The Knife are Karin Dreijer and her brother Olof (what a name!). She is the vocalist on the Royksopp track. The Knife have been seen as a bit of a novalty group, their electro sound is pretty ahead of its time, ie now really cool but not so much in the post kraftwerk 20 year non electronic lull! At least thats what i thought when i first heard that people thought they were a bit kwerky. In fact the real reason is that like any good art rock band, an art electro band will also be regarded with a certain amount of trepidation. Despite their protests that their music is nothing less or more than pop a quick delve into their lyrics reveals politics, feminisim, animal rights and all kinds of stuff, yet not so mobyesque blatant. Anyway, get the album deep cuts and enjoy the rest of their tunes. I will be offended if you dont.
Saturday, 30 June 2007
LADY SOVEREIGN vs EMINEM - FUCK YOU WITH OUT ME
Steve! You are a knob. Come and visit me or you wont see me for a whole month. And then you'll never get this silly damn song you computer retard!
Friday, 29 June 2007
Royksopp-what else is there
See you think its Bjork....but its not! I'll tell you who tomorrow. If your good.
Sunday, 10 June 2007
So this song will forever stay in my heart as a classic moment in spaced. You know the one...unless you dont...then im not going to tell you! MWAHAHA! Anyway on our way home from the pub we discussed how if you put scary serial killer ramblings to this tune it all becomes quite sinister. Just try singing something like "oh yes, here i come, i haveeee a quite large nife, and im going to killl you" to it, now imagine your alone in a wood and this slowly reaches your ears, filtered by the cold night air......
Thursday, 7 June 2007
Well isnt that picture lovely, after looking at it for that whole song!! I really need to sort out mp3 posting right, but im too lazy see. And I like videos....and....that is all. Anyway "Does it offend you yeah?" are touring at the moment with Hadouken, and very much from the same school of irreverent, nu intelligent dance indie mash up artists. They use less vocals than Hadouken I guess, but that makes them a little differnt, otherwise the two bands could end up sounding compleatly the same. Im drawing these comparisons because im not sure where Hadouken would be without the internet right now, well I do, they would be no where, and Does it offend you yeah would be right there with them. Hadoukens rise to fame is most definately meteoric, they only formed last year (dont ask me when, could have been new years eve for all i know) and already they are making a big impact. The great way they combine the nu rave sound with a more streetwise hip hop vibe, with samples flying off in all directions, irreverant lyrics and massive basslines they appeal as easily to lovers of Dizzee as they do to lovers of the Klaxons. This is reflected in their dress aswell, more about that tomorrow..With any luck both these bands will make it big, as far as im concerned one of them already has.
Ok this is a great song, the video is a little strange but it is good. The thing is there are now officially a MILLLLION remixes of it. Just one seach of the internet revealed two team 9 remixes (i'll post on team 9 sometime, maybe tomorrow) one rap version, an electro version and one crap thing that i think three year old made. I think its a pretty nice song to remix, the whistling is so destinctive and the beat is kinda fast, meaning you can fit a lot around it. Anyway i guess im just trying to say "original remix's" arnt that original once there is a million of them. They should release a remix package with all of them, like the orb did with asylum (altough they were all good ones!)
I dont really know much about these guys. At first I thought they were kinda tongue in cheek, but apprently they are deadly serious. Either way they rock hard! Hailing from Finland (the home of many amazing metal bands) Nightwish have added a superb hint of epicosity to their sound. (epicosity is a word....Word!) The singer (Tarja) was kicked out of the band, for reasons I dont really know and everything they released since has been pretty boring to be honest. But enjoy this classyness!
Acid House
I got bored when I got home, and having no work tomorrow I dont really need to be in bed, so i decided to make some tunes. What began as a plan to make some happy elecrto pop turned into acid house...AGAIN. I swear im incapable of making anthing but acid house. I believe it may be a genuine disease.
Work Sucks...I know...
Ok so today I went and helped do a stock take at the millets store across the road from the surf store I work at. It was fucking the most annoying thing I ever did. Ever. You got these little guns that you scanned the stock with as you counted, they beeped every item. EVERY DAMN ONE. I swear I wanted to kill the gun thing, but apparently they cost like £9000 or something. I dropped one upstairs...dont tell anyone.
