Saturday @ Glasto

So onto Saturday, and with the whole place anticipating a footballing victory on Sunday we went to see the Lightning Seeds first thing. Now the lead singer is a little old and his voice was never really super amazing but here (click for link to video) is a video of a wonderfully acoustic version of 'Three Lions'.

A quick visit to the Dance Village to see Parker who wasn't really on his game, but then one of the highlights and Lissie. I was sent a promo of her new album just before we left for Glastonbury and was clever enough to listen to it and then  make plans to see her. For she has a magical voice on CD but its even better live. Plus she is gorgeous, so if you're bored of Ellie Goulding being beautiful then listen to some Lissie.

Start with this track... 'Cuckoo' is one of many good ones on the album 'Catching a Tiger'. (MF Links)

 Lissie - Cuckoo by Mister Bibby (Soundcloud)

Jakwob (Video link) was very good, but also on the tiniest little stage so was mega busy. 

So I trundled up to the acoustic stage to see ole Eavis chat to Radio 2 favourite Johnny Walker about the festival so watch 'A very poor quality video clip of the interview'.


The early evening passed me by as I wasn't too fussed about the line up, but set off out again to see a very poor Kelis performance which we all ignored and then set off in different directions. I stuck with the danceness and had a very good system of dancing, then pissing, then drinking... and so on and so forth most notably to A Skillz (Video link), then to Kissy Sell Out and also a bit of High Contrast (Video Link)

and so goes Saturday....

Soundcloud, Mixed in Key and That Horse Race.

I've been DJing for about 4 years now and have owned the 'DJ tool' Mixed in Key for 2 of those years. So why the fuck haven't I used it properly till now?! It works amazingly well and although I would prefer to be able to hear keys in my head myself, if it improves sounds then I shall continue with it.

Soundcloud is something I came to just after this christmas, and boy is it a little gold mine. Some of my favourite artists don't have a Soundcloud but those that do have links to Beatport, iTunes or to free downloadable tracks. It's a great way to preview songs as well and the interface is simple and easy to use. Sign up, 'follow' your favourite musicians and it just spreads. Some of the more unknown producers also post a lot of stuff to Soundcloud and although there is a lot of shit, like I said... dig for that gold and you'll find it.

Last year I managed to pick out the 100-1 winner of our fabled and Grand, National horse race. Admittedly i've been betting on the race since I was able to read, so my strike rate isn't all that good, but here are some musical long shots that will also be very big winners for you.

Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (Russ Chimes Remix) [Steed Lord Homicide House Edit] by Steed Lord

Ok, so Ellie is here. I know McMess from The Smoothest Gooch liked the Russ Chimes remix, so here is a little twist to it and an example of Soundclouds' greatness.

A lot of love to Chemical Jump who with this post (Click here to go to the amazing songs) provided my set in the backward town of Chippenham with a lot of bass heavy choons. Of particular note from the post linked above are 'Dirty Talk' and 'Four Floors'. BIG stuff from Diplo and Laidback Luke.

One last treat is from Nero. Dan Stephens and Joe Ray continue to bring the sound of Dubstep, D&B and whatever else, to the cream of the UK's crop. Which is Illustrated by the fact they are doing three under 18 gigs in the Southwest including one in Bath in the coming weeks. Under 18's fucked on cheap cider, pills and Vodkat, wandering the streets after there bedtime... sounds like a perfect scenario for my housemate Will.

Nero - Electron

Enjoy that sun by the way. It'll be gone by June/Summer.

Go Go Dubstep + Hip Hop

So I was listening to Drake - Forever (Nero remix) (trust me you want to download this) and at last I thought, someone has realised that the wonky beats and bass that we always associate with Dubstep can go so screamingly well with some rap shiz. There are so many highly requested average hip hop/rnb tracks around the 140 bpm dub mark that could have some wonky bass beats shoved up there arse for proper dancefloor action... maybe i'll try this myself (the remixing that is). The Dubstep I am so naively into, usually involves some vocals. A hot lady i.e. Ellie Goulding (+ Jakwob) would be a good example. The deep Dubstep really doesn't do it for me, I love deep house, dirty electro and the like, and can dance like a retard to it for ages, but Dubstep of this sort is just soo slow! I don't know much about Dubstep if i'm honest, but I do take time to find the bouncy stuff (usually remixes done by accomplished dub artists) that always sound good on the dancefloor. So I challenge those reading this (it may only be me!) to listen to this dub track and not nod your head, tap your foot or get up and fully wonk about - Turboweed enjoy