Xray Dubs - last.fm tag

Nerve Agent - Amphibian Preset

Sat, 14 Apr 2007 11:21:55 GMT

Last.Fm just gets cooler and cooler every week. Now they have this little embeddable player (Flash) that allows you to stick tracks on a webpage using their streaming service. What's nice about it is that it's all perfectly legal; the music is licensed from records labels. In this case, I uploaded this material myself directly to Last.Fm (being the copyright holder and all, and it being out of print). Without further ado, I present, Amphibian Preset by Nerve Agent off the G-Type Nerve Agent album (also found on one of the Freaky Loops CDs).

Various Production - 'The World Is Gone'

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:44:11 GMT

I bought the new Various Production album (as boomkat termed them in their catalogue, the band on the album itself is actually labelled just as 'Various') 'The World Is Gone' which is out via XL. It's beautifully (read expensively) packaged 3x12" with a slightly politically dodgy but very nice drawn image on the cover.

A very weird album -- the best I can describe it as lets say dubstep or grime production with a vocal more typical of something like Portishead or other electronic music than you'd expect to find on a dubstep rekkid (eg spaceape). Interspersed with this is the occasional indie-effette track complete with acoustic guitars and wan female vocal. Very strange, but I like it very much.

About this album, Seb says;

amazing. perfect summation of what is hot right now - folk and dubstep.

interesting you say portishead . . . reminds me more of tricky at his prime. proper urban dread and rural longing.

However, I am loving the album - except for the folkie bits. I hate the folkie bits. The vocals are too wan, washed out, and nothing, and as for Folk music, it's nothing against say Woodie Guthrie. But the fucked up vocalised dubstep is very nice. Highly recommended!

Only problem; the vinyl plays are not showing up on last.fm of course.

This issue of last.fm stats and playing off vinyl is also affecting the Leo Minor 'Sudden Death City' 12" and Skream 2x12" I bought at the same time as the Various album. Actually if you like high-energy electro, I also heartily recommend the Leo Minor record. The B-side is a version of The Electric Light Orchestra's "Don't Bring Me Down".

Today's playlist

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 08:21:43 GMT

Recent track listing from last.fm ((all times are GMT))

1	Prince Phillip & The Musical Intimidators - Falling [Dub]	07:55, 24 August 2005
2	King Tubby - Killer dub	07:53, 24 August 2005
3	Bim Sherman - Sit And Wonder	07:47, 24 August 2005
4	Anthony Johnson - Dread Locks	07:41, 24 August 2005
5	Ras Michael - Zion Land	07:37, 24 August 2005
6	Dub Syndicate - Well Tuned Now, Pt. 2	07:33, 24 August 2005
7	Augustus Pablo - cassava piece	07:29, 24 August 2005
8	Jeff Dread - angel	07:25, 24 August 2005
9	Horace Andy; Prince Jammy - Problems [Dub]	07:20, 24 August 2005
10	Augustus Pablo - Rockers Rock	07:17, 24 August 2005