15.08.10 - Not Odd
15.07.10 - Day Man, Fighter of the Night Man
11.06.10 - Panic Room EP
Panic Room EP is out today on Wandler Records
Sol & Sample - Panic Room EP;
20.05.10 - Mad as a Lorry
New release today on Plexo Solar Records!
Sol & Sample - Mad as a Lorry EP;
07.05.10 - ...I Believe I Had a Hat!?
07.05.10 - Little Loop
Sol - Little Loop EP;
The musical equivalent of continually telling a joke that nobody else thinks is funny...
31.03.10 - Exactly Hijack
23.03.10 - RIP Mongtop
My laptop has recently packed in, so music making has pretty much come to a complete halt.
I've been so bored I've uploaded all 62 podcasts from 2006-2010 to a Mixcloud page, more music than one person could possibly fit in their ears..
25.02.10 - Smells Like Techno
New Release on Shufflemood:
Sol & Sample - Smells Like Techno
17.02.10 - You Are Here
Some new lazy beats...
Sol - You Are Here
15.02.10 - Earl Grey Session 10
26.01.10 - Messy Messy Mess
22.01.10 - Heavy Head Part 3
The final segment of my mong mix is up on soundcloud:
Heavy Head Mix (Part 3)
I imagine if you listened to all three in a row, your ears might melt.
You have been warned.
17.01.10 - The Britpop!
I've also made a new mix for a mexican blog called 'The Britpop!'.
They've also made a neat little picture to go with it. Sweet!
30.12.09 - Sin estufa y con pupe
We've got a remix on Matias Vila's new EP:
Matias Vila - Armando Lio EP
15.12.09 - Facial Appendages
New EP out on Boeing Records:
Sol & Sample - Facial Appendages EP
13.12.09 - Heavy Head Part 2
A follow-up to the last mix on soundcloud: Heavy Head Mix (Part 2)
Some more sad and beautiful music.
12.12.09 - Expert Road Crosser
I've finally managed to finish the episode 3 of the 'End of The Line'.
It is entitled 'Perfection', and you can watch it on the End of The Line page.
06.12.09 - Dinner For One
Some new ambient things:
Sol - Dinner For One
04.12.09 - Adieu Brighton
21.11.09 - Earl Grey Session 9
12.11.09 - J Mator - The Big Man EP
New remix on J-Mator's new EP with Terror Clicks Records:
The Big Man
27.10.09 - Heavy Head
I made this a few days ago: Heavy Head Mix
Some pretty music, with bits of abstract noise to fill in the gaps.
09.10.09 - 9
Finished some new downtempo stuff:
Nine
08.10.09 - Earl Grey Session 8
17.09.09 - Making up for lost time
16.08.09 - Sirgardino : La Bombonera EP
Hey, We've got a remix out on Sirgardino's new EP
La Bombonera EP
08.09.09 - Still making those noises
06.08.09 - I wish I lived in Argentina
Sweet! New release on Shufflemood!
Whats All This Then? EP
Continued love and thanks to Grau from Shufflemood, the man is a legend :)
22.07.09 - Slide out of the saddle there, mister..
Hooray! Our new EP is out on Wandler Records.
Half a Biscotti EP
Included are some fantastic remixes of 'Carpe Dizzem' by Markwood and Sasha Jankovic, cheers guys!
09.07.09 - Whisky Tango Kid
So, whats new?
We've got a remix out on our friend Grau's new EP:
Grau - Sinergia EP
Also me and Sam have recorded a couple of new sessions of The Earl Grey Whistle Test, number 6 has some particularly nice bits with Sam's new homemade tape loop machine.
Theres a long-overdue new podcast up on the Podcast Page, and I'm very slowly making progress on the next episode of 'End of the Line'..
We still dont have any real internet connection set up here yet, so the radio remains dead for a little while, it should return in a bigger and better form soon though.
Phew!.. so, how're you? :)
22.06.09 - Keeping Busy
Another new release! We've been generously welcomed onto Miniatura records.
Custard Gannet EP
We're really honoured to be on Miniatura; alongside Marco Esse, SLZ and other techno-hereos of ours. Wow.
16.06.09 - While my back was turned
Been away from the interweb for a little while.. During my absence we've had two releases out:
One on the miniatura family's new label Drag Music
..and one on Wandler Records.
Many thanks to all the people involved. Fun fun fun :)
29.05.09 - Plink & Plonk
...and other sounds: Podcast 57.
