The UK cuts or The Personal is Universal

April 1, 2011

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Another UK-centric post I’m afraid as I cannot ignore the significant events taking place here with all the incessant talks and carrying out of cuts.
This is also a bit of a blog post about other blog posts. I have come across a handful of eloquent and well-considered posts that I don’t think I could [...]

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In solidarity of anti-cuts protest Sat March 2011 in London

March 22, 2011

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Just a short and let’s hope ultimately sweet one to mention the great initiative of the Disabled People Against the Cuts and the Armchair Army on the old Face-ache for those like me who can’t make it to the protest against the cuts in London on Saturday 26 March.
According to the Guardian, the March [...]

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Radiohead King of Limbs first impressions

February 22, 2011

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Radiohead..as an engineer I revere them as masters of loads of reverb on Herr Thom Yorke’s vocals, generous use of (yet not too much) delay and lashings of Space Echo again? And as a creative music maker and experimental music artist, I appreciate how they manage to keep their authentic rare sound but still [...]

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post-op spinal fusion recovery step 1,2,3

February 21, 2011

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I know it’s been a bit quiet on the caro snatch blog-front. I have of course been working it on other levels having come through a seemingly successful spinal fusion operation. After half of my life in undiagnosed and apparently untreatable pain..Medical staff cannot believe how little drugs I am ingesting whilst I cannot resist [...]

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carbon footprint-free winter getaway

January 12, 2011

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Courtesy of fellow Manchester based music maker of the electronic tendency Paul Green & yours truly on lady vocals…

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album interviews

December 22, 2010

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Promise, last bit of me, me, me for one year…Right then, thanks to the committed team at Emms Publicity and my own urge to communicate my truth of the sonic kind, we have a variety of properly engaging interviewers probing into the galaxy that is the experimental electronic music explorations a la snatch.

Gaydar Nation
enquires about [...]

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album out there

October 20, 2010

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“one of Manchester’s most unique musical assets.”
BBC radio manchester piece
There’s an in-depth interview about the caro snatch album and my experimental electronic music approaches & processes in Issue 29 of Blank Pages produced by ever-expanding Manchester based art platform Blank Media
Some radio presenters’ comments:
“Mancunian spoken word sonic enchantress” Max Reinhardt, Late Junction on [...]

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snatchism #1

October 11, 2010

snatchism #1 : “if an idea is any good it is on the verge of being stupid” Michel Gondry.

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Activity update from an avant-garde pop planet

October 9, 2010

gosh, time doesn’t fly when you’re laptop is being resuscitated. no more time to dilly dally my dear readers, new album unleash landmarks are only getting closer. naturally, scary and exciting for me – hopefully vaguely titillating for thee.
Though so much caro snatch action has occured in my not self-imposed online exile and mostly housebound-ness [...]

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album teasers thus far

August 11, 2010

til you’re no longer blinkered teaser #1:

Track extract is Icarus intuitology featuring Jacob H James and Bunty.
teaser #2:

Track extract is album opener Mammoth Mountain featuring operatic voice of Jenny Kosmowsky, strings arranged by Steve Boyce-Buckley and played by Mancky Strings. Me on lead vox and clunky piano.
These stings were captured at the back garden [...]

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