Superb ToneMatrix light sythesizer from aM laboratory.

Can you guess the names of the 50 films to be found in the Empire Cryptic Canvas?

A new way of finding the odd tune or other file on the internet, FilesTube.com.

Dub Disco Deli pt.5 – More Deep Disco from Leftside Wobble. Quality tracks as per usual.

After a few years of use and then quite a few years in the back of the cupboard it’s time to finally sell my Roland MC-303. My reasons for selling this are to free up some room (really need to declutter) and to allow someone else to make use of the instrument.

When I opened it for the following photos I managed to crank one more tune out of it before I packed it away for the last time. It took me just under an hour. Have a listen (download mp3).

It’ll be on eBay this week!

Here’s some things I’ve been looking at over the past month:

The Eyeballing Game – I managed to sneak under 4.0. How good is your coordination?

Best of Bootie 2008 CD – is now out (free download). Featuring the best mash-up mixes of the last year. Quality stuff as per.

LIFE Magazine Photo Archive. Huge resource of images.

The 50 most Strangest Buildings in the World. It’s a funny old world.

2nd in my series of eclectic compilations with an electronic twist. Included in these tracks are funky harp playing, strange 80’s sounds, cartoon soundtrack remixes and some great edits of some old classic tracks.

Feel free to download this here – eclectronica02.mp3 – or use the music player below.

Tracklisting:
01 – Rosko – Peacemaker
02 – Owusu & Hannibal – Delirium (Morgan Geist Tongues Remix)
03 – The Art of Noise – Robinson Crusoe
04 – Talking Heads – Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On)
05 – Reel People – The Journey
06 – Bob James – Nautilus
07 – Parallax – L’attaque des Tridents
08 – Dorothy Ashby – Truth Spoken Here
09 – Ralph Myerz & The Jack Herren Band – A Special Morning
10 – Morgan Geist – Lullaby
11 РCh̢teau Flight Р1973 (Future Beat Alliance Remix)
12 – Linda Jane Bull – Wake Up And Make Love To Me (Courtesy of Sounds of our Youth Records)
13 – B-52’s – Mesopotamia
14 – The The – Giant (Pilooksi edit)

Here’s a few interesting things I’ve seen or heard on the net recently.

Want to edit your photographs but don’t have Photoshop? Then use the online image editor at Pixlr. It’s relatively simple to use.

Live camera from the LHC collider in France.

Games:

Coign Of Vantage. Rotate the screen using your mouse to find the hidden image.

Totem Destroyer. Perfect blend of skill and luck. I managed to do all 25!

Split Words. Match the correct parts of words together. This is much harder than it first seems.

Music:

The Re:Publikan Podcast. Download mixes by AtJazz, Mark Farina etc..

Dixon presents Inner City 2005 – 2008

Here’s a few things I’ve been looking at during our dreary summer.

20 Abandoned Cities and Towns at Web Urbanist.

Minimal Techno actually invented in late 60’s shock! Hear the lost tapes of Delia Derbyshire the BBC electric music pioneer.

The timeline of internet memes. From this chart I think I was first getting into the internet in 1998.

Superb interview podcast with Charles Webster. Some great songs there along with a discussion about his new compilation CD on NRK Records.

Welcome to a new series of music compilations heavily inspired by Charles Webster’s (miso records) radio shows for Ibiza Sonica. It’s a selection of lesser known tracks with a variety of styles, age and tempo, from Grace Jones to Aphex Twin. I hope you enjoy!

download -> eclectronica01.mp3

eclectronica 01 – compiled by John King

blaze – lovely ones
senor coconut – around the world
rae & christian – spellbound
atjazz – parralels
aphex twin – ptolemy
grace jones – i’ve seen that face before (libertango)
cpen – speedfreak
millie jackson – all the way lover
aqua bassino – espirito de amor
freaks – the rain (version 2)
chico mann – sound is everything
steve lawrence & eydie gorme – black hole sun
logan – flash (charles webster’s radio friendly vocal mix)
eurythmics – city never sleeps

Yes, another set of links I’m dumping here top clear up my browser’s bookmarks.

Film sequel quiz. Go on – you know they made one more.

Current status of HDTV in the UK.

Logic Puzzles. For when you want to waste an afternoon.

Sorry I Missed Your Party. If you can’t make it to a party youself take a look at these ones.

Whole Lotta Blog. Searches blogs for links to music files. Dodgy (in the crim way) but very good at finding obscure stuff without resorting to bit torrents.

German Bunker In My Garden. Guy tries to find a bunker in his garden. Start at the link and work your way up the archive.