one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
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Paris ghostriders
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The sound of Belgium
February 27 2010
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Philip Glass on Sesame Street in 1979
January 19 2009
get ready to tear your eyes out“within the next 18 months phones will have built in projectors and music on the bus will be upgraded to movies on the streets”
January 04 2009
November 04 2008
Electric stimulus to face -test3
September 01 2008
The Archive
July 25 2008
UK ISPs in bed with the Music biz“You hold them down, I'll remove their wallets”
April 07 2008
February 22 2008
February 09 2008
January 17 2008
December 27 2007
December 16 2007
December 07 2007
Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and a Fairlight
December 01 2007
November 30 2007
Soundsystems on bicycles.“it's better because you don't even have to roll down the windows”
October 28 2007
Remarkable analysis of a dying industry“The major labels are like Terry Schiavo right now - they're on life support, drooling in a coma, while white-haired guys in suits try and change the laws to keep them alive”
October 24 2007
October 14 2007
October 07 2007
Radiohead generation believes music is free“Supporting a rock band used to be an act of rebellion. In the face of today's mounting music piracy, it has become an act of conscience.”
September 13 2007
September 01 2007
Ear fuel
August 09 2007
July 13 2007
July 06 2007
Singing Tesla coil
May 27 2007
May 22 2007
An interview with Peter Saville“I have no opinion of Coldplay. I'm 50. I didn't ask my dad what he thought of Roxy Music. I'm more interested in Newsnight than the V Festival.”
May 15 2007
Bike battles
April 30 2007
Heavy Metal Baghdad (Part 1 of 5)
April 22 2007
April 03 2007
Thou Shalt Always Kill
March 16 2007
March 11 2007
March 04 2007
who's the bonehead phone designer who thought it would be a good idea to let mobiles play saturated pseudo-hiphop through tin-can speakers? He should be tied to a tram seat and left there
February 19 2007
February 08 2007
Distance - My Demons
To be honest, there's a hell of a lot of dubstep which does absolutely nothing for me. Many tracks work pretty well if you're getting your eardrums blown out by a wall of subwoofers while introspectively staring at your dancing feet, but for home listening it often takes a little extra to get that goosepimple moment. 'My Demons' serves out plenty of those moments. DJ Distance has a past in the metal scene and you can sense it. The drums, while following dubstep patterns, have a rock flavour permeating through; and the riffs, albeit electronic, are powerful when present. The style is unique and the production is top notch. Well worth the purchase. [link]
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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]