Wednesday, 10 September 2008

Peter Bruntnell, Peter And The Murder Of Crows

Although everyone thinks he's American, this Kingston-On-Thames native who lives in Devon has been feted by the twang crowd for years, videlicet from the stomp of his Peter Bruntnell Combination back in the mid-90s, but this something of a different beast. It is hard to believe that Peter And The Murder Of Crows is Bruntnell's one-seventh album and his first since 2004's Played Out. Moving away from the out-and-out altitude.country of yore, Bruntnell has cited his influences here as Bert Jansch and Syd Barrett. Co-written with his Canadian songwriting partner and recorded with Danny Williams on basso and guitar player Dave Little, PATMOC is deep and frequently low-key, and although reminiscent of artists such as Iron and Wine in parts, it's a deeply singular listen.



Using instrumentation such as electric tanpuras, Indian harmoniums and arching double bass voice, PATMOC creates its have unusual ambience, writ prominent on record album opener, False Start; when, by the third mo, the vocals have dropped away and are replaced with ever-deepening drone-like former summer vapors, you have it off you are on to something special. Cold Water Swimmer follows this radical. It's the economy here that thrills. The wigout at the end of Hash Dream Craving (''It's not worth saving/it's precisely a hash dream craving'') could go on for at least two transactions � it has been and foregone within 30 seconds. Domestico has a lightness of touch and beautiful arrangements.



Peter And The Murder Of Crows would make an ideal starting point for those who've often wondered and illusion a dabble with something both sophisticated and underststed. File under 'troubled and autumnal'.




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Sunday, 31 August 2008

Jersey Live Festival 2008 Kicks Off Under Glorious Blue Skies

The 2008 edition of the Jersey Live festival has begun under sack up blue skies on the UK�s most southern Channel Island.


Fans hold already begun arriving on site in preparation for a headline set from The Zutons, and further performances from We Are Scientists, Foals and Blood Red Shoes.


In addition to a main stage, the festival also boasts an indoor dance arena, which will be headlined by Scratch Perverts.


A number of local bands, including The Author, will besides be granted their chance to reflect in Jersey�s sunshine this afternoon.


Gigwise will be delivery you all the action from the festival passim the weekend - so stay tuned for all the up-to-the-minute news and interviews from the site.




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Thursday, 21 August 2008

Mp3 music: Deep Space Network






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Deep Space Network's discography:


Raise This Flap
   

 Raise This Flap

   Year: 2004   

Tracks: 11
I.F. (With Dr. Atmo)
   

 I.F. (With Dr. Atmo)

   Year: 1999   

Tracks: 8
Big Rooms
   

 Big Rooms

   Year: 1994   

Tracks: 9






David Moufang, along with figures such as Pete Namlook, Victor Sol, and Uwe Schmidt, is unitary of the more active members of the German experimental techno scenery. His Source pronounce has released individual and LP-length deeds from Vulva, Deep Space Network, Yoni, View to View, Move D, Reagenz, Spacetime Continuum, and Multiple Void Enjoyment. His have part in some of those projects (Position to View, Reagenz, and his main ongoing collaborationism with Jonas Grossman, Deep Space Network) has granted him a high profile in the planetary experimental electronic music scene, resulting in his whole works being reissued by a number of labels, including Instinct and Reflective in the U.S. Although the original releases of many of his recordings john be tough to track down, many of Moufang's and early Source artist's material own been equanimous on various-artist compilations, including the Homeworks and Headshop CDs, both released by Source.


Moufang's longest ongoing collaborative association has been with young man Heidelberg resident Jonas Grossman. Together the geminate own released albums as Earth to Infinity and Deep Space Network, as well as in combination with Dutch DJ/musician Dr. Atmo as I.F. on Namlook's Fax pronounce. In 1994, Moufang released a solo CD through Fax, Solitaire, and the following class Namlook established the KM20 pronounce as a Fax subsidiary dedicated to DSN and related to projects. Traffic, the label's number one release, was recorded live at the German Love Parade, an annual event pretty known for spawning piles of live and DJ-set releases (usually of mediocre quality). Deep Space Network Meets Higher Intelligence Agency followed in 1997. That same year, Moufang recorded his first album as the head of an atmospheric idle words group named Conjoint. [View Also: Move D]





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Monday, 11 August 2008

Getty's Clothed Encounter of the Third Kind

We're guess it's a race to the yellow pages. Balthazar Getty ... checking the yellowish pages for moving companies, and estranged wife Rosetta checking for locksmiths.
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For the third day in a row, we got pics of Balthazar and homewrecker Sienna Miller. This time it was a Sunday in Malibu, where the often naked/semi-naked twosome lunched at Taverna Tony. We asked the B man if he's seen his kids. Judging by his answer, he was clearly trying to blunt the follow-up question.






