en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/group/Brainwashed/journal The Last.fm group journal for Brainwashed. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/JakobVirgil/journal/2009/01/30/2fzyyd_wanna_hear_some_sounds_you_never_heard_before%3F_by_lurholm_reprinted_without_permision Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:52:03 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/JakobVirgil/journal/2009/01/30/2fzyyd_wanna_hear_some_sounds_you_never_heard_before%3F_by_lurholm_reprinted_without_permision Lurholm sent this to me in contains some of the best of the lunatic fringe of DIY.

his message went as follows
"Apskaft is happy to present the third volume in our series of member music compilations, Apskaft Presents Vol. 3, and we’re proud to say that we made it all by ourselves. On this album you will find already established acts like Tinyfolk and Ed Askew, as well as never before heard artists like Super Afrikka and Tomtar På Loftet - and everything in between. No less than 25 songs - in seven different languages! - await your ears and brains; a delightful, disturbing blend of professionalism and amateurism, hi-fi and lo-fi, seriosity and nonsense, that defies all description. Whatever you do, don’t miss this one."

I endorse this message
-Jake]]> http://www.last.fm/user/JakobVirgil/journal/2009/01/30/2fzyyd_wanna_hear_some_sounds_you_never_heard_before%3F_by_lurholm_reprinted_without_permision#comments http://www.last.fm/user/onetruetextbeak/journal/2009/01/04/2dgk4b_textbeak_%22transmitr%22_on_netwaves_radio_out_of_belgium Sun, 4 Jan 2009 14:01:06 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/onetruetextbeak/journal/2009/01/04/2dgk4b_textbeak_%22transmitr%22_on_netwaves_radio_out_of_belgium The Textbeak track "Transmitr" from "Repeat repeat delete" was featured on the September 8th Netwaves radio show out of Belgium. The live broadcast was hosted by Radio Scorpio, the first independent radio in Belgium.
The program was compiled by netlabelism, Jan, Toon, Jasper, Cap & embe.

(click below for link to archive)

[nws074] Netwaves 2.37: the summer of 2008 (September 8, 2008)

http://www.archive.org/details/nws074

Playlist:

01.Transmitr - Textbeak
02.Gayanesh - 100 Aspects of Howie Dunn feat. That Crooner from Nowhere
03.Bruxism - Ebola
04.Portland 2CB - Ebola
05.Big Bad - Automatic Tasty
06.You're A Computer - TSS Tortue Super Sonic
07.Dullness - wshgaukd
08.Sad - Experience. Hold.
09.Bigger Veins - Senza Valore
10.Wake up & wash your face in tap air - Cherly Kacherly
11.Tattoo - Tiny Creatures Remix
12.Miniatura Saxónica - b (fachada)
13.Szerelmes Nóta - Soutien Gorge
14.unchoral - Aspera
15.Vortex Diva - Automassage


]]> http://www.last.fm/user/onetruetextbeak/journal/2009/01/04/2dgk4b_textbeak_%22transmitr%22_on_netwaves_radio_out_of_belgium#comments http://www.last.fm/user/uhaftmuzik/journal/2008/12/16/2c7trs_suchre_-_refrash_now_available%21 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:32:32 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/uhaftmuzik/journal/2008/12/16/2c7trs_suchre_-_refrash_now_available%21 Suchre is the bastard offspring side-project of Suchre. The music, which shifts from gritty percussion-based power noise to ambient soundscapes to power electronics, tells stories of human suffering, incest, death, murderous rage, and pedophilia. Each track is a self-contained story of misery, depravity, mental torment, and the ultimate conclusion of human degeneracy.

The entire album is available for free download on the last.fm, an Internet-based website dedicated to releasing low-quality mp3s under the Creative Condoms license.

Unfortunately, last.fm likes to drop the quality of mp3s to 128kbps (bitches!). . . but here 'tis: http://www.last.fm/music/suchre/Refrash]]> http://www.last.fm/user/uhaftmuzik/journal/2008/12/16/2c7trs_suchre_-_refrash_now_available%21#comments http://www.last.fm/user/earthmp/journal/2009/02/04/2gid6h_new_releases_by_adrian_carter_%2526_susan_matthews Wed, 4 Feb 2009 19:06:37 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/earthmp/journal/2009/02/04/2gid6h_new_releases_by_adrian_carter_%2526_susan_matthews Today we release EP's by old Earth Monkey favourites Adrian Carter and susan matthews

EMP066 | Adrian Carter | On Bricks

New 5 track EP of ambient techno from Sheffield's Adrian Carter

EMP067 | susan matthews | Prague Soundtrack

Recorded for the aborted Prague art film soundtrack. Susan edited the recordings in early December 2008 into a 20+ minute soundscape incorporating piano, voice, recorder, percussion and music box elements.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/earthmp/journal/2009/02/04/2gid6h_new_releases_by_adrian_carter_%2526_susan_matthews#comments http://www.last.fm/user/fakemoon/journal/2009/02/04/2gh5eu_%22we_still_have_the_stars%22_reviews_roundup Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:03:31 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/fakemoon/journal/2009/02/04/2gh5eu_%22we_still_have_the_stars%22_reviews_roundup Some recent reviews of We Still Have The Stars...

