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Monday 5 May 2008
Stereotyp meets iPhone miditrigger
Not content with making some of coolest dance music on the planet, Vienna's Stereotyp does a very nifty job of demo-ing Masayuki Akamatsu's iPhone app akaRemote and artificialeyes.tv's i3L midi bridge code.
Aspiring Ableton DJs take note! Why look like you're checking your emails while djing when you can now look like you're djing while checking your emails!!
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Tuesday 11 March 2008
March 2008 site mailout
Ok, so last week we finally got around to doing our first mailout of the year. If you missed it and feel left out, it's just here for you.
If you'd like a relatively bullshit-free breakdown of what's new on Spannered delivered in your inbox once in a blue moon, head over to the homepage and sign yerself up!
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Monday 11 February 2008
Charity spanner auction
Want to give the one you love something truly special this Valentines Day?
Well, Spannered's mentor in all things to do with spanners, the delightful Sheila Dibnah, is Ebaying off a very special spanner given to her by her late husband, the great Fred Dibnah, as a Valentines gift in 1998 (the year of their marriage). Along with raising money for the worthy cause that is Bolton Hospice, the auction is also an awareness-raiser for the plight of Fred's memorial in his home town of Bolton. Get your bids in quick — why say it with flowers when you can say it with spanners?
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Saturday 15 December 2007
Spannered relaunch!
Spannered is one year old. And what better way to celebrate than by relaunching with a total facelift. For the past month or so we've had our gimps slicing away strips of pixels and fiddling around under the bonnet, and voilà: Spannered's second incarnation.
All the previously featured content is here, but hopefully it's much easier to find everything now. There are plenty of additions, too: you may already have stumbled upon Maga Bo's huge Sambacana Brazilian Music Archive, and we've also set up Spannered's music blog (contributions to which are already trickling in from around the planet). Additionally, we've introduced a site feed to the homepage to help steer you towards the latest news and content, as well as some older items that may have passed you by.
We'd love to hear your thoughts on the rejig (especially if it looks like a mangled heap of html and misaligned boxes from where you're sitting). We'd also like to put out another call for prospective contributors. If you're interested in getting involved, drop us a line. Sadly we can't pay you anything, but we'll add you to our Christmas card list and perhaps pour you a shot of sherry if you're passing.
All the previously featured content is here, but hopefully it's much easier to find everything now. There are plenty of additions, too: you may already have stumbled upon Maga Bo's huge Sambacana Brazilian Music Archive, and we've also set up Spannered's music blog (contributions to which are already trickling in from around the planet). Additionally, we've introduced a site feed to the homepage to help steer you towards the latest news and content, as well as some older items that may have passed you by.
We'd love to hear your thoughts on the rejig (especially if it looks like a mangled heap of html and misaligned boxes from where you're sitting). We'd also like to put out another call for prospective contributors. If you're interested in getting involved, drop us a line. Sadly we can't pay you anything, but we'll add you to our Christmas card list and perhaps pour you a shot of sherry if you're passing.
Paul Au
posted Saturday 15 December 2007
Good work, the new site looks great!!! Best of luck with it.
Paul Au
posted Saturday 15 December 2007
Good work, the new site looks great!!! Best of luck with it.
droidfruit
posted Monday 24 December 2007
thanks for this - looks like I've a lot to catch up on
Song
posted Friday 28 December 2007
Happy Birthday Spannered!
Monday 29 October 2007
Oddcast #3 - Brazilian edition
The third instalment of Spannered's Oddcast series has finally landed. Number three was scheduled to be an exclusive mix of new and unreleased material from Bristol-based musicians, but that's still being cobbled together... so we've a lovely selection of Brazilian music for you instead.
Compiled by Spannered's Al Fresco, who recently returned to the UK from an extended stay in São Paulo, the selection is mostly bossa nova, samba rock, soul and funk goodies from the '60s and '70s. So, pour yourself a caipirinha, kick back and dig in!
Compiled by Spannered's Al Fresco, who recently returned to the UK from an extended stay in São Paulo, the selection is mostly bossa nova, samba rock, soul and funk goodies from the '60s and '70s. So, pour yourself a caipirinha, kick back and dig in!
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Wednesday 10 October 2007
Black belts and blue cheeses
As the interweb becomes ever more blog orientated, here at Spannered we stumble craply on with ours, posting with all the frequency of a king penguin's breeding cycle. Occasionally, however, something comes along that shakes us from our virtual slumber — such as this, which is probably the coolest thing on the whole web. Don't say we never give you anything.
Despite having nothing at all to do with kung fu or afros, something else that's really rather cool is news that Blur's bass guitarist-turned-farmer Alex James has launched his own cheese.
Despite having nothing at all to do with kung fu or afros, something else that's really rather cool is news that Blur's bass guitarist-turned-farmer Alex James has launched his own cheese.
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Tuesday 4 September 2007
September site mailout
All those lucky souls who have signed up to our mailing list will have received today our latest mailout — a functional and relatively bullshit-free piece of correspondence rounding up what's new on the site since the last time we bothered to put one together.
For an overview of Spannered's latest news and content, click here to read our September mailout in all it's glory. And if you'd like one of those soiling your inbox every couple of months, head over to our homepage and sign on up!
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Tuesday 4 September 2007
Woofah Magazine
Do you remember magazines? You know, those paper things with words and pictures in, which you used to read on the bus or train, or sitting on the loo? Well, here at Spannered we are great believers that, despite the bloody internet following you around everywhere these days, the printed word is far from a moribund format. And Woofah Magazine — a soon-to-launch independently produced music fanzine — looks promising.
Angled squarely at a bassbin worshipping readership, its pages are set to cover dancehall, grime, dubstep, dub, bashment, roots, 'and all points in between'. It also has some of the biggest brains in bassbin-related blogland chipping in with contributions; and its publishers assure us that Woofah won't feature 'adverts or re-hashed press releases'. So, in a marketplace chock-full of music rags that'd sell their own grandmothers for a wrap of cheap gak, we figure Woofah has got to be worth a look.
Issue one, featuring the likes of Pinch, Skepta and Iration Steppas, is currently at print. For more info, check out Woofah Magazine's site.
Angled squarely at a bassbin worshipping readership, its pages are set to cover dancehall, grime, dubstep, dub, bashment, roots, 'and all points in between'. It also has some of the biggest brains in bassbin-related blogland chipping in with contributions; and its publishers assure us that Woofah won't feature 'adverts or re-hashed press releases'. So, in a marketplace chock-full of music rags that'd sell their own grandmothers for a wrap of cheap gak, we figure Woofah has got to be worth a look.