Monday, 4 June 2007
Spanish Ska! Classic! Ska P arnt particularly ska most of the time, the name is a play on the Spanish word for escape, and has some kind of political meaning according to those in the know (my ex gf). They are pretty undefinable having a wide cannon of possible sounds. These guys are pretty insane most of the time and very leftist, although listening to them cannot fail to lift your spirits some of the songs have a pretty political edge, ranging from human rights to the legalization of marijuana, check the aptly names "canabis" for that one! There are five (six??) albums, the are all pretty amazing, and despite their wildness these guys are amazing musicians. The other cool thing about them is their appeal, my ex played them to me once, and since then I have found all kinds of people from all countrys and walks of life who love them! They are no longer together.
www.ska-p.net
www.ska-p.net
Saturday, 2 June 2007
The Legacy of Hendrix.
The Beginning
‘…..the first black performer to take on white rock ‘n’ roll head on and win’ Rolling Stone
Born in 1942 as Johnny Allen Hendrix, later renamed James Marshall Hendrix, he became famous as simply ‘Jimi Hendrix’. Though he wished to be known as so much more, to many people Hendrix will be remembered simply as one of the greatest guitar players ever to have lived. So much so that he has still not been surpassed as Rolling Stone magazines number one guitarist of all time.
Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Jimi’s early life was turbulant and unsettled. His parents divorced and he spent his early years with his father, he was expelled from high school and being caught in a stolen vehicle, left him with the choice of two years in prison or a stint in the US army. Opting for the army Jimi was enrolled in 101st Airboune Division based in Kentucky. Ejected from the army a short while for still disputed reasons Jimi opted to stay in the south and moved to Clarkseville, Tennessee.
Forming his first band, The King Kasuals with army associate Bill Cox they played on the army base and in the surrounding area. Hendrix briefly moved to Vancouver to live with his Grandma, staying for little more than a year he moved back south to Mississippi then returned to Nashville to reform The King Kasuals, and found an audience in the rhythm and blues scene. Hendrix was making a living working on the Chitlin Circuit, the name given to a collection of small venues where it was acceptable for African American musicians to perform. Performing not only with The King Kasuals, but also backing other artists Hendrix developed his technique and showmanship. Hendrix’s skills developed to the extent that he was in high enough demand to support himself without another everyday job. Jimi moved to New York and slowly integrated himself into the scene there, and with the skills he had developed went on tour as guitarist with the Isley Brothers, a band that found success with a diverse musical palate from soul standards to rhythm and blues. One tour led to another and Hendrix spent 1964 and early 1965 touring with different artists, steadly gaining more attention and working with increasingly famous artists. His on stage antics ……
‘Have you heard of Mississippi? Have you heard of Muddy Waters? How bout Johnny Hooker? Gimme an a, So we’re gonna do’s a little blues, mix it on with our own kinda way, we’re gonna do it our own way, the experience way’ – Jimi Hendrix
Like many of the prominent bands of the sixties Hendrix was deeply influenced by the blues and its derivative genre Rhythm and Blues. Given his early performing credentials it comes as no surprise that he grew up playing and loving blues. The blues standard Red House originally appeared on the album Are You Experienced? and was regularly performed live by Hendrix. Retaining its vocal call and instrumental answer it is a classic blues song that allowed Hendrix to improvise wildly over the slow bassline before (in many of the live versions) building to a creshendo that allows all of the band to completely release from the confines of the blues sound.
Not only was Hendrix take on the blues differing wildly at times from the expected, so was his guitar playing. Often playing a right handed guitar flipped to allow it to be played left handed Hendrix did not appear to regard the guitar as an instrument that had come to its technological peak in the early sixties. It was this willingness to experiment with the sounds the guitar was able to make that marked Hendrix as one of the foremost users of guitar and effects innovations at the time. One of the first mainstream acts to put the wah-wah pedal to use almost constantly throughout live shows, before him came only a couple of acts in the UK to poineer this unique sound. Hendrixs’ father taught him showmanship at an early age, this combined with a desire to constantly push the boundaries of the sound that could be produced led Hendrix to develop his own unique brand of rock music.
Chas Chandler
Many British bands were delving into the Rhythm and Blues sound, playing with it and creating new and exciting songs, without going through the distinctly Black American rite of passage of many of the blues greats.
