Archive for the 'Influences' Category

Bill Shakes 26 – Carousel

The new mix for the Finca am radio show was influenced by the flawed Utopia of Logans Run (as was the name and images from the original film).  It comprises of recent ish music for a fresh start to 2012 (which almost sounds like a year in a sci-fi film).   Many of these 70′s genre films age terribly [...]

Star Floyd

Following on from the recent Super Trooper post featuring Storm Troopers playing Twister I just had to share this… For more amazing Star Wars mash ups visit a site called Trend Hunter, it’s the bomb (or ion cannon).

Bill Shakes 22 – Faced

Faced is a post Ibiza trip mix for the FYB collective and was thrown together in a more spontaneous lottery like way than my normal studio mix method. The selection is drawn from the recent FYB Boompt! party plus some summer titbits and deeper tracks to represent this weeks sailing into heavy winds in the face of [...]

Listen to this…

Wonderful speech from Julian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better on the mighty Ted Talks website which is staple Saturday morning viewing at Chez Shakes.   Among other subjects he talks about isolating sound using ‘The Mixer’ as method to channel and improve the quality of your listening and also discover the ‘hidden choir’ of [...]

finca am launch party

Come on down to Sirocco or Pacha for some finca am style shenanigans