February 2012
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Interview and mix on solipsistic NATION podcast
solipsistic NATION No. 268: Secret Archives of the Vatican contains an interview with me and a mix of some of my favourite tunes from the Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast
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Full details, track list and audio can be found HERE .
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Souq Dragon
Souq Dragon is the latest release on Broken Drum Records by…Souq Dragon. You can download this album free from Bandcamp.
Tracks
Tagine for a Ninja
It is a Good Day
Souq Rats
Souq Dragon was born at a very early age in a small village just out of Earshot. This is his first moombahton-influenced release. Follow Souq Dragon on Facebook.
WatchJust favorited “The Dervish Lodge by Celt Islam” by Celt Islam on Mixcloud.com
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Podcasting: where to get excellent tunes
The Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast is doing well; our download numbers are four times what they were a year ago. We’ve had a few people say they are impressed at the quality of the tracks we find. So - this post is about where we find them.
Firstly, it’s worth noting that several podcasters I’ve spoken to find that genre-specific podcasts get more downloads than those...
WatchI just uploaded “Seventh Heaven - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 81” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
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January 2012
7 posts
WatchI just uploaded “These are the Voyages… - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 79” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
The Dead Sidekick: 30DTC: Day Sixteen: Cochlear... →
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Day 16 - Your views on mainstream music.
There’s no question of it…everybody I know likes to hate on mainstream music, at least a little bit. We hear something absolutely, mind-blowingly terrible come out on the radio, and every type of person we don’t like just gets totally, totally into…
WatchJust favorited “Kerala_Rising” by daneddisford on Mixcloud.com
WatchI just uploaded “Planetary Assault - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 78” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
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Here’s a blog post about a new online magazine…
WatchI just uploaded “A Year of Wonders - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 77” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
December 2011
7 posts
WatchI just uploaded “The Mummy Mix - Secret Archives of the Vatican” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
WatchI just uploaded “New Year’s Dub - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 76” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
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WatchJust favorited “Earth vs Technology” by maikO.Geisha on Mixcloud.com
November 2011
16 posts
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Lord Cry Cry
A while back, Ginger Shinobi and I did a DJ gig in Birmingham and we met up with DJ Umb of Generation Bass. We sat in DJ Umb’s car while he played us three tunes from a forthcoming album by the mysteriously named Lord Cry Cry. Umb described the album to us as dubstep meets blues. This probably shouldn’t work but it did - we liked what we heard.
Well, the album, Live at the CPU, is...
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Corty Meets…New release from Angel Dust Records
Netlabel Angel Dust Records has just released its fifth release; the label has a plan for one release a month.
Corty Meets… is the first release from French dubster, Corty. Based in Rennes, Corty has collaborated with some of the finest and most prolific dub artists across the world: Revolushan (Strasbourg, France), Solo Banton (London, England), Bongo Chilli (Nottingham, England), Leah...
WatchI just uploaded “Eastern Whisper - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 72” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
Dub Bus
Podcasting legend Pete Cogle has released another excellent episode of The Dub Zone podcast. TDZ#13 features eight excellent dubwise tracks.
Full details HERE
Direct download HERE
Tracks
Aurobahn Garten - Volfoniq (feat. Tribuman)
Get On The Bus (Dubmatix Journeys Remix) - Delhi 2 Dublin
2006 A Dub Odyssee - Messian Dread
Rolling Lion Studio Full Effect - Rolling Lion...
WatchI found this long-forgotten track in our recording system. It’s from 2003, was never released (I think) and I have no recollection of recording it although that’s me playing the Ebow guitar. I have slightly edited it and remastered it. Here it is!
WatchI just uploaded “Sands of Time - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 71” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
WatchI just uploaded “Resistance is not Futile Mix” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
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The slow death of streaming services
One of our Facebook friends, Sanjay Kundalia, posted this today. I though it was worth repeating here and making a short comment.
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Here’s word from the distributor of a UK based D’n’B act about Spotify/Simfy/Rdio/Napster and all other streaming services: ‘We have taken the decision to no longer provide content to any...
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WatchI just uploaded “Magic Carpet Ride - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 70” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
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EMI sells music unit to Universal for £1.2 billion
EMI has announced that it will sell its recorded music unit for £1.2 billion to Universal Music.
EMI’s artists include Coldplay, The Beatles and Pink Floyd. Citigroup took ownership of EMI in February after previous owner Terra Firma failed a solvency test.
Crusty old R’n’B singer Mick Jagger said: ‘ I particularly welcome the fact that EMI will once again be owned by...
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WatchI just uploaded “Persian Astronomy - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 69” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
WatchJust favorited “[adr-001] Various Artists - Dust Particles, Volume One [Sampler]” by Pete Cogle on Mixcloud.com
October 2011
14 posts
WatchI just uploaded “Scimitar of Justice - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 68” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
WatchI just uploaded “Truth Wars - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 67” to www.mixcloud.com - listen now!
WatchJust favorited “The Far Reaches of Know-Where (DJ Mix by Okulus Anomali - Transnational Dubstep CD Release - Miami)” by Okulus Anomali on Mixcloud.com
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