Ride The Hardway

Been a bit quiet on the blog front recently, but things have been fairly busy chez Carnage. Pick up this month's iDJ magazine and you'll find a piece that I've written on mad French jazzy techno popsters Noze and their forthcoming 'Songs On The Rocks' LP, and there's also a really insightful main feature on Andy Butler from Hercules & Love Affair done by my best before: compadre Sell By Dave. Check the poster below for details of our party featuring a DJ set from the man himself if you're around Bristol over the bank holiday weekend.

Also I've started doing a bit of writing for Resident Advisor - you can find links to the reviews I've done below:

EQD - Equalized #001 // Equalized

Badawi ft. Kode9 & Juakali - Den Of Drumz/Crows // ROIR

Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - Le Crew Normand EP // Karat

I'm generally reviewing stuff that they've got on vinyl as it lightens my basket, as it were, so if you think that I might be interested in reviewing your release then send your black crack over to RA or you could even send it to me directly - the address is on the sidebar.

I've just done a short e-mail interview with 2562 concerning his forthcoming LP 'Aerial' (which is absolutely cracking, by the way) for next month's iDJ, so I'll post the transcript up here sometime soon.

On the audio front, here's a mix done by longtime friend of TAPE, Sean Johnston (aka Hardway Bros). He was charged with warming up for Weatherall at his 'Watch The Ride' mix launch down at new London venue East Village, and this is what he came up with. Quite excellent, I think you'll agree. He'll also be playing the warm up party for the new Pointless Edits 12" down at The Bank next Friday, so pop on down for muchos pint and pickled egg action. Plus some quality tuneage, of course!

The Fitzcarraldo Variations - Gamma Model // History Clock
Tiger Stripes - Black Beach (Original Mix) // Dialect Recordings
Rodion - Electric Soca (Cosmo Vitelli Remix) // Gomma
Sly Mongoose - Bad Pulse (Padded Cell Remix) // Mule Musiq
Quiet Village - Desperate Hours // Lo Recordings
Jay Shepheard - The Last Days (Of Cou Cou D) // Compost Black Label
Jaz - See Me On The Doll // 65
Ben Mono - Beatbox feat. Capitol A (Jacob London Remix) // Compost
Force Of Nature - Sequencer // Mule Musiq
John Daly - Do It // Wave Music
Hatchback - Jetlag (Faze Action Remix) // Thisisnotanexit Records
In Flagranti - Effective Placebo Affect // Speak Recordings
Hedford Vachal - Alan vs Gary // Tirk
Lullabies In The Dark - Code 7429 // Permanent Vacation
Williams - Love On A Real Train (Williams Odyssey Mix) // Love Triangle
Headman - Hostage // Gomma
Altz - Unknown (Mungolian Jetset Mix) // CD-R
Human League - The Things That Dreams Are Made Of (Ilya Santana Dub Mix) // Hooj Choons
Kano - It's A War - SS Uk Re-Edit // Full Time
Marcello Giordani - I'm Not Blade Runner // Mule Musiq
Solomun - Black Rose (Vinyl Version) // Sonar Kollektiv
Sascha Funke - Chemin Des Figons // Bpitch Control
Radio Slave - Tantakatan // Rekids
Riley Reinhold - Sunset Sound // MBF
Par Grindvik - Do Us Part (Len Faki Remix) // Drumcode

Download:
Sean Johnston - Live at East Village

Also, I'll be in NYC next month from the 7th to the 14th visiting friends and recording a DJ set for the guys at Viva Radio, so if you're putting on a party at a club or even back at your gaff and need someone to spin some tunes then give me a shout and I'll pack my bag accordingly. Enquiries about getting a gig have so far been fruitless, but it'd be nice to meet some new people and get some people dancing whilst I'm over. Record shop, party and general New York recommendations are also very welcome, though I'm already pretty certain that I'll be heading to Cielo for Francois K's Deep Space night on Monday, and 215 on Tuesday for Jacques Renault's night where Low Motion Disco will be spinning some tunes. Anyway, take care and I hope you all have a good weekend!