TELAFONICA

i've become mildly obsessed with pocahaunted over the last couple of weeks. their releases are pretty much impossible to find as they're generally in very small runs and sell out but are pretty great (thanks, soulseek). some, especially the cassette only releases, are pretty murky and so i don't find them as immersive, but more sharply produced stuff can be pretty mesmerising. they basically improvise droney instrumental things with wailing, wordless vocals, and i particularly like when the bass gets really dubby and repetitive. i can imagine enjoying doing something along these lines at some stage, though i would imagine being much more satisfied with more robust rhythms (i sometimes find the drumming pretty cliched in building atmospheres like any hippy/jam band would do it). perhaps mixing dubstep beats with this kind of noisy free-form improv? anyway, here's a live clip to give you an idea. this ones not particularly noisy, and only lasts 2 1/2 minutes (their tracks...

Adrian, I have finally got to listen to your song - it is totally amazing, just like Blake's song, it is just what I was hoping for - you have both done your unique take on the song, but still managed to maintain the feel of the songs!! I love it and I am now so bloody excited about the album!!! Please pass this Email on to the rest of your group! Thank You very much! Jenny, Label Manager Forthesakeofthesong myspace.com/forthesakeofthesongltd forthesakeofthesong.co.uk

having had a chance to listen through, i'd be keen to get everyone's fine print on what else needs to happen or change on the recordings. here's what i've got so far... i can't make you love me record tibetan bell for ending what does eliza normally play in the ending live? smells like rain but i lose myself re-record cowbell record shakers the quest for love aboard the belafonte æowyn & the absolute truth re-record all vocals originally, i had thought that we'd do 4 voice harmonies on this one, but from what we've attempted of that so far, it doesn't seem to be working as it's all pitched to my voice. bec suggested everyone just make up new harmonie which best fit their voice which we could try. another option may be just to leave it at my voice overdubbed for everything. it seems to work fairly well as such at the moment. the actual singing would still need to be redone as the current ones were all first takes using my laptop built in mic. thou...

this is one of the most insanely brilliant things i've found to do with youtube so far. basically, the guy asked his friends to each contribute a simple, random piece of music in Bflat. he then uploaded them, compiled them on a single web page and you can mix and match as you please, endlessly if you desire. click on the image and play with it - it does take some time to load everything so you can 'play' it properly, but it's well worth it. brian eno would be proud.

just testing out a new mp3 storage and playing system. it's a website called BANDiZMO. as everyone may have noticed, the imeem players will only play 30 seconds remotely - that is, on our website. to hear the whole track you have to click the link and go to the imeem page. so this is a possible alternative. no idea what it looks like etc - i'm just about to find out. the track is 'scarecrow in the melon patch' from the most recently received 20th disc (from june 20). i'll give a better write up soon.

should we apply to perform at this - http://www.highanddryfestival.net/index.html ?

This release is available for free download from New Weird Australia. Click here or use the links below. ______________________________ New Weird Australia Volume One, July 2009 Geography dictates that, to some, Australia may forever remain as the Romans once saw it, as the “unknown land of the south”. However as technology conquers territory, distance becomes increasingly insignificant – a fact that is clearly illustrated on this first instalment of New Weird Australia. In borrowing (and expanding) ‘new, weird’ terminology, we hope to shrink the notion of distance between innovative Australian artists and their international compatriots; between the dot points on the vast map of our own land and between definitions of genre, taste or style. For Volume One, we find ourselves narrowing the gap of the 4,000km range from the precision edit and bluegrass glitch of Brisbane’s Anonymeye, to the free-jazz of Yugoslavian ex-pat and Perth resident, Predrag Delibasich. We simultane...

i thought i'd do the review of bandwidth because i enjoyed it so much, and because i had organised it. first thing to say was that the red rattler was an incredible venue. a warehouse which has gone to the bother of becoming fully licensed and council approved, they've still kept the vibe of a warehouse, but with great decor, huge comfy lounges, an awesome p.a. and a nice (relatively) big stage. and the people running it were great to work with as well. anyway, the whole thing was set up to get clan analogue people up on a stage performing for each other and whoever else wanted to come along. so it was an interesting mix of vaguely nostalgic electronics and new offshoots. i enjoyed them both. highlights for me were karoshi (as ever) who sounded great through a big p.a. - dave's drumming (the only drum kit of the evening) as jittery and creative as ever; kate carr just before them who made great atmospheric noises - i loved being able to recognise her work inspite of its app...

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