Archive for the 'Music' Category

Ambient Ambulance

Nee naw nee naw, just when I’d all but forgotten about Ambient as a musical genre, along comes a modern day Albumulance (sorry) which has rescued & reignited my interest in the beatless ear mist..  After what seems like an eternity relying on the likes of Sigur Ròs, Ulrich Schnauss, old Aphex Twin, KLF Chill [...]

Domingo Bango Bongo!

The first ever Domingo Bango Bongo! party was rather good fun on Sunday (thanks goes to Tom & Toby and everyone who made it down), you just can’t beat DJ’ing by the beach as the sun falls from the sky, it was meant to finish at 9pm, it carried on a tad longer..  Quality outweighed [...]

Blurred Sound

The other day I was having a cup of tea listening to the radio (as you do) pleasantly tapping my foot along to a cheerful lazy summers day tune which carried a heavy London accent, more of a talking style than singing and I found myself thinking ‘I don’t know this Blur song?’ So I waited [...]

Burning Ears 4

Back with a summer splash Burning Ears Part 4 follows below and watch out for more music orientated content as billshakes.com goes under musical refurbishment, it just seems like the right thing to do: Stevie Wonder – All I Do (Todd Terje Edit) [Audio clip: view full post to listen] I’m always dubious and protective [...]

Burning Ears 3

Andy Newcombe Live at the Discobox First up on this weeks Burning Ears we have a best buddy of mine Andy Newcombe who is King of the quality Disco fueled beats among other tasteful genres and with whom I’ve shared more wonderful nights than I can remember, he understands the groove (as a cheesy house [...]