Issue one, featuring the likes of Pinch, Skepta and Iration Steppas, is currently at print. For more info, check out Woofah Magazine's site.
Edit. Woofah sent us a copy a couple of weeks ago — and we've since been field testing it on the bus, the train and on the loo. And fair play, it's a pretty fine read, especially the interviews with Pinch and Mark Iration. Most of the reviews are pretty bloody decent too, even if ageing bastards like us need a magnifying glass to read them. Thank you sirs, roll on issue two.
john eden
posted Wednesday 12 September 2007
ha ha! Great! The mag is now out if you haven't seen it. Can we quote you, please? :-)
Monday 20 August 2007
AfroReggaeDigital update
Spannered regulars may remember that we visited Rio de Janeiro back in April to find out about the internet radio project being set up in the favela of Parada de Lucas for Brazilian NGO/cultural movement AfroReggae. Well, the station is now up and running, with student workshops in full force and plenty of cool content to listen to on the AfroReggaeDigital site. Another 'Fevela Feva' station fundraiser is on the cards for 2 October at Guanabara in London (flyer below). The likes of Felix B from Basement Jaxx, Fabio and Grooverider are lending their support, so get yourself down there for a damn hot party if you're about London that night.
The station was planned and built by UK-based organisation RadioActive and BBC producer Izzy Fairbairn. Spannered recently published an interview with Max Graef of RadioActive, where he talks about the technicalities and costs involved in setting up a low-power FM station, and the potential of community radio broadcasting.
We'd also like to put out a call on behalf of the radio crew for anyone who would like to spend time in Rio volunteering at the station. If you're a Portuguese speaker with experience in radio, teaching or web design, visit station site to find out how you can help.
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Monday 6 August 2007
Spannered's Bristol Oddcast
Put some beers on ice and crack open your best wholegrain mustard, because Spannered has a special edition of the Oddcast soon to come out of the oven. Comprised solely of new music from the city of Bristol (UK, that is, rather than one of the 20 or so Bristols casually splashed about the US), this was originally on the menu for earlier in the year, but now it's actually coming together — and once again we'd like to put feelers out for folk wishing to contribute.
Stirring the pot is local scrote Punksi. He's been busy scampering around finding all the ingredients necessary to make a dish so potent it'll have Heston Blumenthal vomiting into his vats of varicose vein vol-au-vents. If you're a Bristol-based musician who would like to participate, you can drop him a line via his Murdochspace or through Bristol's bustling Hijack forum. There's no restriction on style, though knowing Punksi you've more chance of winning him over with a C90 of klezmer covers than a CD of your latest psytrance poop.
Closing date for submissions is the end of August (likely extendible with cash bribes). The end result should be ready for consumption by mid-September. Providing, that is, the chef doesn't hit the red wine and end up on his arse, like usual.
Stirring the pot is local scrote Punksi. He's been busy scampering around finding all the ingredients necessary to make a dish so potent it'll have Heston Blumenthal vomiting into his vats of varicose vein vol-au-vents. If you're a Bristol-based musician who would like to participate, you can drop him a line via his Murdochspace or through Bristol's bustling Hijack forum. There's no restriction on style, though knowing Punksi you've more chance of winning him over with a C90 of klezmer covers than a CD of your latest psytrance poop.
Closing date for submissions is the end of August (likely extendible with cash bribes). The end result should be ready for consumption by mid-September. Providing, that is, the chef doesn't hit the red wine and end up on his arse, like usual.
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Monday 23 July 2007
Calling all filmmakers!
Tim Claxton, the photographer and filmmaker who recently contributed galleries of Stockholm street art to Spannered, is helping put together a festival of short films, to take place in the Swedish capital on October 27.
The festival team are inviting contributions — drama, experimental, documentary and animation works will be considered. If you're a filmmaker (and we know from our mailing list there are a few of you) and would like to get in touch, you can email weblinks to them, or send DVDs of your work to the address below.
Film Scenario
Hantverkargatan 78
112 38 Stockholm
Please note, they are unable to return material received.
The festival team are inviting contributions — drama, experimental, documentary and animation works will be considered. If you're a filmmaker (and we know from our mailing list there are a few of you) and would like to get in touch, you can email weblinks to them, or send DVDs of your work to the address below.
Film Scenario
Hantverkargatan 78
112 38 Stockholm
Please note, they are unable to return material received.
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Friday 20 July 2007
Down the Pan
Although somewhat overshadowed in the news by the worst aviation tragedy in Brazilian history, in São Paulo on Tuesday, Rio de Janeiro has been a world focus for the past week — with the opening of the 2007 Pan American Games. The Games have come under heavy scrutiny across the host country, with spending soaring high over budget and small-scale protests kicking off around Rio against measures implemented by the municipal government. There are, however, bigger concerns, such as Rio's military police stepping up their invasions of the city's favelas, and the government's failure to deliver on promises made to many favela communities regarding improvement of local sports infrastructures. Greg Scruggs is currently living in the Rio favela of Rocinha, and has put together a great piece for Spannered that ties many of these threads together.
Greg is proprietor of Beat Diaspora, a pretty amazing blog orientated towards the funk and favelas of Rio. After a brief hiatus the posts are beginning to roll in again. For an insightful and very readable introduction to the whole funk phenomenon, go and check his Notes from the Hillside article written for the Harvard Advocate.
Greg is proprietor of Beat Diaspora, a pretty amazing blog orientated towards the funk and favelas of Rio. After a brief hiatus the posts are beginning to roll in again. For an insightful and very readable introduction to the whole funk phenomenon, go and check his Notes from the Hillside article written for the Harvard Advocate.
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Thursday 19 July 2007
Crunk and disorderly
We don't make a habit of using Spannered's blog as a clubbing calendar ('Why the hell not? You don't use it for a fat lot else', we hear you cry...) — however, we didn't need our editorial arm twisting too much to give this a quick mention.
Friday 20 July sees Spannered associate, demon tune selector and all-round good egg DJ C dropping into London to large up the dance with local raggamuffins Heatwave. The party runs from 9pm-2am at The Pool, Curtain Road, and won't cost you a penny (unless you want to get drunk that is, or decide to trip over to Brick Lane for a cheeky salt beef bagel). More information can be found at Heatwave's site and Murdochspace.
Heatwave are responsible for some of the most rocking dancehall/reggae-flavoured bootlegs to come out in recent years. We really can't recommend their stuff enough. (Now's probably a good opportunity to remind you that Spannered is hosting two great mixes from the old Musicalbear site by Heatwave's Gabriel — you can grab 'em here and here.)
