My friend John sometimes brings me vinyl, mostly what he finds at the local recycling centre for cheap, these seven inch records are from his Dad’s collection I believe. Great covers, thanks John.
Classic Covers
Vinyl Record
Waterman
Dennis had 4 more albums apparently…presumably better than this..
Apologies for this…
Moving Images
Posted a few new videos on my Youtube channel recently and thought I should probably put something here too…some of these do not appear on Youtube
This year I’ve been looking at using different artists of each Zodiac sign – Gemini artists included Lionel Richie, Prince and Bonnie Tyler.
Cancerians included George Michael and Cyndi Lauper…
At this point I was trying to merge the vinyl loops with samples of music and field recordings as well as the synth sounds..
Kids Catch up with more singing pigs
A few nice old kids records I recently put on youtube, flickr or both.
The Bugs Bunny Little golden record and Beatle Beat Goldentone are both 78s and 6inch diameter which means the center labels are too small for most record players to play to the end as the auto stop/return mechanisms kick in at the end point of the more standard size 7 or 12inch labels. Fortunately the PT01 Portable Numark has a switch to turn off the auto stop and plays at 78rpm too!
Why this Pinky and Perky Have a Party video has been blocked by WMG in Japan for the Hokey Cokey track I dont know!
Theres another post with a bunch of other Gala Goldentone 78s here
A circle in 12 parts: Aries
The start of a new series of improvisations with guest artists for 2024.
My first guest for the zodiac sign of Aries was Ailsa Mair. The audio video improvisation was created entirely live, combining a selection of Ailsa’s photos and video clips with astrological symbols, live cameras and sounds.
The session started with a bit of Ann Petrie on vinyl talking about the Aries nature, it combines with a loop of Holst’s Mars and Cor Meibion Aberystwyth before giving way to the cello and voice of Ailsa Mair.
We have been talking of making some work around the tarot and symbol of the fool in particular. Seems wholly appropriate to explore this in the time of Aries.
Check out the Fools Journey on Ailsa’s bandcamp and more music too!
https://thefairytalecellist.bandcamp.com/
the fourth circle: Midwinter circles
The final installment of improvisations for the 4 cardinal calendar points.
Produced live the stream includes the remnants of a fiery circle for Sagittarius for a while before we transition into the liminal space of the solstice, that point of transition leading into a new phase of the year. Another layer explores the emerging Cardinal earth element, filmed by Jay while moving through the landscape earlier on the day.
Live cameras are processed through an analogue circuitbent video enhancer, and layer up with live tarot, synths, vinyl and bass guitar as well as readings of texts on themes of the solstice, earth and Capricorn.
With 2 Capricorns in the room they got to select vinyl for the evening, subsequently looped and processed by Jay through a variety of pedals they merge with the Make Noise synth sounds shifting and evolving over time. Thanks to guests Rhowan, Erin & Manny as well as regular players Jay and Keryl for their thoughtful and playful contributions.
POOL: y ddechreuad
POOL is a beginning, the starting point for a stream.
Afon artists are invited to browse a database of vinyl records and select a track or album to create a sonic POOL from which samples will flow and LOOP to become a stream.
Forming in the fixed water sign of Scorpio, POOL suggests the start of a journey into hidden otherworlds. Moving into and immersion in the POOL takes us into the unknown, a place where real and unreal worlds interact, where both become fluid memory and noise is the only true reality..
The POOL starts to form with these selected records :
Joni Mitchel – Clouds;
Johnny Cash – Big River;
Top of the Pops Artistes – Float on;
Neil Diamond – Walk on Water;
Johnny Cash & Marty Robbins – Cool Water
Looking Back to Basics
Traditional mix of vinyl loops from 3 copies of Holst’s Mars from The Planets, 2 by the L.A. Philharmonic Orchestra and 1 by Tomita; A loop from Scorpio on Cannonball Adderley presents Soul Zodiac and a little bit of voice from Sydney Omarr’s Scorpio.
3 records on:
Dansette – Hawaii Calls: Waikiki after Dark, Presented by Webley Edwards.
Ultra – Dire Straits – Money for Nothing.
BSR: Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass – Going Places.
the fourth circle: Autumnal circles
Improvised audio visual stream with guests for a belated equinox improvisation on the midpoint of Samhain. Thank you all for contributing!
Along with the astrological staples there were vinyl records selected by our Scorpio guest including Yellow Submarine and Orpheus in the Underworld
Drawings by Jo Shapland http://www.mantroi.com/
Photo by Jay Hodges
Digital Analog Dogs
I love this track by Bill Frisell. I first heard it in the late nineties on BBC radio three’s Mixing it program. That was a great show.
The found of music 