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Interview on BBC Raw Talent

Vex — Fri, 21 May 2010 03:03:23 +0000

I was on BBC Raw Talent last night, being interviewed by ‘man like Iain Hodgson about the Renegade Brass Band and my post-gig thoughts at Bearded Theory Festival last Sunday. Being interviewed after a gig is a lot like somebody pointing a microphone at you after you’ve just finished coitus and asking you – What are your thoughts on tonight’s sexual performance?

You can find out the answer by listening to the interview on BBC iPlayer

From the Kites of San Quentin –

Vex — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:21:51 +0000

Just finished a remix for the amazing 4-piece future-dub marvel ‘From the Kites of San Quentin‘

Compare & Contrast

From the Kites of San Quentin – <@-;)

From the Kites of San Quentin – <@-;) (V3xation Remix)

-Vex

ttp://fromthekitesofsanquentin.bandcamp.com

New Track on Bandcamp

Vex — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:11:14 +0000

Got a new track up on Bandcamp.com called Fallin’ Folly.

New Live Events

Vex — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:03:57 +0000

Just got back from Leeds a few hours ago, thanks to all the people who came down and supported Oxjam and the promoters who worked on the individual nights around the city. It was great to get out and meet some people, play to a different crowd and start again outside our comfort zone.

The Tentacles and I, are also playing alongside From the Kites of San Quentin in Manchester on December 4th and then Bristol on the 5th (more details to follow) – We’re also supporting Johannesburg’s 4 piece BlkJks in Sheffield on November 4th, just two days after they share the stage with Warp Records artists Flying Lotus and Battles in Manchester.

On Friday the 13th of November I’m moonlighting with good friends The Renegade Brass Band to offer support to The Nextmen & Ms. Dynamite at The Tuesday Club in Sheffield. It’s been a while since I’ve played TTC.

A couple of links and information to pass out.

Later.

4 Nov 2009

Consoul XIV – Line Up

Vex — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:51:40 +0000

It’s Freshers week and with the influx of new students to the city, event promoters can finally breath a sigh of reflief. Thursday at the Harley is certainly a night to get educated. When we’re holding a forum, it’s best to take notes. This month we’ll be treating you to two live acts and Mr. Mercer, Baron Von Badd and myself will be holding down the plates until the early morning.

First on:

Bell Hagg Orkestar

“Bell Hagg Orkestar combines the bitter and twisted sounds of Poke with eastern eurpean troubadors Minnie Moosika. We got together in 2007 to play at the Firefly festival. Since then we’ve played in bars, cabarets and festivals around the UK. 2009: In June we played EcoFest and Peace in the Park – sheffield’s best day of musical merriment. Ecofest takes place at a beautiful hill top site near Lincoln. We were the final act on stage Friday night and got the whole field jumping around. Beat Herder in July was an amazing festival – a huge main stage (very scary) and loads of tents playing music all night long.”

Followed by:

The Broken Door

“TheBrokenDoor is a live improvised drum & bass band hailing from Manchester, UK. Writing tracks live as they play, they provide audiences with styles varying from your classic chill out dnb tracks to dance floor slamming tracks of substancial proportions.

Dropping famous vocal samples by famous artists from varying genres in their live set gives their audience new music with a sense of familiarity. The line up is a concoction of professional drum n bass musicians and engineers – Emma Welsby (drum n bass producer Dylemma) on vibraphone & vox, Dan Owens (composer, arranger and session musician) on bass, Adam Owens (drummer extraordinaire) on kit and Liam Maloney (producer and engineer Womb) on synths/electronics.”

Closing off the evening festivities will be the resident DJ’s:

The Tentacle DJ Team

3 DJ’s going back to back mixing beats, hip-hop, funk, soul, electronica and glitchy noises. V3xation Mr.Mercer and Baron Von Badd.

All this and more absoultely free, be sure to take advantage of all of the great nights happening this week regardless if you’re new to the city or not. Consoul XIV is on Thursday 24th of September @ The Harley (334 Glossop Road/ Start of West Street) from 8 – late, including live support to be announced.

