God Colony & Roy – Loss Is Not Infinite

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Loss is not infinite
Is it better to stand for something, or fight against?
Would you rather be right, or happy?
Ayahuasca nuts in Mammut kecks
Acoustic guitar playing lids
Inspirational quote-loving ninjas in Valentino trabs
Meditation meatheads
Anti-vaccine stoners
Vegan kick off merchants
An angry man on a march for peace
Mental health awareness bullies
Ketamine psychology lessons
Have you got kids? You don’t know what you’re fucking talking about then.
Loss is not infinite
Loss is not infinite baby
Some skinhead lectures your nan about 15 minute cities
A chef microdoses cocaine
A fella with a poppy has got a swastika tattoo
An enlightened taxi driver informs you that the earth is actually square A firm of Facebook mas are on their way to the scene of a crime
Gym owners are still quoting the Magna Carta
A kid buys a new balaclava while his idol vanishes beyond the furthest city light
You know what you need, lad?
Less Berghaus, more Bauhaus
A litter picker calls your mate gay because he sat up straight on the train to St Helens Whatever you do, don’t be yourself
Loss is not infinite
Loss is not infinite baby

A doff of the cap to Big Hard Excellent Fish ‎– Imperfect List (+Weatherall Mix) 🙂

Mark Barrott: Life, Loss, and Music

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‘This is a story. A story of life and ultimately death. A story of two lives coming together through a chance meeting on an aeroplane and spending the next 20+ years together via the craziness of Berlin in the late 90’s to Northern Italy, South America and finally the tranquillity of rural ibiza. The story of how life can change and be snatched away in the blink of an eye. But this is not a sad story, it’s a story of joy, love, grief and gratitude for what was. It is also my most ambitious album to date, conceived in the weeks after Sara’s death, as I worked with orchestras and choirs across Europe, trying to find the right sonic language to portray the Tsunami of emotions that were running through my body, mind and soul. Whilst this is my story, I hope that for someone, somewhere, it brings joy and maybe comfort for those of us that are just trying our best to get through the night. Keep going and stay safe…the light does come back. Perhaps, therefore, its good to end with one of Sara’s poems:

How utterly beautiful life has been
All the ups and downs
The smiles and the frowns

Sara Kult-Smith 1968-2023

MB Sept ’24’

DJ Rocca, Chris Coco, Danielle Moore – Your Sunshine

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DJ Rocca and Chris Coco continue their quest to define their version of music to play at an imaginary Discoteca. Here they team up with Danielle Moore, the singer for Crazy P, for a hazy, summery mid tempo groove that takes you off to an unspecified, loved-up sunshine state. There’s an album of dub house electro afro disco tracks that’s coming later in the year. The duo also plan to set up a few real life CocoRocca Discoteca events in summer 2022. An essential double pack of deep, dreamy rhythm and melody, equally at home at the beach or the club. Buy via Bandcamp (see link below to listen / buy) and all good online services.

Emerge – Ataurean

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This is the first release on Chris Coco’s label DSPPR from Ataurean. The EP features four tracks of downtempo chilled vibes with rolling synth arpeggios, guitars, mandolin, piano and lush pads.

Atuarean says:

‘I’ve tried to combine different genres/styles into something that you can hopefully shut your eyes and get lost in!

Here are some clips of recent interviews to give you a little view into Ataurean’s world:

Can you tell us where are you from / how you got into music?
I’m from the Black Isle in the north of Scotland but now live in Edinburgh. I started playing the violin in primary 4 and then the guitar and mandolin and have always been writing tunes whether in bands or lately on my own in the studio.

Who have been your main inspirations? And how have they affected your sound?
My sound has been inspired by the likes of Boards of Canada and Orbital. plus the chill out scene in Ibiza – Pikes, Café del Mar, Hostal la Torre etc.

What was the first thing that attracted you to the world of electronic music?
The band I was playing in split up and I really enjoyed the studio aspect of recording so I decided to start my own set up so I could continue to write and record music using digital replacements for the other band members!

Do you remember an album that has changed everything?
Boards of Canada’s ‘Music Has the Right to Children’ & Chemical Brothers, Dig You Own Hole started me off on my electronic music journey.

What’s the one bit of kit or software you’ll never get rid of?
The obvious piece of software to keep would have to be Ableton. Other than that, it would be my 72 telecaster custom where all my tunes start off. 

EP released March 11, 2022 via Bandcamp