Boston's DJ C has just this week dropped his debut full-length LP, entitled Sonic Weapons. The album features a bewildering array of guest musicians and has a lot of bounce to the ounce. We suggest you track it down asap.
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Tuesday 10 July 2007
Steve Albini shows his hand
Music legend does mammoth Q&A with fans on a poker forum.
Poster: Pro tools or logic? explain plz.
Albini: ‘I don't use computers to make records. I use tape machines, like nature intended. I use computers for correspondence, arguments, poker and porn.’
It may be old news around the blogosphere by now, but someone out there will be thankful for the posting of this thread from an online poker site, which sees musician/engineer Steve Albini working pretty hard at getting a repetitive strain injury. For the most part, the exchange is a sharp, informative mix of wit and wisdom, touching on music history, tech stuff, Nirvana, how many musicians he's 'nailed' — and of course poker!
We'll pulled together a few snippets, but anyone with the faintest interest in Albini's work, the indie scene, or the workings of the music industry, would do well to spend a couple of hours picking through the whole 30+ pages.
Albini: 'I've used this analogy before, but I like it, so I'll use it again: While the recording is underway, I'm like a gynecologist, and it would be inappropriate for me to be getting turned-on by the vagina I'm working on at the moment. I need to have a different relationship with the vagina.'
Poster: I think that the past 10 years give or take have seen really [censored] music. Mostly just brainwashed junk where nobody seems to stand out.
Albini: 'Nothing ever stands out. You have to look for anything you might like. Clearly you have given up looking...I think you're a defeatist and you are destined not to enjoy music. If you wait for other people to thrust music under your nose, you'll be listening to nothing but crap for a long while, because that's what gets thrust at us. Music is not a spectator sport.'
Poster: How is your hearing?Albini: 'Good enough, apparently.'
Albini: 'I also pride myself on being a bargain. A lot of people in my position try to maximize their income on every project, and eventually they price themselves out of the scene where all the good music is, and end up doing a few sessions a year for music that totally sucks. By keeping my rates reasonable, I get to work with all the good bands, not just those who have money and hype behind them at the moment.'
Poster: Do drummers always turn up late?
Albini: No, drummers have girlfriends with cars. Guitarists and singers are always late because they're on the bus.
Poster: How do you keep your objectivity when it comes to your own performances (and bandmates, whom you are close with)?Albini: 'Making a record isn't an objective exercise like counting peaches in a basket. Objectivity has no place in the creative part of the recording process. In the technical side, yes. The equipment and the technique need to be appropriate for the job, and most of the time that means operating everything within its technically-correct specifications, and with two engineers in the band, that part is pretty easy.
I am convinced that any decent art (including records) is made with a measure of disregard for its audience. Good art is an almost entirely selfish pursuit, in that the artist is doing something unique to him, and any outside perspective (this "objective" one) would be ignorant and unable to judge it completely. Having seen many bands go through the process, I am convinced that making concessions to the imaginary audience (or any "objective" considerations) almost always weakens the record.
Good records are made by freakishly-obsessed people, driven to do what only they can do, and their thinking and processes are often "objectively" wrong. Objective measures are at best a benchmark of mediocrity and shouldn't be in consideration.'
Poster: Vinyl or Digital?
Albini: Neither. I go straight for the vagina. You find them on women.
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Tuesday 3 July 2007
Fill your lugholes
A quick heads-up on some audio picks from the web over the past few weeks...
First off, the seemingly unstoppable first series of Blogariddims podcasts finally ground to a halt last month, with Ottawa's Paul Autonomic laying down just over an hour of brain-trembling Shackleton, Mala and Kode9 rhythms, Bristol beats and Basic Channel-related goodness. All 24 instalments are still downloadable - and there are some real crackers in there, believe.
The aforementioned Shackleton — one of the most interesting characters to come out of London's current deluge of dark bass music — made an appearance on DJ/ rupture's WFMU Mudd Up! show a couple of weeks back. Just one month new and the series is already essential listening each Wednesday; you're guaranteed to hear some very cool, unexpected stuff. All shows are archived up on the WFMU site.
Nice thread on African music running over at Dubstepforum. Along with Spannered favourites such as Benn loxo du taccu and Awesome Tapes from Africa, there's a ton of other links and recommendations, and much love for the late, great Fela Kuti. It's the tenth anniversary of his death next month — if you've not already seen it, do yourself a favour and take the time to watch this incredible documentary (parts 2-6 available here):
The aforementioned Shackleton — one of the most interesting characters to come out of London's current deluge of dark bass music — made an appearance on DJ/ rupture's WFMU Mudd Up! show a couple of weeks back. Just one month new and the series is already essential listening each Wednesday; you're guaranteed to hear some very cool, unexpected stuff. All shows are archived up on the WFMU site.
Nice thread on African music running over at Dubstepforum. Along with Spannered favourites such as Benn loxo du taccu and Awesome Tapes from Africa, there's a ton of other links and recommendations, and much love for the late, great Fela Kuti. It's the tenth anniversary of his death next month — if you've not already seen it, do yourself a favour and take the time to watch this incredible documentary (parts 2-6 available here):
Recently interviewed by Spannered's Al Fresco, Timeblind has just put together his Fauna Mix. It's pretty much driving, tripped-out shades of techno from beginning to end, with some crushing dubstep rhythms and a dash of African Headcharge sprinkled in. And if you're a fan of Warp, Rising High, Bunker and Djax, Spannered also recommends you get an ear-full of Max Duley's latest — his How Now mix.
Closer to home, we're proud to host another selection of juicy cuts from cheeky monkey Hanuman - you can download of his Crafty Butcher mix just here.
Closer to home, we're proud to host another selection of juicy cuts from cheeky monkey Hanuman - you can download of his Crafty Butcher mix just here.
Fancy submitting some audio for Radio Spannered? Why not drop us an email?
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Monday 11 June 2007
Medical Justice
You don't always need a good reason to throw a party, but here is one. Tuesday 3 July sees Cargo in London host a fundraising event to mark the launch of Medical Justice, a charity devoted to promoting the rights of those detained in the UK's notorious refugee detention centres.
Operating without funding and staffed entirely by volunteers, the organisation includes medics, legal representatives, health campaigners, ex-detainees and detainee visitors, among others. Medical Justice provides potentially life saving independent legal and medical advice to individual detainees and attempts to improve conditions in detention centres.
The launch party features hip hop, reggae, dancehall, Asian & African sounds and performance poetry, with bands and DJs including Asian Dub Foundation, Yungun and the Heatwave crew. If you care about fair treatment and healthcare access for asylum seekers and refugees in the UK, get down there and show some support!
