New Blamstrain under a new name.
Posted by michael vermaak | Filed under Music
So the wonderfully talented Juho Hietala AKA Blamstrain is working on some new material but under a new name Lusua. Check out the player below for some dark relaxed and funky elecktro stylings.
Lusua – Past Tense by Blamstrain
While we are here you might as well head on over to his website where you can pay what you want for any of his albums! I trust that this will start to stick as more and more musicians realise that artists Like Juho have worked out the best way to make money from their work. By allowing fans to pay the artist directly for their work I believe that they can have a much more successful musical career in the long term.
Tags: Blamstrain, Elecktro, IDM, Music
8-Bit Trip Stop Motion Fantasy!
Posted by michael vermaak | Filed under Music
All I can say is this is just fantastic! Please enjoy.
Tags: 8-bit, lego, Music, stop motion, video, youtube
Bring back the vinyl!
Posted by michael vermaak | Filed under Music
I have always been into my music from an early age and as a child of the 80’s I grew up with lots of technology changes. My first single I received as a present was teenage mutant ninja turtles with T.U.R.T.L.E. POWER on vinyl. It was never going to be top of my list of favorite pieces of music but I do feel that at least the format was a good start. I loved putting a piece of vinyl on the platter and moving the tonearm into the precise position, slowly lowering it and being greeted by the static pop. There was always something wonderful about the process.
Tapes where so big when I was a kid, mainly for recording music off of the radio or copying albums from friends. Headphones had to be loud and would suffer under the strain of mega bass switches that would adorn Walkmans in every teenagers pockets.
Soon came time for me to start buying CDs. I loved the new format. The sound was so clean and the new technology was amazing. Being able to play an album on random was amazing. The one thing that never really happened with CD was portability, Due to this Walkmans still flourished into the late 90’s that was until a friend brought an mp3 player in 2000 that could hold an hours worth of music! We didn’t realise then what whould happen to the mp3 player in the years to come.
Not long after the mp3 player started to show up in friends pockets on a daily basis I started to want to hold the music in my hand again. To be able to appreciate the artwork on a bigger scale than a CD had given me. I started to turn back to vinyl. My first outing took me to some dark minimal beats mainly for experimentation of styles. Then by luck I found a mint copy of the Beatles Sargent Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. A record still in my collection today and one I don’t think I will ever sell. My record choice since has been focused on collecting records from the likes of Aphextwin, Squarepusher, Ceephax Acid Crew, Intricate, the list goes on and on. There is still nothing better than flicking through records checking out the artwork on the sleeve and putting the 12″ on the platter. My setup now is the best I have had for listening to my records and I have recently started to enjoy them again. All I can say is that if you have yet to experience some new fresh vinyl on a decent setup then your in for a treat.
Da Chip
Posted by michael vermaak | Filed under Music
Da Chip is the music of Daft Punk revisited on vintage games systems. http://jedeviensdjen3jours.com/dachip/
Warp20 – Celebrating 20 years of Warp Records
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So Warp have announced an amazing 20th anniversary release with more goodies that you could wish for. The following is taken from Warp’s website.
WARP20 (BOX SET) CONTENTS:
Warp20 (Box Set) comes beautifully packaged in a 10 inch square slipcase wrapped in charcoal Buckram embossed paper with tipped-on gloss-laminated cover photograph, designed by YES, photographed by Dan Holdsworth.
Warp20 (1989-2009) The Complete Catalogue: 192 page book
10” square, 192 page full-colour, perfect-bound book. The complete-ist’s dream – a catalogue of artwork of every Warp release from its inception in 1989 to August 2009. Includes artwork from over 400 sleeves including work by the Designers Republic, Julian House, Build, Universal Everything and Kim Hiorthøy amongst others. Foreword by Warp co-founder Steve Beckett. Black un-coated board cover with debossed and foiled typography.
Warp20 (Chosen): Double CD album
The definitive best of Warp on 2 x CDs. Ten songs chosen by you (Warp20.net), ten songs chosen by Warp co-founder Steve Beckett. Packaged in deluxe case-bound 10” folder, exclusive to this box set. Your personal messages and memories from Warp20.net featured on pullout poster.
Warp20 (Recreated): Double CD albu
2 x CDs featuring twenty brand new cover versions of Warp songs by Warp artists past and present; including tracks by Autechre, Harmonic 313, Jamie Lidell, Plaid, Clark, Maximo Park, Leila, Seefeel, Luke Vibert and more… Packaged in deluxe case-bound 10” folder exclusive to this box set.
Warp20 (Unheard): Triple 10” Viny
Secret treasures newly rediscovered from the Warp vaults. Unheard and rare tracks by Boards of Canada, Autechre, Broadcast, Elecktroids and others cut to 3 x 10” vinyl. Housed in uncoated card sleeves with debossed typography. Vinyl exclusive to Warp20 (Box Set).
Warp20 (Elemental): CD album
Specially-commissioned hour long piece by re-edit master Osymyso, made from sections, samples, and fragments of Warp music from the last 20 years. Exclusive to Warp20 (Box Set) and packaged in deluxe case bound 10” folder.
Warp20 (Infinite): Double 10” Vinyl
2 x 10” vinyl cuts of hand-picked locked-groove loops from Warp tracks. Four sides of loops for mixing fun. Exclusive to Warp20 (Box Set) and housed in uncoated card sleeves with debossed covers.
Tags: Autechre, Boards of Canada, Clark, Elecktroids, Harmonic 313, IDM, Jamie Lidell, Leila, Luke Vibert, Maximo Park, Music, Osymyso, Plaid, Seefeel, Vinyl, Warp
Hudson Mohawke is just what the doctor ordered.
Posted by michael vermaak | Filed under Music
I’ve been on the look out for some new music that ticks a few boxes for me. Firstly it had to unlike anything in my current music collection but had to be funky and weird with a decent beat for summer time drives. Hudson Mohawke fits the bill perfectly! check out the player below for some samples of his work.
Tags: Hudson Mohawk, Music, Warp Records
Clark dropping a new release in July!
Posted by michael vermaak | Filed under Music
Clark (previously know as Chris Clark) is releasing his new album on the 13th July through Warp Records. check out part 1 of the sampler below.
Tags: Clark, IDM, Music, Warp Records
A wonderful new album Remano Eszildn – R-Tracks
Posted by michael vermaak | Filed under Music
It’s always nice when you find something new all by yourself without any help from anyone else. I just found an interesting new album called R-Tracks (iTunes link) from a very new guy on the scene “Remano Eszildn”. From what I can find out he worked as a brick layer and decided to quit. He then went to stay with his brother who had some music gear and had a play around with some synths. From there he got hold of a mono synth as he preferred the sound. Planet Mu Records have now signed him up. Although they say he’s been making music for 6 years this is the only release I can find of his.
Tags: iTunes, Music, Planet Mu, R-Tracks, Remano Eszildn
New Kettel release
Posted by Michael Vermaak | Filed under Music
So It took a while to come out but looking at some info posted by the man himself the new album “Mayam James 2″ has been finished and is now being mastered by Benn Jordan AKA Flashbulb. It should be out in May. Good news indeed. Although I missed it I did also find this live set from November ‘08 by Kettel performed in Rotterdam. He discribes it as a bridge between the 2 Mayam James ablums and it’s stunning.
Tags: download, kettel, live set, mp3, Music
Desert Planet
Posted by Michael Vermaak | Filed under Music
Just hunting around for something new and found Desert Planet. Click the picture below to hear some tracks from their last release. Also Check out the video to the opening track from the same release below.
Tags: 8bit, desert planet, Music
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