Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world With the world seemingly moving ever further away from the realms of plausibility, sometimes it is all you can do to keep from just giving up and burying your head in the sand. By JOHN BITTLES
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world Going by the number of overly cheery adverts on the telly I think it is safe to assume that Christmas is on the way. With everyone from family to friends willing to embrace this over-commercialized rubbish by demanding presents from yourself make the break from the slimy claw of capitalism this year by simply spending your hard-earned money on yourself. By JOHN BITTLES
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world With fabulous new records by Lord Of The Isles, Makam, Roman Flügel, Michael Mayer, Gas, Loscil, Equip, Hollis Parker, and more to be reviewed I’m going to get straight to the grooves. By JOHN BITTLES
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world Sometimes it can seem that buying singles has become a bit of a dying art! In the age of downloads, people seem to want throwaway songs to play on their iPhone rather than something they can actually touch and feel. Here in Belfast for instance the last place that would regularly get in new dance 12inches has given it up because there simply wasn’t the demand.By JOHN BITTLES
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world Phil Kieran is something of a musical chameleon. Shifting between tempos and genres with glee, he is a DJ/producer who, over a long and distinguished career has never been content to continuously revisit one sound. From the tough techno of his celebrated EPs on Soma, to the low-slung funk of his Le Carousel alias, taking in any number of twisted delights in between, Mr Kieran ably fits the definition of master of all trades. By JOHN BITTLES
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world With UK clubs closing faster than Donald Trump can find people to offend, finding a safe place to dance on a Saturday night can seem futile at times. Recently London institution Fabric joined the likes of Plastic People and The Arches in closing their doors for good! By JOHN BITTLES
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world After a short break where Titel Kulturmagazin went on an 18-30 holiday by mistake, we return this week with more album reviews than any sane person could ever need. After having to endure the tortured strangulations of EBM, and the hen party screeches of Ibiza for the last fortnight, fantastic albums by 2814, Wild Beasts, Bryan Ferry, Dinosaur Jr., Conduct, Gerd Janson, John Roberts, Riley Reinhold, Carl Craig are like manna to our ears. By JOHN BITTLES
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world Before TITEL goes on a well-deserved holiday for two weeks there is a load of new music, so good I simply had to review. In fact, with so many superb new releases by Thomas Ragsdale, Dinky, Synkro, Solar Bears, Kassem Mosse, Sepalcure and more hitting record store shelves this month, I shall dispense with the pleasantries altogether and get straight to the reviews. By JOHN BITTLES
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world Back in 1994 Sunday School famously declared that ›House Is A Feeling‹. This is a message that is all but forgotten by the majority of dance music producers today, yet acts such as Adventures In Daydreams keep the original ethos of house music alive. I first came across the duo’s work two years ago through the melodic headrush of their Spirits Of The Forest EP. The record’s lush electronica and hushed beats conjure a swirl of emotion which stays with you long after it has come to
Music | Bittles’ Magazine: The music column from the end of the world With festival season upon us quality new releases are somewhat thin on the ground. For some reason, once summer kicks in, people are more than happy to spend all their money listening to a crappy band playing on a rubbish sound system, while surrounded by idiots throwing lager in the air and rolling around in the mud. With the cost of going to a festival ever increasing, who has money left to buy new music these days? By JOHN BITTLES
