I Eat Music

It’s a classic tale, and one we all know well: octopus tries to shoot an apple off a peanut’s head, William Tell-style, with a bow and arrow, he misses and shoots several arrows into the peanut’s body, the peanut gets annoyed, then they get into a big fight before inhaling smoke from boxes and hallucinating various scenes of love and death.

You’ve seen it a hundred times before, and you’ll probably see it a hundred more, but you won’t always see it soundtracked by Three Trapped Tiger’s ‘6′, taken from their second EP, ‘EP2′. Which is exactly why you should click play on this (plus, it’s a very good video).

Self-confessed studio geek with a penchant for vintage synths, Tara Busch released her debut album, ‘Pilfershire Lane’, via Tummy Touch Records last month. That love of old analogue sounds is evident on the album, with plenty of aged machines and boxes dragged in to the studio for the recording.

Of course, plenty of people like old stuff, it doesn’t mean they can write songs. Luckily, Tara can. And with a liberal dose of psychedelia, she crafts gorgeous, layered pop songs that command attention and, like all the best music, reveal hidden depths with repeat listens.

Check out her YouTube profile below for music videos, live tracks, and peeks behind-the-scenes of her remix work. Speaking of which, if you only do one thing today, make it listening to her stunning remix of ‘Daniel’ by Bat For Lashes.

www.youtube.com/tarabusch

Master turntablist Kid Koala, producer Dynomite D and former Wolfmother rhythm section Chris Ross and Myles Heskett have announced that they will be collaborating together on an upcoming tour. And to celebrate, they’re giving away an entire album featuring the music they’ll be performing as a free download.

Here’s the back story: A couple of years ago, Kid Koala and Dynomite D were asked to record a soundtrack to a documentary. They had completed a psych rock-influenced score for the film before the entire project was shelved. More recently, the pair met Heskett and Ross and played them some of this music. Having recently left Wolfmother, and excited about what they were hearing, the pair suggested taking the lost album on the road.

So, with Koala and Dynomite working across six turntables, and Keskett and Ross handling drums and bass, that’s exactly what they’re doing.

Calling themselves The Slew, the album, entitled ‘100%’, will finally be released via Puget Sounds on 9 Nov. But that’s after the tour starts. So, in order to give you a taste of what to expect, they’re giving it away for free.

To download the album, go here: nufonia.com/ice-cream-news/theslew

For a quicker fix, check out the video for album track ‘It’s All Over’ here:

Radiohead’s Thom Yorke is set to release a new solo single later this month. But Thom Yorke is such an unwieldy name for a solo project. I mean, what does it really say about the music? Nothing. If he’s going to survive in the music industry, he’s going to need something punchier. Luckily, Adam Buxton (of Adam & Joe fame, of course) was on hand at Latitude to help him come up with something better.

Producer Nigel Godrich videoed the chat for posterity. Take a look:

‘Feeling Pulled Apart By Horses/The Hollow Earth’ will be made available by Radiohead’s W.A.S.T.E. online store on 21 Sep.

Things for the team behind The Remix on Xfm were all a bit exciting last Friday night. Shortly before going on air, we heard that Akira The Don, who had been working hard on his All Time Top Ten mix for three straight days, was going to be close to Wizard’s record of squeezing 204 tracks into his ten minutes of Xfm airtime.

Now, when Wizard broke that record back in May, we pretty much gave up on the idea of it being broken any time soon. We thought it would take years. The competitive element, we felt, had been removed, because he’d just set the bar too high. Even though Wrongtom still claims he could do a 1000 track ten minute mix. We’ve advised him not to try, for the sake of his health.

But when Akira announced that he wouldn’t be with us in time for the usual 10.30pm slot, things started looking more interesting. He’d been working on the mix almost up until the point we went on air and he’d managed to cram a few more tracks in. So, when he finally arrived in the studio brandishing alcohol and a large grin, we knew something good was about to happen. And happen it did.

Yes, we have a brand new record – 210 tracks in ten minutes. Actually, it was more than that, but it was 210 recognisable tracks with many, many more tiny samples tucked away filling out any space there might have been left.

Akira has put together this YouTube video to accompany the mix:

Here’s the current leaderboard:

1. Akira The Don – 210 tracks
2. Wizard – 204 tracks
3. Wrongtom – 100 tracks [download]
4. Stereo:Type – 64 tracks
5. Slyde – 54 tracks