Revisiting Portishead

Been a busy day so quick post here. Anyway, i was one of the unfortunate many that didn't get to see Portishead last weekend at ATP in london. So i decided to drown my sorrows in their back catalogue, that is when i came upon an old video of band member and Producer Adrian Utley at his studio in Bristol.


The video consists of an interview from Sonicstate talking to Adrian about his (at the time) new album 3rd. What follows is an in depth discussion about the thought process, techniques and sounds that went into making "3rd".  A very interesting video for fans and producers alike and of course it contains some serious synth porn consisting of Vintage Arps, Moogs and custom Modular racks from Doepfer and Analogue systems.


And here's a vid of Cowboys from the event

Enjoy!

Mary Anne Hobbs - First new show TONIGHT!

Been hella busy for the past few months but Uni is out of the way til September so i'll be regularly updating the blog and with more content focused on music production and maybe some sounds/patches and all that type of business.

Anyway, a few months ago i posted about Mary Anne Hobbs forthcoming show on Xfm. Well that show starts tonight, yay!  I have been waiting a long time for this and i'm surely not the only one.

Starting off with a bang, this weeks guest mixes are from Silkie and Machinedrum!

Show airs tonight at 7pm-10pm GMT and you can listen live > here <

Vezelay - Seratonin (VIDEO)

vezelay - sedative from vezelayvideo on Vimeo.



First track taken from Matthieu Le Berre's new E.P 'Lyre', forthcoming on Planet Mu.  Sounding like a less hectic and more pop oriented Clark, beautifully crafted lead synths, minimal drums and haunting vocals are stitched together effortlessly. The whole E.P is dope from start to finish and you can check the rest of the tracks here

Lyre is officially released June 20th

Mount Kimbie live - NPR Radio (VIDEO)

More live Mount Kimbie goodness, this time courtesy of Npr's 'Tiny desk concerts' The set doesn't have the same power and atmosphere as their Abbey road session but then again they're in a small public radio station as opposed to a legendary recording studio and it looks well cramped in there. This time however you get the added bonus of 'Ode to bear' as well as 'Maybes' & 'Fields'.


Audio download link can be found here, courtesy of Npr.

Mount Kimbie - Abbey road Debuts (reminder)

I recently posted about the awesome Mount Kimbie's forthcoming Abbey road session. That session aired last night and if like me, you missed it, its now available to watch on the 4oD website.

Essential viewing.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/abbey-road-debuts/4od#3177922

Bibio - Mind Bokeh

Tomorrow sees the release of Bibio's 'Mind Bokeh'. Certainly more accessible than his early albums but still riding a similar theme to that of 'Ambivalence Avenue' , 'Mind Bokeh' sees Wilkinson opt for a more poppy vibe while still retaining that technical virtuosity and creative approach that sets him apart from the average producer. The track 'Excuses' (video below) fuses Acoustic guitar with chilled Boards of Canada style synths, field sounds and switches it up between percussive loops, hiphop breaks and an 808 drum machine,  all building up into a psychedelic climax of arpeggiated synth lines and glitched up spoken word loops.

Mind blowing visuals courtesy of - Michael Robinson

http://warp.net/records/releases/bibio/mind-bokeh

Fact mix 234 - Pangaea

I needn't say anything other than this is a mix from Pangaea, its just short of 80 minutes in length and contains 32 badass tracks from the likes of Blawan, Sicko cell, Addison Groove, Coki, FaltyDl and the man himself.  You wont be disappointed.

Link and article here - http://www.factmag.com/2011/03/28/fact-mix-234-pangaea/