Man can fly, finally..

Posted on February 23rd, 2008 at 3:58 pm

Using one of these nifty wingsuits:

Some music for the weekend.

Posted on February 15th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

Crazy Penis have a new mix tape available at www.futureboogie.com. No tracklisting but it’s on a 70’s soul, deep house mashup vibe. Enjoy!

Grab your new winter mix mp3s.

Posted on November 2nd, 2007 at 4:32 pm

Yes, I’ve located some great new mixes for you to download.

First we have an eclectic Charles Webster set (72Mb download | tracklisting) which is part of BodyTonic’s monthly podcasts by deep house DJs.

Featuring tracks by Aphex Twin, Dusty Springfield, Prince, Joni Mitchell as well as Mr Webster himself. This truely is an eclectic mix ranging from soul, nu-gospel, space folk, nu-garage and many more names I could invent.

There’s also his Streetbeat 2007 (68Mb) mix now available for download. Another downtempo set featuring future beats and funked up deep house. Plus a live mix featuring more tech sounds is available for download too - Charles Webster - Live at DEMF Main Stage Mix 63Mb.

If you fancy something slightly different why not try the new mix by Oakland producer Aybee from the DeepBlak stable. There’s a few mixes available on the site but I’m really enjoying his latest offering entitled The Blakout #1 which features past, present and future soul. Simply sublime winter warming music.

Enjoy!

Charlie Brooker and Stevie Wonder

Posted on July 17th, 2007 at 10:44 am

Charlie Brooker’s Screen Burn column was always a good reason to buy The Guardian on a Saturday but with the advent of this internet thing you don’t even need to buy the thing. And it’s legal apparently. But never before have I realised that it is actually me who is Charlie Brooker. Yes, I’m not John King at all.

Anybody who’s knows me well probably remembers my dish of the day was always a Frey Bentos pie. There was always at least 5 of them stacked high in my kitchen cupboard. Now days I know how to cook real food. I’m also a big fan of The Wire and think it’s the best thing thats been on TV for over 10 years, well US TV anyway. Here’s part of Charlie Brooker’s latest Screen Burn column.

“You know what I miss? Fray Bentos steak and ale pies. I haven’t had one in years. But as a student, I ate them all the time. I thought they represented grown-up cooking. After all, this wasn’t your average takeaway slop. No. A Fray Bentos supper required preparation and patience. You had to shear the lid off with a tin opener, and chuck the pie in the oven for half an hour. The end result was sublime.

Except it wasn’t. Having wolfed down better, fresher meals since then, I now realise that what I was eating tasted like piping-hot dog food by comparison. At the time I just didn’t know any better. Now I couldn’t face one. I’ve been spoiled. You can’t go home again.

I’m starting to wonder if obsessively watching The Wire - a show I’ve recently revisited as a result of doing a short programme about it (Tapping The Wire, Mon, 9pm, FX) - has similarly spoiled me in terms of TV drama. By now, the sound of yet another person blasting on about how good The Wire is probably makes you want to yawn your soul apart, but really it’s so absorbing, so labyrinthine and bloody-minded, it makes almost everything else seem a bit… well, a bit Fray Bentos.”

Oh, and here’s your Stevie Wonder. Just check out this drum solo:

More music and Stephen Fry

Posted on June 19th, 2007 at 11:00 pm

Here are some more great mix mp3s for you to download for summer listening:

The new Charles Webster radio show is up at Ibiza Sonica. Download the 1 hour mp3 here. It’s a bit less souly and more techy and beaty than usual but still superb. Tori Amos into Amp Fiddler? Well somebody had to do it.

Here’s the tracklisting found at Charles Webster’s own Miso Records label:
kid sublime - ?
kidd sublime - get up daddy
swell sesions - nasa;s theme
panama II - long train running (prins thomas edit)
boof - to make up for it
tori amos - devils and gods
patchworks - celebration (amp fiddler mix)
furry phreaks with Terra Deva - all over the world (ambi mix)
slope - gemini
? - red barn road
kadabasten - caracas soul
thief - sunchild (reprise)
scott grooves - it doesn’t have to be…

Also recommended on a deep and techy vibe is the Attic 4 mix by Miles from Demizen.com. Featuring tracks by Charles Webster, Isolee and Chez Damier.

Fancy something a little more chilled out? Ben Mynott from Fluid Nation has his latest chill out mp3 mix available for download here. Featuring tracks by Crazy P and Secret Stealth, it really is one to relax to.

More weird techy stuff is available at DJ Jogarde’s website. His Freilauf Sessions Vol.3 (mp3) has tracks by Furry Phreaks, Roy Ayres, Carl Craig and Quentin Harris and is a perfectly mixed CD-length classic.

For more of a soul weekender vibe download the Playing With My Emotions mix by Dr No available at Dangradio.com.

Oh, and I promised you some Stephen Fry. Here he is telling us why he loves the Internet.

See more Stephen Fry on Video Jug.