I am really looking forward to this next year. I’m so glad that they got over the line with their Kickstarter and are well on their way to delivering.
Things to wait for in 2016
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.
Favourite Pictures of 2015 … the bC-16
I’d been after one of these for so long and at long last this year I’ve got one. It is lovely, really lovely.
Favourite pictures of 2015 … meeting Nic Collins
This was back in January this year. I’ve been a fan of his work and of his genius book on circuit bending and making musical instruments. I’ve seen him live a couple of times now ad he’s always great. I even did a workshop with him years ago and it was excellent. So I got myself a selfie with Nic Collins! Why wouldn’t you?
Max Splodge at Under the Bridge
Another act from last weekend’s trip to Under the Bridge. Whilst it was just him and the Bad Manners backing band it was still good and he did loads of the classic from the late 70’s and early 80’s that everyone wanted to hear.
Seeing the Pukes at Under the Bridge
This was last Sunday at Under the Bridge in Fulham. A really nice venue, I’ve always liked going there for gigs. This is one I went to last year as well. The same venue, the same line up, and close to the same date too.
I do enjoy the Pukes, I’ve never listened to their stuff except for live, so this year I’m going to try something different and listen to their recorded stuff to.
And the Wire Rewind for 2015 comes out
My annual check on just how many of their top albums of 2015 I’ve heard or even own. It’s not usually that many sadly. Maybe this year I’ll do better. We shall see. Of course it also serves as good place to start listening for next year too.
Mark and Ed using LoopTree at the SoundLab Play Space
Ed from LoopTree (Coding Cod) was an absolute star at the Play Space and helped lots of people get to grips with looping where they’d never done it before. I liked this photo a lot as it also has Mark from Heart n Soul in it.
A new album coming from Blancmange next yeaar
This is excellent news. I’m really pleased that they’re making music. I’ve enjoyed the last few things they’ve done and gone to see the tours each year since they started back. So the new album will be called Commuter 23. I’m looking forward to it, and to their tour too.
This will be amazing!
while waiting for @littleBits delivery I am putting together a browser based simulator and having fun with WebAudio pic.twitter.com/O1RumEnmYV
— TBD (@tbdr) December 10, 2015
DS-10 then and now
I do love the old DS-10. I’ve had the DS version, and now, the iOS version. It’s all pretty cool. Amazing that we’ve come so far and yet mobile music goes on and changes and matures.
The latest version of the DS-10, the iDS-10 is pretty awesome. I’m just getting to grips with it, but so far I’m really enjoying it a lot.
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