No, you did read that right and it’s not an April Fool – a well spent £5 will get you not just Echaskech, but Jon Hopkins and Hexstatic all LIVE and not only that, but Paddy Freeform, Matt Masters, Peepshow Paddy and The Ableton Alstars on DJ duty whilst VGem, Myogenic and myself will keep your eyes entertained. Phew! I can’t think of a better way to start a four day holiday. See you down there.
Ok so this one’s already sold out but for those lucky few who are coming you’re in for a very special night in a fantastic location – visually this one is going to make you freak. For those who didn’t manage to get a ticket, well you’ll have to wait 5 days (see the next post)
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In Autumn 2009 I was extremely privileged to be asked to contribute a visual piece to be included in John Rixon’s (a.k.a Amukidi) “Quiet Voices” show at The Tate Britain on January 8th 2010. The music John gave me to interpret was a new piece called “First Light” from Sounds From The Ground (whom I’ve worked with as their VJ for the last 6 years) and is available as a download only release. The footage itself all comes from various national parks in the South West of USA: We start in the Petrified Forest, move on to Canyon de Chelly and the final scene is from Zion National Park. All the content was shot on a Panasonic HDC HS300 and edited in Final Cut Pro.
Posted in Events, VJing on 11/14/2009 10:42 am by machv
8 January, 2010
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Sadly there’s no show this week as dufus, here managed to record the whole thing at a completely distorted level , rendering it unlistenable, however I do have other news. I’ve been asked to contribute a short film to accompany “First Light” by Sounds From The Ground for a show – called Quiet Voices – at the Tate Britain that’s being curated by John Rixon (a.k.a Amukidi), on Friday 8th January, 2010 between 6pm and 10pm.
I’m completely stoked, excited, humbled, daunted and numerous other confusing emotions by this news as it’s completely beyond what I’d ever hope to acheive as a “VJ”, but I do hope that some of you can make it down to London to see the show, not only for me but for the plethora of talent that my film will be a small part of.
Firstly: due to “planned maintenance” I won’t be able to do my show next week (and maybe for the next two weeks after that, but we’ll take them as they come). It’s all good – we’re replacing the floor in our studio/office – but it does mean that the everything will need to be taken down and packed away while this happens. Secondly, some free music: this weeks show features music by Halogen and Iambic and you can get these EP/LPs for free just by visiting this link to the Maternity Ward Website. And if you want some more (and you will) you can download some more Halogen tracks from here. Dig in. Massive thanks to the wonderfully sparkling Mixmaster Morris for those tips and links. Thirdly, I’ve been booked to VJ at the Big Chill Festival this year! Yay! Anyway here’s this weeks…
Track listing:
Fridge – Drum Machines and Glockenspiels
Iambic – Transitions
Yimino – Squeeze Me
Halogen – Not The Remix
Groove Armada – My Friend
Fink – Blueberry Pancakes
Florence and the machine – Kiss with a fist
The Bird and the Bee – Polite Dance Song
D’Nell – This Thing
Benga & Coki – Night
Fever Ray – Coconut
Sounds From The Ground – Elemental
Jon Hopkins – Insides
Infinite Scale – Liquid Scope
Yimino – Ze Ka
Fridge – Cutup Piano and Xylophone
Fink – Little Blue Mailbox
Dom & I were asked to play a DJ/VJ set at the wonderful Fortified Recordings night and this is the first 30 minutes of it. Dom use ableton to mix the tracks and I used Motion Dive Tokyo Console to blend the video. The whole thing was recorded on my Archos AV500 and then shortened in Quick Time.
Posted in Echaskech, VJing on 12/07/2008 10:01 pm by machv
With the global financial markets in disarray, and with the news that Orbital are getting back together, it seems the right time for us at Echaskech HQ to share this with you lovely people. With thanks (in blissful ignorance) to John Landis, Rick Prelinger, Mark Achbar & Jennifer Abbott and, of course the mighty Orbital because without you, this piece would not be at all possible.
We’re celebrating xmas with a full acid rave party at our South Bank home, Concrete (next to the Hayward Gallery) from 8pm till 1pm (free entry). Expect party hats, streamers and you dancing to kick ass acid fulled techtronic breaks! Alongside Echaskech, we’ve also got the Ravetastic AGT Rave Kru playing Live so that’s two top notch bands and all for nowt!
Posted in Events, VJing on 11/10/2008 07:36 pm by machv
22 November, 2008
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I’m VJing at the Big Chill House for Nice Up! which means I get a comfy seat to hear Benny Page & JStar DJ.
And if that’s not enough, my temporary structured compadres, The Disco Shed, are taking over the top room too! What a night it’s going to be!
9pm – 3am, Entry £5
What Bigchill.net say:
Another bumper line up on a Friday night, this time the NICE UP! crew invite drum and bass/dubstep hero Benny Page to come and blow the joint. After a series of reggae tinged drum and bass monsters, he has slowly been building his rep as one of the toughest new producers on the scene, as well as dipping his toe into dubstep. Joining him, alongside resident DJ Shepdog is reggae/hip hop mash up don Jstar and his crowd hyping sidekick MC Honey Brown. Never ones to play it safe, they always NICE UP! the dance good and proper.
Upstairs, festival favourites The Disco Shed Soundsystem bring their unique brand of shedonistic disco, funk, singalong classics and perhaps the odd garden gnome or 2. Just the recipe for getting shedded!
It’s with great excitement that we bring Roger O’Donnell and Erin Lang to Concrete!
Roger co-wrote and performed on 4 albums with The Cure as well as playing with Psychedelic Furs and The Thomson Twins.
He now tinkers with synths galore and makes splendid sounds that will be
showcased tonight. He has also composed a piece especially for the show!
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Roger will be the wonderful Erin Lang – bringing her electromantic
style to South Bank combining ethereal pop with ambient
electronic…and a trumpet!
This promises to be a great evening of music and it will cost you NOWT to attend and enjoy.
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I’m VJing at the Big Chill House for Nice Up! which means I get a comfy seat to hear Benny Page & JStar DJ.