Chill Please - I'm Hung over

First off, Thanks to everyone who came to noiseban.02.12 on Friday, at the Russian Bar. Great night.

Just thought i'd put together some superchilled out music to deal with the old sunday hang over:

first up, Hammock - Can almost see you.

Really nice band, check out all their stuff over at band camp where you can also buy their albums and jazz...

Next up, some good old fashioned Texan post-rock by The Clam Blue Sea with We happy few- check out their website for tour dates (mostly in the US).

Lastly is Paper Birds by the Icelandic band Parachutes who unfortunately split up in 2009. If you've noticed the likeness to sigur ross, its because they shared some band members. Following the break up, all of their albums have been released for free as explained in the Swedish bed music blog.

Wuv - Ferro

Noiseban .02.12

UPDATE: Noiseban .02.12 will now be at RUSSIAN BAR (267 Kingsland Road)

So it's less than a week until the next Noiseban, the first one for a while. We'll be in the cellar of The Russian on Kingsland Road. - Downstairs, now that's where the fun will be happening. Get there before 11pm for free entry and a chance to see TheGreenLazer kick things off with a few choice Hip-Hop tracks. Later on, I (Ceefax B) will be playing some Disco & House and maybe a little Electro, followed by John Bailey (Egg the Teens) playing the same sort of stuff. Things will get a bit more hectic when Monsieur Ferro and Full Stop chuck some big Electo sounds in the mix. Good friends of Noiseban, the very busy Fanny Games will hit the decks for a DJ set at around 2am. Before we close up for the night expect to see the usual noiseban free-for-all with everyone playing head-to-head.Friday 2nd December
Downstairs - The Russian, London, E2 8AS

Get there before 11 for free entry, Doors open at 10.

Unfortunately we can no longer offer reduced entry for the guestlist.

See you on Friday,
Ceefax B & Monsieur Ferro

Chill & Trip Hop

First up, Got wind of this relatively unknown artist King Singh from Steve Strong over at White Elephant Clothing. This track, 'wood or wire?' has a sweet video and is probably his best work so far. check it out:

Download the track here,

Next up, Whilst reading the musigh blog I came across an artist we used to play far too much on the Ralph and Joe show back on XpressionFM, I am of course talking about emancipator:

That track was Nevergreen - Which you can download here

Lastly, one of the pioneers of the Genre, DJ Krush: with Day's end. Enjoy!

By the way, the next noiseban is on Friday the 2nd of December, click attending on facebook for guest list.

(See the flyer here)

Wuv Ferro

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French!

Justice have a new album out, and the title track is pretty self descriptive; "Audio, Video, Disco".
It seems like a million years since they released the single "Civilization" and this time they've ditched the rock guitar and drums for some smooth synth sounds. The first thing I though when I heard the track AVD was these guys are unmistakably French. It isn't just their accents, this track seems to pull together bits of Air, Daftpunk's more relaxed songs and a touch of Yuksek. I can't tell you what it is about this song, but it's definitely French.
Yuksek's album "Living on the Edge of Time" was out this summer, I recommend getting a copy. This is his latest single, "Always On The Run":

Also Check out Villa's balearic remix:
Yuksek - Always on the Run (VillA remix) by VILLA (Official)
Seeing as I mentioned Air I have to play this:


PS: Noiseban .02.12 is on Friday 2nd December

Ceefax B

London riots

I'm not a teenager, I never had an Atari (I had a Commodore 64) and I avoided the London riots like a scared little mouse - but I do like Atari Teenage Riot:

They remind me of my angst filled years when I listened to punk music, but with none of the cheesy nostalgia of playing an Offspring album. This recent remix by Tony Senghore sounds a little bit like what the clubs were playing 2 years ago, but I still like it:

Oh and while your here, look at this:


Ceefax B

Special Sauce

I've just been listening to Crystal Fields by The Special Ks, it's pleasant enough - a bit like one of the Mystery Jets housier tracks as sung by Daniel Bedingfield (not that it's necessarily a bad thing!)

