tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77111252569695987262024-02-06T21:27:39.227-08:00Luke Abbott MusicLuke Abbott's (Border Community) blog about his music and other things.Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comBlogger118125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-50091539208399307952012-10-31T13:29:00.001-07:002012-10-31T13:29:10.268-07:00THE END<span style="font-size: x-large;">This is the end of my blog, for now at least. I have moved to...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.waitingroomn16.com/luke-abbott-21st-september-2012/">21st September at The Waiting Room in London</a></span><br />
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By the way, about the 'LTD EDITION LUKE ABBOTT CD AVAILABLE ON THE NIGHT' bit at the bottom of the poster... that's a mix cd i've done, there's only 50 of them so get down early if you want one.Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-62405367903363911092012-08-15T02:15:00.002-07:002012-08-15T02:15:32.804-07:00London, The Waiting Room, Sept 21st<span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">Y</span><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;">E</span><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">S</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;">.</span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: x-large;">H</span><span style="color: purple; font-size: x-large;">A</span><span style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: x-large;">I</span><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">S</span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="color: cyan; font-size: x-large;">C</span><span style="color: #f1c232; font-size: x-large;">O</span><span style="color: #ea9999; font-size: x-large;">R</span><span style="color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">R</span><span style="color: #990000; font-size: x-large;">E</span><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">C</span><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">T</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: x-large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.theransomnote.co.uk/ticket/t/511/">AND TICKETS HERE.</a></span>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-2033423354577578242012-06-28T02:19:00.000-07:002012-06-28T02:19:57.367-07:00Recently these things have happenedHello much neglected blog, I am here to write on you about some things that recently have been going on.<br />
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My record 'Modern Driveway' came out on Notown, here's a nice review of it in the NME.<br />
<a href="http://www.nme.com/reviews/luke-abbott/13328">http://www.nme.com/reviews/luke-abbott/13328</a><br />
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I did an interview which is in Italian but also English (at the bottom of the page).<br />
<a href="http://www.soundwall.it/ho-iniziato-a-far-musica-in-cucina-con-pentole-e-mestoli/">http://www.soundwall.it/ho-iniziato-a-far-musica-in-cucina-con-pentole-e-mestoli/</a><br />
(FYI, I don't speak Italian, so if I sound like an idiot it's because of the translation. However, if I sound like an idiot in the English one it's because I am an idiot.)<br />
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The wonderful Drowned In Sound website made Modern Driveway their single of the week.<br />
<a href="http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4145017-this-weeks-singles--luke-abbott-jherek-bischoff-the-shins-euros-childs-poppy-amp-the-jezebels">http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4145017-this-weeks-singles--luke-abbott-jherek-bischoff-the-shins-euros-childs-poppy-amp-the-jezebels</a><br />
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Lucy Jones of the Telegraph said some very nice things about me.<br />
<a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100064135/whats-the-perfect-soundtrack-for-a-summer-road-trip/">http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/lucyjones/100064135/whats-the-perfect-soundtrack-for-a-summer-road-trip/</a><br />
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and LAST BUT NOT LEAST, the very talented Mr Jon Hopkins did a version of Modern Driveway on the piano.<br />
<a href="http://soundcloud.com/lukeabbottmusic/modern-driveway-jon-hopkins">http://soundcloud.com/lukeabbottmusic/modern-driveway-jon-hopkins</a><br />
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<br />Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-53919326947494251122012-05-18T04:01:00.001-07:002012-05-18T04:01:53.005-07:00Modern Driveway 12" - now available.get my new 12" here<br />
