On June 8, I saw the Battles at Heaven. Before listening to the new album a couple of days before the gig, I was really looking forward to the gig... Once I listened to the album for the first time I was a little disappointed, it wasn't as good as I expected. Anyway, I was still really up for going to the gig, I had seen the Battles play live twice before in London in the last 9 years and was really curious to see how they would perform missing one of their members.
The gig was amazing! The vibe was good and the tracks sounded so much better live than on the CD. I really liked what they did with the guest vocalists, having them projected in the background.
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011
Monday, 9 May 2011
Africa Hitech new release
Today is the release date of the new Africa Hitech album, 93 Million Miles on. To get Glangslap, one of the tracks, for free, leave your email on the Africa Hitech website. There is a really cool remix of Out in The Streets, 5mins 12sec in a loop... Always liked Damian Marley's original...
Africa Hitech - 93 Million Miles by Warp Records
Africa Hitech - 93 Million Miles by Warp Records
Friday, 6 May 2011
Gonjasufi last night...
...was sick!
I had been waiting for this gig extremely excited since it was announced! I was so happy to be there last night and it was even better than I expected! No idea how long they played for... definitely over an hour... Gonjasufi was there with a full live band; drums, guitar, bass... and this guy who was on stage with them throughout... He first kind of blessed everything on stage; the mics, the pedals, the band, the speakers, then the audience... He then stayed on stage filming, taking photos, dancing around, hanging around and doing random stuff when Gonjasufi and the band were off the stage, which happened a few times. And at the end he came out to thank us for being there and send us home! Anyway, the gig was so good! It was really rock, played some of the classics of course including She's Gone, that I really like! Gonjasufi was amazing with his weird yet beautiful vocals and the band played really well!
Kutmah was supporting and played a really cool set... again he mixed everything he could mix... I think I liked it more than last time I saw him, same venue with Jehst, Kelpe, Lukid etc. Really like his style, I don't think there are many DJs that could do what he does; he just plays whatever he likes no matter how irrelevant the tracks are with each other and it's so good!
I had been waiting for this gig extremely excited since it was announced! I was so happy to be there last night and it was even better than I expected! No idea how long they played for... definitely over an hour... Gonjasufi was there with a full live band; drums, guitar, bass... and this guy who was on stage with them throughout... He first kind of blessed everything on stage; the mics, the pedals, the band, the speakers, then the audience... He then stayed on stage filming, taking photos, dancing around, hanging around and doing random stuff when Gonjasufi and the band were off the stage, which happened a few times. And at the end he came out to thank us for being there and send us home! Anyway, the gig was so good! It was really rock, played some of the classics of course including She's Gone, that I really like! Gonjasufi was amazing with his weird yet beautiful vocals and the band played really well!
Kutmah was supporting and played a really cool set... again he mixed everything he could mix... I think I liked it more than last time I saw him, same venue with Jehst, Kelpe, Lukid etc. Really like his style, I don't think there are many DJs that could do what he does; he just plays whatever he likes no matter how irrelevant the tracks are with each other and it's so good!
Friday, 29 April 2011
Prefuse73 & Zola Jesus mix 1
The Misanthrope Meditation; a 40min long psychedelic mix, is the result of a collaboration between Prefuse73 and Zola Jesus. This is the first in a series to come. I thought it was a strange collaboration when I first heard of it, but actually it really works! Looking forward to the next mixes!
Prefuse 73 + Zola Jesus Mix Pt 1.The Misanthrope Meditation by Warp Records
Prefuse 73 + Zola Jesus Mix Pt 1.The Misanthrope Meditation by Warp Records
Wednesday, 20 April 2011
Battles at ICA
The Battles... I have been following them for quite a few years now, I think probably from the very beginning... I first saw them about 8-9 years ago, if I remember well, at the then dark basement gig space, now quite a trendy road level bar; Bardens Boudoir, in Stoke Newington and then again in 2009 at the Warp20 party at The Coronet.
