Sensational six suit sun and fun. Image from Zimoun and Hannes Zweifel’s new sonic installation.

Amalgamating bleeps, plodding bass, siren synth and vocal melody creates a catchy party pleaser.
Hot Natured – Forward Motion (feat. Ali Love) Link | Buy

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Dual basslines of sustained whirls and voluptuous puncher makes for hypnotic hype. From Iris LP.
Tom Trago – What You Do (feat Tyree Cooper) Link | Buy

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Another bass belter from the Berlin based duo. Ears open, more tales to come.
Who Made Who – Every Minute Alone (Tale Of Us Remix) Link | Buy

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Dubby deep delight with dreamy distant melodies and scatty soul vocal.
Recloose Ft. Dwele – Can’t Take It (Milton Jackson Remix) Link | Buy

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Bongo bliss from this gradual filtered piano pleasure. Subtlety and softness.
Move D – Your Personal Healer (Hydraulic Guitar By Juju) Link | Buy

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Tantalising teaser that patiently shifts through tension building and release.
Andre Lodemann – Where Are You Now Link | Buy

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As sun comes out and deadlines set in here is a track from Maceo Plex, a smooth, deep and steady roller with the remix by Maya Jane Coles. Perfect for laying out to in the sun of zoning in on the computer – the choice is yours…

Maceo Plex – Your Style (Maya Jane Coles Remix)

(Photo from Jess Gough‘s Solo Show at the Exit Gallery in Soho – Check It!)

Last friday the stright talking illustrator Richard Sayer (aka French) got into a bit of a squabble with one of his customers from the United States through an exchange of emails.

I guess as a way of venting his anger, Richard decided to publish the emails on his blog. I truly believe that recording  thoughts and feelings is the greatest use of blogger (which is essentially an online diary anyway), so it’s refreshing to see an artist use there blog in this way and not just as another platform to promote and sell  work.

We applaud French for not holding back and hope that other artists follow suit.  

Below I have re-posted the conversation between the artist and customer but I suggest you head over to the funeral french BLOG and check out the original post as well as the comments.

Our favorite comment comes from British illustrator Dave The Chimp who explans how much work goes into sending out prints that customers have paid pennies for - ”I’d like to send him an envelop full of razor blades”.

Its always flattering when some one buys a print from my site and I think, thats seriously cool, they must be a like minded person, reasonable and interested in having a piece of my art. Rad!!!

Here’s a great email conversation for you:

— On Thu, 4/14/11, Jake Williams wrote:

From: Jake Williams
Subject: Plague Doctors order
To: funeralfrench@yahoo.com
Date: Thursday, April 14, 2011, 4:31 PM

I ordered the Plague Doctors print from you on March 22. I have yet to hear anything regarding this order. Has it been shipped? If I don’t hear from you in 24 hours, I’ll assume that you’re bullshit and begin the dispute process through Paypal.

Jake Williams

—

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:08 AM, “French” (Richard Sayer) wrote:
Hey Jake,

I mailed your item on the 27th March, as I do all the mail on mondays. It’s gone to this address:

xxxx
xxxxx
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
United States

It can take 2 weeks or more sometimes to get to an address as far away as you in the states. Maybe chill, relax, have a cuppa and put your feet up. If it doesn’t come in the next 7 days, drop me and an email and we can work out what you wanna do.

Cheers for the rude email.

french

—

From: Jake Williams

I guess you’re new to how things work on the internet. Let me inform you. When a buyer purchases an item from a seller, the seller provides confirmation that the item has been shipped. The buyer doesn’t need to request this because it is assumed. Clearly you’re unaware of this because you are new to the internet. That’s fine. Hopefully you’ll learn. Allow me to continue. The buyer always sends the item withsome sort of tracking. This practice has two benefits: 1) The buyer can track where the package is, and 2) The seller has proof that the package has been delivered. You see, if you don’t send it with tracking, as I’m assuming you didn’t, what is stop me from receiving the package and then claiming I never received it?

A PayPal dispute has been opened. Check your PayPal account.

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I couldn’t be arse with this nobhead, so I refunded him. I hope he gets the print soon and every time he looks at it he can realise he’s a massive twat.

The recent DJ Kicks compilation collaboration between Wolf + Lamb and Soul Clap features numerous new exclusive tracks amongst others. It seamlessly stitches smooth sounds into a single sensation session. These two are subtle vocal wonders with squelchy square bass.

Soul Clap - Lonely C (feat. Charles Levine) | Buy

SECT - In The Park (feat. Ben Westbeech) | Buy

Aural and visual treats from one release. KSD’s forthcoming Daemon, with its stompy plucking bass and sawing strings, has been visualised by Dark Matters, another analogue wonder.

Kenton Slash Demon – Daemon | Buy

Image taken from the brilliant ‘Things Organized Neatly‘ blog. Here’s some equally super sounds.

Introduced in Caribou’s podcast, which featured an edited Daphni version. Zimbabwe fun!
Thomas Mapfumo – Shumba | Buy

From a collection of unreleased tracks made between 1984-90. Melodic analogue early house.
Virgo Four – I Have Always Wanted | Buy

Spatial splendor. Slow start with distant clangs and breathing pipes, delivering dreamy delight.
Robag Wruhme – Thora Vukk (12 Inch Edit) | Buy

As featured on the Raw Cuts compilation, this one pumps a heavy drum with mysterious organ.
Motor City Drum Ensemble – There’s A Truth | Buy

Warning! Cheeky bobbing bass throughout to accompany relentless explicit lyrics.
Mike Dunn Presents Mr. 69 – Phreaky MF (Original Phreak Mixx) | Buy