Matthew Lyons is an incredible illustrator. Just about every blog in existence has written a piece about him recently - and it's no surprise - his work is absolutely stunning. As I mentioned in my post, the combination of his vast imagination and impeccable eye for color and composition begets some really exciting work. I asked Matthew if he would prepare a short process description about one of his recent works. What follows is Matthew's description of how he created the piece you see above, The Snide of a Scoundrel Man. [...]
I do not know what to write. I am sitting here staring at the screen, running sentences in my head, and turning my music on and off. Earlier I went foraging for food (in hopes of sparking some magical words), but ended up getting distracted by Arrested Development for 20 minutes. This happens just about every time I sit down to do anything. I'll probably go play the guitar between this paragraph and the next. Of course this is a familiar situation. Often referred to as "writer's block", the concept of an inspiration rut is unfortunately very [...]
Technicolour " Surges ": Here's a free exclusive from Technique Recordings; looks like they are putting out Technicolour 's debut album in 2010? Nice one!
The Skatalites & The Trojans live at Shinkiba Studio Coast - Tokyo Japan Résumé du précèdent épisode.. Dans le précèdent article , nous avons vu les début de la musique Jamaïquaine, avec l'émergence des sound-systèmes, l'influence de la musique américaine, en particulier Jazz et Rythm'n'blues. et enfin l'émergence, via l'arrivée de matériel d'enregistrement et de pressage de disques, d'une musique locale. Nous continuons maintenant notre histoire au point où nous étions arrêté: l'enregistrement de la chanson Oh Carolina et l'apparition d'un nouveau style de musique: [...]
Technique Recordings and Knowledge have linked up for a remix competition, where you producers can receive stems for "I Need Your Love" when you purchase it from the KMag MP3 shop. All of the details are here ; the deadline is 12 October 2009. Get cracking!
To help promote their forthcoming 10 Years Of Technique album, the Technique Recordings crew have given up a free tune, Phetsta & Shock One 's "Love Her Forever", which has one foot in the skankin' reggae and another firmly planted on the dancefloor. For more information on this massive album, hit up this post on DOA , then go over to the Technique Shop to grab the free tune !
For reasons I won't get into right now, this took longer to post that I had scheduled. Aside from that, its a pretty ill interview. Drumsound & Bassline Smith speak on their Drum & Bass Studio Technique sample pack, as well as forthcoming business on Technique (happy 10th anniversary!) and Worldwide Audio. Check it out!
This is an extremely rare event, but with my trip up to the Boston Marathon this weekend, I thought I would share one of my workout playlists with you as well as my Boston writeup . Sorry to those who weren't ready for this. I just can't run to death metal or Korn. Be prepared for too much (all) techno on this one, so I don't think it will be good for all 26.2 miles of whatever you are doing. MP3: Armin van Buuren - Precious MP3: Sasha [...]
Trojan Records was founded in 1967 by Jamaican-English producer Lee Gopthal as something of a sister label to Chris Blackwell's Island Records. It became one of the best-known and successful reggae labels, but it also bought out several independent Jamaican labels and ended up with a pretty good ska and rock-steady back catalog. In 1972, it went through these archives and put out a fantastic (if somewhat inaccurately-named) compilation, The Trojan Story . Although the liner notes were somewhat sparse and the sound rough, you couldn't want a better overview [...]
A Century in Jumps (Slight Return) 1967 John Lennon, Good Morning, Good Morning (demo). Dusty Springfield, What's It Gonna Be. Laura Lee, Dirty Man. The Techniques, Queen Majesty. Delia Derbyshire, Chromophone Band. The Nice, Azrial (Angel of Death). Fantastic Johnny C, Boogaloo Down Broadway. Anna Karina, Pistolet Jo. Gilberto Gil, Roda. Quarteto Novo, Vim de Sant'Ana. Joe Tex, Show Me.
It's been a pretty hectic couple of days, hence the lack of activity here. The free time I have had, I'm sorry to say, I've been pretty inclined to squander; I guess not having immediate obligations really encourages me to do nothing. But hopefully, I can make it up to you guys. While it wasn't a spectacular week of new discoveries, I did do a pretty thorough exploration of the number two charter, a nice example of interconnectedness. Enjoy! I was perusing some magazine or [...]
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