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VIDA DE-sign by Michael Buckingham, aka Mick Muttley

Dear friends (yeah really, one of those) I have become a women's wear designer for VIDA! http://shopvida.com/collections/voices/ ...

Tuesday 31 March 2020

Blue, Reflected 2020 Variations

In the squawked pigeonn English of Kali the foul-mouthed pigeon, "you will see me do sumfinng!" with my next record.

I'm using basic recording tech and also some resampling. I plan to integrate speckled live sounds across tracks, with software intervention. Sample manipulations.

The result will be a development on "Neurondisiac" project, in terms of stylistic density. Software "and" hardware. A real blend.

I have a track right now that is resampling audio from my flagship cheap analog keyboard, the Casio CTK (available in Argos 8 years ago), which puts analog Clavichord and Warm Pad presets through electronic Crystal Reverb, the filters of my hardware, and the reverb module built in to the synth. It's basically a remix of "Blue And Reflected Instrumental" with the FX used, and the way it sounds. Really pleased with it.

Ed: here you go...

1- Blue, Reflected, 2020 Mix
https://soundcloud.com/subversion-2/fl-blue-and-reflected-2020-remix
2- Disco Cravings
https://soundcloud.com/subversion-2/patho-disco-cravings
3- You Beauty
https://soundcloud.com/subversion-2/fl-you-beauty-21032020
4- Buttercup Fields
https://soundcloud.com/subversion-2/fl-buttercup-fields
5- Curry Aperitif
https://soundcloud.com/subversion-2/curry-aperitif
6- As Lossless As Breathing
https://soundcloud.com/subversion-2/fl-as-lossless-as-breathing
7 - The Fate Of The Idle Randomite
https://soundcloud.com/subversion-2/longformacus-the-fate-of-the-idle-randomite

The March 2020 Foci's Left LP - Blue, Reflected Variations (Unsigned)

DJ Muttley - 2 new mixes for ya

DJ Muttley - Afro Waffles (St. Vincent, Junior Senior, Cigarettes After Sex, DJ Friction & Nu Balance...
DJ Muttley - Skinned Potatoes (Mood Music CD samples, Supergrass, Explorer Flamenco Music, 40 minutes)


What can I say about these...home studio curated, plenty of ducking and diving, slipping and sliding. Love the Masseduction remix, that's big. Also fancying the DJ Friction & Nu Balance mixed with the supergay Junior Senior. "Skinned Potatoes" takes a more ironed out route, but perks up half way through flamenco music. I was inspired by one of my Paco Lucia CDs bought for my father the paralyzing and hypnotizing power of Spanish Flamenco music...like being locked in a lover's gaze. Mixing the flamenco with Britpop seems a original idea, not many people have tried that except Santana.

Enjoy the soundscapes. They're in .m4a format, straight from studio microphones. No messing about. No hipster FLAC lol.

http://subvertcentral.com/thread-63018-lastpost.html


Thursday 19 March 2020

SV Stop 239: BORRITWEM

That's an acronym for “Buying One Record Reviewed In The Wire Each Month”. The ethos was explained in Stop 215. Round-ups for successive years (2014-19) can be found in Stops 237, 259, 267, 304, 320 and 326 – if you care to search for them.

In which case, you might also like to know that I'm now building a dedicated blog to this project. Each post, headed by a The Wire issue number, will feature the title of the chosen purchased record, a picture thereof, a sentence or two from its reviewer – and no further input or explanation from me whatsoever.

Anyone wishing to view the ongoing and “almost completely pointless” list can do so HERE.