afx, amon tobin, wagon christ, orbital, the orb, bonobo, chemical brothers, venetian snares, tricky, crystal distortion, the spiral tribe, osymyso, the herbaliser, kid 606, dj shadow, ravi shankar, the beatles, jeff buckley, jimmy hendrix, bob marley and the wailors, squarepusher, bogdan raczynski, ovuca, beck, bjork, goldie, boom bip, cinematic orchestra, boards of canada, beethoven, dave the drummer, chris + julian liberator, ant, harmonic 33, prefuse 73, ian brown, the stone roses, jamie lidell, richard devine, prodigy, plaid, autechre, red snapper, shitmat, thievery corporation, nightmares on wax, stevie wonder, wevie stunder, johnny cash, coldcut, robert johnson, son house, spike milligan
Jazzvalve is the digital home of Midimonkey, a cheeky music maker and sound designer who is known for robbing the aged, selling kids into slavery, creating new meat flavoured snacks for the fastfood industry and spray-painting the queens precious swans(feathery little feckers). Midimonkey was born out of evolution and has been lost inside the cavernous head space between his ears ever since, I mean I'm writing this in the third person for starters! mmm starters!
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Below is an animation from Sam Harrison of Animmersion LTD, a cutting edge 3D visualisation company who approached me to produce the soundtrack. The animation was produced with help from Charles Vulliamy and Neil Whittle, and support and funding was from NESTA and The Digital City. The Didgeridoo is played by the DidgeMaster himself Kev Howard, and Tim Coyte provides his own blend of guitar+FX-based noise and percussion. All the soundscapes, synthesised tones and Beats are from yours truely.
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What happens when biology and IT collide? Evolution gets an upgrade
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"blending low-level hip-hop beats with Scorn-esque bass and elonated guitar riffs to remarkable effect. . . it's that awesome. . . the music is superb, the artwork and packaging equally good. . . [it's] warped shuffling genius. 300% necro, foo'! (5/5)" (Zero Tolerance magazine).
Necro Deathmort's This Beat Is Necrotronic is released on Distraction Records on August 31st, but you can get your hands on it for FREE (on a 'if you like it, why not buy the CD?' basis) in all of its 320kps mp3 glory at distractionrecords.com!
Sat 16th May @ The Soup Kitchen, Spear Street, Manchester.
The Centrifuge @ Futuresonic Festival present Richard Devine, Puzzleweasel, NeuTek vs Boombots, missaw, Guide, Gareth Clarke, Mr Underwood & His MIDI Octopus and Scrubber Fox.
This takes place this Thursday! See you there? d.x.
Distraction presents Kania Tieffer, a otter-fixated Chick On Speed cacking out pleasantly disturbed lo-fi fake nonsense r'n'b and vitriolic electropop with cheap children's keyboards, a battered old computer and an electric guitar, in an unmissable live show. Support comes from sample stealing, tune pinching, melody wrecking a-moral wrong-uns and kings of nostalgia-core Radgepackets, and pointlessly hostile bootmash-noisewhore-wrongtronica idiot Dressed In Wires! Cor!
Only 4 quid in, kick-off at 8pm, find out more here!
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The Retail Sectors new 8" square vinyl lathe in handmade packaging with download code. "They're everyone's (or should be) favourite Japanese post rock band", according to Norman Records.
Combining a Steve Reich-sense of guitar-driven melodic elements with an abstract, almost Trans-Am like dexterity, each song builds in intricacy and volume until the immaculate devastation of the drums kick in, taking off on a flight into a vast sky of loneliness. STRICTLY LIMITED TO 150 COPIES! Half have already went via pre-order, so if you want one, order now!
7pm - 1am Friday, 3pm - 1am Saturday, 3pm - 12pm Sunday // £5 per day // NO advance tickets
After a veriable famine in the North East music 'scene' where the musically adventurous and artistically driven have been forsaken in favour of the safe, the tame and the bland, Distraction present three days of aural innovation, future players, and diverse sonic excursions that right those very wrongs.
The Distraction Weekender returns. Accept no imitations.
ahoy there andy hows things with ya? was just wondering of u had the details for the gateshead woman we did the workshop for last year. need it for a reference. hope alls going well man. cheers
Stars of the Lid are easily one of the most important and influential bands or our times. Read a review of any ambient or experimental band these days and you will see their name being dropped, and it’s not hard to hear why. Stars of the Lid are masters of weaving sonic textures gorgeously into beautiful, absorbing, minimalist epic drones, wavering between subtly mournful and gloriously triumphant, offering the perfect soundtrack to lucid daydreaming.