28.05.09 - Certifiably Jazzed
The Second (and probably last) installment of my light-hearted messing around with 1920's jazz and swing records : Sol - Sepia Tone 2.
Hope you enjoy it.
13.05.09 - Shall We?
Podcast 56 : Sure. Why not?
27.04.09 - Pierre is a psychopath
Podcast 55 : More nice noises from the podcast box.
24.04.09 - Gesundheit
I've just finished the second episode of the animation series i've been working on with Mr. Daniel Smith.
You can find it on the End of The Line page. Hope you like it.
20.04.09 - National Tinnitus Week
Phew! It's been quite a busy week. On tuesday night we hosted downstairs at the Volks, had a great time there. On friday was BeepLowTech, another good one. Saturday was the first of sam's 'StoneBaked' nights at the Gladstone & we played our first live set as The Earl Grey Whistle Test. And finally last night was a little party at 'Hectors House' organised by the Regime boys, at which I played some of my live jazz & bass.
Crikey!
16.04.09 - Ambient 1: Music for Duvets
Another non-podcast mix up on the 8Hz SoundCloud Page.
A selection of some of my favourite soft 4-4 electronica. Lush sounds and subtle progressions, Lovely.
12.04.09 - Joss Ackland's Spunky Backpack
Podcast 54 : Silly, just plain silly.
08.04.09 - Hotaru Koi EP \ Not Into Remixes
HeyHey! Another release with Shufflemood!
Hotaru Koi EP \ Not Into Remixes.
Love and thanks to Shufflemood and the people who've made remixes for us.
07.04.09 - Another Tea Party
The Casio is back, bringing with it a much more coherent, dubby session:
Session 4.
02.04.09 - EarlGreylophone
Another Earl Grey Session Down:
Session 3.
In which the Casio is absent, and the stylophone takes over. As does some distortion and some Billie Holliday Samples...
01.04.09 - Sepia Tone EP
I've been cutting up jazz records, and have made:
Sol - Sepia Tone EP.
Old timey jazz & bass. Hope you like it.
31.03.09 - Little Hand Foot Man
Podcast 53 : Nasty nasty noises.
26.03.09 - The Patrick Stewart Button
Another confusing wash of drone & lazy beats; The Earl Grey Whistle Test - Session 2.
25.03.09 - On My Plate
Busy, busy times. I've been working on all manner of fun thingamajigs recently:
- We have 4 pending Sol & Sample releases, lots of love and thanks to the people we've been working with for those
- I've started up another SoundCloud page for other 8Hz mixes; currently with my new dubstep mix & 'round my gaff'
- Have started a series of short animations with Mr. Daniel Smith; Called End of the Line
- Still having a lot of fun with 'The Earl Grey Whistle Test', we have our first gig very soon
- I've been working on a new project featuring the beautiful vocals of Isla Kaye, very promising results so far
- 8Hz Radio is still going strong with the Wednesday sessions. Many many thanks to everyone whos been tuning in
13.03.09 - If she comes home and finds us here...
Back on track with the Podcasts, this one has quite a pleasent stomp to it: Podcast 52.
12.03.09 - The Earl Grey Whistle Test
I've started a new project recently with Mr. Samuel Turton, Live Improvisations with Sam attacking his circuit-bent Casio SK-5 with little bits of conductive metal, and me making wobbly noises on Ableton. We've been dubbed 'The Earl Grey Whistle Test', and have recorded our first session together, which you can find on the earl grey page on 8Hz and on Soundcloud.
11.03.09 - 8hz Radio: Midweek Mong
8Hz Radio is coming back to life, with a new format; no more scheduled broadcast, just a whole day of streaming sound. Every Wednesday, all day, head to The 8Hz Radio Page and have a listen.
05.03.09 - I AM
Plod Plod Boom Boom: Podcast 51.
02.03.09 - Sentimentality
I've been playing with some old machines recently, and have made
Sol - Sentimentality.
Weird Improvisations on a Circuit-bent Casio SK-5, Stylophone, ZX Spectrum, Circuit-bent Speak&Spell and Super Nintendo.
24.02.09 - Will Generate White Noise for Food
'Tis the 50th installment of the 8Hz Podcast!: Podcast 50 - Sol & Sample : Will Generate White Noise for Food.
Otherwise known as 'Further adventures in self-indulgence', a big old mix of some of our Sol & Sample techno malarky, with some selected remixes and other bits and bobs.
It's been almost 3 years since I started putting up these podcasts, and here seems a good place to extend a heartfelt thanks to everyone whos been listening and given all the kind feedback ive received. Love you all.
