So I’ve started writing for this website called Big Bad London – it’s in Spanish which I guess rules out a fair bit of the readers on this here blog but I’ll be cross posting stuff to here and elsewhere in English when I can/have the time. It’s a pretty sweet gig, writing three pieces a week on various London related things from music to art, lifestyle to the various things this city does well.
Started this week with a review of Andreya Triana’s album launch at Cafe Oto last week alongside reviews of Brainfeeder 2010 and the new Plastic People. The Brainfeeder one should be up on here soon, just need some time to edit it down.
You can check a vidoe I shot of Andreya’s gig above. Fan video steez.
If you’re so inclined please check the site and add it to your feeds/facebook etc… They have fan pages which make it easy to follow everything they post. Other writers cover fashion, music, art and other things. It’s a nice mix of curated content presented in a personal manner and a good idea overall – obviously made possible by the sponsor support that drives it. This could be a sign of things to come I guess from a web publishing point of view (re. the sponsor support).
Big thanks to Miguel for the hook up and hospitality. Watch this space.
Despite summer being generally a quieter time for releases, this year has seen a steady stream of quality releases come through labels worldwide – including the rather on point Planet Mu to name but one – and for those not putting out anything the summer’s been a time to unveil what’s coming in the autumn with free mp3s and release news – step up Warp who’s announced and previewed new EPs from both Flying Lotus and Rustie. And that’s a bird’s eye view if you will, so this month’s column does its part with previews of 6 forthcoming releases in August/September and a usual round up of freebies worth your time.
As regular readers of this here blog already know (or not I guess considering how confusing my stream of updates can sometimes be) I sometimes build websites for people, or at least make them more than a simple, out of the box template. In the last few months I’ve built two such sites for friends of mine who are also artists worthy of your attention.
The first was for Shlomo, the UK beatboxer extraordinaire who is currently artist in residency at the South Bank and a one-man project machine with a string of exciting projects under way and upcoming. Shlo’s previous site got pulled at the last minute so he needed something that could replace his previous site, including all existing content, be new and exciting for the users and able to do more than its previous incarnation (in terms of user interaction, updates and multimedia). He also needed to maintain and update content himself without it being too difficult. I think we managed to do that and do it well, with a WordPress engine and magazine style layout that puts his work and projects forward alongside more blog-gy updates and the necessary information an artist like him should have available (events calendar, multimedia archives etc…). You can check it here http://www.shlo.co.uk/ – see what you think. He ended up using the temporary header I did for him too.
The next one was for Om Unit, one of my closest friends and an outstanding producer currently enjoying some much deserved recognition since taking on a new guise that has freed up both his creative mind and output. With an original brief of taking the same template as Kotchy’s website and ‘making it the same’ we managed to do that but then put a more personal spin on it – especially visually. It’s nice and easy to do the same as someone else but never as much fun. The site’s a little simpler than Shlo’s with the main focus on the releases and freebies and a clean interface and bright colours (his music sounds blue in case you’re wondering why we chose those blues) as well as integration for social networks, user interaction and all sorts of multimedia goodness. Check it here www.omunit.com.
Oh and catch the free download we put for the site’s launch above, it’s a Joker vs Om Unit vs Dynamite MC special.
If you or anyone you know is interested in having a website done/redone/worked on feel free to get in touch via the contact page or any of the networks I’m on. Whether you need something new, something redone or content management I can help and offer competitive prices, quotes and all that good stuff. I’ll have a full proper portfolio site with all the stuff I offer done soon.
What?: A blog, online portfolio and repository for writings, music and more.
Who?: French/Italian who’s lived in the UK, Japan, France and Italy.
Why?: Because I like to write, make music and do various other things that involve the internet.
Where?: Currently looking for a place to call home.
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