Xray Dubs - vinyl tag

Autonomous Production AUTON01 "The Dead Walk" / "Dark Arts Of Dub" vinyl

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:19:22 GMT

A: The Dead Walk / Bellweather Beaten
B: Dark Arts Of Dub / Dub Forever International
Out Now through Vinyl Factory Distribution.

Also available within two weeks on iTunes Music Store.

Dead Walk / Dark Arts of Dub label artwork

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:05:23 GMT

Thanks to Andrew Jones for his patience and effort in providing this excellent art for the new record. Off to the factory for pressing this week! A and B side label shown below - click for larger version.

The Dead Walk / Dark Arts Of Dub - Vinyl 12" Available (southern) Autumn 2007

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:37:43 GMT

Vinyl releases

Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:12:59 GMT

Victor Xray will be available from early 2007 on vinyl! I will be releasing mostly 7" vinyl, the first due sometime in January.

This is something like next year's release schedule (with links to the MP3s):

First release;
A: 'Melodarimbic Internationale' (also on the Clan Analogue In Version dub comp)
B: 'Hard Dub International' (remix of above)

The A side at 4m50s pushes the limit what you get on a 7" at 45 rpm, but that dubby stuff is better off on 7" ... I may remix the tracks in question to get them to the magic 3 minutes and maximum loudness.

The next 7" release should be;
A: 'Living Stylistic'
B: 'Fine I Me Nozzle' (riddum)

A later 12" release might include;
A1: 'The Dead Walk'
A2: (Dead Walk remix)
B1: 'Dark Art Dub'
B2: 'Bellwether Beaten'

I was also thinking of pairing these two on 12", but I need some remixes;
A: 'Gassing Gangsters'
B: 'New Sharp Blues'

If anyone wants to volunteer for remixes for possible release, I can supply Ableton Live sets for all of these tracks, please email me at;

scot (dot) mcphee (at) gmail (dot) com

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".