16.02.09 - People look at me kinda funny
One whole month since the last one: Podcast 49.
...WobbleWobbleWobble, enjoy!
16.02.09 - MVD07
Hooray! We've got a track out on the new multivitamins release:
MVD07 - Various Artists.
We're really honoured to be part of MultiVitamins. Hope you like the release!
12.02.09 - Ennui
My first audio/video project:Kinda silly, kinda pretentious, hopefully kinda enjoyable too.
Thanks to:
Scott Seaward for the section using his VJ program
Jake Harrison for the time-lapse photos
Kibble for helping with filming
Claire Wilkins for inspiration & rekindling my love of ASCII art
Pete McMillan for teaching me the magic of the Möbius strip
http://www.vimeo.com/3189775
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snjYayKN1yw
03.02.09 - Project: Dub Pirates!
Replace the middle of Pirates! with some real dubstep, and you get
Project: Dub Pirates!.
Enjoy!
26.01.09 - Note to Self
Been taking a break from tech to create this little wobbler:
Sol - Note to Self EP.
If you can make it past the second track without being hugely offended, there are some nice bits in there...
16.01.09 - I start to see things clearly
Enough hop and hip, back to the tech: Podcast 48.
...Bit more melodic this time
11.01.09 - Slip like freudian
..Been wanting to do this for a while: Round My Gaff.
Hope you enjoy it.
03.01.09 - Happy New Year!
Back on track: Podcast 47.
24.12.08 - HELLO My name is NOT Sol
Here it is! Our first release: Sol & Sample - Not Into It EP.
Many Thanks to Grau from Shufflemood for making this happen.
Happy Christmas!
15.12.08 - Emergence
Still at the forefront of Mongcore: Sol - Emergence.
An audio montage of epic and downright miserable proportions.. Enjoy!
08.12.08 - Shuffle
Long build-up in: Podcast 46.
11.11.08 - BupBup
..and so it continues: Podcast 45.
20.10.08 - Musak and our Fate
Hooray! We've got our first track out there, on: Shovel Records - Music and our state.
Hope you like it. Many thanks to the guys from Shovel.
15.10.08 - Shoviniankie
Exciting times: Podcast 44.
03.10.08 - The Prang
Equally Strange: Podcast 43.
19.09.08 - All falling apart
Relentlessly Wonky and Weird: Podcast 42.
04.09.08 - Not Into It
...and so it returns: Podcast 41.
30.08.08 - Will Never Learn
...and relax.
I've finished another EP. Taking mong in a whole new direction; mongstep, mongcore, mong & bass, and some good old fashioned vanilla mong.
It's called 'HELLO My Name is Sol' and you can get it from this page. Cheers.
10.08.08 - Fool for it
Been back on the music making recently, a little side-project has been a remix of Lukid's "When the Sun Shone". Its a bit ropey round the edges, but there it is...
31.07.08 - The Company Came and Took All the Light Switches Away
Et Voila! Podcast 40, a full-length Ableton Live Set.
Featuring all the noises I like to make; 73 minutes of original material.
Occasionally wobbly, a little bit weird, but quite nice in places..
Please, let me know what you think.
25.07.08 - Cashback
Podcast 39, Wobbly and Weird.
11.07.08 - Throwing away money and walking into things
So, i've lost £200 and gained a cut on my forehead, but that all lead to another successful BeepLowTech.
Oh yeah, I've also secured myself a ticket for Glade next weekend. Fantastic.
21.06.08 - May I Come In With My Boots?
18.05.08 - Sunshine music
29.04.08 - Honky Jesus
Exactly one month since the last one, Podcast 36 is ready!
09.04.08 - The Evening Wore On.
..and a good day to you, ma'am.
On the 8th of May, myself and Samuel Batt will be playing a set at BeepLowTech, at somewhere called 'The Jazz Place' in Brighton...
..you come make party, yes?
03.04.08 - Manumit EP
I've made some new music: Sol - Manumit EP.
29.03.08 - Long live the Hud!
We regretfully announce that at 12:01
this afternoon, Hudsucker time, Waring
Hudsucker, Founder, President, and
Chairman of the Board of Hudsucker
Industries, merged with the infinite.
To mark this occasion of corporate
loss, we ask that all employees
observe a moment of silent
contemplation...
...and listen to Podcast 35.
...Thank you for your kind attention.
This moment has been duly-noted on
your time cards and will be deducted
from your pay. That is all.
(...I love that film...)
