automatic tasty
barry lynn
bazz barr
bew
blake market
bluebottle farm
brian robinson
clive kells
decal
dubreak
ebola
eN
faltyDL
filaria
herv
koen park
lakker
lastrapink
mad ep
margaret noble
mothboy
red box recorder
rl/vl
ruairi lazers
same actor
space dimension controller
startslow
terry keeley
the last sound
tidy kid
tpolar
vertical67
vybbtuan
wagawaga
wahn
Influences
music: recently...autechre, scorn, einoma, john cage, ardisson, susumu yokota, mf doom, drexciya, jim o'rourke, coil, bjork, aphex twin, russell haswell, aube, jan jelinek, brian eno, tetsu inoue, pete namlook, dj krush, merzbow, the haters, the hafler trio, the soft pink truth, the orb, my bloody valentine, fennesz, gescom, vladislav delay, steve reich, lory d, venetian snares, ove-naxx, carl craig, arovane, boxcutter, lusine, dj rupture, pole, kit clayton, underground resistance, ghislain poirier, earth, kk null, desormais, milanese, arab on radar, lightning bolt, seven ark, helios, mez, phoenecia, bill laswell, 23 skidoo, sun ra, burial, apparat, sileni, jega, the residents, multiphonic ensemble, pan sonic, electromeca, tim hecker (radio amor!!!), jetone, flying lotus, iannis xenakis, kronos quartet, chris clark, polycubist, geoff white, bluebottle farm, dj maxximus, captain beefheart, vex'd, chevron, com.a, deerhoof, thomas brinkmann, the gasman, supersilent, mariel ito, aleksi perala, dj hidden, dmx crew, mu-ziq, hellfish and producer, massacre, bong-ra, whitehouse, wolf eyes, kero, stockhausen, tod dockstader, squarepusher, mochipet, colleen, goth-trad, yee-king, bitstream, loefah, boards of canada, the backstreet boys, tipper, triosk, cdatakill, drumcorps, urban tribe, 65 days of static, cursor miner, panacea (especially with hanayo), chris corsano, jeff mills, monster x, shorai, yellow magic orchestra, alva noto, christoph fringeli, mad ep, hawerchuk, kim hiorthoy, deaf center, dabrye, quinoline yellow, sugar experiment station, andrew pekler, wechsel garland & world standard, charlemagne palestine, yoshihiro hanno, radian, not breathing, broadway project, basic channel, cluster, faust, locust, ryuichi sakamoto, scape one, smell & quim, quasimoto, andrey kiritchenko, myrakaru, tpolar, massimo, din-st, books on tape, keiji haino, lfo, actress, brothomstates, microstoria, mouse on mars, monster island czars, cristian vogel, cepia, ceephax, 8fm, christian wunsch, emotional joystick, secret frequency crew, modeselektor, photek, muslimgauze, keef baker, philip glass, ryoji ikeda, richard devine, rei harakami, larry heard, squaremeter, surgeon, masonna, pharoah sanders, richard h kirk, arcane device, spooky, inade, daedelus, throbbing gristle, made, rechenzentrum, blackmass plastics, point b, deathprod, biosphere, monolake, matthew herbert, sawako, big black, geoff white, pheek, toshinori kondo, aux88, dynarec, e.stonji, speedy j, bisk, vedette, blakkar noir, marco passarani, global goon, lackluster, joe hisaishi, kiyoshi ono, lukas nystrand, mothboy, luke vibert, clive kells, filaria, dubreak, phonem, the kilimanjaro darkjazz ensemble, volsoc, dncn, zoviet france, mitchell akiyama, belong, traject, francesco lopez, neil landstrumm, voltek, andy stott, bit meddler, vorpal, dj floorclearer, krumble, mathhead, the melvins, sleeparchive, rotator...and loadsa other stuff.
film: 2001 a space odyssey, andrei rublev, alien, blade runner, picnic at hanging rock, network, remains of the day, ran, la jetee, seven samurai, north by northwest, m, the third man, the shining, amadeus, perfect blue, the devils, oldboy, princess mononoke, the thing, solaris, jaws, eraserhead, punishment park, forbidden planet, akira, thx1138..blah blah blah.
Sounds Like
ball bearings in a washing machine, apparently. or pots and pans falling down stairs. i dunno.
- Monday 8th September - Koen Park LP
- Monday 22nd September - Mad EP err EP
- Monday 6th October - Same Actor EP
- Monday 20th October - The Last Sound EP
- Monday 3rd November - Egon Fisk EP
- Monday 17th November - Decal EP
Koen Park is the work of Ian D Hawgood. Working between his small apartment in Tokyo and his mum's garage in south London, he makes washed out electro-hip-hop-pop-folk-shoegaze music. Pastoral Pioneer was made with circuit bent casios, drums, piano, field recordings, melodica, harmonium, warbly old tape recorders and musical smarts. The results are both unique and wonderful.
Also released today is 'Everything In Shadow', a Koen Park CD release on Experimedia Recordings. It's kind of a sister release to this, as Ian used similar gear. Both releases are super melodic.
The debut album from Red Box Recorder makes a statement of intent. Setting his sights on nothing less than world domination and political hegemony, this London-based producer uses the medium of wonky electronica to indoctrinate the masses. Ranging from ravetastic workouts to meditative soundscapes, and embracing everything in between, this is music designed to surprise, delight and induce total brain meltdown – for free!
The emphasis here is not on technical wizardry but composition - a considered attempt to create something new out of the familiar components of techno, dubstep, live instrumentation and, er, a touch of classical. Whether it works or not is for listeners to decide, but rest assured that this album makes an exciting new contribution to the body of music we politely call “underground”.
If you’ve ever caught a live performance you’ll have heard his more acidy/ravey works, but for this LP we see a much more personal side to him. At times uplifting and psychedelic, others dark and melancholic, this 18 track LP is a huge musical statement, and is really quite astonishing in depth and scope. Mad skills. Enjoy.
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