Earlier this month Ennio Morricone performed at Royal Albert Hall in London – along with a 100 piece orchestra, and 100 singers, and I was fortunate enough to be there. Words can’t even begin to describe how grand and beautiful it was… I had goosebumps throughout the entire performance.
The first song I heard was the ‘Deborah’s Theme‘ from Once Upon a Time in America, it plays when Noodles (De Niro) takes Deborah to dinner at the empty restaurant, the scene in the film ends badly but it’s probably one of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve ever heard.
I managed to record a few minutes of ‘Ecstasy of Gold’
from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly on my iPhone.. EPIC!
There is everything right about this man (very fittingly) named Ernest’s music – all dreamy with great drums and psychedelic keys. Lucky for me and thanks to Upset the Rhythm he’ll playing live in London on Tuesday 1 June at Cargo… if this Icelandic volcanic ash ever disperses and they start letting the planes fly again.
Gosh darn it – I might actually have to go out after dark for this one. Check out the lineup for THEM! at Corsica Studios, London. 9 April. Advanced tix only a fiver from here.
KUEDO (JAMIE VEX’D) – LONDON DEBUT
BOXCUTTER – NEW LIVE BASS GUITAR SHOW
HYETAL & SHORTSTUFF
BULLION
SLUGABED
RUDI ZYGADLO – OFFICAL EP LAUNCH & LONDON DEBUT
STAGGA
P45
SDUK & CNTRST
BOSS KITE – LIVE
Rudi Zygadlo’s debut single will be out on 29 March. It’s tops. 2010 is going to be that boys year.
pretty sure I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again – Bullion is a genius! This mix is fantastic.. totally unpretentious mix of all your -rock gems (kraut, prog, folk etc) plus a sprinkle of R&B/disco – it’s just perfect for a Wednesday morning at the office!
Part of Alex Chase’s One Handed Music stable along with Paul White, Nathan ‘Bullion’ Jenkins is an Acton based hip-hop obsessive who first came to many’s attention with Pet Sounds: in the Key of Dee, a remix project that remixed pop monoliths The Beach Boys in the style of late Detroit hip-hop legend J Dilla.
A series of singles for One Handed followed, including a poignant collection of delay-soaked love songs on last year’s Young Heartache EP, and well, here we are.
Bullion has a new single out this month, ‘Say Goodbye to What’; his FACT mix should be the ideal soundtrack to you buying it online, or just illegally downloading it or whatever you kids do these days. David Crosby, Fleetwood Mac, Cabaret Voltaire and more feature.
Tracklist:
Caravan – Ride
Brainticket – Places Of Light
David Crosby – Orleans
Delaney – Some Things Coming
Kraan – You’re Right
Buffy Sainte-Marie – Adam
Orchestre Veve Star – Bassala Hot
Syreeta – Move It, Do It
Hudson-Ford – Shy Girl
Cabaret Voltaire – Sensoria
Paul Hart – Strides
Fleetwood Mac – Coming Home
July – I See
and so am I this southern summer, but sadly not in the same city as Kelley Stoltz at the same time he’s doing shows. pants!
- 20 Dec 2009, 8pm – Workers Club, Melbourne
- solo w. UV Race and Ships Piano
27 Dec 2009, 8pm – Pure Pop Records, Melbourne
- solo
7 Jan 2010, 8pm – Curtin Bandroom, Melbourne
- 9 Jan 2010, 8pm – Sandringham Hotel, Sydney
- w/ band
16 Jan 2010, 8pm – the Corner, Melbourne
- Summer Tones Party w. Bright Black Morning Light, Kes Band, Roland S Howard, Dent May and more…..
17 Jan 2010, 8pm – The Retreat Hotel, Melbourne, – w/ lisa miller, shane o’mara and sarah bethe nelson
I recently watched the Ramones documentary ‘End of the Century’ and it’s brilliant. The band has had more lives than I realised – from their early days as awkward angsty Queens boys playing at CBGBs they went on to record 5 albums, toured relentlessly around the world for over 20 years, made THAT rock & roll high school movie & then their last album was produced by the infamous nutty producer, Phil Spector.
After watching the film, it’s also very clear just how different each of the members of the band were, and what the dynamic of the band was. I get it that Johnny and Joey had different political views (I always liked Joey the best) but add bipolar disordered Dee Dee to the mix and the mayhem is totally understandable now! Dee Dee might just be my favorite now – especially since he diverged into rap for a brief, hilarious moment as Dee Dee King.
This week I was listening to the Mary Anne Hobbs radio show on the iPlayer, and at exactly 37:00 minutes in she played this track ‘Filthy Logic’ by Rudi Zygadlo. I CANNOT stop listening to it – think it’s really quite amazing.
I’m looking forward to two Rudi-related things coming up; the first is he’ll be the guest on Mary Anne’s show on December 2nd (but with a 2am broadcast, it’ll be my iPlayer treat when I get to work Thurday morning), and the second is that he’s got an album coming out on Planet Mu.
If you don’t like this then I don’t like you.
LISTEN – Mary Anne Hobbs w. Rudi Zygadlo in the mix (only available on iPlayer until 17/12/09)