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plus, if you missed out on getting Holkham Drones on vinyl, then it seems that Boomkat have some of those also... happy days, eh?<br />
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<a href="http://boomkat.com/vinyl/325389-luke-abbott-holkham-drones">http://boomkat.com/vinyl/325389-luke-abbott-holkham-drones</a><br />
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x LLuke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-23729992475845499982012-05-10T08:33:00.000-07:002012-05-10T08:39:43.260-07:00PITCHFORK PREVIEW OF MODERN DRIVEWAY<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13585-modern-driveway/">MODERN DRIVEWAY</a> </span></b><br />
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<br />Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-75729201526627863302012-03-19T14:07:00.004-07:002012-03-19T14:12:09.276-07:00Resident Advisor Interview<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqMP6GpdiEmjATQztQJcgEciiO_ozoZnzZxb7S7Q8mRAzX9JqwsmoNNt4XtPaLYm6Nt4sNEihcdacQOeSbX9GW2fhP3oM4xY7yA7RxCKnR_GRHE8RaI9685kOQS50nZ1Pmmm1GdxhMEEw/s1600/ml-luke-abbott-smith.jpeg" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 241px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqMP6GpdiEmjATQztQJcgEciiO_ozoZnzZxb7S7Q8mRAzX9JqwsmoNNt4XtPaLYm6Nt4sNEihcdacQOeSbX9GW2fhP3oM4xY7yA7RxCKnR_GRHE8RaI9685kOQS50nZ1Pmmm1GdxhMEEw/s400/ml-luke-abbott-smith.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5721718005676850834" /></a><span ><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?1556">I did an interview for Resident Advisor [LINK].</a> It's studio focused, so mostly it's for the hardcore music tech geeks and synth nerds </span>among<span style="font-size: 100%;"> us, but even if you're not an über geek there's some <a href="http://katherinemager.blogspot.co.uk/">wonderful pictures</a> to look at. </span></span>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-62555081373010935642012-02-29T09:49:00.001-08:002012-02-29T09:52:07.887-08:00BARCELONA.<span style="font-weight:bold;"><a href="http://www.salarazzmatazz.com/op/clubs/265,03,2">THIS WEEKEND. SATURDAY 3rd MARCH. BARCELONA.</a></span>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-50585438861098087592012-02-08T14:29:00.000-08:002012-02-08T14:33:13.783-08:00Also, PRESS.I almost forgot, here are two small interview type things you may have missed recently.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.clubbersguidenewyork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=145&Itemid=27">http://www.clubbersguidenewyork.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=145&Itemid=27</a><br /><br /><a href="http://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/2012/01/warmer-mixtapes-532-by-luke-abbott-1.html">http://warmer-climes.blogspot.com/2012/01/warmer-mixtapes-532-by-luke-abbott-1.html</a>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-12014402749919966172012-02-08T14:11:00.000-08:002012-02-08T14:27:15.683-08:00Hello. Two gigs for February. Info fo yo diary. How are you by the way?Recently I've been hibernating, but soon I will venture once more into the world. There are two gigs this month....<br /><br />FRIDAY 17th Feb, Marseille FRANCE... Absolutive Records party! Gonna be fun. Some details <a href="http://billetterie.secondenature.org/tickets/seconde-nature/luke-abbott-micromattic-53.html">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfPu2PwThN8hRVq9hlor1alYGt90B61D2EYffLM78okS79oH8eRb7trTLz7gyd-yZX3YYMIpmv8TRcnGV8Sakf6LwuscjlfZaaosWSgzXsslCzXKjLRrG0Ya7G8rkyqU_RSZ6QhT15Fgs/s1600/380979_10150477045097390_670727389_8583297_1600213110_n.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAfPu2PwThN8hRVq9hlor1alYGt90B61D2EYffLM78okS79oH8eRb7trTLz7gyd-yZX3YYMIpmv8TRcnGV8Sakf6LwuscjlfZaaosWSgzXsslCzXKjLRrG0Ya7G8rkyqU_RSZ6QhT15Fgs/s400/380979_10150477045097390_670727389_8583297_1600213110_n.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706894062540725378" /></a><br /><br />(I don't actually know what to do with these barcode things, but you might)<br /><br />FRIDAY 24th Feb, Amsterdam NETHERLANDS... at Air, with Margot and Jorn 'Teacup Pig' Liefdeshuis Facebook page <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/289557201101250/">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5n4aOIOF38tQ1ypZNILbxf3XU2oVU3z3mCuxhru7N74YNvIApPhhEXkxYvfwHOFhZE4GmpYayG80NY01O_yqgcHJoCP3vRIVO446qGbsP6tDT9-jLTKnlyObN2Z3T6UFt3Kl7hkjfV6x/s1600/158025_289557201101250_1004680598_n.