16.03.08 - Spat 34 Cod
Keep them coming: Podcast 34.
02.03.08 - Mnemonic Jingle-Jabber
As promised: Podcast 33.
26.02.08 - Boxer Shorts and Monitor Tan
I've been struck by illness recently which, thankfully, I'm also over. However, while I've been convalescing, I've been reading up on some things of interest and have written some ridiculous little items on them, for your perusal:
Stupid Idea Involving Diego Garcia
Ok, I'm done. More Podcasts coming soon :)
1.02.08 - Excogitation
Aaand another: Podcast 32.
Extra long, couple of very nice ones in there..
Also, I've set up a page just for the podcasts, avoiding all the rest of the nonsense on this site: podcast.8hz.co.uk
28.01.08 - His Problems are Gonna be Solved RIGHT IN THE FACE
So then, my new spacey mixture of music: Podcast 31 is up.
The ending of which genuinely freaked out a number of people in Brighton last weekend.. so, thats an achievement of sorts.. yeah?
Hope you like it.
12.01.08 - Virtual Turton
Seems there's no much going on on here apart from podcasts these days, eh? But oh well, enjoy, nonetheless..
On the subject, have you listened to Gavin "Bargainfunk" MacKenzie & Christian "Chungalist" Aindow's Podcasts?
02.12.07 - Noisey McRoomClear
12.11.07 - Business Time
So then, theres a new extra-long mix on the Podcast Page, theres some nice bits in it for you there...
Lets see, what else... Open Arena released a new version a little while ago, with some of my musicy noises in it.. Also UFO:AI have had some new versions out, all nice stuff there...
Umm, some of the other games projects are slowing down a bit but, y'know, c'est la vie..
29.10.07 - Filthy Sofa
Yet more Podcasty Joy. Download link and tracklist on the Podcast Page, of course.
15.10.07 - Ohh Gawd
Another New Mix. Tracklisting on the Podcast Page.
15.09.07 - Anubis' Prison
I realised today, whilst lecturing my cat on the value of a hard day's work, that I still hadn't updated the player on the Love The Machine website to the new flash one..
So.. After procrastinating a little longer (the last bit is always best), I did so.
Also: I've recorded a new mix. The listy and alternative link are up on the podcast page, as per.
13.08.07 - Evelyn Spyro Throckmorton
There be a new mix. 'tis avaiable here, and on the podcast page.
Still haven't fixed the the IE problem, so if you use Internet Explorer you'll have to right-click and 'save as'.. sorry.
07.08.07 - (Sigh)
Well once again, Internet Explorer causes problems.. MP3's dont seem to want to play instantly, so you have to wait for the whole file to buffer before it plays.. This must've been happing on the LTM site for ages now, sorry guys.
I'll look into a way of fixing it. In the mean time; get a decent browser!
05.08.07 - Cat Bag
Right, before we get going, refresh you page a few times (or if you're using Firefox: refresh, close the window, and load the site again..!) Seriously, go on...
We back? Ok, hopefully there should be an ominous looking box in the bottom right of the titlebar. That, my friends, is the music box.. the noise hatch.
From now on, when you click on the podcasts or any other mp3 or wav media, they should load up in that little area. So now you can still wibble around on the site while the music's playing... Which.. is.. something you want to do..? perhaps.
But, y'know, it's kind of cool: Try It, Click here!
I've also found out I could've upgraded to 2Gb webspace (probably some time ago), ironically just after I decided to delete a whole bunch of stuff.. So, I might go back to having 10 Podcasts at a time, or I might just start scheming on how best to use the extra space.
22.07.07 - The Double Dooper
I've been having a bit of a clean-up around here, freeing up some space, removing some of the fluff from the corners and updating some of the jibber. The main difference being I'm only hosting 5 podcasts at a time from here on in. But, in return, all future mixes will be 192kbps at least. Rejoice!
The games page has now lost all the MKS stuff and gained some early bits a pieces of sound design for Open Outcast.
Also, all the 'Lost' stuff is now gone. Let us never speak of this again ;P.
So, there's a new mix up on the Podcast Page. S'got some nice bits in it.
Finally, I'm thinking of starting up 8Hz Radio again.. Still haven't decided when and how to do it (i.e. Im gonna have a play around with streaming some different audio formats & broadcasting software) but I'm up for having another go.
03.07.07 - Bambaata
Short new mix with some lovely clicks in it. Mmmmm.
As per, its on the Podcast Page.
