Friday, 9 December 2011

A (J.) Spaceman

Spiritualized Announce New Album

Jason Pierce (aka J. Spaceman)'s Spiritualized have announced the release of their seventh album, Sweet Heart Sweet Light, on March 19th through Double Six.
Sweet Heart Sweet Light was recorded over the last two years in Iceland, LA and Wales, and mixed at home by Pierce over the last year.
"This time around, I wanted to do something that encompassed all I love in rock 'n' roll music," said Pierce. "It's got everything from Brotzmann and Berry right through to Dennis and Brian Wilson. I'm obsessed with music and the way you put it together and I don't believe there are any rules."
The full tracklist for the album runs as follows: 'Hey Jane'
'Little Girl'
'Get What You Want'
'Too Late'
'Heading For The Top'
'Freedom'
'I Am What I Am'
'Mary'
'Life Is A Problem'
'So Long You Pretty Things'
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In Tokyo Tonight?

ON-U SOUND ダブと爆音の冒険
― その30年に捧げる一夜限り戦慄の重低音パーティー！ ―
ADRIAN SHERWOOD DUB SESSIONS: ON-U SOUND 30TH SPECIAL
2011.12.9 FRI @ SOUND MUSEUM VISION (www.vision-tokyo.com)
OPEN, START: 23:00
TICKET: ADV. ￥3,500 / DOOR ￥4,000
UKアンダーグラウンド・シーンに多大なる影響を与えて来たON-U SOUNDが、ファースト・リリースから30年を迎えた。そのON-U SOUNDの首領でありダブ界の第一人者、ADRIAN SHERWOODを迎え、強烈なパーティーが開催される！当日、会場となる渋谷SOUND MUSEUM VISIONに大口径サブウーファーを大量導入決定！！
ADRIAN SHERWOODによるON-U SOUNDの過去30年と未来とをぶった切るスペシャル・ダブ・セットや、またON-U SOUNDと言えば、日本が誇るAUDIO ACTIVEが実に久しぶりにステージに姿を現す！しかもADRIANがダブ・ミックスする必見のライブだ！
15年に渡って日本のベース・ミュージック・シーンを支えて来たKURANAKA、驚きの全編インスト・アルバムを発表するAO INOUE、ドライ＆ヘビーやリトル・テンポ、フライング・リズムス等のミキシング・エンジニアとして大活躍をしてきたNAOYUKI UCHIDAが秘蔵マルチテープを持ち込みスペシャルなダブ・ミックスを披露する。また客演でLIKKLE MAIも参加！
ハウス～テクノ～ダブ、様々な音楽を呑みつくし、唯一無二のDJプレイでフロアを暑苦しくしてきたMOODMAN。日本が誇るレゲエ・ミュージシャン/トラック・メーカー/プロデューサー、森俊也と外池満広による、NEW ROOTS～DUB IMPROVISATIONユニット、DOUBLE BARREL。
レーベル「PART2STYLE」のコアメンバーによって構成され、ダンスホールレゲエのサウンドシステムスタイルを軸に、ジャングル、ダブ、ダブステップ等も織り交ぜ幅広くプレイするPART2STYLE SOUND。道無き道を切り開くが如く突進する猛獣のようなドラム達を世に放ち、他の追随を全く寄せ付けない完全オリジナルなビート職人O.N.O 。
FLOWER OF LIFEを核に、トラックライブ/DJ/スタジオワークを様々な名義を使い分け、しかける奇人ALTZ。
HIP HOPをルーツにしながらも様々な幅広い音楽表現で、80年代後半から90年代にかけて国内外の様々なレジデント、DJとして輝かしい経歴を持つDJ KENSEIなどなど。
ダブやベース・ミュージックをキーワードに、問答無用の錚々たる連中がここVISIONに集結する！
一切の普通を排除した有り得ない歴史的一夜を体感すべし！
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The Future of 'On the Wire'

