Posts Tagged ‘music’

May 11, 2008

This Is Where We All Fall Out

This tune wandered into my mental jukebox the other day and just would not go away.I had Quickstep and Sidekick on cassette which if my memory serves me well had extra tracks to the LP version. It’s long surprised me that it’s never been re-released as the album ,for me, sits nicely between The Thompson [...]

May 4, 2008

The Go! Team: Doing It Right

The Go! Team
This tune has worked its way back into my affections purely by being currently employed by the BBC on a too often repeated trailer so thought I’d exorcise the full version which was originally released in 2007. The video and song, as many have mentioned before, evokes a pastiche of 70’s experiences like [...]

May 3, 2008

Counting up From 79

With posthumous thanks and acknowledgement to John Lewis
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April 16, 2008

Odd Instruments: The Mellotron

The Mellotron was and is the fore-runner of today’s electronic samplers. Its original intended use is presented here as demonstrated by David Nixon (yes the TV magician of yesteryear).
The idea was to provide access to the sound of real instruments and at the time of its conception synthesizers were in their infancy and affordable digital [...]

April 14, 2008

Oodle Doodle Do

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