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Wednesday, 6 August 2008

News

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Artist: News

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Pop: Japan
   



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Pacific   
 Pacific

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 15




 






Thursday, 19 June 2008

Critikal

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   Year: 2003   
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Friday, 13 June 2008

Supergrass’ Gaz Coombes on His New Album and Turning Down Spielberg

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While most of their Britpop brethren have long since split up or run out of ideas, Supergrass — thirteen years after their 1995 debut, I Should Coco — are still excitedly conquering new frontiers. Their sixth album, Diamond Hoo Ha (out today), finds them reapplying themselves to the full-throttle glam rock of their early material, but with an apparent newfound appreciation for Krautrock (possibly the result of recording at Berlin's Hansa Studios, where David Bowie made Heroes and Low). Front man Gaz Coombes spoke with Vulture about his new album and the secrets of his band's longevity.

Your bassist, Mick Quinn, had a pretty serious accident last summer. How's he doing?
Yeah, he was on holiday in France and his bedroom was on the first story, and he was sleepwalking, got disoriented, and just sort of wandered out the window and did a lot of damage. But he's doing really well. He's back to the gigs, and things are back to normal in that department. But he's still working hard on the physical therapy and stuff.

The album is called Diamond Hoo Ha. Why?
The Diamond Hoo Ha Men were [drummer] Danny [Goffey] and I. That was the name we played under while Mick was rehabilitating and getting sorted, from November to March. We went out as a two-piece and played at clubs at midnight. It was a half-hour of power.



You recorded it in Berlin, at Hansa Studios, where Bowie did Heroes and Low. What was that like?
Well, at first, none of the equipment worked. And the two-inch tape hadn't yet arrived, so we had to take a couple days to get everything ready. It hadn't really changed much. It was all still seventies couches and stuff.

Your new single, "Rebel in You," is about deciding whether to continue a relationship with a troubled person. Is it about anyone specific?
Well, we're in a dangerous area here — I'll be diplomatic. It's probably more about people in our lives who you kind of love, but they frustrate you and, I don't know, wake you up at nine in the morning completely off their head, holding half a bottle of vodka.

There was some speculation that 2005's Road to Rouen — a dark record featuring just nine songs, the last of which was called "Fin" — might be Supergrass' last album. Was splitting up ever a possibility?
No, no, no. I don't think so. We went through some problems as a band, but I always knew it was going to be okay. It was strange that all four of us had some pretty heavy shit happening at the same time. Mine and [keyboardist] Rob [Coombes]'s mom died and you couldn't really help it if stuff crept into lyrics or the music or even the production and how we played. I think records should all be a snapshot of your life at a point, and for us that was a really rough period.

You've been signed to EMI — a company that's seen its share of problems lately — for your entire career. How's your relationship with them these days, and would you ever consider releasing an album without a label?
Yeah, I'm sure I can see that happening. It's been the one downside of this record — everything's been beautiful apart from Parlophone and EMI. It's a shame, really. There's some really, really great people that we've worked with over the years, and a few great people that we worked with on this record. But when your record company doesn't want to put money into something, then it kind of puts us into a corner as a band. The single, "Rebel in You," you won't be able to buy it in a store. It would've been nice to get a physical release. Our contract says EMI has an option for one more album from us, so we'll see what happens.

Steven Spielberg once approached you guys about starring in your own Monkees-style TV show…
That was after the first record, right when we were recording In It for the Money, and we met up and went over ideas. It was a nice compliment, but we wanted to make our record at the time. We'd totally do it now, though, if he's got any ideas for a show about a slightly aging rock-and-roll band.