Manchester Central Library UPDATE - THE OLD & THE NEW

If you get a chance, check out the newly refurbished and reopened Manchester Central Library. It reopened to the public today & it's a very impressive mix of refurbished original feature and new design. 

A few photos below, also including the accessible parts of the Town Hall Extension

Erase The Tapes 004 - The Bridge - Manchester - Saturday March 22nd

Not sure what this is?

Tomorrow I'm playing the first hour or so at Erase The Tapes, taking place upstairs at The Bridge on (no surprises  Bridge Street in central Manchester. It's a nice little intimate do, friends playing records, no pretence, big guests or queues.  It's free in & starts around 9pm going on til 2-ish (flyer below)

I'll be playing a pretty mellow early set, probs with a few records from this recent mixtape - for a sense of the later on soundtrack, check out this ace mix on a more house & techno thing, by another of the resident DJs, Isey:

Isey - March Mix by Isey on Mixcloud

FLYER

READING ROOM : Barter Books, Alnwick, Northumberland, UK

Wall design at end of space

So if you're ever up in Northumberland and have a few hours spare make sure you check out Barter Books. An Alnwick institution & located in a converted railway station, it's home to 1000s of second hand books. You're welcome to browse the books over coffees, spend all day & generally enjoy the atmosphere. Well worth a visit...

Reading room...

Sci Fi

The best club...

They stock a limited selection  of vinyl too - I picked up a Sunny Ade LP ON Island.

Vinyl is not so popular anymore..

King Ade

+ the last track on the vinyl above features on this new mix I put together:

 

  LEGO : LAGOS > NYC > WHALLEY RANGE > by VISUAL SOUND

LAGOS RANGE | ALL VINYL PSYCHEDELIC AFRO DISKO MIXTAPE | 1:03:43

LAGOS RANGE - 1:03:43 

 ***ALL VINYL PSYCHEDLIC AFRO DISKO MIXTAPE***

VISUALS0UND - LAGOS RANGE [ ALL VINYL PSYCHEDLIC AFRO DISKO MIXTAPE ]

TRACKLISTING:

SEAHAWKS DISCO : CRYSTAL BEACH [ QUIET VILLAGE CLAM BAKE MIX ]
KING SUNNY ADE : SUNNY TI DE ARIYA
OPOTOPO [ EASY KABAKA BROWN ] : BELEMA
EDDIE C - O V 2
AUNTIE FLO : HIGHLIFE #2
AFRICAINE 808 : LAGOS, NEW YORK
NORMA - THE SHAKE
AFRICAINE 808 - ZOMBIE JAMBOREE
THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVES : LOVERAY 79
??? : DISCO MACHINE [ SOFT ROCKS EDIT ]
THE JELLIES : THE CONVERSATION [ VERSION ]
BRENDA BEACHBALL RAY : COOLIN' IN THE RYE

1999 REUP >>>> MONKEYS ROCK! MIXTAPE BY DJ LEGO [ CASSETTE RIP ]

Downtown

 
 MONKEYS ROCK! [ CASSETTE RIP ] by VISUAL SOUND

LEGO - MONKEYS ROCK! 1999 CASSETTE RIP

COMPILED FROM VOLUMES ONE & TWO, ORIGINALLY RECORDED ON TDK 60s BETWEEN 1999 AND 2001...

2 TECHNICS, 1 VESTAX, 1 TAPE DECK...

Featuring: FOREIGN LEGION, REUBEN WILSON, DOUG E FRESH, SONNY &
CHER, BOB DOROUGH, DESMOND DEKKER, SAM & DAVE, IKE TURNER, BIZ
MARKIE, MUDFOOT, MOS DEF Vs BURT BACHARACH, O JAYS, MAJOR FORCE, CUT
CHEMIST, PETER POWELL, DE LA SOUL, PUMPKINHEAD, ESTHER WILLIAMS, ROB
BASE & DJ EZ ROCK, SISTER NANCY, NATURAL RESOURCE, RAEKWON, AV8,
JAMES BROWN, AFU RA, CODE RED, DJ PREMIER, AYATOLLAH, CLINT EASTWOOD,
PETER PARKER, DJ FOOD, SCHOOLY D, FRED STEINER, ESTA, SOULS OF MISCHIEF,
DJ RECTANGLE, SHIRLEY BASSEY, BEANIE MAN, COLDCUT & A LOAD OF
CHARITY SHOP RECORDS....

2010 REUP >>> PIGMIX [ PLANK! SINGLE LAUNCH PROMO ]

PIGMIX [ PLANK! SINGLE LAUNCH PROMO ] by VISUAL SOUND

PIGMIX [ PLANK! SINGLE LAUNCH PROMO ]

RE-UP OF A PROMO MIX DONE LAST YEAR FOR PLANK!'S 7" RELEASE ON aA / STATIC CARAVAN



LEGO : PIGMIX [ PLANK! SINGLE LAUNCH PROMO ]



MIXTAPE 47:39



TIME & SPACE MACHINE : INTRO


JULIO BASHMORE : THE HORN THAT TIME FORGOT


HYPE WILLIAMS : RESCUE DAWN


STAR SLINGER : REMEDY


SADE ; SWEETEST TABOO [ HYPE WILLIAMS MIX ]


JULIO BASHMORE : BATTLE FOR MIDDLE YOU


PLANK! ; PIG SICK [ REMIX ]


THE DIRTBOMBS : BUG IN THE BASS BIN [ INTRO ]


PLANK! ; SELF HARM


SEAHAWKS ; MALIBU MELTS


DUNGEN : HIGHWAY WOLF


SOUL CLAP : DREAMS OF TOMORROW


IZ & DIZ : MOUTH [ PEPE BRADOCK MIX ]


LINKWOOD : OUTRO

[ ALL ON DUSTY VINYL WITH BROKEN NEEDLES ]

NEW UK GARAGE MIXTAPE - "NO MATTER WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY..."

