Archive For The “Music” Category

Black Water

By | April 6, 2011

Artistic communities around the world have been moved into action to help those in Japan affected by the Tohoku earthquake/tsunami on March 11th. This touching song with its well-put together video was written and recorded by fatblueman, at the reques…

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Black Water

By | April 6, 2011

Artistic communities around the world have been moved into action to help those in Japan affected by the Tohoku earthquake/tsunami on March 11th. This touching song with its well-put together video was written and recorded by fatblueman, at the reques…

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Black Water

By | April 6, 2011

Artistic communities around the world have been moved into action to help those in Japan affected by the Tohoku earthquake/tsunami on March 11th. This touching song with its well-put together video was written and recorded by fatblueman, at the reques…

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Brian Eno – My Squelchy Life (Unreleased -1991)

By | February 24, 2011

Something of a mystery surrounds this record – it was withdrawn a couple of weeks before its scheduled release date, but not before preview copies had been sent out to the press. it consists of twelve tracks, four of which resurfaced on “Nerve Net” and one on the CD single ‘Ali Click’. Others, if my … Continue reading »

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Album of the Year + Best of the Rest 2010…

By | December 8, 2010

No question here, album of the year has to be ‘High Violet’ by The National. Absolutely stunning and it has to be said, streets ahead of the competition. This was the year The National really delivered. A league of their own. The next nine, reviewed elsewhere in these pages… 2. Tindersticks – Falling Down A [...]

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Japan + psychedelic folk

By | October 23, 2010

It’s been a while since I popped anything up here and as usual, the backlog is building up. With that in mind, I thought I’d add a little late night music for you all. The above album is mellow and dreamy, contains some beautiful playing, and like much…

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Shelf Life shot, at Rubber Soul

By | September 17, 2010

Some great pictures were taken at the Shelf Life show earlier this month by Björn Neumann, a regular at Rubber Soul as well as a very talented photographer.Either click on the above slideshow or here to view the full set. Video footage to come lat…

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NME Breakthrough

By | August 12, 2010

It’s been a while since I read the NME, but it used to be the best music paper on the planet and so I thought I’d give some space to this new venture… Breakthrough is a new space for artists and fans who want to be at the heart of the most exciting new music

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A summer mix to treat your ears (WN0031)

By | July 23, 2010

Ambassadeurs – HIPHOPsoulAFROBEATdubstepD&BreggaeBREAKSmix by AmbassadeursI stumbled across SoundCloud ages ago and stored it away as ‘one of those things to get back to’. It seemed like a great way for sharing music, with an attractive inter…

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Africa + music + open source

By | July 10, 2010

Sorting out my bookmarks, an activity which has taken me close to nine months to complete having had too many other things to do, had thrown up a few treats on the web that I’d previously stumbled across, saved and forgotten about. The sort will eventu…

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