Friday, February 27, 2004
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 Palestinian Hip Hop
Yes it exists... no the beats and lyrics aren't subtle but as all the young Israeli fans attest it's da dope and there's enough of them getting into it .. Palestinian hip hop has topped the charts a couple of times in the past 12 months in Israel and looks to continue to do so for the forseeable future. Check out this piece on Dateline a current affairs show on Australia's SBS channel. You can download the video and read the transcript.
12 Apostles is impressed that one of the few ways for young Arabs & Israeli's to communicate with one another is via a American cultural form which has been completely debased in its country of birth by money.
Want to know more about Arab Hip Hop.. why not try the Iron Sheikh's links page.
Or you can go to the Arab Rap website where they have a Palestinian rap cd comp for sale. If you live outside Palestine you buy it from some guy in Nazareth.
Whilst we're on the subject of hip hop from around the world check out Senegal Hip Hop from Dakar. You'll need to get your head around reading in French for some of the site.. but it's got loads of stuff and as far as I can work out there's a lot of African hip hop artists working in NYC at the moment. |
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Wednesday, February 25, 2004
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Goulburn Poultry Fanciers Society & Other Stuff
This guy's a bit of a polymath... first of all we've got a t-shirt range at Victime de Monde and then the best dj / act name we've come across in ages Goulburn Poultry Fanciers Society and if that isn't enough he can also be Rank Sinatra
Expect to see one or t'other at a 12 apostles night later in the year
and if that isn't enough there's System Corrupt or 777 |
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Tuesday, February 24, 2004
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Grey Tuesday
yesterday was nominated Grey Tuesday by activist music site Downhill Battle.com where they've listed all the sites that you can download the Grey Album from.
Do it now before those emi bastards get to them...
Brings back the heady days of the pistols doesn't it !!!
Remember
Unlimited supply (E.M.I)
There is no reason why (E.M.I)
I tell you it was all a frame (E.M.I)
They only did it 'cos of fame (E.M.I)
I do not need the pressure (E.M.I)
I can't stand those useless fools (E.M.I)
Unlimited supply (E.M.I)
Hello E.M.I
Come On Dj Dangermouse - do something with this to get em going...
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| [posted in Bondi :: at 23:18] |
The Path To MP3 Enlightenment
Take a look at this allegorical cartoon adapted to Online Music Fun from an original drawing (issued in 1913 by The Etude) that depicted the path to musical education success.
The cartoon is peppered with all the MP3 Links you could ever want.
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| [posted in Bondi :: at 08:29] |
White + Black = Grey
Thanks to JJJ in Australia we've got to hear about DJ Dangermouse's latest project The Grey Album where he's taken the lyrics from JayZ's Black Album and then sampled beats, guitar lines etc from the Beatles legendary White Album
The one track we heard sampled while my guitar gently weeps is the best beatle mash - up we've yet heard
This sent us straight back to www world to download more... and on 1st listen what we've managed to find is just as good.
Sadly you won't find the whole album anywhere ( even online as far as i can work out) EMI have sent out a cease and desist and Dangermouse indicates that there's only 3,000 of them out there.
If you get hold of one let me know I'll buy it off you |
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Wednesday, February 18, 2004
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Ready To Remix Kerry
We thought we'd better follow up on our Howard Dean piece by giving you access to some of John Kerry's frankly quite dull speeches.
Is anybody out there game to remix and muck around with him.
Here he tells Bush where to stick it on the war & international relations and the Real Deal speech.
We challenge you to do something that keeps us awake. |
| [posted in Bondi :: at 06:45] |
Need That Retro Electro Sound
Maybe this is the site for you Vintage Synth.com
Synth heads can drool over pictures, reviews, real audio files and lots of switches and buttons.
