a u t e c h r e

I keep missing these chaps in concert but have tons of their live gigs on the iPod - the Glasgow "untilted" one being escpecially good. Anyway here's an interview with them - they consistantly do very good interviews with none of the usual cynical "media-savy" baggage that so many have to spout. It's all about the music...

(Nice little-up to "burial" too.)

http://www.barcodezine.com/Autechre%20Interview.htm

"Quaristice" Review:

Well I've listened to the album about 5 times now and am only beginning to detect its brilliance. This is classic Autechre.....the melodies and ambiance grabs you over time and it makes for such a rewarding listen in a sound-byte fast-food world. The atmosphere is warm and fuzzy and where is vocal elements its done in that lovely Autechre way of evoking a sort of interstellar friendship... sort of reminds me of the lost soul of the cpatain in the film "Dark Star" - haunting, melancholic, nostalgic. This album also give different impressions when heard through headphones or speakers - can't wait to hear the live version that autechre always do so well. Indeed a good chunk of this album has elements taken from their last live tour.

Oh i found a very funny piss-take review on youtube - after some poor chappy attempted a serious one - seriously flawed! Comedy gold if you dig the over-analysis of electronica that can happen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sClke4ubuZk .

Japanese Winter Wonderland

Coming soon..... a few snaps and pictures of my Jan trip to Yamagata prefecture for Budo and snowboarding and of course Onsen!

Top5athon - kicking the year off with some oomph

The annual top5athon goes like this:

Submit to the host your top 5 pieces of music you enjoyed listening to most this year
This can be homemade stuff, movie soundtracks, old faves, tributes to dead musicians or even the sound of your newborn's first passing of the wind.

The host sets up a playlist of all the 5's, then the 4's etc etc. By the time it gets to the 1's everyone's really drunk and in great form.

This is the 3rd year in a row I think and myself and Aoife gave it our best shot. I had my iMac up and an FM transmitter patching it through 2 stereos. Over the evening latecomers arrived with cds, usb keys, ipods and vinyl so I was kept pretty darn busy setting everything up to run fruit smoothily.

I'll post up as much of the top 5 I can bring together from all the sources I have by next week
and even make some cds of what I can. Watch this space

There's loads missing chaps so email me or comment here to fill in the bl_anks...

I got handed tons of cds and mp3 devices on the night so am missing Ruairi, Jenny, Orla, Siobhan Ni C's, Siobhan P's, Regan, Owens and probably loads more. Also there's a small creative zen player in our flat that no-one's claimed yet!! It's an ankle biter!

So without further ado - here we go!!!

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Eric: "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens - downloaded from a server if you don't mind
Quentin : "Someone Great" by LCD Soundsytem - Q wasn't there but suggested this song
KATHARINA: "revelator" by gillian welch - did K find her voice yet?
Niall : "Someday You Will Pay" by Charlie Feathers - I think that it was Niall's choice!
Ali: "method05" by Ali - homemade bouncy castletronica
Antoin: "Hold Me" by Damien Dempsey - DAMOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Robo : Postmortem by Slayer - Rob was in Oz so the joke was on us!
Col C: "Blend II " by Sandy Bull - Slickness
Col R: ?? by Gotan Project - Sex in your ears
Debbie: "Beautiful Life" by GuiBoyata - Not played till later on as Debbie and Daire were late...
Daire: "Skeleton Song" by Kate Nash - Ditto
Ruairi/Jenny: "Rock for Light" - the Bad Brains - Brrraaainnnnnnnss
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Eric: "jezebel" by Iron And Wine - uploaded by Bristol's cream
Robo : "The Pitman And Her" by Pitman - comedy gold
KATHARINA: "blindinoneeye" by radical face - Austrian selector
Niall : "Little Dog Blues" by Price, Mels - Again.....I think that it was Niall's
Ali: "archangel" by burial - dubstep city soundscapes
Col C: "Bright Eyes" by Four Winds - or vice versa .... who knows!
Antoin: 'Til i die" by Nomeansno - Seen in Belgium Summer '07
Debbie: "dubatmos" by Corrugated Tunnel - localtronica
Daire: "Our Velocity " by Maximo Park - swiftly does it
Ruairi/Jenny: "xxxrobot" - Betamax Format - and you thought it was redundant
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Eric: "THinking Black" by Ike Turner - classic, dead, but classic
KATHARINA: "breaker" by low - high on K's list
Niall : "my girl" by lee scratch perry - dubtastical
Ali: "bedroom glow" by Kiyoshi Izumi - so many wanted to know what this was.. nice!
Robo : Insanity Reigns Supreme by Prophesy of doom - works on so many levels
Col C: "Cathy Davey" by Reuben - moistens the places other tracks don't
Antoin: 'Kids in America" by the Muffs - we got you covered
Debbie: "its a rave dave" by trashfashion - tell me about it
Daire: "xr2 " by mia - missing, but not forgotten, in action
Regan: ?? by Joe Dolan - a little tribute to the big gay singing force that was joe dolan
Ruairi/Jenny: "A Dreamer Who is too Weak..." by Melt Banana- Succulent

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Eric: "Holy thursday" by David axelrod- haeavens above!
KATHARINA: "monkey and bear " by joanna newsom - fuzzy animals, the lot
Robo : "Into Dust" by Mazzy Star - a star is born
Ali: "in mcdonalds" by burial - happy meal for 2
Col C: "The Accordion Man " by Ed Askew - squeezebox shinanigans
Antoin: 'Fight like Apes" by Jake Summers - homosapientastic
Debbie: "the beat that my heart skipped" by dan la sac - thumping
Daire: "you make loving fun " by fleetwood mac remix - oldschool comes of age
Niall: "Alèmayèhu Eshèté / Honey Baby" by Swinging Addis - approved by all concerned
??? "Down in the Valley" by The Broken West - up in the charts
Aoife "Auto where to" by The Chap - a little fave of ours over dinner in '07
Ruairi/Jenny: "Bastard!" - Electric Eel Shock - as seen live at LowerDeck pub '07
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Eric: "Do Make say think" by In MInd - thought provoker!
KATHARINA: "one more cup of coffee" by bob dylan - a real cafeine hit
Niall : "Pyar Zindanghi Hail" by Bollywood Funk - technically, a humdinger of a tune
Ali: "Lisbon Acid" by aphex twin - dance the party away and back again
and
"On my own" by Ulrich Schnauss
I decided that as host i can have 2 no. 1's! New Rule!!!
Robo : "Prologue" by Kate Bush - Vote Bush for no.1
Col C: "Repeat Again After Me " by Etienne Jaumet - formidable monsieur!
Aisling 'Myriad Harbour" by The new pornographers - x rated lushness
Debbie: "time to get away" by -lcd soundsystem - stay where you are!
Daire: "atlas " by battles - highly rated, highly pitched
Aoife "Tom Traubert's Blues" by Tom Waits - jesus i nearly forgot this one... smmmack!
Ruairi/Jenny: " Hey Sailor" - the Detroit Cobras - sssssss
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At the end of the night Antoin played his 2 hour wedding day mix of indie/rock and pop faves of 80's, 90's 00's... and there was much rejoicing.


**Top5athon 2007 Mix cd on the way**

Thanks to all from Aoife and Ali