tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140788842008-05-10T13:45:43.212+01:00droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comBlogger116125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-11744972098927962072008-05-09T13:46:00.005+01:002008-05-09T13:59:50.148+01:00

This is a quick note to introduce the newest member of weareie - Executive Steve. Some of you will know him from various forums as 'Tyranny', and regular readers might recognise him from the Slick DJ Naphta interview that was posted here a while back. Steve is a great writer, and is far more up to date with new music than the rest of the willfully ignorant and decrepit archivists that reside here

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This should be a good one. I saw General levy a few years back in Germany and he was great - expect a few rewinds of 'Incredible'. Storm is playing an old skool set, Subtle Audio's Code is playing with the Reach lads, and there'll be some serious bass pressure from soundsystem stalwarts Worries Outernational and Firehouse Skank. Only a few miles outside the city too. if the weather holds it

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To end this string of blogariddims posts on a slightly morose note - some of you may be saddened to hear that the cast is due to end at episode 50 - in approximately 20 weeks or so. There's various reasons for this, the difficulty in finding new and dependable candidates and the amount of time it takes to organise and manage the cast being the main two. It may not seem like a lot of work but (cue

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-89549019613266503462008-04-30T14:27:00.004+01:002008-04-30T21:40:52.673+01:00

Seeing as we've made it to 40 episodes, I thought this would be a good time to refresh things and offer up a summary of where we are at the moment whilst collating all the essential info. This post is intended replace the old and cobwebby blogariddims post currently in the sidebar, so apologies to regular readers for any repetition. For those that don't know, Blogariddims is a fortnightly

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-40798025783792624452008-04-29T12:11:00.009+01:002008-04-29T15:22:28.757+01:00

So we've hit a weary but respectable 40 with an absolutely spectacular set from Messrs Eden and Meme, the Jam and Lewis (or maybe the Jam and Spoon?) of Blogariddims: Grime in the Dancehall. Though its something Ive taken for granted since I first started delving via Deuce magazine some years back, the seemingly intractable connections between dancehall and grime have been debated time and again

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-73829038006649207942008-04-22T16:51:00.004+01:002008-04-26T14:35:13.278+01:00

Truly excellent mix from the legendary DJ producer - one of the few artists in his field that I have a lot of time for, due to his clean production style and instinctive grasp of dancefloor dynamics. This is an Ableton mix, and having delved deep into this stuff myself I can say that using a computer is probably the only way you could mix a tight set of tunes from this era, and this set is

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-81200181508275288022008-04-22T16:27:00.002+01:002008-04-22T16:42:46.496+01:00

In all the kerfuffle of sorting this out I forgot to post about it here. Its paypal only for the moment until it gets picked up by some of the more established MP3 stores. The MP3s are DRM free 320s with full printable artwork (including the CD surface). Click on the image above to get it.

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-4710740525686027692008-04-21T14:11:00.007+01:002008-04-29T16:50:58.983+01:00

Whilst browsing in vain for a promised FACT review of the Naphta LP, I stumbled across Kek-W's 'History of Ambient' articles: Part 1Part 2Part 3Now, as always, there are details to grumble about, but all in all its a pretty solid primer, and to be honest, if I was asked to write a history of ambient in just a few thousand words I would probably fail miserably. One thing that does wreck my head

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-39243896794729633132008-04-15T15:50:00.004+01:002008-04-16T14:07:27.403+01:00

Blogariddims this, Blogariddims that - this blog is fast becoming known as the Blogariddims site (for real), but here's a nice little mention of the cast in a review of Heatwaves 'England Story' from the New Zealand listener: Though it is many things to many people, the ubiquitous term podcast is fast becoming a valuable signpost to assist music discovery. Like mixtapes, there’s an awful lot of

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-10862567896217266982008-04-14T15:47:00.010+01:002008-04-29T16:52:51.914+01:00

(Droid sez:) Typical. You wait weeks for a Blogariddims, and then 2 come (almost) at once! This episode brings the schedule back in line for the first time in months, and its a stonker of an eclectic electronica mix, reminiscent of our Electronicack mix from last year, and eerily similar to the kind of multi-genre mixing myself and Slug used to do on Saturday nights on Power FM back in the late

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-6577431753299037452008-04-08T16:44:00.002+01:002008-04-09T20:11:04.569+01:00

Usually this kinda thing doesn't float my boat, but Ive been blown away by these mixes from The Rub since someone posted a link to them on SC. Obviously I'm most endeared to the early 90's stuff - shit that gives that warm nostalgic buzz as I was listening to it at the time. Plus - like dancehall from the same period, theres all those moments of semi-recognition when you hear some of the many

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-42389436453763198162008-04-07T21:18:00.003+01:002008-04-08T16:41:32.839+01:00

OK, I admit it. I've failed to keep the rabble in line, and the Blogariddims schedule has become the kind of shambling and unpredictable mess that Ive been trying to avoid since we started this podcast. Good news is that 39 and 40 are reportedly in the bag, and last weeks episode is now up - a haunting minimal ambient classical set from the erudite Tim Rambler, and in case you missed it,

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-6723849529639775432008-03-11T14:22:00.002Z2008-03-11T14:29:13.041Z

This should be hitting the shelves very soon, and if you've been wondering what Ive been doing for the last couple of months, you'll find the answer on page 1! Do yourself a favour and keep your eye on this site for more info. I will be distributing a limited number of copies to All City, City Discs and Spindizzy here in Dublin, so local readers who don't want to pay for postage should watch

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-42157322123799092972008-03-05T10:45:00.004Z2008-03-11T12:16:46.786Z

This finally came out last week after an extended delay due to a canceled episode. Its another superlative reggae/dancehall mix from the Heatwave crew, currently riding high after the launch of their Blogariddims inspired England Story Compilation on Soul Jazz. Get it here.

