Reviews / Promo’d / 19 / 02 / 2012
BLAKULA / BACK FROM MYSTERY CITY / BEAR FUNK Italian Horror with a post-punk funk edge. Metallic echoes of Levene. Wobble-like bass. Richard Sen’s Padded Cell with harpsichord flourishes, thigh-bone trumpets and the Jajouka’s rhiatas. Sharing Barry Adamson’s “Moss-Side Story”s obsession with the night and musicians in sharp suits, Cold War spy theme guitar riffs...
What’s It All About? Balearic Beat In 2012.
I was asked to write a piece for a friend about something relating to the website, so I have taken the easy way out and opted to talk about the main musical genre we focus on and obsess about, Balearic Beat. Thought I’d share it here. It’s a musical scene that is both niche and...
Reviews / Promo’d / 09/02/12
COSMIC HOFFMAN / SPACE DISCO / EMOTIONAL RESCUE One side is Kriedler & Cluster, Von Spar & Froese, on a Tangerine Dream Kosmische Space Rock trip to the void. The other a Balearic Cosmic chugger that builds and builds without every really going anywhere. It doesn`t need to. A touch of the ‘Stop Bajon’s’ about...
Reviews / PROMO’d / 25/01/2012
SUN ARAW & M. GEDDES GENGRAS MEET THE CONGOS / ICON GIVE THANK / RVNG ITNL. / FRKWYS VOL. 9 Innergaze’s Not Not Fun groove, Hype Williams’ post-Aphex melodies, shards of King Sunny Ade Ju Ju guitar. Shattered into Morse. ON-U’s gotta be the obvious reference. ‘Some Bizarre’ or The Missing Brazilians. Bim’s work with...
Test Pressing – A Random Function #1 / Magazine
Here you go, the first edition of Test Pressing – A Random Function #1, our first round-up of the site. As the cover below tells you we have pulled together various articles from the site into a format that might give you something to read on your iPad on the bus. Enjoy. x. For those...
The Face / Electro
Classic classic cover of The Face here by Neville Brody from May 1984. Probably my favourite. I think its just the colours and huge brody type. It’s like the word ‘ELECTRO’ was made for him. So killer cover and a great piece. Their intro says it all really. “Rapid and solid, fast and frantic, the...
Reviews / PROMO’d / 12/01/2012
Dr Rob in the reviews corner with new releases from Scenario, Golf Channel, Andy Blake’s new In Plain Sight imprint, Jansen Jardin, Beard Science, Rogue Cat Sounds, Emotional Rescue (more on them to follow) and Claremont 56.
The Hardway Brothers / A Diabolical Liberty / I`m A Cliché / 2011
A Balearic Version Excursion, at their Satanic Majesties’ request. J.B.C – We Love You (Creation) 1990 Steven Proctor being boiled. An Andy Blake favourite. Ryuichi Sakamoto – We Love You (Virgin) 1990 Robert Wyatt on vocals and highlife guitars. West India Company – O Je Suis Seul (Editions EG) 1989 Dr Patterson & Mr Weatherall...
David Rodigan / Interview
As Rodigan gets his well earned MBE for services to broadcasting I thought I’d run this little interview that I did for a website I was working on for Kiss a few years back. David Rodigan is an industry legend, period. For the last 30 years he’s spread good, good reggae and dancehall to the...
168 / Dr Rob / Tokyo-To Kissa #10
The Tokyo-To Kissas were made, one a month, during 2007. My first year in Japan. Prior to the move to Tokyo, I had spent much of my free time recreating Harvey`s Moonshadow sessions in a shed at the end of our garden in Croydon, so I was already on a pretty mellow one. Then someone,...
Review / Kham Lingstang Band / Solan
I met Kham Lingstang about a month ago. He had been up for 48 hours (in the same shirt) and I had been drinking the fruit punch, so our conversation was a tad cyclical, but I distinctly remember Kham telling me that he hadn`t made any music recently. His “HR” responsibilities at LN-CC keeping him...
Review / KA§PAR / Ode To The Ancients EP
‘Ode To The Ancients’ comes across a little like C2 when he was still only 69. Or a paperclip person. That can only be a compliment. ‘Twin Sparkle’ is late night jam in a Chicago bedroom. Getting severely stoned with Larry Thompson and Rick Lenoir. House Jam on modern drugs. ‘Able To Find’ moves forwards...
The Orb / Forever Ambient / NME
Piece from The NME in November 1989 on The Orb and what they were up to at that time. Nice description of recording ‘A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain…’. Written by Jack Barron. Thanks to Phil Mison.
Jocks / Paul ‘Trouble’ Anderson / DJ Profile
This one comes from Jocks magazine in September 1989. Top top man.