the music of sound

Combine the best roots/reggae/dub music with a perfect summer location and you have a good description for 48 hours of bliss – otherwise known as the Raglan Soundsplash…. last week still feels about 2 months ago…. check the location:

sunset on the second night

I have worn out much vinyl created by the Dub Syndicate, since the early 1980s when adrian sherwood first started working with them… and here they were, in Raglan, cranking it up on a wicked sound system… this pic was taken about 1am, and is considerably less blurry than the photographer…

a bit of recovery at a beach, Ruapuke, south by an hours drive, with surf that takes your breath away….

a moment of zen

and another…

That Burt Munro sure gets around!
Worlds Fastest Indian is currently screening in Japan

official japanese site

I mentioned it in a comment somewhere but a DVD I recently got from amazon.com that I have really enjoyed is Touch The Sound, a doco about percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is nearly deaf. One of my favourite bits in the film is when she has an improvised jam with Fred Frith in an old empty warehouse… and thanks to youtube here it is:

(keep watching, the bit I am referring to starts at 2.13 into the clip)

I became an instant fan of Fred Frith after watching this!

Its summer outside, but inside it sounds like winter – thanks to a huge bag of rock salt! Someone told me adding coco-pops helps emulate the sound of snow as you get the crunch of crusty ice but so far the rock salt has been doing the trick… will get some next time i’m at the supermarket…

these boots were made for… chaos!

If you happen to live somewhere where there is snow right now & have access to a record kit, do please get in touch I am compiling FX for 30 Days of Night & as the entire film is set in Alaska my FX list is long….

doh! last night i blew the speaker in my bass amp

there were some quite beautful sparks coming out of it at one point
but for fear of blowing the amp I hit the off switch pretty quick…
hmmmm get it reconed? (sounds like a reggae term huh?)
or replace it with an 18″ bin?

i play bass through a Moogerfooger LPF pedal & always roll off
all the tops… so dont need or want much top end at all….
attack is what the drums are for!