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Well, I have been a bit lax it seems. What can I say, I've been busy! So, I did pitch the night to the owner and he loved the idea. I have since found a business partner and named and branded the thing. Kim and I will be doing "Ravage" at Ghetto London: a night aimed at mid thirties and students playing rave and pre millenia dance music; a full on cargo-nbetted, glowstick waving candy-braceletted event. :) We're very excited!
I had another opportunity arise, but after a bout of enthusiasm seems to have fizzled out. I chose a partner with a real passion for music, unfortunately he's a flame, and he blows hot and cold. I applied for and got a job selling ads for a music mag in Brick Lane which I turned down. Selling ads is not for me, no matter how cool the paper. It was a bold move and a hard one emotionally, but ultimately the right one.
Glastonbury was awesome - probably could've done with it's own entry but it's a little late for that now. The Maccabees were great - I loved the lead singer; he was so shy and unegotistical, it made him sound even more beautiuful. I also enjoyed seeing Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip again; I liked that the crowd were all Radio 4 types. *chuckle*
I went and played some tunes for an American themed party in Christs' College Cambridge, which was a bizarre experience - ripped up the floor with Eddie Cochran, James Brown and Beastie Boys; It was lots of fun!
Going to be doing some DJing at Kill Your Pets at Ghetto, a scene I'm a little daunted at being a part of, but at same time excited! I've been listening to so much awesome music this week, have found some great new artists and bands, ah, fun times. :) I'd recommend Fukkk Offf if you like MSTRKRFT, Soulwax, SebastiAn and other hard electro bleeping.
Got sent a great remix - worth blogging about:
Death - White Lies (L'Amour La Morgue Remix)
Worth scouring the web for. Not out yet and I only just got sent it so probably not ripped yet, but keep your eyes and ears peeled! It's a perfect synthesis of dance and indie that drops into hard electro. Bitching!
Have been batting around ideas to pitch to a club owner in London. It's a gay club and he's looking to fill slots on Monday and Tuesday; I'd like to continue the "rave room" we had at Popstarz as it's own night at Ghetto. Anyway, so I've been chucking ideas around and I've loosely pencilled in the name "Raving Bender" - what do we think? Is it a keeper?
Ok, so while there won't be a Rave Room at Popstarz, I will be spinning some discs in the Indie room instead, doing some electro/rave crossover. This is pretty good news! The slot isn't every week, but perhaps that's a good thing...
I now embark on the set recraft - what exciting times!
Firstly, the good news, albeit delayed reporting. I have a new soundcard! It's just an "old" one from a family computer, but it's got a lovely breakout box and most importantly records sound much better than my old on-board POS!
Secondly, some less good news, in fact, quite a bummer. It seems Popstarz new venue will not have the space for the room in which I played - thus I no longer have my residency. My head is not held as high from now on.
Well I did a set and there were issues on playback. I will have to go back and rerecord the set, after first learning how to fix the issues I am having. This may take the whole weekend. I need a crash course in sound reproduction! Not such a bad thing as I've always wanted to learn more about sound systems, so it's a good opportunity to learn.
postscript: the set itself was awesome.
Popstarz will be in temporary residence for another 6 weeks. The good news is I will be forced to restart my weekly concept sets, the bad news is I'll be broke for another 6 weeks. Downloads will now cost one gin n lemonade. ;)
I have been given an excellent theme by a friend and I plan to get some tracks together in the next few days, recording to follow! Recording will depend heavily on availability of studio - by that I mean, when my mo-in-law is out and I can get my groove on. :D
Anyway, apologies for not blogging my second mix - proper error! No one knew it was up and then I didn't get feedback. Ooops!
I had a hard time this week coming up with a new mix for a couple of reasons. In order to maintain the high standard that I set with the first mix, I've had to consider carefully the initial ideas. The second helping is a concept mix which I've done an initial recording of, but will have to go back and re-do before it's ready to upload. A few of the tracks need tweaking! Apologies for the delay, I've had a strange schedule this week with added time-wasting of a hangover. Add to that a PhD student lingering around in my studio (aka - the living room) and it's a wonder I've got anything done at all!
