11-13 March sees Bloc back at Butlins (Minehead) to host what promises to be a top electronic music festival of 2011. The line-up is an endless list of to see and hear names, providing a range of styles to suit any time of the day. Unfortunately main sales have sold out, but fear not there is a list for potential cancellations.
Tom Fruin is a 36 year old American artist who was born in Los Angeles but now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Often using recycled or discarded objects in his artwork, Tom’s latest street sculpture project entitled “Kolonihavehus” incorporates hundreds of pieces of recycled plexiglass and steel that have been hand cut to create an inspiring church like green house, casting light and shadows across the plaza of the Royal Danish Library in Copenhagen.
In order to breath life into the sculpture, Kolonihavehus features light design by Nuno Neto and sound installation by Astrid Lomholt. As well as this local dance, theatre and poetry groups are set to perform around the piece based on the theme of the concrete poetry by Danish poet Vagn Steen.
Tom is set to exhibit across Europe this year including cities such as Vienna (Austria), Copenhagen (Denmark) and Geneva (Switzerland). To see more of his work please visit his websiteHERE
Recent top lot.
Gentle jazz lounge house with vocal narration by Jan Tenner.
Jan Tenner – Consciousness | Buy
Warm and patient with memorising chords by the controller of space dimensions.
Anthony Shake Shakir – Detroit State Of Mind (Space Dimension Controller Remix) | Buy
Alaska Fisheries Marketing Board (AFMB) or not, it is a super piano house track.
AFMB – Backup Days | Buy
From Lee Foss‘s fab four track EP ‘U Got Me’, magnificent melodies and soft scat vocals.
Lee Foss – Happen For A Reason | Buy
Delaying open with worthwhile octave oscillating bass melody at the break. Birds & Souls!
Birds & Souls – Birds & Souls | Buy
Simple sounds by Shonky with debating vocals and swirling chords.
Shonky – Le Velour | Buy
Joyful house by Crom & Dawson with organic drum breakdown to bring tension and hype.
Andre Crom, Martin Dawson – About You | Buy
Composed big brass belter by Lazano & Robottin to get the dancefloor bouncing.
Luca Lozano & Sacha Robotti – Bartok | Buy
Tantalising techno by Tale of Us with quantised shifting bass and passionate vocals. Party?
Thugfucker – Disco Gnome (Tale of Us Remix) | Buy
MCDE bring crisp simplicity and deep bass to make a vibration sensation.
DJ Sprinkles – Grand Central, Pt. 1 [MCDE Bassline Dub] | Buy
Here’s an awsome new collaboration piece from two of the best street artists in Northen England, Phlegm and Kid Acne, painted at the APG works in Sheffield. I love how Phlegm has intelegently incorporating 3D elements by painting rusty old fuse boxes as tiny houses. A very clever use of environment.
I encurage anyone in the area to go and have a look at the finished piece in person as photo’s can’t do the work justice. For more information on how to get to the APG gallery please visit their websiteHERE
In other news, Kid Acne has recently released a new 52 page fanzine entitled “When The Smoke Clears” which looks to be the first of many zines headed our way in 2011. The zine is priced at £10 and comes with a screen printed cover in an edition of 150, each one hand numbered by the artist. For more information you can read his blog post HERE
Andy Ash‘s edit of DeDe’s ‘S&M‘, recently released by On The Prowl, maintains the original funk and sexy seduction but with plenty more punch.
Not only does Flora Yin-Wong enjoy playing music but she likes to write about it too. You can find her publishing words for numerous websites including her own blog Nobody Cares About Kitsune and Dazed Digital. This one’s subtly deep with some sensual vocals.
01. Lee Foss – Warriors
02. Dan Ghenacia – Gentelized
03. Pteradactil Disco – Clive’s Alright
04. Maceo Plex – Vibe Your Love
05. Shonky – Le Velour
06. Sean Roman – Yeah
07. 40 Thieves Feat. Qzen – Don’t Turn It Off (Brennan Green Mix)
08. Burnski & Robert James – Malibu (Jamie Jones Music Night Remix)
09. Jozif – Suddenly Somethin’
10. Russ Yallop – I Can’t Wait
11. Will Saul & Tam Cooper – Room In Your Heart (Wolf + Lamb & Slow Hands Mix)
Critics are already calling her one of the greatest street photographers of the 20th century. Here’s the amazing story of how former estate agent John Maloof discovered the extraordinary work of Vivian Maier
Online music store Bleep.com have announced their “Top 100 Tracks of 2010”. Now an annual offering, it is an opportunity to buy the whole package in high-quality MP3s for just £30. The list includes a wide range of artists as well as spanning genres from disco classics, house, techno, hip-hop, indie, folk and modern classical. Only available until 10th February. The full tracklisting and audio can be found HERE.
We have one giftcard to giveaway. For your chance to win comment with a new years resolution. Winner announced on 31.01.11.
Beats In Space, the weekly New York radio show by Tim Sweeney, have just released episode #555. The second part of the show was a live performance by favourite John Roberts, featuring new and familiar tracks. The unreleased track at 44:00 is super sweet.
John Roberts – Navy Blue - Dial
John Roberts – Ever or Not - Dial
John Roberts – Unreleased - Dial
John Roberts – Unreleased - Dial
John Roberts – Glass Eights - Dial
John Roberts – Went - Dial
John Roberts – Hesitate - Dial
John Roberts – Unreleased - Dial
John Roberts – Dedicated - Dial
John Roberts – Blame - Dial
John Roberts – Promise - Dial
John Roberts – Unreleased - Dial
Friends over at Fill Yer Boots have released their fifth guest mix from Wolf Music’s KRL in preparation for their forthcoming event. Highly recommended. Download ▼
For one week only Pitchfork.tv are screening the full version of ‘Speaking In Code‘, a new documentary about electronic music. More than what it says on the tin, it features intimate character stories, interviews and parties from around the world. For more information and extras visit the film website.
Sensational new single by Maceo Plex from the forthcoming album ’Life Index’. Simple sounds with desperate dreamy vocals and strung chords. The engaging video‘s worth a watch too.
Here’s a fantastic film from Ovation TV’s Art or Not series. In this video we hear the views of Mat Gleason, art critic and author of the book “Most Art Sucks” who was dubbed “the National Enquirer of the Art World” by the New York Post.
What I love about Mat is how incisive he is, whether it’s his recognition of our fast food culture and how that translates to the current state of the art world: “We live in a culture of immediacy, we want it delivered to us right now, we want the answer” or his comparisons to the art industry and other industries such as film and music: ”The art world is full of people who try to get real cleaver in order to have real quick success it’s like when one movie’s popular all of a sudden there’s a bunch of knock-off’s”
All this leads to some well thought out opinions of artists he likes, dislikes and in some cases absolutely hates. Whether you love him or hate him this short film is well worth a watch:
To celebrate their fifth anniversary, Ostgut Ton have released a compilation with a difference. Fünf features tracks produced by the labels artists that have been crafted from field recordings made inside Berlin’s top club. Soundstream introduces a alternative sound than the usual disco fuel with a pounding stomper of trance inducing techno.
Happy new year! Here’s a recent remix release by Soul Minority. Underlined by slightly ominous deep sounds with unsure soul vocals but later reveals cheery piano and brass sections.
Viana & Miguel Garji – The Black Mountain (Soul Minority Mix) | Buy
