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The new (old) Moderat??

Ive been listening to Mondkopf for a while, but its taken a bit to get into his stuff. Im a sucker for anything French at the minute though so a more intense listen has been needed for a while.

Quite simply, Galaxy of Nowhere, out last last year, is a stunning album. I dont quite know how to classify it yet but Moderat-esque is about as far as I have got. If you are a fan of that crazy trip-hop-electro stuff this might be the guy for you. 11 (and a couple of the ol intro and outro) tracks of listenable tunes is what he has delivered, and I for one am suitably impressed. 

If you fancy a listen (and I think you should even for the curious among you) head on over to.. 

http://www.myspace.com/mondkopfonthemoon

If anything you will find some interesting music that might see its way onto a movie soundtrack or two in the coming years.. but im just speculating..

R

Muckle Sandwich Issue 4 Out Now!

Muckle Sandwich is a great wee zine put together by Neil Warrack of Super Adventure Club, and the latest issue features an interview with Ian MacKaye of Fugazi/Dischord/Evens, a tribute to Ronnie James Dio, art, poetry, writing and an interview with me about ineedmusik.com!

Grab one in Avalanche Edinburgh, Love Music in Glasgow, and wherever else this fine publication is sold.

Home town boys makin good

Right on!
I wasn't gonna write anything till next tuesday, maintaining a routine and all but I just got soem sweet news via my Okanagan valley local newspaper.
Yukon Blonde, A flippin fantastic rock band from my home town(and personal friends), have just been nominated for ROCK RECORDING of the YEAR! by the Western Canadian Music Awards.
You will know why if you stop by their myspace. A bit retro with harmonies and a touch of surrealism they have just finished a North American tour and believe me they deserve this accolade.
Why do i care this much? Because with out the bands founder and frontman, Jeff Innes there would be no D.Soul the Soulsamurai.
I met Jeff in highschool through an ex girlfriend of mine, at a time I knew I wanted too make music but wasn't sure how.
I would hang out at Jeffs house for days or weeks even, watching him produce on fruity loops, than Id take what Id seen and mimic it on my than demo version of fruity loops. Did that for a year before I got my full program and spread my own wings. In that time we discussed all aspects of life and love, and we philosophized about time travel and string theory.
Jeff has always been an amazing musician in all aspects but his desire for perfection was preventing him from stepping out of the studio. So shortly before I moved east to find work in film, I recall sitting with Jeff in my car and explaining to him in depth how I felt about him and his music and how the world deserved to hear it and share in it.
Iv always hoped that hoped that started a fire under him, becuse shortly after he and our friend Graham Jones, realy started jammin it out. They did a stint as a 5 peice group called Alpha Baby which I loved, and have now settled down to a 3 peice act Yukon Blonde and are writing some KILLER music. You don't even know.
So thats it, check them out. Get some Western Canadian in ya. Do it.
Congrats Jeff Innes, Graham Jones and Brandon Scott.

http://www.myspace.com/yukonblondeband

www.breakoutwest.ca - Western Canadian Music Awards

Stoked
D

Getting started(back to the beginning)

Why hello, and welcome to my first ever blog posting. This is a world that's new too me, I have never read a blog or even thought about posting one before.
So why now?
Well I have just recently returned to Western Canada after living in Edinburgh Scotland for about 2 years, and I'm Trying to pad the change as much as I can by keeping busy.
The Edinburgh I saw was a vibrant, colourful, (I'm spelling colour the Canadaian way, and my American comp. don't approve) creative and interactive place. I kept quite busy working with musicians to photographers and street artists of all styles and genres. Hiphoppers helping Indie rockers, Indie rockers helping Djs, ect. ect. Unfortunately my own home town of Kelowna in British Columbia, dose not have the same mentality.
So, I blog to recall the good times and to keep my brothers and sisters in creation up on the whats what.
I'm working on new music myself as well I have picked up the brush again and will have some paining too show you. In my sights right now is Vancouver, to cut my teeth some more and to prepare my self for Japan(hopefully in the spring).

