Music (ambient, electronica, IDM, minimal dub tech/house, and sundry crossovers), Language, Semiotics of Sound (less chin-stroking and black poloneck-wearing than it sounds)
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Music
I like these musical types:
Alio Die,
Aloof Proof,
Alva Noto,
Am/Pm,
Apalusa,
Appleblim,
Arovane,
Atheus,
Autechre,
Baker Aidan,
Basic Channel/Maurizio,
Basinski William,
Beautumn,
Biosphere,
Blamstrain,
Boards of Canada,
Bola,
Bowie David,
Bradley Paul,
Bretschneider Frank,
Budd Harold,
bvdub,
Byetone,
Celer,
Chalk Andrew,
Christ.,
Claro Intelecto,
Cocteau Twins,
Curve,
Davies Robert,
Deadbeat,
Deepchord/Modell Rod,
Deru,
Deupree Taylor,
Deutsch Andrew,
Durutti Column,
Dynamo,
Echo and the Bunnymen,
Eluder,
Eluvium,
Encomiast,
English Lawrence,
Eno Brian,
Fennesz,
Florianz Matthew,
Fluxion,
Gas,
Ghost Box,
Guentner Markus,
Hakobune,
Hecker Tim,
Hecq,
Henke Robert
Herbert Chris,
Ilar Anders,
Kettel,
Kiln,
Köner Thomas,
Koda,
Komet,
Lawrence,
Leclair Marc,
Loess,
Lohmann Ulf,
Loop Guru,
Loscil,
Lusine,
Main,
Manual,
Marcia Blaine School for Girls,
Marconi Union,
Markant,
Marsen Jules,
Martinez Cliff,
Massive Attack,
Milieu,
Mirror,
Mogwai,
Moljebka Pvlse,
Monolake,
Monos,
Monostation,
Mordant Music,
Murcof,
My Bloody Valentine,
mwvm,
O Yuki Conjugate,
Ontayso,
Oöphoi,
Opium,
Pacione Adam,
Pan*American,
Pangaea,
Pearce Jeff,
Proem,
Pub,
Quantec,
Quench/Funckarma,
Rachel’s,
Rapoon,
Rich Robert,
Richter Max,
Roach Steve,
Schutze Paul (Uzect Plaush),
Scion,
Seefeel,
Shackleton,
Shuttle 358,
Signaldrift,
Sloan Jason,
Slowdive,
Solar Fields,
Stars of the Lid,
Substance,
Suicide,
T++,
Tagg David,
Talk Talk,
Tammik Joel,
The Beautiful Schizophonic,
The Dead Texan,
The Village Orchestra,
Transglobal Underground,
Troum,
True Colour of Blood,
TV on the Radio,
Vidna Obmana,
Villalobos Ricardo,
Vir Unis,
Vnuk Paul,
Walker Scott,
Windy and Carl,
Yagya,
:zoviet*france:
Bolton, Barnsley, Nelson, Colne,
Burnley, Bradford, Buxton, Crewe,
Warrington, Widnes, Wigan, Leeds,
Northwich, Nantwich, Knutsford, Hull,
Sale, Salford, Southport, Leigh,
Kirby, Kearsley, Keighley, Maghull,
Harrogate, Huddersfield, Oldham, Lancs,
Grimsby, Glossop, Hebden Bridge.
It's grim up north
Brighouse ..., Bootle ..., Featherstone ..., Speke ...,
Runcorn ..., Rotherham ..., Rochdale ..., Barrow ...,
Morecambe ..., Macclesfield ..., Lytham ... St. Annes ...,
Clitheroe ..., Cleethorpes ..., the M ... 62.
It's grim up north
Pendlebury, Prestwich, Preston, York,
Skipton, Scunthorpe, Scarborough-on-Sea,
Chester, Chorley, Cheadle ... Hulme,
Ormskirk, Accrington, Stanley and Leigh
Ossett, Otley, Ilkley ... Moor,
Sheffield, Manchester, Castleford, Skem,
Doncaster, Dewsbury, Hali ... fax
Bingley, Bramhall are all in the north.
Movies
Is this the part now where I mention some crucially hip movies I hardly know about let alone have seen but get to flaunt them as tokens of a cool'n'groovy mystique I effortlessly cultivate? Oh sh...
circular bodies
I'm not much for the ghost box. Feed me the odd tidbit of off-kilter British comedy/po-mo satire and I'll be a happy boy [see: Chris Morris - 'Jam', 'The Day Today', 'Brass Eye', 'Nathan Barley' and Armando Ianucci - 'Time Trumpet', 'The Armando Ianucci Show', 'The Day Today']
Dayvan Cowboy
Writer of Music Reviews and Featurettes relating to electronic music and otherwise. No, I'm not a 'Hack' or a 'Critic'... I just write appraisals and considerations. Hopefully the opportunity will present itself for interested parties to Eat My Pudding, whatever the flavour. It's a pity we're forced to engage here in the Commodification of the Self, but there you go. There's always the Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club. It's grim up north...
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