"If you are a fan of dark, experimental industrial based music you
will love this" - dprp.net (9/10, recommended)

"a genre hopping exploration of sounds ... a colourful musical
journey" - terrorizer magazine (uk)

"I'm torn between playing the album very loudly or at a level to best
appreciate the depth of the mix. I might have to play it multiple
times. Good." - ministry-of-information.co.uk

"they still have a winning way with atmospheric electronica-based
material ... an accomplished, highly atmospheric and above all very
creative offering from a band who are still discovering what they're
truly capable of" - hippy towers (uk)

The album is still available as a free download from www.westillhavethestars.com and on deluxe heavyweight 12" vinyl from rough trade and burning shed.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/fakemoon/journal/2009/02/04/2gh5eu_%22we_still_have_the_stars%22_reviews_roundup#comments http://www.last.fm/user/zxzw/journal/2009/02/02/2gade0_new_zxzw_%2709_line-up_additions Mon, 2 Feb 2009 15:13:25 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/zxzw/journal/2009/02/02/2gade0_new_zxzw_%2709_line-up_additions We've added four new artists to the ZXZW 2009 line-up:

Broken Note (UK) - Filthy drum n bass, techno and dubstep
Jonquil (UK) - Our favourite band from Oxford, UK
Sleeps In Oysters (UK) - Electronica, Experimental, Alternative
Antoni Maiovvi (IT/UK) - Disco House, Electro

Of course, more names will be announced soon. With these names the currently confirmed line-up is:
Der Blutharsch, Dernière Volonté, Uri Caine, Jonquil, The Terrordactyls, Bain Wolfkind, Broken Note, Rummelsnuff, Sleeps In Oysters and Antoni Maiovvi.
More than 200 artists will perform at ZXZW 2009.

A temporary 2009 website will be up soon so you can start adding your favourites and writing the band-bio's on our wiki-based website.

For all latest festival info follow us on Twitter: @ZXZW
Interested in what's keeping us awake at the festival office? Follow the ZXZW Blog on Twitter: @zxzwblog]]> http://www.last.fm/user/zxzw/journal/2009/02/02/2gade0_new_zxzw_%2709_line-up_additions#comments http://www.last.fm/label/Phantom+Channel/journal/2009/02/02/2ga11a_phch007_-_eyes_flutter_beneath_-_inside_the_dream_laboratory Mon, 2 Feb 2009 13:16:50 +0000 http://www.last.fm/label/Phantom+Channel/journal/2009/02/02/2ga11a_phch007_-_eyes_flutter_beneath_-_inside_the_dream_laboratory

Eyes Flutter Beneath is keen netaudio student Harry Towell. Having released music as Audio Gourmet, straddling the various degrees of Ambient, through the likes of Webbed Hand Records, Towell now turns his attention to Phantom Channel, for his self-styled new direction of Bio-drone.

Inside The Dream Laboratory is designed for low-volume consumption, when sleep isn't necessary but, instead a natural, unhurried occurrence. Humans are said to spend an average of 6 years dreaming in their lifespan. Scientists have proposed many theories as to why it exists, without ever determining a definitive answer.

It's this psyche Towell intends to tap into, coiling deeply personal field recordings of a biological nature round peaceful, unpolished ambient textures to reveal a pure human element towards a genre that often strays in the other direction.

Of course, the sound presented here is open to interpretation; the journey is very much your own as soon as you click play

Download Zip]]> http://www.last.fm/label/Phantom+Channel/journal/2009/02/02/2ga11a_phch007_-_eyes_flutter_beneath_-_inside_the_dream_laboratory#comments http://www.last.fm/user/zxzw/journal/2009/02/02/2g9u59_new_confirmations_for_the_line-up_today... Mon, 2 Feb 2009 11:56:35 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/zxzw/journal/2009/02/02/2g9u59_new_confirmations_for_the_line-up_today... We've got some new confirmations for the ZXZW line-up coming up today! Follow ZXZW on Twitter (www.twitter.com/zxzw) to be the first to know!

