http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com A blog and podcast highlighting leftfield music Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:10:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today we are taking a journey to a place where the air is fresh and the scenery cinematic. playlist ---------------- 1 Waiting Room - Cobblestone Jazz 2 Running Away - Datassette 3 Lime in Da Coconut - Cobblestone Jazz 4 Sunrays - The Other People Place 5 Mind ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2008/07/01/mountainside-road/ Im happy to share an excellent guest mix from bec paton. I've been bumping this all week on the way to work and love it. This set was recorded as a support for none other than DJ Krush in May. She is a huge fan and managed to surprise mr ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2008/06/12/eastern-promises/ After a break we are back on the regular bi weekly transmissions. This episode expands on the dubbed out tip but including a smattering of electro flavour. Playlist 1 Eclipse - Kit Clayton 2 Floorida (Dynamix II's Non-Stop Electro Remix) - Rabbit In The Moon ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2008/05/27/intervals/ An excellent guest mix by flippo including some of his own productions keeping it deep and dubby.... Rhythm & Sound w/ Jah Batta -- Music Hit You -- [Burial Mix] Flippo -- Flood -- [dub] Pole -- Rondell Zweii -- [Kiff] Pole -- Silberfish -- [Kiff] Deep Chord Presents: Echospace -- Aequionoxiuim -- [Modern ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2008/04/22/blaze-up-aquacultures/ In August 2007 Elektron CEO and co-founder Daniel Hansson passed away in an unfortunate auto accident. It is in large part his creative vision and eye for detail that have made Elektron's products what they are today. The 45 Tribute pays homage to his creative genius and his philanthropic spirit. ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2008/04/12/elektrons/ I know its been a while between episodes and posts. I haven't had access to turntables regularly but am sorting that out at the moment... Some interesting things ive dug online of late.... Im really excited about this documentry about Teo Macero. info from Play that Teo Teo Macero is the legendary ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2008/03/07/webspace/ Another request for a transmission reupload ^^ mix by drox playlist -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 808 intro 2 Hip hop Be Bop - Man Parrish 3 Sann Sann - Clatterbox 4 C.O.D. in the Bottle - Man Parrish 5 Al-Naafiysh (the soul) - Hashim 6 Lesson 4 - Dj Shadow 7 Funk 003 (route) - ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/11/17/retrospect-pt-3-reup/ One of the most fascinating audio documents from the last decade was no doubt The Conet Project: Recordings from Shortwave Numbers Stations, a four CD set of recordings from mysterious radio transmissions of unknown provenance believed to be secret government communications. They generally consist of male or female voices in ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/11/17/calling-out-of-context/ guest mix by the Sentinel from southern outpost In this episode we go deep and dubby, sit back in the easy chair and relax and enjoy the gentle massage on your cortex.... playlist ______________________ Sunset - Echospace Aequinoxium - Echospace Falling Leaves - Mark Furstenberg Reverberate - Substance & Vainqueur Aerial - Rhythm & Sound Music A Fe Rule ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/11/03/deep-and-spatial/ painting pictures on silence painting pictures on silence - mixed by drox Another request for a reupload. New mix up in the next couple of days.. peace! In this episode we travel through some minimal dubbed out goodness from berlin via detroit and england for some lush electronic bliss. The captain has ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/10/15/painting-pictures-on-silence/ Another great guest mix by J. Ben Leonard from flood watch music. His dissection of many a hip hop, funk and jazz record and general music blogging in the last little while (or at least since I found his blog anyway) has compelled me to invite him to compile this ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/10/04/beautiful-technology/ Just a quick heads up come that im in the finals for the melbourne fringe festival DJ comp called FRINGE SPIN. If your in Melbourne come along and check it out. I promise to be awesome and make pleasing sounds come out of the speakers. The theme is "around the ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/09/27/fringe-spin-dj-comp/ This is an excellent guest mix from Matt Levinson (dj calico) who edits Cyclic Defrost magazine and hosts Join The Dots, Thursday nights, on FBI 94.5 from (Sydney). "One of my friends got permanent residency on Friday. It shouldn’t be something to celebrate. He was recognised as a refugee from Afganistan ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/09/18/overland-from-kabul/ After a couple of requests Ive uploaded this mix again. It was recorded as a prelude to summer in 2005 and was the first mix that christened this podcast. So I guess a few of you may have missed it. It really just mellows me out defiantly a great ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/08/19/get-down-with-the-get-down/ Sometimes I want to take time out from things for a few moments and my ears become tired from all of the music I feed them and at times they want to be soothed with melodies and fragments of sound rearranged in a pleasing order. This remedy helps me zone out ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/08/08/quiet-still/ As I mentioned in an earlier post I’ve moved from Sydney to Melbourne not so long ago. Im scrawling the rough draft of this post while standing outside on a midweek morning with an icy chill running through my fingers. Winters in Melbourne are much the same as ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/07/15/midi-in-the-city/ Memories recall, the brain and hip hop. Drum breaks and Horn Loops. When I first understood the power a virtual snapshot could trigger a memory of another time, which is the essence of what advertisement and marketing people try to express in the visual media. I understood straightaway the feelings this ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/05/23/food-for-thought/ It’s been a little while between transmissions. Ive recently relocated from Sydney to Melbourne and don’t have access to turntables at the minute. But im working on that. :)  Chick Corea at the Melbourne Jazz Festival The great people over at melodytrip.com have asked me to review the Melbourne jazz fest for ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/05/12/my-favorite-things/ Mid last year a good friend of mine emailed me and asked, "what is IDM?" I became quite animated and started telling him about artists that I have been into since the mid 90's. Releases like the Artificial Intelligence series from Warp and many of their artists including Aphex twin, ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/04/14/the-war-of-art/ Welcome to another transmission. The EAT METAL ZONE party went well, it was great to see some familiar faces, along with some new ones. Im a big fan of re/discovering the roots and or history of things. As the saying goes "Its not where you've been but where your at" ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/04/12/phases/ As i Mentioned in the first installment of "ode to the 808" the little beatbox has been name checked in many releases over a number of genres. Track 1 is some of the soundbites of tracks i could think of that mention it.... This will be the final in this series. If ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/03/13/retrospect-pt-3/ some more electro for the peoples... playlist 1 Egypt egypt - Egyption lover 2 Its just begun - Rocksteady crew 3 Basstronic - Unknown DJ 4 Expo 2000 - Kraftwerk 5 Arabian dreams - Dynamik bass system 6 Back to the old school (scratch mix) - Mike dread 7 Confutation - Redagain P and Keen K 8 ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/02/27/retrospect-pt-2/ Not too long ago I was considering selling my beloved TR808. A relic from the 80’s that just keeps on doing its thing. It has such a distinct sound and I guess a few genres of music would not have happened without it. I can safely assume that everyone has ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/02/22/retrospect/ painting pictures on silence - mixed by drox In this episode we travel through some minimal dubbed out goodness from berlin via detroit and england for some lush electronic bliss. The captain has been given strict instructions for us to return back to base in the fourth quadrant. After a bumpy ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/02/07/painting-pictures-on-silence/ Wow, another week has flown by again. Out here on the outer rim we have been busy repairing the ship for the next voyage. That bloody comet damn near took us out. The captain ported this transmission while we wait for instructions on the next destination. Enjoy. 1 Farandole - Bob ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/01/28/burnin-up/ This episode takes us on a journey into the outer solar systems via some tasty covers of ryuichi sakamoto, Africa Bambatta and led zeppelin then full throttle to the moon with some deeper shades of driving 4/4 goodness with a sprinkling of dub and latin. Flight boarding in 0100 hours. ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2007/01/17/ape-boogie/ As i happened onto my regional newspapers website on this fine christmas afternoon, i noticed a headline "the godfather of soul is dead." James died at 73 from pneumonia and died around 1.45am local time (1745 AEDT), said his agent, Frank Copsidas, of Intrigue Music. This man had such a vast ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2006/12/25/james-brown-is-dead/ Wow, it’s been a little time between posts, finally the turntable has returned, but still has some little problems, she is old so I forgive her for having little quirks. So much great music at the moment, I’m super impressed with the planet rock cover (I know it sounds bad) ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2006/11/30/off-beat-at-workshop/ still waiting for the turntable to be fixed. This is a guest mix by a great young turntablist from sydney named cbay. watch out for this kid...... New school hip hop. if you dig this mix contact cbay here and show him some love. tracklist ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- intro organic thoughts - get it right little brother - for ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2006/11/18/on-the-flipside/ Ive been itching my to post the first podcast for weeks, patiently waiting for one of my turntable to be fixed. Its heating up here in Sydney, everyone seems to be spending more time outside, days are longer and weekends are lazier. This mix really just mellows me out defiantly a ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2006/11/04/get-down-with-the-get-down/ 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 ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2006/10/17/rediscoveries/ 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 ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2006/10/16/unique-tattoos/ 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 ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2006/10/14/the-future-of-electronic-music/ 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 ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2006/10/14/feed-my-ipod/ 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 http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2006/10/12/keeping-it-peel/ 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 ... http://thoughtlabaudio.podbean.com/2006/10/10/offworld-sounds/