The whole time I was listing to the track I was expecting it to get heavier, a skillful remix could really give this song some depth. something like this Toddla T remix of Wave And Wine by Schlachthofbronx:

Saying that, the original mix is hardly subtle:

by the way:

8-Oh's in the200-Oh's

Cheesy? Possibly - but still, 80s Synth recreated with the wanders of modern techno-knowled-G-unit can give you a feel good warm feeling like no other. What do I speak of? This:

Now tell me that wasn't good? If you just told me that wasn't good I disagree. It was good. Actually it was Exercise 4, a semi-bonus track on Bent's album Ariels which you really should buy here. Bent blow my mind like a dyson air multiplier blows out a candle: effeciently, with minimum noise and maximum techno-joy.

Next - Some flashbulb (aka Benn Jordan), I posted one of his acoustic tracks recently, well such is his talent he also owns at electronica, like with this track Nightmares from his album sleep

By the way, you can listen to a LOT of flashbulb tracks, and buy the albums directly from him for a not unreasonable amount of money at his bandcamp page

Anyway's, in an album I feel is too often under rated and blasted for being "pop", a great track that reuses a 80s synth to the maximum is Mylo's In my arms from destroy rock and roll. If you want to here almost perfect sampling and production this is defiantly one of the top albums of all time. buy the album anywhere

By the way - we're putting on a noiseban at the victory in Hoxton on the first Friday of December.

Hit attending on Facebook for guest list entry.

wuv ferro

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Electro oh oh oh

Been a while since we've had some Electro posted- so I thought I'd blaow some great tunes out on the circuit right about now:

First up some glitchy electro filth with I like my voice by Sirusmo which you can buy here

Next up in the progressive end of the spectrum I really like Life Pulse by DJ Style

Whenever I hear Apparat I want to move to Berlin. Also worth mentioning, the German lable BPitch Control - who he is signed to also have LOADs of really interesting music. Try AAREA NEGROT. Anyway, this next track is Cheap Thrills by Apparat which you can buy here

Actually, while we're on the topic of awesome german musicians called Apparat - I love this collaborative effort he did with Ellen Allien: This is quite a good video by Marco Testoni

Ellen Allien has produced some fantastico mix tapes over at percussionlab (which I don't mind saying is where I find a LOT of fresh artists these days)

Wuv

Ferro

The Kraken wakes

So it's been a while since the last Noise Ban night. After munching on a bunch of crap from some venues earlier in the year the Noise Ban guys have been off doing various un-Noise Ban things like trying to get a book published, DJing at other peoples nights, attempting to produce music and playing Nintendo Wii.

The time has come for the guys to reunite and put on another night for the good of all man kind. We haven't confirmed the date so I can't say much at the moment, but there will be another smooth, sweaty, sensual and shocking night of noises being banned very soon.

Expect to hear all types of electronic and um, non-electronic music at the next NB, we'll be playing disco, reggae, house, electro, hip-hop, trip-hop, house-hip and flip-flop.

I've been listening to a lot of disco lately, so when you see me behind the decks expect to hear stuff like this:
Space Ranger - Plastic Romance (Motor City Drum Ensemble Vocal Mix) by The Ransom Note

see you soon,
Ceefax B.

African Queen

This track just won't get out of my head, I've been humming it all weekend. It maybe a cheesey bit of 80's nonsense but I love it:


This goes out to Noiseban's mate CK: Have fun in Nigeria, keep safe mate!

RIP DJ Mehdi

RIP DJ Mehdi

(Guardian.co.uk)

Forest Man

DJ Propolis has given us a sneaky look at his mix "Swollen Banks". Its a tour of global summer sounds, taking in hip-hop, dubstep, soul and all kinds of electronic wobbles and beats. Propolis weaved it together sitting on the floor of a Canadian forest with his own smooth trip-hop style, Noiseban present it here as a UK exclusive:

DJ Propolis - Swollen Banks

(I'll put the set list up here, when he sends it to me)

Work Supportif

C'est musique pour vous, si vous, comme moi, travaillent actuellement....

