Fresh for 2008

As you can see if you’re a regular visitor to the site, we’ve somewhat freshened things up round here. It was long overdue and just in time for the inauguration of our new podcast series ‘The Mr Trick Years’, where we’ll be podcasting all 70 original TTR shows once a week for well… you do the maths. I know some of you have been waiting for these and they are just around the corner. Two more videos from our Shibuya Sessions coming this week and then it’s on baby.

The new redesign brings us right in line with our Rhythm-Incursions family too, so now you have even less excuses for not checking both sites on the regular. Also look out for some forthcoming joint podcasts between the sites, starting with a very exciting offering from the man like Waxfactor.

In the meantime get your browsing on and let us know here or via the contact page if you see anything wrong, broke etc… there’s only so much cross browser testing one or two men can do (especially on holiday).

We’re so fly the new design even allows you to customise the layout to your preference, you can click and drag any floating box around and re-arrange as you see fit or even collapse. Changes will stay until you clear history/cache/cookies etc…

Oh yeah and happy birthday to Mr Trick who’s celebrating another return today!

5th anniversary podcasts – Shibuya Sessions videos pt 2.2

Here is part 2 of the second round of videos from Shibuya Session. For full details and info check the post for part 1.

This video, featuring Ken One on drums, is 123mb in size.

As usual both vids are in .m4v format, optimised for iPod, iTunes and Quicktime viewing but they will also work with any standard video player and the latest codecs on any platform.

Subscribers should already have the files on their computer or on their way shortly. If you aren’t subscribed to our podcast yet than what are you waiting for? You can subscribe via iTunes (find us in the podcast directory), by adding http://feeds.feedburner.com/turntableradio to your podcatcher, by clicking any of the podcatching buttons on the top left hand side of the site, or by visiting the feedburner page itself too (where you can also download the last 15 podcasts on the feed directly).

Baku and Exsample freestyle 2 (Ken One drums) – Direct Download (right click and save as)

5th anniversary podcasts – Shibuya Sessions videos pt 2.1

We’ve had some delays, between Ed who does the editing for our vids falling sick and myself having left for a little world tour, but the second part of our Shibuya Sessions videos is now ready for your enjoyment.

This time round both videos feature DJ Baku and Exsample, aka Ken One, Naoki and Shige, freestyling together. In the first video, Naoki is on the drums, while in the second one it’s Ken One on the drums. Both vids have once more received a fine visual treatment from Ed, so I hope you’ll enjoy watching them as much as we have putting it all together.

As usual both vids are in .m4v format, optimised for iPod, iTunes and Quicktime viewing but they will also work with any standard video player and the latest codecs on any platform.

The first video with Naoki on the drums is 39mb in size.

Subscribers should already have the files on their computer or on their way shortly. If you aren’t subscribed to our podcast yet than what are you waiting for? You can subscribe via iTunes (find us in the podcast directory), by adding http://feeds.feedburner.com/turntableradio to your podcatcher, by clicking any of the podcatching buttons on the top left hand side of the site, or by visiting the feedburner page itself too (where you can also download the last 15 podcasts on the feed directly).

The last 2 videos in the series will be online by early next week, and then we will start podcasting the original TTR shows, presented by Mr Trick, as announced recently. So stay tuned as usual and expect a change to how things look round here as well in the coming weeks (if I can drag myself away from the beaches of South East Asia, which let’s face it is a damn sight more tempting than tinkering with php files and templates!).

Baku and Exsample freestyle 1 (Naoki drums) – Direct Download (right click and save as)

5th anniversary podcasts – Shibuya Sessions videos pt 1.2

Having forgot that I couldn’t podcast two videos at once and just realised my error, this is the overdue second part to our first round of videos from our Shibuya live session. Checked the first part of the post for the full story.

This is Ken One’s exclusive loop routine performed especially for us during the session, and given a nifty visual treatment courtesy of Ed Rooth.

Ken One’s Loop routine file is 67mb in size.

