Search results for: “house music”

  • Eatmybeat + more things

    Eatmybeat This week I was listening to: [Free Download] London Collective, eatmybeat, Drop a Tasty 21 Track Compilation  ‘Bonus Snacks Vol. 2’ Perfect for DJs | Magnetic Eatmybeat have put together a create collection in Bonus Snacks Vol. 2. The Eatmybeat compilation is an interesting mix of ambient soundscapes, old school electro and various strands of house…

  • Hells Club + more things

    Hells Club -an amazing film mash-up, spot the different appearances. In the words of the maker There is a place where all fictional characters meet. . Outside of time, Outside of all logic, This place is known as HELLS CLUB, But this club is not safe TERMINATOR VERSUS TONY MONTANA VERSUS TOM CRUISE VERSUS CARLITO…

  • An odyssey to get online

    I have gone through a number of journeys to get online. This year I will have been connected to the internet for 20 years. I actually had email even longer. Back in 1994, I was working on a temporary contact at a company called Optical Fibres – a collaboration between Corning and UK cable maker…

  • Age of Ultron + more things

    Age of Ultron The latest trailer for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron looks like a CGI feast for the retinas. Age of Ultron is part of the Marvel arc planned out for the next few years. The main protagonist Ultron was originally created by Tony Stark and then went ‘Skynet’ which is where the Age…

  • Gaychester movement

    From 1993 through the late 1990s, there was a revolution going on in the UK and at the front of it was Manchester aka Gaychester. Back in the late 1980s, clubs had been shaken up by house music and the nascent rave culture. Factory Records Dry Bar opened in 1989 changed the nature of drinking…

  • Pearl river delta + more news

    Pearl river delta China slowdown: feeling the pain in the Pearl River Delta | beyondbrics – it is really interesting that China’s slowdown isn’t only being felt in the traditional rust belt in the North East, but also in the Pearl river delta. Hong Kong sits at the end of the Pearl river delta as…

  • Desert Island Discs

    A while ago my friend Ian Wood did a kind of desert island discs meme asking friends on Facebook what six tracks were the soundtracks to their lives. Here were mine. What would be in your Desert Island Discs? Jim Reeves – Senor Santa Claus – My Dad was a Jim Reeves fan and Christmas…

  • Omake + more news

    Omake Omake trends: Elle Japon x American Apparel – gives away headband with magazines. Omake pronounced ‘O-ma-ke’ means incentive. They have become a monthly magazine giveaway, particularly for fashion publications like Elle Japon. There is also a second series of magazines called eMook. An e-Mook is a brand lookbook for a season. People often bought…

  • The Hacienda must be built

    The Hacienda (or Fac51) was one of the most famous and influential clubs of all time, together with London nights like Shoom, Spectrum and Solaris it catapulted house music (at the time, the sound of black and gay Chicago into worldwide exposure). The Hac influenced and was influenced by the Ibizan scene. Even prior to…