http://www.spannered.org/ Music, art, film and literature from outside the mainstream bubble, a platform for writers. Spread a little mp3 love. en-gb Copyright 2007 Spannered. All Rights Reserved. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT 240 http://www.spannered.org/images/skins/spannered/RSS.jpg http://www.spannered.org/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1667/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1667/ Hankering for hyperspeed electrofunk? New Militant Science signing Mossman showcases latest releases from the label bridging the divide between electro and D'n'B. … Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1664/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1664/ Uncharted Audio operative LJ Kruzer assembles a mix of his fave new picks following an exploratory dabble in online music buying. … Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/music/1662/ http://www.spannered.org/music/1662/ Erik XVI was a new name to me but on the strength of this remix package from Highpoint Lowlife he's about to be brought to the attention of a much wider audience. Dropping on 12" vinyl and an extended digital selection, the source material is warped and melded into various new shapes and textures by some of the hottest producers currently plying their trade. The selection opens with a fine version of Unionens Sista Dagar from Ruaridh Law, currently turning many heads under his TVO moniker with his esoteric brand of techno. As usual he submits a sprawling epic, constantly evolving with impressive subtlety as jittery percussion underpins the delicate pads. Among the other versions of th … Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1659/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1659/ Spannered welcomes back DJ N-RON for a fiery forty minutes of Latin twist-ups and other hybrid dancefloor oddities. … Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1660/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1660/ Dense and challenging with haunting layers of sound, Max Duley shares a sinuous yet sinewy ambient mix stacked full of off-centre electronic treasures and noise gems. … Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1657/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1657/ Know your crunk from your coco? Maga Bo strides into 2010 with a mixtape crafted entirely with his own productions. … Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/music/1655/ http://www.spannered.org/music/1655/ Apparently Richard Wigglesworth, the 303-meister behind this oddball collection of acid ditties, was driven to create it having grown up near Henry VIII's country house. I can't really connect the rave with the Tudors as a concept and I'd imagine any king of olde England would have been rather perplexed by the idea as well, but I'm not going to argue. Anyway... being a traditional sort of chap, I generally grumble at 20+ tracks on a single disc. Whilst there may be a lot of ideas on show, not enough of them are explored substantially. This is certainly about the only criticism I can find to level at Merri Portland though, as the ideas are generally well executed. Opener Base Introder is a rhythmically confusing affair with bass of considerable dep … Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1654/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1654/   It is with enormous sadness that we have learned of the death of Evandro João da Silva, a long-serving coordinator for Brazilian cultural group AfroReggae. Evandro, who was interviewed by Spannered in the favela of Parada de Lucas in 2007, was the victim of a violent mugging in Rio's central district on 18 October 2009. An English-language version of the shocking events surrounding his death can be found here. Our deepest sympathies go out to Evandro's family and friends, and all those who … Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/music/1650/ http://www.spannered.org/music/1650/ Robots, Castro, Perez Prado, electrofunk and good ol' grandma's cooking. Spannered meets Miami resident Armando Martinez midway through his European tour. … Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1651/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1651/ Electrónica Afro-Cubano from Armando Martinez aka Alpha 606. … Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/music/1631/ http://www.spannered.org/music/1631/ Marking the launch of !Kaboogie label release #2, Dublin's bastion of bass music gathers together an exclusive showcase for Spannered. … Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1632/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1632/ ForceFed dish up a live set of deep-fried dub and braised bashment, garnished with a sprinkle of arcade game electronica. … Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1633/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1633/ New and exclusive tracks from Dublin's Ed Devane, mixed by !Kaboogie's Redmonk. … Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1649/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1649/ Message from Filastine:   URGENT CALL FOR SOUND COMPOSITIONS On a topic even more urgent: Climate Chaos Deadline: December 13, 2009 Public Performance: December 16, in the streets of Copenhagen during the Climate Summit, broadcast from the Sound Swarm, a battery of bicycle-mounted megaphones within the Bike Bloc Compensation: Air that you can breath & weather that doesn't kill you Curated by: Filastine … Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1645/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1645/ Techno old-timers Jeff Mills and Richie Hawtin rub up with dubstep-informed upstarts Peverelist and 2562 in a deeply immersive DJ set from Paul Purgas of Emptyset. … Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1644/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1644/ Laurent Fintoni told us earlier this year he'd started work on a mix with 2tall and Clockwork to document developments across the hip hop spectrum since the turn of the millennium. Well, their Boom Bap Continuum project has finally reached fruition: 200+ tracks, 50+ producers, reduced down to a richly packed 80 minutes. Chronologically traversing production lineage over the past decade, it's a mighty piece of work held together by dope skills, first-rate knowledge and boundless enthusiasm.   