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Posted by rup on 02/21 at 12:55 PM
Arting
D i d s o m e s c r e e n p r i n t i n g
Birthday card / present I made for Dan... That's a customised USB with his boat on it:
Dan was clearly thrilled with the effort I'd put in to his card design & creation... he immediately likened it to the architectural compositions of Estonian-Jewish heavyweight Louis Kahn:
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Posted by steve on 02/20 at 10:43 PM
Singing Statues
Friend of Hear Today: Singing Statues has been signed to American independent record label and art co-operative Ghostly International, label home of Matthew Dear, Dabrye and Mobius Band.
He's just given away a new ep... The Outtakes EP... Magic it into your computer from here. Be one of the lucky few who know about him. Track's like 'Off the Axis' and 'Forestry' are a little bit special.
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Posted by steve on 02/12 at 02:29 PM
Dimmer
Acceleration of the device has resulted in a deceleration of human achievement, at a personal and cultural level. Technology has slowed us. If you've not already thought this, then you've probably not been thinking. Over reliance on mechanical and digital convenience has resulted in the development of a social retardation with regards to anything that dare require actual effort, or abstract thought.
Revolt is flirted with following forced recognition of us as device, to 'ultimate technology'. Colour is abandoned. Cars use the slow lane, sat nav switched off, hidden and denied. Radio silence, a postponement of constant information. Destinations become candle lit, signs say phones off, NOT silent mode.
Revolt, disguised as respect peaks.
Electric curtain moves, slowly. Cars use the middle lane, sat nav on, Clarkson voice off. Destinations become dimmer switch lit. Radio fades in, slower than the curtain. Phones on, silent mode.
Reduced dissemination.
Dimmer switches clockwise. Cars use the fast lane. Clarkson shouts and the Glee cast goes up to number 3. Crazy frog. Destinations become digital, apparently these CS3 karaoke architects aren't going to give up without a struggle.
(by D.W.)
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Posted by steve on 01/26 at 12:26 PM
DEADBOY
Who is Deadboy? Introduce yourself to our seven readers...
Hi! Deadboy is from south east london, and makes kind of uncertain garage/house/R'nB/rave/step on a probably too old laptop, and sometimes DJs. And sometimes makes wierd R'nB/hiphop stuff as well.
Uncertain as in you're not sure what you're doing?
More as in the tunes are not sure what they're supposed to be, but I'm into that, I like hearing a record that sounds like a bunch of disparate stuff all working together, as long as its coherent to some degree and not 'novelty'. But its all definitely rooted in garage. It's garage that sounds like other stuff.
Yeah, those drum patterns feel unmistakeably rooted in garage. Was garage a big part of your musical upbringing? I'm one of these mugs who's only really discovering a lot of it during this current revival...
I guess so, I was pretty young at the time, my older sister in the room next to me was well into jungle and garage and stuff, always playing all of the tape packs and compilations. I was in bands and stuff in my youth but I always listened to dance music and made bits of it on the side. I got properly stuck in with grime I guess, thats when I got a dodgy copy of reason and started making crappy kind of grimey 2 step tunes, and bought a cheap pair of decks, around the time of stuff like Jon e Cash, Wizzbit, Wiley's instrumentals, Slimzee mixes, More Fire Crew and Roll Deep and stuff, then got into dubstep through hearing people like Plasticman (before he was plastician), Slaughter Mob, early Kode9 and Digital Mystikz and Markone and D1. I liked it because it seemed like dubby future garage and grime at the time, but then when it all got half step and overtly agressive I totally lost interest, and the more minimal techno influenced stuff left me a bit cold so I went back to things like dancehall and the original garage stuff and more recently UK funky, which I think is more of a continuation of garage than dubstep is. There's still the odd dubstep tune that pricks up my ears but I dont really care to sift through all the boring stuff to find them, luckily I have some good mates who do that for me so I can just listen to them play out.
The Grime and Dancehall influences come through... Your beats sound really raw and emotive... Not over-processed or over-tweaked... What's inspiring you musically right now? Any hot picks we should be checking for?
Yeah thats fair to say, I was never really that technical or patient, if something doesn't sound right pretty quickly I won't spend long tweaking it, I'll scrap it and try something else.
Lately I've been listening to a bit of 4x4 stuff from people like Tuff Jam, Confetti Records, Anthill Mob and Todd Edwards, stuff like that, and some early rave stuff like Foul Play and Manix. I really like bassline house, and a lot of dancehall, particularly with female vocals, and RnB, especially from the Dream and Danja. I love Cassie, Official Girl is one of my favourite tunes right now. And I listen to a lot of Scott Walker. I was really into the stuff from James Blake, and Julio Bashmore and Karizma are making some great house at the moment. At this point I should shout out Ultrasound and Alex Gordon who are making some great big tunes right now that people will be hearing soon hopefully. And of course Hyper Black Bass.
Shit, I really need to check that Dream album... I also love Cassie... Really into the CFCF remix of Official girl. Big fan of James Blake too... I saw him play live recently... not only a badman producer but an incredible singer. Before we let you go, what have we got to look forward to from yourself? Releases / remixes?
I've just finished a little kind of 2 step remix thing of Official girl, gonna upload it soon probably.
Got the U Cheated 12" coming out on Well Rounded very very soon, and a couple of 7"s of some cheeky RnB/rap bootlegs from the likes of Cassie, Ashanti, Three-Six Mafia and Lil Kim in the pipeline as well. And hopefully a bunch more shows.
I think U Cheated is going to be one of the 12"s of the year... Thanks very much for taking the time out to talk to us...
Thanks! No problem.
- Click here for more on Deadboy and check out Brock Lee Riddim, from the forthcoming 12", streaming below...
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Posted by steve on 08/26 at 01:16 PM
OST Mix
So i've been collecting soundtracks for a while now. I don't have a crazy collection, but i have a good few! I sometimes like the incidental music on them, but often i go straight to the groovy track. As often is the case there is only maybe a couple of standout tracks in this vein on the lp, so i wanted to make a mix compliling a bunch of the hottest tracks, really for my own listening pleasure. As I was dealing with more funky orientated tracks (the last one was a hippy psych mix) i could add a bit more mixing to the podcast. Also having got my hands on a stack of radio-spot advert 45's i was able to bring a bit of humour to it too.
I've tried to include a variety of styles from different soundtrack 'genres', and i tried not to get stuck in the typical generic wah-wah grooves. I've also included some well-loved 'classics', but being a digger, i've chosen to include some more obscure cover versions rather than the more well known originals, not just for the sake of it. The covers i've included are better than the original versions. I've not stuck strictly to OST's, i've used some library lp's - but i think everything used is by a composer of soundtracks.
Whatever... get it here.
Cheers,
Wyndham Earl
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Posted by steve on 05/29 at 03:31 PM
BUY RUP’s ALBUM!!
*STOP PRESS!!! Buy the entire LP digital download with full artwork for UK3.50 ("that's the price of a sandwich?!?"... delivered to your inbox - CLICK BELOW!!.
We've got 7 CDs left!!... Only pressed up 200 and won't be doing anymore. I think there are still a few available at www.suspectpackages.com. Many thanks to everyone who bought one! If you would like to buy one from us and get a free 7" record and free P&P for 7 UK quid - click below.
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Posted by steve on 03/19 at 12:55 PM
STYL
Artist: Rup featuring Naim
Title: 'Something that you Like'
Produced by Naim
Label: Hear Today
Release: Late 2008
www.myspace.com/rupthecnut
www.myspace.com/naimnafar
Video Director / Producer: Rich Clements
www.richillustration.com
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Posted by steve on 10/08 at 11:35 AM