H O N E Y C O M B . E P

OUT TODAY!

Out today on AMAZING SOUNDS is my new ep. You can buy it as a download, or you can find it on (very limited - 500 only) 12" Vinyl in a record shop.

Here's a brief description of the tracks;

Honeycomb - James has played it out quite a bit, it's got some nice noise on it and a nice synth arpeggio part too. I was working on this track at the same time as I was doing 'Little Wonderment' from my last BC record, so the tracks (in my mind at least) are from the same brain place. Also, there's a clap sound in it, which I don't do very often, so enjoy it for the three or four bars it's around for.

113 - The synths from this are from a quasi-generative synth/sequencer patch I made in Reaktor, and the drums were the last thing I recorded with my xBase09 before I sold it to Nathan.

Present - Made with my SidStation and 4 drum samples very quickly, kind of a empty gesture musically speaking, but play this in a club and people melt. You only live once, sometimes you've just got to turn the volume up and dance.

Schmitt Swell - A collection of homemade schmitt trigger oscillators droning away. If you ever want to build your own oscillators then schmitt trigger's are a good place to starts because they're easy and cheap, and they can sound pretty amazing.

RIGHT, I'm off to make a coffee.

TRONIC @ STEREO in GLASGOW

I'm playing in Glasgow on the 24th of April as part of the wonderful Tronic night, who also have some very exciting local talent to show off. It's already April right now this month, wow, 2010 is going quickly! I've been pretty busy lately putting the finishing touches on an album I've just finished, keep checking my blog for more info on that soon. But if you want a sneak preview of one of the album tracks, then check out James Holden's new DJ Kick record...

gig in berlin with james

also, i'm playing in berlin this weekend (saturday) at watergate club...

Gigs in France with James

This weekend I'm going to France to do some gigs with James Holden.

Fri. 10.04.2009 Spartacus Club Plan de Campagne (near Marseille)

Sat. 11.04.2009 Rex Paris

Sleepless Marathon

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh.....

Last BC party at the End

As you should know by now, the end of The End is near. This Saturday will be the last Border Community party at the legendary venue, so unless you've got a ridiculously good excuse then you have to come. Ellen Allien is playing, awesome, Nathan is playing, awesome awesome, as ever Scott and James are on main room DJ duties, double wicked and totally WOOOH, and Kieran Hebden will be camping out all night in the lounge, yeah baby, yeah.

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??!!

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