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik5n4aOIOF38tQ1ypZNILbxf3XU2oVU3z3mCuxhru7N74YNvIApPhhEXkxYvfwHOFhZE4GmpYayG80NY01O_yqgcHJoCP3vRIVO446qGbsP6tDT9-jLTKnlyObN2Z3T6UFt3Kl7hkjfV6x/s400/158025_289557201101250_1004680598_n.jpeg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5706894926162550114" /></a><br /><br /><br />AND then in March there's a lot going on - Barcelona, Italy and Australia! Details to follow soon.Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-89767742605091445552011-12-19T04:21:00.000-08:002011-12-19T04:39:49.622-08:00an MP3ME: Hello. As if the <a href="http://lukeabbottmusic.blogspot.com/2011/12/news-item-brazil-ep-poetry-photographs.html">original version, slow version, Gold Panda remix, ETIENNE JAUMET remix AND that video</a> weren't enough, there is <a href="http://soundcloud.com/tlobf/luke-abbott-brazil-live-to">yet another version of that track 'Brazil' for you to listen to.</a><br /><br />YOU: Oh, thanks. I'll... er... I'll listen to it later.<br /><br />ME: Yeah, I understand, it's all been quite overwhelming hasn't it, all this coming at you just before christmas. You must have a lot of shopping and cooking and stuff like that on your mind.<br /><br />YOU: Yeah I do! It's horrible, I wish we could just have a good old fashioned Pagan winter solstice festival and burn shit for twelve days while drinking ale and fucking in animal costumes.<br /><br />ME: Tell me about it, Christianity and television have really taken the fun out of our seasonal party schedule. <br /><br />YOU: What's this new version of Brazil about anyway?<br /><br />ME: Well, it's a live jam of the track I did in my studio, recorded on to good old fashioned tape cassette. If you like, you can use it as the sound track to your own Yuletide debauchery.<br /><br />YOU: Good idea, I'll put it on my iPod and grab my badger costume.Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-2200982861514615342011-12-15T11:48:00.000-08:002011-12-15T14:03:20.755-08:00NEWS ITEM. BRAZIL EP. Poetry, photographs, vinyl records and Elijah Wood.Hello there much neglected blog, I have some relevant information to impart.<br /><br />BRAZIL EP, after much time maturing in a metaphorical oak-barrel, is finally seeping into existence. The digital number-swirl-MP3s have been packeting around the internet for a few weeks already, and by now the fully-real physical manifestations should be sitting in the racks and shelves of your local specialist music store. I urge you to buy the vinyl. URGE. URGE. OK?<br /><br />here is some relevant information about this release;<br /><br />- new 'slow' version of Brazil, a club-tempo mix of the track for DJs who want people to dance in circles<br />- old 'album' version of Brazil, a strange song of unknown powers, designed by a blue magician high with the energy of future duct-flow particles, playable by DJs who want people to stand still and then dance in triangles<br />- GOLD PANDA remix, a talented man who is very nice and who is welcome in my house for a cup of tea any day<br />- ETIENNE JAUMET remix, a shaman of modern synth music who oozes awesomeness from his hands<br />- Grumble, a new track I did, it features a bass-line, it has a bit where it slows down, deep within it is the sound of child saying the word 'balloon'<br /><br />URGE.<br /><br />NEWS FLASH! MORE RELEVANT INFORMATION TO FOLLOW<br /><br />There is a video for Brazil, that's right, a VIDEO. The VIDEO was made by me and two other people. One of the other people is Katherine Mager, she did all of the camera work and she also did thinking about the video before it was made, she is a photographer usually and this is her first video, she has a fine eye for interesting things to look at. And the other one of the people is Sam Riviere, he did all of the writing for the text that is in the video, he is a poet and a very nice man, he would probably do a better blog post than this if he was in charge of the LUKEABBOTTMUSIC blog, but he's not and I am, so you're stuck with me prattling on with these stupidly long sentences not knowing when to finish saying something, using too many commas, deconstructing grammar into a conversational tone and writing URGE in unexpected places as some kind of callback to an earlier part of the blog post. I also did some stuff for the video, editing and thinking and stuff.<br /><br />Here is a link to watch the video on Vimeo, where you will find a lot of other visual entertainment that features my music.<br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/24573086">VIMEO LINK</a><br /><br />..and it's on youtube also, here is that link.<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQmfaQ5oqWM">YOUTUBE LINK</a><br /><br />Watch it full-screen in HD with the sound up and your glasses on.