I've recently relocated to London from Sydney and I'll ramble about good food and drink around town, eclectic electronic music, absolutely anything to do with digital media, throw some sport (more than likely cricket) in and the odd personal experience — as seen through my camera lens.
The Future Classic crew once again filled out The Civic top to bottom with various flavours of electronica, some deep, some discoey and some techy. Personally, I didn’t rate Isolee’s set – it didn’t go anywhere near as deep as I thought it might. In fact, the whole night was musically so-so, with Simon Caldwell stealing the show.
A slightly odd occurrence on the night -I felt sorry for those who were forced out of the hotel adjacent to the club due to a fire alarm, and found themselves exiting the stairwell into the laneway which was being annexed by the venue, converting it into an outdoor area for the venue – for smokers, and the German BBQ delights. A lot of club goers were quite confused when they saw parents with young children walking through the space.
This is a brilliant twenty minute video that narrates the history of the “Amen Break,” a six-second drum sample from the B-side of a chart-topping single from 1969 by The Wilsons.
This sample was pivotal in the development of early hip hop and sample-driven electronic and popular music, including genres such as drum’n'bass and urban today.
This drum loop, the “Amen break” – a six-second clip, gave birth to the music that prototypical for several subcultures, and has been used by everyone from NWA to Nine Inch Nails and Pharrel Williams.
Nate Harrison’s 2004 video is a meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, copyright, and overall – the history of a remarkable music clip.
What song would you want played at your funeral? OK, it’s a morbid question, but it is a certain event and it’s one party you wont be able to attend, but it’s a question that Get Physical recently asked of some of the world’s top DJs to come up with answer to. The result, a new compilation — ‘Final Song #1′.
The first volume has plenty of names, featuring the likes of Richie Hawtin, Laurent Garnier, Ricardo Villalobos, François K and DJ Storm. Each has also gone in completely different directions with their selections — DJ T. opts for the proto-ambient piano work of Erik Satie and Hawtin selects a beautiful number by Mark Pritchard which has incidentally been re-released on Hawtin’s own Plus 8 imprint in recent years.
Tracklist
01. Erik Satie – 1. Gymnopédie (Selected by DJ T.)
02. Rob Gallagher – Little One (Selected by Gilles Peterson)
03. Photek – Modus Operandi (Selected by Storm)
04. The Stranglers – Golden Brown (Selected by DJ Hell)
05. Cerrone – Supernature (Selected by Kevin Saunderson)
06. Radiohead – Sit Down Stand Up (Selected by Laurent Garnier)
07. Chloé – Paradise (Selected by Chloé)
08. The Beach Boys – ‘Til I Die (Selected by David Holmes)
09. Peggy Lee – Is That All There Is? (Selected by Ewan Pearson)
10. Inti Illimani – Caramba, Yo Soy Dueno del Baron (Selected by Ricardo Villalobos)
11. Link – Amenity (Selected by Richie Hawtin)
12. Pharoah Sanders – Astral Travelling (Selected by Francois K)
13. Brian Eno – An Ending (Ascent) (Selected by Coldcut)
So what will you have play for your last hurrah? Have your say.
Clara Hill – Morning Star (feat. Thief)
Sylvester – I Need Somebody To Love Tonight
Brommage Dub – Trinidub
Cobblestone Jazz – PBD
Joris Voorn – Flow
Cobblestone Jazz – Lime In Da Coconut
Foo Fighters – The Pretender
King Tubby – Roots Dub
Brian Briggs – Aeo (Pt. 1 & 2)
Briskeby – A Song To Whisper
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