PHP http://blog.ashtonmason.net/ en-gb http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss blog.ashtonmason.net Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:07:26 -0500 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:07:26 -0500 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=31#115 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=31#115 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:07:26 -0500 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=31#114 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=31#114 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:38:18 -0500
I've heard Circles a few times before, but not this mix. Me like!
Much harder than others I've heard which tend to be more old skool (as in 70s, not as in 90s).

Also enjoyed Hey Hey, and the rolling bassline on Only One is knockout.
Nothing Better Than Your Lovin has got a great vocal track; I was seat-bopping a lot.

I'm jumping between OO and NBTYL as favourite tracks. ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#113 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#113 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:01:56 -0500
I think my next purchases will have to be some blackcoffee CDs, for sure.

The mixing sounds groovy to me. If it is off, it's not by enough to jar my ears. :) ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#112 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#112 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:33:04 -0500
Superman is kick ass. Listening to it all yesterday I realized how good it and also Crazy, the new blackcoffee track, both are. The vocal mix of superman is good too. Here I felt like using the instrumental for some reason, and I like its jazzy feel.

Still working on the damned beat-matching, which is getting there but I can still hear mismatches if I'm feeling critical, particularly on a clear system.
]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#111 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#111 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:23:06 -0500 The clubs are similar, but there are a lot of places that are proper kwaito. There are lots of smaller blus, so the spread is wider. There are even a few on Obs Lower Main, down the road from our house. But they look a bit scary. ;)
I don't hear so much of the UK funky end of things, but then I don't get out much.

Re August / Tanned (aka Developed, according to the mp3):
I dug Superman a lot.
I have heard this recently, actually. We went to a proper SA wedding up in Soweto, attended by extended family from all over Africa. They had a pack of waiter-type guys and gals milling around and before the food the MC grabbed a mic and announced that they (the waitrons) were going to show us how they do it in Soweto. Body popping and a-rocking commenced to the sounds of the aforementioned Superman. It was very, very, groovy.

I also liked Uthando and Champagne for their loungey kind of vibes, foot tapping, chilling with a glass of something slightly sparkly.
I got some tingly bhangra vibes from Eshelon, but that might just be me.

Here endeth the overly long comment. ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#110 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#110 Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:41:14 -0500
Something I've been wondering, how well known are these afro/kwaito-influenced sounds in cape town right now? Do you hear blackcoffee on the radio? In bars? What about kentphonik? I know they're big in their own scenes, but I don't know whether my friends would know them, for example.

In London this SA sound is big, but in a small kind of way =) I hear it on the pirates all the time. There's a blending between this stuff and UK Funky, with DJ's playing both in the same set. But I don't think you'd hear either on the commercial stations like Kiss much, or at least you didn't a few months back.
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The original track is much lighter, bouncier. Less Tech House, more Pop House / Jazz.
Goldfish are awesome, you should definitely grab their CDs. (No, I'm not on commission :] )
Their stuff makes me *smile*. Lots of house / electronica can be head noddy and foot tappy, but a bit too serious, know what I mean?

TIHIG vid on teh tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83zC575opm0 . ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#108 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#108 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:40:51 -0500
How different is the blackcoffee remix of This is how it goes from the original? I guess I could download it and find out, but hell, I'll just ask you :)
]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#107 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#107 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:25:13 -0500 What happened to the rest of it?
Erm... continued here:]
way. They a bit on the pop side, but they are damn good.
Also enjoyed Sunday Showers.

Liking the new direction and the heavier SA influence.
And I'm completely unbiased.
:) ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#106 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=27#106 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:23:11 -0500
(Been on hols for most of July. Listened to this again just now for memory rejiggling)

I really dug Just Like That. Good head-bopper.
Also liked This Is How It Goes, but I'm a big Goldfish fan any ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=25#105 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=25#105 Fri, 14 May 2010 19:55:48 -0500
My top tracks are probably pretty similar. I also like EP#5, it's a bit of a monster.
]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=25#104 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=25#104 Fri, 14 May 2010 05:10:41 -0500 Sunday Showers - busting out the glocks, awesome;
Wena Ng'Hmba Nawe - love when the female chorus comes in;
Bongo Jam - classic sample;
Inflation - of course.
:)

Looking forward to the next one! ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=24#103 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=24#103 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:03:17 -0500
I'm still trying to work out what I think about this mix. I'm not completely feeling it, I have to say -- not compared to say, Risen, which I still like even now. I can't quite work out why. I guess I'm probably a bit worn out on some of the tracks -- a definite hazard of the process! Perhaps in a few months when I've got some distance again it'll start to make more sense.
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Top tracks for me:
Church Lady - Dennis Ferrer feat. Danil Wright.
Love the big organ sounds (as the actress said to the bishop).

