Mixed Up

Exclusive midas mix for FACT magazine here :

http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4031&Itemid=98

Tracklist:

King Midas Sound - Sometimes (Waiting For You/Hyperdub) 
Lovejoys - All I Can Say (Reggae Vibes/Wackies)
15/16/17 - The Weather (Magic Touch/DEB)
Burial - Night Bus (Burial/Hyperdub)
Little Dragon - Twice (Little Dragon/Peacefrog)
The Dynamics - 90% of me is you (Version Excursions/Points South)
Tanya Stephens - It's A Pity (Gangsta Blues/VP)
Jacob Miller - Baby I Love You So (Who Say Jah No Dread/Greensleeves)
Gregory Isaacs - I'm Alright (Cool Down/VP)
Wayne Jarrett - Live&Love (Horace Andy Meets Naggo Morris & Wayne Jarrett/Wackies)
Sade - Lovers Rock (Lovers Rock/Epic)
Rhythm & Sound ft Lovejoy - Best Friend (With the Artists/Burial Mix)
Larry Heard - Missing dub (Theo Parrish remix) (Missing You/Track Mode)
Vincent Gallo - Lonely (When/Warp)
A.R.Kane - Madonna is with child (69/Rough Trade)
Scritti Politti - Sweetest Girl (/Rough Trade)
Lloyd Chambers - Dry Your Tears (Firehouse Revolution/Pressure Sounds)
King Midas Sound - i Dub (Dub Heavy/Hyperdub)
Scientist ft Johnny Osbourne - In Your Eyes (Wins The World Cup/Greensleeves)
King Midas Sound - Outtaspace (Slow Motion mix) (Waiting For You/Hyperdub)
Japan - Ghosts (Tin Drum/Virgin)
Kevin Shields - Ikebana (Lost In Translation s/t/Emperor norton)
King Midas Sound - One Ting (Dabrye remix) (Cool Out/Hyperdub)
Oval - Do While (94diskont/Mille Plateaux)
Thomas Koner - Kanon (Isolationism/Virgin)
My Bloody Valentine - Touched (Loveless/creation)

 

And also 'Waiting For You' megamix by Kode 9 here :

http://thequietus.com/articles/03267-king-midas-sound-dubstep-interview-with-kevin-martin

dance dance dance

Texture, tone and grain

Three songs that directly inspired the sound of  'Waiting For You' :

Horace Andy - 'Cuss Cuss' (from 'Dancehall Style' on Wackies)

Scritti Politti - 'Sweetest Girl'(Robert Wyatt guest spot, and keys to die for)

Lizz Fields - 'Say the Word'(Hat tilted to loefah, for the tip off)

Reinvention & resurrection

Excellent new Gil scott-heron track available for free d/load :

http://imnewhere.net

Manga mind control

When I was kid, I used to watch many manga animation on TV in Japan.

This is one of my favorite one called Yokai Ningen(monster human). The drawing style is sick and the music is great.

Somehow there were so many antihero monster manga around that time including Devil Man and Dororon Ema-kun.

wordsoundpowervisions

60 second lecture on imagery and vowel sounds

Imagery in songs is one of the only ways that we can get across emotion in a song. If you want someone to feel how you feel in a song make them smell taste hear touch and see it. Vowel sounds hold the magic of emotion because they lend themselves to holding emotional resonance When writing certain songs for King Midas Sound we paid special attention to the imagery and the vowel sounds. For example in the song Lost; Like the sand holds the sea......Watch the stars kiss the sky .......when your tears fell like rain . So next time you're writing and emotional song think about the combination of vowel sounds and imagery.