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Shots from the Studio

kev — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:55:18 +0000

For the hundredth post: the first in an occasional series, miscellaneous shots from around the studio…

I Love Acid Blech set

kev — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:13:40 +0000

I played a special Blech set at I Love Acid on Saturday at Ginglik, under Shepherd’s Bush Green. It was an amalgam of the two mixes I did for Warp records’ 20th anniversary that you can hear on my Soundcloud page.

Photographer Martin LeSanto-Smith took some excellent photos with a promo Aphex mask I took down, one of my favourite nights out in London, even though the tube had shut down that weekend.

BBC-O-Gram

kev — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:33:09 +0000

Got this from the Guardian data blog, via Mark E’s Ireallylovemusic site which in turn got it from Information is beautiful – what with all the hoohah over 6 Music it’s pretty interesting to see how the annual budget for the BBC is divided up. Fascinating stuff

Bring the Ruckus

kev — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:14:51 +0000

Solid Steel homie Ruckus Roboticus us coming to town for some UK dates, check this little film and don’t miss this man in action, always rocks a party.

Click here to view the embedded video.

There was an old lady…

kev — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:58:09 +0000

Bought this book for my boys yesterday (I’m a sucker for beautifully designed childrens books) Such a unique way of presenting the old tale and at the end her eyes close after she eats the horse. We also have another version by Jan Pienkowski (who did Meg & Mog and the classic Haunted House pop up book) in which she turns into a ghost on the last page!

This book though is illustrated by Jeremy Holmes and available from Chronicle Books from San Francisco, presumable available online but I got mine from Tales on Moon Lane in Herne Hill who have re-installed part of my Where the Wild Things Are Window display.

Ah yeah…

kev — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:45:36 +0000

I was in the Ninja office today, sifting through boxes of press archive, found some amazing things, hilarious photos of old and some situations I don’t even remember. Lots of weird and wonderful people have passed through Ninja over the years and there are a lot of memories attached to it for me. I’m currently deep into the design and ongoing picture research for the Ninja Tune book which will be published this summer by Black Dog Publishing.

It’s a gargantuan project and one that we are not taking lightly – don’t expect the usual spread of press shots you’ve all seen before, we’re digging deep for lots of unseen material and it turns up in the most unlikely places. There’s no way it will all make it into the book but I promise to share some of the bits and pieces that don’t make it at a later date via this blog.

Also, these turned up today… Better res than Vimeo, I promise.

Blech 20.2

kev — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:52:37 +0000

Here’s Blech 20.2 – actually recorded last December shortly after the Warp 20th gig in London. I’m playing I Love Acid at Ginglik this Saturday and doing a reprise of the set – all classic Warp material.

Blech 20.2 by DJ Food

Psychedelic Pink

kev — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:26:31 +0000

A current big hit in our household are the Pink Panther cartoons from the 60’s and 70’s with variations on Henry Mancini’s excellent theme to by Walter Greene to accompany them. One of my favourite episodes is this tripped out classic from 1968, the Panther goes into a weird bookshop and strange things start to happen. The background designs by Tom O’Loughlin are sublime and show a rare glimpse of the times in a chidren’s cartoon. See the gallery above for more shots…

Something In The Water

kev — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:44:16 +0000

These two CDs landed on the doormat within a week of each other, both originating from Brighton and both featuring the sea as cover star. The contents aren’t a millions miles away from each other either, beautiful ambience and laid back electronica being the order of the day, a perfect soundtrack to the current weather and late night work sessions.

Lost Idol’s second album – ‘Brave The Elements’, out soon on Cookshop – is perhaps the most varied of the two, featuring vocals on some tracks, a distinct nod to Boards of Canada here and there and a full tip of the hat to Kraftwerk on the excellent opener ‘Lightwerk’.

Nest’s ‘Retold‘ – on the Serein label – is partly made up of the duo’s self-titled EP from 3 years ago but bolstered up into an album by five new tracks. All mine a similar vein to the Eno and Cluster school of ambience. Mostly beatless it takes in drones, piano, strings and odd percussion to create spaces filled with calm and beauty without ever resorting to the tweeness that some ambient music seems to come ingrained with. The new tracks are even stronger than the EP in my opinion, looking forward to more from these guys.

Thanks to James at Cookshop and Rob at Multilink for the CDs.

Now, Look & Listen – 10k in 2 months

kev — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:18:48 +0000

DK and I just hit 10,000 views of our ‘Now, Look & Listen’ AV mix on Vimeo after only 2 months. We’re pretty pleased considering it’s 78 minutes long! Thanks everyone who took the time to view even a part of it