Tonight they are playing their sold out gig at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. This gig marks the long awaited finish of recording their new album; Gloss Drop, which is to be released on 6th June. The last 2 years have seen the band struggling with finishing this album and losing their vocalist, Tyondai Braxton. I think tonight will be very interesting to see how they perform without Braxton and I'm also really looking forward to listening to the tracks they made with guest vocalists and of course to know which these guest vocalists are. Here is one of the tracks of the new album...
Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo) by BATTLES
Good news for all of us that didn't manage to get tickets for tonight is that... on Saturday 9 April the Battles announced a new London Show! It will be at Heaven on 8 June and it's not sold, that is... not yet! So go grab those tickets, I've already got mine!
And if you are interested in seeing what Tyondai Braxton is doing these days, you can catch him on 7 May at the Barbican, where he will be performing at the Reverberations: The Influence of Steve Reich - Session 3.
Tonight they are playing their sold out gig at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. This gig marks the long awaited finish of recording their new album; Gloss Drop, which is to be released on 6th June. The last 2 years have seen the band struggling with finishing this album and losing their vocalist, Tyondai Braxton. I think tonight will be very interesting to see how they perform without Braxton and I'm also really looking forward to listening to the tracks they made with guest vocalists and of course to know which these guest vocalists are. Here is one of the tracks of the new album...
Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo) by BATTLES
Good news for all of us that didn't manage to get tickets for tonight is that... on Saturday 9 April the Battles announced a new London Show! It will be at Heaven on 8 June and it's not sold, that is... not yet! So go grab those tickets, I've already got mine!
And if you are interested in seeing what Tyondai Braxton is doing these days, you can catch him on 7 May at the Barbican, where he will be performing at the Reverberations: The Influence of Steve Reich - Session 3.
Sunday, 10 April 2011
Dazed Live
Dazed & Confused put on an event yesterday taking over 5 locations in East London's Shoreditch; Tramshed, 18 Hewett Street, XOYO, St Leonard's Church and Village Underground. It started in the afternoon with several art and digital art exhibitions and installations, film screenings and talks and continued into the night with bands, DJs and performers.
Went around a bit, main reason I was there was to see Alejandro Jodorowsky, he gave a talk about one of his films; The Holy Mountain, which was then screened and later on he did live Tarot for a couple of members of the audience who volunteered. He's such an icon, I've seen I think most of his films. I never thought I would get to see him in person and seeing him at this event was just perfect! It was in the St Leonard's Church and it felt really intimate and friendly, with not too many people. Jodorowsky was really natural and genuine, he was exactly as you would expect him to be. One of my favorite quotes was: 'I believe not in political revolution, but in poetic re-evolution.' I wish I had recorded everything he said... He's so inspirational, 81 years old, looking so good and healthy, still working on his stuff, having a beautiful young wife. He must be doing something right! He wants to make a film about famous people's assholes... He believes in a previous life he was a woman priest, because he has the memory of female orgasm... I mean the guy is amazing! If I had a list of 5 things to do before I die, seeing Jodorowsky would definitely be on it, and it's been ticked off!
Later on I went on to start seeing the bands and DJs. Pretty disappointing I have to admit. Everything seemed to be starting late, both music venues were not particularly busy... not sure where the people were... Stayed at Village Underground to see Darkstar, who have apparently now moved from Hyperdub to Warp. They started setting the stage up and then continued for what seemed to me as at least 1/2hr of having problems with the sound. I felt sorry for the guys, if I were them, I would probably have refused to play; completely unacceptable. And when they eventually got the sound sorted and Darkstar started, the sound in the room was horrible... The bass was too loud, your ears were aching even with earplugs on and the mics kept making this whistling noise. After a while they sorted out the bass, thank god, otherwise I think our ears would have started bleeding... Anyway, I was actually happy to see Darkstar as I'm a big fun. The sound as I said wasn't great, but hey that's life I guess... Things can't always work out to perfection... At least last time I saw them at Hoxton Bar and Grill it was good! I wanted to stay on to see Grimes and Actress, but I kind of gave up at that point...
