lets have some fun

folks.

i aint reviewing anything today. i am on strike.

but instead i'll bring your attention to a couple of things on the sidelines to the world of normal musics.

firstly. ascoltare. i have over the last few years received a few weird bit-n-pieces. but nothing like the latest experimental offering from david gwei-lo aka ascoltare. a heavy weight picture disc 12", with one side by ascoltare, and the other by um (??). having heard quite a bit of the messy electronic playfulness of ascoltare i thought i had aclimatised myself to his worldly ways. ha. this 12" is by far the most interesting artifact (cant really call it a record, or music really) to be squeezed through a letter box of ireallylovemusic hq. the music is a combination of piano, organs, glitch, broken oscilators etc, over which are uk-side tv chefs spouting supreme nonsense over their culinary creations. yes it's the art-istic version of the parker tapes! absolutely wonderful stuff. and just watch those fish spin. flip the record and things are just as weird. so give me a few days to get used to it properly. 500 copies. get fishing now.

then for the light relief mongers can i point you in this direction : http://www.leavethemallbehind.co.uk/

where modular djs join in with the glimmers/optimo/trash action where indie rock and electro fuNckups sit side by side in perfect disharmony. 2 cds, one mixed for party action, the other is untouched so those of us with silver disc polayers get access to all manner of previously vinyl only treats. mixes like this make me seriously miss the days of club going, though i suspect in my vicinity the djs aint spinning this kind of groove. more fool them.

oh, that site i referenced has apparently all sorts of lovely competitions and suchlike, as well as some rather fine design.

i suppose i will get around to reviewing the mix at some point, but hopefully by then you'll all have won yourselves a copy.

crack'on

mark e

irealylovemusic