September 20, 2013Somewhat obsessed with this album this week, but can’t tell you exactly why, meaning what follows should be some pointless wording. As guitarist and founder of Hairy Pussy, Bill Orcutt’s got a reputation for outsider tracks and doing the music he feels is right; putting the ideas from his head on to wax with band accountability sitting over label or…
September 18, 2013This is some pretty heavy viewing, nonetheless relevant and interesting for the festival masses, and equally moving for anyone with an interest in music making a difference. Exit festival is the annual four day event in Serbia, in the city of Novi Sad, known for it’s unique setting in an 18th century fortress and stellar international lineups. Never been myself,…
September 16, 2013Obviously been way too long since I’ve seen a basically decent label site, given that I’ve spent the better part of a few evenings now clicking around Jahtari – either reading their essays or just streaming the mixtapes on the site. The heavily influential electronic dub (or are we still saying ‘digidub‘?) label is the embodiment of releasing the music you…
September 14, 2013Violetshaped have got it spot on with the latest remix plate. The collaborative pairing of Shapednoise and Violet Poison have only been around for about 12 months, and may only boast a self-titled LP and a last year’s The Great Mother Down The Stairs 12″as the only original catalogue for the group, but the impact of these releases was justifiably…
September 11, 2013Surprisingly (after our last effort guesting together), Martin Peralta aka Ghost and myself were invited back to FBi radio for a one-night takeover of Andrew Maxam’s Liquid Electric show. There’s something nice about playing records and having them played to you from someone you’ve only met once before. Doing it live on FM radio makes it even better, like an…
September 10, 2013Finally got around to picking up a proper copy of this collaboration which dropped in June. Giuseppe Ielasi and Andrew Pekler remain two of our favourite artists on the experimental tip, both featuring with heavy rotation on our NTS show. Ielasi has been a prolific composer and an explorer of the music created from minimal contrasts. His relationship with music…
September 9, 2013Too much good music and not enough radio show. A mixture of tunes that I’ve been wanting to play for weeks as well as forthcoming and brand new joints on cassette, CD and wax, last Monday’s Awkward Movements show on NTS was two hours of track dropped tunes that sound like nothing else. Big ups all who locked. Kicking off…
September 5, 2013I had the pleasure of stepping back in to FBi radio last Friday night, guesting with Martin Peralta on Liquid Electric. Hosted by Andrew Maxam over the last six years, Liquid Electric has been an essential mainstay on Sydney FM radio, evolving with and dictating sounds for new producers and styles. In line with the station’s creed, Maxam’s been pushing known…
September 3, 2013This is what the internet should be about; not photos of your kids or nieces and nephews but giving a worldwide stage to brilliant ideas and projects, of which Star Drunk is currently up there. A handful of writers in Portland set out with the mission to complete a script for a sci-fi short film whilst heavily drinking, and then…
September 2, 2013Maybe we’ll get off the tape tip soon, especially with so much quality wax dropping in these last few weeks, but needed to write up this one which is a stunning live release. A 60 minute recording from The Boats‘ first live performance in half-a-decade, and I can’t picture having enjoyed it as much on any other format. The duo…