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Wednesday 17 February 2010

Mindstate Disposition update

By Bobby on Wednesday 17 February 2010, 01:30

Well I've finally completed all the tunes for my album. It's made up of 6 tracks just shy of an hour. I'm investigating eco-printing & packaging for it for I have dropped the USB idea due to the fact it's totally a waste of plastic. So all them bonus things I was going to include will just have to be downloads which will be available with a download code with the album. Anyway, the music's all done, my good friend Bob Macc @ Subvert Central Mastering will be making sure all them frequencies are nice, and rich and harmonious. So that's going to be mastered in the next couple of weeks. I have a couple of other issues to sort out in the meantime, which will be looking for a suitable host for the paid FLAC download (which I'm inclined to ask InSpiral Lounge). MP3 will be free, and then CD will be in some nice recycled eco-packaging. I've redesigned the front cover, as I'm not able to get hold of the hi-res of the one previously planned. Still I have the hi-res of all the other photos Mr Hilisalasi has provided. So here's the new cover.

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01. Slow Moving Thoughts
02. Kalikayai
03. Morality
04. Træna
05. Narayana
06. Chimbre (featuring Mauxuam & Greg Hunter)

Will have more to tell in a couple of weeks.

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New Kaya Project album - 'Desert Phase' coming soon

By Bobby on Wednesday 17 February 2010, 00:59

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"following hot on the heels of “…& so it goes” (released in november 2008), "desert phase" is the latest voyage into global electronica inspired by windswept journeys through the sonoran desert, the thar desert and the northern sahara. for this album seb taylor and natasha chamberlain draw upon their personal experiences of time spent in these 3 deserts to convey the spirit of their mysterious landscapes and their inhabitants.

the album includes many of the recordings captured by seb and natasha in arizona, rajasthan and morocco, from the desert dwelling musicians of jaisalmer to moroccan bazaars and atmospheric desert winds recorded amongst the sand dunes in north america."

Sounding good! I've heard this will be out at the end of March.

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Friday 12 February 2010

Unimaginative Title #2984

By Bobby on Friday 12 February 2010, 12:52

What's been happening lately? I've finally got the final track of my album done, which is great, after not been producing much in the last month, apart from some really sketchy ideas. It's a pure ambient journey that represents what I imagine to be the morning after a Chimbre experience. Chimbre being a spiritual retreat in the Peruvian rainforest. It only has just been established but still has provided some excellent scenery to some heavy psychotheraputic work for many individuals. Check it out at chimbre.com!

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So you can have a quick listen (well quick being 15 minutes) to the track on my Soundcloud - http://soundcloud.com/el-cubist/enuui-chimbre-feat-mauxuam-greg-hunter

This track is a collaborative track with Mauxuam and Greg Hunter, who if you've been reading some of my earlier posts are Cloudcycle. I have a bunch of samples I got off them and have tried making a few tracks, but they just haven't cut it. This one though is more fitting towards a halfway point between my sound and their sound.

Also I am in the process of creating a Sufi-esque Persian piece of ambient drum and bass for the experimental noise/jazz/drumfunk d'n'b label Pinecone Moonshine. Nic TVG, the label boss, has been a good friend for many years back when I was running Exegene, and I'm glad to be now working on something for his wicked label, which has some great artists on like Macc, dgoHn, Fanu, Jiva, Ibunshi, Parallel, Eschaton, and of course Nic TVG himself.

Also looking forward to seeing Hallucinogen live, Shpongle DJ set, and Eat Static live in London in a couple of weeks, as well as seeing the African Soul Rebels tour in Manchester with Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, Oumou Sangaré, and the Kalahari Surfers.

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Saturday 9 January 2010

Best of 2009!

By Bobby on Saturday 9 January 2010, 14:22

Hope everyone's enjoying the start of 2010 and getting creative. I'm in the process of selecting some artwork for my album, which should be done very soon. Also as of yesterday enuui.org is 1!!! Anyway I'd like to give a roundup of my favourite discoveries released last year.

1. It's got to be Shpongle - Ineffable Mysteries from Shpongleland. There were mixed reviews of this (mainly people who'd pinched it off the net before it was released). I was going to review it myself but I know I won't find the words for how magical this is. So album of 2009 for me, and the tune with Manu Delago 'Nothing Is Something Worth Doing' was tune of 2009.

2. Banco de Gaia - Dreams, Memories, Reflections. I was caining this when I first got it, brilliant production all round, but wasn't going to expect anything less. I've not played it in the last month so I'm looking forward to getting back into it.

3. Cinnamon Chasers - A Million Miles From Home. A quirky electro (borderline) pop album by Abakus. Totally what I wasn't expecting, and its quite different than my usual listening taste. It's got some great catchy tunes and the tune Luv Deluxe has one of the best music videos of the year.

4. Alaska & Paradox - Isolationist. Classic tight as funk breaks with extremely ethereal textures and the purest basslines from one of my favourite jungle producers. Best jungle album of last year. Shame about the album cover (no offense to Dev, the few times I've met him, he's been the nicest fella, but compared to his Outsider compilation art, it boils down to being a mugshot).

5. Cloudcycle's ongoing super album. Mauxuam & Greg Hunter's extremely varied collaborative project from the crunchiest dystopian dub to angelic drones and textures to dusty Saharan breaks. All of its free too and available from cloudcycle.net.

Also big shouts to some interesting producers of '09 - Zen Baboon, The 13th Tribe, Slownoise, Hunee, Manu Delago, Morphy, Eschaton, Fada, Master Margherita, Aes Dana !!! BIG POSITIVE VIBES FROM ALL OF YOU!

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Monday 21 December 2009

Forthcoming Enuui album - 'Mindstate Disposition'

By Bobby on Monday 21 December 2009, 18:51

Sorry on the lack of updates, but its been worth it. I'm one track away from completing my album - 'Mindstate Disposition'. It's an hour of ethno-ambient works. There's a few drums here and there, but not many. Lots of meditative drones with Indian instrumentation weaved in and out. It's mainly inspired by Youth's 'Catching Fire From A Distance' album.

I've decided to let you own mp3's of it for free. Donation of your choice for flac/wav. Also looking at getting it pressed on CompactStick. A CD sized case with art, but where the CD should be is a USB stick, which I can have the high quality music, a collection of art, videos, text, and bonus mixes. Not sure when I'll be able to get this out, hopefully by February. This I'll sell for minimum unit price + p&p + £5 donation to amazonwatch.org, so I guess it'll roughly be £10.

Anyway, I have some artwork coming for it. It'll be based around this:

Photo by Chris Evans.

Preview of the album & one free flac download of 'Slow Moving Thoughts' available on my Soundcloud. Check it here, http://soundcloud.com/el-cubist/sets/mindstate_disposition

Thanks for the support over this year!

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Sunday 4 October 2009

Cinnamon Chasers - Luv Deluxe

By Bobby on Sunday 4 October 2009, 12:42 - videos

Been buzzing off this tune this week, so I'll let it speak for itself. Make sure you watch the video in HD and full screen.


Cinnamon Chasers - Luv Deluxe

Head to Modus Records for more info! Also if you sign up to their mailing list you'll get a 5 quid voucher for JunoDownload. BIG!

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