Operating without funding and staffed entirely by volunteers, the organisation includes medics, legal representatives, health campaigners, ex-detainees and detainee visitors, among others. Medical Justice provides potentially life saving independent legal and medical advice to individual detainees and attempts to improve conditions in detention centres.
The launch party features hip hop, reggae, dancehall, Asian & African sounds and performance poetry, with bands and DJs including Asian Dub Foundation, Yungun and the Heatwave crew. If you care about fair treatment and healthcare access for asylum seekers and refugees in the UK, get down there and show some support!
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Monday 4 June 2007
Welcome aboard to...
The past month has seen a fair few new faces cropping up about the site, so allow us to make some introductions...
The man responsible for the recent slew of live music reviews from the city of São Paulo is Martin Longley, seasoned scribe for The Wire and The Independent, and sites such as bbc.co.uk and The Stirrer. Martin is currently hanging out in Fes, taking in the sights and sounds of the 13th annual World Sacred Music Festival. Lucky git.
Those who frequent the darker corners of London's electronic music scene will most likely have bumped into Derek Szeto, aka Stormfield of Combat Recordings. Derek recently interviewed purveyor of messed-up robot rave music Milanese — you can read the piece here.
A warm welcome to Bristol's John Sevens, who reported back on the first ever Bloc Weekend — the two-day festival that took place earlier this year in the chilly confines of Pontin's holiday camp, Hemsby, UK. You can read his amusing and applaudably coherent coverage here.
A large glass of sherry to Jon Weinel, who dons his magick space cape and dives headfirst into the brain-rattling sounds of La Peste and the Hangars Liquides label. La Peste (Laurent Mialon) has a cult following in the area of extreme electronic music, and we're pleased to host this in-depth article on his work, together with a selection of audio clips from Hangars Liquides.
A glass of glögg and a steaming plate of meatballs to Tim Claxton and Daniel Blewitt, who bring a taste of Sweden to Spannered with two reports on street art from Stockholm. Check out our gallery of sticker art snapped around the Swedish capital, and take a peek at the wonderful bird box art of the mysterious Klister Pete.
A carafe of rosé to Porto's Soopa crew, who are shortly to come aboard the site with regular text and audio contributions. These guys possess a far-reaching knowledge of Portuguese language music, which they will be passing on to you lucky people over the coming months.
A huge custard pie in the face to Edward Blake, who readers of the Overload Media site may remember for his obnoxious record reviewing style. Well, look out, because he's been rummaging through the post at Spannered's PO box. PR companies take note — send us rubbish and we may well send it to him.
And finally, a special mention to Jonny Polonsky, who contributed book reviews to Musicalbear, which can now be found in the Spannered archive. Jonny is behind The Voice of Slavery, an ongoing project established to increase awareness of modern day slavery and to raise funds for various charities working in the area. For more details about the project's aims and those involved, head over to the website here.
Remember, we'd love to hear from anyone wishing to contribute to the site. If you'd like to write for Spannered, or perhaps contribute something you've already written to the archive, get in touch!
The man responsible for the recent slew of live music reviews from the city of São Paulo is Martin Longley, seasoned scribe for The Wire and The Independent, and sites such as bbc.co.uk and The Stirrer. Martin is currently hanging out in Fes, taking in the sights and sounds of the 13th annual World Sacred Music Festival. Lucky git.
Those who frequent the darker corners of London's electronic music scene will most likely have bumped into Derek Szeto, aka Stormfield of Combat Recordings. Derek recently interviewed purveyor of messed-up robot rave music Milanese — you can read the piece here.
A warm welcome to Bristol's John Sevens, who reported back on the first ever Bloc Weekend — the two-day festival that took place earlier this year in the chilly confines of Pontin's holiday camp, Hemsby, UK. You can read his amusing and applaudably coherent coverage here.
A large glass of sherry to Jon Weinel, who dons his magick space cape and dives headfirst into the brain-rattling sounds of La Peste and the Hangars Liquides label. La Peste (Laurent Mialon) has a cult following in the area of extreme electronic music, and we're pleased to host this in-depth article on his work, together with a selection of audio clips from Hangars Liquides.
A glass of glögg and a steaming plate of meatballs to Tim Claxton and Daniel Blewitt, who bring a taste of Sweden to Spannered with two reports on street art from Stockholm. Check out our gallery of sticker art snapped around the Swedish capital, and take a peek at the wonderful bird box art of the mysterious Klister Pete.
A carafe of rosé to Porto's Soopa crew, who are shortly to come aboard the site with regular text and audio contributions. These guys possess a far-reaching knowledge of Portuguese language music, which they will be passing on to you lucky people over the coming months.
A huge custard pie in the face to Edward Blake, who readers of the Overload Media site may remember for his obnoxious record reviewing style. Well, look out, because he's been rummaging through the post at Spannered's PO box. PR companies take note — send us rubbish and we may well send it to him.
And finally, a special mention to Jonny Polonsky, who contributed book reviews to Musicalbear, which can now be found in the Spannered archive. Jonny is behind The Voice of Slavery, an ongoing project established to increase awareness of modern day slavery and to raise funds for various charities working in the area. For more details about the project's aims and those involved, head over to the website here.
Remember, we'd love to hear from anyone wishing to contribute to the site. If you'd like to write for Spannered, or perhaps contribute something you've already written to the archive, get in touch!
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Friday 1 June 2007
June 07 Oddcast
Better late than never. Yes, the second instalment of Spannered's Oddcast series is finally with us. Not so much mixed as glued together with burbs and nob gags, Oddcast 2 stumbles drunkenly through the door courtesy of Spannered collaborator Uberdog. There are lots of goodies in there: Wevie Stonder, Exile, Squirrel Nut Zippers and Rolf Harris, to name a few. If you've got 24 minutes of your life to spare, we recommend you head over to Radio Spannered and give it a listen.
We mentioned in Spannered's blog a while back that the second Oddcast was to be a 'Bristol' special. Well, clearly that didn't happen, but its still in the pipeline. Watch this space. If you're a Bristol-based artist and you'd like to submit a track for possible inclusion, drop us a line!
We mentioned in Spannered's blog a while back that the second Oddcast was to be a 'Bristol' special. Well, clearly that didn't happen, but its still in the pipeline. Watch this space. If you're a Bristol-based artist and you'd like to submit a track for possible inclusion, drop us a line!
You can listen to Spannered's January 07 Oddcast here
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Wednesday 23 May 2007
Cultural Insomnia & CS Gas
Spannered's man in São Paulo, Al Fresco, recently spent the night trudging around the city's third annual Virada Cultural.
