Life Is Tough 03:55
4. Greensboro 05:39
5. Imperial County 06:22
6. East Hollywood Livin' 04:43
7. Bodybag 04:45
8. Me And Brittany 03:48
9. Baby Wrestlemania 05:13
Our rogue musical chef Beatconductor returns with volume two of this now infamous serving. Dishing up another selection of tasty plates which marry classic rock and psyche of yesterday with modern styles of edit trickery and extension. Rush, Led Zep, The Rolling Stones & The Clash are all cooked up inna new style and served long and leisurely.
As illicit as Rishi Sunac's portfolio, much like volume one this is a vinyl only, one off pressing release.
Highly recommended! Be one step ahead of the next bar DJ with these exclusive edits...
As illicit as Rishi Sunac's portfolio, much like volume one this is a vinyl only, one off pressing release.
Highly recommended! Be one step ahead of the next bar DJ with these exclusive edits...
STAFF COMMENTS
Matt says: As illicit as Rishi Sunac's portfolio, Beatconductor returns with volume two of his louche rock edits LP. Perfect for the working DJ; you'll cause looks of confusion and knowing winks across the bar as these subtle touch-ups daze and confuse the masses.TRACK LISTING
Side 1
1. Tom Sawyer (6:53)
2. Love My Way (5:24)
3. Gimme Shelter (4:29)
Side 2
1. Love Or Confusion (4:47)
2. Whole Lotta Luv (6:01)
3. Clampdown (5:40)
4. Outro-Let There Be Rock (1:53)
Dan armstrong makes the sort of widescreen ambient music that makes you sit up and listen, eagerly drawing in all the tentative synth swells and panned industrial churns. Opener, 'Alpha Wave' for example, is a growing swell of ambient synth churns joined by drawn-out long-envelope pads and reticent twinkling peaks. Though the echoic churn is a gritty analogue mono drone, the glimmering airy spikes glisten with a warm digital air, ofsetting the doomy drone behind.
It's this sort of build-up and release that lend the key changes and slow seismic shifts further gravitas, with pieces like the stunning 'Epsilon Wave' providing a more rhythmic and dynamically forward juxtaposition, and relying upon a foundation of euphoric beats and repeated themes overlaid on top of each-other rather than the moody but hugely effective drone of earlier.
Dan has crafted a beatiful album here, tastefully and unintrusively flickering between the more serene moments of rhythmic beauty and full-spectrum sonic walls of sound.
It's this sort of build-up and release that lend the key changes and slow seismic shifts further gravitas, with pieces like the stunning 'Epsilon Wave' providing a more rhythmic and dynamically forward juxtaposition, and relying upon a foundation of euphoric beats and repeated themes overlaid on top of each-other rather than the moody but hugely effective drone of earlier.
Dan has crafted a beatiful album here, tastefully and unintrusively flickering between the more serene moments of rhythmic beauty and full-spectrum sonic walls of sound.
TRACK LISTING
1. Alpha Wave 06:48
2. Beta Wave 09:30
3. Gamma Wave 08:33
4. Delta Wave 07:15
5. Epsilon Wave 09:15
6. Zeta Wave 10:24
7. Eta Wave 11:06
Pearl blue cassette comes wrapped in colour printed J-cards and with colour sticker inlays. Artwork designed by Carla dal Forno. Photo taken in Yorkshire Grove, Hackney. “Everything begins and ends at exactly the right time and place, look...” Carla dal Forno presents ‘Top Of The Pops,’ a self-released cassette disclosing six songs of sultry pop devotion. This late-Spring cassette of cover songs gets the wider autumnal release it deserves, showcasing the full range of dal Forno’s virtuous taste, style and production in her distinct post-punk, pop (but) minimalist sensibility. Not without cheek, the wink-and-a-nod blue film bawdiness of ‘Lay Me Down’ (Renee) and ‘Give Me Back My Man’ (B52s) are complemented by the earnest ballads of ‘A Silver Key Can Open A Lock Somewhere’ (Liliput) and The Fates’ ‘No Romance.’ Kiwi Animal’s ‘Blue Morning,’ which over the last year has grown with every live performance, finally gets a recorded release. This cosmic inner dialogue of love lost is matched only by the penultimate track, ‘Summertime Sadness’ which is the best example of how devastatingly personal a pop song truly can be. It’s all emphasised by dal Forno’s sparse production which, as with each of these six songs, brings her au fait vocal interpretations to the fore.
