neighbours is getting all topical soonish when a terrorist bomb blows up the pub and buildings… (also gives producers a chance to renovate Erinsborough with a cactus garden and wine-bar)
October 29, 2004
October 26, 2004
October 25, 2004
deep dish
based around “he’s a dream” from the flashdance movie, deep dish’s latest single (named after the movie) is what the music industry might call a totally hook-laden pop song with lots of sex appeal.
but to me it just sounds like tired pop music – like the kind of thing that some sony studio hack knocks off as the response to an actually great song (like the brilliance of earlier deep dish songs, mohammed is jesus anyone?).
anousheh’s vocals sound like low-ebb shania twain and the beats are just boring. the remixes are alright, but the vocal’s just too crap and pollutes everything it touches.
who’s up for giving the flipside to my negative review?
October 23, 2004
another radio show
another friday another radio show… here’s what lex and i played on the show last night.
proem – standard naming convention (80 bpm lacklustermx) – psychonavigation/couchblip
decoder ring – somersault – inertia
rhian benson feat slum village + dwele – say how i feel (bugz in the attic remix) – v2
international observer – two steps at a time sweet jesus – round trip mars
koolism – self portrait – invada
genuine electric latin love machine – smarty time – peeping tom
macromantics – hyperbolic logic – penny drop
bugz in the attic – booty la la – v2
eternia, fame, macromantics + mr clean – skillville school dance – inertia
the detroit experiment – think twice – ropeadope
boom bass + etienne de crecy – bit torrent – solid
mr projectile – love here (l’usine mix) – semisexual/couchblip
daniel meriweather – she’s got me (calculators mix) – cdr
eedl – too few arguments (no arguments at all lacklustermx) – psychonavigation/couchblip
mia – fire fire – xl
amp fiddler – i believe in you (bugz remix) – v2
twotone – pentax zoom – bug
i wolf feat damon aaron – lil things – klein
dj zeph feat raashan – floorwax – inertia
urthboy – come around (hermitude mix) – elefant traks
jill scott – rasool – a touch of jazz
lotek hifi – ram dancehall – big dada
savath and savalas – interludio humedo – warp
as always in …artist – track name (remix) – label… style.
October 22, 2004
vote now: no rider
distant sense of random menace is an album full of killer songs. i would say that, urthboy is my brother. but lots of other people have said much the same thing. various radio stations from 2ser and fbi through to triple j had it listed for high rotation, and amongst all the greatness of that album, no rider stands out as the kind of song to take things to another level.
like much of the best pop music it contrasts dark jaded lyrics with uplifting musical rhythms. the track features luke dubs and elgusto from hermitude on keys and drums, gus’s sis aja on bass, their dad john on guitar, two guys from latin group babalu on trumpet and trombone, and urthboy and toefu on vocals.
anyway, if this song isn’t in the hottest 100 in january next year there is something very wrong. the first step is getting it into the net 50 so that enough people can hear it!