One of those bands, amongst the plethera of male groups in the UK in the sixties, were a R&B group called The Animals. Originally The Alan Price Combo, The Animals were reputedly named by their Newcastle audience as a reaction to their wild appearance and frenzied stage act. No surprise then that when the Animals disbanded and bass guitarist Chas Chadler went into management, he spotted the then Jimmy James playing in Greenwich Village and realised Hendrix’s potential.
Chandler brought Hendrix back to London and after auditions employed Noel Redding (bass) and Mitch Mitchell (drums) and The Jimi Hendrix Experience was formed. Chandler undoubtably used his weight (and I use that word advisadly as Chandler was a big guy) as a member of the Animals to win the group an appearance on BBC’s Ready Steady Go and secure a record deal with Track Records. Hendrix’s impact was immediate.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
‘I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap dancer. I like to move around.’ – Jimi Hendrix
In 1968 The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the Electric Ladyland album. Considered by many as Hendrix finest, and by many more as one of the greatest albums of all time, Electric Ladyland was a melting pot of styles and influences. Blues music has strongly influenced virtually all popular music. It was first heard around 1910 and during the 1920’s grew in popularity. Its roots are in Mississippi Delta black America and passed down from memory rather than sheet music (Hendrix couldn’t read music and used only his own improvisations and learning as the basis for his songs). Blues as its name suggests incorporates the wish of the victimised black American to be free from life’s troubles. Based on three chords it is a mantra of sorrow and pity and a cry for freedom, bonding the race in a shared anthem. Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker invented the electric blues sound on which much of Hendrix music is based. Voodoo Chile a blues jam that Hendrix had developed over many live performances had evolved from medleys of Muddy Waters verses, altered and blended to give the final fifteen minute odyssey, a testament to Hendrix influences.
Like Blues, jazz is specifically African-American music of the underclass. The style known as Dixieland Jazz existed in the early 20th century, members of the group would invent their own style, play a solo piece and finally return to the original tune. One of the most well known jazz musicians is Louis Armstrong, whose trumpet playing pushed the boundaries of jazz. A great influence on Hendrix, I believe was John Coltrane. Coltrane began as a tenor saxophone big band player with Dizzy Gillespie. Like Hendrix he sought to take the sound just that bit further and explore multi-noted rhythms and tones. His improvisational style evoked the jazz ethic to the core and although never specifically setting out to make jazz records Hendrix was both influenced and influenced by them.
In the fifties a melting pot of blues and country music mixed together to form the beginnings of rock n roll. Rock began with the same social and cultural conflict as Blues, and Rock/Blues artists such as John Lee Hooker. Elvis Presley took rock n roll one step further until it was not solely about music. With Elvis came the birth of the teenager, teenage rebellion and a need to form your own identity through clothes and music. Jimi used these influences, the music of John Lee Hooker and the teenage rebellion began by Elvis to find his own inimitable personality. Some Hendrix songs could be seen as straight down the line rock and roll if played by anyone other than himself, the constant improvisation and diffusion of the clean guitar sounds meant Hendrix took the sound and made it his own.UK
Also into the mix came the drug scene. Psychedelic drugs like LSD and cannabis were, although illegal, popular in the sixties. They affected the brain and the user experienced hallucinations and saw strong, bright images. This in turn gave rise to psychedelic art and clothing using strange images and bright patterns. Hendrix’s amazingly heavy, powerful music brought psychedelic into his blues/jazz/rock n roll mix of music and this was a heady combination. Electric Ladyland is arguably the most psychedelic album Hendrix worked on, The Burning Of the Midnight Lamp with its introspective lyrics, focussing on loneliness and the mind demonstrated just how much Hendrix was delving into the world of psychedelia.
The sound was psychedelic and so were his flamboyant, colourful clothes. In addition Hendrix had a magnetism and charisma that made his stage act like a drug induced ‘trip’ without use of drugs. Hendrix’s cool vocal drawl and Dylan-orientated lyrics gave his music a unique sound and all this was emphasized by the allure of a rough black sexuality.
