Robin stumbled across this live recording of “Standing on Moving Ground” last night – has brought back lots of warm, fuzzy memories of the early 2000s when we used to haul around two MS2000 keyboards, a big mixer and a pile of guitar pedals, samplers and cables…
We don’t know where this was recorded, or by whom, but we’re very grateful to womanelectrosounds for posting it.
We’ve just had an email from Christina to say that the No.1 DVD and Remixes set will be released on January 23rd and is available for pre-order now, the digital version is ready for download from Bandcamp today.
We’ve been lucky to have had copies of the DVD for a couple of months – it’s a beautiful film with Christina’s No.1 as the soundtrack… and we’re really happy to have been able to contribute to the remix collection on the accompanying CD.
Homemade Mountains_FiftyCrowns_ISAN_remix by christina vantzou
Robin and I were invited to contribute to the City Genetic Project – based on a starting piece by Tim from Maps and Diagrams and evolving every roughly 60-seconds with different artists. My “Mugwood Mutation” and Robin’s “Twisq Variation” are here in Branch 1, mixed by Tim:
And don’t miss out on Branch 2 – which is going in a completely different direction:
There is more in the pipeline too – fascinating to see where this all goes…
Well it’s been a very nice, calm 2011 for us – hope it has been for you too. It hasn’t been a hugely busy year for us – but it’s had its fair share of excitement with a trip to Rio and the Eastside releases on Keshhhhhh. We almost had another special release out this year too, but a few technical problems have delayed that until 2012 – more news on that soon!
In the meantime, we’d like to wish you calm and cosy time this Christmas – here are a couple of old favourites we’d like to share with you:
Peace on Earth – Errollyn Wallen – Isan Remix by isan
Thanks a million and see you in 2012!
We’re very happy to tell you that if you missed out on the 12″ version of the Eastside remixes, you can now download it from Boomkat along with a couple of bonus remixes we were unfortunately unable to fit on the vinyl. Check out the preview below for a new iteration of the original Eastside project by us and the additional gorgeous remixes by Autistic and The Sight Below. We’ve been really privileged to have such wonderful artists creating new “branches” of this piece – we hope you enjoy them as much as we do.
Robin is playing a solo live set in Nottingham next weekend – it will be a kind of semi-Isan set, featuring some tape-loop pieces created especially for the show as well as some regular Isan material. It’s for a great cause – supporting homeless and vulnerable people in the East Midlands – plus our old friends Geiom & Flotel are playing too.
Full line-up and more info here.
It started a couple years ago – we had been working on a sound installation for the Eastside Gallery in Birmingham. The installation was based on ambient recordings made in and around the empty gallery, also from synthesised tones played out and recorded in the same space. We then constructed a multi-layered piece to be played from un-synchronised CD players, with new layers added over a period of 9 weeks.
Sometime after it was all up and running, we sent a “composite” of the work to our friend Simon Scott as he was really curious to hear it… Simon came back to us straight away with a vision to remix and release this on vinyl for his Keshhhhhh label, along with guest remixes from Taylor Deupree and Ralph Steinbrüchel (and more to come with the future digital release).
It’s been a labour of love – beautifully mastered by Lawrence English, hand-stamped labels by Carl Harris, all lovingly assembled by Simon… we’re thrilled that it’s now ready for release and already has Album of the Week from Boomkat.
In honour of our good friends at Future Sequence and their first birthday celebration, we made a special song (mastered at great expense on Maxell C60 Compact Cassette) called “Pre-Internet Birthday Party” for an exclusive compilation called “Sequence One” – available for streaming and free download today. The comp features lots of super, super artists including Rafael Anton Irisarri, Maps & Diagrams, Isnaj Dui, Rarebit, Sun Glitters… go go go!