Also, if you're interested in the audio chronicles of a Mr. Samuel Turton AKA 'DJ Earl Grey', and let's face it; who isn't? Have a listen to his new podcast
The things that guy can do with a kids casio keyboard and a soldering iron, wow.
02.06.07 - Shhhh'Yeah
Its been exactly one year since my first 'podcast' thing...
Let's celebrate with a particulalry Freak-esque one, up on the Podcast Page.
I hope you like it.
25.05.07 - This isn't real life...
New Non-Techno Podcast, full of melancholy grooves, stuck together with daubs of blue tac and pritt stick.
Its up on the Podcast Page.
07.05.07 - Crazy Days
It's been a mad few days.
Apart from all the crazy things that've been happening around Leeds, I've also been doing this:
I've recorded a new podcast: Available here.
I've started working on sound effects for a new project; Open Outcast.
LoveTheMachine is on tomorrow night!! (lovethemachine.8hz.co.uk)
03.05.07 - New Things G'wan
We're putting on a night, on Tuesday 8th of May @ Subculture, Leeds.
Have a little look at our website: lovethemachine.8hz.co.uk
I have also finished a short EP of techy ambience, which is available on this page.
10.04.07 - Le clics et les bruits
Time for another CD-Length Mix:
Tracklisting:
01. Alex Under - El Ordenador Personal
02. Troy Pierce & Heartthrob - Horse Nation Amended
03. Tube & Berger - Funky Shit (Gui Boratto Remix)
04. Solar - Low Enchance (Love Triangle Mix)
05. Zinfandel - Galivan (Patrick Bjorkman Mix)
06. MELT - Gripper
07. Tom King & Jay Massive - Our First Time
08. Rekorder - 8.3
09. Sebbo - Chunky Fudge (Ripperton Remix)
10. Sebbo - Chunky Fudge
11. Paul Ritch - Samba
12. Donnacha Costello - No Matter What I Do
13. DJ T - Lucky Bastard (Desaster Dub Mix)
14. Florian Meindl - Beat Spyder
15. Williams - The Shivering (Romboy & Bodzin Remix)
16. Alex Neri - April (Luca Bacchetti Remix)
17. Adam Kroll - Skeltas
Hope you like it :)
20.03.07 - Another Mix
12.03.07 - Scally Kids with a Hammer
It's been a while since I've recorded a mix, So I decided to do something about that...
S'up on the Podcast Page.
06.03.07 - Master Cylinder
I've finished off a collection of very odd ambient music, available on the Other Projects page. Its called 'Lost Balance' and it marks the end of nearly 5 years of making silly, silly noises and pretending it's actually music.
Sometime soon I'll start a more focused project under a different name. Until then, I hope you enjoy this depressing selection of downtempo bleeps.
20.02.07 - Bruce Boxleitner played Tron in Tron
Hi!
I've updated the Games Projects page, with links to some of the new stuff I've been working on, and some pretty logos..
Also, as you might've noticed on The 8Hz Radio Page, I've decided to take a break from this webcasting malarky for a little while.
It'll be back though. It'll be back...
19.01.07 - Disco Value Mix
I've put together a disc's-worth of mixables for the 'ol Disco Value.
It'll be available here, for a little while.
Tracklisting:
01. Franco Cinelli - Gamma
02. Content - It's So... (Will Saul Remix)
03. Luca Bacchetti - Found Balance
04. John Acquaviva - First Stroke
05. Stephan Bodzin - Midnight Express
06. The Age of Steam - Disco Mafia (Audiojack Remix)
07. Luke Solomon - Ghouls (Claude Vonstroke Remix)
08. GummiHz - Isolate (Sebo K Remix)
09. Gregor Tresher - Black Sorcery
10. Audiofly & Scarlett Etienne - Earsex
11. Goldfish und der Dulz - Ding Dong (Patrick Chardronnet Remix)
12. John Gaiser - Seepage
13. Repeat Repeat - Why Must
14. Seph - Dust Chords
15. Cornelius - Drop
07.01.07 - Duty Free
8Hz Radio will be back up and running tonight at 8pm, we've got a beautiful new shoutbox developed by Scott Seaward AKA THe Highlander.
I've also added a whole bunch of new artists recently, many thanks to all the lovely noisemakers who've contacted me recently.
Have a listen tonight, It'd make my day.
04.01.07 - Press 'Yes' for Yes
I've submitted a few looping edits of tracks for the fantastic Open Source Quake3 Remake, Open Arena.