Interestingly, yet to be spoilt by mass market success, independently sucsessful, this is the lead song from the 3rd album by the Irish band, The Redneck Manifesto:

I'm sure I've raved about the flashbulb before, but this is a quality track from a quality artist with loads to offer. This is Kirlian Voyager by The Flashbulb:

The Canadian Don Ross with RockBarra, mind blowingly good guitar. I personally like at 2 minutes(ish) when he plays some amazing rolling pitch harmonics:

And lastly, 'Closing' played by The Philip Glass Ensemble and written by Philip Glass, arguably one the best composers of all time:

Wuv Ferro,

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Night Flight

Flight Facilities are probably best know for their track Crave you (feat, Giselle). They have also beefed up this Holy Ghost! track with some butter bass:

The Aussie disco fools have another track out at the moment too, this one featuring Jess.

We wrote about Hollie Cook earlier in the year, the London lass has another track just out: Body Beat ft. Horseman

EWB

Ere' Mate, South West's Finest band and also my mates and that, av released a new album.

They are call Elliot Whale Boy, the album is called Ice cream Van on Fire.

Have a listen, on their facepage, its 'elliva good.

Real Mates

Ferro

Iamamiwhoami

A freiend of mine put me on to this lass called Iamamiwhoami, she's from Sweden and is apparently signed to Fever Ray's lable.

Iamamiwhoami is some sort of art project which I haven't been able to find out much about, but I do know my jammy mate is going to see them/her perform at one of their first ever shows this Friday.

videogram

Here are a couple of songs with brilliant videos. First up the wonderful Cereal Spiller Remix of True Loves by Hooray For Earth:

This next one is more about the video, but the song isn't too shabby - Planet of the Apes Party Fun Time (remix to Benny Benassi Presents the Biz):

Call Mi A Yardie

Check out out this joint, by UK boy Stylo G:

Slugabed

Watch this,

It will blow your Mind:



Cheers

M. Ferro

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Qualität

I've just been to Berlin and I visited a club called Berghain. They are pretty strict on who they let in, so a square like you won't get past the door men - but if you do some how fool them, you'll be treated to some sexy hardcore techno. It's what I imagine Fabric was like before it got over-run with tourists and idiots (like me). Actually I take that back - Fabric is still great.

A mate of mine is a techno DJ and for quite a while I have mocked his genre, saying there isn't enough going on and techno is boring. Well this is me officially eating my words - in the right environment techno is sehr gut!

Here are a couple of the DJs I saw in Berlin;


Robert Hood - The Family (Original Mix)


Technasia - Innocuous Clouds (2010) by technasiamusic

Where's this bad boy been hiding?

This bassnectar remix of the Pixies classic is over 2 years old and its still got all the brown notes.

If you want to see bassnectar in the UK, you cant (unless you can somehow get into the already sold out secret garden party) but what you can do is listen to more bassnectar tracks and remixes.

Now then, last night, Monoferrousity had a great time watching These Single Spies down at Carnivale (end of Brick Lane). Tight & professional sound, creative, interesting and well worth a listen. If you want more words check out The Wireless interview.

Wuv, Ferro,

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mon beau

It's a crime that Beaumont isn't more famous, he (I'm assuming its a he) has some epic smooth disco-electro tracks and some super slick remixes. Check out his soundcloud account, there's a bunch on it and you can dowload most of it for free:

remixes 2011 by beaumont_music

city meets soldier ep by beaumont_music

Peace, Ceefax B

Haddaway

I not convinced Haddaway was ever meant to be taken too seriously, but these are some serious remixes for your enjoyment...

First What is Love by swedish duo Old Amica

What is Love (Haddaway cover) by Old Amica

Then the Legowelt remix of Thing Called Love by Wolfram feat. Haddaway

WOLFRAM feat. HADDAWAY - THING CALLED LOVE (LEGOWELT REMIX) by WOLFRAM

Wuv M.Ferro

Gil Scott Heron

Gil Scott-Heron passed away on May 27 2011 aged 62.

He Inspired the hearts, and challenged the minds of many. Only a poet as great as he, could explore in words the impact and progress he installed in this world.

