August 2011
9 posts
Album Review: Ben Westbeech - There's More To Life Than This →
thevealpen.com
Recorded between London, Sweden, Holland and Germany, singer songwriter Ben Westbeech’s second album, sharing the name of a certain Björk track, ‘There’s More to Life Than This‘ draws on an atmosphere inherent in each locale.
By Ben Romberg
Event Preview: Ostgut Ton Label Showcase →
thevealpen.com
German label Ostgut Ton, the offshoot project of Berlin’s Berghain & Panorama Bar, is building a name for itself in London. Promotors Warm and Electric Minds were the first to host their label showcase in Red Gallery earlier this year.
By Ben Romberg
Ben Mursz feat. Helen Parker-Jayne Isibor - Make Out
Ben Mursz feat. Helen Parker-Jayne Isibor - Make Out | Ben Mursz
New track featuring vocals from Helen Parker-Jayne Isibor of The Venus Bushfires…
“In the age of information overload and artistic overproduction it is perhaps … the connection maker who is the new storyteller.”
—Brian Eno (as read in Energyflash by Simon Reynolds)
Brokers Hands on Their Faces →
brokershandsontheirfacesblog.tumblr.com
This needs a revisit…
Interview: Truss - Alpha-ville Podcast series →
alpha-ville.co.uk
Tom Russell (a.k.a. Truss) heralds from a small Welsh village on the outskirts of Cardiff, yet he brings some of the darker and harder elements of techno to many of the UK’s urban concrete haunts such as Corsica Studios. Having released several tracks on London techno label Perc Trax, Miniscule, Dumb-Unit Synewave among others, his sound comprises stripped-back minimal techno that is hard and driving.
Tom Russell (a.k.a. Truss) heralds from a small Welsh village on the outskirts of Cardiff, yet he brings some of the darker and harder elements of techno to many of the UK’s urban concrete haunts such as Corsica Studios. Having released several tracks on London techno label Perc Trax, Miniscule, Dumb-Unit Synewave among others, his sound comprises stripped-back minimal techno that is hard and driving.
