Thursday, 9 of September of 2010
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At last its here, the Jello EP is Taoyoyo’s (Alan) debut release.
Featuring tracks we recorded from sessions in 2003. I remixed Hazy and Electrocute a couple of years later and these bonus Dialog> remixes are included in this release. Mastered by Gregg at Hermetech.
There will be some more EP’s made up of tracks from these sessions released soon
Cheeky House to make your feet smile.
Available from: here
Date: July 31, 2010
This summer has been a lot of fun gig wise. First off Ambiosonic in France. The setting is truely magical and it was great to meet up with artists I played with last year & meet some new ones. Andy Stone came over from Canada to perform visuals and despite a 24 hour delay managed to get onsite 2 hours before we were due to start! The sound system was top-notch which made all those months of prepping material worth it plus the crowd were very friendly and up for it. Seeing it go off under the stars at 1am is a memory I will treasure.
Next up Purple radio’s Warm Lager event. This was a great family day out and Sarah and kids joined us. Another wonderful setting with the DJ’s playing in a giant teepee.
The dj’s played everything from drum & bass, disco, calypso, acoustic songs plus an A/V set from Minke with some wonderfully disturbing Grindhouse visuals! Andy Stone and I performed our second A/V set of the summer. After we finished I strolled out the teepee to be greeted by the full moon rising above the site.
Finally Planet Angel’s “Chilled in a Field”. I traveled down with Input Junky. Neither of us knew what to expect, but Dom Graveson & “The Commodore” was a very affable hosts in the Chilled tent and we had a right laugh. My family & Digitonal turned up on Saturday and there were great acoustic sets from Angel Kelly and Frodo Freud. As well as our electronic sets on the Friday we somehow ended up very drunk behind the DJ booth on Saturday night. After Jon’s selection, I was too out of it to figure out the mixer and yelled out my tunes at him to play-wierdly it seemed to work- how could you not love a dodgy selection of 80′s tunes done in a gypsy jazz style! Apparently I was pole dancing around the tent- John put me to bed shortly afterwards- oooffff!
Date: July 31, 2010
Dialog> Ambiosonic 2010 by Dialog
From the Ambiosonic 2010 festival- this mix is made from tracks given to me by the artists and DJs.
Ambient, Dub, Electronica and some tribal vibes.
This is a very special festival to me- the location is stunning,the crew really looked after us and the other artists were really good fun to hang out with. I was humbled by peoples’ generosity.
Thanks to Claire for letting me use her photo.
Extra special thanks to Loulou, Steph & Kat and all at Ambiosonic. This mix is going out to you.
Lipo- Deus ex Vagina
Cell- Calling
Dialog vs The Beaufort Scale- Dubtripper
Wavespell- Harmonic synchronicity dub
Squazoid- Rif Valley
Terranine- Whisper
Tripswitch- Cartwheel/Mirror system mix (DJ On Om)
OTT- Splitting an Atom (DJ Opale)
Secret Vibes- Firefly
TAICHI MASUDA- Si-Lim-Tau (given to me by DJ Sydney)
Djemdi- Vert08 (DJ Opale)
Date: July 15, 2010
This is a wonderful Ambient music event in the South of France, full of eccentric characters and one of the friendliest crews! Andy Stone & I will be performing a Dialog> A/V set. If last year was anything to go by, this should be one of the best parties of the year.
Date: June 17, 2010
To celebrate the launch of the Concrete Reboots EP I will be playing a set at Concrete on 5th of June with Input Junkie.
The Beaufort Scale and Echskech on the decks………its gonna be a good un.
Date: June 2, 2010
Part 2 of the 3 EPs by the Beaufort Scale, to celebrate the re-opening of the Concrete bar in Southbank- which has been a much loved meeting point for many of the producers I’ve met over the last few years. To share a project with Echaskech, Input Junkie and Minke makes me very happy. Some damn good mixes on this to (re)boot.
My remix mastered by Hermetech (hermetechmastering.com).
Date: June 2, 2010
I’m very happy to be part of this release. The Beaufort Scale are good friends & producers. Extra bonus- The Irrisistable Force was one of my early ambient inspirations. When I was in “Hive” with Alan and Martin we would drive around listening to Irrisistable Force albums, so I’m very please to be on a release featuring a IF remix.
My remix is a reworked version of a track that appeared on the “Run Silent Run Deep” album.
Remastered by Hermetech (hermetechmastering.com) – this my favourite version of this track.
Date: April 23, 2010
Dialog- The Cosmic Purple Sofa Mix by Dialog
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”)
Date: February 17, 2010
As we enter 2010 a new look website with a blogging engine finds me in a reflective mood regarding 2009. Pretty good year- here’s the highlights.
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Run Silent Run DeepWritten 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.
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I collaborated with the very talented VJ Lukas Vojir for this gig & this is the footage.
Lukas Vojir + Dialog Music Live @ Immersion, London, The Flea Pit, 12.2.2009 from Lukas Vojir on Vimeo.
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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”!
Dialog> A/V @ Ambiosonic 2009 from Dialog> on Vimeo.
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.
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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.
Date: January 18, 2010