Tag: music

Streams of music and water

Those Oxfam kids, they are cool. Check this out:

We’re really pleased to make our music available to download from Big Noise Music. Music has always been a powerful force for change and this is a really innovative way of raising money for charity and giving people great music. Maxi Jazz, Faithless.

Still growing up

My friend Teddy called me earlier: “Any plans for tonight? Yes, busy busy. Well.. I’ve got tickets for Peter Gabriel. Oh, I think I can make time after all.” So he picks me up in his Mercedes convertible, and before I know it Peter starts working the crowd. Ss a Gabriel newbie, I could focus on the gadgets: Segway-riding for “Games without frontiers”, into-a-big-bouncy-transparent-sphere-climbing and rolling-around-the-stage for “Growing up”, and some funky-low-fi-bulb-jacket for “Sledgehammer”. I liked the show quite a bit, and also the story about the growing up of an apache kid who was deserted on a hilltop for 14 days after having been bitten by a snake. I’m glad I don’t have to earn my merit that way.

Micatone

Fun.

Also: Herbaliser, theme from control center..

Alpha Beta Gaga

From the ace LP Talkie Walkie, this is the best tune with whistling in for years and as infectious as malarial mosquito.

R.A.W. reborn

I have had the pleasure of listening to some vintage 1995 jungle. One of the foremost artists of the time, R.A.W. recently re-released some of his mixes.

2 classic mix tapes from junglist R.A.W. finally getting committed to the digital format after many years of floating around in cassette obscurity. Both “R.A.W. Is Dead” and “Who Wants To Battle?” have been Remastered, with “R.A.W. Is Dead” showing R.A.W.’s skills at blending dark jungle anthems in his own inimitable style, while “Who Wants To Battle?” goes more with his b-boy roots, with his battle skills on full display.

Nebadje

Take an opera tenor with a bondage mask, an illegal bar in a minimalistic cellar, a good sized crowd, a video wall, and the passive live act Nebadje, and you have a winner. It is the rare event in Zurich that manages to mesmerize me. Kudos.
listen.

Red night

not content with what zurich had to offer, we decided to drive to basle. fabian picked me up at midnight and by 1:00 we were shaking to russian beats. an odd yet excellent experience.