<br /><br />And finally, Elijah Wood of cinematic fame has made his bid in the race to become my most high profile fan. Don't you worry, I love everyone equally, there's no favouritism in my house. But having said that, why not take a leaf out of Elijah's book and get really famous and help me sell some record yeah? <br /><br /><a href="http://fuseblog.typepad.com/fuseblog/2011/12/elijah-wood-listens-to-obscurer-stuff-than-you.html">ELIJAH WOOD LINK</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />URGE.Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-50637331925437070272011-10-27T12:43:00.000-07:002011-10-27T13:09:56.627-07:00the pains of having a conservative government...The financial doom and gloom that currently surrounds all things has been seeping into the academic world long enough that it is beginning to bear it's rotten fruit. Sadly, I think that in the UK we're only at the beginning of a downward spiral that will see the end of many of our universities.<div><br /></div><div>Yesterday, the University of East Anglia announced the closure of it's School of Music, a place that I care about deeply. I studied at the UEA school of music for three years as a masters degree student, it has one of the most open-minded experimental postgraduate music programs currently operating in the UK. This is the place that helped shape my understanding of music, and this is the school that I had hoped to one day return to as a PhD student.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHQyd2xkd0I2aDlsTWJGemExb0NpRUE6MQ">Please sing this petition to try and save the UEA School of Music.</a></div>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-34057290529191850812011-10-20T07:32:00.000-07:002011-10-20T07:35:13.916-07:00Allez Allez mix number two/number last.<a href="http://allez-allez.co.uk/">ALLEZ ALLEZ</a><div><br /></div><div>it's ending.</div><div><br /></div><div>i did a <a href="http://www.allez-allez.co.uk/lukeending.mp3">mix</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>it's all made of ending tracks.</div><div><br /></div><div>that bee mask track is pretty good isn't it? and roedelius too eh?</div>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-7269051225584984892011-07-05T06:06:00.000-07:002011-08-10T12:56:11.798-07:00GIGS.<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">EDIT: There's a gap there, that was a gig in Bristol (that gig has now moved to a date in November, I'll put full details up on my next gig-related blog post). AND there's also a new date in Copenhagen, back to the dark bar...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">Here's a list of my upcoming gigs. Two gigs in one night on October 1st should be fun. Also, the Granada gig is the gig that should have happened earlier this year but couldn't because of the strikes they had in Spain. Melkweg again too for ADE, really looking forwards to that, it's going to be an amazing line up that night. Plus adventures to France, Russia and Poland... awesome! :)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">
<br /></span></div>Fri. 15.07.11 Rex Club Paris, France
<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">Fri. 22.07.11 Ferma Festival near by Moscow, Russia
<br />Fri. 12.08.11 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 15px; ">Strandclub de Karavaan, Den Haag, Netherlands</span>
<br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">Sun. 14.08.11 Baleapop # 2 Guéthary, France
<br /></span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">Sat. 01.10.11 London UK (with james holden and kate wax)</span></span>
<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >
<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">Fri. 14.10.11 Dunkel Bar, Copenhagen, Denmark (with james holden)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">Sat. 22.10.11 Border Community @ Melkweg, Amsterdam</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">, Netherlands </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span">Sat. 29.10.11 Industrial Copera, Granada, Spain
<br />Fri. 04.11.11 After Audioriver @ 1500m2 do wynajecia Warsaw, Poland