- An Original Track
- An Edit of O'Hanrahanrahan - 'Phippsy'
- An Intro and Loop Edit of O'Hanrahanrahan - 'Pirimeth'
I've also sent a collection of new tracks to the Crystal Core developers, and am continuing to work on sounds for EcksDee. Fun times, Fun times.
02.01.07 - Happy New Year
Post-3am New Years Day sounded something like this.
Here's to this year being a happier one.
21.12.06 - I've thought it all out, see
Its been a long time since I've done a podcast without it being a mix-type-mix. So I decided to make another.
The blending is pretty silly, but the tracks are nice.
Taking a break from webcasting for a couple of weekends, seeing as its chrimbo, and we've all got better things to be doing. I'll probably still be mixing away though, so expect a couple of festive podcasts.
19.12.06 - Something I should have tested, really..
Internet Explorer is for bummers and the undead. Use Firefox!
However, if you still wont see sense, this site now works properly on IE again. Sorry.
13.12.06 - Minor Ch-Ch-Ch...
I've made some minor changes to the website, it now runs with iframes (like the radio page, but without the ugly little scroll box).
So, now I can make changes to to page layout a lot easier and, best of all, the chunky title and navigation bar will only have to load once (instead of with every page). Should make everything move a bit quicker.
Oh yeah, I've also given the podcasts thier own navi link and separate page from the rest of the 'other projects' guff.
Since I've been playing with the site a bit today, Ive set the radio page shout box to login automatically, so no more ill-fitting logon screens.
However, this does mean you get logged in with a default name, and have to use '/nick yourname' to set something yourself. I don't know, I guess it'll do for now until i find a decent bit of shoutbox code.
10.12.06 - Pep
Which means the first one is now gone.
To make up for it, this one is extra long and extra spicy.
07.12.06 - Baddies
And a very good day to you sir/madam,
I've made another little mix, randomly selected from my box of noises, it can be procured from this location.
This is my 10th podcasty-type-thing, and unfortunately the hyperweb deities are no longer blessing me with unlimited webspace. So, when I upload the 11th installment of the noisy saga, no.1 will dissappear without a trace. And so it shall continue.
Oh yeah, also I've started putting together some work for a couple more games projects;
I'm going to try and make some sounds for EcksDee.
And make some ambient spookyness for Crystal Core.
Wish me luck.
15.11.06 - That's me there, that is
Well hello there,
Rejoice! as the new version of UFO: Alien Invasion has been released, complete with a hefty selection of my music.
There's also been a long list of fixes and tweaks to the game engine so, if you havent already, have a go.
09.11.06 - Monster Music
The mixing just doesn't stop. I made another podcast this evening, and it is bouncy.
You can get it from this little page here. I hope you like it.
08.11.06 - Disco Value Vol. 2
Myself and Stephie Boy Howler have made our contribution to the ongoing legacy of Disco Value Records.
The first 8 tracks are mixed by Mr. Howe, and the last 8 are mixed by me.
It'll be (temporarily) available here.
Tracklisting:
01. Thomas Schumacher - Ferris
02. Claude VonStroke - Beware of the Bird
03. Detroit Grand Pubahs - Ride (Deetron Instrumental Mix)
04. Einmusik - Jittery Heritage (Martin Eyerer Remix)
05. Louderbach - Vacuum Packed
06. Mikkel Metal - Abank (Theodor Zox Remix)
07. Alex Smoke - Meany
08. Funk D Void & Phil Kieran - White Lice
09. Yatsuo Motoki - Shuffle Flam
10. Hermetico - Olvidada
11. Gurtz - Augurios
12. Farben - Farben Says So Much Love
13. Sr. Replicante - Son Solo Unos Rudios
14. Lod - Altramuses
15. Sutekh - Untitled 3
16. Jan Jelinek - Them Their
24.10.06 - Moiré
I've done some more work on the UFO:AI project. There's now 11 tracks of spacey mong music. Still rough mixes, but they're on their way.
You can get them here.
16.10.06 - The Alpha Male
Made a new podcast, full of techy minimal mong.
As always it's a little sloppy in places. This time, as a special bonus, it distorts a bit towards the end, aren't you lucky?!
You can get it right about here
04.10.06 - Having an arch enemy means...
I've managed to latch myself onto another games music project, this time UFO : Alien Invasion. A very promising remake of the classic X:Com games.
I've also, once again, managed to make an utter mess of my initial contribution to the project, have a listen, some of these are pathetic.
Oh well, back to the drawing board.
19.09.06 - Have you got an Input?
