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Peace, I'm outta here...

All good things must come to an end and the good people at Blogger's decision to stop supporting ftp websites means that I am bringing the curtain down on The White Noise Revisited. I could have moved it somewhere else and carried on but it seems like the right time to call it a day. I started this blog back in August 2006 and in that time I have had two lovely daughters and my job requires me to expend all of my (limited) creative juices on a daily basis. These two factors have resulted in the gradual decline of TWNR. It ain't what it used to be (back in the day it got props in The Guardian) and that was really rammed home to me when I went back and compiled the roll call of featured artists below. I've loved doing this though, and I still want to keep an outlet for my sporadic musical musings - so anyone who is still interested will be able to find me at -

Ecstasy in Slow Motion

I am hoping to sort it out so that The White Noise Revisited remains alive as an archive but, as of May 1st, there's a chance that it may cease to exist.

*blubs*

But hey, it will live on in our hearts and minds, right?

Bye bye.

x

Those we have loved...

The Boo Radleys/Hijack/Working for a Nuclear Free City/Northstation/Spitfire/The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa/East Flatbush Project/Hardfloor/Ice T & the Time/Penfold Plum/The Sonics/Field Music/Blur/Phuture Assassins/The Flaming Stars/Arab Strap/Aphex Twin/Caustic Window/Add N to X/Regular Fries/Two Lone Swordsmen/Clark/The Hitsville House Band/Four Tet/LB/Colder/Skream/Revolver/The Black Angels/New Order/bravecaptain/Soul Brothers Six/Squarepusher/Dean Parrish/Freelance Hellraiser/Underworld/Hellfire Sermons/Laura Groves/Milieu/T La Rock/James/Mogwai/R.E.M./Low/fIREHOSE/Kid Frost/Z-3 MC's/Public Enemy/Adam & the Ants/Sonovac/Scientist/Bronnt Industries Kapital/Jadell/Immense/Boards of Canada/The Scientist/Don Loves You/Ride/CJ Bolland/The Ruby Suns/Magazine/The Third Eye Foundation/Kool G Rap & DJ Polo/Reigns/Talk Talk/"Little" Johny Taylor/David Holmes/Spiritualized/Lupine Howl/Ram Trilogy/Kraftwerk/Chet Baker/Eminem/The Telescopes/Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam/Just-Ice/Reload/Maps/Outputmessage/Matmos/2 Bad Mice/Happy Mondays/Mark Gardener/The Ronettes/Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/Half Man Half Biscuit/Wisp/The Longcut/AFX/Matinee Orchestra/King Biscuit Time/Beirut/Psapp/Emmy the Great/Sunset Rubdown/L.Pierre/Flowered Up/Papoose/The Fall/The Black Serpent Choir/Tuff Crew/Quickspace/The Beatnuts/The Nightjars/Freestyle/Campag Velocet/Radicalfashion/DJ Mink/The Aliens/The Beta Band/Jake Slazenger/KAOS/Fairport Convention/The Tambourines/Slowdive/Amusement Parks on Fire/Windmill/Primal Scream/Coldcut/D.O.P./React 2 Rhythm/Dr Atomic/The Electric Prunes/U.N.K.L.E/Autokat/The Bluetones/Super Furry Animals/My Bloody Valentine/Caribou/Casino vs Japan/The Art of Noise/Feedle/The Knights of the Turntables/The Irresistible Force/Autechre/Chapterhouse/Bubbah's Tum/Hey-O-Hansen/Spiral Tribe/PFM/The Chameleon/Demon Boyz/Speedy J/New Fast Automatic Daffodils/Cable/Bronze Age Fox/Wooden Spoon/Azalea City Penis Club/Steady B/The Tuss/The Loungs/The Sabres of Paradise/Penthouse/ABBA/Aleksi Perälä/S.K.A.W./Twin Hype/Roxanne Shante/J.V.C. Force/Jungle Brothers/EPMD/Morton Valance/Imperial Brothers/The Flaming Lips/David Devant & His Spirit Wife/Higher Intelligence Agency/Herrmann & Kleine/Gravenhurst/Blitzen Trapper/Max Tundra/Public Image Limited/Chris 'The Glove' Taylor, Dave Storrs & Ice-T/Wayne Smith/Sister Nancy/The Cimarons/Breantford All-Stars/Horace Andy/Mosca/Joy Division/Salt Tank/Blue States/Aleem/Ultramagnetic MCs/Aaliyah/Ivor Cutler Trio/Depeche Mode/M.I.A./Principal Participant/808 State/Spacemen 3/Black Dog Productions/Manitoba/Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force/Schoolly D/Eric B & Rakim/MC Shan/Boogie Down Productions/Big Daddy Kane/Toddy Tee/Eazy-E/Kissy Sell Out vs The Human League/Glasvegas/Ringo Deathstarr/Human Resource/National Lampoon/My Jealous God/Friendly Fires/Nic Nell/Spirea X/F.U.S.E./Luke Slater/Hardfloor/Hashim/The Earlies/Montag/Neil Burrell/Gramme/The Boy Lucas/Life Without Buildings/Duran Duran/Ghetto Brothers/Electralane/Amiina/Marnie Stern/Avey Tare & Kria Brekkan/Battles/Dizzee Rascal/Black Affair/Burial/Sennen/Soulsavers/Lady Sovereign/7 Hurtz/Reubens/The Good, the Bad & the Queen/Miranda Lee Richards/Panda Bear/Motorbass/Holland Buffalo/Zephyr Nova/Beak/School of Language/Polygon Window/3rd Bass/Fuck Buttons/The Heliocentrics/Holy Fuck/The Charlatans/Cine City/69/Six By Seven/Fizzarum/Boom Bip/Jega/The Marcia Blaine School for Girls/Factory Floor/Atlas Sound/Deerhunter/Autolux/Pan Sonic/Flying Saucer Attack/Sand/Stetsasonic/Shut Up & Dance feat. Ragga Twins/Fatboy Slim/Pedro/Adventure/Warp 9/The Russell Brothers/C-Jam & Kid Frost/Whodini/Captain Rock/Man Parrish/The L.A. Dream Team/The Latin Rascals/Newcleus/Daniel Land & the Modern Painters/Chris Moss Acid/Gang Gang Dance/Portishead/Televise/Lesser Gonzales Alvarez/The Travelling Band/M83/Mandy Smith/Koushik/Banjo Or Freakout/Ergo Phizmiz & His Orchestra/Kaotic Chemistry/Blame/Eugenius/The Vaselines/Dan Deacon/Papercuts/The Early Years/Mike & Rich/Squarepusher & AFX/Laurent Garnier/LFO/Nathan Fake/Black Moth Super Rainbow/Johnny Boy/Big Two Hundred/Eddy Current Suppression Ring/Tusken Raiders/Andrea/The Micronawtz/Xena/Debbie Deb/World Class Wreckin' Cru/Jamie Jupitor/Egyptian Lover/19th Fleet/Cli-N-Tel/MC Craig G/The Classical II/True Mathematics/Three Times Dope/Marley Marl Allstars/Echoboy/Scott 4/Walter Pico/Scaffolding/The Ruling Class/Gang Starr/2 Live Crew/Alex Reece/Starkey/William Orbit...

