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The Bank Holiday Grumble

Friday, August 27th, 2010 | Event Preview | No Comments

You’d think having an extra day off would be a god send but in all honesty it’s a bit of a ball ache. This weekend, Landan Taan will swell to a beachball sized glut of party tourists keen to get their third dose of fun for the year (the other two times being Easter weekend and new years eve). You can expect the clubs, streets and parks to be packed with an assault of people forcibly trying to have fun this weekend. If you’re not too much of an idiot to spend £50+ on a bunch of half assed trance and yesteryear prog DJs playing to a crowd of baying halfwits non the wiser they’ve been fleeced, then I guess these could be a few so called suggestions for the weekend… › Continue reading

Tags: Aphex Twin, Ben Klock, Ben Sims, Cadenza, Carl Craig, Claude Von Stroke, Daniel Bell, DJ Garth, DJ Three, Dollop, Eastern Electrics, Fabric, Goldfrapp, Harri and Domenic, ivan smagghe, Jacques Renault, James Priestley, Joy Orbison, Justin Martin, LED Festival, Leftfield, Lo*Kee, Michael Mayer, Mr C, Nathan G Wilkins, Norman Jay, Notting Hill Carnival, Rich Mix, Robag Wruhme, Scuba, Sebo K, Secretsundaze, Superfreq, SW4, Tevo Howard, The Camp, Thomas Fehlmann, Thomas Von Party, Union Street Car Park

Claude Von Stroke – Fabric 46 | Album Review

Saturday, May 9th, 2009 | Album Review | No Comments

For many Claude Von Stroke divides opinion, there are those that think his wonky sound is the best thing since sliced bread whilst there are those that won’t give him the time of the day due to tracks like Whistler. For me, I sit on the fence like Switzerland. Von Stroke’s music can be a bit dubious at times, but you got to give the man some respect for genre busting sound of Whos Afraid of Detroit. What I do like about Von Stroke though is his whole approach to the scene. It all just seems like a good bit of fun for him which he doesn’t take too seriously at all. And in the process he’s helped create this wonky sound that straddles house and techno, he’s made some fantastic tunes and obviously some which are corny. But in his defence all the corny ones have had their comedic charm. I mean who in their right mind makes a breakbeat remix of Peanut Butter Jelly Time if they’re not dicking around, even his Fabric CD starts with him and his mates just laughing for no real reason.

Thankfully however Von Stroke doesn’t go absurd on the comic front for Fabric 46. Instead it locks into a wonky groove travelling through all sorts of styles with just the right sheen of Von Stroke humour and quirkiness. He gently › Continue reading

Tags: Claude Von Stroke, Deeon, Detroit Grand Pubahs, Fabric, Insomer Transitions, Italoboyz, Joakim, Marc Houle, Robag Wruhme, Stimming, Wighnomy Brothers