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<br /></span></div></div></div></div>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-2988220678306921222011-06-09T06:52:00.000-07:002011-06-09T07:10:43.697-07:00Gigs, now and in the future.I just got back from Canada, Mutek was awesome fun, thanks to everyone who came to the picnic, I had a great time!<div><br /></div><div>Next gig is tomorrow (Friday 10th) at Club To Club in Istanbul, I'm not sure what to expect, last time I did Club To Club it was in Turin and I played under the skeletal head of a T-Rex. James will also be playing, which is good cos I missed most of his set in Canada due to an unforeseen clash of poutine and jetlagg... </div><div><br /></div><div>Then, there's <a href="http://www.awakenings.nl/">AWAKENINGS</a> festival, 25th June. That looks like it's going to be good. </div><div><br /></div><div>Also very soon is Rex Club in Paris... there's a Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=190785647637789">HERE</a>, join it and be merry. </div><div><br /></div><div>GIGS. Yeah. Gigs. Ok. gigs. yes. ggs. er...</div>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-49119996741419000192011-05-17T10:30:00.000-07:002011-05-17T10:39:26.962-07:00...talking of live setsSo, as cosmic synergy would have it, my laptop-set-of-times-gone-by has reared it's head for a final time, probably due to meta-ripples or some kind of one-step-removed morphic resonance from the awakening of my new hardware setup. I don't know. But either way you can listen to my (now superseded) set from Bloc 2011, which coincidentally was great fun. As ever with this type of live set recording, the lack of crowd noise is somewhat disconcerting, but trust me, at the time the room was full of free-flowing people dancing like drug-eyed plastic flower children. You know how it is.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.blocweekend.com/feature/subhome/luke-abbott-%E2%80%93-bloc11-set/">Listen here.</a></div>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-27762811840122020122011-05-17T03:33:00.000-07:002011-05-17T04:33:42.835-07:00my new live set.<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >For a while now I've been gigging with a laptop set. I've had no end of problems with MIDI controllers; I tried the evolution controllers and they just go wrong for no apparent reason, I had one of those Behringer ones with the motor-faders and the rotary controllers on it were awful and the motor-faders didn't work too well either, I had one of those AKAI APC40's which also suffers from shit rotary controllers as well as bad design and poor build quality. Eventually I got so frustrated with the poor design and cheap construction of most commercially available controllers that I built my own MIDI controller based around a Doepfer USB64...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj527zJKlykabNirxZglJPx_iIkjpq6678mgTsHu_ijE9_dp7HhuB3m-u1GOwgQ34jD68w5yhw2H04u33I7syzdpVE0_zm2ADEBAzAUwyLnRR4vToFWeU5o4b5MyXo4HcaqEa36HVFByElN/s1600/midime.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj527zJKlykabNirxZglJPx_iIkjpq6678mgTsHu_ijE9_dp7HhuB3m-u1GOwgQ34jD68w5yhw2H04u33I7syzdpVE0_zm2ADEBAzAUwyLnRR4vToFWeU5o4b5MyXo4HcaqEa36HVFByElN/s400/midime.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607634708546237474" /></span></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >...this actually works pretty well, the pots are really nice and much more responsive than stupid-awful-slow-backwards endless encodor things. Also, it's really strong cos I got the faceplate machined out of aluminum, so it's much more road-worthy than most other things I've owned.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >But in a typically dissatisfied manner, I was still a bit frustrated with my software-based live show. It's just seems a bit unnatural for me to go from a studio full of hardware to a live show that's all software. So I've decided to reinvent my live set as a more hardware orientated affair. Anyone who managed to make it to my album launch party at Ginglik would have seen me playing with a small modular case, this was my first attempt at bridging the studio/live divide with a hardware solution. But it turns out that modular synths should really stay at home, as gigging with them is asking for trouble, not to mention backache. And with that in mind, in a financially and logistically inadvisable fashion, I've spent the last month or so buying new gear for my new live set up...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCtaClzPCdzHL3eydHU3c2PrcyTD3DNH7wQDwtAmgmISPd8lasW7hw8QU9W7QzQJZAoHZI4dlYMJNZoMy6sVnpShf7aloLzQ0BI3ZX6z8TKir01w1UGmRDUN6ymPDVqEJbUxuPJ6-FK9W/s400/newsetup.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607636697589151410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; " /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" >...heavier, less functional, more prone to damage, more expensive, harder to travel with. Yep, this is less practical than a laptop set in almost every way. But, it sounds better and it's more fun. And I still have to carry a laptop around anyway as all this stuff needs to get it's MIDI from somewhere, and I'm not gonna start gigging with my MMT8 cos the buttons are breaking. Oh well.