Midnight Express

There is some exciting news on the way for NoiseBan, I can't tell you any more than that at the moment, but this is the place to find out - so come back regularly!

I don't know very much about this guy from Chicago called the Midnight Conspiracy. I could make something up, but instead I think I'll just listen to some of his tracks:

Crystal Castles - Vietnam (Midnight Conspiracy Remix) by Midnight Conspiracy

Tiga - What You Need (Midnight Conspiracy Summer of '87 Remix) by Midnight Conspiracy

Esser - Headlock (Midnight Conspiracy Dubstep Remix) by Midnight Conspiracy

chilli con zales

I was at Field Day (Festival) and after SMD finished some guy got up on the stage wearing a dressing gown, sat at a piano and announced " Hi, I'm Chilly Gonzales: muscial genius." I thought to myself, I like this guy's style. I listened to the first couple of songs and enjoyed them but had to leave the tent for some lame reason. Today I was checking out the line up for Bestival (if you haven't guessed, another festival) when I saw his name on the list. Thats' how I found possibly my favourite thing in the world right now:

Chilly Gonzales - I Am Europe

Chilly is a Canadian who's been hanging around in Europe for a few years now. Apparently he's toured with Peaches and does shows attended by the cool kids in Berlin. Erol Alkan and Boys Noize asked him to rework their track Waves and it sounds like this:

Еrol Alkan and Boys Noize-Waves (Chilly Gonzales Piano Remake)

I checked out the video for I am Europe and its got Tiga in it, this guy is connected. What I want to know is why no-one told me about him earlier. You can apologise for not letting me know about Chilly Gonzales in the comment box below.

Chilly Gonzales - Never Stop

Jump Around

Here at Noise Ban we listen all flavours of music. Unfortunately I've only got room in my head for so much stuff and I'm pretty lazy, so I'm always one step behind the curve. If you want to hear the very latest tracks then you'll need to go somehwere else (Try my mate's night FYB), but if you want to hear a wide range of banging tunes from around the world and across the genres then step inside my friend.

Disclaimer out of the way I can confess that I (Ceefax B) don't know that much about Dubstep; I thought it was confined to a few bass loving parts of Europe. It turns out the Americans are getting in on the act too. Trawling the web for tasty sounds, I came across this fella; Jantsen from Boulder, Colorado.

Jantsen & Bassnectar - Blast Off
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House of Pain (Jantsen Remix) - Jump Around
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Distant Relatives

Yo, so first up: Sorry about last week, what can I say? I guess the new owners of Cocomo weren't up for some rad tunes. We will have a new venue sorted quick sharp, so worry not my friend.

On Friday I was planning on playing at least one track from the excellent collaborative album by Nas & Damian Marley; Distant Relatives. This is one of my favourite albums at the moment. In my opinon it's the perfect mix of hip-hop and reggae, contemporary but with a classic vibe. You might have already heard the single, As we enter:

I was planning on reviewing this album when it first came out, but instead I just hung around my flat like a stale fart. Well I'm doing it now.
The whole album has an African vibe, with lots of references to the hopes, troubles and common bonds beetween Black People across the world. If you didn't get the title Nas and DM have helpfuly put an image of Africa between their faces on the cover. The second track of the album projects quite a negative image of Africa; Tribes at War, featuring the Somalian rapper K'Naan:

The tone and tempo of the album rise and fall through out as does the level of hip-hop and reggae of each track, but they all sound good. The lyrical content of the album doesn't only dwell on Africa's problems, with Count your blessings and My Generation being particularly inspiring. Another good one is the final track Africa must wake up:


I was going to review another couple of albums Battle of the Sexes by Ludacris and Rebirth by Lil Wayne, but they're both so wack I can't really be bothered. Battle of the Sexes is just mediocre commercial hip-hop, but Rebirth is proper bad. There is one good track on Rebirth, angry colaboration with Eminem: Drop The world, which is the reason I thought the album might be good.

The rest of the album is laughably bad, it's a real arse-hat. Seriously what was he thinking? Lil Wayne has tried moving towards rock/metal and has made a real dog's dinner of it. He's mixed some shitty Kid Rock-Nickleback rock with rubbish 50 Cent rapping and a bit of awful auto-tune singing for good measure. It makes me want to take the CD out and hit it with a hammer (shame I downloaded it).

Damn les enfantes....

Due to a change of owner at Cocomo we wont be playing there on Friday.

We will hopefully be able to find an emergency venue (or house). If you have a house we have the sounds. Message me. Otherwise stay tuned for further details.

Sorry for any inconvenience...

rob schneider is a stapler

Look, I done a poster:Here a couple of tracks to listen to whilst you look at the different colours:


Mp3 : The Crystal Method featuring Matisyahu – Drown in the Now from Divided By Night (2009) (cheers for the link katarokkar.cribble.net)

and

Lcd Soundsystem - Home (Dezlin Remix) [320kbps] by DEZLIN

She says I'm not romantic / I say she's too dramatic

Noise Ban: Chapter 3 won't be long now, get ready for some shocking electro tracks.


Night by Night, by Chromeo, enjoy: