My turntable rumpus room as a child was mostly underground save two meters of windows looking into native bush. During Wellington storms the trees would wallop away at the glass threatening to break through. I would duet with the wind, rain and thumping plants – scratching in time or playing drones across the grain of [...]
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Scratch 22 & Dan Paine “BudSugarDecksMagic”
Whilst drinking tea with Scratch 22 last December I was lucky enough to catch a snippet of a mixtape he pieced together with Dan Paine in 2008. It was this insane track from the Psychomania soundtrack mixed with Gravediggaz “Nowhere To Run” that stole my ears and later had me imploring him to dub me [...]
Trouble On My Mind
I had to do this remix for piece of mind. I loved the Neptunes version but that “Trouble” chorus drove me up the wall! In my head I heard a heavy, bluesy feel rather than the lighter, minimal sound of the original. It was keeping me up at night – I had to do that [...]
The All Seeing Hand “Exuberance”
We recorded our album at Scumbag College. A noisy, carpeted box under Wellington airport. During the session the room was an ear crushing pressure cooker of cymbals and drone. Ben is not quiet drummer. Everything was obliterated except for the bass and rhythm. After playing for 45 minutes straight and with a severe bout of [...]
The All Seeing Hand “Shakespeare”
Another song from our album. Believe it or not all the vocal parts are from either Othello or A Midsummer Night’s Dream! Shakespeare LP were staples in Onslow College Fair’s a few years back. Probably got the entire set now and these provide an endless source scratchable dialog. Once the opening texture and bass drones had [...]
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Clipse X Alphabethead “Wamp Wamp”
