This weeks car-related musical interlude

ciro — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:17:14 +0000

As some you of may well know, articles that begin with the words “as some of you may well know” are designed to make you feel like you’re missing something which other ‘cool’ people haven’t missed, thereby single-handedly making you feel like a wallpaper artist and making the thing you miss sound infinitely more awesome than it is.

Anyway, we chat about cars for half an hour every week on 2OceansVibe Radio, SA’s first internet radio station that actually works or is vaguely interesting, or in this case, both. You can download last week’s podcast here, or visit their site to listen live. We’re on from 8:30 every Thursday, with Rich Hardiman and the lovely Gen Akel.

They’ve let us choose the music too and this week we went with Crocodiles: Hearts of Love, because its a killer tune but mostly because they drive around in a grand old Porsche 924 on some sundrenched freeways. Enjoy.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLxJv6d8MN4

Garageband: Let’s Get Detached: Audi R8/Autechre

gavin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:36:45 +0000

The Audi R8, yesterday.

About as emotional as an android’s dream, Autechre have long been the choice of headphoned graphic designers the world over. Using blips and static to create synaptic dream séances, their music is sparse, electronic, functional and very rarely frightening. In much the same way the R8 –in any guise- is purely a creature/product of design.

Hit the jump for a track from the band.

Meticulously mechanical and aloof -skipping a track on an Autechre album is like dropping a gear on the R8- nothing really changes when you hit the controls. Tracks and experience blend into one long digital landscape, which is occasionally beautiful, but almost always cold.

Gavin Williams

Autechre, last Thursday.

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This weeks car-related musical interlude

Garageband: Let’s Get Detached: Audi R8/Autechre