The work of Kate Tempest was brought to my attention the other day. It was one of those moments when you hear something for the first time that is so good that you have to take a second and listen again to make sure that you heard it right the first time.
I was devastated with the news of Clarence Clemons’ death. It was sadly another great loss to the music world in a matter of weeks with Gil Scott Heron passing in May. I was not in the mood to write another post about yet another great musician being taken before his time. So I let [...]
So it has been over a week since the last post. Been very busy here in the Black Box working on a little bit of everything. The fact is that while blogging is great and all I still gotta get my hands on a bit of bread in order to feed the music-habit.
Finally after months of work and weeks of late nights the Visualisations for the Waves EP are complete! These videos finish off the Waves EP mini-project that has kept me busy over the past couple of months. The EP was released in May and has proven popular with bloggers and listeners alike around the globe. [...]
I’ve been enjoying NTS Independent online Radio for some time now… well for as long as it has been going over the past few months. You can be sure to click onto it at any point during the day and hear something that will either surprise you in a pleasing way, or please you in [...]
As planned the first of a range of videos to be released this Summer is ready for your eyes. Just like everything In The Black Box is working on, this video was created over a long period of time in tandem with the music, and like the music is comprised of a wide range of [...]
I am writing this after hearing the terrible news that The People’s Poet, the irreplaceable Gil Scott Heron has died at the age of 62. I will probably add to this tomorrow when I have had time to get together a proper post about this incredible legend of music and writing. However in the mean [...]
OK so it has been a week since I last posted here, needed to put the feet up for a few days and enjoy a hard earned break. No better time to return than on the occasion of the 85th Birthday of the late, great Miles Davis.
Follow my blog with bloglovin Just today Melbourne DJ and producer Autoimmunity (AKA Miki McLay) released two new tunes through her SOundcloud for the good people of Planet Earth to set their ears upon!
I have been tapping my foot and nodding my head all afternoon to these three tracks from Dutch and Finnish duo J.Kilpiä & T.Paloniemi, AKA Overwatch.
Heard this today on Soundcloud while I sat by the window watching the rain pour down and thunder rumbling in the heavens. Perhaps the perfect music for that moment.
Some great rag time blues here from the wondrous Mississippi John Hurt.
If you are to believe the stories and the songs, Robert Johnson sold his soul at the crossroads, and in return received the blues right down to his bones. Whether true or not the fact remains that Johnson was one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.
Oh man.. it just got real. My bro shared this gem the other week and I keep coming back to it. “Smokestack Lightning” by Howlin’ Wolf, live from London in 1964.
I have been so busy lately with all sorts of things that time is not on my side and my nerves are worn to bits. This song made me smile though when I threw it on my ears and at least for a brief moment I was tapping my foot with the same carefree charisma [...]
If you find yourself a little short on cash for a night out on the tiles… or perhaps your just gearing up for a long night pounding the shit out of a dance-floor.. maybe your thinkin’ there is something missing to your night?? Fear not because Boiler Room have got their heads wired on good [...]
