Prince – Original Live Recording of Purple Rain (First Avenue 1983)
Everyone knows this song backwards, right? But imagine yourself back in 1983, August 3 to be precise. You happen to be in Minneapolis at the First Avenue club where Prince is playing a benifit show for the Minnesota Dance Theater Company. Remember this is 1983, a whole year before the Purple Rain film and album are released;...
Inside Tim “Love” Lee’s Studio
A nice photograpic peek inside the studio of Tummy Touch record’s founding father Tim “Love” Lee. Head over to harxest.com to see the full set. Share this:
Tummy Touch Records 15th Anniversary mixtape
Here’s a special mix that we’ve finally finished just in time to catch the end of Tummy Touch records 15th anniversary year. This was a pretty epic undertaking for us, we started with well over 8 hours of music (and that was after we cherry picked) which we managed to edit down to the 80...
Casio MT-40 S-CAT build
A few weeks ago we came across this video of an exquisitely built circuit bent Casio MT-40 synth (via J Saul Kane of DC Recordings) which comes with a total of 26 modifications. Now, the MT-40 (and it’s grey MT-41 successor) is a classic in its own right, mainly for single-handedly inventing the massively popular Sleng...
Early Colour Animation (Watch)
Some beautiful examples of early colour animation. Believe it or not many of these were shown in regular movie theaters, such as Radio City Music Hall, usually preceding the big film releases of the time. Share this:
The Chap – We Are The Best (Watch/Listen)
We’ve been long-time appreciators of The Chap, and four albums in they’ve decided to put out a best of collection. We’ll let the videos and music do all the talking. All that needs to be said is that if they’re good enough for Wendy & Lisa (see final video above) then that’s all you should need...
Resonance FM Session
Archive two track session recorded for Resonance FM, London in 2007 that we found gathering digital dust in our iTunes library. Vocals - Anne Booty Guitar – Matty Skylab Drums - Martin Dean Bass - Adam de Gruchy Share this:
The Time Axis Manipulation Corporation (Watch/Listen)
We’ve been long-time fans of Mickey Moonlight (also known as Midnight Mike, Mike Silver and Mike Sonovac), since his days on Output and Gomma, so we’re very excited to finally see the debut Mickey Moonlight (The Time Axis Manipulation) album coming out on Ed Banger (see the teaser immediately below). He’s remixed everyone from us...
Steve Jobs 1955-2011
Death is, very likely, the single best invention of life. – Steve Jobs Share this:
John Waters interview from Oyster magazine
In Oyster Issue #94 Ariane Halls caught up with the iconic and controversial John Waters. Here is an excerpt from Oyster’s exclusive interview where they chat about Baltimore, lovely anarchists and Showgirls: John Waters is one of the most fascinating and charmingly controversial people in the world. He is the man who filmed a drag queen eating dog shit;...
Tummy Touch 15th Anniversary Party
To celebrate Tummy Touch are having a party at XOYO on the 4th November and YOU are invited. Featuring live performances from The Phenomenal Handclap Band and Swimming followed by DJ sets from Tim ‘Love’ Lee and Tom Vek. With special guests still to be announced this night will follow on in the fine tradition...
The BBC Music Video Festival screening Fire & Ice
From today until October 1 catch our video for “Fire & Ice” on any number of big screens around the UK as part of the BBC Music Video Festival. The BBC Music Video Festival, kicks off this Monday 19 September and runs to the start of October. For two weeks a network of Big Screens in 20...