Grab it here … Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1640/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1640/ Brothers Dizzycutter and Mushug bring the sound of Lisbon's underground to Spannered... via a muddy field in Hampshire, UK. … Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1635/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1635/ Followers of Spannered will know something of our propensity for posting pictures of our beloved Lama genus. With gusto therefore we guide you to the organ of lamalink.com (as recently endorsed by the BBC's Have I Got News For You). Its illustrious pages pose such puzzles as 'why it took so long for Argentines to come into their own on the llama scene', and when will you know whether or not you've a proper showstopper on your hands. Vital questions indeed. > lamalink.com Magazine - latest issue PDF   This particular heavy wool Argentine m … Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1636/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1636/ … Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1638/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1638/ … Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1639/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1639/ … Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1630/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1630/ It's either a sign of human progress or the end of days. A man known as Justin has started posting his father's random pronouncements on Twitter, and nearly half a million people have found this interesting enough to follow him. His profile reads, "I'm 29. I live with my 73-year-old dad. He is awesome. I just write down shit that he says". But Justin's dad's words really are awesome. Check out these veritable pearls thrown before the swine of the social media sty:   "Does anyone your age know how to comb their fucking hair? It looks like two squirrels crawled on their head and started fucking." "The dog don't like you planting stuff there. It's his backyard. If you're the only one who shits in … Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1624/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1624/ DJ 440 from Olinda, Brazil takes charge of Sambacana's 40th show … Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1622/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1622/ Coppice returns to share a spiralling journey from cloudbanks and coldfronts, weaving through countless rustling leaves, down to leafmould and the detritus of the forest floor. … Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1620/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1620/ Datassette presents relentless yardage of polyester swagger and vintage synths for your listening pleasure. … Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/music/1618/ http://www.spannered.org/music/1618/ It feels like an age since I reviewed the first two volumes of this hugely anticipated (by me, at least) reissue series from one of the great British techno labels, and whilst it has at times felt almost like being a little too swamped, with the conclusion of the series upon us it's time to look back at the remaining volumes in some detail. Is there such a thing as too much emotive techno? If there were, this series would have pushed me to it. It didn't. Volume 3 contains the original B1205 and B1206 catalogue numbered twelve inchers from 1992 (all tracks originally appearing under the Redcell alias) along with the ubiquitous smattering of previously unreleased tracks — although I'd take issue with Ecliptic being described as … Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/blog/1615/ http://www.spannered.org/blog/1615/ It seems sometimes that the internet exists purely to enable people to embarrass themselves faster and more publicly than ever before. This week we were reminded of this truism by yesterday's (16 June) completely unfounded rumour that the colour of the BBC homepage was set to green as a public statement of solidarity with Iranian opposition, who lost in the recent elections (in case you've been living under a rock). This is not and was never true. The BBC homepage has for some time been designed to change between a selection of colours relative to the content being displayed. The fact that it was coincidentally green yesterday was inexplicably enough to overheat at least one person's imagination. In … Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1614/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1614/ Transparent Sound's Orson Bramley pays his first visit to the Burning Man festival set in Black Rock City, Nevada. … Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/music/1612/ http://www.spannered.org/music/1612/ Oddball opera, modernist classical kartoon klassics and the tone-transgressions of an avuncular middle-seventies gent? Martin Longley checks back in from New York. … Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/radio/1608/ http://www.spannered.org/radio/1608/ SoundGoods explores Música Popular Brasileira Contemporânea for Sambacana's 39th edition … Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT