Since April 2011, myself and Alyssa Moxley have been recording people who keep bees in London, their hives and the soundscape around... We spoke to people from Capital Bee , the Golden Company , Walworth Garden Farm and the Southbank Centre and recorded them tending to their hives and discussing what the practice of beekeeping and the organisation of the hive mean to them and to the wider urban environment. The programme was broadcast on Resonance FM on Tuesday 27th September. -- [...]
TwoMoreMixesMwoToreMixesMoMore Twixes MoMoreTwixes! Forwards! the first twix is one that's been in the oven for about 6 months. you know when you cook a moussaka and you leave it in the oven for ages and the lamb goes really soft? well this mix is tender. includes adesh samaroo singing about how cat meat tastes much better than dog meat. there is also an interview with myself and and man called hanu(man). he did half the mix. don't believe the hype - it wasn't a battle so much as a brokered ceasefire. big up abstractor and pacheko for [...]
-- as the weather begins to open up and before intense humidity slams it shut again, a window of cumbia. this is built from gigs of stuff i'd never got around to listening to. retroactive searching reveals at least a quarter of it came from mr /r. follow those tracks back up to here and here . wordthecat - 37 minutes of cumbia Download audio file (wordthecat_-_37minutesofcumbi a.mp3) Pedro Laza y su Pelayeros - Navidad Negra Gabriel [...]
-- beatrice braun-fock, illustration for das mannlein mittentzwei (1937) [ via ] -- overdue as usual. a mix for winter. with any luck it's still cold where you are. wordthecat - winter 10 mix Download audio file (wordthecat_-_winter_10_mix.mp 3) tracklist [bed] recording from 10th floor. honjo-higashi. osaka. goldmund - ba (type) world's end girlfriend - 誕生の日に (human highway) annelies monsere - rue de la croix (morc) terre thaemlitz - love [...]
"efficient burner: the yukon stove burns fuel efficiently and with great heat" -- -- -- Wordthecat - Summer_09 mix -- Kode9 - 2 Far Gone F - Epilogue (Ramadanman Rerub) Karizma - Groove A K ordingly Emvee - Glitch Dub Silvio Ecomo & Chuckie - Moombah Star Eyes - Disappear Star Eyes - Disappear (Cardopusher Remix) Shystie - [...]
-- a late one. we can call this mix winter into spring. more space than usual. more fours. wordthecat - winter to spring 2009 ...44mins tracklist appleblim - over here (beat pharmacy remix) stereotyp - keepin me (fauna flash remix) monolake - cctv carl craig & moritz von oswald - movement (C2 version) lil w4yne - me and my dr4nk hermanos borachas - cumbia del anniversario chris watson - vatnajökull untold - test signal osunlade - [...]
erez terminal 2004 - no international journalists are currently permitted to enter gaza. i wrote before about the border crossings. now surveillance and narrow turnstiles have been replaced by air strikes and possibly a ground invasion as tools of physical and psychological warfare. here is a piece where a bbc journalist describes crossing the border last month. the infuriatingly level tone drummed into bbc employees breaks down a couple of times before he remembers his training. the most deceptive thing the media can imply is that israel and palestine are equal in ability and [...]
Image from Grime 2009 Calendar, courtesy Dirty Canvas Following Wiley Vol. 1 (which may be my album of the year, I've decided), Grimetapes.com have meticulously hustled that edit button to bring you D Double E Vol. 1 . Same principle as the Wiley Vol. 1 - all the best pirate radio moments from an MC whose released output amounts to about 5% of his radio output. It's Grimetapes' strength once again: allowing this music to breathe, putting its strongest qualities front and centre, showing why it was more than just [...]
-- things in the red generally fall down. a new 30 minute mix. by way of explanation... tracks re-pitched to 105 bpm. a bit of padding extra to that listed below, ask if interested. there`s also a cautiously mixable version of the b_y_nc_ ikonika T++ todd edwards pile up. wordthecat - autumn08 58mb wordthecat - if-i-was-a-boy-ikonika-t-++-to dd-edwards 11mb Ragnheiður Gröndal - Blástjarnan þótt skarti skær Scuba - Ruptured (surgeon remix) (Hot Flush) Kemialliset Ystävät - [...]
The illustrious folks over at Word The Cat deliver another fantastic mix tape. Reggae, Cumbia, Bassline, Soca, and a little Justin for good measure. Turn this up loud.. Gunshots!!! Track listing in comments as per usual. wordthecat - sum>mix***.mp3
-- house building. levels of sheet rain. soca, jumpstyle, bassline, static, so forth. WordTheCat - Summer08 (1 track) 192k 74mb WordTheCat - Summer08 (zip-file-tracks-demarked) 01) radio intro / the professionals - back stabbers 02) maximus dan - land dem (rave mix) [soca response] 03) elephant man - dancehall soca (remix) [soca response] 04) jet set & muss - coupe decale dans la cite 05) guajiros - veo veo [...]
one daffodill in a crowd got painted black. smells of aerosol. a mix for spring. chop chop. -- wordthecat - single glazing (spring 08) mix 192k 45mb 31mins tracklist lloop - arsuk winter mix Robert Wilson + Christopher Knowles - The Sundance Kid is Beautiful the jahlights - right road to dubland (trojan) the heatwave / riko dan - mind how you [...]
T2's heartbroken, as much as it's got some serious radio kill, is the only song I can thing of in recent times that actually deserved to be number one, thank god an exciting genre pushed its way in passed the normal parade of shite. I'm a bit cloudy on the difference between all these sub-genres, a lot of Bassline house or Niche i think is just Garage, but I'm such a sucker for the wobble and the sweet vocals, I don't care what you call it (Wot do u call it, garage?, to quote Wiley) - it's one of [...]
I'm sure loads of people have linked to this since yesterday, but dan and alex @ dot-alt's new mix & notes is well worth an hour of your time. keeping a candle lit for grime. elsewhere, beware a new era of screen burn . -- Here, a new grey and bright mix for autumn... WordTheCat - Anticyclone Mix (Oct 07) 192k 42mb Sefyu - En noir et blanc [...]
Notting Hill Carnival this weekend. In preparation... a hasty chutney mix including adesh samaroo's ode to cat meat. wordthecat - chutney mix (aug07) 192k 29mb tracklist: rikki jai - river lime remix lil man - deeray deeray chris garcia - chutney bacchanal adesh samaroo - rum like dat kerry ramgobin - square key adesh samaroo - dog bone rikki jai - boleh murugwah adesh samaroo - take dat [...]
bassline. flavour of the micromonth. niche house - occuping a wedge in the London scene between grime, dubstep and funky. popular all over the north of England. write-up in london paper. Dissensus here . Joe Ruckus told me a couple of things about the history of the scene in Sheffield. The club 'niche' was a thin building round the corner from Gatecrasher that was known for being rough as arseholes - the sort of place bouncers went out to take all the [...]
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