As usual all videos are in .m4v format, optimised for iPod, iTunes and Quicktime viewing, on the go or on your PC. The videos can also be viewed with all standard players including Windows Media Player, VLC, Divx etc…

Subscribers should already have the files on their computer or on their way shortly. If you aren’t subscribed to our podcast yet than what are you waiting for? You can subscribe via iTunes (find us in the podcast directory), by adding http://feeds.feedburner.com/turntableradio to your podcatcher, by clicking any of the podcatching buttons on the top left hand side of the site, or by visiting the feedburner page itself too (where you can also download the last 15 podcasts on the feed directly).

Ken One Loop Routine – Direct Download (right click and save as)

5th anniversary podcasts – Shibuya Sessions videos pt 1.1

EDIT: I’ve just realised, a few weeks later, that the feed cannot send out two videos at once, something I actually already knew but managed to forget! And so Ken One’s loop routine which I announced in this post was actually never podcast. I’ve now fixed that and the video has gone out under the pt1.2 post. Apologies everyone!

We continue the 5th Anniversary podcast series with a return to the recent live session we recorded in Shibuya with DJ Baku, Exsample and Miyajima. But this time we bring you videos of the session to compliment the audio podcast we broadcast about a month ago.

Over the next 3 weeks we’ll be podcasting 6 videos, 2 at a time, recorded during the session. The audio from these videos was first aired in last month’s podcast, and so this time you get to see as well as hear what the guys were doing. And all the videos come with some very nifty editing and visual tricks from Ed Rooth who has been putting in some work to bring you something that’s as enjoyable to watch as it is to listen.

Our first two videos this week feature Ken One solo, with the new loop routine he premiered for us during the session, and Baku, Miyajima and Ken One together doing a little improvised freestyle with Baku on drums, Ken One on bass and Miyajima on vocal cuts.

Subscribers should already have the files on their computer or on their way shortly. If you aren’t subscribed to our podcast yet than what are you waiting for? You can subscribe via iTunes (find us in the podcast directory), by adding http://feeds.feedburner.com/turntableradio to your podcatcher, by clicking any of the podcatching buttons on the top left hand side of the site, or by visiting the feedburner page itself too (where you can also download the last 15 podcasts on the feed directly).

And don’t forget you can also grab any of our podcasts via the direct download links inside the posts – see below for this week’s ones!

As usual all videos are in .m4v format, optimised for iPod, iTunes and Quicktime viewing, on the go or on your PC. The videos can also be viewed with all standard players including Windows Media Player, VLC, Divx etc…

Ken One’s Loop routine is 67mb, while the Baku, Ken One and Miyajima freestyle is 44mb.

Stay tuned for part 2 next week, as well as some important website announcements coming up soon.

Baku, Ken One, Miyajima freestyle – Direct Download (right click and save as)

Rhythm-Incursions strikes back!

A quick note to let you all know that Turntable Radio’s sister show (or big brother, or… you get the picture) is back with a bit of a vengeance. Rhythm-Incursions has now moved to a podcast only format, from its original FM slot on London’s Resonance FM.

As part of this move the R-I website has had a bit of lift and as of this week the show is airing again, this time on the digital airwaves with regular shows, guest mixes and much much more.

To start it all off, Waxfactor’s ‘Sci Fu’ LP is being given away in full 320kbps glory, complete with artwork and the original promo megamix by Buddy Peace. A serious first podcast and the perfect chance to get your hands and ears on this great little album if you never got round to it.

Head over to the R-I website to grab it all and for full details of the show’s return.

Stay tuned as TTR will be next in line for a revamp, and we’ll be working over the coming months to tie both sites and radio shows together more than ever, with Waxfactor dropping a very very special mix in about a month which will be podcast across both sites, the first of many tie-in podcasts to come.

And don’t forget to sign up for the R-I podcasts if you haven’t already, because trust us there is some serious serious music coming your way on there in the coming weeks. You’ve been warned!