Hadouken! TatsuMakiSenPuKyaku!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Been up to a bit... but not much. Went to Manchester and bought a few records from good old Piccadilly Records. Will put them in a mix soon. I want to put a song in the mix but it was limited to 500 copies and sold out FAST! Managed to find it at Tower Records Ireland but not sure if that's because the web administrators haven't taken down (it was St Pats two weeks ago, they're probably hung over).

Anyway, the tune is called "That Boy, That Girl" and is by Hadouken.

Hadouken -- That Boy That Girl

Their MySpace

Interview with Mike Skinner (The Streets)

Them, quite literally, blowing the speakers!!!

PS "TatsuMakiSenPuKyaku" is the noise that Ryu made when he did the hurricane kick (duh!) Geek out at this

:)

St Pats = NEW MIX

Happy St Pats weekend! And guess what? The second mini mix, which I'm going to entitle The Cork Allstar Mix. Hope you like.

The levels are nice and even but in a similar problem to last time, it's very quiet. I managed to find this bit of kit, which raises the gain (volume). If it's too distorted, let me know and I'll post the original.

The tracklisting is:

The Errors - Salute France (0:00)
New Order - Perfect Kiss (1:11)
Primal Scream - Swastika Eyes (5:11)
C & C Music Factory - Everybody Dance Now (8:22)
The Gossip - Standing in the Way of Control (13:02)
Alter Ego - Rocker (15:00)

That last mix is my favourite. Two classic tunes (one old, one new) that shouldn't go together but do.

Follow the link for the mix:

Cork Allstar Mix

7 inch sucks

Earlier in the week I had started work on a mix - finding three or four tunes that seemed to fit. I have to admit that I was excited and eager to put together another 20 minutes of magic. First tune: The Errors (as recommended by ol' Jon M - cheers). Just getting to the part where I mix and "skzeek". It skips. I know it's a 7" but it weighs about 100 grams (heavy) and therefore I imagine is meant to be used for at least mild DJing. I have played the thing about 5 times. It's ruined. I can't even see a scratch on it. "Screw it" I thought I'll move on. Fourth song of the mix: Gossip - Standing in the Way... (I know, I know but it's a good tune). Played twice before. Tiny scratch. Unplayable. Skipped three times in as many minutes. WTF!? Has a pesky badger been using it's TB-infested talons on my vinyl as I sleep. Other 12"s I own have visible scratches on and play fine.

I'm going back to the drawing board and whilst I'm at it, making a pledge. Only 12"s from now on.

PS I'm anticipating some heavy web traffic coming my way with a this post's title :)

Royalty

Quick name related post. I think I've found something I can use. How about this:

Royale Vanguard

I think for the time being I will adopt it. I also thought of a cool sounding MC name if I was a grime rapper... Lament. It's sort of leftfield AntiPop Consortium territory.

Working on a mix BTW. Excited?