Virada Cultural roughly translates as 'having a cultural bender'. From 6pm Saturday 5 May until 6pm Sunday, São Paulo's council laid on exactly that, with over 350 cultural happenings, at 85 sites around the city. More than three million people turned up for what was essentially one of the world's biggest 24-hour free parties.
This year's Virada Cultural fell on the same weekend as Brazil's largest annual electronic music event. Skol Beats 2007 had an impressively dull line-up, and the organisers, Ambev, watered it down even more by putting on two nighttime events instead of just one. Whatever happened, attendance was down a pint-dropping 20,000 heads or so — little more than loose change for the largest brewer in Latin America, but a bad case of brewer's droop for their image in Brazil.
Anyway, back to Virada Cultural. Walking around downtown São Paulo after dusk is ill-advised, let alone stumbling about with a beer in one hand, camera in the other at four in the morning. Due to safety in sheer numbers, however, Virada Cultural was a chance to bumble about between the centre's magnificent buildings during the darkness hours, taking in performances by some of the country's most famous musicians, and dancing to jazz, techno and tango in the city's crowded praças.
This year's Virada Cultural fell on the same weekend as Brazil's largest annual electronic music event. Skol Beats 2007 had an impressively dull line-up, and the organisers, Ambev, watered it down even more by putting on two nighttime events instead of just one. Whatever happened, attendance was down a pint-dropping 20,000 heads or so — little more than loose change for the largest brewer in Latin America, but a bad case of brewer's droop for their image in Brazil.
Anyway, back to Virada Cultural. Walking around downtown São Paulo after dusk is ill-advised, let alone stumbling about with a beer in one hand, camera in the other at four in the morning. Due to safety in sheer numbers, however, Virada Cultural was a chance to bumble about between the centre's magnificent buildings during the darkness hours, taking in performances by some of the country's most famous musicians, and dancing to jazz, techno and tango in the city's crowded praças.
View over Vale do Anhangabaú
'Brush strokes', Praça do Patriarca
Believe me, there was a lot of stuff going on: horror films in cemeteries (with participation of the illustrous Zé do Caixão), collaborations between samba schools and orchestras, street art installations, abseiling fairies, cultural cuisine and shows from the likes of Nação Zumbi and Tom Zé. City soundsystem Dubversão did a great job of sucking in anyone who walked near Pateo do Colégio, dropping dub, dancehall and roots reggae on a single deck — tagteam style — cementing the gaps with MCing and hand-tweaked reverberations.
Crowd at Dubversão, Pateo do Colégio
Spotted soon after, on Rua Augusta
Nação Zumbi, band of the late Chico Science, played outside the nearby Sé Cathedral around midnight. After Pátio do Colégio, wandering into the vast, seething crowd (30,000 according to Indymedia Brasil) was really, really full on — it took half an hour of crowd-surfing/tug-of-war tactics to reach the relative calm of a sidestreet. Penned in on all sides, it felt like it could go off at any moment. That happened later, during hip hop act Racionais MCs.
Pole dancing at Praça de Sé
Racionais MCs don't hold Brazil's law enforcers in much regard (police brutality is a lyrical focus of theirs) and having their set ended by the CS gas and rubber bullets won't curry much favour to the contrary. While Racionais were playing, something kicked off in the crowd; MC Mano Brown did his best to calm it all down, but then the military police steamed in in their size fifteens to empty Praça de Sé by force, scattering people in all directions across the city. YouTube gives a much clearer picture of events than the coverage on Brazil's TV Globo.
The Portuguese titles in the clip read:
Under the pretext of controlling the tumult caused by some spectators, the military police decide to end the party for thousands of people. The soldiers shoot gas bombs and rubber bullets against the crowd, causing panic and making the tumult widespread.'All you have to do is look at the history of the Racionais. ... But we were prepared. (Lieutenant Jackson, speaking to the Folha de São Paulo)'In 2003, 975 citizens were killed by police in São Paulo. Only 44.1% of the victims were caught in the act. 27.68% were killed for being considered "suspects". 51% were shot in the back, another 36% received bullets in the head. In 2007, the UN's Report on Human Rights classified the Brazilian police as "frequently corrupt and abusive".
The music used is Caetano Veloso and Giberto Gil's classic Haiti (1993). Great track — there's a reasonable translation of the lyrics here.
In 1994, Racionais MCs performed a show in downtown São Paulo. The concert ended in a violent riot, for which they were blamed and charged. As Colin Brayton says on his blog, São Paulo's government don't have a great rep for handling large-scale public events. Pois é.
Desconfiança, insegurança, mano
Pois já se tem a consciência do perigo
Mal te conhecem e consideram um inimigo
E se você der o azar de apenas ser parecido
Eu te garanto que não vai ser divertido
Suspicion, insecurity, man
For already there’s awareness of the danger
They hardly know you but consider you an enemy
And if you’re unlucky enough to look similar [to the suspect]
I guarantee you it will not be fun
A Justiça Criminal é implacável.
Tiram sua liberdade, família e moral.
Mesmo longe do sistema carcerário, te chamarão para sempre de ex presidiário.
Não confio na polícia, raça do caralho.
Se eles me acham baleado na calçada, chutam minha cara e cospem em mim é..
eu sangraria até a morte...
Já era, um abraço!.
Por isso a minha segurança eu mesmo faço.
Criminal justice is implacable
It takes your liberty, family and moral sense
Even far from the prison system, they will forever call you an ex-prisoner
I don’t trust the police, race of assholes
If they find me shot down on the pavement, they kick me in the face and spit on me
I would bleed to death
That’s it, take care of yourself [sarcastic]
That’s why I have to look after my own security
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Monday 14 May 2007
To blog or not to blog
When is a blog not a blog? When it is as shit as this one, basically. Five months since launching and Spannered’s blog has pretty much been a run-down of what's new on the site, stitched together by lines of absolute drivel.
It's tricky. There are tens of thousands of great blogs out there, delivering an endless stream of opinion, discovery and dirty linen. Having a blog for a website seems a bit of an odd idea anyway (especially when the site isn't quite sure what it is, like this one). So, from here on in we're going to be opening up the blog to the site’s contributors and readers.
It's tricky. There are tens of thousands of great blogs out there, delivering an endless stream of opinion, discovery and dirty linen. Having a blog for a website seems a bit of an odd idea anyway (especially when the site isn't quite sure what it is, like this one). So, from here on in we're going to be opening up the blog to the site’s contributors and readers.
