Monday, 1 March 2010

Archive - Karin Beckérus - Out of Quebec

I have been exceptionally busy with demanding projects at the moment so I have got very behind with reviews and interviews. SystemCulture is proving to be an exceptionally useful tool for me it has enabled me to list and catalog some of my favorite signed and unsigned bands. As I have a couple of minutes free I thought I would dip into the list and republish a review of one of my favorite discoveries: Original post


I think I've become a stalker....I absolutely love Karin Beckérus. I would like to point out to Karin's family and friends, my wife, my kids, my lawyer and any private detective following me that I have no evil, weird or malicious intent going on in my mind, I just think she makes great music.

When things are stripped down to the bare minimum you always end up with a purity of thought. I am envious of the ability to make something that is minimal, sound as big as the world. Old school (German?) electronic music sounded like this, there was a limited amount of equipment available to use so their resources dictated the sound of the final product; these days we all have an unlimited supply of samples and virtual synths, we can be as big and as fat as we want - the trick is to be selective. There is an old blues guitar saying, 'it is not what you play, it is the spaces you leave that make a good song'. Out of Quebec make the spaces sound massive and give me butterflies in my stomach.


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And Out of Quebec says:

Out of Quebec is a solo project out of Stockholm focusing on creating dark and experimental tracks with expressive vocals. Karin Beckérus of Out of Quebec has a classical musical training and have been working with electronic music for only a few years.


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Sunday, 14 February 2010

Cyphreinc Podcast 010 - Review

Cyphreinc Podcast 010 is now available to listen to. When you visit Cyphreinc you are greeted by a tasteful, well designed little site that has straight to the point content and links to podcasts that are packed with diverse music (and a little chatter). There is always something or somebody I have never heard before - Alice In The North Of  England Wonderland - fab! Click image below to listen.


01 ~ Trubador - Black Crow
02 ~ This Window - You Have The Power
03 ~ The Great Affairs - Undertow
04 ~ Shaolin Temple of Boom - Relentless Fixation
05 ~ Forgotten Fable - Timeline
06 ~ These Monsters - Call Me Dragon
07 ~ Graham Slimings - Wild Horses
08 ~ The Son (s) - On Top Of A Lazy Day
09 ~ Ease - Dancing till Sunrise
10 ~ Paulusma - Waste
11 ~ Moonshine Rebels - Reynardine
12 ~ Shangren - Warriors of Devastation
13 ~ ElectriKa - Give It Back

Not one track fails to P L E a S e. Highly recommended.

Saturday, 13 February 2010

Newsletter - 13th February

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In my last newsletter I asked (after an awful start to 2010) 'What will happen next?' Well I'm pleased to say positive thinking worked out! (I will expand below).

We still have loads of your interview forms to process - please accept our apologies for the delay. Here a few more 'Three questions' replies
If you want to have your links on  SystemCulture fill out the form here. Please try it out and if there are any problems let me know.
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I’m not really one for massive self promotion but a couple of (exciting) things have happened to me this week.

  • Great news, the release of  the fanzine ‘Grave Jibes‘ will be on Feb, 15th with an interview with Jake and Peter (This Window) see the details here http://www.gravejibes.com/category/news/). This Window will also be on radio “GaGa” also in Russia.www.radio88gaga.ru/

  • Exhibition: June 2010 of new paintings and old drawings at Broomhill Art Hotel, Nr. Barnstaple, North Devon.I have rediscovered some drawings I did in January 1978 and I have decided to revisit these compositional ideas.  Have my skills ‘matured’? Will I manage to recapture the youthful energy or will I run out of steam? This could be an interesting exercise or a total failure for me as an artist now.

    Creating images is balancing on the knife edge that teeters between success and failure. A brushstroke out of place is like cutting the beak off a privet peacock, it takes time for it to grow back and reshape.
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Double6project - Three questions

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'Riding The Dune' - full of Eastern promise, luscious. Get me a camel!
  • How would you describe your music? - Double six aims at making their music as interesting, fascinating and pleasant as drinking fresh water in the middle of the desert.
  • Have you any releases coming out soon? - New album "Lovely" (full version)
  • What is your favorite networking site and why? - Facebook because it is a good platform to deliver other networks like reverbnation

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