Whilst mentioning VL tonifier I thought I’d also talk about another of my developing collection of bots, the RandomBus, which I launched a little while ago. It was fun to make and hopefully it’ll be fun for anyone who wants to follow it too. I’ve got some plans for the RandomBus, some interesting plans which I hope to get out in the next few weeks. When they come about I’ll let you know.
Category: Music
Music is a huge part of my life so it’s almost certain that this category will have a lot of stuff in it.
So the Artiphon Instrument 1 is nearly here
I have to say that I’ve been waiting for this for a long time now and I’ve excited to see what it’s finally like in the flesh or so to speak. It’s been a long time coming, but they’ve been good at keeping in touch with what they’ve been doing and how they’re getting on, and I’ve appreciated that a lot.
You can certainly expect some posting and thoughts from me when it finally does arrive.
It’s the first of May
And today I’ve been thinking about a song, “Tam Lyn Retold” by the imagined village. Which was a great song and a great album too. “Tam Lyn Retold” was performed by Benjamin Zephaniah, and it was amazing. Keep thinking of the song today.
A VL-1 thing?
So here’s my old Casio VL-Tone, the VL-1. I loved these little devices. In many ways they are where my journey into electronic music began.
So I’m doing something to do with Casio VL-Tones soon. It’s not a big thing, but it’ll be a fun thing.
Near Future’s new single
I bought this single last week, and I’ve been playing it a lot ever since. It’s actually really good. In fact, it’s a lot like the kind of music I think that Neil Arthur should be making with Blancmange. So it was a big strange really to be listening to it when it wasn’t by Blancmange.
I’m looking forward to Near Future making a full album, especially if it’s anything like the single it’ll be brilliant.
Vinyl … Visage 7″
Another 2nd hand record I picked up last weekend. A good one. Shame about Steve though.
Vinyl … Visage, Night Train
Another 2nd hand copy I picked up at the weekend and in very good condition too. This was one of my favourite Visage tracks actually, and I loved the album too.
Vinyl: OMD Talking Loud and Clear 7″ picture disc
I got this 7″ on Record Store day when I popped into a local 2nd hand store to find something to console myself following my poor catch. So I found this, and it’s pretty amazing. A really nicely designed and produced disc.
Tender Extinction from Steve Jansen
This arrived the other day. Beautiful packaging and it’s a signed copy. I need to really listen to it properly though and give it some dedicated time.
Today is Record Store Day!
I’ve been looking forward to it for quite some time now and the day is here! I’ll be out and about trying to grab everything on my list. Later on I’ll let you know how I get on.
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