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9 years ago
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Oh yeeeah I'm back...
I'm not even going to apologise for my absence... exams and moving houses is big business, really. But now I am back and am finally getting into the feel of my show, finally beginning to make it my own.
I've just been reading an article in today's Press (a Christchurch newspaper) about how blogs need to have good content if people are going to keep reading... so I kinda felt a bit of an itch to get online and show that I'm not dead. For me, there has been a terrible drought of good music coming my direction, probably because all of the top producers/djs are away playing the summer festivals in the northern hemisphere... fuckers. So for this I apologise.
Here's a video of the beloved Dizz1 at Sonar Festival... Once my stinking degree is over, I think I'll travel all over the world to wherever the best festivals are so all my young years of missing out are compensated.
Floating Points
As well as studying towards a PHD in Molecular Genetics, Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points has been making stunning music for several years. Noticed in 2008 by Benji B and Gilles Peterson, he began releasing music, set up his own label and caused waves across the UK. As well as loving his music, I have real respect for the guy packing so much into his life... I thought my degree + work + radio was hard... think again Amy and stop feeling sorry for yourself. I'm going to play this beauty on today's show...
Hudson Mohawke
I am in love. "Hud Mo" is pushing all my buttons. Listen to his Fireside Chat with Red Bull Music Academy....
His voice is kinda low key huh...
This week's Album of the Week is from UNKLE.... and my question to win is... "What would you rename the All Whites?", cos I think that is a pretty laaaame name. But I guess the Socceroos is worse! HA! Man I dislike the Aussie football team... I bet Optus is highly regretting all their really expensive sponsering... "With Optus, anything is possible..." - yeah, like losing four nil to Germany. Despite the All White's "historic win", I wish people would stop getting so cocky - NZ is supposed to be a humble place where we don't get too big for our boots. I'm so happy that we drew and was glad I stayed up and watched it... but I am nervous about the Paraguay game... they are actually quite good.
Anyway... back to Unkle...
Brits James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy founded Unkle back in 1994 (I was four years old) and have since collaborated with many other artists. They originally were classed as trip-hop, but this album is simply put under the genre of "electronica"... very vague. It's got a Bjork-ish feel to it almost, with some songs being quite electronic and some being more rock-like. It's a good album with a journey, a progression, which will keep your musical mind occupied for some time.
Oh and here's
I've just been reading an article in today's Press (a Christchurch newspaper) about how blogs need to have good content if people are going to keep reading... so I kinda felt a bit of an itch to get online and show that I'm not dead. For me, there has been a terrible drought of good music coming my direction, probably because all of the top producers/djs are away playing the summer festivals in the northern hemisphere... fuckers. So for this I apologise.
Here's a video of the beloved Dizz1 at Sonar Festival... Once my stinking degree is over, I think I'll travel all over the world to wherever the best festivals are so all my young years of missing out are compensated.
Floating Points
As well as studying towards a PHD in Molecular Genetics, Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points has been making stunning music for several years. Noticed in 2008 by Benji B and Gilles Peterson, he began releasing music, set up his own label and caused waves across the UK. As well as loving his music, I have real respect for the guy packing so much into his life... I thought my degree + work + radio was hard... think again Amy and stop feeling sorry for yourself. I'm going to play this beauty on today's show...
Hudson Mohawke
I am in love. "Hud Mo" is pushing all my buttons. Listen to his Fireside Chat with Red Bull Music Academy....
His voice is kinda low key huh...
This week's Album of the Week is from UNKLE.... and my question to win is... "What would you rename the All Whites?", cos I think that is a pretty laaaame name. But I guess the Socceroos is worse! HA! Man I dislike the Aussie football team... I bet Optus is highly regretting all their really expensive sponsering... "With Optus, anything is possible..." - yeah, like losing four nil to Germany. Despite the All White's "historic win", I wish people would stop getting so cocky - NZ is supposed to be a humble place where we don't get too big for our boots. I'm so happy that we drew and was glad I stayed up and watched it... but I am nervous about the Paraguay game... they are actually quite good.
Anyway... back to Unkle...
Brits James Lavelle and Tim Goldsworthy founded Unkle back in 1994 (I was four years old) and have since collaborated with many other artists. They originally were classed as trip-hop, but this album is simply put under the genre of "electronica"... very vague. It's got a Bjork-ish feel to it almost, with some songs being quite electronic and some being more rock-like. It's a good album with a journey, a progression, which will keep your musical mind occupied for some time.
Oh and here's
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
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