Perhaps you'd like to write an occasional post for Spannered's blog? Drop us an email and show us up for the lazy swines we are.
Much love,
Much love,
The Spannered team
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Thursday 3 April 2008. Posted by Spannered
A lovely pair of coconuts
Mago Bo, Spannered's favourite Rio de Janeiro-dwelling masher of world styles, has a ridiculously hot new mixtape out as part of the current Blogariddims run. The selection is, in Bo's words, '50 minutes of transnational bass — dubstep grime cumbia hip hop ragga kuduro baile funk dub chaabi soca crunk'. Get in.
Tracklisting:
- Archetype — Innasekt
- Baile de Almut — Radio Tarifa
- Freestyle live on radio in houston — Dizee Rascal
- Punisher (Loefah's SE25 Remix) — DJ Pinch
- Cheeky Violin Remix — Low Deep
- Alleyways feat. Neon — Don Fletcher vs. Maga Bo
- Say More Fire — Aaron Spectre
- Chab Rassi — Cheikha Remitti
- 50,000 Watts (Loefah Remix) — Matty G
- Why Do You Do This? — Klass A
- Nqayi feat. Teba — Maga Bo
- Xoyma — Positive Black Soul
- Xoyma feat. Red Rat — Positive Black Soul
- Doi Festival (Ghislain Poirier) — Bunji Garlin and JMC Triveni
- Keeping a Session — Daddy Freddy meets the Rootsman
- Now Thing — Sly and Lenky
- Amen break
- Cumbia Murguera — Chancha VIa Circuito
- Popotla Sound Machine — Kampion
- Daleduro feat. Luisao — Carolina Santantonin
- Don't Guimenin — Ruffman
- Bloody Potato — DJ Elected
- We All Go Die Tonite feat. MC Shade — Candie Hank
- J Adore Whiskey — Candie Hank
- Applejuice — Krazy Baldhead
- Princesa 3 — Chancha VIa Circuito
- Soy el Control — El Hijo de la Cumbia
- ? — Up, Bustle and Out
- Kick it Complex — Bassnectar
- D-Boy Stance — Big Boi/Konkrete
- Cumvia Slew (Bosquiman vs. Oro11 Remix) — Bosquiman vs. Vampiros
- Sudaka Invasor — Frikstailers
- E Dai feat. Speed Freaks — Sonar Calibrado
- Break — Chancha VIa Circuito
- Here We Go — Kalil (DJ Eddy)
- Kriola — Orquestra e Coro
- Bad Man Pull Up — Crazy Froggy (Hard Slam Riddim)
- Reggaetron — Pepepe
- Belselama (Said Qutbs Lawnmower Filastine Remix) — Malorix
- NYE Riddim — Dub Gabriel
- Cagnie — Waraba
- Ben Allou — El Halka and El Twachi
- Defense (The Soca-Anthem Remix) — Pitbull feat. Machel Montano HD and Lil Jon
- Tamborzao/Volt Mix
- Aquecimento Macumba — Electro Jack Juninho Carioca
- Bonde do Role Remix Riddim — Ghislain Poirier
- Track 20 — Funk Proibidao Vila Kenedy
- System Boot — Plug
- Ya Se Acabo — Pitbull
- Tchiriri - Costuleta and DJ Znobia
- Os Marteleiros (Instrumental) — Helder o Rei do Kuduro
- Leh Jani — Omar Souleyman
- Alo — Os Vagabundos
Bo's debut full-length album, Archipelagoes, is dropping this month on Soot Records (head to his MurdochSpace for clips). He's currently gigging in North America, with plans to tour Europe this summer...
Following a not altogether dissimilar trajectory, Spannered faves Hanuman and El Kano have been rubbing their laptops up against each other of late, resulting in a rather spendid mix that's being hosted over on the Mashit site. El Kano's awesome artwork comes as standard — grab the whole package here.
Tracklisting:
- Omar Faruk Tekbilek — Shashkin (Celestial Harmonies)
- Atki2 — Knock Knock (unreleased)
- Atki2 ft General Levy — The Wig (unreleased)
- Luke Vibert — Blasted Wook (Lo Recordings)
- Small Arms Fiya feat. Serocee — Give It To Mi (1965 Records)
- Paris Zax — Retreat (Alpha Pup Recordings)
- Ding Dong — Badman Forward Badman Pullup (acapella) (VP US)
- Cursor Miner — EventsBeginToSpiralOutOfControl (Noodles Discotheque)
- Sukshinda Shinda — Dhamiwala Da Dhol (Naxos)
- Roll Deep — 30 (Roll Deep Recordings)
- Crookers ft MC Dandão — Soca Ali Baba (Man Recordings)
- Modeselektor — The Black Block (BPitch Control)
- Deadbeat — Gimme A Little Slack (~scape)
- MIA — Bamboo Banga (Interscope Records)
- DIM — Airbus Baby (Turbo Recordings)
- Proxy — Din Dah (Turbo Recordings)
- DJ Scud — No Love (Transparent)
- Mala — Lean Forward (DMZ)
- Badboy — Badboy (WSM)
- Darqwan — Confused (Texture Records)
- Skream — Losing Control (Tempa Recordings)
- Monkeysteak — Black Milk (unreleased)
- A Made Up Sound - 699 (Subsolo Records)
- Pope Thermador — Selassie on the Wye (unreleased)
- Monkeysteak — Hairy Angler (Demo version No1) (unreleased)
- Sickboy — March of the Antifa (Tigerbeat6)
- Mahala Rai Banda — Spoitoresa (Russ And Roc Brass And Bass Mix) (Atlantic Jaxx)
- Vybez Cartel — Gun Session (Greensleeves)
- DJ Scud — Coldharbour Lane (Rephlex)
- Tweet & Missy Elliot — Oops (Oh My) (Elektra)
- Speedranch Jansky Noise — Herve Villechaize has Metamorphosing Rhino Balls (Planet Mu)
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Tuesday 26 February 2008. Posted by Spannered
Dub Side Dish
Heads up Jahtari fans. Following on from our last post, we received a supernice email a short while back from Jahtari artist Nicolas Volfoniq, telling us of the excellent Jam'in Sauce EP recently out on his netlabel Les Cristaux Liquident. The three-track release is the result of a jam session between Disrupt, Bo Marley and Nicolas's band, Volfoniq, last summer in an old house in southern France. 100% improvised dub vibes for your hard drive!
* Edit. Londoners can catch Disrupt do his thing on 11 April, when he'll be cranking up the pressure at The Dogstar in Brixton alongside the most excellent Ardisson, occasional Spannered contributor Clause Four and a host of others. Flyer just here.
