The pictures is London at night taken from the International Space Station.

The mix is thinking about London while in the Cotswolds and should have been posted ages ago but I was in a funk so ner.

Tracks as follows (ish):

00.00 Er, dunno. Sounds very Deepchord/Echospace but it’s go no markings on it. Sorry 01.30 Firstpoint Of Aries by Echospace (The Coldest Season) 07.30 Night Bus by Burial 09.15 Cielo by Murcof (Cosmos) 16.40 Voncextion by Deepchord (Vantage Isles) 24.00 Beautiful Death by Claro Intelecto (Metanarrative)

Plus field recordings taken down my road at night in the rain, at Marylebone Staion, at assorted Underground stations and of police helicopters.

Thinking of London (right click and save)

Here’s a short live mix I did at The Blue Lotus Club as part of their Samhain evening. The mixing is neither big nor clever, and the track selection contains no suprises, but it was great to hear the tracks immensely loud.

Tracklist goes something like:

“Easy On The Bones” - Svarte Greiner Knive LP)

“Testament”  - Lustmord (Other (?) LP)

“The Black Line (Forever Waiting)” - Anduin (Forever Waiting LP)

“Fonograaf” - Machinefabriek (Dauw LP)

“Black Sleep Part IV” - Jasper TX (Black Sleep LP)

“Final Sleep” - Svarte Greiner (Knive LP)

Plus a few bits of field recordings.

The evening itself was great: some interesting & genuinely creepy short films, readings and all round pretentious artyness. But most of all it was fun.

The mix went down well. It must have because I’ve been asked to do something similar at their Christmas/New Year/Mid Winter thing.

Thanks chaps.

Download Samhain Sounds (right click and save)

00:00 Cotswolds Cottage Sounds - blackstag

02:48 Dead Leaves - muhr  

08:48 Trans Siberia - Nest  

12:37 You Need To See - The Boats  

15:49 Boat - Kira Kira  

17:36 So Nice - Tomasz Bednarczyk  

21:27 Cottager’s Reply - Chris Wood  

Plus assorted field recordings made, again unsuprisingly, in the Cotswolds.

 

 Download Here & There Part One(right click and save)

]]> http://blackstag.podbean.com/2008/03/21/here-there-part-one/feed/ This is the first part of a two-part post and it's a mix done in London while thinking about the Cotswolds. Part 2 is, rather ... This is the first part of a two-part post and it's a mix done in London while thinking about the Cotswolds. Part 2 is, rather unsuprisingly, a mix done in Cotswolds while thinking about London and will be posted soon. ish. 00:00 Cotswolds Cottage Sounds - blackstag 02:48 Dead Leaves - muhr   08:48 Trans Siberia - Nest   12:37 You Need To See - The Boats   15:49 Boat - Kira Kira   17:36 So Nice - Tomasz Bednarczyk   21:27 Cottager's Reply - Chris Wood   Plus assorted field recordings made, again unsuprisingly, in the Cotswolds.    Download Here & There Part One(right click and save) mix, No No http://blackstag.podbean.com/2007/12/27/music-for-the-dead-days/ http://blackstag.podbean.com/2007/12/27/music-for-the-dead-days/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2007 01:12:10 +0000 blackstag Uncategorized http://blackstag.podbean.com/2007/12/27/music-for-the-dead-days/

This is a mix put together using tracks from my favourite albums of 2007. As such it was quite a tricky thing to do as the selection was not made with a mix in mind. But, as is often the case while working on a mix, I found myself pondering something completely unrelated and slowly this exerted an influence that helped focus things in a previously unthought of way. In this instance it was the idea of author Marcus Sedgwick that the days between Christmas Day & New Year are The Dead Days, quiet days when nothing seems to happen yet it is the time “when spirits roam and magic shifts just beneath the surface of our lives.” Hopefully the mix reflects this.

Happy New Year to you and while you wait its arrival, listen or download to Music For Dead The Days (right click and save)

 

]]> http://blackstag.podbean.com/2007/12/27/music-for-the-dead-days/feed/ This is a mix put together using tracks from my favourite albums of 2007. As such it was quite a tricky thing to do as ... This is a mix put together using tracks from my favourite albums of 2007. As such it was quite a tricky thing to do as the selection was not made with a mix in mind. But, as is often the case while working on a mix, I found myself pondering something completely unrelated and slowly this exerted an influence that helped focus things in a previously unthought of way. In this instance it was the idea of author Marcus Sedgwick that the days between Christmas Day & New Year are The Dead Days, quiet days when nothing seems to happen yet it is the time "when spirits roam and magic shifts just beneath the surface of our lives." Hopefully the mix reflects this. Happy New Year to you and while you wait its arrival, listen or download to Music For Dead The Days (right click and save)   mix, best of 2007, No No http://blackstag.podbean.com/2007/11/07/fog-memories/ http://blackstag.podbean.com/2007/11/07/fog-memories/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:48:32 +0000 blackstag Uncategorized What if I’d remembered her wrong?

Originally inspired while walking early in the morning through fog shrouded woods in the Cotswolds; after a while I found myself thinking about a friend of mine I’m very fond of but haven’t seen for sometime. Anyway, approx running order goes something like this:

00:01 ‘Haunted Ballroom’ - The Caretaker 

02ish ‘Fog Animal’ - Deaf Centre

05:30ish ‘In the Cold I’m Standing’ - M83

09:00is ‘Black Dress’ - Svarte Greiner

18:00ish ‘Another Ballard For Heavy Lids’ - Stars Of The Lid

20:00ish ‘Final Sleep’ - Svarte Greiner

25:15ish ‘St.Christopher’ - Mark Isham

27ish ‘Waves Become Wings’ - This Mortal Coil

30:10ish ‘Cad Godddeu’ - Nest

34:15ish Clip from Solaris

37:15ish ‘Stay With Me’ - Clint Mansell

39 ish clip from Solaris

 

plus assorted Crow samples,  a bell sampled from the This Mortal Coil track and plenty of pops, crackles and scrapes courtesy of the tracks on Type records.

 

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]]> http://blackstag.podbean.com/2007/11/07/fog-memories/feed/ What if I'd remembered her wrong? Originally inspired while walking early in the morning through fog shrouded woods in the Cotswolds; after a while I found myself thinking ... What if I'd remembered her wrong? Originally inspired while walking early in the morning through fog shrouded woods in the Cotswolds; after a while I found myself thinking about a friend of mine I'm very fond of but haven't seen for sometime. Anyway, approx running order goes something like this: 00:01 'Haunted Ballroom' - The Caretaker  02ish 'Fog Animal' - Deaf Centre 05:30ish 'In the Cold I'm Standing' - M83 09:00is 'Black Dress' - Svarte Greiner 18:00ish 'Another Ballard For Heavy Lids' - Stars Of The Lid 20:00ish 'Final Sleep' - Svarte Greiner 25:15ish 'St.Christopher' - Mark Isham 27ish 'Waves Become Wings' - This Mortal Coil 30:10ish 'Cad Godddeu' - Nest 34:15ish Clip from Solaris 37:15ish 'Stay With Me' - Clint Mansell 39 ish clip from Solaris   plus assorted Crow samples,  a bell sampled from the This Mortal Coil track and plenty of pops, crackles and scrapes courtesy of the tracks on Type records.   Download Fog Memory(right click and save) mix, No No