NEWS ITEM. BRAZIL EP. Poetry, photographs, vinyl records and Elijah Wood.

Hello there much neglected blog, I have some relevant information to impart.

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?

here is some relevant information about this release;

- new 'slow' version of Brazil, a club-tempo mix of the track for DJs who want people to dance in circles
- 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
- GOLD PANDA remix, a talented man who is very nice and who is welcome in my house for a cup of tea any day
- ETIENNE JAUMET remix, a shaman of modern synth music who oozes awesomeness from his hands
- 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'

URGE.

NEWS FLASH! MORE RELEVANT INFORMATION TO FOLLOW

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.

Here is a link to watch the video on Vimeo, where you will find a lot of other visual entertainment that features my music.
VIMEO LINK

..and it's on youtube also, here is that link.
YOUTUBE LINK

Watch it full-screen in HD with the sound up and your glasses on.

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?

ELIJAH WOOD LINK





URGE.

HOLKHAM DRONES reviews

Here's a small collection of some of the reviews of my album Holkham Drones.

Online review;

DROWNED IN SOUND

RESIDENT ADVISOR

BBC

RAGGED WORDS

Magazine review;

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.

Things that are about to happen. Very soon.

Very soon I will have a new record out, an EP on Allez Allez's new label called AMAZING SOUNDS. I had a remix on their last release for Dan Deacon too, but this next one's going to be a 4 track EP of new stuff by me. It's called 'Honeycomb EP', because the first track on it is called 'Honeycomb'. There's also a track that I've played quite a lot live that I get asked about quite often, it's a fast track called 'Present', people usually say something like "what's that fast track you played at the end?", well, it's that one... that's on there. There's another track on it too called 'Honeycomb' that James has played out a few times too. Also out soon is James's new DJ Kicks record, which is ace, it's got a remix I did a while ago for a German band called Mit on it, and it's also got one of my tracks on it called 'Soft Attacks', which is taken from an album I've just finished called 'Holkham Drones'. That album is going to come out on Border Community at the end of August. We've also got a couple of singles planned to come of that album with some remixes that I'm really excited about, but I'm not going to say any more about that because it's all still in progress... anyway, lots of records. Very soon.

Sunshine Remix

I have done a remix for John Talabot (Hivern Discs). The tracks called 'Sunshine'. You can listen to it HERE. It's out on vinyl and digital... the records are really nice though, they have little hands stamped all over them, so get that.

I'VE DONE A REMIX

I've done a remix. The track is called 'under over the clouds' by Micromattic and it's on the new french label Absolutive Records. I think it's released this week, on digital and vinyl...

nathan RULES o.k.

nathan's new record 'HARD ISLANDS' is out NOW! it's awesome.

This year's style award goes to....

...Ceephax, for this photo which is probably the greatest display of elvis-style ever.



Ceephax has also got a new record out called 'Drive Time'. I bought it yesterday and I think it's really good. As well as the usual balls-out basic acid hoedown that he's known for, it's also got lots of ambient bits on it and some half finished tracks that stop half way and brief noises scattered about the record. Apparently this is a vinyl release of a tape cassette he did in 2000... but whatever, it's a good record.

MIT

you - wow, who are those cool looking chaps in that photo?

me - that's M I T

you - what, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology? Really? i thought there would be more than three of them.

me - no, not the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mit, the German rock band.

you - oh, right. why are they hanging around in what looks to be a communal changing area?

me - i have no idea

you - oh, well why are they on this blog then?

me - because I've done a remix of one of their tracks, it's called 'Rauch'.

you - smart, where can i hear said track?

me - well, it going to be coming out on a record soon, but if you can't wait for that then you can listen to it on my myspace page

you - awesome, thanks, i'll go have a listen right now

me - great, i hope you enjoy it