In other dubwise news... Music writer and all-round dancehall knowedge-fountain Dave Stelfox (who, coincidentally, has a slew of ancient reviews and features tucked away in the depths of the Spannered archive) recently penned an interesting piece on the demise of vinyl in reggae for the Guardian.
Paulpot
posted Tuesday 4 March 2008
jahtari running tings again. proper bo ! :-P
Tuesday 29 January 2008. Posted by Spannered
Ska Crash
As Randomoidz, who put together Spannered's latest Oddcast recently said: 'What can you say about ska other than skabbado-bada-chika-sh-chika-sh-chika-sh?' Quite.
Well, if you enjoyed that scuttle though his favourite ska tunes, you should orientate yourself towards the latest Jahtari Net EP — Atari-Ska L'Atakk. Coming out of the world's best laptop dub netlabel courtesy of Atari tracker legend Dubmood, the release comprises six tracks of the finest chiptune ska — and can be snaffled for the grand cost of absolutely nada.
Well, if you enjoyed that scuttle though his favourite ska tunes, you should orientate yourself towards the latest Jahtari Net EP — Atari-Ska L'Atakk. Coming out of the world's best laptop dub netlabel courtesy of Atari tracker legend Dubmood, the release comprises six tracks of the finest chiptune ska — and can be snaffled for the grand cost of absolutely nada.
And if that's not enough to get you pogo-ing around like you've a firework in your ass, we've dug you out a rip of This Is Ska by Longsy D — perhaps the finest example of the short-lived ska/acid/house movement that bounced out of the late 80s.
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Wednesday 9 January 2008. Posted by Dave von Lederhosen
Two's a Kraut
Spannered recently dropped me a line about chipping in with their new music blog. I wasn't sure how to kick off, so some tenuous links off of Laurent's post seem as good a starting point as anything.
Just so happens that while lazing around last weekend I was played some Hifana, aka KEIZOmachine! & Juicy — two guys from Japan who make some very dope beats indeed. To see in the new year they've just dropped this wonderful emotive hip-hop cut on their MySpace page:
Thanks for sharing guys. Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu!
Milking the Japanese thread some more, Can singer Damo Suzuki is mentioned in this new Spannered piece for his recent Network show in New York. German drummer Mani Neumeier has been one of Suzuki's many collaborators over the years; and one album I've been listening to a fair bit of late is Zero Set, recorded when Neumeier hooked up with legendary Krautrock producers Connie Plank (RIP) and Dieter Moebius back in 1983. The album features a breathtaking slab of bubbling proto-techno in Pitch Control (which manages to out-techno pretty much all the techno I've heard for months — by, like, a zillion miles).
Mmm, guess I may as well post one of my favourite Can tracks too, while I'm here.
There, that wasn't too tenuous after all, was it?
There, that wasn't too tenuous after all, was it?
Frankly Frank
posted Wednesday 9 January 2008
nice selection, nice name too mister lederhosen!
Sunday 30 December 2007. Posted by Laurent Fintoni
Checking in from Tokyo
Spannered extends a warm welcome to the site's music blog to Laurent Fintoni. Having relocated from London to Toyko in 2007, Laurent is both a keen music blogger and an avid crate digger. He recently contributed an excellent interview with Japanese music Goth Trad to the Spannered archive, so we've decided to invite him on board for some regular words and music from his newly adopted homeland...
For my inaugural post I’ve decided to cover three tracks from my current place of residence, Japan. The tracks cover different elements of Japan’s music scene and history, a bit of old and some new too.
First up is the new; a track featuring two Japanese producers who have made a name for themselves in recent years, namely DJ Baku and Goth Trad. Those of you following the dubstep scene will have by now no doubt heard about Goth Trad (and if not there’s an interview with the man here that you should check to bring you up to speed). Having released on the excellent Deep Medi Musik label, and successfully toured Europe in September, the man needs little introduction. Baku may be a bit more obscure, though his megamix of The Bug’s latest single Poison Dart on Ninja Tune is likely to raise his profile outside of Japan. The short of it is that Baku is one of the most prolific and regarded DJs, producers and turntablists on the Tokyo underground, and for the last five or so years he’s been making a lot of noise in a lot of places. So much so that people are rightly referring to him as a direct heir of DJ Krush’s legacy.
The track I’ve chosen is taken from a remix project, a Japanese only release which is incredibly hard to find (though not impossible). Released in 2000, this EP was basically Baku remixing three Japanese electronic producers: Goth Trad, Saidrum and Bleeder. What’s most interesting about this release, aside from the fact that it’s the first official release for both Baku and Goth Trad, is that Baku remixed all the tracks (six in total) using only his turntables. This is a couple of years after the first all-scratched albums came out in the US (courtesy of Bomb Hip Hop) and a couple of years before the ‘boom’ in scratch music that would follow the releases of D-Styles’ debut album and Scetchbook from Ricci Rucker and Mike Boo. It’s also a nice example of how the hip hop and alternative electronic scenes have been intertwined in Japan for a long time now, allowing interesting projects like these to take place. For more on a similar tip check for people like DJ Klock, Tatsuki and O.N.O to name a few.
The track is named Kaikoo Track, an original Goth Trad production remixed by Baku, taken from the ‘DJ Baku vs Goth-Trad, Saidrum, Bleeder’ EP released on Bonikyo Nihon in 2000.
The next two tracks are older and I’ve chosen them because of my obsession with Japanese anime and video games. Now while this might well make me sound like a total geek, the best thing about being in Tokyo is that I’ve also been able to combine these two ‘obsessions’ with my love of vinyl. Japan is a treasure trove of second hand shops, and amidst all the stuff is an impressive amount of anime and video game vinyl — enough to send any producer or collector loopy.
Video game vinyl is the one thing I’m really after in Japan, and while there is a fair amount of it — and some pretty crazy ones too (Afterburner vinyl anyone?) — it’s actually the most difficult to find as it normally never gets its own section in stores, as there’s not enough of it. So it gets lumped with other bits making it more difficult to track down. Still, I’ve had some luck and the track I’ve actually chosen was taken from a vinyl a friend of mine unearthed: ‘Namco: Game Music Vol.1’ — basically a compilation of tracks from Namco games circa 1987. Unfortunately I can’t give you the name of the track I’ve chosen, as my Kanji isn’t that good yet. But let’s just say that if you love old-school 8-bit melodies you’ll likely enjoy it. It’s short but sweet and funky. Just picture some classic platform or driving action and you’re there.
