A mix of 90’s Old Skool Chill- the sort of thing we used to listen to lying comatose on our purple sofa, watching the ceiling dance back in the day.
Autechre- Kalpol
Electrot’ete- I love you
Aphex Twin- Schotkey 7th Path
Reload- Le Solaire et Le mer
The Orb- The Blue Room (radio edit)
Ultramarine- Wierd Gear
Jah Wobble & The invaders of the Heart- Visions of you
The Orb- Towers of Dub
Spooky- Orange Coloured Liquid
Autechre- Eggshell
Bleep & Booster- Genki (technology remix)
Ralf Hildenbeutal- Inner Peace (from “A Mission into Drums”)
Written during a busy 18 month period of gigging with Andy Stone (BPGZ from SoxaN) on visuals. The need for new material for gigs spurred on the process. I had normally co-written with Alan (taoyoyo), so to put something together that was mostly me was a personal milestone (“Taking the Easy Way Out” was a co-write with The Beaufort Scale). Andy being a DJ as well as a VJ made useful suggestions along the way.
I sequenced the album so it started quickly and then drifted downwards in tempo to the more ambient pieces and then came back up again. My intent was to simulate being submerged and released to the surface. I was interested in the imagery of water being a metaphor for the unconscious mind, taoyoyo came up with great artwork. It came out on Lo-tek
Gothic Monks was remixed by Echaskech went down well with the Deep House DJ’s and the downtempo tracks earned plays in the Ibiza sunset bars.
I was delighted to be able to take the ambient A/V show I had been developing with Andy Stone to the South of France.
We ramped it up towards the end and were rewarded with silhouettes of people dancing behind Andy’s visuals- like a rave homage to ”Tales of the Unexpected”!
Beautiful setting, Quadraphonic sound system in the woods, great artists, huge insects, 15 hour set from Mixmaster Morris and one of the nicest crews I’ve ever met- I have never been so well looked after.
Massive thanks to Kat Fly for taking a chance on us and for setting up a tent for “you and your lover” & to Jean-Louise & Steph for being such gracious hosts. I felt I left part of my soul there when we departed.
With some crazy stages (Cow Byre and a gingerbread house in “Looking Glass Woods”) and eclectic line up to boot, Festinho is a great little festival which raises money for the Brazillian Steet children. Many acts who I’ve become friendly with have played here, which makes for a fantastic atmosphere.
Thanks to Jon and Jay for giving me the closing slot in the Cow Byre- a nice intimate space with a wicked sound system. The set went down well, apart from a bizarre request for the A-team theme!?!?
As a bonus I infiltrated into other peoples sets. I played guitar on one of Minke’s tracks earlier in the year & it was great to hear it blasting out of a sound system. Echaskech played their version of my track “Gothic Monks” on the main stage and the crowd went mental.