The Legacy
Hendrix died tragically and needlessly young, choking on his vomit in a drug induced unconsciousness, so there is always a feeling of what might have been. At the time it was implied that his career was taking a downward turn, however interviews with N.M.E magazine and the BBC close to the time of his death reveal a driven man with ideas for the future and a seemingly positive outlook for what is to come. Hendrix is without doubt an icon, but death may have escalated him to icon status that had he lived he may not have reached. His song writing ability was rudimentary at the time of his death, but his ability as a lyricist was beginning to be noticed and like Dylan he wrote what he was feeling, putting poetry to music. Hendrix was as my opening quote suggests one of the first black men to make an impression on white popular music The Experience as a whole were one of the first mixed race bands and this alone was revolutionary in terms of racial standards. All this however doesn’t really point to icon status, what is it that made Hendrix special?
I asked my aunt who had seen The Experience in concert what was so special about Hendrix.
In 1967 the Jimi Hendrix Experience were support to an American group called The Walker Brothers, three brothers, very clean cut, wearing suits and conventionally good looking. The Walker Brothers silky smooth ‘all American’ songs were in direct contrast to the dazzling extravagance of The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
I asked her about the concert.
“I was fifteen and in love with Scott Walker and that’s why I went. I had never heard of Jimi Hendrix. The minute he walked on stage the audience were hypnotised by his voice, his clothes and most of all his guitar playing. Jimi had a magnetism and presence on stage that immediately made me aware that this was no ordinary support act. The raw sound that came from the guitar he was playing was remarkable. I heard later that it was at one of the dates on the ‘Walker Bros’ tour that he famously set light to his guitar. That was no surprise, you felt that anything could have happened on stage that evening. After his performance the appearance of The Walker Brothers was definitely an anti-climax. I was left in no doubt Jimi Hendrix is a musical genius ’.
Jimi took England by storm that summer and ‘musical genius’ is clearly the message that everyone who saw Jimi Hendrix live was left with. It’s apparent that no one was playing the guitar like that at that time and indeed no one has since. Eric Clapton has perhaps come close and was probably an influence on Hendrix, but somehow Jimi took it all just that bit further. This alone would give Hendrix his idol status and yet what raised it to iconic seems to be that watching Hendrix you were left wondering how he managed it, he seemed to make sound come from the guitar that just didn’t seem possible. His ability was natural and easy, but by contrast the sound was experimental and crazy. His use of the guitar was revolutionary and pioneering and this alone makes him a musical genius, but as with all blues legends he gave everything to his music and that emotion made his music all the more amazing. He transcended traditional music and song writing.
To say that without Hendrix rock music would not exist is perhaps going too far, but it’s clear that Jimi had an enormous effect on what we know as rock music today. Anything that relies on distortion and feedback owes a debt to Hendrix.
However, Hendrix’s guitar playing technique and indefatigable use of the wah-wah pedal remains his greatest legacy. The sound was unique and scintillating with an instrumental extravagance the power of which seemed to mesmerise his audience. Hendrix was a cultural icon and for many who mourn the early loss of this genius, the most influential and talented electric guitarist in rock music history;
‘…..the first black performer to take on white rock ‘n’ roll head on and win’ Rolling Stone
Born in 1942 as Johnny Allen Hendrix, later renamed James Marshall Hendrix, he became famous as simply ‘Jimi Hendrix’. Though he wished to be known as so much more, to many people Hendrix will be remembered simply as one of the greatest guitar players ever to have lived. So much so that he has still not been surpassed as Rolling Stone magazines number one guitarist of all time.
Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Jimi’s early life was turbulant and unsettled. His parents divorced and he spent his early years with his father, he was expelled from high school and being caught in a stolen vehicle, left him with the choice of two years in prison or a stint in the US army. Opting for the army Jimi was enrolled in 101st Airboune Division based in Kentucky. Ejected from the army a short while for still disputed reasons Jimi opted to stay in the south and moved to Clarkseville, Tennessee.