Everyone has heard about the cuts that are about to be made by the BBC in the "Drive for Quality" initiative. What is not so well known is how these cuts will impact the specialist shows hosted by local radio. Effectively there will be no "local radio" after seven o'clock in the evening. Shows will be shared between groups of stations. In the North West this group will be the Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside stations. At this stage it is understood that BBC Radio Lancashire will only be responsible for shared programming on a Sunday afternoon. The high probability is that any output in this slot will be in an "easy listening" format. Therefore. sometime between now and April 2013, by which time all the agreed changes will be implemented, On the Wire will disappear from the airwaves after over twenty eight years of continuous broadcasting.
The proposals are subject to public consultation by the BBC Trust - so you can have your say and, hopefully, make a difference. Go to www.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust and look for the "consultation" button or write to Lord Patten, Chairman, BBC Trust, 180 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5QZ. You could also write to your MP and local paper.
Failing all this being successful, we will be aiming for On the Wire to continue one way or another, preferably still within the BBC where the programme was identified as a unique BBC product by the BBC Board back in November 1991 when the show was last under threat.
Thanks for your support.
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@SaveOnTheWire

SaveOnTheWire Save On The Wire

A certain Steve Barker was the one that introduced Lee Scratch Perry to @onusherwood. History was made!

For Son#2 :)

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TIME's The Top 10 Everything of 2011

1. Occupy Wall Street Protests Spread

My Occupy LA Arrest

Denis Chapon: 12 Drawings a Day

During 3 years (2008-2011) i have been drawing 12 drawing of animation every day, it make one second of film. I had no plans what so ever before starting the first drawing. And then, each of the folowing days, I took the 3 last drawing from the day before and kept on animating. I use a none erasable pen, and drew on the back side of used A4 paper.
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DHS abruptly abandons copyright seizure of hip-hop blog

'Witch's cottage' unearthed near Pendle Hill, Lancashire

(Thanx Chris!)

How Mexico's drug cartels profit from flow of guns across the border

Polar bear 'cannibalism'

It is an image that is sure to shock many people.

An adult polar bear is seen dragging the body of a cub that it has just killed across the Arctic sea ice.
Polar bears normally hunt seals but if these are not available, the big predators will seek out other sources of food - even their own kind.
The picture was taken by environmental photojournalist Jenny Ross in Olgastretet, a stretch of water in the Svalbard archipelago.
"This type of intraspecific predation has always occurred to some extent," she told BBC News.
"However, there are increasing numbers of observations of it occurring, particularly on land where polar bears are trapped ashore, completely food-deprived for extended periods of time due to the loss of sea ice as a result of climate change."
The journalist was relating the story behind her pictures here at the 2011 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, the largest annual gathering of Earth scientists.
A paper describing the kill event in July 2010 has just been published in the journal Arctic. It is co-authored with Dr Ian Stirling, a polar bear biologist from Environment Canada.
Ross had approached the adult in a boat. She could see through her telephoto lens that the animal had a meal, but it was only when she got up close that she realised it was a juvenile bear.
The kill method used by the adult was exactly the same as polar bears use on seals - sharp bites to the head.
"As soon as the adult male became aware that a boat was approaching him, he basically stood to attention - he straddled the young bear's body, asserting control over it and conveying 'this is my food'," the journalist recalled.
"He then picked up the bear in his jaws and, just using the power of his jaws and his neck, transported it from one floe to another. And eventually, when he was a considerable distance away, he stopped and fed on the carcass."
Ross said there was another bear in the area and she speculated that it might have been the mother of the dead juvenile.
Olgastretet is a passage of water that divides the two main islands of Svalbard. Traditionally, it has been an area that has stayed ice-covered throughout the year.

But the recent dramatic retreat of Arctic sea ice in summer months has seen open water appear in the area for extended periods.

And without their customary platform on which to hunt seals, bears have gone looking for alternative sources of food, says Ross.
"On land, they're looking for human garbage and human foods; they're starting to prey on seabirds and their eggs.
"None of those alternative foods can support them, but they are seeking them out.
"Predating another bear is a way to get food; it's probably a relatively easy way for a big adult male. And it seems that because of the circumstances of the loss of sea ice - that kind of behaviour may be becoming more common."
Jonathan Amos @'BBC'

Thursday, 8 December 2011

stonetree_aus Matt Gleeson
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