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VIA HYPONIK & SOUNDCRASH

“The king of his domain.” - BBC Music 

Soundcrash presents one of the most highly anticipated electronic music shows of 2012 asFlying Lotus lands in London to perform music from his long-awaited fourth studio album“Until the Quiet Comes”, live at The Troxy. 

Composed, according to FlyLo, as “a collage of mystical states, dreams, sleep and lullabies”, “Until the Quiet Comes” has the distinct feel of this nocturnal trip. From the twitching descent into a subconscious state and the out-of-focus time-ether of the journey that follows, the sound is an unhinged, yet elegant evolution of the melodic and rhythmic interplay that is woven into the DNA of Flying Lotus’ aural personae. 

His inimitable penchant for stylistic mingling and genre-melting has contributed significantly to shift music in a direction that makes intellectual leaps without forsaking the all-important heft of a bassline or unimpeded ‘swing’ of a drum beat – the same way so many masters of soul music have infused their songs for lovers and dancers with brilliant and heady subtext for decades.

upport on the night comes from Brainfeeder label mates Thundercat and Lapalux. 

Tickets: £25 General Admission / £27.50 Late Buyers / Coach + After Party £10.00 available here… http://www.soundcrashmusic.com/flying-lotus-troxy/


Soundcrash presents… FLYING LOTUS “Until the Quiet Comes” Tour, live in London
Friday 16th November
The Troxy
490 Commercial Road
London
E1 0HX

8pm-2am

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XTRA MILE SHOWCASE WITH FUTURE OF THE LEFT + MORE - TONIGHT! (SOLD OUT!)

In the sort of rashly debonair spirit which has characterised their eleven years thus far on this thing we call the Planet Earth the schemers behind Club Fandango are opening their arms and, more importantly, the doors of the Bull & Gate for the inaugural Labelled With Love Festival. This takes place in October 2012 and will be tied in with the second A.I.M. awards, which take place on October 29th, as well as the newly-launched monthly A.I.M. social event. As it was a heart-thumping 35 years ago when The Buzzcocks released ‘Spiral Scratch’, in one fell swoop inventing the leftfield independent release, we thought we should celebrate this anniversary by hosting 35 days of indie-themed autumnal chaos and inviting the finest independent labels of this and any other generation to showcase their wares. As you do.

On 16 October our friends at www.xtramilerecordings.com will be demonstrating what makes them special by showing off four of their current signings (and 2 more making it a night to remember) at the Bull & Gate in Kentish Town.

They are:

FUTURE OF THE LEFT

Formed in 2005, Cardiff. Kelson sang in Jarcrew, Falco and Jack played in Mclusky until before both bands split in early 2005. Original line-up also included Hywel Evans (the Truckers of Husk, also formerly of Jarcrew).

On one hand, Future Of The Left are a band much like many other bands are a band. Three men, wielding bits of wood and metal strung with strings and skin, often to be found playing to rooms of other men mildly intoxicated on watery dilutions of strong lager. On the other hand, however, you can take that most basic factual definition and dispose of it by any means deemed socially and legally acceptable by local fly-tipping laws. Here - this record - is why.

Future Of The Left’s second album, Travels With Myself And Another, is the physical representation/digital recording of a band perfecting what it means to be in a band: the tightest dynamics; the deftest and heaviest guitars; the sharpest wit; the best and most splendid clothes and hair. It is smart, not in the sense of young men cultivating fringes, posing in photographs reading Proust, but in its instinct and ingenuity, elegant fury and lyrical humour.

“Essentially we write pop music, just delivered in a louder, angrier and more angular way than most other ‘pop’ bands,” says Jack. “Hooks, vocally or musically, are always what we aim for but if there’s a great riff with no vocal melody then it’s discarded. Instrumental songs are not for us.”

SPECIAL GUESTS

CHRIS T-T

He’s been described as “British pop’s street-poet laureate and unsung genius” (Sunday Times). His musical styles range from electronic synth-pop to moody piano-led folk. His live shows are near legendary as his story-telling lyrics capture audiences and transport you to the fascinating and enchanting world of Chris T-T.

FIGHTING FICTION

Brighton’s Fighting Fiction – one of Xtra Mile’s newest signings - describe themselves as a four-piece punk rock band,and through support slots with Laura Marling, Frank Turner, and This Town Needs Guns, they’ve proved that they are all that and much more. In early 2012 they released their début, self-titled album after the critical acclaim for singles like Rock n Roll Is Dead and Its Corpse Is For Sale. Hurtling headlong into the year with their frantic, high-octane punk fuel, they aim to exhilarate audiences and continue growing the support they’ve garnered from DJs, critics, and fans alike.

With compere Beans On Toast and Sonic Boom Six DJs.

Ben Westbeech, Orlando (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs), Daniel Avery @ Oxjam, Dalston

Urban Nerds Carnival Special - Saturday 25th August - 22:00-06:00

Urban Nerds are back with our annual Carnival Special; the biggest bass fuelled Notting Hill Carnival warm-up party in London, hands down!