Myself and Mr. Samuel Batt have recently completed a discs-worth of techy housey glitchy nonsense.
You can download the whole album Right here.
We hope you like it.
31.08.06 - I had a striz-oke in my briz-ain
Yet another podcast uploaded; this one, if you didn't know better, could be described as either 'hip' or perhaps even 'hop'.
As always, please forgive the occasional sloppiness of my mixing. Hope you enjoy it.
18.08.06 - New Page Design
I haven't just been drinking ginger beer and playing Starcraft, hoo no.
I've made a new stand-alone page for 8Hz Radio.
Basically, I want to be able to promote it and get some local artists on board without being worried about all my other web-guff getting in the way.
It's even got a chat-box, imagine that!
17.08.06 - RavenHome
After quite a while with no webby-access, im back online and still making silly, silly mixes. In fact, i just made one.
No real news though; same old, same old.
28.07.06 - Eggs between his legs
I'm moving house on Sunday, so there'll be no radio noises going on that evening. Once again, I've made a dancey little podcast to go in it's place; this time a sloppily-mixed selection of tunes from my set at the 'Tyres last weekend. Get it here.
- It's a'meee!
I've also updated the Games Projects Page with some blah about my work on Mario Kart : Source and some Work-In-Progress sound and MK64 remixes. Hope you like 'em.
09.07.06 - WhoHe?
Played a set at Studio 3 in Bury last night. Weird place, but I had a whale of a time. Good fun.
I've posted up a shortened and sloppy version of my set as the most recent podcast.
Also, probably due to some kind of administrative flip-flop, I seem to have lots of webspace, so I figured I might as well host all of the podcasts. So, check out the new section in Other Projects > Podcasts.
Hope you like them.
04.07.06 - In Every Pie
Fun times, fun times.
I've recently finished mixing Tom Hollingworth's new album. The man's a lyrical magician, he really is. I intend to play the album in-full on next sunday's broadcast (Sunday 16th July) at around 8:30pm, be there!
I also got a bit sentimental and self-indulgant today and have put together a little compilation of my music, new and old, as my latest podcast which can be downloaded here.
21.06.06 - No Kidding
My oh my. Lots of stuff happening at once here.
Did manage to record a nice little mix though:
08.06.06 - Doing things; Things are being done.
I've managed to get involved with a couple of projects; I'm on the sound team for Mario Kart: Source and am composing some tracks for a new project Mr. Phipps is working on.
Fantastic stuff. I've already got cracking on both, and am looking forward to getting more thoroughly stuck-in with projects in the near future.
So, what else is new?
- Moved the main podcast link to the Other Projects - Music page.
To save webspace, and because of the sketchy legality of the whole business, I'll only host one of these at a time, so keep an eye out.
- Older news posts are now kept on another page, scroll down a bit, 'av a look.
- There've been many posts in the Scribblings section I havent mentioned here, I might even write one today if the mood takes me.
02.06.06 - Facey Fitzpatrick
Probably won't be any 8Hz Radio this weekend, busy busy busy.
Instead, have a listen to this.
29.05.06 - ChaosGroove : Black Box Edition
I've uploaded my sketchy music mod for Richard Phipps' new remake of Chaos.
You can download the game here.
As with a lot of things on this site, you'll need WinRAR to extract the files.
Have a look at the Black Box Project pages for more info.
23.05.06 - Printing the Internet
Ah! Oh! Yes.
Seems like the server this site was hosted on has melted. So, After spending the afternoon staring at a progress bar, we're back in business.
The Forum died, so I've set up a new one, ramble in it, please do.
- Your Noise
Many thanks to everyone that tuned in on Sunday, I had lotsa fun, hope you did too.
Also cheers once more to everyone that contributed music, and apologies to anyone I missed out. Hopefully I'll be doing a similar night again sometime soon.
20.05.06 - 8Hz Radio: End of Year Special
Since it's the end of year\course for a lot of us, and the general lull before summer for the rest of us, I think it's time for some sharing of new music.
I've grabbed as much of peoples projects and recent band-noises as i can, so lets have a listen, shall we?
here's who we've got for you:
- 4our5ive6ix
- Actionier
- Jinzena
- Lukid
- Gentleman's Dub Club
- The Key Architect
- DJ Earl Grey
- Wood for the Trees
- Mallowbeige
- Biff Tannen and the Cunts
- Matteus
- MC Sk£tchy
- join me with Satan...
- Paused \ The Even Stevens
- Rosamund
More! Send me more! If you've got any music you'd like to share with us, give me a shout.