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-65910703139411242552008-02-25T16:42:00.003Z2008-02-25T16:59:15.557Z

Naphta's Long Time Burning - Album of the week at Warpmart. Blogariddims goes mainstream. Heatwave's England story finally gets set for an official release. Reggae legend Joe Gibbs passes away. Pole pushing the Hessle sound in his new mix. Paul Autonomic killin' it with a new dubstep/techno/electronica/'what do you call it' selection. Heatwave sum up 2007 bashment in 70 minutes. Reggae

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-51823238178039612622008-02-07T18:40:00.000Z2008-02-07T19:53:38.758Z

A couple of links to shows that I guested on recently here in Dublin... the Dave Fanning show on RTE Radio 1, and Donal Dineen's late-night alternative music show on Today FM. RTE Radio 1 is the principal national station while Today FM is a big commercial thing, mainly talk-show driven (Dineen's rather eclectic show excepted). My remit on the Fanning show was vague: to somehow fit the whole

naphtahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15671054182836035771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-8360801654978843542008-02-05T14:07:00.000Z2008-02-05T17:13:17.500Z

This is a mix which summarises my listening habits for the past 6 months/9 months or so. It ended up being comprised of nearly all guitar/instrument based ambient with a bit of post rock and classical in there as well. The approach is in the vein of the swhantology mixes, check here and here for info on the ideas behind it. I've been toying with the idea of doing a mix over the christmas break

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This going to be absolutely amazing. Nice venue. A faultless line up. Reggae, dancehall, dubstep and jungle. 4am closing. It's like a dream come true, and promises to be one of the best nights Dublin has seen in years. UK and European readers - if you ever wanted an excuse to visit then here it is. Big up the Reach crew!

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-59489188854535513322008-01-23T15:46:00.000Z2008-01-24T19:37:19.068Z

...after an extended Christmas holiday - due mainly to some pesky scheduling problems. After some odd goings on towards the end of last year, we're back on track with a new schedule and the first show of 2008: Paul Meme's fantastic '2step heaven' all vinyl selection of classic garage. Like most of us on these shores I pretty much missed out on garage during its heyday, as for some reason, despite

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-33548963438462229442008-01-18T14:18:00.000Z2008-01-18T14:28:11.712Z

Since that last post Ive been engulfed in such a tide of complaints, (some of them quite insulting and hurtful) that Ive relented and decided that there will be prizes after all. Seeing as no-one got the right answer, I've selected 2 winners from everyone who commented using a complex formula involving the I-Ching, 6 x 32 sided AD&D dice, a random number generator and several rounds of

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-14783105638151176142008-01-16T21:50:00.000Z2008-01-16T22:05:25.035Z

I suppose its about time I posted these. The answer was (obviously) Captain Jack Sparrow from Pirates of The Carribean. Only recently Naphta confessed to me (in the strictest of confidence) that he'd been obsessing over the films, and whilst choking back briney tears went on to say that Johnny Depps' camp performances had affected him on a deeply personal level - that 'everything is different

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-75101067298761972672007-12-21T13:51:00.000Z2007-12-21T22:41:18.642Z

Finally! Its out, and you can buy it here. Not an ideal time to launch a new album, but the junglist massive have been screaming for this one all year, and there's been a very positive reception from punters and critics so far. To celebrate the launch, we're giving away two copies of the CD - one each to those of you who can answer the following question correctly: Who has had the more profound

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-71794420907308314422007-12-08T21:03:00.001Z2007-12-22T14:45:40.787Z

Blogariddims 33 comes from a Modyfied Slug - track selection by Modyfier, reinterpreting and mixing by me via Cycling 74's MAX/MSP. Rather than talking about the music in this mix i wanted to document how the mix and the idea behind it came into being and was developed from there. Below are segments from email discussions myself and modyfier had in preparation and during the creation of the mix.

slughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06508150063585663244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-1939817060700661962007-12-03T14:36:00.000Z2007-12-08T20:29:52.171Z

So theres been three episodes since Ive been away - a lot to catch up on. Thanks to Slug for keeping the feed updated in my absence. First up is the most recent - Stelfox's 'One drop and you don't stop' from Monday. A nicely mixed dip into the wealth of One Drop rididms currently dominating the dancehalls and radios of Jamaica. Ive had a few reports of problems with the cast on this one, but Ive

droidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06276962882532347259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14078884.post-42039170248381919392007-11-15T19:08:00.000Z2007-11-15T19:11:37.094Z

And as you can see I picked up a few things on my travels...

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