Eclecticism #1

This is my first mix of tracks that I have put together. This is the first and may be the last but I had a lot of fun making it so if time allows there might be another one.

The mixing is shocking but I'm not a Dj and [for me] its not about the mixing its about the music! I hope you enjoy these tracks as much as I do.

Happy Christmas!!

Eclecticism #1 by The Confused Eclectic on Mixcloud

MIXED SIGNALS

For anyone we reads this blog at any sort of regular interval will know i post a lot about exhibitions in The Signal Gallery. Their next exhibition is one of the most exciting of the year, especially for me who never gets to go to any of them [and if i could choose one it would be this], it is the annual group showing.

There are some incredible artists showing, heres a few pieces by some of the artists... just to whet the appetite...

Dan Baldwin (UK)

Armsrock (Denmark)

Byroglyphics (UK),

Dale Grimshaw (UK),

Guy Denning (UK/France), Case (Germany), Jonathan Darby (UK), David Le Fleming (New Zealand), Ethos (Brazil), C215 (France), Alke Schmidt (Germany/UK), Holly Thoburn (UK), Jef Aerosol (France), Labrona (Canada), Christopher Ross (Canada), SPQR (UK), Istvan Szanto (Hungary). Click here for more pieces by the artists!

The show opens to the public on 4th and runs till the 19th December 2009.

THE MISSING COG

Music means many different things to different people.

I knew one person who couldn't listen to music, it was a constant pain, they just didn't enjoy it, the only time they did was in [shit] nightclubs. Other friends, its all day everyday, they walk into a room the first thing they do is pick music, walking down the road 5 minutes, they are listening to music. They love a soundtrack to their life.

I fit in this second category. Every second of my life is filled with listening to and trying to find new music. Its exciting, finding a new artist I have never heard before.

Growing up I listened to Nina Simone, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Leonard Cohen and strangley enough Moroccan and Indian music, no heritage in the family, my Dad just loved the sound. And random Jazz selctions that my Mam loved to listen to but could never remember the names. I always had listened to an eclectic range of music but didnt have a huge knowledge of modern music, we had no 'sky' in my house but i do have memories of listening to Radio 1, John Peel and Westwood to hear some amazing acts that as I got access to more music I would come to love.

This and two good mates, who introduced me to hip hop and dance, developed my current taste in all types music. we used to sneak in to one of the guy's older brother's room to raid his collection. My other mate [Beano] had an obsessive interest in music [and film], he would get into an artist and learn everything there was to know about them and buy all their albums, his desire for music spread to me, and he introduced me to so much music, and continues to do so now!!

There are other people, who have influenced my taste and continue to do so everyday. And I send out my love to them aswell.

So thats a basic history of people who influenced my musical taste... but that wasn't the point of this post [I am a rambler], 'the missing cog' is how for people who listening to music constantly, all day every day, different music fit different times. I had forgotten a genre of music that I listened to a lot when i was younger, Jazz. I was missing that music that, when i was sad or in a bit of a funk, sorted me out.

I guess I see all my favourite music as fitting in somewhere and when there is space for it all, your life is much better, and for the last year, Jazz has been missing and my life was the sadder for it.

A week ago, listening to Sam K on Space Invader Radio, his first song was this...

Cristo Redentor by Donald Byrd is a beautiful song and immediately I went searching for more songs... I didn't find another Donald Byrd song on my travels but I did find this...

Along with these to songs, I had found 'the missing cog" that made me [as an emotional person] work better and I strolled home with a smile on my face and these songs on repeat.

JOY!!

MUTO

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Photo or Painting...

The first time i saw this i wasn't sure if this was a painting or photo... I had no idea... I stared at it for a few minutes thinking, that must be a altered photo. But its a painting.

All of Jeremy Geddes painting have this surreal theme running through them, the hyper realistic look of the painting, that makes some of them look life like, is offset by the a sometimes grotesque surrealism of the main character of the painting [below] or as above with the placement of the woman flying towards the ground.

I don't know a lot about the Jeremy Geddes,in his own word though, he"spends his days smearing pigment onto pieces of wood, in between playing air guitar and drinking coffee." He is a very talented artist who brought a bit of enjoyment to my day today.

What do you think?

Check out more of his paintings here.

KID ZOOM

Cool time-lapse video from Kid Zoom.

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This post is all about the mood I am in today.

Not a great mood, I know its a choice and all that crap but I am just a little sad today.

I am putting it down to the darkness all around in Dublin.

This is a beautiful song by The Cinematic Orchestra called To Build a Home.

Carry Me, Ohio - Sun Kil Moon

And another Sun Kill Moon song because they are catching my attention at the moment - Gentle Moon. Not that any of these song are depressing. Its just that for a change I don't want to listen to 'bangin tunes'. I need something to soothe me.

This next song - Wolfman featuring Peter Doherty - For Lovers - is one from my youth, that has popped up throughout my short ( action packed if I may say so myself) life and will probably continue to do so!

Excuses.... Excuses.... Excuses...

I haven't posted anything in a long time. Things have been absolutely crazy in work. And I haven't had a chance to search out some new music or find some things of interest.

Things have calmed down again now in work. No more 7 in the mornings to 10 at night... well not for a while anyway. Expect a few posts over the next few days as I settle into a nice relaxed bank holiday weekend... After one night of madness at Damfunk in Twisted Pepper.

Nicholas Kopernicus

I was chatting to a friend about music last night. About music that catches your attention from the first time you hear it, and how rare it is... So today, listening to Laidback Radio I hear Nicholas Kopernicus. Straight off I wanted to hear more.

Nicholas Kopernicus are Jason Minnis and Seon Gomez. I wasnt sure what to expect from the album The Album "Audicentric". I had heard the first track and second. I had a long walk ahead of me tonight so I put on "Audiocentric" and listened from the start to finish... and back to the start again. This album is a journey through many different genres that keeps you hooked in. The worry for an album that goes through many genres, I think is that the album as a whole the album doesnt fit together but is not true of this album. I would recommend listening to this album as a whole. The common factor throughout the album is great music, the beats, the instrumetals on the album are consuming.

The song here is Grand Central(ft.Sixteenstone). Diping back into the album now, Im loving the flute and guitar on Candle Dreams [I had to post it aswell]. Im talking about every song on the album so far and that wasnt my intention, but Brisa... It put a smile on my face. Remindeds me of happy sunny days. And then the album flows into a funky hiphop song Spittin' Blues. And just to show the diversity theres a Reggae song Natural High. If a camera had followed me home, it would have shown me speeding up and slowing down and grooving away as I walked home.

I am really enjoying this album and I have a feeling it will be my go to album for the next while.

Grand Central(ft.Sixteenstone) by nkopernicus


Candle Dreams by nkopernicus


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The Revenge

A couple of great songs I stumbled onto on Soundcloud by The Revenge. I have been a big fan of The Revenge before I knew who they were. The love affair started with A remix of "Heavens in the Backseat of my Cadillac" and just keeps going with all the new music they release.

Love it... hate it... tell me what you think!




The Revenge : Forever In Their Debt (Original Mix) by The Revenge



And If : Beyond Senses (Harri & The Revenge Remix) by The Revenge