Ready Or Not (Copyright Old Skool Mix) - Yasmeen
Always like me some Copyright, especially their early work (no, seriously).

Self Religion - Believe In Me (Hardsoul Reconstruction) - Hardsoul feat. Fierce Ruling Diva
Great stuff. Hardsoul also seem to churn out quality goodness.


I'm trying very hard not to look at Traxsource...
Too easy to spend lots of money there! ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=24#101 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=24#101 Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:06:35 -0500
If your client has already downloaded the first version (and you're keen enough to want the second) then you may need to prod it to download the new version. In iTunes for example you can delete the existing entry, right click on the podcast and choose Show all available episodes, then click on get next to the April episode. The new version is 40m46s in length, the first one was 40m42s.
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Yeah The Message is a great track, in fact the whole album Strange Place for Snow is excellent and well worth checking out. While making the mix I listened more closely to the Shank album Do than I had before, and came to realize how good it was. I also like the Nils Petter Molvaer tracks although he has a quite specific style. The Fever Ray album is also excellent although not actually jazz per se, more kind of electro.

I suspect many people will struggle with this mix compared to the previous one, as it's quite dark and a little disjointed. In a way I too prefer the sunny vibes and clear focus of the Risen mix. But it was challenging trying to mix this stuff and it had to be done.

Track times, good idea. Here's some rough start times for this mix

0:00 Simply So
6:00 Maison de Reflexion
11:00 The Message
15:30 -Shank
18:20 Keep the Streets Empty for Me
23:00 Frozen
29:00 El.
32:00 S-Hank
37:00 Soulhack
]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=22#99 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?t=story&p=22#99 Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:38:03 -0600 There was a tingle of melancholy, but I fought it back with coffee.

I dug the piano vibes in The Message and the great sax work in El.
Loved both Shank tracks. What does that mean? Maybe I'm turning German.
Also, really dug Soulhack. Something pleasingly rough and dirty and shakey about it.

Now I have a strange urge to go and put together a bookshelf called Jonathan. Or a bed called Fnor.

Further demands / requests from your podcast listening public:
how about a (rough) time list thing for (future) tracks? e.g. 37:00 Soulhack - Forss (Sweden)
I tend to listen to stuff while I'm working, and when there are no lyrics it makes it a bugger to tell what track you're listening to. I listened to it again this morning with an eye on the timer so that I could figure what was what. :) ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=20#98 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=20#98 Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:47:32 -0600 I don't know what you mean. ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=20#97 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=20#97 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:19:02 -0600 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=20#96 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=20#96 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:05:07 -0600 All things in life should have an RSS feed... :) ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=19#95 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=19#95 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:55:32 -0600 ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=19#94 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=19#94 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:22:48 -0600
Re commentadores: RSS FTW, BBQ. But a little checkbox "Updates by email" thingy would be nice also. ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=19#90 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=19#90 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:34:52 -0600
Yes feeds for comments, or perhaps more simply just a way to be alerted by email when someone replies to your comment.
]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=19#89 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=19#89 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:25:18 -0600 :] ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=19#88 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=19#88 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:24:02 -0600 I think it's doing something odd with caching maybe.
I did ten in a row on http://recaptcha.net/learnmore.html without hitting a bad one.

Fake email addy, get words right, get "You have not entered an email address that we recognize."
Back button, try again, get "The string you entered for the image verification did not match what was displayed."
However.
Refresh lostpw page, try again, get "You have not entered an email address that we recognize." again.
IYSWIM.

Was it appropriate that the first two words that came up for me were durable and desperate? :)


I don't really like image wotsits like this, though. Pain in the butt.
Let me log in and register or do a one time link follow thing like certain ( rant filled ;-] ) web log.

Anyways, just my 2 neutrinos. ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=18#86 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=18#86 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:11:13 -0600
Yeah the tracks, like the films, are best not taken too seriously. But there's a lot to like. I especially like the melodies, which have a kind of unselfconcious energy about them.
]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=18#85 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=18#85 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:22:36 -0600
Also, really like the blog design; picture preview is cool. ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=18#84 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=18#84 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:35:30 -0600 ]]> http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=18#83 http://blog.ashtonmason.net/index.php?feed=comments&t=story&p=18#83 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:20:44 -0600 For Your Eyes Only - like the hypnotic dub kind of feel;
Aaj Ki Raat - slightly 'woody flavour with a great uplifting kind of vibe.

Looking forward to next month :). ]]>