A lovely little stop-motion advert about the Olympus pen camera.
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Jul 09
Club Autonomic – The Fantastical Podcast
I have been listening to and loving this podcast for a wee while now, but hesitated to post it, reasons undetermined. The podcast is by D-Bridge and Instra:mental, and is something a little different from the usual mixes I post. Autonomic is a new sound of drum and bass; this is drum and bass 2009 (10/11/12/…?).
So, what makes this so special? It’s all about the influences. Think Boards of Canada, think Burial; think power ballads, think minimal house, think ’80s, think funk, think love songs without words. Mix it with drum and bass and you get Autonomic. The podcasts are a mix of influences of the sound (so, not drum and bass at all), and of course the drum and bass being produced from these influences. For me, with Boards of Canada being my #1 played artist, I just find this sound completely irresistible. It is basically mixing my favourite melodic sounds with my favourite beat. Fucking. Awesome.
Layer 6 was just posted, which in my opinion is the best one so far. And they get better each time.
I suggest you get this on the download and have a wee listen.
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Jun 09
Dub FX feat. Woodnote – live drum and bass
There is something I really love about live drum and bass. It is much like a platypus – rather strange and probably shouldn’t exist. Drum and bass is computer-driven and electronic, and just about DJs and records (should you still be that way inclined), right? That’s what makes it a little bit special.
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Jun 09
My favourite mix: Snax – Snaxmospherics
This is my all-time favourite mix in my mix collection. A delicious mix of old atmospheric goodness. Perfect for: snoozing in bed when it’s raining outside.
Tracklist:
- Chameleon – Links (Good Looking)
- PFM – One and Only (Looking Good)
- Total Science – Algebra (Good Looking)
- Tayla – Dimensions (Nexus)
- Big Bud – Pure remix (Good Looking)
- Big Bud – A Way of Life (Good Looking)
- Big Bud – Indian Summer (Good Looking)
- MI5 – Experience (Lucky Spin)
- Voyager – Hypersleep (R & S)
- Jodeci – Feenin’ LTJ Bukem remix (MCA)
- Seba & Lotek – Universal Music (Good Looking)
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Jun 09
Flickr Gallery: A Sweet Plug-In
I have always wanted a gallery on my site, but until only recently I have used a CMS that wasn’t Wordpress. I have to say, Wordpress is bloody excellent With those widgets and plug-ins, it takes away everything I hated about the internet before. Sure, I could do it, but it was hard. Having to write code that I didn’t want to, and try to design shit; it would just make me angry. I have bad artistic temperament.
So, tonight I thought, “Hey! I’ll see if I can do that easily with a plug-in eh?” I found Flickr Gallery, which is so easy!
- Download
- Install to wp-content (I always forget and have to hunt for that)
- Activate plug-in in dashboard
- Enter settings, once you get a Flickr API key
- Create new page, with just nothing but the text “flickr-gallery” in square brackets
- Save!
- Look!
Man the internet is just so easy these days!
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Jun 09
Quotes for a life
“For what it’s worth, it’s never to late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, start whenever you want. You can change, or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you, and I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of, and if you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.” –Benjamin Button
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Jun 09
My Personal Way-Back Machine: Storm over Antwerp
I was talking about storms with my workmate and I told him about this crazy cloud I took a photo of when I was living in Antwerp.