Box Musique

Sabrepulse - Turbo City

2008-06-30T18:05:22Z

Chip tunes are bad ass. Seriously, some people listen to them and don't understand the nostalgic joy they bring. I mean, who doesn't remember mammoth sessions on Streets of Rage or Paperboy? Pfft, those same people would no doubt scoff at the sheer genius that is Sabrepulse's latest release, Turbo City. 'White Tiger' is an immense song, 'The Manhattan Transfer' is also unashamedly sick and 'Plug in Trance (Kate's Remix)' is insane. You want to know what's even better? You can download it for free...that's £0.00, yup $0.00. I wish I still had my Mega Drive, I'd pretend it was alive and eat dinner with it sitting at the table, I'd make it wear a napkin and everything...I'm pretty awesome if you think about it. Download it hyar!

Nouveau Box Musique Looming

2008-06-24T15:18:38Z

I know you want to know where I've been for the past few decades, but the answer lies within the very site you behold...kind of. I've been coding the new version of the site which, hopefully, will go live some time during this week or the start of next. It looks nice, like KFC food on tv adverts...although, unlike that, it still looks good when it's sitting in your lap, not like a soppy mess of low grade hormone mush. Honest.

San Miguel's Hidden Depths 2008

2008-06-20T10:21:35Z

If you thought this was going to be about finding unknown treasures at the bottom of your beer bottle then you'll be disappointed, kind of. Hidden Depths, a series of 5 one-off super secret squirrell gigs across London and Manchester, is back with no less secrets or squirrells than last year. I say anywhere but if you check out the official site there's loads of information on there (and it's got a cool wood effect with a spotlight thing on an iphone, a laptop and some headphones so I mean I can totally like relate to this idea). It's all kicking off between June 16th and September 28th with Wall of Sound taking over next Thursday.]]> MySpace | facebook | Official Site

Blessed With Bass

2008-06-11T18:59:16Z

Time for a bit of early evening dubstep I should think. Bristol steppers KOAN Sound have some ridiculously heavy tunes up on their myspace at the moment, most notably 'Clowny' and 'Blessed', both of which will shake the teeth out of your head so I suggest you turn up the bass and head over there. Unsigned yet sick, sometimes I wish I owned a record label... The Myspace

Fabriclive.40 Mixed by Noisia (Album Review)

2008-05-31T04:33:31Z

It goes without saying that Fabric are experts at attracting the biggest and best names to craft excellent mixes for them, we need only look back a month to recall DJ Yoda's masterfully forged compilation of prime cuts for Fabriclive.39. This instalment was to be no different and originally fell at the feet of Parisian electro duo Justice, but after their effort was deemed unworthy, the baton was passed on to Dutch darkstep outfit Noisia, the sinister faces of drum & bass. They, of course, set to work in what I can only imagine to be some sort of poorly lit underground dungeon/studio and concocted a filthy mix comprising largely their own tunes but punctuated with some collaborations and breaks cuts from other notably twisted producers. The resultant spawn was dubbed Fabriclive.40, a devilishly infectious potion of aural corruption.]]> 8/10 For more information on Fabriclive.40 and details on how to buy it, head over to Fabric's official site.

Pivot In The Blood

2008-05-30T10:19:08Z

Not a massacistic ballet performance but the first EP from Aussie rockers Pivot. The title 'In The Blood' may lead you to believe it's all death metal and that but far from my friend, far from. Not only do you get the horrendously addictive 'Didn't I Furious' along with the title track, there's also remixes of 'In The Blood' and 'Sweet Memory' by Rustie and Clark respectively. Continue for videos, tracks and proverbial liquorice allsorts. ]]> here and as you've probably already noticed there's that damn Bleep player down hither for your listening pleasure. End transmission. MySpace | Label (Photo by Glen Wilkie.)

Death Rides Innit

2008-05-30T04:45:52Z

I just had a gander at the video for Johnny Truant's new song, 'Death Rides', and fuck me, the track is epic. Heavy as a lead monster truck and heinous as anything, it's sick stuff, I was up out of my chair punching clowns and babies within seconds. We don't have to wait very long for its release either thanks to the fact that the album from which it originates, No Tears for the Creatures, is due for release on United By Fate on June 2, so get your fingers out of your ears and grab a copy. They're touring this summer too, I'll be heading along to their show at Corporation here in Sheff on the 24 July to get mercilessly kicked around the room, you should come along but you'll probably just sit in your basement crying like you usually do...baby.]]>

Scarlett Johansson + Dignity = 0

2008-05-27T14:38:36Z

Oh my God, Scarlett Johansson may be a decent actress but she's absolutely awful at singing. Seriously, she can't hold a note at all. I just watched the video for her song 'Falling Down' and at times I thought she was acting like she was dehydrated or had tonsillitis or something. Who the hell agrees to produce and release stuff like this? They know she's terrible, they've added reverb to her voice in order to try and mask how retarded she sounds, but it doesn't work. I bet she reckons her sound is edgy and new, well I'm edgy...or at least my knife is and I've just bought a plane ticket to LA and an action man stealth suit, it has fake padded muscles. Video after the jump, it's painful, don't say I didn't warn you.]]>

