“Kickstarter” for gigs
Kickstarter has been a successful way for bands to fund recording and distributing albums and now the concept has been applied to live performances. Launched in London, Detour, from London-based start-up Songkick, allows fans to crowd-fund the logistics of a concert by pledging to buy enough tickets to cover costs. Songkick‘s co-founder Ian Hogarth hopes […]
Publ.Date : Thu, 16 May 2013 13:45:15 +0000

Forbidden City – Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 109
Epidode 109 of the Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast is now available from: iTunes Libsyn MixCloud Tracks Karma Police Shefita and Sabbaba http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Xt4ObtKas Odd Shaped Nightfall Datax and Bymski https://soundcloud.com/#datax/datax-bymski-odd-shaped Hakawati Secret Archives of the Vatican http://www.brokendrumrecords.com 2nd Night in Tokushima Bymski https://soundcloud.com/#bymski Free Syria Seelensack http://seelensack.bandcamp.com/track/free-syria Into City of Homs Hevalkelli http://hevalkelli.bandcamp.com/album/free-syria The […]
Publ.Date : Sun, 12 May 2013 13:59:34 +0000

Long Ago and Far Away – Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 107
Tracks Episode 107 of our podcast is now available. You can find it here: iTunes Libsyn MixCloud Sahar Niyaz http://www.niyazmusic.com/sumud-acoustic-ep Peregrinus ArHai https://www.facebook.com/TheArhai Abyssinia Fanu feat. Gigi https://www.facebook.com/TheArhai#!/FanuMusic?fref=ts Silent Warrior Dub Gabriel feat. PH Higgins http://dubgabriel.bandcamp.com/ Luv n’Liv (Dub Gabriel None Shall Escape the Dub Mix) Dub Gabriel http://dubgabriel.bandcamp.com/ Drunken Princess Andreilien http://www.addictech.com/p/121605 Medusa’s Path […]
Publ.Date : Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:18:26 +0000

Album review: Sumud the Acoustic EP by Niyaz
A while back we reviewed a stunning album release, Sumud, by Niyaz, one of our favourite bands. Niyaz create stunningly evocative music rooted in Persian traditional music but growing firmly in the soil of electronica and modern production values. Back in 2008 they released Nine Heavens which came in both electronic and acoustic versions. It […]
Publ.Date : Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:49:02 +0000

New e-book for musicians and producers: The 360 Deal
Andrew Dubber is an academic, author, public speaker, blogger, music reviewer, radio and music industry consultant, whisky writer, podcaster, record collector, DJ, broadcaster and record producer. He is Professor of Music Industry Innovation at Birmingham City University, an advisor to Bandcamp and Planzai, manages half a dozen blogs, and is the founder of New Music […]
Publ.Date : Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:44:27 +0000

Ethnic Profound
DubRaJah is Sergey Gabbasov, a social anthropologist, specialising in peoples of the Himalayan region, director of several ethnographic films about different cultures of Asia and Africa, traveller and musician. Ethnic Profound is DubRahjah‘s second release on one of our favourite dub-orientated netlabels, Angel Dust Records. It’s a fairly chilled collection of dub-inflected ethnotronica – and […]
Publ.Date : Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:17:30 +0000

Strange New World – Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 106
There is a new episode of our podcast out now! You can find it here: iTunes Libsyn MixCloud Tracks Tabla Dub Darrocha (Move Until Motionless – MUM) http://earthcityrecordz1.bandcamp.com/ Ethnic Suicide of the Volga Boatmen Black Star Liner http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Star_Liner Kashmir Koby Israelite https://www.facebook.com/kobyisraelite/timeline Freedom is Free (Jef Stott Super Mix) Opium feat. MC Rai http://chebisabbah.spinshop.com Samurai […]
Publ.Date : Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:44:36 +0000

Album review: Eastern Roads by ArHai
ArHai have been around since 1999 but Eastern Roads in only their second release, following their 2006 album, Mysterion. ArHai are Jovana Backovic and Adrian Lever, supported by a strong cast of vocalists and instrumentalists. Belgrade born Jovana Backovic founded ArHai back home in Serbia and when she moved to the UK for studies, started […]
Publ.Date : Sat, 09 Mar 2013 10:00:53 +0000

Future Sound of the Underground Volume 2
Earth City Recordz has released Volume 2 of Future Sound of the Underground, a 20 track compilation that dips into several bass-driven styles: dub, dubstep, breakbeat, drum and bass, techno and more. It includes a track by us, from our next release, Storms. It is called The Fall of the Second Ember (to the Water). […]
Publ.Date : Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:55:42 +0000

Encyclopedia Orientika – Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 105
Episode 105 of the Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast is now available from iTunes, Libsyn and MixCloud. As always, we have an excellent collection of Eastern-inflected beats, old and new. Tracks Dervish Funk Eat Static http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eat-Static/19615493659 Ranjha Sound Shikari https://soundcloud.com/#soundshikari/sound-shikari-ranjha-free Switch Shandy http://www.nasha.co.uk/?RELEASES Swordfight Budjunky http://subbass.bandcamp.com/album/eidolon Orientika Arkeytexture http://subbass.bandcamp.com/album/ethnostep-3 One God Dub (Dubsahara Remix) […]
Publ.Date : Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:19:14 +0000