IMERCIA: IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MAP

When I was a kid I always wanted to know what countries were on the other side of the map. As a grown-up, I want to know what the other side of a song would sound / look like.



Ever wondered what a song looks like? This is what the other side of Routser by Stray Dog City looks like.

Today I finished mixing Spitemask, the 3rd EP by Stray Dog City. It's got some really nourishing noises on it. The full EP contains an additional track: a recording of 'the outside' or 'the other side' of the song Routser. You can listen to the track via tumblr: http://themekanoset.tumblr.com/post/7265552106/when-i-was-a-kid-i-always-wanted-to-know-what

The link is to an actual recording of the outside or ‘the other side’ of Routser by Stray Dog City. Thanks to Steve Armitage for photographic analysis.

http://themekanoset.bandcamp.com/album/spitemask

http://straydogcity.tumblr.com/

You can also stream the EP for free via Grooveshark: http://grooveshark.com/album/Spitemask/6530147

All our bandcamp songs are £1 each. You can get them cheaper elsewhere (and you know we always give mp3's away if you follow our facebook groupings) but we always encourage listening to high quality files because the devil and the joys are in the details.

Anyway, hope you're having fun,

Milk
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MAGIC LANTERN TIME

Stray Dog City: Allitis
[Milk + Ade B]

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The Mekano Set + Sahara Ezzi: I'mFine
[Sahara + Milk + Lee]

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The Mekano Set

ZiFF

I'm going to talk about the gig but first, there's a few things going on:

You can now get hold of a 3-track ep by me and Ade B (Stray Dog City) called Ziff. It's more stripped back and groovy than Mekano stuff, with plenty of room for Ade's sub-bass-heavy bass; so it's a lot denser sounding as a consequence.

You can listen to it via Grooveshark (it's like Spotify but without the restrictions and ads, and it runs in your browser so you don't have to download an app).

http://listen.grooveshark.com/artist/name/1909371

http://themekanoset.bandcamp.com/album/ziff

http://straydogcity.bandcamp.com/album/ziff

You can also hear some curiously obscure songs and remixes by The Mekano Set on Grooveshark too. One of my favourite tunes, The Hand by me and Beth Blindness is up and it's a much better mix than the official release (Dead Famous Records put it out on a compilation CD a couple of years ago): http://grooveshark.com/s/The+Hand+widescreen+Mix+/3MkRfK?src=5

They also have two weird and wonderful mixes of Beth's Probably Not song, one by us and one by Al Neilson from Elementary Recordings: http://grooveshark.com/s/Probably+Not+marmalade+Soup+Mix+/3MYy1k?src=5



What their criteria is for finding these gems is beyond me. They won't let me upload any tunes which is a bit annoying, but I can approve things that other people upload (hint hint).




So we played Cowley Club along with Blindness and Lazer Horse and a cracking night it was too. Top! A large quantity of Gin was consumed. Each act brought with them a different distinctive smell apparently. Blindness got everyone grooving and it was great to hang out with Nigel and Lisa. Also a pleasure to see Kev, and Ridder, and Mark and Tom from Pope Joan made an appearance even though they had a gig elsewhere on the same day. Ace.





In other news, BeatnikSoup are currently restoring and digitizing the obscure Zoviet era Monochrome film footage of our exploits with CrackerDog Productions in Eastbourne last year. So we are well on our way to seeing the completion of The Mekano Set DVD. It's going to be... well, let's say it's going to be much more cinematic than the plain old compilation of videos it could have been. Definitely worth the wait.

The Mekano Set

NEW NOISES / LIVE AND RECORDED

We're very over-excited and full of pop and crisps today. The new EP has just gone live and is now available at iTunes Store: Glass Keys - The Mekano Set

We've added an additional free download to the bandcamp version: the incredibly mangled remix of Throwing Shapes by Medium Death Kick (the current project of our fiend Andy Gibson from the wonderfully seedy Engine Room Club days ): http://themekanoset.bandcamp.com/album/glass-keys

We'll post links to Spotify etc. as and when they go live. WoooO!!!!!

Also, this time next week we'll be getting ourselves ready for a Saturday night at Cowley Club in Brighton where we'll be playing alongside the brilliant industrial-strength electro-rawk of Blindness and the acoustic-grunge-anthems of the mighty Lazer Horse. https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211278272222023

The Mekano Set