Then when you've made your music send it on to the 12 Apostles.. before you know it you've got an underground vinyl hit and then in the blink of an eyelid you're grabbing Sting's testicles at the Grammy's. It's that easy. |
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Freqs - Come Home To Web
This is what should happen when an underground label updates their site. Plenty of visuals, some stupidity and loads of free previews of their music... three big hurrahs for U Freqs
It's not often that Bondi Apostle takes out 10 minutes to check a site update but I'm a sucker for sheep being sucked up by UFO's.
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Monday, February 16, 2004
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Band Of The Moment
2004 has thrown up its first band of the moment, Glasgow art school based Franz Ferdinand
The UK media love them , they are crawling into the lower echolons of the UK singles charts and the debut album has just been released.
As always the journos are bandying around names like josef K to confuse the punters.
Here at Bondi apostle central we say think part Strokes, part Fall and a return to the Fuck Art Let's Dance(although we are all actually artists) aesthetic.
This apostle has only heard the Take Me Out single and is fairly smitten... let's hope they enjoy their time in the limelight. |
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The Google Of Sounds Has Arrived
Thanks to Skrufff.com for pointing us to this... the search engine find sounds.com allows you to search for free mp3 samples on the web.
They've even got an index to help you out. I must admit I got no results on the word Hardcore shame ... but when I searched George Bush I did get a result giving me a loop of George of the Jungle !
If you are looking for animal noises... they have them all here. |
| [posted in Bondi :: at 05:48] |
You Know It's All Over When....
Now you can log in to find out about full moon parties in Koh Phangan.
There's lots of different types of music for everyone you musn't take drugs and you can check out the schedule to find out when the next one is
What sort of full moon party is that ! Bondi apostle remembers never knowing where or when until about half an hour beforehand, too many things to ingest that you shouldn't but most importantly you'd only get one really bad italian/ german/ israeli dj who'd ensure you'd had enough of the whole affair by 1 in the morning.
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Friday, February 13, 2004
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The North will rise again
You can't keep a good self-publicist down. The latest move to free the people of the North-west from the age old oppression of London was struck today by Tony Wilson and Peter Saville. As part of the campaign to establish a regional assembly for the North-west of England the boys have developed a new flag for the region. You can see the flag here. All we need is The Fall to record a new regional anthem and the assembly is in the bag! |
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Wednesday, February 11, 2004
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The Scream Remixed
It's been a couple of weeks now and the remixers have been busy on that famous Howard Dean scream speech.
Here are the apostles favourites.
The best of the bunch is Lizm's Hey Yaaaaa! mixing Outkast's top pop hit with that now famous scream... this should get an official release.
The Crystal Method mix
Gangsta Style by Lil Jon
This one is mixes the personal with the political
Orenzero has Dean screaming while the Bushwacker repeats his mantra over metal guitars
and where would we be without the AC/DC version!
Want more just visit this page and scroll down... I've had enough. |
| [posted in Bondi :: at 03:23] |
Blog Techno Remix
What is he on about? I hear you ask.
Well now that you can audio blog it wasn't going to be long before somebody tried to use the tool to make music.
Here we have an mp3 of Biz Stone doing his audio blog thing with a mid nineties techno(ey) soundtrack.
Ok so it's early days and people are just working their way around ways to use the software.
We'd love to hear from anyone who's created something decent musicwise using audio blogger... if it's good enough we'll live up to our tag line Analogue Solutions For A Digital Age and commit it to vinyl.
Let's be hearing from ya... |
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Tuesday, February 10, 2004
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12 Apostles Hit Wardour Street
The ROC Soundsystem will be airing 12 apostles tracks old and new on Thursday 12th February at ELECTRON SOUL @ the Sound Bar Wardour Street London .
We are now part of the Subculture Soundsystem who host a new monthly event, showcasing label oriented DJ talent from across the board. Concentrating on loungey bar vibes, electronics, dubby breaks, electro and eclectic funky selections featuring:
The line up features
Richard E (Further Out Recordings)
Subculture Soundsystem + guests Mr Ed, DJ Diplomat, Rusty Warren (Play Label
/ Electron Soul)
ROC (DJ Set) (Virgin/rocmusic/Spiky Records)
Agent Starling
Sean Porn (Velours Brothers / Lounge Originals / Grand Prix Records)
7pm - 2am: Free until 11pm
Tube: Leicester Square. The Sound Bar, is just off Leicester Square heading
up Wardour Street towards Soho... |
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Sunday, February 08, 2004
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Failed In The US, Failed In Europe... Let's Try The Australian Courts
The Australian record industry is trying where the others have failed (we hope this fails as well) and have with the Aus federal police raided the offices of Kazaa and the private home of Sharman Newtwork's MD.
Read all about it in the New York Times
It's the normal story... Kazaa have become the world's largest file sharing service so the Recording Industry have decided it's time to cut them down to size and guess what, even if they do manage to restict users access to their service users will go somewhere else and another service will pop up.
When will these industry exec types work it out... we know they are stupid but this endless banging the same drum really highlights their idiocy.
How about something novel... working with the file sharing service providers to create a system that is equitable for the companies, the artists and the public and while you're at it why don't you all take pay cuts. |
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Wednesday, February 04, 2004
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Rotten Hangs Out In Hippy Haven of Northern NSW
Although the whole of Britain might be aware of the fact, most Australians wouldn't have the faintest idea that the punk's punk mr John Lydon is currently on set with a bunch of other nobodies somewhere in qld participating in the latest UK reality/game show I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here
Check out John's bio here and you can also see the man in action on the video page
What most poms don't know is that this realistic depiction of hell in the jungle is actually just an upmarket camping trip for most Aussies and also we gather that the remote jungle hideaway is actually only minutes away from a 5 star resort outside Murwillumbah.
Finally.. John, when it's all over we suggest you take a short side trip to Nimbin there you can assail hippies to your heart's content |
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Hot Show
Apostle readers have been telling us that one of the top shows at this year's Big Day Out has been ex frontman of Can Damo Suzuki.
We hear a rumour that he might be playing the Hopetoun in Surry Hills on Sunday night.
useless Can fact - John Lydon is/was a big fan |
| [posted in Bondi :: at 05:21] |
Late For Breakfast
Ok so she's now released 10 albums and this apostle has only just picked up on her. Like a certain Jack White we've become big fans of Holly Golightly |
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Tuesday, February 03, 2004
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Shout, Shout, Let It All Out
Mieskuoro Huutajat (Men's Choir Shouters) was formed in 1987 in Oulu, Finland, by a group of young men who clearly had nothing better to do. The idea was to dress 20 or so men in black suits, white shirts and black rubber ties, and train them to shout some of the most beloved songs in the Finnish vocal cannon. It certainly looks like an awesome spectacle to behold (AVI). Oh yeah - they also do the odd international favourite such as The Star Spangled Banner (MP3).
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Cutting Edge ?
NYC's latest thing so we're told are the Scissor Sisters.
Released this past week is their interpretation of the Floyd's Comfortably Numb.
We haven't heard it here at the apostles as we couldn't get a connection ... so let us know what it's all about if you hear it. |
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On The Other Hand
You could go for John Peel's Festive 50. We note that the favourites are still slipping in The Fall / Half Man Half Biscuit and where would Peel be without an Undertones track.
By the way... expect to see a festive 50 listing on vinyl with the 12 apostles sooner rather than later .. can you guess which one? |
| [posted in Bondi :: at 03:33] |
Triple J Listeners Jus' Wanna Rawk
Australia's yoof have chosen .... and they wanna rock.. check the Triple J Hot 100 where Melbourne based Jet snatch the no.1 spot and a few others as well. The White Stripes seem to have about half a dozen placings... you'll have to wander down to the 70's and 80's before the dance acts really start kicking in |
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Sunday, February 01, 2004
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And Now On The Wheels of Steel.... You
How better to pass a few minutes on a cold wet northern hemisphere Sunday than indulging ones baser turntabalist instincts?
Enter The Mixer
Well - maybe by putting together your very own homage to Bruce Lee over at the Ultrainteractive KungFu Remixer. |
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