The Sound of Sydney: AN ORAL HISTORY OF FBI’S CD LIBRARY
“August 29, 2003. Since 1995, fbi (Free Broadcast Inc) Radio 94.5FM has been broadcast on special occasions, in unlikely places. From an empty shop next to the Clock Hotel in Surry Hills, on milk crates in a caravan in Bondi Beach, or above a suckling pig restaurant on George Street.”
Finding Faye
“When I listen to Faye yearn for her past/present lover, I can’t help but romanticise the early stages of any relationship; nothing mattered other than surrendering to the feeling.”
I saw Ginger Root live and got my funk spunked//Remember to thank the internet for introducing you to new music - Ginger Root Review
He admits to taking inspiration from Haruomi Hosono and Yellow Magic Orchestra. But there are also notes of Anri, Tatsuro Yamashita or Miki Matsubara. His song Giddy Up replicates the feeling of galloping on a horse (naturally) at a staggering 158 BPM.
Mucha, So Confusing
“To say, “this is a cigarette ad”, in the same way I can say, “this is a pillow”, or “this is a bookmark”. But isn’t summing it up reductive?”
Saigon Surf: a genre lost & found
Nothing is ever truly final, and much like music, is forever-changing again and again
Mash or pass: An abridged history of mashups
Though it’s gone through periods of both mainstream success as well as being on the fringes, mashups have exploded in online popularity in recent years.