Went around a bit, main reason I was there was to see Alejandro Jodorowsky, he gave a talk about one of his films; The Holy Mountain, which was then screened and later on he did live Tarot for a couple of members of the audience who volunteered. He's such an icon, I've seen I think most of his films. I never thought I would get to see him in person and seeing him at this event was just perfect! It was in the St Leonard's Church and it felt really intimate and friendly, with not too many people. Jodorowsky was really natural and genuine, he was exactly as you would expect him to be. One of my favorite quotes was: 'I believe not in political revolution, but in poetic re-evolution.' I wish I had recorded everything he said... He's so inspirational, 81 years old, looking so good and healthy, still working on his stuff, having a beautiful young wife. He must be doing something right! He wants to make a film about famous people's assholes... He believes in a previous life he was a woman priest, because he has the memory of female orgasm... I mean the guy is amazing! If I had a list of 5 things to do before I die, seeing Jodorowsky would definitely be on it, and it's been ticked off!
Later on I went on to start seeing the bands and DJs. Pretty disappointing I have to admit. Everything seemed to be starting late, both music venues were not particularly busy... not sure where the people were... Stayed at Village Underground to see Darkstar, who have apparently now moved from Hyperdub to Warp. They started setting the stage up and then continued for what seemed to me as at least 1/2hr of having problems with the sound. I felt sorry for the guys, if I were them, I would probably have refused to play; completely unacceptable. And when they eventually got the sound sorted and Darkstar started, the sound in the room was horrible... The bass was too loud, your ears were aching even with earplugs on and the mics kept making this whistling noise. After a while they sorted out the bass, thank god, otherwise I think our ears would have started bleeding... Anyway, I was actually happy to see Darkstar as I'm a big fun. The sound as I said wasn't great, but hey that's life I guess... Things can't always work out to perfection... At least last time I saw them at Hoxton Bar and Grill it was good! I wanted to stay on to see Grimes and Actress, but I kind of gave up at that point...
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
Prefuse73 new release & free download
Prefuse73 is releasing his new LP The Only She Chapters on Warp on April 25th/26th. The 18 track LP features a number of different female vocalists, who all add to his unique sound. Apparently, the whole LP has a female element from the vocalists he's using to the artwork of the cover...
Prefuse 73 'The Only She Chapters' Album Sampler by Warp Records
Also on offer as a free download is the 5th track of the LP, featuring Shara Worden!
From what I've heard, it all sounds like his usual atmospheric stuff, so nothing new really, but I'm sure it will be really good and I can't wait to get my hands on it!
Prefuse 73 'The Only She Chapters' Album Sampler by Warp Records
Also on offer as a free download is the 5th track of the LP, featuring Shara Worden!
From what I've heard, it all sounds like his usual atmospheric stuff, so nothing new really, but I'm sure it will be really good and I can't wait to get my hands on it!
Friday, 11 March 2011
Autechre - Second Bad Vilbel
Just came across this video and had to share it! The track is the first on the Avril Capre EP, released by Autechre on Warp in 1995 and the video was of course directed by the master of all... Chris Cunningham, who was scheduled to appear at the Roundhouse last February, but his performance was rescheduled for June 1st. You will be glad to know that tickets are still available!
Talking of Autechre I cannot not mention their new release Autechre EPs 1992-2002 WARPCD211 - 5 CDs, 47 tracks, 5hrs 39mins 59secs and what beautiful artwork! Release date is April 11th. Already got my WAV, but seriously cannot wait for the 'Deluxe CD'. One month to go...
Talking of Autechre I cannot not mention their new release Autechre EPs 1992-2002 WARPCD211 - 5 CDs, 47 tracks, 5hrs 39mins 59secs and what beautiful artwork! Release date is April 11th. Already got my WAV, but seriously cannot wait for the 'Deluxe CD'. One month to go...
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