Casually mentioned in the Supersonic booklet is the news that Capsule are to launch Capsule Records in conjunction with Southern Records. Bee Stung Lips will be the first artists released with their ep Songs To And From An Iron Gut. The remarkable BSL have a gig at the Hare and Hounds on Thursday 19th. Worth … [Read more…]
An ongoing collation of mentions of Supersonic 2007 across teh internets. [I’m going to stop actively searching for stuff now but will update this list with anything you send me or leave in the comments.] Last odds and sods to be updated indefinitely… Rock Sound forum post and thread. Velvet Grooves – full review. Brainwashed … [Read more…]
There’s a new New Media 4cast online from Antonio Gould, this time looking at Online Music. As with his previous podcasts he offers a clear overview of what’s going on rather than trying to dazzle you with jargon. To do this starts off with our friend Andrew Dubber to explain what’s changed, what hasn’t changed … [Read more…]
Drowned in Sound has a great interview with Capsule’s Lisa Mayer previewing this weekend’s Supersonic Festival at the Custard Factory, outlining where the festival came from, what it’s all about and what’s scheduled. We’ve been doing Capsule now since 1999. Basically, the way we started was because we both had pretty eclectic musical taste and … [Read more…]
The Timetable for Supersonic has been published should you be wanting to meticulously plan your schedule for the weekend. There’s a lot of overlapping so in theory you could see a little bit of everyone. As with Rootsville the Arches Stage is being used, which is nice to see, replacing the theatre as a music … [Read more…]
Jazz Thrash Assassin are getting a lot of mentions on this blog at the moment. That’s because they’re doing interesting stuff and relentlessly telling me about it. So here’s news of their new CD, Eclecticore, featuring cover art from Matt Robinson aka Jinpow and designed by local outfit Psicon Lab. The CD will be available … [Read more…]
There are photos by XaOS and a video Starting with the simplest of sound material — sine waves — this piece slowly builds up into a noisy, yet tactile, interactive performance piece. Video projections onto the sheet become part of the user interface which can be controlled with physical gestures. Layers of sound differing in … [Read more…]
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