I’m afraid to say it, but Dom made me jealous after his excursion to the usa to coachella.
I orignally wanted to go to ATP vs the Fans this weekend, but my buddies couldn’t get time off and to short notice.
I do fancy going to a gig like this, so I’m trying to line up going to Primavera Sound, but as usual nobodies available, so if you know anybody whos going or wants to go, give us a shout and see if we can arrange something…
Posted by simon
This is just a quick note, one of the greatest music resources I found over a year ago seems to have disappeared! In fact Epitonic has been gone for some weeks, but I was hoping they might be tweaking with it (or something!).
The site has had a very turbulent past when it comes to the design and usability. Originally it was a standard flat easy to use site that probably needed just a spring clean when it came to graphics. But for some reason they went overboard when it came to designing the site. It looked really fresh and new, but without doubt the most painful site to use. It just didn’t work usability wise! It goes to show that usability can make or break a site.
What happens to all the data they collated, does it just get deleted, surely they have information worth money? Surely somebody could take over the project? Why not sell or release the data? Even though it look like its gone (I so wish it wasn’t!!) it was such a resource and I wish they would bring it back.
Until that happens, you’ll find me using Last fm which I’m loving, but I prefer to have lots of resources rather than just one.
Posted by simon
Another festive post, this time… ‘Marvel at the glory of the kitteny celeb-fest that is Tommy’s 12 Days Of Christmas’
Posted by Dom
Simon here sent an email round yesterday inviting us all to a mobile clubbing event at Liverpool St tube station last night, the invitation was simply ‘TONIGHT, Liverpool Street Station, 11 October 2006 19:24′.
I passed up the opportunity this time, but it looks like some people made it down there - have a look at this flickr set from last night, looks mental!
Posted by Dom
Just found my way to an archive of visual and audio output from london based graphic designer / music producer Trevor Jackson.
Posted by Dom
‘The Vines’ have exclusively debuted their promo for their latest single on You Tube.
‘…marking the first time a major act has premiered its content on the destination. The video, “Anysound,” fits well into the anything-goes, viral nature of YouTube…’
So we are gonna see an ever increasing corporate interest in the web video community - no surprise there then. An interest which for the time being will neither harm or prevent us getting our fair share of shits and giggles out of ‘Youtube’ for the next few months I’m sure…
For those looking to start playing with something else, I have recently come across Jumpcut and Vimeo, both offering a similar experience model of explore, upload, edit, remix etc.
Posted by Dom
I was checking the Clor website and found this in the links, KONONO N°1.
“The musicians come from an area which sits right across the border between Congo and Angola. Their repertoire draws largely on Bazombo trance music, but they’ve had to incorporate the originally-unwanted distorsions of their sound system. This has made them develop a unique style which, from a sonic viewpoint, has accidentally connected them with the aesthetics of the most experimental forms of rock and electronic music”
Posted by Robert
At first this treatment reminded me of a promo produced by The Mill for Sia’s ‘Breathe’ a while back, but once this new promo for Stephen Malkmus track ‘Baby C’mon’ gets going you soon realise it is just plain bonkers! (Directed by Lana Kim & Andy Bruntel).
Posted by Dom
‘Musicubes are a new way to share and express your musical taste online…’
This project which fuels BBC radio listening launches officially tomorrow, more info here
Posted by Dom