Bell Hagg Orkestar combines the bitter and twisted sounds of Poke with eastern eurpean troubadors Minnie Moosika. We got together in 2007 to play at the Firefly festival. Since then we’ve played in bars, cabarets and festivals around the UK. 2009: In June we played EcoFest and Peace in the Park – sheffield’s best day of musical merriment. Ecofest takes place at a beautiful hill top site near Lincoln. We were the final act on stage Friday night and got the whole field jumping around. Beat Herder in July was an amazing festival – a huge main stage (very scary) and loads of tents playing music all night long. In september were playing in Walkley community hall with the Fates and Little Johnny Cash (5th) then a festival inDerby (6th) and on 21st November playing at the Casbah with sheffield’s fantatsic Mojo and the Beatniks and Smerrin’s Anti Social Club from Bristol. Bring on the dancing sheep …..

Festivals, Facebook and Featured Artists

Vex — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:37:16 +0000

Shambala was a blast, more than a tag line. Between late night walks, trips to geisha houses, cooking on gas and getting groovy in the Twist and Spout; we managed to play to a packed circus tent (we lost count at 1300) Despite a few sound and running time issues we still left the crowd chorusing for more. It was also humbling to be mentioned in the featured artists section alongside The Hypnotic Brass Band, The Destroyers and The Bays to name a few. You must check out The Hypnotic Brass Band and The Destroyers, they were the highlights of the festival for me.

It was also great to come home and play the Stockroom to an intimate crowd of sweaty friends. We also got to world premier our Hip-Hop Medley to thunderous applause which was great (Running times, eh?). It was great to finally get a date sorted with promoters X-Ray Horse since we were originally supposed to play their debut night but had to pull out due to other commitments.

There’s also a page for Bishops Love Sci-fi fans on the ‘ol Facebook, it went live around five minutes ago, although myself and Mr Roberts are choosing not to divulge too much information on the project there’s a small insight for those interested.

Click here for the direct face book link

That’s about everything for now. Just a quick couple of links.

Strictly for my Twitters

Vex — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:37:53 +0000

You can follow the mediocre shit that doesn’t make it to the updates section of this website on the twitters.

Visit: V3xation @ Twitter

-This one’s for my blogs.

Barker Presents: Big Bad Bernie – The Remixes

Vex — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:44:53 +0000

It’s good to see Sheffield moving.

Tramlines has been and gone but it doesn’t mean that Sheffield still isn’t hosting a top line of Musicians, DJ’s and Producers week in week out.

The right honuary Gordon Barker has released an amazing collection of remixes revolving around a very angry Partridge styled answer phone message from his disgruntled boss. On the playroll are an amazing host of artists including M.I. Loki, Squire of Gothos, Deadbeat, K.I.D. LI.B. to name a few. Distributing an online release is Sheffields own Planet Terror Records, who’ve steadily been pushing new music on their Netlabel, including releases from Barbarix, Robo Kotch and Titus 12.

The EP is a punchy mix of Dubstep, Ambient, Dub and Experimental showing off some of the diverse talent and production from those detrimental to the Sheffield scene.

The tracklisting:
1. Barker – Big Bad Bernie
2. K.I.D.L.I.B – Big Bad Bernie (K.I.D.L.I.B Remix)
3. Andulus – Bomb A Drop
4. DeadBeat – Big Bad Bernie (DeadBeat 4×4 Remix)
5. M.I. Loki – Big Bad Bernie (M.I. Loki Remix)
6. Anagramm – Big Bad Bernie (Anagramm Remix)
7. V3xation – Big Bad Bernie (Battered Sausage Remix)

You can download of a copy from the Planet Terror Records website (or click the image above you). You can also listen to my remix of Barkers ’Big Bad Bernie’ dubbed the Battered Sausage Remix on my myspace page.

I also designed the cover and promotional poster. – Observe how I serve.

You can catch me and Barker both weaving the legend of the 7 Black Tentacles with the rest of the scribes at Shambala this Friday: