VOTE FOR DAV

hahahaha, for some odd reason my friend Dav (aka Simon Davenport) has got him self into something called Creative 30, which seems to be some kind of P.R. exercise, but anyway... there's a funny video of him on the website talking about his art, which i have to admit i am a big fan of. So, if you're feeling in a good mood and want to support Dav, who is lovely, i assure you, then you can vote for him on the Creative 30 web site and help him to win the P.R. exersice.

Drum machine, oh drum machine...

I've been seriously considering the purchase of an Elektron Machinedrum.  Since I sold my Jomox XBase09 to Nathan, I have tried to satisfy my drum machine hunger with an MFB Kult, which, despite its size and limited controls, is really great... but it's not got that magic wonder that the Machinedrum seems to offer.  So, as is often the way with moments of gear-lust, I hit on youtube to see if I could talk my self out of it.  It almost worked because the majority of youtube videos feature the dullest of the dull minimal-beat workouts that make me want quit doing dance music and live in the forrest in a shed with only a Putney for company.  But then I found this video...

...and now I want to live in a shed in the forrest with a Machinedrum.

Happy Tuesday

James' Radiohead Remix

James already put on his blog about his Radiohead remix, but just incase you didn't see that, then you should check it out here.  I really like it because it's got a really loose feel about it, I think that James is going to spearhead a new movement of post-techno psychedelic something in the near future and we're all going to be dancing to the sound of hamster feet walking on contact mics, and I'm going to try and join in, but first i've got to grow my hair, it almost makes me want to burn incense sticks and hang out with people called 'badger' and eat seeds, but I'm not quite there yet...  anyway, apart from the awesome vocal treatment, my favorite thing about the track is that when i listen to it on my old c.r.t eMac at work, the screen has wobbly black lines that run across everything when the bass drum kicks... how wonderful is that??!!

(edit: oh look, you can insert the player/voter widget thing...)