one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
December 07 2007
Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and a Fairlight
December 01 2007
October 14 2007
From Glitch To Blog House – is electronic music more stagnant and conservative than we’d like to think?
September 01 2007
Ear fuel
Some interesting mixes/DJ sets spotted while trawling around the internets recently:
Prancehall – Anger is a gift. A bunch of more unusual and exlusive tracks from the dubstep and grime scene.
The Black Dog – You Are Strange Mix. A selection that could only come from the Black Dog. Recommended for clearing your head.
The Pirate Flava mixes by DJ Wrongspeed. Collages of recordings from London pirate stations back in 2002/2003.
WordTheCat – Bassline House Mix. If you’re lactose-intolerant, Bassline house may be too much cheese for you to handle, but I like those wobbly 4/4 beats.
Philip Shelburne – Blackout. Very minimal but groovy nonetheless.
Enjoy.
May 27 2007
Toneshared is a site offering free ringtones from musicians in the alternative and electronic scenes such as Pole, Atom Heart or Thomas Brinkmann.
April 22 2007
The history of electronic music’s Seventies pioneers and their influence up to our days.
December 30 2006
Another one for the generation that grew up on Belgian dancefloors in the eighties and early nineties: mixtapes from the Boccaccio nightclub in Destelbergen where many a night was lost.
September 17 2006
Milanese – Extend
Extend is one of those rare albums that's intricate enough for repeat headphone listening while still being brutally powerful on the dancefloor. It's a bass-laden monster that mixes grime influences with ragga-like rhythms, a small dose of clean vocals, a heavy dose of twisted ones and a layer of white noise sprinkled on top. It's loud, it's dark, it's bordering on evil, and I love it. It's been on repeat in itunes for over a week. The sample track is 'Dead Man Walking', featuring Virus Syndicate. [link]
July 03 2006
Burial – Burial
Burial's debut album has been heralded as a breakthrough, and it pretty much lives up to the hype. It's dubstep without the MC culture, it's gritty syncopated rhythms with a twist of Basic Channel thrown in. There's an air of menace in the atmosphere that really gets to you on an emotional level, it is what Blade Runner would sound like if it was filmed in London to a background of rain and pirate radio stations. Listen to it on good speakers. [link]