Cheers, Erik]]> http://www.last.fm/user/zxzw/journal/2009/02/02/2g9u59_new_confirmations_for_the_line-up_today...#comments http://www.last.fm/user/Babs_05/journal/2009/01/30/2fy9zv_%5Bmy_gang%5D_music%3A_the_next_10_years%2C_2010_-_2020 Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:21:02 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Babs_05/journal/2009/01/30/2fy9zv_%5Bmy_gang%5D_music%3A_the_next_10_years%2C_2010_-_2020 Continuing my series of speculative journals:
Wonky Pop. Bahahaha
Is Pop The New Avant-Garde?
RIP Indie : 1982 - 2008


It is fair to say the 00s have been dominated by indie music. From The Strokes to The Libertines and Pete Doherty. From Oasis and The Foo Fighters all the way over to Goldfrapp, with a little wave from Bjork, indie as a genre exploded and scattered, each element evolving to form something new.

Where in the past, we had tastemaker TV, in the form of Top of the Pops and CD:UK, to inform us and influence the mass market, in the 00s we had download culture and a total disregard for what the music industry wanted us to buy. The whole dynamic shifted. We had the internet at our disposal. We could do whatever we wanted, listen to whatever we wanted, when we wanted, and on an increasing number of platforms, thanks to ever cheaper digital technology.

We slowly stopped socialising in clubs and started hanging out online. No longer the preserve of geeks and nerds, by the end of the 00s, if you don't have broadband and you are not online, if you don't at least use email, you are not in the loop.

The music industry as it was collapsed. We destroyed it. The very idea that we should pay full price for an album we have only heard one track from became outlandish. It was an arrogance we were forced to accept for decades but now, we didn't have to.

Last.fm started up around the middle of the decade. Our mass tagging for the 00s is a fair reflection of the last 10 years or so.

Retro music became big news but, in my opinion, that was tied with celebrity culture and Amy Winehouse. The fascination lay with her, not retro music. The music industry tried to monetise what they thought was a new trend, spending a good year or two searching for the 'next Amy' and the best they came up with was Duffy, who pretty much destroyed the vibe before it got going with her one-note singing.

Underground, we saw great strides in electronica, from retro 80s Hercules & Love Affair to contemporary classical Jóhann Jóhannsson, experimental Max Richter and his ringtones album 24 Postcards In Full Colour, and library music and hauntology from labels such as ghost box. We saw most of the new bedroom music come from this genre, Maps - We Can Create being a great example.

dance music didn't really change, it just went back to skool. hip-hop went abstract and underground. Flying Lotus, J Dilla, Daedelus. We got two big internet stars, Arctic Monkeys and Lily Allen. Rock was sidelined, no one listened unless it had some metal elements.

If people were complaining in the 90s that things were accelerating, in the 00s, acceleration was almost at breakneck speed, with trends barely lasting a season sometimes. Some trends arced over a number of years, but even they were forced to evolve to keep our dissipated attention. We stopped doing one thing at a time and got used to multi-tasking. Our attention became more divided once we got home from work or school, balancing demands from people around us, the television / radio, and the internet and email, with our mobile phones by our sides.

In music, people started to just grab the tracks they wanted from albums. Listening to one whole album, in one sitting, became less and less attractive. Bands responded by creating album-albums, as opposed to albums containing a few great songs and the rest fillers, but fewer and fewer artists were rewarded for their efforts, notably Radiohead.

Pop ... heh, you just missed my typo but it's so appropriate I'm going to use it... pop became poop. Having lost tastemaker TV, the only way the music industry thought they could get our attention was to morph with reality TV. So we had Pop Idol and the other one to deal with. Only a precious few actually hit the bigtime, notably Girls Aloud and Leona Lewis.

As the decade comes to a close, we see a shift away from modern America / Western values in music to an embracing of musical styles from around the world and from history.


So what of the next decade? 2010 - 2020? What can we reasonably expect? What can we predict already? What can we hope for?

I listen to a lot of music, but even I can't listen to everything, time being a factor for one thing. If we are to look at future music trends, we need to also consider wider cultural factors, as well social, political and economic climates, and global and local trends.

I'm opening the floor to you, my fellow Last.fmers. What do you see?

In conversation somewhere else, I brainstormed the following: the future of the internet and increased broadband uptake. Cyberculture. Porno avatars. Erosion of morals and inhibitions in a bid to be noticed online. Then the opposite - the new prudes. 24/7 lifestyle. Flexibility - working at 3am, working from home or the park bench thanks to new gadgets and cheaper technology. That's if technology gets cheaper. Earth's resources plundered and precious metals getting more expensive. So we either recycle our tech or pay more in future. Mass dumbing down. Ever poorer education. Inability to concentrate on one thing. Divided attention. So a division in music - music that can be enjoyed in short bursts. Or slow music, 'old-fashioned', to be taken time over. If people have time. A whole hour dedicated to one activity a rare luxury.

If artists are to do well in the next few years, they must be able to effectively use social networking sites and communicate with their listeners. Why? Because with rising mass unemployment, we can expect to see a surge in social networking, and everyone knows online advertising doesn't work. Artists must be personable and have warmth and humanity to keep listeners coming back. Communication must at least appear to be two-way between artist and listener. On the net, Radiohead lead the way. In Last.fm, it has to be Pixieguts. Of course, there are artists we don't expect to connect with to such a degree, but this new angle will become the new norm.

The current global recession will have an immediate impact on the early years of the next decade. With rising unemployment comes greater creativity. punk and indie were born out of the troubled times and recession of the end of the 70s / early 80s. We can reasonably expect to see more homemade music and it quickly becoming available to all online, especially via social network sites. Electronic has been the favoured medium until now, but with more time on their hands, it's not unreasonable to expect artists to pick up other instruments, continuing the trend so markedly brought to the fore by The Arcade Fire and Coldplay.

The second half of the next decade is harder to see. It depends how well we recover from the global recession for a start. It also depends on us finding decent alternatives to energy because as things stand, if electricity becomes too expensive, we can kiss goodbye to sitting at our PCs all day, streaming music, downloading and file sharing. If things improve and we all feel happier again, we won't need pop, classic rock and electro-disco as much as we do right now. We can go back to being introspective and will be able to afford to wallow in something miserable, or deep and meaningful, for an hour or so.

Where before it was quite easy to predict a return to a particular decade, it's not so straightforward now with no unifying medium to bring us all together. Instead, it might be helpful to look at how we use music in our lives. We always want dinner music, dance music, background music to shop by or drown out the neighbours and the city by. We always want music to relax to, seduce to, sleep and wake up to. We want music in our cars, on our mobile devices, and we want it cheaper or free. In amongst this almighty racket, we want music to think to, to inspire us, to mull over. We want music to mark out our groups, our social standing, maybe even our age. Sometimes we want a break from music we hear all the time and want to rest our ears on something different. These are all givens. We could see a rise in local collectives, such as The Arctic Circle and The Magpie's Nest. Local music for local people. Collectives create an opportunity for small performances aimed at target audiences, or just the local community. There is no need for great budgets for big concerts or extensive travelling, gigs take place in small venues that are cheap to hire. So far, they have been word of mouth, even online. Whether they catch your eye or not is down to sheer luck or serendipity.

I think as in fashion, where we no longer have a single defining style we are all forced to adopt, the next decade might be a free-for-all, with us listeners grabbing what we want, whenever we feel like it. We will be less the victims of cynical marketing and more the consumers of music that resonates with us. It means musos will be in heaven and people who need a little guidance, who aren't so into music, will feel a little lost. They will most likely turn to tastemaker bloggers for ideas. The choices of bloggers will therefore become increasingly critical. We might see a shift away from official sites such as Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and Stereogum to smaller, individual blogs run by real people with real opinions. They are already seen as more trustworthy. Mass marketing might try to fake it but hopefully, we will see through the ruse. And with the music industry having less influence on artists, we can expect to see more self-indulgence, more progressiveness across the genres. We can expect baroque prog pop and rock, as well as more jazz-influenced music.

Far from an end to music as we know it, the collapse of the music industry in the 00s will free us to explore and we should see a rise in people enjoying music. It might just be we're not all listening to the one same thing.


Babs _{My Gang}


PS: This is my 150th arcticle!

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About the release :

« Kickstart », Tom Woxom's first album released on Da ! Heard It Records

Da ! Heard It Records is going back to the classics with its ninth production: "Kickstart", the first album by Tom Woxom, a German composer fascinated by the Amiga 500.

With help from his treasured computer, a couple of keyboards and software, Tom Woxom built himself a puzzling musical universe.
Through ornate beats and powerful heady basses, this album lures the listener into multiple atmospheres. Tom Woxom dares unusual pairings, as in Sofachips, where he combines a soul voice with an electro melody on the verge of dance music.

The album is indeed very clever and enjoyable :)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/mbertier/journal/2009/01/28/2fsqyr_new_release_on_da_%21_heard_it_records_%3A_tom_woxom_-_kickstart#comments