Forming his first band, The King Kasuals with army associate Bill Cox they played on the army base and in the surrounding area. Hendrix briefly moved to Vancouver to live with his Grandma, staying for little more than a year he moved back south to Mississippi then returned to Nashville to reform The King Kasuals, and found an audience in the rhythm and blues scene. Hendrix was making a living working on the Chitlin Circuit, the name given to a collection of small venues where it was acceptable for African American musicians to perform. Performing not only with The King Kasuals, but also backing other artists Hendrix developed his technique and showmanship. Hendrix’s skills developed to the extent that he was in high enough demand to support himself without another everyday job. Jimi moved to New York and slowly integrated himself into the scene there, and with the skills he had developed went on tour as guitarist with the Isley Brothers, a band that found success with a diverse musical palate from soul standards to rhythm and blues. One tour led to another and Hendrix spent 1964 and early 1965 touring with different artists, steadly gaining more attention and working with increasingly famous artists. His on stage antics ……
‘Have you heard of Mississippi? Have you heard of Muddy Waters? How bout Johnny Hooker? Gimme an a, So we’re gonna do’s a little blues, mix it on with our own kinda way, we’re gonna do it our own way, the experience way’ – Jimi Hendrix
Like many of the prominent bands of the sixties Hendrix was deeply influenced by the blues and its derivative genre Rhythm and Blues. Given his early performing credentials it comes as no surprise that he grew up playing and loving blues. The blues standard Red House originally appeared on the album Are You Experienced? and was regularly performed live by Hendrix. Retaining its vocal call and instrumental answer it is a classic blues song that allowed Hendrix to improvise wildly over the slow bassline before (in many of the live versions) building to a creshendo that allows all of the band to completely release from the confines of the blues sound.
Not only was Hendrix take on the blues differing wildly at times from the expected, so was his guitar playing. Often playing a right handed guitar flipped to allow it to be played left handed Hendrix did not appear to regard the guitar as an instrument that had come to its technological peak in the early sixties. It was this willingness to experiment with the sounds the guitar was able to make that marked Hendrix as one of the foremost users of guitar and effects innovations at the time. One of the first mainstream acts to put the wah-wah pedal to use almost constantly throughout live shows, before him came only a couple of acts in the UK to poineer this unique sound. Hendrixs’ father taught him showmanship at an early age, this combined with a desire to constantly push the boundaries of the sound that could be produced led Hendrix to develop his own unique brand of rock music.
Chas Chandler
Many British bands were delving into the Rhythm and Blues sound, playing with it and creating new and exciting songs, without going through the distinctly Black American rite of passage of many of the blues greats.
One of those bands, amongst the plethera of male groups in the UK in the sixties, were a R&B group called The Animals. Originally The Alan Price Combo, The Animals were reputedly named by their Newcastle audience as a reaction to their wild appearance and frenzied stage act. No surprise then that when the Animals disbanded and bass guitarist Chas Chadler went into management, he spotted the then Jimmy James playing in Greenwich Village and realised Hendrix’s potential.
Chandler brought Hendrix back to London and after auditions employed Noel Redding (bass) and Mitch Mitchell (drums) and The Jimi Hendrix Experience was formed. Chandler undoubtably used his weight (and I use that word advisadly as Chandler was a big guy) as a member of the Animals to win the group an appearance on BBC’s Ready Steady Go and secure a record deal with Track Records. Hendrix’s impact was immediate.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
‘I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap dancer. I like to move around.’ – Jimi Hendrix
In 1968 The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the Electric Ladyland album. Considered by many as Hendrix finest, and by many more as one of the greatest albums of all time, Electric Ladyland was a melting pot of styles and influences. Blues music has strongly influenced virtually all popular music. It was first heard around 1910 and during the 1920’s grew in popularity. Its roots are in Mississippi Delta black America and passed down from memory rather than sheet music (Hendrix couldn’t read music and used only his own improvisations and learning as the basis for his songs). Blues as its name suggests incorporates the wish of the victimised black American to be free from life’s troubles. Based on three chords it is a mantra of sorrow and pity and a cry for freedom, bonding the race in a shared anthem. Muddy Waters and John Lee Hooker invented the electric blues sound on which much of Hendrix music is based. Voodoo Chile a blues jam that Hendrix had developed over many live performances had evolved from medleys of Muddy Waters verses, altered and blended to give the final fifteen minute odyssey, a testament to Hendrix influences.
Like Blues, jazz is specifically African-American music of the underclass. The style known as Dixieland Jazz existed in the early 20th century, members of the group would invent their own style, play a solo piece and finally return to the original tune. One of the most well known jazz musicians is Louis Armstrong, whose trumpet playing pushed the boundaries of jazz. A great influence on Hendrix, I believe was John Coltrane. Coltrane began as a tenor saxophone big band player with Dizzy Gillespie. Like Hendrix he sought to take the sound just that bit further and explore multi-noted rhythms and tones. His improvisational style evoked the jazz ethic to the core and although never specifically setting out to make jazz records Hendrix was both influenced and influenced by them.
