Saturday 30 May 2015

What If ‘The Wire’ Were Set in Ramallah?

Richard Treece R.I.P.

Founding member of Help Yourself Richard Treece, who also played with The Tyla Gang, The Neutrons and Green Ray has been found dead after failing to show up for a gig

The Untold Story of Silk Road

Part 1

Part 2

Ross Ulbricht sentenced to life in prison

Miley Cyrus & Melanie - Look What They've Done To My Song Ma


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Founded by Miley Cyrus, The Happy Hippie Foundation is a nonprofit organization that rallies young people to fight injustice facing homeless youth, LGBT youth, and other vulnerable populations.
Click here to find out more: http://happyhippies.org
You just know this is not going to end well

Mark Fisher: The Political Aesthetics of Postcapitalism / Methodologies of Valorization

Shane MacGowan is now a 'mature' role model

'A healthy & positive lifestyle'
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Wiley: The Eski Boy

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Sepp Blatter defends FIFA at the Oxford Union in 2013


Full video HERE

Friday 29 May 2015

F.I.F.A. Corruption



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23 Skidoo - Amfunkamine (Rehearsal 1981)


Fritz has just uploaded this excerpt from a rehearsal in the shed behind Honky Tonk Records in Kentish Town, London in 1981. Skidoo were Fritz, Sam, Thom, Alex & Johnny 
I could well have been working in the shop at front at the very same time

A very powerful anti rape message from 2003

The ad is a double page with the pages partially stuck together. if you pull them apart it reveals the line “if you have to use force, it’s rape”.
The pro bono ad was done by Lowe Bull Calvert Pace in 2003 for South Africa for POWA (People Opposing Women Abuse) and recieved a Cannes Lion Press Silver award
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In Memorium


Rocco Acerra (29)
Bruno Balli (50)
Alfons Bos
Giancarlo Bruschera (21)
Andrea Casula (11)
Giovanni Casula (44)
Nino Cerrullo (24)
Willy Chielens
Giuseppina Conto (17)
Dirk Daenicky
Dionisio Fabbro (51)
Jaques Francois
Eugenio Gagliano (35)
Francesco Galli (25)
Giancarlo Gonnelli (20)
Alberto Guarini (21)
Giavacchino Landinni (50)
Roberto Lorenzini (31)
Barbara in Margiotta Lusci (58)
Franco Martelli (46)
Loris Massore (28)
Gianni Mastroiaca (20)
Sergio Bastino Mazzino (38)
Luciano Rocco Papaluca (38)
Bento Pistalato (50)
Patrick Radcliffe
Demenico Ragazzi (44)
Antonio Ragnanese (29)
Claude Robert
Mario Ronchi (43)
Domencio Russo (28)
Tarcisio Salvi (49)
Gianfranco Sarto (47)
Mario Spanu (41)
Amedeo Giuseppe Spolaore (55)
Tarcisio Venturin (23)
Jean Michel Walla
Claudio Zavaroni (28)
Luigi Pidone (31)



I was born in Liverpool and am a lifelong Liverpool supporter. Thirty years ago I spent the day travelling from Amsterdam to Liverpool via Belgium and then watched the Huysel tragedy unfold on my Nan's TV. 
My love for the 'beautiful game' has never been the same since

Thursday 28 May 2015

The end of Odd Future?


Court of Public Opinion: The Trial of Bill Cosby (Inside Amy Schumer)


Genius!

Dub on Air with Dennis Bovell (Soho Radio 17/05/15)


Tracklist

Future Sound of Mzansi (Part 2)


Part two of Spoek Mathambo and Lebogang Rasethaba's 'Future Sound of Mzansi' explores questions of race and authenticity in South African electronic music. Featuring a colorful cast of producers, singers, and dancers, this episode looks at the long shadow that apartheid has cast on South African music and social politics
Part 1 HERE

Wednesday 27 May 2015

SoulCircuit - Rolling With Me (I Got Love)

The Electric Knife Orchestra Presents 'Stayin' Alive'


Sixteen knives and one meat cleaver brought to life to perform the Bee Gee’s hit Stayin’ Alive
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Stanley Donwood

Carriageworks Sydney
Thanks Stan

ROUND TWO: Ramzan Kadyrov VS 'The Family'

Soon on the screens of your television sets and movie theaters you will see a film 'WHO DOES NOT UNDERSTAND WILL GET IT.'This is an extremely topical picture, in which after extended negotiations, I agreed to play the role of the main hero. Some scenes have already been filmed. The director is the author of famous Hollywood films. Also appearing in the film are world-famous first-class stars. The authors are confident that the film will have enormous success.
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Tuesday 26 May 2015

John Lydon and Miranda Sawyer QandA (100 Club April 26 2015)


