FEBRUARY MIX

To celebrate the multi-dimensional weather witnessed here in February it seemed only fitting that the February Mix reflects this in music. So where we had glowing sun, freezing winds, blue skies and snow, we now have Herb Alpert and Boards Of Canada sitting alongside Wolfmother, Paul McCartney, Brian Eno and The Knife - Welcome to the Multi-Dimensional February Mix.

Tracklisting:
The Pack - "Fresh" (instrumental)
The Knife - "Marble House" (Emperor Machine Mix)
Herbie Hancock - "The Twilight Zone"
Wolfmother - "Love Train" (Chicken Lips Malfunction Mix)
Paul McCartney - "Secret Friend"
Brian Eno & David Byrne - "Jezibel Spirit" (Peter Black Rmx)
Kraftwerk - Tour De France (Disconet Mix)
Herb Alpert "Beyond"
The Earlies "When The Wind Blows"
Boards Of Canada "Left Side Drive"
Haruomi Hosono "Madam Consul General Of Madras"

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Embryo This Saturday

A Mountain Of One are, along with Quiet Village Project and the like,
leading the British Balearic Renaisance, forging a sound akin to a
cosmic psychedelic rock disco.

We are priviliged to welcome 'A Mountain Of Ones'" Mo Morris to
Bucharest this coming Saturday to play alongside UK escapees Logan &
Tom Wilson.

"Statuesque and epic- Big things to come... The sound of England dreaming"
I-D Magazine.

*'Record of the week' "A Mountain Of One's début really is quite
special... This is gonna get a lot of people talking. Essential."
Rough Trade Records, London.

*You'll fall in love with A Mountain Of One – these already sound like
Balearic classics." Vice Magazine.

*'Record of the week'
Piccadilly Records, Manchester.

*A Mountain Of One have already been compared to Arthur Lee, Santana &
Pink Floyd. "Which is nice in one respect, but also kind of
ludicrous... and yet understandable."
Fact Magazine

The Primrose Hill of Bucharest

I have been accused of painting Bucharest in a bad light, which is not hard to do as compared to many other capital cities in Europe it is a bit of a dump. However in an attempt to balance the output of this blog I went for a walk in one of its more upmarket areas. Cotroceni is a residential area of Bucharest, situated just west of the centre on one of the only hills in the city. Because of this it could be refered to as the Primrose Hill of Bucharest, a desirable area populated by the well to do. You won't find Liam Gallagher or Kate Moss wandering the streets but you will find some great and varied architecture, from the late 19th to the early 20th century. Classical, art deco and modernist buildings sit side by side. The Romanian Modernist movement is my favourite style in this city. Horia Creanga, one of Romania's modernist pioneers said 'our modern architecture springs from the general needs of the time and not from the pleasure of imitation'.

I was appalled however to see that some of this beautiful architecture has been abused by it present occupants who have replaced the original windows with Termoplan (PVC double glazing). Un-fucking-believable! The Romanians are obsessed with this ugly substitute and you see it on many buildings from Communist blocks to grand villas. As if this isn't bad enough when the windows arrive they have plastic tape over the PVC which is usually left on. To finish of the aesthetic attack, insulating foam is often seen oozing out betwwen the window and ajoining wall. Oh oh, here I am slagging off the locals again so I better stop and show some photos.

This Friday @ Embryo

This Friday I'll be playing a 5 hour set down at Embryo. Get down there early, exclusive mix CD available to the first 50 through the door.

99% of Bucharest Love Terry Francis

Another good turnout at Studio Martin on Friday night for London's Terry Francis. Terry was on fine form keeping the crowd active with sleek mixing and subtle transitions from techno to house and back again. I'll let the pictures tell the story, but as you can see 99% loved him. The dancing can only be described as spasmodic, with moves adapted from common DIY household chores.

Terry, feeling the love.

The crowd feeling the love.

Terry sharing the love.

Looking for love.




The 'changing the lightbulb' dance.

The 'oh no, someones doing the changing the lightbulb dance".

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

The 1%