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Parade

Sorry for the short notice but I'm doing a show as part of the Brighton Digital Festival on Tuesday. Message me and I can get you in half price. Details here: http://www.brightondigitalfestival.co.uk/events/rumtopf001-connect_icut-meatbreak-mearcstapa/#.VB_yL-dRE7B http://connect-icut.com/live.htm

For anyone who gets bitten by the Leslie Winer bug, I highly recommend the compilation of her stuff Touch put out and the big article The Quietus did a while back http://thequietus.com/articles/10505-leslie-winer-witch-interview

Haven't read back through the thread to see if anyone has already made these points but... 1. Dummy sounds dead contemporary because of all the compression 2. Like many people, I recently discovered Leslie Winer's Witch, a proto-trip-hop classic from 1990 - highly recommended, if you haven't...

Yep, turned off that signature so now nobody needs to know I have a blood phone. Anyway, before I got Retweeted, I hadn't heard anything off The Originator. Turns out it's like The Mekon cubed - a distinctly rocky sound and lyrics almost insufferably drenched in self-hatred and degradation...

This article confirms what I've read elsewhere: that Jay now works as a benefits advisor. Puts "Jobseeker" in a whole new context! For those of you interested in early Mods, the Retweeted comp is really worth having. Excellent track selection and a very nice pressing. Plus it's obviously...

For what it's worth, I ended up buying a used Livid Code on eBay. The Code is exactly what I'm looking for but it's pricey. In the long term, I might actually invest in one of Livid's massive modular MIDI customizations - that shit is a dream come true for me but, again, pricey. Sent from my...

Those who (like me) are too thick/busy to tackle the full 800+ pages of Parades End are directed to the phenomenal BBC adaptation, written by Tom Stoppard and starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Truly one of the most extraordinary things I've seen on TV in years. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Just found out that Littlebits is adding new modules to its Synth Kit that will make it simple to build your own MIDI controller. Kind of a dream come true for me but apparently it won't be available until around Christmas. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I'm in the market for a new MIDI controller. Basically, I don't want to lug my big, flimsy Behringer BCR2000 over to the UK for two gigs. So, I need as many knobs and buttons as possible in a small footprint. I don't need pads or a keyboard. Any recommendations? Sent from my iPhone using...

Can't believe I only just noticed this thread. It's Musick to Play in the Dark for me (both volumes). I have some issues with Coil, mainly around Sleazy's antics and proclamations towards the end of his life. But the music keeps drawing me back in. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I managed to get a few of the tracks from Soulseek and one or two more from YouTube but it's amazing how hard to track down this stuff is. Definitely don't want them to record more "do-overs" of old material. The single version of "Jobseeker" is vastly inferior to the one on The Mekon. Would...

In any case, it seems like there are good legal/personal reasons for those albums to remain out of print but it's a shame artistically. Stuart Lee's review of Divide & Exit called it their second album but I make it their seventh. Still amazed that I've only been able to track down about half of...

I have new album out. The first person to PM me can have a free copy in the format of their choice. Here are the details... connect_icut - Small Town by the Sea Small Town by the Sea (Aagoo, 2014), is simultaneously connect_icut’s most accessible and most ambitious album. It’s the first to...

I figured that the blatant sampling of really obvious classic rock songs was one of the reasons the early albums have not been reissued and why the band would tolerate the appearance of a bootleg compilation. Shame, though. I've been able to locate about half of SPECTRE online and - if the rest...