mistrust

Happy EP and other stories

The remix I did for Warp Technique is out on April 25th, 2011, on Dubmission Records.  It’s called “Nowhere Dub (mistrust remix)” and is available on all the major music download sites. The track is part of the “Happy EP”, which is the final release from the band’s “Make Animals Happy” album. The full track...

2010 Round-up

I just thought I’d round up all the “mistrust” highs and lows of 2011 – more a way of documenting what’s gone on music-wise for me than anything else. It’s not a massive list, but following the advice of Jasper from Dubmission Records, I tried to make 2010 a better year than 2009…. So, what...

Popcorn Slavery and Deep Space Lament remixes

Waveform Transmissions Volume 3 Popcorn Slavery (mistrust remix), the remix I did for International Observer earlier this year, is out on 14th September on Waveform Transmissions Volume 3 (label: Waveform Records). It’s available in CD and download formats, and can be ordered direct from Waveform’s website or places like Amazon and iTunes. It’s great news...

10 things I learned this week

Ten things I’ve learned this week: 1. For some reason, Yahoo wants to access my Facebook chat, in return for allowing me to share my Flickr photos on my Facebook profile. 2. The Akai LPK-25 mini midi controller keyboard will come in very handy if your playing technique is a good as mine! 3. Someone...

Future Music Magazine Readers Demo Hot Pick!

Here’s the review of my track “Half Past One”, which was one of the Hot Picks in the readers’ demo section of this month’s Future Music magazine: “Time now for a little intrigue and mystery. Just what is this track all about? Look man, don’t hassle me! Just go with the flow! Y’dig? We dig....

On the radio

In the last week  I’ve had my very first interview on the radio, and my kids made some “well done” messages for me…. Those nice folk at Chorlton Arts Radio, part of the Chorlton Arts Festival in Manchester, UK, invited me onto one of their shows last Friday evening. My very first radio interview! I...

Getting a Number 1 Hit with a Facebook campaign

So, Ultravox didn’t make it to Number 1 in the UK top 40 singles charts with their single “Vienna”.  The song didn’t even reach the top 100. Did anyone think it might, especially as the song is nearly 30 years old? Well, a lot of people did, especially those people who were involved in the...

Why Facebook and kids

Well, I’m certainly getting a lot of hits on here about kids using Facebook. Why’s that then? Dunno, really. Maybe a lot of kids go on it, and a lot of parents either want to monitor what they’re doing on it or don’t want them on it all. I like all this social networking thing....

schizoid blog

Well, I’m at it again – can’t decide which one of the many WP themes to use for this blog. Again. How many times do I keep changing? I just can decide. Same with my website. Can never decide about the look of it and what to include. Anyway, trying to get the blog to...