In the fifties a melting pot of blues and country music mixed together to form the beginnings of rock n roll. Rock began with the same social and cultural conflict as Blues, and Rock/Blues artists such as John Lee Hooker. Elvis Presley took rock n roll one step further until it was not solely about music. With Elvis came the birth of the teenager, teenage rebellion and a need to form your own identity through clothes and music. Jimi used these influences, the music of John Lee Hooker and the teenage rebellion began by Elvis to find his own inimitable personality. Some Hendrix songs could be seen as straight down the line rock and roll if played by anyone other than himself, the constant improvisation and diffusion of the clean guitar sounds meant Hendrix took the sound and made it his own.UK
Also into the mix came the drug scene. Psychedelic drugs like LSD and cannabis were, although illegal, popular in the sixties. They affected the brain and the user experienced hallucinations and saw strong, bright images. This in turn gave rise to psychedelic art and clothing using strange images and bright patterns. Hendrix’s amazingly heavy, powerful music brought psychedelic into his blues/jazz/rock n roll mix of music and this was a heady combination. Electric Ladyland is arguably the most psychedelic album Hendrix worked on, The Burning Of the Midnight Lamp with its introspective lyrics, focussing on loneliness and the mind demonstrated just how much Hendrix was delving into the world of psychedelia.
The sound was psychedelic and so were his flamboyant, colourful clothes. In addition Hendrix had a magnetism and charisma that made his stage act like a drug induced ‘trip’ without use of drugs. Hendrix’s cool vocal drawl and Dylan-orientated lyrics gave his music a unique sound and all this was emphasized by the allure of a rough black sexuality.
The Legacy
Hendrix died tragically and needlessly young, choking on his vomit in a drug induced unconsciousness, so there is always a feeling of what might have been. At the time it was implied that his career was taking a downward turn, however interviews with N.M.E magazine and the BBC close to the time of his death reveal a driven man with ideas for the future and a seemingly positive outlook for what is to come. Hendrix is without doubt an icon, but death may have escalated him to icon status that had he lived he may not have reached. His song writing ability was rudimentary at the time of his death, but his ability as a lyricist was beginning to be noticed and like Dylan he wrote what he was feeling, putting poetry to music. Hendrix was as my opening quote suggests one of the first black men to make an impression on white popular music The Experience as a whole were one of the first mixed race bands and this alone was revolutionary in terms of racial standards. All this however doesn’t really point to icon status, what is it that made Hendrix special?
I asked my aunt who had seen The Experience in concert what was so special about Hendrix.
In 1967 the Jimi Hendrix Experience were support to an American group called The Walker Brothers, three brothers, very clean cut, wearing suits and conventionally good looking. The Walker Brothers silky smooth ‘all American’ songs were in direct contrast to the dazzling extravagance of The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
I asked her about the concert.
“I was fifteen and in love with Scott Walker and that’s why I went. I had never heard of Jimi Hendrix. The minute he walked on stage the audience were hypnotised by his voice, his clothes and most of all his guitar playing. Jimi had a magnetism and presence on stage that immediately made me aware that this was no ordinary support act. The raw sound that came from the guitar he was playing was remarkable. I heard later that it was at one of the dates on the ‘Walker Bros’ tour that he famously set light to his guitar. That was no surprise, you felt that anything could have happened on stage that evening. After his performance the appearance of The Walker Brothers was definitely an anti-climax. I was left in no doubt Jimi Hendrix is a musical genius ’.
Jimi took England by storm that summer and ‘musical genius’ is clearly the message that everyone who saw Jimi Hendrix live was left with. It’s apparent that no one was playing the guitar like that at that time and indeed no one has since. Eric Clapton has perhaps come close and was probably an influence on Hendrix, but somehow Jimi took it all just that bit further. This alone would give Hendrix his idol status and yet what raised it to iconic seems to be that watching Hendrix you were left wondering how he managed it, he seemed to make sound come from the guitar that just didn’t seem possible. His ability was natural and easy, but by contrast the sound was experimental and crazy. His use of the guitar was revolutionary and pioneering and this alone makes him a musical genius, but as with all blues legends he gave everything to his music and that emotion made his music all the more amazing. He transcended traditional music and song writing.
To say that without Hendrix rock music would not exist is perhaps going too far, but it’s clear that Jimi had an enormous effect on what we know as rock music today. Anything that relies on distortion and feedback owes a debt to Hendrix.
