Monday, May 23, 2011

my rainy spring walking music

I have been listening to Hatcha/Crazy D mixes from their weekly show on kiss in the UK. Coki and 16bit are my favorites. It has been the soundtrack to long walks around the city. Coki really presses existential weight in his productions. I think it is the most honest type of music i have heard to the times we live in. Humans and machines warping in mutated relationships with extremely dark conclusions and uneasy outcomes. Crazy D keeps it in balance with the constant shout outs and toasting dog noises. I have been reading Nick Land's newly released book Fanged Noumenia put out by Urbanomic which perfectly compliments the sounds of the dubsteppers. For those interested... check out Nick Land's blog Urban Future .......I recently did live sound engineering for an extraordinary musician. Her name is Miranda Cuckson. She did a solo violin performance on Un Ser Con Alas Enormes by Ileana Perez-Velazquez which was completely engaged and passionately executed. It was a rare example of an acoustic musician going head to head with an electronic element and creating a exchange which was alive and vital. .