 

NO MATTER WHAT THE PEROPLE SAY… by VISUAL SOUND

LEGO - "NO MATTER WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY…"

RUNNING BACK - URBAN SOUNDSCAPE
ASHLEY BEEDLE / YARDISM - DETT
FOUR TET - OUR NAVIGATION
LONE - AIRGLOW FIRES
ALTERED NATIVES - BONEY ARD
FOUR TET - KOOL FM [ CHAMPION PIRATE REMIX ]
JOY ORBISON - BIG ROOM DEEP HOUSE TOOL
LORD KITCHENER - LONDON IS THE PLACE FOR ME [ GREEN MONEY 4X4 REMIX ]
SCOTT GARCIA - IT'S A LONDON THING [ 4X4 REMIX ]
SOUL II SOUL - BACK TO LIFE [ MASK 4X4 REMIX ]
??? - BAD GIRLS [ 4X4 REMIX ]
D.S.K. - WHAT WOULD WE DO? [ SOL BROTHERS SOUNDCLASH REMIX ]
ASHLEY BEEDLE / YARDISM - RUN THE TRACKS
NATURAL BORN CHILLERS - ROCK THE FUNKT BEATS [ 187 LOCKDOWN REMIX ]
GROOVE CHRONICLES - WALK ON BY [ DEEPTONE REMIX ]
T2 & JODIE AYSHA - HEARTBROKEN [ WIDEBOYS UP NORTH REMIX ]
FALLACY - BIG & BASHY INTERLUDE
KAMIKAZE - GHETTO KOYOTE [ VOCAL REMIX ]
WILEY - GANGSTERRZ
SKREAM - MIDNIGHT REQUEST LINE [ SMALL CHANGE US VOCAL REMIX ]
DOM PERIGNONN & DYNAMITE - GOT MYSELF TOGETHER [ DUB ]
PAY AS U GO CARTEL - KNOW WE [ 2002 DUBPLATE REMIX ]
DANNY WEED - GO
WILEY - GEISHA
DANNY WEED - HOE
DIZZEE RASCAL - SAME AS WE WERE BEFORE
FOUR TET - KOOL FM [ NO BEATS REMIX ]
LEGO - NO MATTER [ INTRO VOCAL ]

 

 

@LpoolPsychFest - A BRIEF VISUAL REVIEW...

So we've made it back from Liverpool Psych Fest & wow, what a weekend...

From pitching up at 6pm Friday until we left 4am Sunday there was just too much good stuff on across the Camp, Furnace & Blade Factory spaces so for now, rather then try to recap every band we saw here's a selection of random photos & video taken at various psyched points....

MOON DUO IN THE FURNACE

THE BLADE FACTORY VISUALS

THE FURNACE FOR PSYCHIC ILLS

SONICBOOM HAD AN ART GALLERY THERE...

SCARY HOODS AHEAD OF CLINIC

 

BEHIND THE DECKS IN THE FURNACE

Massive congrats / props to Tom, Craig, Nicko & everyone else involved in the Festival, was amazing. We loved DJ-ing on Saturday night & even better, checking out about 12 months of bands in just over 2 days. Bring on next year....

BLADE FACTORY PANORAMA

 & THAT WAS OUR PSYCH FEST, APART FROM A COUPLE OF HOURS SPENT HERE:

AFTER PARTY LOCATION

@LPOOLPSYCHFEST this weekend... Camp and Furnance, L1

Lifted from the Akoustik Anarkhy news blog....

After all the fun of it's hugely successful 2012 debut, Liverpool Psych Festival returns this weekend for a two day programme of pretty much psych-perfection. 

Here's what they say...

"The Liverpool International Festival Of Psychedelia returns this September for two days of worship. This is the UK's largest celebration of psychedelic sub-culture.

Liverpool Psych Fest celebrates artists operating at the cutting edge of today's global psychedelic renaissance, alongside visual art, film, performance and mind expanding visual delights"

"A 150 microgram hit" The Quietus

Which is pretty bang on. 

The line up of live acts is listed below & we're DJ-ing from about 11.30 in the Furnace on Saturday night, just before Peaking Lights - pop by & say hi...if it's ready in time we hope to debut a certain aA act's new material...

For last minute ticket purchases and more info, check out the Psych site here. 

LIVE RECORDING from Löffel at The Spoon Inn, August 2013

We recorded last Sunday's Löffel at The Spoon Inn in Chorlton, Manchester. Check out the Soundcloud link below or click the downloads...it's just the first part as the levels go a bit off later on. Very down lo music, Sunday afternoon-suitable.

 

  LÖFFEL LIVE RECORDING AUGUST 2013 by VISUAL SOUND