Room one | Urban Nerds
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SW4 Festival - Preview

Putting aside the fact that SW4 has notoriously bad sound (because that’s what everyone loves to complain about), it is actually a very well thought out, well prepared festival that I for one am looking forward to. I am only attending the Sunday this year, as with last year, and again you will probably get those that will cast an opinion without listening over the days and blanket them as ‘the shit day’ or ‘the good day’.

The Sunday line up, looks, incredible. I am going to have a hard time choosing what to attend based on the different genres that are there. It will be a complete toss up between what I attend simply to see how funny it is, or what I actually want to see. A lot of this will fall down to how I feel on the day.

Main Stage

Skrillex
Public Enemy [The 25th Anniversary World Tour - UK festival exclusive]
Skream & Benga feat Sgt Pokes & Youngman
Diplo
DJ Fresh
Crookers
Foreign Beggars
Rudimental
+ very special guest: Steve Angello

There are a few stand out names here. Benga & Skream always bring it when they play live; fuck the haters that say Skream has lost it or only makes brostep, his sets are unpredictable and if Benga steers clear of any Example vocals the set could be a winner. Skrillex is the other act that everyone is obviously keen to see and I have to admit I have warmed to the fucker - the crowd are going to lap this up and I want to be a witness to what will go down.

DJ MAGAZINE ARENA HOSTED BY TOGETHER IN ASSOCIATION WITH VIEW LONDON
2 Many DJs (DJ set)
Eric Prydz
Simian Mobile Disco
Erol Alkan
Green Velvet
Brodinski & Gesaffelstein B2B
Jeremy Olander
Fehrplay
Liam D

This is where it becomes challenging. I have seen these acts before and I know how good they are. Erol Alkan at Creamfields 2 years ago, SMD at Reading a few years back, 2 Many DJs at Bugged Out weekender… all easy slot nicely into place as the best electronic music acts I have seen behind The Prodigy at Brixton Academy back in 2006. 

ALL GONE PETE TONG ARENA IN ASSOCIATION WITH PULSE RADIO
Sasha
Seth Troxler
Maya Jane Coles
Dyed Soundorom
Eats Everything
Jaymo & Andy George
Jesse James & Johnny Bloomfield

Big Tech-House names on here, but with the Bugged Out at Field Day providing a lot of my Tech-house fill, and Eastern Electrics topping me off, the only draws at this tent is Maya Jane Coles and Seth Troxler who I am yet to see in a state that I can remember. Huge clashes with other stages though and these will probably take a back seat.

RAM 20TH ANNIVERSARY IN ASSOCIATION WITH DRUM & BASS ARENA & GET DARKER
Andy C Alive
Flux Pavilion
Jack Beats
Borgore
Friction
Delta Heavy
Loadstar
Doctor P
Dillon Francis

Absolutely no time for this tent with the exception of Bro-gore & Jack Beats. I completely forgot that Doctor P and Flux Pavillion were still going! I think this will be the busiest tent of the day…

If you’re going, who are you looking forward to seeing?

…and SW4 doesn’t tickle your fancy, or if you are looking for a night out before, stay tuned as I will post up a couple of nights happening here in the capital.

Saw The Undertaker in a bar last night… 

Madeon @ Annie Mac Presents 11th August 2012 - KOKO, Camden.

Eastern Electrics Festival, North Greenwich, London

Royal-T will release his debut album on September 3rd.

Simply titled Rinse Presents: Royal-T, the album follows an eventful few years for the young producer, with releases on rising UK labels like Butterz and No Hats No Hoods. Since then, he’s landed a weekly Thursday night slot on Rinse FM and played in the US for the first time. Though Mark Taylor originally emerged with a melodic take on grime á la the rest of the Butterz roster, he’s since developed a taste for garage that comes to the fore on his first LP. 

Rinse Presents: Royal-T comes on the heels of three previous Rinse Presents LPs, including this year’s efforts from Roska and Brackles. The album features all previously unreleased tracks, aside from “Inside The Ride,” which came out as a single earlier this year. The LP also features guest appearances from grime vocalist P Money, Terror Danjah and fellow Rinse jock Roska.

Tracklist
01. Cruel To Be Kind feat. P Money
02. Inside The Ride
03. Music Box feat. Terror Danjah
04. Gully Funk
05. Missing Aurora
06. Work Your Body feat. Roska
07. Don’t Call Me Baby
08. Music Please
09. Space Cowboy
10. You Saved Me

Rinse will release Rinse Presents: Royal-T on September 3rd, 2012.

Borough Market

Ridiculous stall. So tasty. Could of stood there all day.

Other news:

Made some good purchases this week, aside from the mountain of cheese pictured above.

Bloc Weekender - 06/07 - London Pleasure Gardens
Hot Chip - 19/10 - Brixton Academy
Bloc Party - 20/10 - Cambridge Corn Exchange

I believe this makes it 4 festivals in just over 5 weeks. Fucking lucky to get Bloc Party tickets too as they sold out within 2 minutes of going on sale.

Also booked up Berlin for the end of July, so if anyone knows of any good clubs in Berlin that I should check out, drop us a message.