TRACK LISTING
1. Lay Me Down
2. Blue Morning
3. A Silver Key Can Open A Lock Somewhere
4. Give Me Back My Man
5. Summertime Sadness
This is the soundtrack to the film "No More White Presidents"
“Black Meteoric Star - No More White Presidents” is a multi layered abstract film that I, a White, recently out Trans-Woman completed in January of 2017. For the film I developed what I am calling the “flash film” technique. Initially it was a structural device similar to the chance operations used by composers such as John Cage to get out of the practice of creating “slick” edits or “moves” predetermined by overarching institutionalized aesthetic norms. However, as I worked with it I began to discover that the technique, although certainly “experimental”, has more kinship with craft techniques I have practiced such as beading, knitting, weaving and braiding. Although on the surface it could simply be a long form music video for my Black Meteoric Star project it is in fact a complex of evocative and energetic themes gathered around the necessity for abolition and reparations.
The themes that are “braided” or “beaded” together include a repetitive meditation on death, an assessment of global capitalism as so overburdened by the karma of the triple legacies of slavery, land theft/genocide and imperialism that it can no longer function, an invocation of several of the Orishas prominent in the Regla Lukumi tradition and an exploration of my emerging Trans-Feminine identity. The intention of the film is to open up a territory for exploration and interpretation around our current predicament, allowing the viewer to come to their own conclusions about the specific details and possible solutions, both individually and through discussions with others.
“Black Meteoric Star - No More White Presidents” is a multi layered abstract film that I, a White, recently out Trans-Woman completed in January of 2017. For the film I developed what I am calling the “flash film” technique. Initially it was a structural device similar to the chance operations used by composers such as John Cage to get out of the practice of creating “slick” edits or “moves” predetermined by overarching institutionalized aesthetic norms. However, as I worked with it I began to discover that the technique, although certainly “experimental”, has more kinship with craft techniques I have practiced such as beading, knitting, weaving and braiding. Although on the surface it could simply be a long form music video for my Black Meteoric Star project it is in fact a complex of evocative and energetic themes gathered around the necessity for abolition and reparations.
The themes that are “braided” or “beaded” together include a repetitive meditation on death, an assessment of global capitalism as so overburdened by the karma of the triple legacies of slavery, land theft/genocide and imperialism that it can no longer function, an invocation of several of the Orishas prominent in the Regla Lukumi tradition and an exploration of my emerging Trans-Feminine identity. The intention of the film is to open up a territory for exploration and interpretation around our current predicament, allowing the viewer to come to their own conclusions about the specific details and possible solutions, both individually and through discussions with others.
Anyone left with a gaping hole in their heart since "For Emma..." by Bon Iver (or Elliot Smith for that matter...) needs to pay attention now! Recorded at Greenmount Studio's in Wakefield, this debut album from Tercelvoice is a beautifully sparse indie-folk record. The wholesome and thought provoking lyrical style, coupled with the simple acoustic guitar work evokes memories of open roads, log cabin nights and fire-side conversation. From the haunting ending of "Shattered Friends" to the simplicity and brutal vulnerability of "Bad To The Bone", this album was made the old way, stripped down to the bare emotion of music.
Behind Tercelvoice is singer / songwriter Andy Squires. On the album he plays acoustic and electric guitar, drums, bass, Rhodes, Hammond, and all vocals. Considering the overdubbed process it has a natural ebb and flow which could easily pass off as a full live band recording. His vocal style is unique and beguiling, a fragile falsetto laden with heavy emotion.
The album was recorded to tape and mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering, Portland, USA.
BBC Introducing has aired 5 tracks from the album, and has booked Tercelvoice for a session in February while he (they?) play The Islington in London on the 20th of January.
Behind Tercelvoice is singer / songwriter Andy Squires. On the album he plays acoustic and electric guitar, drums, bass, Rhodes, Hammond, and all vocals. Considering the overdubbed process it has a natural ebb and flow which could easily pass off as a full live band recording. His vocal style is unique and beguiling, a fragile falsetto laden with heavy emotion.
The album was recorded to tape and mastered by Adam Gonsalves at Telegraph Mastering, Portland, USA.
BBC Introducing has aired 5 tracks from the album, and has booked Tercelvoice for a session in February while he (they?) play The Islington in London on the 20th of January.
TRACK LISTING
A1 Bad To The Bone
A2 The Love He Kept
A3 Shattered Friends
A4 Angel
A5 Used Up
B1 Men Lie
B2 Hard To Learn
B3 Good Men We're Saved
B4 Girl