I recently aquired a massive funk collection at my local 2nd hand spot and come up with some gems that I thought id share. I managed to get my hands on a few dusties that ive been searching for…. enjoy!

In hindsight there were some cool things that came out of the 70’s,

some great industrial design

psychadelic art

and the funk

Cookies

Slippin into darkness

Wait up

enjoy.

So ive been considering getting a tattoo for quite some time but im really not into the generic tribal band, my initials etc so when I came across this french guys work via motel de mooka i was inspired to possibly chase him up if im ever in france.

… The good news is, there are a handful of artistically minded inkers at work out there, and if you’re gonna spend anywhere from a few hundred to a few grand on something that will be inked into your flesh until you die, well, don’t you want it to be atypical and dynamic and ingenious? Don’t you want something you can look at every day and go, whoa, what the hell is that, and is that really a part of my skin, and isn’t that just the most fascinating thing?

Don’t you want, in other words, a piece by someone like this French guy named Yann? Sure you do. The newish tattoo blog Needled.com pointed me to this guy’s deliriously cool work, which you won’t find in any of the aggro-trashy American tatt mags. He is, apparently, quite the sensation among tattoo cognescenti in France and Europe. Yann’s work is amazing and odd and childish and beautiful and strange, Egon Schiele meets Edward Gorey meets Picasso in a deep closet of folksy childhood whimsy. You gotta check out his gallery here

It is, of course, not a style for everyone. And you’d have to fly all the way to France to get a piece by him. But it could certainly encourage anyone considering the acquisition of serious ink to maybe think beyond your average dolphin-in-a-rainbow. Please. …

Also check out the needled.com blog for all things tattoo

An interesting article about the importance of innovation in electronic music at igloo magazine

What are your thoughts on the future of electronic music? Do you agree/disagree with the ideas put forth in this article?

While we are on about electronic music lets look back to the past and check out a radio event that has been uploaded on the archive.org website

from the site

“Broadcasted live from the Mills College Electronic Tape Music Center via a remote portable transmitter, Tom Zahuranec’s “Bucket-Ful Mercury Walk” invited listeners at home to drive to Mills and assist in creating sounds using various electronic equipment including Moog and Buchla synthesizers. Guests discovered and experimented with their manipulated voices while others helped turn nobs on the instruments. Charles Amirkhanian reports live from the event where over two hundred people attended, as well as Don Buchla who brought in one of his new model synthesizers of the time. The program features over 45 minutes of analog sounds for listeners to bathe themselves in. From a series of audience participation radio programs in which artists were given air time to create situations that physically involved the listening audience.”

the mp3 is located here

Also pop by disquiet.com for all things ambient. They have a nice selection of daily mp3’s to download, music reviews and other stuff.

I love finding free online gems. Have you found any online that I should know about, if so send me links.

Im really loving the production of one torah vinter from sweden. download her demo from her myspace page.

ive just been listening to a mix from 1985 by cosmic dj beppe loda there is an interview here and the mix can be downloaded from sonic sunset here

October 2006 : John Peel Day 2006 Keeping It Peel!

Today is the the anniversary of John Peel’s last live broadcast, and you can put on your own tibute gig on 12 October.

If you cant do that. Check out the archives at Radio one here

For my first entry I wanted to highlight an artist that I have really dug over the years Mr Kirk Degiorgio.

Ive really been revisiting his back catalogue some of which is had to find and thought id share some tunes.

If your not familiar with Kirk he’s been producing music since the early 90’s and who is probably best known for his As One album on Mowax and his short-lived A.R.T. label.

Im a sucker for the feel of his earlier productions. This is from the compilation album objets d’art under the as one guise. Isatai - As One Kirk has produced many different genres and through the years has a healthy love of analog modulars, jazzy broken beats and soul but you can feel the sense of refinement within his later work and use of more organic sounds. although I have a soft spot for the Detroit tech lushness. His later releases have a big jazz/ neo soul influence influence, depending which alias you lean towards and are great to just chill to.

here is a taster of his more jazzy productions. ups and downs - Kirk Degiorgio

His most recent release is the collaboration with Vocalist Jinadu which was recorded at the legendary abbey road studios. His singing and Kirks soulful music sit together so well. With a guest arrangement from the legendary deodato among others. Its out now on peacefrog, you can purchase from bleep or from the peacefrog website direct.

Look forward to the release of the new as one album “AS ONE: Planetary Folklore 2 - October 16th 2006″ on Italy’s Archive label. I know I am.

you can find out more about the beauty room and kirk at these links

The beauty room

more music at his myspace