Masters at work. One of our favourite videos of all time, of Brodinski and DJ Mehdi bopping together in Paris. The concentration. The hands. The faces. Love it.
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What ever happened to Tom Vek?
Tom Vek - a great talent of 2005, released his debut album We Have Sound on Tummy Touch Records and achieved a series of great live shows and a remix by the likes of Digitalism… but what happened next?
I have been thinking about this for a while now. I must admit readers of Drowned in Sound were concerned by his disappearance way before I was (back in 2007), which prompted discussion on the site about one-album-wonders and vanishing artists.
In fact, Tom Vek’s very own fan-forum have been pursuing their quest for new material for the past few years to little or no avail. One response was simply along the lines of ‘the last album took 3 years to make, so don’t expect anything soon…’ A quick email asking if Tom is indeed ‘working on a new album’ to his (perhaps quite exasperated) management company this week prompted quite simply, the response “that is correct”.
So, none the wiser and in an attempt to rekindle a certain love for Vek, this post recaps some of his best bits with a vague hope (allied with the resurgence of electro-rock partnerships) that he might resurface with his somewhat individual, often spoken and almost monotonic voice, and actually present us with some fresh material.
It seems like the Filthy Dukes haven’t given up either. They resurrected Nothing but Green Lights in their Kill Em All 6th Birthday mix just a few months ago…
New Late of the Pier!
I was just listening to the storm of electro-fun that is Fantasy Black Channel yesterday and bemoaning the time it’s taking for our favourite Late of the Pier gents to release some more gems. They’re all concentrating on other projects in 2010, including singer Sam Eastgate’s LA PRIEST, but with old track Blueberry reworked for a Christmas single in 2009, and now after missing the boat on the first album, the amazing Best In Class getting some airplay too before release 1 March, it looks like there’s something to tide us over. Best in Class and Blueberry will be released as a limited edition coloured vinyl double A-side on Phantasy.
Late of the Pier – Blueberry
Late of the Pier – Best in The Class
One from the vaults: Late of the Pier – Bathroom Gurgle (Tronik Youth Remix).
Ahh, that excitement in your stomach when you see a track somewhere and it involves not one, but two of your favourite names. Boxes are ticked. Gold stars all round for the Tronik Youth remix of Late of the Pier’s Bathroom Gurgle. I think this is a real set-starter – I imagine dropping it in some dirty little East-London cubbyhole, with the cast of Skins on the dancefloor. That little fantasy meant I hid this from my friends for about six months while I tried to hone my mixing skills/become a famous DJ/start playing in the aforementioned dirty little cubbyholes, but then I just couldn’t not talk about it any longer.
Thank you
I have to say thanks to the Kill Em All team for an amazing night at Fabric on Friday. Riton, Erol, Four Tet and Filthy Dukes played fantastic sets, and Stopmakingme blew us all away AGAIN.
Here’s his finish on Royksopp’s What Else Is There? Check out the atmosphere – it gives me goosebumps.
Stopmakingme at Kill Em All, Fabric, 22/01/10 from Naomi Richmond-Swift on Vimeo.
One from the vaults: here’s a mix from Stopmakingme for Adventures in the Beetroot Field way back in 2006.