Category: experimental

SXSW and thereafter

What a surprisingly delightful place Austin turned out to be. Not exactly sure why I have this latent distrust of Texas; after all you’d have thought I’d have lived through enough racism not to fall into the trap of tarring all with the same brush. But yes, for some strange reason I expected all Texans [...]

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Posted by kiterae on June 4, 2009
Dan Deacon’s dayglo fest @ The Great American Music Hall

After an hour with Dan Deacon it’s easy to forget which way up is normal. This guy just does not follow the rules. Don’t believe me? Just look at this blatant disregard of the way things work on the indie/dance/rock scene:
Rule #1
Let someone else build your stage. Following the support acts, a crowd of groupies [...]

Posted by harry covert on April 28, 2009
2008: Round-up of the year, part 2

Here’s part two of my top tunes of 2008.
One Month Off – Bloc Party
Sometime Around Midnight – The Airborne Toxic Event
Viva La Vida – Coldplay
I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You – Black Kids
Machine Gun – Portishead
Many Shades of Black – The Raconteurs
Paris Is Burning – Ladyhawke
Sour Cherry – The Kills
Disco [...]

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Posted by DOC on January 10, 2009
Slow down, Mofo: Best of the Blogs Mix 3

This time Harry Covert picks up the reigns for the latest in the Best of the Blogs series. Keeping things on a more chilled plane than Kiterae’s offering, this mix is part indie, part hip hop, part Xmas eulogy.Sorry, I’m afraid I couldn’t track down all the original links for these tracks, but take my [...]

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Posted by harry covert on December 21, 2008
Northern Lights XII

What can be more exciting than a new album from First Floor Power? Well possibly the even newer remix album, featuring First Floor Power’s new single The Jacket and four remixes of the same song, plus a remix of their To Do List, by people like Karin Dreijer and Hortlax Cobra (Peter Bjorn and John). [...]

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Posted by yari on May 17, 2008
Northern Lights in Russia

What was it we did again, before we had the internet? I know what I didn’t do – I didn’t make Russian cyber-friends on last.fm, who recommended some supercool music (thanks hivr!), which prompted me to scrounge around for more Russian sounds…
So we’ll take a break from the usual Nordic stuff and go to visit our great [...]

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Posted by yari on March 4, 2008
Gescom in the mix

gescomx
tracks used: puzl, dan one, keynell3, motor1, motor4, sciew spoc, chunge remixed by gescom, d1, mag, go sumo, a2, keynell autechre remix a, slow acid, b1, le shark, keynell1, polarized beam splitter, a1, go sheep, c1, whatever remixed by tara, vira rival remixed by ae, keynell remixed by ae, keynell2, pelt remixed by velocity kendall

download, [...]

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Posted by vlr on March 3, 2008
joyous new endings

…another year over and a new one just begun…
ok, a bit premature, but the yearly spirit of catharsis is in the air, whatever you want to call it. btw, santa, just in case you are passing by this way, here’s top of my wishlist (sorry, i appear to have slumped into gadget-geek mode).
so, moving on swiftly, [...]

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Posted by harry covert on December 21, 2007
Northern Lights IX

December is a busy month – no time for reflection, suffice to say that here’s something to enjoy if you ever get a chance to put your feet up and make yourself a cup of tea. Merry Christmas.
Tracks: 

Origin (Shake you down by the river) – Studio 
Heartbeats – Grizzly Bear vs the Knife 
Love will come knocking [...]

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Posted by yari on December 20, 2007
harry covert and fink @ smarties – the mixes

december saw my 5th anniversary and a fun night in Nice. the Hi Hotel did a fair job at kicking off proceedings in a bar that somehow reminded me of an Early Learning Centre.
we had a passable meal at an italian with one of the more interesting waitresses you’ll find. ‘yum, yum, yum’ was her [...]

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Posted by harry covert on December 11, 2007