Messiaen and Fennesz |
I amazed and horrified my wife by spending a load of hard-earned cash on the complete Olivier Messiaen boxed set last month. Thirty two CDs (count 'em). Now that is a significant body of work to liste...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:10:00 GMT |
Granular synthesis etc... |
Hello,So, finally, I've got something artistic out of Max/MSP ~ and you can hear it in the new version of Blackbird on this page (the Granular one). I wrote a granular synthesis patch based on the mde...
Posted by on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:39:00 GMT |
James Blackshaw and Machinefabriek |
Hello Friends,James Blackshaw returned to Penryn recently and performed a corruscating set (that adjective is unavoidable for this music, might as well get it in early). It seemed so short but maybe t...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:24:00 GMT |
Car Songs |
Cars are a fertile source of song-writing inspiration in general so I gave it a go. This one started with the backing track and sounds pretty radical for this page. Hope you like it.The cars in songs ...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:34:00 GMT |
Summer work on its way |
Hi Geezers,I know you people can't live life without new material from Spid 4 so I thought I'd let you know it's on the way ~ I've been messing about with some strange synth noises to spice things up,...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 10:05:00 GMT |
Sunburned, Rosemarie Band and the Notwist |
Went to see the Sunburned Hand of the Man gig in Penyn on Tuesday night, put on by local promoting heros Lono Records. It was a drone-rock triumph. But the support act The Rosemarie Band sounded reall...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:45:00 GMT |
..also, about these new songs. |
And while I'm blogging, let me point out to you music-hungry geezers and girlzers that there are two new songs to listen to on this profile. In fact, it's two radically different versions of one song ...
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 12:11:00 GMT |
Big-style web site update |
Hi,The spids' web site has had a complete overhaul and looks much better. Plus it's much quicker to update it, which will encourage me to put more material up. Plus you can even subscribe to the pod c...
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 12:03:00 GMT |
Colin Thubron |
Hi All,You should all read Colin Thubron's travel writing. He has criss-crossed Asia for twenty years and has a talent for meeting hard-bitten locals who open their hearts to him and make him drink vo...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:55:00 GMT |
Vialka - most impressive. |
Hi All,Sorry for the lack of blogging. Penryn was rocked on Monday evening by the Gallic sounds on Vialka at Miss Peapod's cafe. This, once again, was the work of the estimable Dave Morris of Lono Rec...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:34:00 GMT |