Thanks to Spoilt Victorian Child (imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and I have shamelessly pilfered everything from you), GS (techy shizzle & wordz of wizdom), Feedle (musique incredible), Dave B (ace scribbler), Domino Jones (contributor/genius) and everyone who took the time to leave a comment or send me some music. x

Just Dropping It Onto My Tongue

William Orbit - Water From a Vine Leaf (Spooky's Xylem Flow Mix)

When the Balearic Classics Panel* meet later on this month to decide the next batch of records to be inducted into its hall of fame, I have a suggestion for them. The Xylem Flow Mix of the Madonna and Blur producer William Orbit's Water from a Vine Leaf by progressive house legends Spooky. I'm not sure what the exact criteria is for a Balearic classic - it's an eclectic, freeform genre that takes in a diverse range of artists and music including The Blow Monkeys, Talk Talk, Nitzer Ebb, The Woodentops, The Beloved, The Grid and erm, Mandy Smith and the theme tune from Hill Street Blues - but I'd imagine any song that can provide the soundtrack to chilling as the sun sets at Café del Mar and larging it on the terrace at Space fits the bill. Spooky absolutely nail that brief with this one, transforming Orbit's slight piece of whimsical chill-out (from the third instalment of his Strange Cargo series) with vocals from Beth Orton, into a euphoric dancefloor destroyer - still retaining the delicate melodies of the original. When the exquisite acid droplets rain down at about the 4-minute mark the only people without their hands in the air are those wearing straitjackets. Prog-house heads in the audience might recognise the tune from its inclusion on the seminal 1996 Sasha and Digweed mix album Northern Exposure.

* This only exists in my imagination - Alfredo chairs the meeting, and DJ Harvey and Danny Rampling are on the panel.

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