So, 8pm Sunday night, have a listen.
13.05.06 - All Dunn
So, yeah. Independent Project? Finito.
Games Music portfolio. all suited & booted. placed in a box.
I've uploaded my compositions to video clips to the Portfolio page, they're in flash format, to save people to have to worry about video codecs, hope that works ok for y'all.
So, once I've finished a bit of writing about.. well.. about Bruce Willis... and tucked this website's shirt in a bit, I should be all ready for hand-ins and the end of uni. Crikey.
22.04.06 - Credits: Future Money
Slowly, but surely, things are nearing completion. Only a few tracks left that need any real work, most are now ready for mixing, mastering, and to be made to sound less ridiculous.
Oh, and, er, let's pretend I never planned to compose a tune for tower of Goo.. Nothing I could produce was anything siginficantly different to, or even as fitting as, the jaunty tune the game originally sports.
So, If you haven't already, Check it out, it's a very fun little game.
17.04.06 - Good times at Glemsford Tyres
Back in Leeds, made a few updates to the site:
- Sorted out display problems in IE and Safari (I hope).
- Finally managed to get rid of the underlining between image links.
- Added a scribblings section, for regular blah that couldnt really be classed as 'news' and more glorious mid-sentence hypertext.
- Locked in a small room, making silly noises.
Still badgering away at my Games Music Porfolio.
The music is looking closest to 'complete' for:
- Gate 88
- Guild wars
- Harvest Moon 64
- Ico
- Star Control 2
- Red Dead Revolver
Still quite a lot of work to do, and very little time to get it done.
05.04.06 - Progress(ive) Shed
Things are coming along with my games music portfolio, slowly but surely; most of the tracks are now up and running (Albeit little more than rough ideas and structural skeletons).
In the coming weeks I'll hopefully be organising sessions for violin, saxophone, and some hefty metal basslines, then we should be talking business.
There's also been some sad news about ChaosGroove; Richard has landed some more work in shareware games which, although this is fantastic news for him, means ChoasGroove will be on hold for a while. Luckily for me, the latest WIP has more than enough content to use as a demo for Black Box; the stages of the game are all together and the combat system works fine, it's already a very playable little game.
I wish Richard the best of luck with his new project, and send on my thanks for his advice and help with Black Box, and of course for keeping ChaosGroove open source; Legend.
I've also decided to scrap the plan to compose for a video clip of Worms 3D. Seeing as it was intended to be a prospective demonstration of what Black Box could do, and ChaosGroove will be a playable demo of a turn-based strategy with the system included, it seemed a fairly pointless exercise.
So, yeah. Not long left for all this business now, the portfolio (along with a fairly hefty writeup) is due on the 12th of May. Time is running out, Wish me Luck!
28.03.06 - www.8hz.co.uk
Yes indeedy, some real hosting at last! My choice of host may not be the cheapest around, but there's no upload limits or file-type restrictions, so it's ideal for my purposes.
So, yeah, we are now www.8hz.co.uk, Bookmark this page, or ill send the hired goons to your house again...
I'm back down south for easter, hopefully this means i'll be able to get cracking on the games music portfolio... But it most probably means i'll spend a number of weeks aimlessly frolicking in the countryside... Either way, I'll post regularly on how things progress.
26.03.06 - New Hosting Malarky
Sorted out a new way to align the page content, the old method I was using is pretty rubbish.
This seems to work much better.
Now to get everything uploaded to a new host...
- Good clean fun
Nice bit of music this evening, went pretty well.
many thanks to the beautiful people that tuned in.
24.03.06 - Disbelieve this!
Eureka!
I've just (finally!) managed to get the black box system to compile with Richard Phipps' new Chaos remake. During a typically bleary-eyed tinkering session with the code, i realised what I was doing wrong and managed to get the system working.
This is, of course, thanks to Richard's clean and clear coding, and very little to do with my 'l33t' programming skills... Lets face it, I struck it lucky.
So, yes, I'm going to get a full composition for ChaosGroove together before i start ironing out the bugs in the code. By the time the music's done no doubt there'll be a new version of the game code out.
but the point is: i can do it!
22.03.06 - New Website layout
Scrapped the poor quality, and somewhat buggy, tables layout in favour of a tasty CSS setup
...and yes. yes, it is the future
So the site is pretty much set up now, just got to work my way around some web-hosts and work out which ones aren't likely to contractually kill my firstborn in return for their services.
....Wish me luck!