The 100 Club has changed somewhat since I worked there

Boris - Pink / Statement



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Damn! I wish I'd had the money to get a ticket to see them at The Corner this coming Saturday

Rocko: Bushwick Brooklyn New York

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Algiers - Algiers (Albumstream)

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Tracklist:
Remains
Claudette
And When You Fall
Blood
Old Girl
Irony, Utility, Pretext
But She Was Not Flying
Black Eunuch
Games
In Parallax
Untitled
(Released June 2 on Matador)
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By far and away my most eagerly awaited release of the year. Absolutely superb. The fourth member is drummer Matt Tong (of Bloc Party)

INDECLINE: This Land Is Your Land

Ad Break: Australia 1973

The Secret History of the Vocoder


‘What’s more human than wanting to be something else?’
The transhuman sounds of the vocoder are familiar to anyone who’s listened to chart-topping albums from the likes of Daft Punk, Coldplay, The Beastie Boys and Kanye West. But before the speech synthesis technology reached a wide public, it had already lived three full lives: first, as an experimental technology created to cut the cost of transcontinental phone calls, then as an encrypted communication system of the US military during the Second World War and Vietnam, and then as a re-purposed instrument used by influential counterculture musicians such as Laurie Anderson, Afrika Bambaataa and Kraftwerk.
With interviews from military, communication and music experts, The Secret History of the Vocoder traces the technology through the course of the 20th century, from its birth at Bell Labs in 1928, to its transformation into an instrument with a distinctive sound that exists in the grey area between human and machine.
For more on digital art and the tools we use to create it, read Tom Uglow’s essay ‘The Arts Electric’
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The Complete Force: A Wackies Primer


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Lost in translation?


He was the saviour of Afghan music. Then a Taliban bomb took his hearing

Iggy Pop: Blowtorch in Bondage (Lester Bangs The Village Voice 28/3/77)

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Patti Smith, David Johansen, Cyrinda Foxe and Lenny Kaye

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TEAC O'Casse Open Cassette


I do not remember these at all
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Monday 25 May 2015

The Family: A film about Ramzan Kadyrov

Under The Influence: Krautrock

Sunday 24 May 2015

Dear lawd! Drummers eh?


Tabla Beat Science - Talamanam Sound Clash


Filmed June 21, 2002 with 12 cameras at the legendary Fillmore in San Francisco, this DVD documents a Tabla Beat Science performance that features founders Zakir Hussein (Tablas) and Bill Laswell (Bass), along with Ustad Sultan Khan (Sarangi and Vocals), Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw (Vocals), Karsh Kale (Drums), DJ Disk (Turntable) and MIDIval PunditZ (Electronics). Directed by Alex Winter

Michael Jackson's recorded grunts

Truth

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Spoek Mathambo presents 'Future Sound Of Mzansi' (Part 1)


'Future Sound of Mzansi' is Spoek Mathambo and Lebogang Rasethaba's powerful new documentary about South African electronic music. Part one introduces the new sounds coming out of the townships and urban areas of cities like Durban, Cape Town, and Johannesburg. It becomes abundantly clear that regionalism is extremely important in the development of genres like broken beats, qgom, Shangaan electro, and kwaito. Or, as a producer puts it, it's about the need to "own our shit, own who we are, then bring that out to the world."
We also get to meet the film's colorful cast of characters, which includes Black Coffee, Okmalumkoolkat, Culoe De Song, the owners of Cape Town record label African Dope, and broken beats originators NakedBoys, among many others. The producers discuss the ways the Internet has both helped and hurt their scenes, while dancers show off the sneaker-shredding moves that bring the music to life.
One of this segment's most powerful moments comes from Nozinja, who delivers a passionate speech about using Shangaan electro—the genre he pretty much created—to represent the marginalized Shangaan people. "For me to be known and seen all over, representing that same marginalized and abused nation, I feel proud," he says, eyes twinkling. That same pride resonates with everyone else in the film.
Spoek Mathambo's "Future Sound of Mzansi" Credits:
Directed by: Nthato Mokgata and Lebo Rasethaba
Produced by: Black Major
Featuring: Black Coffee, DJ Spoko, Mujava, Culoe De Song, Christian Tiger School, Felix Laband, Aero Manyelo, Okmalumkoolkat, Saki Ibrahim and others.
Website: www.futuresoundofmzansi.com
Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/futuresoundo...
Twitter: #futuresoundofmzansi
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check back for parts two and three
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Fantasma - Cat & Mouse

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Australian columnist pens satirical article about 'halal coal'. Islamophobes contribute much hilarity in the comments
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Add the Hiss and Pop of a Vinyl Record to MP3's

Tony Williams Lifetime - Turn It Over (Unreleased Bill Laswell Remix)