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Anyway, for the synth-nerds reading this, here's a run down of the kit I'm using;</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Soundcraft Notepad mixer - only 50 quid and sounds great, makes nice distortion on the 2 mic channels if you turn the gain up, especially good for adding a bit of weight to kick drums.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >DSI Tetra - despite the absolutely terrible editing software, this is still the smallest good sounding polysynth you can buy, so I didn't really have much choice. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >MFB 522 - I love the MFB stuff, it's brilliant. This drum machine is small, light, cheap (for what it is) and it sounds brilliant. I love the kick drum especially.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >MFB Nanozwerg - just sounds great, this synth is really well thought out, amazing price for what it is. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >TC Electronic Nova Repeater - I've had a few different delay pedals recently, I never realised how fussy I am about delays... this one is by far the best designed and best sounding one I've found, the way it's laid out make it really playable, it's more like another instrument than an effect. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Behringer CS100 - this is a really crap compressor pedal, I bought it at a car-boot-sale for 4 quid, it makes loads of hum and buzz and it distorts things in a very cheap and nasty way, so obviously it's fantastic for doing weird things to drum parts. Splashy popping fuzzy hats and clonky snare hits. 4 quid well spent, I wish I could have found everything at boot-sales.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >All that in an extra large pedal board to make setting up and gigging a little bit less stressful. Plus, the laptop sending MIDI out everywhere, and a couple of audio channels incase I need to fill-out the sound, and a LauchPad and a FaderFox (the two MIDI controllers that I still like) to control all that. </span></div>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-37145892971556473712011-04-27T09:45:00.000-07:002011-04-27T10:00:55.532-07:00Last time I was in Brighton I ate fish and chips.Those of you who keep an eye on the <a href="http://www.bordercommunity.com/index.htm?http&&&www.bordercommunity.com/borderbooking/wpblog/?p=2180">Border Community blog </a>will have already seen the sea-life styles that inhabit the <a href="http://escapegreat.com/">Great Escape</a> posters, the one advertising the Actress gig (which I would really like to go to) makes me want to eat fish and chips again. However, I refuse to eat jellyfish.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>LOOK, IF YOU'RE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS FISH AND CHIPS THING, THEN WHY NOT COME DOWN TO THE GREEN DOOR STORE ON THURSDAY 12TH MAY, WHERE I WILL BE PLAYING MUSIC WHILE WRESTLING WITH FISH AND CHIP RELATED INDIGESTION, I MIGHT EVEN SAVE YOU A CHIP. I PROBABLY WILL SMELL SLIGHTLY OF VINEGAR AND THE FAT THAT THEY FRY THE FISH AND CHIPS IN. GREASE. WHATEVER. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT IN ADVANCE.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >...you can find out more info <a href="http://escapegreat.com/venue?id=130">here</a>.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >Also, I've changed my mind, I'm not saving chips for anyone.</span></div>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-49804594950037694552011-04-08T03:00:00.000-07:002011-04-08T03:25:22.293-07:00Why so quiet?<a href="http://www.5gig.co.uk/gigs/King+Creosote-London">TICKETS!</a> (<---- that's a link by the way, why don't you click on it?)<br /><div><br /></div><div>...er, I wrote tickets first cos I don't think there's many left so you'd better hurry if you're going to get some. But I haven't even told you what they're tickets for yet, so if you've just bought some then you are a very trusting person and should be congratulated. Here's what you've just bought a ticket for; it's a gig in London, the gig is featuring none-other than King Creosote and Jon Hopkins, who's new collaborative record 'Diamond Mine' has been keeping my ears happy for the last few weeks - it really is very good and you should check it out. As well as them though little 'ol me is going to be playing support, so if I'm your cup of tea then maybe you ought think about being there. It's not going to be my usual club-tinged set of kick-drums galore though, it's going to be a subtler affair with some stripped-back ambient reworking of a few of the tracks from Holkham Drones as well as a couple of new things I've been working on. Jon has mentioned to me that it's going to be candle lit too, so if I start getting romantic (i.e. hitting on you with bad chat up lines) while I play then you know why... I might even buy a smoking jacket for the show. [FYI, that's sarcasm, you know I already have a wardrobe full of smoking jackets ready for every occasion!] ...25th May by the way, but it'll say that on the ticket you just bought.