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Video of the Week Tahiti 80 – Solitary Bizness

Thomas — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 11:04:41 +0000

Video of the Week Tahiti 80 – Solitary Bizness is a post from: Words About Things

Video of the Week Tahiti 80 – Solitary Bizness is a post from: Words About Things Tahiti 80 Solitary Bizness from Tahiti 80 on Vimeo.

Brian Eno Releases’ Small Craft on a Milk Sea’.

Thomas — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:49:12 +0000

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Brian Eno Releases’ Small Craft on a Milk Sea’. is a post from: Words About Things Legendary music producer Brian Eno has released his first album on legendary electronic music label Warp today. The album is called Small Craft on a Milk Sea and was created in collaboration with guitarist Leo Abrahams and keyboardist Jon [...]

Video of the Week: Experimental Tribute

Thomas — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 12:16:42 +0000

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Video of the Week: Experimental Tribute is a post from: Words About Things “This is a brief tribute I made to the experimental work of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop who recently staged a performance in London, that I couldn’t attend. All the sounds and loops originate from the BC8 synth, the Gakken SX-150 synth and [...]

The Mercury Music Prize Roundup (With Spotify links)

Thomas — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:12:25 +0000

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The Mercury Music Prize Roundup (With Spotify links) is a post from: Words About Things The Mercury Music Prize award ceremony took place last night with the honors going to The xx (spelled with lower case x’s if you don’t mind) for their album xx. This didn’t really come as a big surprise to anyone, [...]

Video of the Week: The Beat of New York

Thomas — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:54:47 +0000

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Video of the Week: The Beat of New York is a post from: Words About Things Another week, another amazing video from Vimeo.com. This week’s video is a collaboration between cameraman Thomas Noesner and sound designer Toussaint of STEREOSCREEN productions. It features footage of New York backed up with a remix of a drummer from [...]

Boost Your Running Performance With Music

Thomas — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:57:35 +0000

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Boost Your Running Performance With Music is a post from: Words About Things Judging by the people I pass on a weekly basis about half of those who run or jog do so whilst listening to music. Personally I could bear to run for an hour and a half without any kind of distraction at [...]

What Soundtracks Your Run?

Thomas — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:06:15 +0000

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What Soundtracks Your Run? is a post from: Words About Things I have been running for about two years, I started off doing a few miles once a week and have gradually increased over time. I have now managed a fairly a respectable half marathon time and whilst I’m not going to break any records [...]

Wednesday Links #8

Thomas — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:05:51 +0000

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Wednesday Links #8 is a post from: Words About Things 1. Giant Squid invade California. If you live in California be afraid, very afraid! 2. This kid has a very unfortunate name, no wonder he isn’t smiling. 3. Bad Brains – Banned in DC live at CBGB’s in 1982, Rastafarian hardcore punk at it’s best. [...]

These New Puritans Return With New Single ‘We Want War’

Thomas — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:17:50 +0000

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These New Puritans Return With New Single ‘We Want War’ is a post from: Words About Things These New Puritans’ first album Beat Pyramid was released in January of 2008 and received a lot of positive reviews. It was Vice’s album of the month and was given a score of 7.5/10 by Pitchfork, even MOR [...]

Dubai Sound City Festival

Thomas — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:04:47 +0000

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Dubai Sound City Festival is a post from: Words About Things Dubai has been getting some major international attention of late mostly because of the recent Grand Prix and the forthcoming opening of the world’s tallest hotel. Another event of note was the three day Sound City festival which featured 78 bands, artists and DJs [...]