January 18th, 2010
Good evening planet earth…
We are proud to announce the official release of Astrophonica 002. You’ve heard it in Podcasts, out at clubs and now you can put it in your sets!
Fracture & Neptune – Hull Breach / Tape Fog
Available on vinyl and digital formats from all good outlets including;
Vinyl:
Chemical Records
Red Eye Records
BM Soho
Digital:
Juno
Boomkat
Beatport
Over and out. Stay tuned for the next transmission!
February 8th, 2010
Oh gosh! We want to give you a little insight into the culinary delights that are a big part of the Astrophonica studio sessions. We present to you; The Astrophonica Wrap.
What you need:
Big wraps (middle eastern kind, Hollyland bakery if you can find)
Humous
Feta Cheese
Cherry Tomatoes
Black Durmaz Olives, halved and then stoned
Avocado
Cucumber
Lettuce
Spring Onion (optional)
Mint
Hot Sauce of your choice
Chop it all up as shown in the picture.
Spread some humous on the wrap. (not too much!!)
Delicately lay the rest of the goodies, one by one, in the wrap.
Then wrap it up!!!!
But be careful, if you don’t wrap it right then you might encounter a… HULL BREACH! (yes, that is how we came up with the name)
Peace. Get wrapping…. till the break of dawn yo.
January 31st, 2010
A video of Charlie Fracture’s Dad, Martin Fieber, jamming it out on the Lap Steel guitar. Martin featured on our track ‘Ventura’ and used this very guitar.
We love the track and Martin totally smashed it Trust me, we were in the background going nuts when he was recording in the studio!!
The lap steel totally makes the tune and gives it the vibe we wanted!
Mad props!!
The video was recorded at The Heathcote blues jam in Leyton, London.
January 27th, 2010
Yooooooooo!
Sometime ago someone showed us this video that a fan of the Toyota AE86 had made.
It seems to be a video of some kind of rally race car ( i know nothing of cars!) and has been cut to one of our tracks; Too Doggone Funky.
We like it and it makes us laugh so we thought we’d share it with you….
January 9th, 2010
Hello again!
DJ Fracture is back with another mix from the crates. Moving away from the classic funk and soul grooves of the last couple of mixes, this time flipping the script with a selection leaning towards 70s/80s/90s rock and pop based tunes.
Lots of the records featured here were first heard as a kid at parent’s parties and have now been imprinted forever…
DJ Fracture presents “Making Plans”
16 Tracks / 1:00:03 / 192mpbs mp3
If you want to share this mix, please direct people here. Don’t use the direct link. Thanks!
1. Girl Guide Intro
2. Tom Tom Club – Genius Of Love
3. Talking Heads – This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
4. Womack & Womack – Teardrops
5. Prince – Erotic City
6. Steve Miller – Abracadabra
7. Ian Dury & The Blockheads – Wake Up
8. New Order – Ecstasy
9. The Cure – A Forest
10. Phil Lynott – King’s Call
11. Fine Young Cannibals – Johnny
12. XTC – Making Plans For Nigel
13. Tears For Fears – Mad World
14 E.S.G. – Moody
15. Devo – Satisfaction
16. Thin Lizzy – Jailbreak
December 15th, 2009
Ho ho ho and all that shiz! It’s almost time to break out the mince pies, turkey, stilton, port, weighing scales and receipts and have yourself a merry little Christmas.
So being the festive chaps that we are we have decided to give you all a wonderful prezzie! A free Fracture & Neptune track from the vaults!!! The track in question is called ‘Reality Hoax’ and was originally written in about 1999 and then updated in 2005/6 or thereabouts. It was scheduled for a few labels but never saw the light of day… so here it is!!!!
December 14th, 2009
Back with some gig news people. We’ll be appearing at the next Renegade Hardware night at Area in Vauxhall, London. The line up for room 2 looks wicked! Including the legendary and all round top guy, Equinox amongst others.
RENEGADE HARDWARE @ AREA | SAT 19th DECEMBER 2009
ADVANCE TICKETS £15 + B/F / MORE ON THE DOOR
AVAILABLE FROM:
The Ticket Sellers – 0844 870 0000
HTTP://WWW.THETICKETSELLERS.CO.UK
Ticketweb – 08444 77 1000
HTTP://WWW.TICKETWEB.CO.UK
TRAVEL INFORMATION TO AREA:
AREA
67 – 68 ALBERT EMBANKMENT
VAUXHALL
LONDON
SE1 7TP
AREA IS LOCATED JUST 1 MINUTE WALK FROM VAUXHALL TRAIN STATION, WHICH IS ON THE VICTORIA LINE & IS ALSO SERVICED BY SOUTH WEST TRAINS TO AND FROM WATERLOO STATION.
ADDITIONALLY, THE FOLLOWING BUS ROUTES SERVICE THE STATION:
routes 2, 36 (24 hour service), 77, 87, 88 (24 hour service), 156, 185, 196, 344 (24 hour service), 360, 436 and Night Bus routes N2, N87, N136
December 10th, 2009
After the success of Astrophonica 001 we are proud to announce that we have just received artwork copies of Astrophonica 002!!!
Full vinyl and digital release will be 11th January 2010 distributed by S.T. Holdings.
We have exclusive full artwork copies available now in the shop. These are exclusive to the site and not available anywhere else.
December 10th, 2009
Loooooong overdue, DJ Fracture is proud to present “Up In Flames”, the follow up to the Rotten Fruit And Cowfoot On The Ridley Road mix. This is a bit more of a jazzier affair and on retrospect it seems to contain a lot of Rhodes and horns.
This mix was originally a birthday mix for a good friend called Loyce Whybrow. Since then (about 2 years ago!!) I’ve redone it, adding new tunes and replacing some others.
19 Tracks / 55.02 / 160mpbs mp3
If you want to share this mix, please direct people here. Don’t use the direct link. Thanks!
1. Space Odyssey Intro
2. Cerrone – Rocket In The Pocket (Break)
3. Lightnin’ Rod – Sport
4. Visioneers – Dirty Old Bossa Nova
5. Dynamic 7 – Squeeze Me
6. Polyversal Souls – Muswellhill Run
7. The Budos Band – My Girl
8. Menahan Street Band – Karina
9. Ramsey Lewis – Collage
10. Bob James – Nautilus
11. Andy Bey – Celestial Blues
12. Travis Biggs – Tibetian Serenity
13. Coach House Rhythm Section – No Such Thing
14. Weather Report – Teen Town
15. Ramsey Lewis – Tambura
16. Dennis Coffey – Theme From Enter The Dragon
17. Roy Ayers – Aragon
18. Charles Bradley – This World Is Going Up In Flames
19. Jaco Pastorius – Portrait Of Tracy
December 3rd, 2009
Word up peeps. Time for something slightly different. Some friends of Astrophonica have some art on show and for sale at a showcase event for Topsafe’s new online gallery, CRACKED! The gallery is a showcase for authentic graffiti talent from across Europe. The show runs from Friday Dec 4th – Sunday Dec 6th in London
Check topsafelondon.com for more details and make sure you check the extra dope work by Emilski, Egs and Finsta.