</div><div><br /></div><div>AND ANOTHER THING, what's going on with my totally lame lack of updating you with my up coming gigs? Well, let me tell you, I'm going to do that updating very soon, maybe even later today. I've just been away so much doing gigs that I haven't had time to tell you about it. And also I'm trying to avoid having to use that freakin' awful myspace interface, myspace is shit. But keep your ear to the ground, cos I've got some pretty exciting gigs coming up, including a little excursion to Canada with Mr Holden which I am particularly excited about, so if you're Canadian then maybe soon we will meet. But there's no gigs very soon, I've got the rest of this month to sit in my studio and work on new things, fun! </div>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-12254277702708875242011-02-24T10:35:00.000-08:002011-02-24T10:37:46.855-08:00FRIDAY NIGHT'S ALRIGHT FOR A WAREHOUSE PARTY.<span class="Apple-style-span" >PARTY IN LONDON. I don't know why I've started typing in capitals so much. I hate it. I'm going to stop. <a href="http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?227912">AFTER THIS PARTY.....</a></span>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-8201917692726687722011-02-14T15:45:00.000-08:002011-02-14T15:48:13.921-08:00a remix i did<iframe title="YouTube video player" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/JGg5iL3dQcw?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" width="425"></iframe><br />this is a remix i did recently, i can't remember if i told anyone about it yet.Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7711125256969598726.post-36885445189427073952011-02-14T14:48:00.000-08:002011-02-14T14:51:10.747-08:00GIGS, an updated list of gigs.<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This is an update of my upcoming gigs. The gig at Kindergarten Club Bologna that was supposed to be this friday is no longer on the list... we're working on reorganising this for another date.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sat. 19.02.11 Antigel Festival Geneva</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fri. 25.02.11 Dollop / Border Community @ Scrutton Street Warehouse London</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sat. 26.02.11 ND loves BC @ Musikbunker Aachen</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sat. 05.03.11 Trouw Amsterdam</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Fri. 11.03.11 Batofar Paris</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sun. 13.03.11 BLOC 5th Birthday Festival Minehead (Uk)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Sat. 26.03.11 Hinterhof Basel</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This is an update of my upcoming gigs. The gig at Kindergarten Club Bologna that was supposed to be this friday is no longer on the list... we're working on reorganising this for another date.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sat. 19.02.11 Antigel Festival Geneva</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fri. 25.02.11 Dollop / Border Community @ Scrutton Street Warehouse London</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sat. 26.02.11 ND loves BC @ Musikbunker Aachen</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sat. 05.03.11 Trouw Amsterdam</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Fri. 11.03.11 Batofar Paris</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sun. 13.03.11 BLOC 5th Birthday Festival Minehead <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://ny-image2.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.95591246.jpg">(Uk)</a></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sat. 26.03.11 <a style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://homeshoppingspy.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/mday-teapot-edit.jpg?w=480&h=320">Hinterhof</a> Basel</span>Luke Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04933521412125843386noreply@blogger.com