January 3, 2013Damn, surprised there are still tickets going to this, especially at the stupidly cheap price, but I guess Sydney Festival kicking off outdoors might have something to do with it. Strictly for the Sydney peeps, this Saturday there’s a lineup at Metro that smashes out any of the over-priced music festivals we’ve had come through on the season thus far.…
January 2, 2013Something about the way Madteo does his productions is just so spot-on for me – that perfect combination of what makes ‘beats’ interesting and the leftfield house that bangs the s**t out of a decent system depending on the mood. The NYC based producer and record-digger has enough of interviews across the web with his influences, techniques and background, most…
January 1, 2013In the order they were sent to me, here’s the Awkward Movements family’s breakdown of 2012. Big ups both L.I.E.S. and Pan, a lot of double up in the lists coming from two of our favourite labels who had an incredible roster of releases over the last 12 months. RAYNULDS Tunes Of The Year In No Order: Joy Orbison…
December 28, 2012An incredible operation we should all get behind here, particularly as this is one of many free sources for footage that are increasingly becoming in demand as people edit together their own clips. Can’t understate the importance of what Media Burn is and does. As the corporates swallow up smaller libraries, destroying the source footage and making a lot of…
December 24, 2012Relatively new label this, but Washy Tapes are smashing it. Came across a stream of a related artist by chance a few weeks back, which led me to their site previews and as a result this tape only release from Basic House. I’m always wary of cassette releases that often get one play before sitting on the shelf, unripped, for…
December 21, 2012Proper return back in to Awkward Movements Sessions with Paul Ackroyd aka Kamikaze delivering up what we’ve dubbed The Coma Skank Session. We’re back on this proper now, watch for the regular. Big ups Kamikaze as always, one of about 18 shows he’s serving up for various factions in the months to come, don’t sleep on what he does. It’s…
December 20, 2012Last two parties of The Hydra season, appropriately tying in with the end of the year and kicking off 2013. As always, lineups are looking heavy, and whilst Timmy K won’t be down there shooting we expect the usual stunning reports from both. Our friends at Border Community are holding responsibility for the NYE party, Nathan Fake and Luke Abbott…
December 19, 2012Dropping in to the inbox last week came an email from flyer / design artist Thomas Pablo, hustling up business and new projects for himself with a mass-mailout to labels and nights. And whilst we, like many others nowadays, rely on friends and fam for the majority of our design work (big ups Rob Mac and who:ratio), I’m a big…
December 17, 2012Whilst we’re saddened by the news that the “female singers who wear glasses” special may have just been a rumour started by Paul, we are properly chuffed with the two hours of tunes he smashed out. A load of techno combined with favourite eclectic pieces from the likes of Ghedalia and Nancarrow – perfect combination, a dope show. I’ll be…
December 15, 2012Can’t believe we’re late on this one, being fan boy obsessed with the work of The Caretaker as we are. James Kirby’s solo project under this name is a constant source of fascination, and a meeting point on the musical landscape for left-field record heads. Kirby’s artistic output is mostly recognised through the V/vm moniker, edits and covers of pop…