Hear Stars Of The Lid play in Newcastle in a perfect church setting for this very special show. Buy tickets now or purchase from RPM, Beatdown or alt. vinyl!
hows she cuttin me ol droogie. floatin about turkey at the moment being a ginger alien. went to see a band the other night who were doing the same kinna thing as the mufflers only they were well rehearsed!! def some scope for eastern melodies and fat beats man. oriental express they were called from istanbul. cant find n e of their stuff online tho. hows tricks ur end anyway all good i hope
*THIS FRIDAY* @ Backlash.. we welcome you to a celebration of the man that is KEEGAN!
The man is back in toon, King Kev, Keegan, Special K, God, Allah, Buddha.. The Black & White Maestro, The Kinked Haired Kurly, Krazy Kreator of Keegonia.. so how do we celebrate?
Well why not bring over a French Breakcore artist? Like Rotator who will blast your Keegan wig off with his mentalist, rude bwoy, breakage ..then mash him up with one of the stalwarts of UK hardcore and a friend of the GGM Simon Underground who will nail your mullet to the floor, then spice things up with the Dub n Grind of Lone Wolf aka The Bloodied Blade, a Macam at a Keegan Rave!?! Who knows if the fabric of space-time can take it? Also we have our very own DJ Disorder b2b with Fun Size Jonny, rinsing out some cool & classic electro.. Finally rezi's UEP, armaged:DON & Backlash should help us celebrate the man that took Newcastle United to a fantastic 2nd place.. ages ago..
DOWNSTAIRS, We have the legendary Ghetto Method in session with all kinds of the best funky, mental, filthy, cerebral breaks.. hosted by Mudfoot Blaps, Fridgeman & The Notorious D.A.V.E.
..if you love the Keegan, the hardcore and the Keegan again.. a bit more.. then you know you will be going to the THE RED ROOMS and if you are dressed like the living man-god of football who is better than drugs, sex and guns altogether you will get in for 7 Pund.. 8 quid if you are looking like a mere mortal..
Keegan "would Love it" if you came doon at 9.30pm and then left at 3am..
This Friday @ Backlash we have two artists who are blowing up their respective scenes..
First up, with a LIVE Soulfood stageshow featuring guest MC's & DJ we have TRIM (Roll Deep, Keysound Recordings) ....Taliban Trim, Trimbale..whatever! His Soulfood mixtapes are up to vol 3 and if you haven't heard them or him, you have to come down. Coming outta Dizzee's & Wiley's stable, recognise a lyrical wordsmith. ..then afterwards we have the man of the moment when it comes to hardcore drum & bass LIMEWAX (Freak, Position Chrome, Tech Itch, Lost Soul) .. playing his typical, hard as fuck, made for dancing (not prancing) music, catch him before he sets off on his tour of the US.
Two of the best the underground has to provide at the best underground night in the north. Backed up by Pegz & Fenris two of the grimiest disco jockeys in the toon, with rezi's armaged:DON & UEP.
Downstairs, we tell you how much we love ACIEEED! Hosted by Dilation (LIVE), DJ Disorder & Earl Grey
This night is simply going to be rammed and you should get to The Red Rooms early cos its £8 b4 11.30pm & a tenner after...
Also Listen up to our weekly radio show this Thrusday from 7 till 9pm. We will be playing some grime & stuff with Fenris and DJ Disorder will be playing some acid & electro, also win a guesty to see the above acts by entering the phone-in comp.. www.ne1fm.com or 102.5fm in the Toon..
This Thursday, Backlash is bringing you a truly multimedia experience, we will not only be playing some of the maddest Hardcore, Electro, Drum & Bass, Gabber, etc. @ The Cooperage (with Rollies 4 Mice), but we will AT THE SAME TIME be broadcasting LIVE on 102.5FM & www.ne1fm.com! ... truth be said its strictly not at the same time, its just before Rollies 4 Mice at 7pm - 9pm.. but still pretty fucking cool eh?
Especially because we will have ED COX LIVE on our weekly radio show, who will be playing at the Rollies & BL event, give him a bell and get those clowncore request in!
So at Rollies we will have: ED COX (Life4Land) LIVE! UEP MR PEANUT CALCULUS THE STATESMAN
Backlash Room 2: LEGION ARMAGED:DON DJ DISORDER LUCID R.T.A. BACKLASH
..from 9pm till 3am, £6 in or a fiver if you dress cloonstyle :)
Also before hand @ The Dog & Parrot from 7.30pm - 11pm there is an unofficial warm up, featuring armaged:DON 'n' Calculus playing more chilled oot, intelligent & politicially aware faire and O.P.E.N. playing LIVE - £4 in, with funds going to the Cuban Revolutionairies Speaking Tour...
..And Finally!.. Check oot the flyer for February the 8th.. its gonna be fucking blinder :)
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