Evening all! Here's the first of many mixes I'll be doing and posting up here for a limited time. The first is entitled 'Winter Warmers' and is a reaction to the awfully cold weather we're experiencing...oof isn't it bitter eh? You can download it here kids. Hope you likee.



"Winter Warmers"
1 Beth Gibbons & Rustin Man - Mysteries
2 Plaid - Ralome
3 Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Way
4 Antony & the Johnsons - Another World
5 Fridge - Cut up Piano & Xylophone
6 Alela Diane - White As Diamonds
7 Grouper - Heavy Water
8 Mary Hampton - Concerning a Frozen Sparrow
9 Mogwai - Christmas Steps
10 Bon Iver - Flume
11 Ween - Ice Castles
12 Bibio - Mr & Mrs Compost
13 Vashti Bunyan - Winter is Blue
14 Boom Bip - Last Walk Around Mirror Lake
15 Elliot Smith - Angel in the Snow
16 Icebreaker - Melody for Nato
17 James Yorkston - Woozy with Cider
18 Windy & Carl - Christmas Song
19 Seeland - Station Sky
20 My Brightest Diamond - The Ice and the Storm
21 Nick Drake - Northern Sky
22 Boards of Canada - Macquarie Ridge

Well howdy. The lovely people over at BalladOf magazine have done a lovely feature on my work, thanks very much Lindsey and Claire for the kind words!!

Champion sounds of the moment:

Mountains - Choral (Thrill Jockey)
F**k Buttons - Tarot Sport (ATP)

Studio ambience...

Easy Star All Stars - Dub Side of the Moon
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
Nathan Fake - Drowning in a Sea of Love

I was inspired by Uberkraaft's contribution to The Mixtape Project, so in a frenzy of scissor-wielding, paper-gluing activity, produced this....the tracklist will have to remain secret for the time being I'm afraid....
Go on, get involved, you know you want to....http://sharingthemusic.wordpress.com/

In aticipation of the next piece for Bonafide magazine, it's been a rather raptastic day on the ones and twos:

Ultramagnetic MCs - Critical Beatdown (Next Plateau)
Various - Wordsound Compilation of wonderful UK hiphop form a few years back
MC Lyte - Lyte as a Rock
Afrika Bambaata & Jazzy Jay - Death Mix (Paul Winley Records)

Here's a thing I've been working on for my friends at The Regal in Worksop, the bar area of which is undergoing somewhat of an overhaul. Thanks to them for giving me the opportunity to work on this, much appreciated.

Listening of the day:

Trembling Bells - Carbeth (Honest Johns)
Cat Power - Jukebox (Domino)

Here's a couple of illustrations I did for the wonderful Bonafide Magazine of veteran UK hiphoppers Taskforce. If you haven't seen Bonafide yet, please do check it out, a beautifully designed and lovingly written hiphop journal, well worth a look. http://www.bonafidezine.com/

Current studio rotation....

Wild Beasts - Two Dancers (Domino)
Richard Skelton - Landings (Type)
Nadja - Touched (Alien8)
Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions (Southern Lord)
Espers - Espers II

Received a package of goodies from the lovely people at Seventy Seven recently, including a T shirt featuring one of my designs. I'm really pleased with the print, they've done a grand job! Visit http://www.seventyseven.co.uk/ and take a look at their wares.