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Top 37 tracks of 2010
I don’t usually write about music, because I’m not that good at it. I don’t usually make lists of the best music from a year, because I seem to take a while to catch up with new music, often a … Continue reading
Number one
By way of an explanation for forrins – the number one single is a kind of cultural touchstone in the UK in a way that it doesn’t seem to be in other countries, and having the Christmas number one used … Continue reading
Jamie Reynolds vs The Cabin Fever
Still snowed under in every way but the literal, but I had to post this anyhow. Here’s some of my good friends from Scumhampton days, making some music in that London. http://www.viceland.com/wp/2010/12/jamie-reynolds-vs-the-cabin-fever/ When I can catch a few hours (maybe … Continue reading
Pop Music In China
I was walking through Wangfujing subway station the other day when I saw a poster advertising a concert by one of the most popular western bands in China. No, it’s not U2, Coldplay, Radiohead or the Kings Of Leon – … Continue reading
RIP Ari Up of The Slits
Ari Up’s death at the age of 48 was announced yesterday. I can’t write anything more incisive about her than Jon Savage so read this instead. I’d just been getting into The Slits over the past couple of months, and … Continue reading
More Ozmotron Remixes
Last week I posed something here about the Ozmotron Remix Project. Since then there have been three more remixes made. The first is Mr Pineapple’s glitchy, melodic Remix of “Pink Elephant”, my current favourite actually. http://www.mrpineapple.co.uk/music/Pink_Elephant_remix.mp3 Then there’s the Rygo … Continue reading
The Ozmotron Remix Project
Ten years ago two of my friends stayed up all night with a roomful of instruments and a 4-track machine and made an album called ‘Ozmotron’. Nobody who has heard it can ever forget it. It’s all here for download. … Continue reading
Slowed down and sped up
For the last two weeks the internet has been going crazy about pitch-preserved sped-up and slowed down music. First someone called Shamantis took a track by popular hate-figure Justin Bieber and stretched it to 35 minutes. The result sounds like … Continue reading
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