In 1997, Verve asked Bill Laswell if he would be interested in picking an album from their (jazz) catalog to give a redux treatment - as he had successfully done for Columbia with Miles Davis's recordings on the CD Panthalassa - and he chose Tony Williams' Lifetime - Turn It Over. (Interestingly, that same year, Verve had just released the first official CD edition of that very selfsame album.)
However, Laswell knew from the then-late Tony Williams that the album was originally intended to be a double LP, like the first Lifetime record before it (Emergency) - but Verve in 1970 did not think the sales of the first album warranted making the second one a double as well, and forced Williams to edit it down to a single LPs worth of material.
Laswell was given access to all the tapes relating to the sessions, and reconstructed the expanded album as it should have originally been released, and in the process produced a digital transfer master that was finally true to Williams' vision of it as a bombastic rock production (Williams had long been frustrated by the final producers' mix on the LPs for both Emergency and Turn It Over)
In the intervening time that it took Laswell to deliver the finished project in 1999. Universal had bought up many major labels including Polygram, Island, and Verve, replacing many executives and A&R people. Laswell brought in the contracted project, but the new regime was not interested in issuing it, citing that they had only two years previously put out a version of the album on CD, and that is was no big seller anyway, not worthy of having an alternate edition. Thus the project was shelved
1 Vuelta Abajo
2 To Whom It May Concern: Us/Them
3 This Night This Song
5 Big Nick
6 Once I Loved
7 To Whom
8 Allah Be Praised
9 Right On
10 A Famous Blues
11 New Piece
Tony Williams - drums, vocals
John McLaughlin - guitar, vocals
Larry Young - organ
Jack Bruce - bass, vocals
Get it
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Australia’s Rigid Immigration Barrier

Algiers - Black Eunuch


Franklin James Fisher on Protests, the South and an Algiers Album

Chalkie Davies: The NME Years


Unseen Chalkie Davies photographs of 70s and 80s pop stars go on show

Ad Break: TDK 1982


Saturday 23 May 2015

'Who listens to commercial music is a reactionary'


Friday 22 May 2015

Farewell


Letterman? Guess it just must be an American thing. I sort of wished Crispin Glover's foot had connected with the head

Wednesday 20 May 2015

Bill Laswell & Axiom Sound System (Musical Freezone) - PBS Soundstage (July 13 2006)


Throughout three decades, Bill Laswell has been a constant innovator, fusing seemingly disparate genres into a whole new sound. Touching upon everything from worldbeat, funk, rock, hip-hop and jazz, there are no limits to his experimental approach. No matter what the project, one thing remains a constant – Laswell’s pretty basslines provide a rhythm to which all sounds connect beautifully. The Grammy winner is one of the most prolific artists in modern music, fronting his own band Material and serving as producer, label owner and performer on other’s albums. He has worked with many respected artists, including Herbie Hancock, Mick Jagger, Peter Gabriel, Yoko Ono and Laurie Anderson.
Among his many talents is his ability to bring together well-matched singers and players to create a distinct style that defies easy classification. His Soundstage episode embodies his unique approach, transcending any genre boundaries and delivering an engaging performance. From the World Beat of Tabla Beat Science, to the jazzy flavors of Pharoah Sanders backed by Material, it’s an exciting mix. Other surprises include a rocking Buckethead set that includes a little breakdancing and songs by Praxis. The show culminates with an all-star performance, funked up by Bootsy Collins
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Fred Frith - Live @Teatro de la Ciudad Mexico City (27/03/07)

Coldcut Presents 2 Hours of Sanity Pt. 1 - Love


This is Part 1 in a new Coldcut series of mixes.
The mind map lists the bases we want to cover, and some part of the links between our lifelong music experience and the electronic scene of today. It's partly about playing with the interface between DJ mixes of other peoples tunes, and producer/studio mixes creating original tunes. Using micro slicing and multi threading of material, with an ear for the magic moment of harmonic mix beauty and eye for mix aptness.
The project is also about celebrating the history of musical experimentation, featuring innovators ancient to the future. Using spoken word from Sun Ra's Arkestra as a leitmotif, it's a tribute from Coldcut to some of the artists we feel have both moved us and changed the game.Tracklist:
1. Flying Lotus - Brainfeeder
2. Spacetime - ContinuumFluoresence
3. Jevetta Steele - Calling You by
4. King Tubby - Baby I Love You So (Dub)
5. Alice Coltrane - A Love Supreme
6. Carl Craig - It's a Wonderful Life
7. Linda Perhacs - Chimacum Rain
8. Marc Moulin - Tohubohuby
9. Roy Harper - Another Day
10. Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Numbers
11. Todd Rundgren - I Was Born To Synthesize
12. Jon Hopkins - Vessels
13. Diana Ross - Love Hangover
14. Billy Cobham - Heather
15. Art of Noise - Moments In Love
16. Krayzie Bone - Murda Mo
17. Ennio Morricone - Once Upon A Time In The West
18. Lee "Scratch" Perry - Cloak and Dagger
19. Franz Ferdinand - This Fire
20. Talk Talk - The Rainbow, Eden, Desire
21. Tape Beatles - Beautiful State
22.  Peverelist & Pinch - Revival
23. Kode9 - Magnetic City
24. George Duke - Pyschosomatic Dung
25. Cornelius - Wataridori
26. Herbie Hancock - Nobuby
27. Yusef Lateef - Plum Blossum
28. Jim Morrison - A Vast Sunshine
29. Hyetal & Shortstuff - Ice Cream
30. Red Light - MDMA
31. Laurie Anderson - My Eyes
32. His Boy Elroy - Revolve
33. Flying Lotus - Mmmhmm (Feat. Thundercat)
34. Roy Budd - Hallucinations
35. Vinyl Ritchie - In The Woods
36. Sun Ra - Languidity
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New Colour: Coldcut’s Journeys By DJ - 70 Minutes of Madness

