A quick track done on an idle Saturday night

A Refreshing Lack Of Communication

Luke Abbott remix of 'Feathers Are Falling' by James Yorkston. Taken from the album 'The Cellardyke Recording And Wassailing Society'
More details here: po.st/CRAWSghpto

James Yorkston - Feathers Are Falling (Luke Abbott Remix)

This is the short set i played for the Sets on the Edge session at The Banff Centre for the Arts, Wednesday Oct 8 2014. My first public performance of the live improvisational loop music rig ive been constructing for my musicians residency here at the Centre. Good fun.

Bampf! 8 Channel Live Improvisation in Bb Insen, Banff Centre Performance

Recorded live at St Pancras Old Church, June 2014.
Original recording appears on the album 'Wysing Forest' released by Border Community June 2014.
for all upcoming shows and album information 
www.lukeabbottmusic.com 

Amphis - live (London June 2014)

My submission for the Monome Community Remix Project #10. In this version of the project samples were pulled from previous versions of the MCRP, in a event so meta the internet might not be able to handle it. See http://mcrpmusic.bandcamp.com for the whole album.
I used only two samples, but a hell of a lot of processing in Ableton and reaktor. I laid out the tracks and effects live in multiple passes using my monome 128 and BCR2000. This is also the first time I've used a frequency shifter in anything... like most things, when used subtly it can be good! 
After some mild tweaking, this is the result. Enjoy... or not. Up to you...


In Closing (MCRP 10)

Solid Steel in association with Serato (24th April) This week we launch a brand new Solid Steel website at http://solidsteel.net and we're delighted to welcome back two guests Caribou and Colleen with exclusive new mixes to celebrate. They both appeared in the same show 10 years ago and on the new website you can hear their 2005 mixes in the Featured section, along with Caribou’s mix from 2000 when he was still known as Manitoba. Also released this week will be a mix from Matthew Herbert as Doctor Rockit (1995), Autechre mix (1997) and a Juan Atkins mix and interview from 1988, plus selected shows from the last 27 years and many more to come each week.
We even have new Solid Steel jingles for the first time in ages, and, over the coming weeks, you can hear what the likes of Luke Vibert, next week's guest Four Tet and FaltyDL (which starts the show this week) have come up with. 

And so to Caribou in Hour 1 this week and a mix, as always rich in quality music from across the years and around the world, including Rome Sithammarat, Melvin Ukachi , Percussions, Underground Resistance and Derrick May's Illusion First Mix of Sueno Latino. He had this to say about his mix;
"It's hard to believe it's been 10 years since my most recent Solid Steel mix (and even longer since my first one). A lot has happened in between then and now but even more has stayed the same - just like the mix 10 years ago, this one's made up of music old and new which I've come across recently - plus a couple favourites which I've been playing for a long long time."

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Hour 1 - Caribou https://twitter.com/caribouband

1. Oma. Irama & Rite - Biduan
2. Rome Sithammarat - Sao New Look
3. Paternoster - Old Danube
4. Melvin Ukachi - Come And Dance
5. Percussions - 07 Nov 2011
6. Marcus Mixx - Psychousic (12" Club Mix)
7. K Hand - Come On Now Baby
8. Underground Resistance - Hardlife (Aaron Carl Remix)
9. DBX - Squirrel Bait
9. Sueno Latino - Sueno Latino (Derrick May's Illusion First Mix)
10. Steve Parks - Still Thinking of You
11. Magnetic Touch - Falling In Love With A Dream
12. Mike James Kirkland - Hang On In There
13. The Valentines - Breakaway
14. Nohelani Cypriano - Lihue
15. Marcos Valle - Mais Do Que Valsa
16. Darondo - Didn't I
17. Albert Ayler - Heart Love


Solid Steel Radio Show 24/4/2015 Hour 1 - Caribou

Tom Waits (on Jim Wilson): "Wilson, he's always playing with time. I heard a recording recently of crickets slowed way down. It sounds like a choir, it sounds like angel music. Something sparkling, celestial with full harmony and bass parts - you wouldn't believe it. It's like a sweeping chorus of heaven, and it's just slowed down, they didn't manipulate the tape at all. So I think when Wilson slows people down, it gives you a chance to watch them moving through space. And there's something to be said for slowing down the world."

Source: "Woyzeck to run at Freud Playhouse". Daily Bruin (USA), by Andrew Lee. December 3, 2002

Find more on the recording on this link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023815586

Tom Waits on Tom waits talking about this recording - http://gloriousnoise.com/2008/tom_waits_interviews_tom_waits

More on the recording - http://hearingvoices.com/transcript.php?fID=142

You can buy original recording here - http://www.amazon.com/Gods-Chorus-Crickets-Jim-Wilson/dp/1932192077?tag=viglink124132-20

Original recording from the author - http://www.constancedemby.com/godscricketchorus_f.html

And more: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/10/13/weekend-diversion-is-this-an-amazing-chorus-of-slowed-down-crickets/

Jim Wilson | God's Chorus of Crickets | crickets audio recording slowed way down

FREE DOWNLOAD unlocked as of April 12


Eskmo: Earth and Words Mix – 2013

intro: Many P Hall: Jacobs Ladder *
Eskmo: Oh In This World of Dread, Carry On
Eskmo: Rose
Eskmo: Buffalo
Eskmo: We Are All Terrestrial
Eskmo: 1996
Eskmo: Soul Music
Eskmo: Push and Pull
Eskmo: I Just Want
Eskmo: Giants
Eskmo: Lifeline
Eskamon (Amon Tobin & Eskmo): Fine Objects
Eskmo: Shadow
Hundred Waters: Boreal (Eskmo Remix) **
Eskmo: Deep Sea
outro: Many P Hall: Jacobs Ladder*

(all tracks on Ancestor unless otherwise noted)
* Philosophical Research Society, Los Angeles
** forthcoming OWSLA

Eskmo - Earth and Words Mix (Free Download)

Originally recorded by Glass Ghost for their 2009 debut Idol Omen, this version features Sharon on vocals, Eliot Krimsky on Wurlitzer, and Mike Johnson on drums.

“Eliot Krimsky is one of my favorite writers. His left hand is hip hop, his right hand is jazz, and his lyrics are beat. This is one of the first songs I ever heard of his and I was absolutely tickled he wanted me to sing it. I hope I did it justice.” – Sharon Van Etten

In Closing (MCRP 10)

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