monkey business

Lots of services, not much choice.

If you have an account on any of the popular music download services you will notice selected tracks labeled as ‘Album Only’, meaning that you can’t buy them individually, only as part of the entire ‘album’. So who’s in control of this activity? the artist, the record label or the distributor?

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simonhayes

New ‘Swarm Intelligence’ DJ mix – Against the Grain

Another DJ mix to download from Berlin based label owner & producer Simon Hayes. If you enjoyed Simon’s previous Agentcast you’ll love his new mix entitled ‘Against the grain’ over at SwarmIntelligence.net. Plenty of Irish based labels representing. It’s full of energy and rolling beats, get downloading because it’s absolutely banging. Check out the track […]

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can-vinyl-last-forever

After Vinyl: Staying in control

I love vinyl as much as the next old school audiophile. But at times temperatures in South East Asia soar in to the 40’s and humidity is in the 90’s. It’s clear that records were not built for this type of environment. Trust me, warping is confirmation. Records should be stored in a dust free, […]

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ikeaboy live in Cork

ikeaboy – Live on Sat 25th April

Optimist Gryme presents a selection of Dubstep, Electro, Breaks & Experimental music ikeaboy (Invisible Agent, D1, SeedyR) drokkr (Stupid Fly, Betamorph) millis (Tir Na gCasta) rekmekanik – (Tir Na gCasta) The Swan Bar, Cork – Sat 25th April, 9pm – 2pm

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