I have been threatening to dust off the Technics 1210s for a while and mix some music.
Working with music is always therapeutic, but as the decks have not been used for a while there is a bit of energy to expend in getting the set up right first. I've made the effort today and have been crawling around on my hands and knees getting rid of this CD burner and that tape recorder and generally rewiring everything.
With a simplified set up I am now ready to use my laptop as a recording device; something that is essential if you are going to give your children lessons (something that I have been badgered for). If only some X-Factor contestants listened to the themselves before going on stage!
I also have to sort out some of my most used records which are in a state of disarray from when they were most recently used. Whilst I was doing all this I couldn't resist spinning a few tunes and it is very uplifting, especially when there has been a bit of distance between oneself and the music.
I'm not going to throw myself madly into anything, so it has also been good to get out with the family and take a walk in the local park. It was like an ice-rink though, so it was very gentle and cautious walking.
Meanwhile the kids are playing much less feverishly today, which is a boon in itself. The atmosphere is altogether calmer.
As for me, you wouldn't recognise me from the person who on Tuesday had been bedridden for four days.
Hello again Rumps
ReplyDeleteYour above post had me think back to my time in Ibiza....
I seem to recall you also spent time there?.
I can remember "hanging-out" in the Base Bar for pre party drinks with Balearic anthems like Saint Etienne’s cover of Neil Young’s ‘Only Love Can Break Your Heart’.... filling the summer air, from the town harbour bar and onto the adjacent cobbled pavements..
What did the preparation go like...
Morning chillout... through Afternoon lounging into Evening pre-clubbing.....then onto the nearest Dancefloor....
Indeed, St Etienne are probably one of the most underated Indie Groups of the last 20 years...
Ie fusing British pop sounds of the 1960's with the club/dance rhythms of the early 90's post-acid house scene. IMVHO they assisted in making indie dance a viable genre within the U.K. Their music mainly being driven by deep club beats, including, house, techno to hip-hop, and disco.
As you can probably tell I am a bit of a fan...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZAajrxvDs4&feature=artist&playnext=1&list=AVGxdCwVVULXd2OBH03mFqBFL-srYBaRt-
Goodnight
Triple Witcher
hello from the cann household seasons greeting to you all mother says she follows you daily on here but is far to much of a computer phobe to even begin about thinking of how to possibly comment or reply bless her simpleness i shall teach her...... the decks are out woop woop i would like a cd please for my car that is full ibiza anthems hahaha great to hear your feeling lifted these past few days and glad the kids had a wicked day all our love coatred and everyone in the cann household! xxxxx
ReplyDeleteTW - Yes the Base Bar - I know it well.
ReplyDeleteSpace and Pacha were my two favourite clubs. I have been Ibiza many times including the whole of the 2000 season.
My music I would describe as mainstream US Garage (i.e US vocal house) and Funky House. That is the music that you hear in the bars of Ibzia and in Pacha and on the Space Terrace.
I did not have you down as an Ibiza goer!!!!
Coat Red, greetings to the Cann Household. I hope that you are all well.
ReplyDeleteA CD can be arranged easily as I already have plenty cut.
I will sort one out.
One of my regrets is that Tricky Crow and I never went to see Swordfish on the decks when he was still playing in the clubs. I guess that puts us in the queue for a CD.....
ReplyDeleteI look forward to seeing the kids on the decks, as long as they have their dad's flair ;-)
- Dumbledore
thank you muchly plug hole man! x cr and the tin canns
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