...no, I'm Bobby Jackson.
Bobby imposter mix here.
Saturday, 28 April 2007
Tuesday, 24 April 2007
Immoralist Spring Cleaning
It’s April so I’ve been doing a bit of spring-cleaning, and thus proudly give you a mixed bag of 1980s tunes. Lots of your young people’s bands seem to be rehashing the music of my youth, so I thought I’d revisit the era and put together some stuff that hasn’t been revived.
First up is a remix of Joy Division that Malcolm Maclaren did as a present. Vast improvement on the original but a bugger to mix out of, so this dictated that the next song would be some sparse and crude sounding electro by Phillipe Laurent. As I feel I have to at least twice per mix, I now blow my cool by mixing in Let’s Go All The Way, a song with zero credibility but probably the ultimate 80s snare drum sound. This leads nicely into some Tom Dolby, highly underrated chap who made some really good albums and, as shown here, was not afraid of slap bass.
Next up are Cabaret Voltaire who turned their drum machines up to 11 for this one. I don’t think they were as credible at this point in their career, but I always liked this track. We then seamlessly move into the theme music from Who Dares Wins, a genius film about the SAS that taught me that all peace campaigners are actually dangerous terrorists who do really bad theatre. My next offering is by It’s Immaterial, the lead singer of which lived opposite me when I was a student in Liverpool in the mid 80s. Their slightly melancholic whimsy seems to be something that Merseyside bands do very well.
Following on from this I give you some Blancmange, who never really lived up to their early promise. We then use a bit more electro as a bridging device and to up the tempo (good track though by Material). Next you are instructed to not mess around with a guy in shades, oh no, followed by Trevor Horn using some left over Art of Noise sounds to remix Yes. We now come to Who Do You Love, a track Phil Collins liked so much that he redid it (and sucked all the funk out). A highlight of the mix is Fear by Easy Going which is the rudest late disco song every with a stunning bass line. The full mix is about 15 minutes, so you only get a bit of it here so there is still enough space for some good Simple Minds (just before they blew it). Lastly is some A-ha, who I still can’t decide about after all these years. Are they the genius songwriters that many think they are or just overly dramatic knobs?
Download the Immoralist April Mix here. (For those of you less Net Savvy than me, when you get to the Div Share page, do a right-click on the download button and select save as).
First up is a remix of Joy Division that Malcolm Maclaren did as a present. Vast improvement on the original but a bugger to mix out of, so this dictated that the next song would be some sparse and crude sounding electro by Phillipe Laurent. As I feel I have to at least twice per mix, I now blow my cool by mixing in Let’s Go All The Way, a song with zero credibility but probably the ultimate 80s snare drum sound. This leads nicely into some Tom Dolby, highly underrated chap who made some really good albums and, as shown here, was not afraid of slap bass.
Next up are Cabaret Voltaire who turned their drum machines up to 11 for this one. I don’t think they were as credible at this point in their career, but I always liked this track. We then seamlessly move into the theme music from Who Dares Wins, a genius film about the SAS that taught me that all peace campaigners are actually dangerous terrorists who do really bad theatre. My next offering is by It’s Immaterial, the lead singer of which lived opposite me when I was a student in Liverpool in the mid 80s. Their slightly melancholic whimsy seems to be something that Merseyside bands do very well.
Following on from this I give you some Blancmange, who never really lived up to their early promise. We then use a bit more electro as a bridging device and to up the tempo (good track though by Material). Next you are instructed to not mess around with a guy in shades, oh no, followed by Trevor Horn using some left over Art of Noise sounds to remix Yes. We now come to Who Do You Love, a track Phil Collins liked so much that he redid it (and sucked all the funk out). A highlight of the mix is Fear by Easy Going which is the rudest late disco song every with a stunning bass line. The full mix is about 15 minutes, so you only get a bit of it here so there is still enough space for some good Simple Minds (just before they blew it). Lastly is some A-ha, who I still can’t decide about after all these years. Are they the genius songwriters that many think they are or just overly dramatic knobs?
Download the Immoralist April Mix here. (For those of you less Net Savvy than me, when you get to the Div Share page, do a right-click on the download button and select save as).
Monday, 9 April 2007
Official Bobby Jackson Website
For those of you who are interested my new website is online now:
http://www.bobbyjackson.net/bjackson/default.aspx
http://www.bobbyjackson.net/bjackson/default.aspx
Bobby Jackson Missing Out Of Action
Sorry for my continued absence. All the usual reasons: working too much, laptop temporarily dead blah blah blah. Normal service will be resumed at some point, but I'll have to go for a big finish to make the magic 12 in the blog title. Rich: any chance you can cover for me - got any spare mixes to keep our ever dwindling audience supplied? I'm off on holiday for a couple of weeks and had hoped to produce another mix but my shiny silver slab doesn't want to hold any juice at the moment.
I liked the glitchy mix - had me head nodding a good ten minutes before I had noticed my neck moving which I am sure is a good sign. I've uploaded it to my Pod for a couple more listens while we are away. Will give some more considered thoughts after I have had a chance to do some considering.
ps Sort out your ID3 tags Mr Immoralist!
I liked the glitchy mix - had me head nodding a good ten minutes before I had noticed my neck moving which I am sure is a good sign. I've uploaded it to my Pod for a couple more listens while we are away. Will give some more considered thoughts after I have had a chance to do some considering.
ps Sort out your ID3 tags Mr Immoralist!
Monday, 2 April 2007
March Immoralist Mix
Is it possible to get something for nothing? Yes (and it’s a very big hmmm with that yes) you can. I’ve spent the last month knocking around the internet to see if there is anything good to be had from creative commons licensed (google it) music. I’ve discovered that making bad trance is second only to viewing porn as the activity of choice for bored teenagers. They should have stayed with the porn.
I spent a small amount of time getting together some nice glitchy house music for your pleasure. This is the sort of thing I listen to when I go on the tube in the morning (I need big bass to wake me up).
Get the mixy stuff here.
I spent a small amount of time getting together some nice glitchy house music for your pleasure. This is the sort of thing I listen to when I go on the tube in the morning (I need big bass to wake me up).
Get the mixy stuff here.
Is it possible to get something for nothing? Yes (and it’s a very big hmmm with that yes) you can. I’ve spent the last month knocking around the internet to see if there is anything good to be had from creative commons licensed (google it) music. I’ve discovered that making bad trance is second only to viewing porn as the activity of choice for bored teenagers. They should have stayed with the porn.
I spent a small amount of time getting together some nice glitchy house music for your pleasure. This is the sort of thing I listen to when I go on the tube in the morning (I need big bass to wake me up).
Get the mixy stuff here.
I spent a small amount of time getting together some nice glitchy house music for your pleasure. This is the sort of thing I listen to when I go on the tube in the morning (I need big bass to wake me up).
Get the mixy stuff here.
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