Last.fm Overhaul Imminent

2008-05-22T23:10:54Z

First you get the raw audio file, then you pour it into the spoon and slowly heat it up whilst teasing it with a needle. The next step is to eliminate any lumps and draw it up into the chamber, give it a textbook flick, grip the belt wrapped around your arm in your [few] remaining teeth and shoot that shit directly into your veins, leaving a nice set of tracks wherever the entry point may be. Ooooh, how sweet the scrobble has become! Wait...what?! What's heroin? I'm talking about last.fm and the fact that a few times a day I tend to check up on statistics that I already know because when I'm listening to music, you know, I'm actually listening to it, but I still seem drawn to the drab crimson interface anyway. Well, lucky for me the guys over at the home of audioscrobbling have just rolled out a beta version of the new-look site for their paying subscribers and if all goes well, joe public shall be reaping the benefits of clean design soon too. Read more over at the Last.fm blog. Don't worry by the way, I once looked at drugs in a magazine and fainted. I spent a week in bed recuperating and can now only drink milk and eat fruit pastilles, a little like a badly treated toddler. Over and out.

Director Shuffle For Bob Marley Biopic

2008-05-22T16:44:13Z

Legendary director and all-round badass Martin Scorsese has unfortunately had to pull out of directing the upcoming Bob Marley biopic due to 'scheduling conflicts'. Thankfully however, instead of Uwe Boll stepping in to make a hash of the whole project (best joke ever?), Jonathan Demme has been assigned to take Marty's place. If you're clueless and have already reached for IMDB then shame on you because Demme directed such classics as The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia and The Manchurian Candidate. He also recently directed Neil Young: Heart of Gold, which I haven't seen but critics seemed to taken a shine to, so he's obviously pretty good at this legend/music/movie crossover malarkey. Stay tuned for more details as the project develops...

Red Hot Chili Peppers Having a Kit-Kat

2008-05-22T12:29:33Z

Despite various internet sources bearing headlines indicating that the Chilis have 'disbanded' or 'split' it seems that they are merely taking a break after what appears to have been a 10 year run of solid work. "We took a very long time to make the 'Stadium Arcadium' record (released in 2006). It was a gruelling, long haul and it followed two other very long hauls, 'Californication' (1999) and 'By the Way' (2002)." Anthony Kiedis told Rolling Stone. "So we didn't really stop until the tour ended last year. We were all emotionally and mentally zapped at the end of that run. The discussion was, 'Let's not do anything Red Hot Chili Peppers-related for a minimum of one year, and just live and breathe and eat and learn new things.'" Maybe they can use the year to reflect on how crap they are live and come to terms with the fact that nobody wants to listen to Flea play the same bass loop a thousand times for ten minutes. In an unrelated story, I once found some fleas in my trousers...well, the doctor said they were crabs but I knew better!

Armitage Shanks: April Fools Mix

2008-05-20T23:59:51Z

I was supposed to post this a while back, but it's in my nature to be lazy so I'm sure you can forgive me. Regardless of my negligence, this is Armitage Shanks' appropriately titled 'April Fools Mix', a deftly spread commix of breakbeat's bread and butter comprising some ridiculously infectious tunes. If it tickles your ossicles pen 31st may into your diary and head down to DQ in Sheffield to catch him alongside TimmyDutch, Rogue State, Deadman, Unknown Soulja and M.I. Loki for Bass & Time.]]>

Pendulum Announce Tour

2008-05-20T23:36:40Z

Would you like to know how bored I am? Bored enough to acknowledge the fact that Pendulum are going on tour at the end of this year. Seriously, the less I hear about Pendulum the better. Sure they've come out with some pretty serious tunes in the past but their recent stuff is absolutely awful and as such, I feel it's only right to boycott them until they produce something worth listening to. I think the Pendulum has well and truly swung into the 'shit' aspect of the scale. Tour dates after the jump.]]> November Newport Centre (28) Portsmouth Guildhall (28) Swindon Oasis (29) Plymouth Pavilions (30) December Leeds Carling Academy (2) Birmingham Carling Academy (3) London Brixton Carling Academy (4, 5) Manchester Apollo (7) Liverpool University (8) Glasgow Carling Academy (9) Sheffield Carling Academy (10) Bournemouth BIC (12) Llandudno Venue Cymru (13)

Cotti Interview

2008-05-03T17:47:07Z

No news today, but I came across an interesting interview with dubstep goon Cotti and thought I'd share it with the world...or at least, the small portion of it that reads the old musique rag. So, on tunes, names, influences and the future, I present to you: Cotti. Enjoy.

TimmyDutch and The 45 Minute Mix

2008-05-02T20:28:13Z

Remember the recently posted Winter Almanac mix from TimmyDutch? Well he's been raping vinyl again and produced what seems to be a 45 minute fulmination of drum & bass debauchery featuring the faculties of Original Sin, D Minds, DJ Hazard and Jonny L, to name but a few. Take the jump and experience the..uhh..drop...oh, and catch him at DQ after Valve Soundsystem in Sheffield tomorrow.]]>