Eat Your Guru is an experimental electronic, trance, dance, World fusion project, featuring Didgeridoo Hang Drum and overtone singing by Andy Duroe. This is a culmination of many years, playing and mixing cultural music, in projects from meditative ambient concerts to live pumping Goa dance parties.The Didgeridoo is probably one of the oldest instruments in the world. The Hang drum or commonly known Hand Pan is probably one of the newest instruments in the world. Created about the year 2001 in Switzerland by Felix Rohner and Sabina Schärer from Panart.
The Future Sound of Jazz series is an underated collection of the finest leftfield jazzier flavours from the West German label Compost Records. After the collections trips recently through all areas of dance music , and the most recent messy excursion to disco on volume 11. For volume 12 it's back to a jazzy edge. For FSOJ 12 there's a concoction of future be-bob, house, drum and base, hip -hop, pop, afro- funk, African drum beats,to Nordic Electronic jazz , chilled electronica vocals to Blue note flavoured bossa nova and disco, what a sizzling amalgamation! The collection is on the downtempoe scale of predominantly instrumentals that may take some time to digest.
‘biophilia live’ is a concert film directed by peter strickland and nick fenton and produced by jacqui edenbrow that captures the human element of björk’s multi-disciplinary multimedia project: biophilia. recorded live at björk’s show at london’s alexandra palace in 2013, the film features björk and her band performing every song on ‘biophilia’ and more using a broad variety of instruments – some digital, some traditional, and some completely unclassifiable. the film has already been hailed as “a captivating record of an artist in full command of her idiosyncratic powers” (variety) and “an imaginative stand-alone artwork” (hollywood reporter) and is a vital piece of the grand mosaic that is ‘biophilia.’
On February 2nd 2018, Poppy Ackroyd releases her first full-length album with One Little Indian Records, Resolve. A classically trained pianist, violinist, producer, and composer, Ackroyd turned heads in the neo-classical world with her previous works Escapement and Feathers, as well as her involvement in Hidden Orchestra (Tru Thoughts). Having played alongside giants of the genre, Hauschka and Nils Frahm, the unique musician has returned, fresh off the back of a mini-album Sketches, and set to release her brand new self-produced full-length record - her most ambitious and progressive piece of work to date…
For over three decades Paul Oakenfold has shaped the dance & electronic music genre and remains one of the leading forces in the wider global music scene. His works have taken him from the DJ booth of the worlds' hottest nightspots and festivals to producing soundtracks for Hollywood blockbuster movies. His diversity has earned him two Grammy nominations. He's produced & remixed for the likes of U2, Madonna and The Happy Mondays. He's remixed Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones and Justin Timberlake plus released over 20 DJ mix compilations. Paul has also been responsible for creating film scores including The Bourne Identity, Matrix Reloaded, Shrek 2, Swordfish and Collateral. Paul Oakenfold is the sovereign of DJ culture and its most recognizable icon. Not one to rest on his laurels, Paul has taken the Guinness World Record for Highest DJ Gig when he played at Base Camp on Mount Everest in Spring 2017! The whole thing was filmed and the resulting movie is due to be premiered in 2018.