"Fireworks In The Winter Sky"


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1.Envy - Night In Winter

2.Biosphere - Kobresia

3.Pelican - The Woods

4.Bola - Sirasancerre

5.Amon Tobin - Ruthless (Reprise)

6.Earthtone9 - Orchid Frequency

7.Threemovements - Metropolis

8.Miocene - Apologetic Submissives

9.Autechre - Lost

10.Cave In - Joy Opposites

11.Laura - Raise Your Flags

12.Jeniferever - Alvik

13.Aereogramme - Fireworks (Peel Session)

2006 Mixtapes

Tape 1: http://www.last.fm/user/themonkeymafia1/journal/2006/04/18/118551/
Tape 2: http://www.last.fm/user/themonkeymafia1/journal/2006/06/8/152133/
Tape 3: http://www.last.fm/user/themonkeymafia1/journal/2006/11/11/264781/

"A Night Drinking Red Wine…."

A mixtape dedicated to the nights you spend on your own listening to music and wondering why the world does't like these bands quite as much as you do……

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1.Aconite Thrill - Maps To Mornings In Bed

2.Frank Turner - Vital Signs (Lamacq Live Session)

3.Million Dead - Sasquatch (John Peel Session)

4.Hundred Reasons - Anyone Else's Conclusion

5.Mt. - Too Many Escape Darwin's Attention

6.thisGIRL - Don't Be A Kite

7.Cats And Cats And Cats - Happiness

8.Itch - But Simon Said

9.Sparta -…

My last.fm was offline for about 2 months as I had no internet connection.
I scrobbled the tracks later when I got my connection back but I don’t think they will be added to my overall artists.
So I thought I would list a few of the albums I have been listening to over that period, some old and some new.

Memento:
Booka Shade's first full length provides proof that they had potential from the start. Tracks Like On & On and Vertigo are a great use of atmospheric minimal electronica. There is a lack of constancy on…

I just want to keep a record of all the gigs I go to this year:
So far it has been quite quiet due to my student status:

1.David Ford - Camden Lock 17, London (12/01//2006)

2.Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly / Dave House (Split Vinal Release Show) The Peel, Kingson (30/01/2006)

3.Jeniferever / Hikikomori Broadcast - The Hand And Spear, Weybridge (10/02/2006)

4.65daysofstatic/Hundred Reasons - The Charolote, Leicester (21/02/2006)

5.Johnny Truant / Architects - Camden Underworld, London (24/03/2006)

6.Pelican / Cave In - The Garage, London (04/03/2006)

7.65daysofstatic / Chris…

It seems so hard nowadays just to go into a record shop and find the piece of vinal or CD that I am looking for. I see so many record stores that are just filling up wih more and more rubbish and charging extortonate amounts for anything that is worth buying.
Online shops maybe cheaper but still can have the problem of lack of content.
So for the last 3-4 years I have been buying more and more dirctly from Independent Labels websites. I thought I would make a list of all the good UK Indepedent Lables so people can…

The second mix tape in the series:

Tape 1: http://www.last.fm/user/themonkeymafia1/journal/2006/04/18/118551/

My 60Gb mp3 player died recently so I had to go get myself a cheap flash player to tied me over until I can get it fixed or get a new one. Anyway this was the mix I created for the flash mp3 player to listen to on the train back to Manchester:

Tape 2:

"In Case We Ever Do Meet Again"

http://milov.nl/2005/09/train-window/360

Tracklisting:

1.
Départe
2.
II
3.
When Girls Telephone Boys
4.
Close Your Eyes, Roll Back into Your Head
5.
Three
6.
Wave Upon Wave
7.
And…

In trying to keep the sprit of the mixtape alive, all be it electronically, I wanted to do a series of 'mixtapes'.

So this will be the first in a series of mixtapes that I am going to post on here these will have an individual style/theme for each one and not just a random collection of favourite songs.

If you know me in real life and want a copy of any of these just message me and let me know and I’ll be happy send you one (probably will be on CDR, but if you lucky, on tape format…

I just want to keep a record of all the gigs I go to this year:
So far it has been quite quiet due to my student status:

1.David Ford - Camden Lock 17, London (12/01//2006)

2.Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly/Dave House (Split Vinal Release Show) The Peel, Kingson (30/01/2006)

3.Jeniferever/Hikikomori Broadcast - The Hand And Spear, Weybridge (10/02/2006)

4.65daysofstatic/Hundred Reasons - The Charolote, Leicester (21/02/2006)

5.Johnny Truant/Architects - Camden Underworld, London (24/03/2006)

6.Pelican/Cave In - The Garage, London (04/03/2006)

7.65daysofstatic/Chris…

It's a little late, as with most things I do, but here are my 'Best Of 2005' Lists:

Best Albums:

1.From Monument To Masses - Schools of Thought Contend
2.Reflux - The Illusion Of Democracy
3.65daysofstatic - One Time For All Time
4.Marmaduke Duke - The Magnificent Duke
5.:Twin Zero - Monolith
6.Charlottefield - How Long Are You Staying
7.Cave In - Perfect Pitch Black
8.Boards Of Canada -The Campfire Headphase
9.Beecher- This Elegy, His Autopsy
10.Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn
11.Sigur Ros - Takk…
12.…