I'll keep this post short as I believe in warming up to new things, but keep your eyes up for new artists I find that I'll be giving shout outs and links too. For now keep needing musik, and love thy neighbor!
Scotland:
savagerecordings.com
ineedmusik.com
Japan:
dejine-rec.com
Canada:
myspace.com/dsoul003

oh yeah and keep up with the latest international Ukulele developments with the Psychedelic Ukulele Supernova sunshine Youth!
http://www.youtube.com/user/PUSSYInternational

peace
D.W.

Savage Sound System : Edinburgh Gig This Week

Head's up folks, Savage Sound System are playing a show this coming Thursday night the 12th of August at Sneaky Petes in Edinburgh. The Facebook page for this event is here.

They will be playing alongside dirty rockers Raw Kings from Glasgow.

Doors @ 7pm, Entry is £5.
Check out some quliaty sSs remix action below to get you in the mood.

http://www.ineedmusik.com/mp3/ineedcd028/10%20Yi%20HoodiesSs.mp3

Shocker.

I thought that HERVÉ was in fact Fake Blood. I was wrong. If you haven't heard either yet, I suggest you get on over to..

http://www.myspace.com/hervespace

http://www.myspace.com/welovefakeblood

R

UVbeatz.bandcamp.com

CHECK THIS OUT  The Riddlah, Savage Sound System.. what more do you need?

Get on it folks, this is well worth a DL.

NEW RELEASE: Synonym "The Pact"

Synonym returns with a 7 track collection of genre-hopping electro darkness.
Stream 2 tracks right now, or buy the collection for £2 and up.
Click the artwork above to head straight to it.

Music finally gets interesting again..

The new Oceansize album is nearly here! After a couple of years of waiting and one (rather boring) ep later we can rejoice that the intricate soundscapes will soon be flowing out our earphones once again. I for one cant wait. September 2010. Mark it down.

Get over to http://www.superballmusic.com/specials/oceansize for an exclusive track 'Superimposer' from the album 'Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up'. Its an absolute corker of a track too. With all this playing time Mike Vennart has been doing with the Biffy boys, you can bet that there will be some catchy riffage and harmonies in there too. Happy listening.

Now all we need is for 'The Octopus' to be released by Amplifier this year and we have two potential albums of the year.

R

Matthew Dear : Black City : Out Now!

Here at ineedmusik, we're big fans of Matthew Dear, in whatever guise he happens to be in. Audion, False, Matthew Dear, Matthew Dears Big Hands... It's all good. So, a new album from this chap is something we get very excited about. And today, Ghostly unleashed his new LP "Black City".




Head on over to the Ghostly Store to immerse yourself in darkness.

As with any new release of 2010, there's a variety of formats to choose from, with the standard CD, LP+CD, and Digital formats all present and correct, and theres even a wee obelisk thingy that'll set you back $125 if you're feeling particularly flush.

Buying from Ghostly has it's perks too, as the mp3 download is only $8, which in UK quids is about a fiver.   Compared to iTunes £7.99, it makes a lot of sense to buy direct from the label.

Get on it folks, this one is an absolute gem.

(nearly) Deadmau5

Our favourite mouse-headed electro party animal Deadmau5 collapsed on stage the other night suffering from exhaustion and vomiting.  These electro types, eh?  And now for the inevitable show cancellations:

August 1st Osheaga Music & Arts Festival, Canada
August 7th Summersonic Osaka Japan
August 8th Summersonic Tokyo Japan
August 12th Cream at Amnesia Ibiza
August 13th Cocorico Riccione Italy
August 14th Papaya Summer Festival Croatia
August 15th Sziget Festival Budapest Hungary
August 17th Cavo Paradiso Mykonos Greece
August 18th Opium Mar Barcelona Spain

Fingers are crossed he makes a full and swift recovery of course, but particularly in time for Pukkelpop on 20th August! Saw his show at Glasgow Barrowlands earlier in the year, and it was pretty spectacular stuff, despite the venues low ceiling only allowing about 3/4 of the light show to be squeezed in.

Feed the wee fella some cheese, and everything will be hunky dory.