Mammoth Mountain remix on vinyl

August 7, 2012

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So, as the webs are fairly consistently weaved, what a wonderful array of offshoot occurrences can occur.
And on this special occasion, an old Toon (Newcastle, UK) friend Four Hands has remixed my track Mammoth Mountain with a lush swelling textural outcome.
And this has been released on limited edition vinyl by electronic [...]

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Delia Derbyshire Day project wins PRS Women Make Music funding

July 15, 2012

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We are feeling like right lucky bunnies here at caro snatch HQ. We have been awarded funding from the PRS Women Make Music latest allocation for a project we have been cooking up called Delia Derbyshire Day.
This will be an event in Manchester, a little Northern England tour, 3 new music based [...]

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Getting back on the horse – creative exercises for making creative music

June 30, 2012

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As someone who labours over lyrical lexicon and conceptualises my compositions, how refreshing to just do it!
All thanks due to good friend and regular collaborateur Shirokuma as he adapted his long held practice of the Piss Shivers. There are rules to this creative exercise to get one back to the sheer joy of [...]

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My snowstep remix on another free electronic music download compilation

May 23, 2012

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52 Reworks by thebrokendoor
The canny and very competent Manchester area located live improvisation outfit The Broken Door have a free electronic music download compilation of remixes of their first album.
And I have contributed a snowstep mix. And when I say snowstep i literally mean snowsteps having been recorded and providing a crunchy [...]

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Blog post becomes presentation at CRiSAP event

May 8, 2012

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Following on from a blog post a wrote last year, Compression, EQ and the female voice, I have been invited to give a 10 minute presentation at an exciting new postgraduate research Event at the London College of Communication, University of the Arts London.
The event, called Sound::Gender::Feminism::Activism will be held on May 17th [...]

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World Laughter Day – in Manchester, UK – this sunday 6th May!

April 30, 2012

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TURN THAT FROWN UPSIDE DOWN – nuff said

you know it makes perfect nonsense..

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Out now – new Shirokuma album on Valentine Records

April 24, 2012

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Just a quick one to share the release of new album Abandonware by Shirokuma, one of my fellow electronic music maverick Manchester bands whose latest independent album comes out this very fine day on Manchester music label Valentine Records.
Abandonware by Shirokuma
Available on CD and downloadable digitalia over at planet Bandcamp, it includes [...]

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My first podcast – an experimental music selection for Office Ekiti

March 28, 2012

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Well here is my first podcast.
For some reason I felt drawn to cluttering up with chat a selection of experimental music, creative music and electronic music created by artists I know and ones you might already know.
Also included is a couple of tracks from the free electronic music compilation we put [...]

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Blinkered remixed – a free electronic music download

March 20, 2012

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Here you go people – BLINKERED remixed ready for the snatching!
Blinkered remixed by various artists
Mammoth thanks radiate to all the competent and creative music makers who have messed with my elements from my latest experimental music album Til You’re No Longer Blinkered.
And done such a grand job of it. For free. So [...]

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Happy Dynamic Range Day!

March 16, 2012

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Just a quick one to flag up that today is indeed Dynamic Range Day 2012.
And now DRD has apparently gone global. The initiative was instigated by Turn me Up which is a not for profit music industry organisation that aims to increase dynamic range in music and to make loud music a choice [...]

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