I’m sure the Festival was immense, but this is a nice animation/musical tune that is done to some mesmerising visuals… Enjoy
Sonar from Renaud Hallée on Vimeo.
Category Archives: Design
Sonar
Wigflex Manchester!
Our man Spam Chop is taking Wigflex to the masses of Manchester with an incredible line up. If you’re from Manchester go support a night that has spawned out of something special, and if you’re from Nottingham get on a train, bus, plane, bike, unicycle, or crawl over to Manchester for the night. Motor City Drum Ensemble is awesome. I think i’ve said everything i need to…
Big post coming up later tonight. Stay frosty
A date for your diary
Summer time in Nottingham is usually a pretty dry season when it comes to music. Everywhere either closes or puts nothing that interesting on. So the one time when I’m not here because I couldn’t bear to endure a shit summer, someone goes and puts on this…
So if you’re in Nottingham this Summer then get down, or miss out on an incredible act.
Light Amplification Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Not new, but still pretty cool.
For more good graffiti stuff check out Evan Roth over at Ni9e where he occasionally hooks up with the graffiti research lab. Nice.
Amazing Visuals
I have a monster post of tracks to post up in a little while, for now check these brilliant video’s out, Real nice.
555 KUBIK_ extended version from urbanscreen on Vimeo.
XX-Dre
X-Rays, The XX and sampled Dre Vocals, three excellent items. First up is Nick Veasey…
From A Boeing 747 to the mini cooper, Brit artist and X-ray boffin Nick Veasey has captured them all. Veasey uses a cargo scanner to make the images, some of which cost thousands of pounds to produce. Some amazing photos…. check them out here
Next up is a young Irish producer called ‘Lorcan Mak’. He’s remixed of The XX’s Crystalised and is perfect for that chilled out late night / early morning set as the party winds down to a close. The sirens spoil it a bit later in the track but never the less i like it. Cheers to Palms out for this one!
Finally we come to Federico Molinari’s ‘Gold Teeth’. The best way for me to describe the track is to draw similar links to ’1200 Warriors – Loose Control Ft. Wu-Tang Clan’. Or you could just listen to it below. What more can i say? its a house track with Dre sampled on it. Thanks to Dave ‘The Rave’ Russell on this one
Wale – Freaks (Bird Peterson remix)
I’ve always loved Bird Peterson’s stuff and this remix of his is no exception. I’d go as far as to say i want his ‘Nerd out wizard music’ (Scottie B remix) played at my funeral. The harp like strings and solid beat just brings a new vibe to Wale’s ‘Freaks’. Something i recommend everyone to bump on a sunny day cruising through Sneinton… and what?
Wale – Freaks (Bird Peterson Remix) (Mediafire)
Solarbeat
Solarbeat (click)
Amazing solar system music box. Be sure to check out the other projectswhitevinyldesign have done too. Brilliant stuff.
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The other day at fabric, Rinse FM celebrated their long overdue licence accreditation and their headline act was the focus of everyone’s attention. Skream, Benga and Artwork took to the stage in room one (the one with the balcony) to showcase new material from their forthcoming LP and it felt more like a concert than any other club gig I’ve ever witnessed. They seemlessly streamed through unheard (and so far mostly un-leaked) material until reaching current smash I Need Air, at which point Benga kindly warned us of what was about to be played; there was also a fitting build up for stand out track Perfect Stranger (ft. Katy B). Their sound is complex, innovative and original; quite simply some of the best dubstep I’ve ever heard. Although I do fear that (eventually) listening to the album will never compare to hearing them playing it live…
Their stage set up was very simple: a laptop each, Artwork had a/the mixer (I think) and Benga had two mics, one for PA and one for autotuned vocal ad-libs with Benga standing stage right, Artwork centre and Skream quietly doing his thing on the left. There was a Hawtin-esque LED curtain in front of them with a foot gap in the middle, enough to spot their bobbing heads and obvious enjoyment.
Go check out their dates and make sure you see them over summer or on tour!
I took some pics, they’re crap – like the phone they were taken on – but hopefully it gives you an idea of how the space was used and its atmosphere.
This is a promotional video taken from their Myspace:
Rinse FM Presents Magnetic Man feat. Skream + Benga + Artwork from Rinse FM on Vimeo.