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cool stuff Archive
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Charanjit Singh – Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat (Bombay Connection)
First noticed this in an article in “The Guide” magazine from The Guardian’s Saturday edition last weekend. So Phuture were pipped to the post by 4 years by a wedding musician from Bombay. In 1982 during a visit to the UK Singh bought some new Roland synthesisers and drum machines, including a Jupiter 8, TR [...] -
In a sea of mediocrity – 7 cuts that are worth it..
Music has become a commodity, like oil, gas, or foodstuffs. X amount of releases on the right labels in the right styles = X amount of gigs. Pick your own formulae and stick to it- the people know what to expect then, and won’t be scared by the fact that the next release is different. [...] -
First “Russian Techno” Vinyl Test pressing
Vadz has made a step closer to having a vinyl label by the looks of things… Looking forward to the finished copies…. For more info on Vadz, check here: http://russian-techno.com/ -
Andrez Bergen interviews Mark
in case you didn’t notice already, Andrez Bergen did the interview thing for fun in the murky – check it: http://www.fun-in-the-murky.com/mt/2010/01/mark-hawkins-interview.html Andrez has an interesting blog here: http://iffybizness.blogspot.com/ reflecting his expat life in Tokyo… -
Scott Robinson and Je:5 Livesets from Uglyfunk @ The Marcus Garvey, Nottingham, UK, 05.03.99
2 live sets from one of the original Uglyfunk Parties back in 1999, from Scott Robinson and Je:5 – Definitely groundbreaking and inspirational, hearing these at the time pushed me forward towards my own music making and live performances which were still a few years away from this time. Still sounding fresh as ever, check [...] -
D Knox Groove mix
Just got this from one of my old favourite US techno producers, D-Knox aka Donnell Knox, a DJ mix featuring a track from my doomsday clock album- Check it! d-knox in the mix 2 by donnellknox -
Spain in the arse – first adventures in Soundforge
Spain In The Arse – MH Edit by Mark Hawkins My first lesson in Soundforge Circa 2000 – Field recording originally made at “The End Of The World Party”, Costa Brava, Spain. A subverted DJ mix from one of the Babble DJs on the Smokescreen/BWPT soundsystem – This unfortunate DJ had [...] -
RTSW11: VADZ – NUCLEAR VOLGODONSK
Vadz (From Taganrog, Russia) has a new e.p. on his net-label which has quite in interesting story behind it: Once upon a time i was working on a radiostation and we had a task to record some speeches for Emergency Department. So, an actor from the local theater was invited and all the instructions were spoken [...] -
Blast from the past: Test Stickers
Props to Colin for finding these on flickr. Test was an absolute legend of a club in Glasgow that I played at a couple of times, and the organiser, Joe, was more than a dab hand at graphic design as you can see from these sticker designs… -
10 from the 90s
10 tracks that I found on you tube that influenced me in a big way.. this is by no means definitive, there are other trax that I would have put there had I found them, but here was what was rocking my world around 1995-1997 – generally outdoors and on a big system.. there is [...]