However, Hendrix’s guitar playing technique and indefatigable use of the wah-wah pedal remains his greatest legacy. The sound was unique and scintillating with an instrumental extravagance the power of which seemed to mesmerise his audience. Hendrix was a cultural icon and for many who mourn the early loss of this genius, the most influential and talented electric guitarist in rock music history;
DOnt!!
DO not what ever you do walk in a big pile of manure, like eight times bigger than u, just because you think its funny. Ok? Well it is funny, i would recommend it....but at the same time...dont!!!!
Friday, 1 June 2007
Whispa
I had a dairy milk "bubbly" just now, it was fatter than a normal one and tasted just like a whispa used to! They were classic, and they were made by cadbury, so im pretty sure the lazy people just used a different mould!
So we got up stupidly early to get Faithless tickets, only to get to the box office and find out they had not arrived! So we left money and our names and we can pick them up later thank god! So were going, and its only like two weeks! Im so excited. Faithless were the first band i ever saw live and they blew me away. If they are even half as good this time it will be so good. This venue is a lot smaller aswel, which always promises to make gigs super cool. There is something about being up close that makes it so much more.
I have posted two songs by Rollo. If you like faithless you might have heard of him, possibly not. He never performs with the band and google imaging his name has more pictures of Faithless than of him. Basically he writes a lot of the music the band play, with the help of Sister Bliss, while Maxi Jazz adds most of the vocals. Why Rollo chooses to remain so anon is a mystery really, but the above songs have a good story. The second is a solo effort and has the most chilled out vibe to it, and the vocal is amazing (i still dont know who it is) Rollo is older brother to Dido, but im pretty sure it isnt her. The first song, released under the moniker Felix did the rounds in the ninetys and im sure everyone recognises it. However it wasnt until at least a year after the tunes heyday that the producer was revealed to be Rollo himself.
I have posted two songs by Rollo. If you like faithless you might have heard of him, possibly not. He never performs with the band and google imaging his name has more pictures of Faithless than of him. Basically he writes a lot of the music the band play, with the help of Sister Bliss, while Maxi Jazz adds most of the vocals. Why Rollo chooses to remain so anon is a mystery really, but the above songs have a good story. The second is a solo effort and has the most chilled out vibe to it, and the vocal is amazing (i still dont know who it is) Rollo is older brother to Dido, but im pretty sure it isnt her. The first song, released under the moniker Felix did the rounds in the ninetys and im sure everyone recognises it. However it wasnt until at least a year after the tunes heyday that the producer was revealed to be Rollo himself.
If you put Ice Cube into wiki you get a picture of a stack of ice cubes! Theres a massive page all about them, What the hell can you write about ice cubes!! Anyway last night I got pretty bored and went on a quest for the "hardest" tune I could find, I went through loads of bassline trance and drum and bass, then decided it had to be some kind of g-starr rap with lots of talk of killing bitches and stuff, the more ignorant the better. So all I had to do was find one hard beat and Ice Cube came up with the goods. Starting his career with the legendary N.W.A, Cube has always been in the gangsta game, not particularly lyrically diverse he makes up for his lack of Talib Kwali by tackling some of the more controversial topics in Rap. Anyway now hes an actor and all that stuff! Gotta love this tune though, Is it about how child support is decreasing fathers contact with their children? Is it about the way rappers act today? Or is it just an excuse to say "get it out my asss bitch!"
www.icecube.com
www.icecube.com
Kirsty Hawkshaw, discovered on some chillout cd i got the promo of ages ago, without the track listing. It took me ages to discover who she was until one day checking the sleeve notes to find out the vocalist on the orbital track Halcyon, it turned out to be the fine day vocal reversed! She has the most fantastic voice and she uses to great effect on almost everything she does. This tune incidently is not a solo effort, Hawkshaw was noticed at a rave by producers Ian Munro, Kevin Dobbs and Nigel Walton, and together they formed opus III, and released two albums, faring relatively well in the UK, and reaching no 1 in the Billboard chart in the USA with this tune. The thing with Hawkshaw now is who she HASNT worked with in the dance industry, if you like dance your almost certian to have at least a couple of tracks, anyway i'll leave you to discover that for yourself.
www.kirstyhawkshaw.co.uk
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