First up is the new; a track featuring two Japanese producers who have made a name for themselves in recent years, namely DJ Baku and Goth Trad. Those of you following the dubstep scene will have by now no doubt heard about Goth Trad (and if not there’s an interview with the man here that you should check to bring you up to speed). Having released on the excellent Deep Medi Musik label, and successfully toured Europe in September, the man needs little introduction. Baku may be a bit more obscure, though his megamix of The Bug’s latest single Poison Dart on Ninja Tune is likely to raise his profile outside of Japan. The short of it is that Baku is one of the most prolific and regarded DJs, producers and turntablists on the Tokyo underground, and for the last five or so years he’s been making a lot of noise in a lot of places. So much so that people are rightly referring to him as a direct heir of DJ Krush’s legacy.
The track I’ve chosen is taken from a remix project, a Japanese only release which is incredibly hard to find (though not impossible). Released in 2000, this EP was basically Baku remixing three Japanese electronic producers: Goth Trad, Saidrum and Bleeder. What’s most interesting about this release, aside from the fact that it’s the first official release for both Baku and Goth Trad, is that Baku remixed all the tracks (six in total) using only his turntables. This is a couple of years after the first all-scratched albums came out in the US (courtesy of Bomb Hip Hop) and a couple of years before the ‘boom’ in scratch music that would follow the releases of D-Styles’ debut album and Scetchbook from Ricci Rucker and Mike Boo. It’s also a nice example of how the hip hop and alternative electronic scenes have been intertwined in Japan for a long time now, allowing interesting projects like these to take place. For more on a similar tip check for people like DJ Klock, Tatsuki and O.N.O to name a few.
The track is named Kaikoo Track, an original Goth Trad production remixed by Baku, taken from the ‘DJ Baku vs Goth-Trad, Saidrum, Bleeder’ EP released on Bonikyo Nihon in 2000.
The next two tracks are older and I’ve chosen them because of my obsession with Japanese anime and video games. Now while this might well make me sound like a total geek, the best thing about being in Tokyo is that I’ve also been able to combine these two ‘obsessions’ with my love of vinyl. Japan is a treasure trove of second hand shops, and amidst all the stuff is an impressive amount of anime and video game vinyl — enough to send any producer or collector loopy.
Video game vinyl is the one thing I’m really after in Japan, and while there is a fair amount of it — and some pretty crazy ones too (Afterburner vinyl anyone?) — it’s actually the most difficult to find as it normally never gets its own section in stores, as there’s not enough of it. So it gets lumped with other bits making it more difficult to track down. Still, I’ve had some luck and the track I’ve actually chosen was taken from a vinyl a friend of mine unearthed: ‘Namco: Game Music Vol.1’ — basically a compilation of tracks from Namco games circa 1987. Unfortunately I can’t give you the name of the track I’ve chosen, as my Kanji isn’t that good yet. But let’s just say that if you love old-school 8-bit melodies you’ll likely enjoy it. It’s short but sweet and funky. Just picture some classic platform or driving action and you’re there.
Anime vinyl is a lot more common, but there’s also a lot more crap to fraff through due to its popularity. However, I’ve recently found a lot of wicked synth covers of anime soundtracks, and this is one of the ones I’ve chosen. It’s taken from a fairly famous anime named Captain Harlock (also known as Albator in Europe), and the actual vinyl is from the second season of the show titled My Youth in Arcadia (Wikipedia it if you want more info on the anime itself, which I heavily recommend). The anime is basically a space opera, and this vinyl is titled Digital Trip: My Youth in Arcadia Synthesizer Fantasy, which is basically a lot of original tracks, intermissions and more used in the show, all done on, well… synths, back in 1982. The track I’ve chosen is titled The Lost Earth. For me it’s one of the nicer tracks on the LP; it’s quite short (more like an intermission used in the show) with a nice little breakdown towards the end.
That’s it for me this time round. Thanks a lot to the Spannered guys for having me — it’s a pleasure. Look out for more from Japan next time round.
Peace
Laurent
That’s it for me this time round. Thanks a lot to the Spannered guys for having me — it’s a pleasure. Look out for more from Japan next time round.
Peace
Laurent
posted
Friday 14 December 2007. Posted by Al Fresco
Que emoção!
Regular visitors will have noticed a dash of a Brazilian flavour to the site during it's first year — and with Maga Bo's bulging Brazilian music archive now housed around these parts that's something you can expect to continue. So what better way to kick off Spannered's music blog than with a trio of great Brazilian tracks...
For What It's Worth by Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 has already featured on two of Spannered's radio sets. Buffalo Springfield's classic has been covered, performed, sampled and generally nibbled at by all and sundry since 1967, but this cover produced by Sergio Mendes and Herb Alpert for 1970's Stillness album really is just amazing. The shaky percussion part was laid down in the studio using a box of matches, so I'm told. Nice.
Dub has a loyal and swelling fanbase in Brazil. Along with the Digitaldubs crew in Rio and Dubversão and Echo Sound System in São Paulo, one guy who's been making low-pressure dents around the country is Buguinha Dub, sound technician for national heroes Nação Zumbi and collaborator with Bahia-born musician Lucas Santtana. Buguinha's Liberate is deep 'n' dusty afrobeat-infused dub, while Awô Dub, by Santtana and his Seleção Natural collective, has a whiff of prime stock early Ninja Tune about it. More of Buguinha's tunes are up on his Murdochspace, and you can grab the entire album from which Awô Dub is lifted, for free, over at Lucas Santtana's site.
Dub has a loyal and swelling fanbase in Brazil. Along with the Digitaldubs crew in Rio and Dubversão and Echo Sound System in São Paulo, one guy who's been making low-pressure dents around the country is Buguinha Dub, sound technician for national heroes Nação Zumbi and collaborator with Bahia-born musician Lucas Santtana. Buguinha's Liberate is deep 'n' dusty afrobeat-infused dub, while Awô Dub, by Santtana and his Seleção Natural collective, has a whiff of prime stock early Ninja Tune about it. More of Buguinha's tunes are up on his Murdochspace, and you can grab the entire album from which Awô Dub is lifted, for free, over at Lucas Santtana's site.
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Thursday 13 December 2007. Posted by Spannered
Some opening words, then...
A very warm welcome (or a scrotum-shrinkingly cold one if, like us, you're currently in London) to Spannered's music blog.
This is something we've been wanting to get going for a while: a corner of the site where contributors can draw peoples' ears to recommendations, obscurities and other audio scraps, and, god-willing, even drum up a bit of conversation. Many files posted here will be removed from the servers over time, but if, as an artist or label owner, you're pissed off about something featured, please drop us a line about it.
Cheers!
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