New tings – Tom Excell & Marc Aleksei
Here is a sneaky peak at two new tracks we’re in the process of scheduling for Love&Cake Digital.. The first, Soul Lemon by Tom Excell is a grimey, dubstep-infused slice of Electro-Breaks and the second, coming all the way from Queensland, Australia is Marc Aleksei’s exceptional slice of Tech-House and Minimal, the Lemon&Honey EP.
Mmmm.. Fruity. What do you guys think?
Fantastic FREE BitBasic Album on Rec72
DOWNLOAD IT HERE! Here’s what Rec72 are saying..
London-based Bitbasic aka. Simon Haycock, has released several EPs and albums through other netlabels such as Monotonik and Testpilot Music before; Bitbasic started his musical adventures at the age of 15. Playing out with a laptop and 40h monome, Simon uses his self-written software ‘dj64′ which modells a mixer and two turntables virtually.
As the music magazine Drowned in Sound has coined Bitbasic’s virtuosity “in nodding to the likes of Nathan Fake, Four Tet and Paul White among others, Haycock is [...]bringing together equally excellent and equally diverse genres and wedding them into a sound distinctly his own.”
Bitbasic has recently played live at the Unique Beats Festival 2010 in Edinburgh as rec72 netlabel mates Pandacetamol did in 2009.
Congratulations to BitBasic & Miaoux Miaoux
Two of our Test Pilot artists Simon Haycock aka BitBasic and Julian Corrie aka Miaoux Miaoux have featured on Music Week covermount CDs in the last two months. Bizarrely, each appearance was entirely independent of the other.. But all the same, bravo guys!
To catch BitBasic Live and see what all the fuss is about, check out Summersault in London this weekend: http://www.villageunderground.co.uk/events/summersault
Miaoux Miaoux – Blooms EP – Out on CD 16th March 2010
LCD EP003 – BLOOMS EP
Love & Cake Digital
Compact Disc EP (Limited Edition) Available 16th March 2010
Digital Download forthcoming/tbc
1. Pixellated 2. Dream On 3. Snow
Miaoux Miaoux, aka Julian Corrie, releases his first new material in two years in the form of the Blooms EP, a beautiful and striking blend of electronica and post-rock. Already being praised by BBC Radio 1, The Scotsman, and Glasgow PodCART, the EP features a more song-orientated approach to Miaoux Miaoux’s unique brand of electronica, recalling The Postal Service and Apparat, as well as established post-rock pioneers Mogwai.
It follows on from the success of his debut album Rainbow Bubbles, which The List called “an accomplished collection of post-rocking vibrations laced with some decidedly un-bedroomy electronics” and Drowned in Sound “a very good album”. Rainbow Bubbles also included an acclaimed remix of indie popsters Zoey Van Goey, which appeared as the b-side to their first single.
The Blooms EP will be launched on Tuesday 16th March with a gig at the 13th Note Cafe, Glasgow, 9pm, where Miaoux Miaoux will be supported by chiptune wizard Firebrand Boy and the legendary Errors DJs. It will be available on CD, and also as a download from all good digital retailers including (but not limited to) iTunes, Amazon, Napster, LaLa, Trackitdown, Juno, Rhapsody and eMusic.
Whilst you’re in a voting mood…
BitBasic has also entered a competition to have his awesome track Fractal Pants (below) remixed by Bonobo. We only entered the competition yesterday, so the other entrants got a head start.
Help us catch up guys!!!
No registration required, just a click and then enter your e-mail addy.
Vote to see Avosetta on Channel 4!
Avosetta have reached the last 20 bands (out of 2,500 entrants) in the new Evo Rooms Music Competition, sponsored by Fiat! The competition is now down to a public vote which will see the remaining 10 bands battle it out on Channel 4!
This is definitely something we want to see, hopefully you feel the same way!
If so, please follow this link: http://www.evomusicrooms.co.uk/the-polling-booth/avosetta and click to vote!
BitBasic in the Mix! FREE DOWNLOAD
Download this AWESOME mix from BitBasic (via our SoundCloud) absolutely FREE!!
Just click the ‘Down Arrow’ on the right of the player widget.
We’ve got a bit of Techno, Electro and Dubstep all beautifully mashed up on a Monome using DJ64!
Crackin’
Tracklisting:
1. Siriusemo – Mein Neues Fahrrad (Boys Noize Edit)
2. Stfu – Sfym (Something For Your Mind)
3. Mr Oizo – Flat Beat (Computer Club’s Far Eric Remix V04)
4. Chateau Flight – La Roquette
5. Wesley Matsell – Bernwerk
6. Nicolas Vallee – Acid Punch
7. Mount Kimbie – Sketch On Glass
New Test Pilot Event – DECKS OFFENDERS Sat 20th Feb
You ‘eard!
Test Pilot Music are joining forces with AirTechs (providers of decor and inflatables for some of the nations biggest festivals) and local promoter Rob ‘RobDog’ Upson (formerly of Medicinal Sounds) to create a very special night set to rock the Norwich club scene to the core.
Our launch night, at Tombland’s Noir Bar, will feature a mash-up of tasty ear-candy, ranging from Indie, Breaks, Electro and Trash, to D’n'B, Techno, Hip Hop and Funk! If you can rave to it, we’ve most likely got it!
Our line-up features a handful of in-house Decks Offenders and some familiar local faces, as well as the awesome BitBasic and the Hottwerk Records’ duo Craig Fury & Tobias Doppelganger!
BITBASIC (Love & Cake Digital)
CRAIG FURY & TOBIAS DOPPELGANGER (Hottwerk Records)
KASHTA (Hush House)
ROBDOG (Decks Offenders)
DJ ARTICULATE (Decks Offenders) – Hip Hop/Funk
MAZ (Medicinal Sounds) – Reggae/Dub
& GUESTS
All accompanied by tripped-out, weird and wonderful decorative inflatables and decor from AirTechs Ltd; An audio/visual feast if ever there was one!
…and all for just £.2.50 on the door!
DECKS OFFENDERS
Sat 20th Feb 2010 – 9.00pm – 3.00am
Noir, Queen’s Street
Norwich
Avosetta featured in the new ‘Metal Hammer Pod F*cking Cast’
A good mention for the boys on the new Metal Hammer ‘Pod f*cking Cast’, suggesting fans of Exit 10 should check out Avosetta’s brand of ‘melodic metal’ …Nice one!
LISTEN HERE:
Farwah ‘TUNE OF THE MONTH’ in MixMag
BitBasic also performed a stormingly eclectic live mix on BBC Suffolk’s Introducing show on Jan 14th. Check it out here!
