Saturday, October 10, 2009
Rockin' The Boombox
After a lengthy hiatus from this blog I've decided to return and give you all more music than you can shake an electronic stick at. These tunes have been rocking my stereo for the last couple of months.
Echaskech - Shatterproof // Just Music BuyTitle track from their great new album out now on Just Music.
Every month Echaskech showcase different electronic artists at their residency at The Concrete Bar on London's south bank.
The next event is on October 17th with Max Cooper (Live) and Input Junkie (Live). For more info go to www.echaskech.co.uk
They also have an album launch for Shatterproof at the Queen of Hoxton on October 28th.
Point B - Track 1 // Combat Recordings BuyGreat melodic Dubstep from the forthcoming 'Suicide Beauty Spot' album on Combat Recordings. Released October 26th.
Andrew Weatherall - Built Back Higher // Rotters Golf Club BuyRadical Majik - Direct Action (Andrew Weatherall Remix) // Rotters Golf Club Buy
Andrew Weatherall confounds critics who try and put his sound into any type of box. 'Built Back Higher' is my favourite track from his new album 'A Pox On The Pioneers'.
Weatherall also teams up with his Boardroom crew for more new tracks and remixes from 'Andrew Weatherall Vs The Boardroom Vol 2'
Ikonika - Smuck // Planet Mu released Oct 26thSubeena - Analyse // Planet Mu released Oct 19th
The ladies are upstaging the boys with these two new releases forthcoming on Planet Mu.
It's more great 8 bit Dubstep in a Zomby style from Ikonika plus a melodic Dubtec wonder from Subeena
Florence And The Machine - You Got The Love (XX Remix) // UniversalSo this is a remix of a cover version of The Source feat Candi Staton - 'You Got The Love' which itself was a mashup of her original acapella plus Jamie Principal's 'Your Love'.
Hmm.... Worth it though.
And finally some superb podcasts and mixes you should definitely check out.2562 - Fact Mix 81
Scuba - Podcast 03
SCB - mnml ssgs mix 37
Labels: 2562, Andrew Weatherall, Echaskech, Ikonika, Planet Mu, Point B, Scuba, Subeena
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Board Meetings
A new compilation from the Rotters Golf Club stable is about to drop onto an unsuspecting public. 'Andrew Weatherall Vs The Boardroom' centers around a group of musicians and producers working around the engineering nucleus of Steve Boardman in the Boardroom Studio, which itself is part of the Rotters Golf Club Studio. Mr Boardman is also manning the desk with Mr Weatherall on remix duties as well as co-writing and engineering the forthcoming Weatherall album, 'A Pox on the Pioneers'.The compilation has Three remixes from Weatherall himself plus a couple of tracks by Two Lone Swordsmen which receive remixes from fellow collaborators, Dave Congreve (aka Conman) and James Moss (aka E.S.C). It is the first two tracks however by Radical Majik (aka Rad Rice) and Le Sarge En Board (Sidney Le Sarge) that really stand out for me with their smacked out Electro House vibes and instantly addictive basslines. Proper 5am dancefloor material.
Le Sarge En Board - Through The Robot Chicken Shed // Rotters Golf Club
Andrew Weatherall Vs The Boardroom is released on Nov 17th. Buy
Labels: Andrew Weatherall, Rotters Golf Club
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Radioactive Material
Some very special news for all you (Real) Electro fans out there. Radioactive Man has a brand new album! "Growl" is the third offering from Mr Keith Tenniswood following on from his sublime debut "Radioactive Man" and its hard-edged and fast-paced follow up "Booby Trap".It has been nearly 5 years since the release of "Booby Trap" but Keith has been keeping himself busy with collaborations with of course 'Sir Andrew of the Weatherall' in Two Lone Swordsmen, as well as working with David Holmes, The Aloof plus Red Snapper.
Mr Tenniswood says: “My last album was in 2003, so this album is a collection of everything I’ve been working on the last four/five years. I’ve been so busy with Two Lone Swordsmen stuff and DJing, that I haven’t had the time to put it out, so this is a real culmination of a long period of time for me. I wanted it to be pretty dancefloor, but still the kind of album you can pop on at home and enjoy on headphones. I don’t want to think about it too much – everyone gets so wrapped up in the process, the technology, the equipment, and everything else...but what about the music? People talk more about the programs than they do the music itself. That’s all I hope it will be – no hype, just good music that is as poppy as it is deep. I’ve tried to make the emphasis on actual songs, rather than just banging tracks, I could make those any day of the week. I really hope it sounds a bit aged from my last album, more matured. A build-on from where I last left off and maybe proof that I have learnt something along the way. I hope that it’s still got a lot of soul and growth in it.”
The album certainly is a mature work that utilises all of Keith's production knowledge accrued over the last 7 years of collaborations and solo releases. The album could be said to be aimed for the dancefloor but is also a great home listen. There are no abrasive 160 bpm freakouts that have characterised some of the other Control Tower output, instead the album opens with a Slow, low-slung breakbeat track "Basement Bounce". This then goes straight into classic Radioactive Man territory with "Pieces of Eight" with its minute Electro Pulses and a deep, deep bassline which really caries the track with its melodic structure. Other highlights include Dot Alison's sultry vocals on "Nothing At All", 4/4 Electro House on "Kristiina" and Andrew Weatherall's dark menacing vocals on "Double Dealings", definitely one of the album's standout tracks.Overall this is classic Radioactive Man and Growl stands up with his best work, being instantly both listenable and danceable. One of the Electronic albums of the year and it's still only February!
The only downside is that it is not due for release until 12th May! Come on guys surely if an album is ready you can go the Radiohead route and release it via the interweb much faster than this.
The only downside is that it is not due for release until 12th May! Come on guys surely if an album is ready you can go the Radiohead route and release it via the interweb much faster than this.
Tracklisting: Released 12/05/08
01. Basement Business
02. Pieces of Eight
03. Nothing At All featuring DOT ALLISON
04. Kristiina
05. Double Dealings featuring ANDREW WEATHERALL
06. 5 Armed Skeleton
07. Up in the Air
08. Dalston To Detroit
09. Growl
10. State Of That
11. Lungful of Bass
While you are waiting for the rest of this release here are a couple of classics from the back catalog. "Uranium" is the seminal release with that baseline which still puts the Dubstep boys to shame. "Fed-Ex To Munchen" from the second album has the beautiful mournful vocals of Valerie Trebeljahr from the superb Lali Puna
Radioactive Man - Uranium // Rotters Golf Club 2001
Radioactive Man - Fed-Ex To Munchen // Rotters Golf Club 2003
Labels: Andrew Weatherall, Control Tower, Electro, Electronic, Electronica, Lali Puna, Radioactive Man
