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worth a listen –
boxcutter, various production & georgia’s horse, mark pritchard_042009

hello again.

another month, another load of great tracks that hit all the right spots. what makes this post a little bit different to my last is that i will be sharing a piece of my current personal musical output with you.

for those that don’t know, i mainly make electronic based music under the moniker, accelra. i’ve been making music for as long as i remember but really started getting in the production side of things around ’97. since then i’ve shared bills with artists such as venetian snares, ital tek, datach’i, doormouse, global goon & many others. i thought it would be nice to share one of my recent unreleased tracks as a special treat.

also i have collected a few choice cuts from this month & beyond that i think kick-start the summer sound for this year.

so far this month:

Boxcutter - Arecibo Message

boxcutter – sidetrak
boxcutter – acrecibo message – planet-mu


the first track from boxcutter’s brand new album on planet-mu. this for me sums everything boxcutter does sonically within one track. i also recommend checking out his last two releases, glyphic & oneiric for more passionate, melody driven dubstep.

Various Production - As It Stops Raining EP

georgia’s horse – as it stops raining (various production mix)
various production/georgia’s horse – as it stops raining ep – fire records

blinding new collaboration between the ever resourceful various production and their fellow label mates on fire records. this track harkens back to the cross genre clash of various’ debut album ‘the world is gone’. great stuff. strong sleeve design from artist david bray, a long time collaborater with various production.

Mark Pritchard - ? E.P

mark pritchard – ?
mark pritchard – ? ep – ho hum

after delivering an excellent full length under his other pseudonym, harmonic 313 on warp records recently, mark pritchard is back again with a more ambient focused release. stunning use of space in the opening track ‘?’.

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the protomen –
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check out this new poster we just did for the protomen. also, do try and see them, if you haven’t yet. they really are an experience like no other.

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we’re stoked to receive the news that our site for the house of jackie brown just entered in at number 5 in the design charts. a huge & long overdue thank you to all involved in the creation of this site. it’s been a while since we were in the charts & it’s not something we’re about to take for granted.

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worth a listen –
toasty (untold remix), faunts, jamie vex’d, la roux (skream remix)_033109

greetings.

my name is gavin & i create all the audio & music (original & remix) work here at version. i’ve decided to come out of the woodwork and share a few things about my music (personal & work related) and highlight a few of my favourite tracks right now. i’m going to make this a regular thing so you’ll get a chance to listen to a lot of my unreleased personal music alongside my odd tangential music production thoughts (ie. general moaning).

here we go…

i’ve just got up and running on logic pro 8 from my halcyon days on modplug tracker. I’ve always found it difficult to pull myself away from the comforting vertical step editing and move into the more daw related environments of logic, pro tools, cubase & sonar. after a brief stint with nuendo in which I managed to loose half a years worth of personal work to a glitch, i felt I had been burned enough. luckily logic is great! (touch wood)

i had one friend recently describe the programming pattern editor in modplug as that of entering mindless data into an excel spreadsheet. no amount of explanation of step gate sequencing of individual samples helped move his opinion. i see no problem entering hex values to make music, i mean we do it to control colours on a website!

anyway. i hope to be able to share a few personal music projects over some of my updates, that aren’t the client ones you might have heard if you’ve visited some of our recent websites (such as house of jackie brown).

so far this month:

Toasty - The Knowledge (Untold Remix)

toasty – the knowledge (untold remix)
hfrmx001ii – hotflush recordings


untold’s awesome remix of the already wicked original, released back in 2004. it’s also worth checking out the other remix of ‘the knowledge’ by vex’d on the previous remix ep.

faunts – feel.love.thinking.of
faunts – feel.love.thinking.of – friendly fire recordings

the opening title track to their second album. i really got into these guys after hearing their epic 80’s synth workout “m4” on the end credits of the mass effect game.

Jamie Vex'd - In System Travel EP

jamie vex’d – radiant industry
jamie vex’d – in system travel ep – planet-mu

the first official release from one half of vex’d on planet-mu. this for me is the standout track from his ep.

La Roux - In For The Kill EP

la roux – in for the kll (skream’s “let’s get ravey” mix)
la roux – in for the kill – polydor

it’s not often that a remix outdoes the original but I think skream has managed it.

next time I’ll post one of my new tracks once my new reference headphones have broken in!

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65daysofstatic –
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here’s the promo video to support our forthcoming road movie starring 65daysofstatic. it’s for the song radio protector from their second LP, one time for all time.

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here film website

the initial web presence for the beautiful and thought provoking film that will be HERE, is now live. braden king, the director, has been working closely with us as we hammer out & develop an informative online source for everything about his new film. stay tuned for more developments at this location as we close in on the film’s production schedule and begin to unravel more parts of the production.

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house of jackie brown honours_032009

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our site for house of jackie brown has been bookmarked by a few worthy website design portals & fashion blogs. spyline, xhilarate, designaside, lifelounge, make better websites, foliostars, modern web design awards, QNT, new web pick, S5-style, wooki.es & mob living being a few of the finer ones.

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house of jackie brown website

please take a moment to check out our new website for the house of jackie brown. featuring hi-res vintage layouts of their new electric couture line and an original ‘vinyl pressed’ soundtrack, it’s a bit of a wild one.

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65daysofstatic –
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we are extremely proud to be able to announce the forthcoming release of a long-term project of ours. since june 2008 we’ve been working in close collaboration with 65daysofstatic on a piece that captures what it’s like to experience their live show. 65DAYSOFSTATIC – ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK is a double disc set. it’s out on april 20th & you can view a trailer for it here:

we produced, directed & shot the second half of the set – a 75 minute film recording life on the road with 65, whilst they toured europe & north america with the cure.

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fallen heroes –
the designers republic_012809

designer's republic ad

our first experience of the work of the designers republic was through the stunning record sleeve artwork of pop will eat itself back in the mid-nineties. since then they’ve continued to produce nail-bitingly original work for the likes of warp records, the wipeout video game series & nine inch nails. however equally important is their attitude toward the world of commercial design and the background from which they come. it’s for all these reasons combined that they remain one of the very few design outfits that we here at (v) take seriously at all.

so it’s no great surprise then that we were greatly saddened to hear of their recent demise (though rumour has it they will be rising again!).

please read the following article recently dusted off by the smart fellows at creative review. it’s from 2001 and gives you a very good idea of why these guys should probably be taken more seriously than just about anyone else out there:

the designers republic remembered

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