Quick summing up of my sample-based music, originally posted on http://www.blackpoolbands.co.uk
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Massively chuffed to have another new pro CD in my hands with some loops from myself buried deep in one of the tracks. Hence, I thought maybe it was time to justify a thread here.
I have been botching together bits of mangled sample-based music over the last few years, as The Haddenham One, named by & often aided by Stan from the Hobs/Heffalump Trap. Some of the tracks are on three of Stan's Godspunk comp CD series - I have copies of these to gift to anyone interested (especially as swaps for any other local stuff I haven't got). As well as some weird pop/grime crossover stuff, some very very fast techno & some eerie minimal etchno, one of them has me & Stan doing an electro remix & a dub remix of Hobs tracks, both of which worked pretty well, I reckon. In the process of coming up with these, I've put together a load of other stuff with & without Stan & with various other people, most of which will hopefully finally stagger into the light this year as a CDR on Pumf.
As well as these solo things & other stuff under the Haddenham One name, I've been doing some collaborations. I have virtually finished an album with Powergen, which again will hopefully appear soon, once I've put the finishing touches to the scuzzy mess that is the backing tracks. I've also done a lengthy remix for another Pumf Blackpool electronica act, Taurus Board, which may appear at some point on a Taurus Board remix collection alongside yet more collabs with Blackpool electronica types like Howl In the Typewriter (Stan), John Tree & RooHmania, once HeF from Taurus Board has finished his own bits!!
The CD that arrived today is the latest CD from Astral Social Club, aka my old friend Neil Campbell from West Yorkshire, known for his work alone, with Smell & Quim, Vibracathedral Orchestra & tons of improv folk. Its called "Octuplex" & is out on the long-running US freakoid label VHF. You can hear samples of the tracks at http://www.vhfrecords.com/news/ The one with me somewhere in there is "Caustic Roe" & I get to share shiny disk-space with Richard Youngs, John Clyde-Evans, Stewart Keith, & Spider Stacy from the Pogues (!), as well as others. I have one here for me, one for Powergen & one extra, so if yr genuinely interested, drop me a line & I'll hold onto it for you. The track with a bit of me was Neil's first ever rejection (too dancey!), from a full album of collabos with my loops for another Yank label, which is reputedly still gonna appear (with new material added in) at some point.
When I remember, I may add further bits of news here or on http://www.blackpoolbands.co.uk
I'm always collecting samples, btw - beats, tones, voices - if you've anything of interest or wanna collaborate, yr very welcome to PM me...