Tuesday 19 May 2015

Monday 18 May 2015

DJ Bone - Boiler Room @Bloc


Tracklist:
01. Detroit Intro - DJ Bone
02.B2F 7 - Jeff Mills
03. Polygon Pink Toast - Bjarki
04.Points Zero - Jack Murphy
05.Fantasia (Truncate Remix) - Kink
06. Altered Ego - Floorplan
07.Fuego (Ben Sims Remix - Stephen Brown
08.The Last Dance (Orig mix) - Deetron
09.Walpurgis Night - CRC (2)
10. Rock to the Beat (Ben Sims Remix) - Kevin Saunderson
11.Sideways (Ben Sims & Paul Mac Remix) - Tim Baker Ft Elbee Bad
12.Detroit is...Hard - DJ Bone
13.Rip The Cut - Planetary Assault Systems
14.Strings of Life (DJ Bone Remix) - Rhythim is Rhythim
15.Distracted - O Phase
16.Can't You See - Ben Sims feat. Paul Mac
17.Differ-Ent (ity) - Differ-Ent
18.Real - Kendrick Lamar feat. Anna Wise

Keith Rowe - tabletop electric guitar


When my band played its very first gig back in 1981 we had Keith as support which when you think about it is absolutely fugn crazy!

Sunday 17 May 2015

David Hockney: Joiners


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Jah Wobble's Top Ten Bass Lines

The media’s reaction to Seymour Hersh’s bin Laden scoop has been disgraceful


The end of an era


Saturday 16 May 2015

Bvdub - A Step In The Dark (Released 11 June)

Coil - The Side Effects Of Life


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This is a recording of the Love's Secret Domain demo tape that was sent by Coil to WaxTrax! circa 1989/90. There are an unknown number out there, however there have been 2 confirmed, one from the Coil archives that was sold by Thighpaulsandra in early 2014 on eBay and the one this recording comes from, found in a record store in Chicago in late 2013. This copy is most probably the source of the "Love's Septic Demise" mp3 that's been floating around the 'net since the early 2000s.
1: Fidgit (Further Back And Faster demo)
2: Dark River
3: Window Pain
4: Teenage Lightning
5: Titan Arch
6: Scope
7: Carvers & Gilders (Chaostrophy demo)
8: Fidgit 2 (Alternate truncated FBAF
Notes about the material:
It's less of a proper demo and more of a medley of early versions of tracks that ended up on LSD and the Wrong Eye/Scope 7". The songs blend into one another and occasionally bits from one will show up in the others. My best guess is that they made the tape by playing multiple dat/cassette decks through a mixer, and just kinda rode the faders to make it. The tape itself plays about a quarter speed fast (as noticeable in the Love's Septic Demise mp3,) most likely due to the voltage difference on the machines used to record it in the UK, then playing it here in the USA. Additionally, the tape is in rough shape and the right channel disappears a few times, most notably during Carvers & Gilders and Love's Secret Domain

Horsedreamer - Bolder


Horsedreamer is a collaboration project by Roger Robinson of King Midas Sound and Piers Faccini

Kouichi Okamoto: Liquid Bookmarks

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Four Horsemen


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Friday 15 May 2015

The Rise of Data Artists

William S. Burroughs: How To Treat The 'Bottomless Arm' (1976)

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Originally printed in Crawdaddy (March 1976)
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Black Angel (1980 short film)


Accompanied by an exclusive introduction from the director Roger Christian, the incredible fantasy short returns. It was first released in certain cinemas ahead of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back in 1980. Lost for 35 years, it has been found and restored to its former glory
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