Thursday, March 02, 2006

it's all gone shoegaze, innit?


right, disclaimers first - i is drunk, and rather than make some phonecall or txt that i will regret in the morning, i will just slur about music on here.

I'm jus home from the Fortdax instore at Smallfish. Pretty good, i'm not convinced of his stuff, but it was pretty good, especially the last two tracks. I bought the most recent two track xmas single on Static Caravan and wasnt too impressed by that, and thats kind of how the set started out tonight. The beats are what get me, just too pre-set, so it doesnt stand out as an electronic record; the melody however isnt super strong either and seems so simply structured, that it doesnt carry it. Towards the end of the set it started to feel a lot more organic and the melodies didnt feel so staid, and by the end of the set the last track was ace. Also, once his set was finished, and most people were just milling around, he went back on played some more, just messing around, and that actually sounded really good also, so it may have been nerves earlier also. Either way, still holds my curiosity and i would go see again.

Musical purchases..
that damn smallfish, taking all money all the time, and all i get are these shitty amazing records that i couldn't live without. *more shaking of fist!*

RF - Interno ( Osc )
RF - Views Of Distant Towns ( Plop )
Very very lovely indie-electronics. Inferno being an older album has a slightly more naive sound, well at least to modern ears first hearing it, but thinking about it, must have been quite ahead of its time. 'Views Of Distant Towns' fits almost more in the shoegazy electronic camp, and way more pop than all the other (amazing) Plop releases to date.

Belong - October Language ( Carpark )
Damn, why i didnt i release this record?? its amazing!!! This is way more gritty shoegaze sounding, lots of static in a wave of reverb and delay, with such beautiful little melodies surfing atop the noise, joyously ecstatic in their own beauty, sticking a tongue out to My Bloody Valentine and Bowery Electric. aye, most excellent.

Achrid - Achrid. (Benbecula)
Congrats to Benbecula and Michael for getting together and releasing something a little bit more special than your usual. This Minerals series of CDR pressing limited runs have been amazing. The 10 in the box set make for great exploration, and this most recent one fits so well with the benbecula sound, an organic blend of experimental electronics hanging out with his acoustic folk buddies on acid. wonderful, wonderful.

Nautilus - the new 3" one on Cactus Island.
Bugger doesnt fit into my powerbook so i cant play it while typing, but as i recall, its some excellent cut-up crazy hip-hop influenced electronics. Another CDR run, in some fine packaging.

Dub Tractor - Hideout ( City Centre Offices )
one of my favorite labels, and an absolutely top release, another one i wish i was releasing!! Really sounding a whole lot more dub than i recall the previous records, but still in the indie-electronic pop vein, and really infectious pop at that.

Oh yeah, also i did a new mp3 mix of new stuff we're releasing and listening to, at:
http://highpointlowlife.com/downloads/hpll_almostapodcast5.mp3
or html link at:
http://highpointlowlife.com/podcast.html

Tracklisting is:
Mandelbrot Set - Seismic Waves
Matthew Rozeik - Aerial Attack On Insect Hive
Tigrics - Premiere My Marmite Sound
Mole Harness - A Pattern Just Out Of Reach
Miwon - When Angels Travel
randomNumber - Thoughts So Loud You Can Hear Them
Belong - October Language
Mark Clifford / Simon Kealoha - february 02_02_1
Tuned To A Dead Channel - i tried for something better
Mokira - This Total Age
RF - Down
Sebastian Roux - The Guitar And Drum Song

total time: 51:42 mins

aii-ght, i is done. time to roll another!

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