September 22nd, 2009
Return Of The Mac
Fleetwood Mac are touring world wide this coming summer. Warners biggest selling recording artists of all time are dope and even your Dad digs them. We’re going to get along to see them here in Australia, they might be playing near you. Tickets ( Australia )
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September 21st, 2009
In Flight Entertainment
When i was at high school everyone else was into Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins. If you caught the bus or hung out solo in the school yard you had a walkman that had been stolen off a bigger brother ; they would listen to their “Escape” soundtrack. I remember distinctly feeling different watching the school yard swell in and out of chaos to Herbie Hancocks – Headhunters record.
Another tune on my airy thrashed out tape was The World Is A Ghetto by the now face-lifted George Benson, a morning staple for me through out high school. The way the strings breeze through like a waking summer tide and those hats, man those hats. Harvey Mason is a gun drummer, in fact the whole band is one of those rhythm sections GB was lucky to have.
If your ever playing a bar or lighting candles for your date, as you drop the home cooked main course on the table pop this one on in the back ground and you’ll be sure to have good dreams.
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The World Is A Ghetto
August 31st, 2009
The End Of Winter
If your reading this from the other hemisphere you’d ” Understand ” where we are coming from as we trade the rain for the blue sky. The end of winter is nigh. The last flooded surge came today. As every season rolls by so too do our lives change, dropping new seeds, flowers e.t.c
Australia’s Rick Armour i noticed is featured in a few Art mags on the stands and i think his day in the sun is well over due. His work blew me away when ABC did a Sunday Arts feature on him early this year. I’m a sucker for dreamscapes and emotional reflections; i think this image is a great nod to a wet winter.
August 29th, 2009
The Delicate Genius
Personal Message Unit / wink wink , nudge nudge. Anything with Parrot noises, Monkey Squeals and general “Jungle Percussion” is dope. The H.I.T.S 12 is a winner and we received one at AAC a short time ago in celebration of a new Australian break through.
We are playing Jacques Renault and Canyons edits tonight in honour of their recent visits this winter. Come and see us if your in Limbo from 2-5am. Tony Mitolo has a David Essex ” Rock On ” edit that is prime time and lets hope he drops it tonight.
( Look out next week for his debut post and speaking of uncomfortable debuts….. Check out Davids microphone- stand ad libs )
Listen to some of The Delicate Genius
buy it at and relive it A Hole In The Sky
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August 26th, 2009
Jamie Paton | Uk Correspondence
NEWS
Jamie is Playing Huntleys & Palmers Audio Club this friday night at the Horse & Groom in Shoreditch, along with stellar guests including Andy Blake and Ali Renault from the Dissident stable, no C&A live this time just him playing records. They asked him to put a mix together to help promote the party – It’s being hosted on the Allez Allez blog, home to lots of tasty earworms, and the selection is a mostly house affair – some new, some old..
Enjoy this, recommended by our friends Cage & Aviary.
http://www.allez-allez.co.uk/
Forthcoming releases
Sidwho? – Vote Bowie for President / Violet Run – TWHE / Sept
C&A – Beat N Path / Low Noise (inc Brennan Green remix) – Tiny Sticks / Oct
Sidwho? – Same Game (C&A remix series, pt 3 of 6) – TWHE / Oct
Already out there
Truck – Radio (C&A remix series, pt 2 of 6) – TWHE – buy vinyl
C&A – Television Train / Suburban – DFA – buy mp3 & wav / vinyl
Many more….. head to www.twhe.co.uk and subscribe to their mailing list
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August 23rd, 2009
Steely Dan | US Tour
It would be easy to speculate that the recent turn of events in the States has brought some older acts out of the dust ( the good kind ) and seen them get back on the road to pay the Rent. Pros & Cons of the GFC. These guys have a deeper history with us here.
Attempting to cover the ” translation of music ” to the soul in this blog is ambitious to say the least. Most of us have our life experiences left to draw apon in times of reflection and many of us have a cross roads at one point or another in our lives and when it comes we often have a Song / Artist we attach the moments to. For me the guys that helped save my life as a confused teenager or as a down and out Adult is Steely Dan.
Donald Fagen and Walter Becker are geniuses of the literary and music kind. They weave rich narratives that unfold over years of listening not just minutes. The musical content isnt bland or badly recorded…ever. Their masterpiece is Aja. Whilst many great albums followed and a few before prevailed this record was the touch stone for me in the face of adversity.
Donald’s voice sounds a little like Jerry Lewis sometimes but you get over and used to it quite quickly. The phrasing and chordal changes are the signature core of every song, accessing the groove with some amazing players, different on every track. Take some time out and listen to the fabric of these timeless titans.
They are playing some shows across the Americas for their Rent Party 09 till mid Sept http://www.steelydan.com and we highly recommend you see them live – They are amazing in the flesh
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