5th year anniversary podcasts – Ken One live at Module, Shibuya 2008

As we announced back in the December 07 podcast, this year marks the fifth anniversary of Turntable Radio, and to celebrate the occasion we’ve put together a series of celebratory podcasts regrouping all sorts of things which have made and continue to make TTR what it is.

Over the next 7 months we’ll be releasing these out, including a double show presented by myself and Mr Trick which will look back onto our respective times as TTR presenters, the music, the good and the bad. Other things to look out for include some additional video podcasts, which have unfortunately been delayed due to technical fuck ups, as well as another special Japanese session and some other bits we aren’t going to tell you about just yet. Believe us though, it’s going to be worth sticking around.

So to start it all off, we look at my current country of residence, Japan, and Ken-One. The man should need no further introduction now, as I’ve featured his music in the last few shows and he was responsible for helping put together our first Japanese session back in september 07.

Ken has been nice enough to give us some footage of a recent showcase of his, held at Module nightclub in Shibuya, last month. We’ve edited it down and are podcasting it as a video, as we did with the CoC 2 videos last summer. As we did then, the file has been optimised for iPod and iTunes viewing, but will also work on any other device that can play video files and with most players on a PC or a Mac. See the recommendations and specs below if you’re having a problem.

Unfortunately, as it’s a live recording, the sound is a little distorted in places but it takes nothing from Ken’s performance, which we hope you’ll enjoy as much as we did.

Once again massive thanks go out to Ken One for hooking this up. A big thanks also goes out to Ed Rooth for editing the video and coming up with the fresh new intro.

The next installment in the 5th year anniversary series will likely be a ‘normal’ podcast of sorts from myself, with a bag of fresh new music as well as a short selection of favourites. After that we’ll be airing the double show from Trick and myself, sometime around the first two weeks of April.

Until then, sit back and enjoy.

Subscribers to our podcasts/feed should already have the file on their computers, or on its way. Those not yet subscribed, you can do so easily and using any number of podcatching programs, from iTunes to Odeo, by clicking on the icons located on the top right hand corner of the site. You can also access the feed directly via http://feeds.feedburner.com/turntableradio and find us on iTunes, in the podcast directory under Turntable Radio. Lastly, there is also a direct download link at the end of this post.

File is 119mb, .m4v format – best viewed in Quicktime and on iTunes and iPods.

The file will also play with Windows Meda Player, Divx player and most other video players on both PC and Mac.

Direct download link (right click and save as)

Scratching still hot with corporate bods

It seems scratching is still considered cool enough by corporate types. I just received an email pointing me to a couple of youtube vids by a guy called Red who’s just released a 12″ on Dealmaker records. The 12″ features a track called ‘All From Scratch’ which as you can guess is produced on turntable using a loop pedal. The kicker is that Sony have picked it up and asked him to do a version for the latest PSP advert, which I assume is a UK advert.

Following the trusted adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity, it’s nice to see that scratching still pulls the interest of big companies. We all remember the Rob Swift and Shorkut gap advert. It’s been a while since I’ve seen an advert using scratching so obviously, especially a more composed piece rather than token scratch sounds.

You can check the videos below. As for Red’s 12″, it’s out now on Dealmaker records as I said. It features four tracks,: the original, a Kids in Tracksuits remix, the full-length version of the PSP advert remix, which is a lot more upbeat, and the Full Fat remix, which is essentially a version that blends the all-scratched original with a live band backing.

Full Fat is Red’s band and you can actually hear a live session from them at the BBC Maida Vale studio, check the link on the Dealmaker site. You can order the EP from the Dealmaker site and find online in most decent shops.

While people have been making tracks using loop pedals for a long time now, it’s been a while since tracks like that garnered this kind of interest. If you like the whole all-scratched thing than this will definitely be up your alley, and if you don’t I’d still recommend checking it for the remixes which are a lot more interesting and stand out nicely on their own, especially the Kids in Tracksuits one.

You can also expect to hear a couple of tracks on the next podcast, which should be incoming in a month or so.

For more on Red, you can check his myspace.

Red – All From Scratch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMVX0SiRHSc

Playsatan Version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEwajX2WH_4&feature=related