This is the video to his track 'I'm new here' from hist last album of the same name.



M. Ferro

NoiseBan at Fanny Games at CAN

Pow! Photo's from Fanny Games at CAN on the 21st of May...

Also, Talking about Fanny Games Check out this awesome Fanny Games remix of Sick Muse by Metric.

Sick Muse (Fanny Games Remix) by Fanny Games

Download it free here

Learn more about Fanny Games:
FACEBOOK
MY SPACE
TWITTER
YOU TUBE

wuv,

M. Ferro -x-

Saturday 21st "Roof Top Party" //Fanny Games live set & Noiseban DJ set//

Noiseban are DJing at CAN this Saturday, and our friends Fanny Games will be following us with a live set.

£2 all night.

Saturday 21st May
20:00 - 02:00

CAN
172A Arlington Road, NW1 7HL, London

Facebook Event

I'm off out, but I'll put some more details up later...

Update:

Line up:

DJ Sets: 7.30 pm - 11.30pm

► Antonio Landro

► Rish Dhealley

► Noise ban

Live set: 11.30pm - 12.30am

► Fanny Games
"Italian duo FANNY GAMES let their fun personalities shine through a blend of their own quirky productions and electro favourites".

MYSPACE
TWITTER
OFFICIAL FM
YOU TUBE
LAST.FM

Dj sets again: 12.30 am to close

► Fanny Games & friends

RSVP Guestlist: events@collaborativeartsnetwork.org

Tropical Pop

Listening to Hollie Cook, makes me imagine sitting on a beach under blue skys looking out over the Carribean sea, with a cool glass of rum punch.


Walking In The Sand by Hollie Cook


Hollie's new album is coming out next month, produced by UK dub legend Prince Fatty and I for one, will be buying it. As the daughter of Sex Pistol drummer, Paul Cook you might expect a bit more of a harsh sound, but Hollie's voice is as smooth as ice cream.

Shadow Kissing by Hollie Cook

Milk & Honey (Moody Boyz Vocal Remix) by Hollie Cook

I was going to put a link to a recipe for rum punch but can't find the right one, so I'll just tell you mine: "one of sweet, two of sour, three of weak, four of power"
1 unit of brown sugar
2 units of lime
3 units of crushed ice
4 units of quality dark rum (Preferably from Barbados)

A few of those and you'll be dancing all night

Nom nom nom

I really like the video for Steppin' Out by Tom Trago, maybe it's because it's a simple idea, well executed, or maybe it's just because it reminds me of my trips to Holland:



This next video might be a little more static, but it sure is a tasty piece of disco pie. Nom nom nom, a smooth mix of 80's style vocals and bang up to-date beats. munch down on this track by Slice & Soda, remixed by Villa:

Koko Pops

So last Thursday the Noiseban guys did an aperitif set for the Fanny Games gig at Koko. Fanny Games did a sharp electro set in the top bar, with Grum headlining the room. Here are the Fanny Games fellas getting excited:


It's not so new now, but I just love this Beaumont remix of Grum and I'll take any chance I can to play it: grum - through the night (beaumont remix) by beaumont_music

Just in-case you don't believe I was there, here is a crapy picture of the Noiseban guys harassing Fanny Games behind the decks:

"THEY ARE BECOING FEW!!"

The guys at Fanny Games are mates of Noiseban and they've DJ'd for us a few times. They asked me to mention their up coming gig at Koko so here it is:
21 APR FANNY GAMES @ KOKO - LONDON There is a pretty rad line up for the night including Alex Metric, Alan Braxe and Grum and tickets are only £12 (buy here) and as Nico puts it "THEY ARE BECOING FEW!!"

We have an extra special free download for you of the Fanny Games remix of Sick Muse by Metric so check it out:

Sick Muse (Fanny Games Remix) by Fanny Games

The Next Fanny Games Shows are:
08/04/2011 @93 Feet East - Bricklane, London
21/04/2011 @Koko - Camden Town, London
22/04/2011 @93 Feet East - Bricklane, London (Live Set)
29/04/2011 @Camden Street Party+"Pert"warehouse party
13/05/2011 @93Feet East - Bricklane, London

Cutting

Pow, Cutting sounds into music is brilliant.

Arguably the pioneer of the field (with powerful meaning), cold cut and hexstatic with timber:



Modern adaptation of the style (for comic effect) by swede mason:



wuvulcopters

Ferro

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Feadz & Dday One

Why Hello,

Both of the following tracks independently gave me major league goosebumps and made the hairs stand straight on my back.

The first one is Dday One - It's Just A Playground, which you can buy here



The Second is Feadz - 2Kind4U, which, although Feadz is now with edbangerrecords, you can only buy it in the BPitch Control Label's compilation album Camping, Volume 2 available here



Enjoy!

Wuv Ferro -x-

Liam Beans

Hey relax, you look tense. I know what you need - some chilled out Trip Hop. I know just the guy to sort you out: Beans.

Beans (A.K.A. DJ Propolis) is a Candaian mate of mine, I'm listening to one of his mixes right now and my heart rate has dropped to like 5bpm or something. Unfortunately unless you're planing on going to British Columbia any time soon, your chances of seeing him play are pretty low. You'll have to settle for this live set he did for Uvic recently:
Liam Beans meets DJ Propolis by Liam Beans

Edit:
I forgot to say, he has some interesting stuff on soundcloud too.

Aeroplane

I got this album a little while back and it's my favorite at the moment. Every track on it (except Good riddance) is a brilliant slice of smooth disco. I wanted to play a few tracks from the album, but they are really difficult to find online. The title track is a blend of psycadellic space disco witha real late 70's feel mixed with a reaggae sound and an modern feel:

We Can't Fly by user6832065

Other excellent tracks on this album include the dreamy "Fish in the sky" and the electro edged "Without lies". You should definately get a copy of this album.

Pure : StricklyBeats

Please find following the latest mix album from pure: StricklyBeats

Its a really smooth mix of ambient hip-hop with down-tempo chill.



The artists played are:

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Dday One
Bugseed
JonaDuliatte
Omega One
Dreas
Void Pedal
Thelonious
Munoz
Studio Scratches
People Under The Stairs
KenLo Craqnuques
Custom
Shag
Blockhead

For more info check out the pure blog

Wuv Mons. Ferro

Ravi Shankar & Ustad Alla Rakha

Stumbled across this recently and it really blew me away-

Ravi Shankar & Ustad Alla Rakha performing eighteen minutes of "Dhun (Dadra And Fast Teental)", an excerpt from the four-hour performance at Monterey County Fairgrounds in California, June 18th, 1967.





Wuv Mons. Ferro

shangaan electro

Hej hej, I've been hibernating for the last couple of months - thanks to Monsieur Ferro for keep the blog alive while I've been sleeping. This is just a quick post to share something a friend of mine pushed my way: Shangaan Electro. I don't know much about it - so this might be yesterdays news. Anyway it's from South Africa and it sounds pretty unique:

SHANGAAN ELECTRO - "KULUNGWANI" from s o u n d t r a v e l s on Vimeo.

laterz,

Ceefax B.

Lord Francis Lobotomy's Audio Review-o-grams

Dear Sirs,

What a treat, it's me again, Lord Francis Lobotomy with my synaptastical analysis of another release for your pleasure.

Please find following my review of "Honey Mine" by the band "Korallreven".



Well the track "Honey Mine", to me, sounds like listening to the eighties with your head submerged in a bath. Whilst it feels nice initially, very quickly you'll tire of the fluffy echoes. Be careful, too much fluffy echo and you'll want to take your head out of the bath and put it into an oven.



Infact I would say "korallreven" really is quite awful, The only redeemable aspect of "korallreven" is the boldness of naming all their tracks after sexual practices. But even with that I'd rather be Ted Hughes than listen to any more of this drivel.

Just to remove any danger of those grim, hideous, awful, disgusting, abominable, appalling, beastly, disgusting, dreadful, frightful, ghastly, grisly, gross, gruesome, hateful, horrendous, horrid, loathsome, macabre, monstrous, morbid, nasty, odious, offensive, ugly, awful, detestable, repellent, repugnant, repulsive, revolting, shocking, sick, and uncomely sounds from staying in your consciousness for a second longer listen to this immediately...

Lord Francis Lobotomy's Audio Review-o-grams

Dear Sirs,

Welcome! It is I, Lord Francis Lobotomy with my synaptastical analysis of the latest releases for your pleasure.
Please find following my review of "In A While" by those young whippy cads "Beaches" on their album "Eternal Sphere".



Taking the expression "tonight we're going to party like its 1999" quite literally it feels like this jibs's already been flown by stereolab. "In a while" is a reasonable track but already a bit dated & I can't help thinking it sounds a bit like being stuck in a lift with a 16 year old wearing Doc Martins.

That said, the guitar is impressively punchy for what is essentially drone, & it isn't horrible. Yawn, the problem is when you're as old as I am you'd rather listen to some good old pioneering 90s post-rock rather than some new aged fangled post-rock.



I promise to write soon,

Your ever loving servant,

Lord Francis Lobotomy

Selling outs the new selling in...

Sigur Ross, the xx, phoenix; all good bands with unbelievably great albums. You know- the kind of album you can put on and just slip into a dream staring at the wall in front of you for the whole duration not even aware.

All good bands, with great albums that have been ruined by being mercilessly over played. Last week I was arguing that it is an inevitability that good songs on good albums will rise to the top before falling off the top and into the laps of bar managers, advertisers and every radio DJ ever.

Well, I'm not actually sure it is totally inevitable. I think that first they probably had to have signed to a major record label and/or sold the rights to that amazing song on that amazing album which you hold so dear.

Enter centre stage: Mojave 3 with their 2003 Album Spoon and Rafter:


(Blue Bird of Happiness EP Version)

As far as I'm aware, NOT selloutpussyassbitches.


(Hard to miss you)

So as they didn't sell out and instead kept it independent with 4AD lets all buy their albums until it gets big enough for them to to be used in Nike commercials.


(Between the bars)

Not that I'm blaming bands for making (loads of) money, I'd sell out faster than corned beef in a well mannered yet horrific post apocalyptic dooms day scenario.
Also, I'm not saying phoenix ever professed to be anything other than lovely lovely French pop.

Basically what I'm saying is Mojave 3 are hugely under rated, proper good and you should buy all their albums ever. (amazon) (groves-inc)

Wuv - Mons. Ferro

Nice bit of uncommon pop. It speaks for itself. I think you will like it...

J. Cole featuring B.o.B - Pass Me By:


J. Cole featuring B.o.B - Pass Me By by Hypetrak

Wuv - Mons. Ferro

Plug Alert:

This is Stephan Jacobs -the 26 year old self described "dubstep, glitch hop and west coast crunk" producer and DJ from Los Angeles:


Stephan Jacob's first collaboration with +Verb gave us this beauty; Blind Dreams. Released by GruntWorthy:



A nice track I hope you'll agree. Also noteworthy is this badboy,Drop Bombs the Stephan Jacobs Remix feat Naada released just yesterday:


Samples - Drop Bombs (Stephan Jacobs Remix feat Naada) CLIP by Stephan Jacobs

For more, he has loads of free stuff on his site.

Wuv

Mons. Ferro

This set was released by Toobear at underbounce on Tuesday the 11th.


We think it is rather lovely, he describes it as: techno detroit minimal groovy machine flutter

Have a Listen over at soundcloud but don't forget to come back here and tell us what you think...

I used to get REALLY upset by remixes of certain songs.

One Said song would be Reckoner by Radiohead, as follows;

I hope you would agree one of the best songs ever written. Al Gore agrees with me, that's why it was used as the theme of Current TV during its formative years from 2004.

Anyway, I realised that I was treating this song as though it was permanent, quantifiable and unique.

By nature songs are impermanent, transient and subject to the perception of the beholder.

And so let the remixes (and covers) commence:

wuv

Mons. Ferro

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