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Cutbush City Limits

Loving these snaps of Millionhands in action from the Cutbushes….

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Mouthing off – 5 tenuously mush related tunes!

 

A bloody excellent remix of Headman by them Chicken Lippers.  Talented hermits that they are, incidentally one of whom (Dean Meredith?) was responsible for the almighty rave classic, Playing with Knives. Headman – It Rough – Chicken Lips

It’s Prince… nuff said. Prince  - Kiss – Live in Detroit

Wasn’t sure wheter to include this one as Morrisey can be a bit of a bell end… especially after he got stuck in to poor old Dermot, however he does right a good tune. The Smiths – Big Mouth Strikes Again

Without question my favourite Ian Brown record, produced at the rather excellent Metropolis studio in Chiswick where we  had a room – or kind of a broom cupboard actually . Ian Brown – Corpses in their Mouths

And last but not least, and perhaps slightly out of character for the MH blog Nirvana – Molly’s Lips

This one’s going out to top $ molly. x

 

Joe Goddard Q&A

To mark the launch of the Joe Goddard Gabriel ‘Heartbreak’ T-shirt, we put our MH Q&A to Joe. Here’s what he said…

What are you working on currently? More tunes with Valentina

What new projects are in store for the rest of 2011? 2 Bears album

What are your current musical inspirations? The weeknd, Brian Eno, Blawan.

What’s on your radar right now? Babies.

Describe your dress sense / style: High and mighty

Most visited blogs and websites? Discogs, youtube.

Where do you live & what are your favourite local haunts? Haringey – Jai Shri Krishna, Jashaan, Antepliler, Yasar Halim.

Eggs – how do you have them? Omelettes

What would you do if you had a million hands? Feel alone and unhappy.

Name 3 of your favourite records old or new?

Neil young- After the Goldrush

 

Velvet Underground- Loaded

Pavement- Slanted and Enchanted.

 

Joe Goddard – Gabriel – featuring Valentina

Better late than never – here’s the track that goes with the T-shirt and vice versa! Joe Goddard of Hot Chip fame’s first solo track, Gabriel, featuring Valentina. Currently getting lots of air time on a radio near you. It’s really rather good…

Gabriel tee!

It’s here. We love it. To celebrate the release of Joe Goddard & Valentina’s underground anthem “Gabriel” this tee is brought to you by Greco-Roman and DFA record labels and Millionhands…. featuring glorious artwork of UTILE CREATIVE. This t-shirt is 100% organic white cotton and made using energy generated by wind, sun and teardrops.

Song of the week: Ritual Union

This is a truly splendid song by Little Dragon….

 

Pional Blair

Pional – In Another Room

Warm like wee pants

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Damn-Ramadanman

Ramadanman as Maurice Donovan – Satisfied

Some more youtube wormhole action.

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“Been around the world and i i i”

Benoit & Sergio’s cover of Daft Punk’s classic ‘Around the World’

top $

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Fingers thursday!

that’s right it’s fingers thursday…. can i get a “woop woop”?

Mr Fingers – Amnesia

Robert Owens  – Bring Down the Walls

Nuff said.

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Loose fitness

Loose Fit – ‘Table Beggar’

Would be fair to say i love this record…. splendid work from the Join the Dots Crew. Big respect to them. x

Pre-order it here

http://www.surus.co.uk/join-the-dots-music/home.aspx

Who nabbed this groove?

Someone pilfered this groove, or this groove is pilfered, i can’t quite work it out, but i recognise it from somewhere… i do, honest.

K.I.D. – You Don´t Like my Music

Song of the week – Metronomy – The Bay

Metronomy’s album ‘English Riviera’ has been on repeat here at MHHQ since we purchased it. ‘The Bay’ (apparently about Torquay) is one of the standout track’s with a suitbaly summery video.

Riva Starr Q&A

Riva Starr, the man behind Snatch! Records, shares what he’s about. 

What are you working on currently? On a new album plus remixes and exclusive trax I will be using for my sets! What projects are in store this year? We gonna keep working hard on the Snatch! label side and I was also thinking to setup kinda live set for next year… let’s see. What are your musical inspirations? Everything that inspires me really, no boundaries or bullshit. I like all kinds of music and I really think that there’s no limit to creativity. Name 3 of your favourite records old or new? Genesis- The musical box / The Chemical Brothers – Leave Home / Guns n Roses- Patience. What’s on your radar? Love watching films, also old ones and I like to go hunting for new restaurants all the time. Describe your style: Snatch! Where do you live & what are your haunts? East London. Defo got a few favourites. If you like good pizza go to Franco Manca inside Brixton Market (just daytime). Ask for a Margherita with Smoked Provola on top! Eggs – how do you them? Omelette (Frittata), I’m the king of the FRITTATA. What would you do if you had a million hands? Half a million omelettes!

 

Down on my bizniss

I found this on a regular little virtual crate-dig-youtube-wormhole-excursion.

Deadboy ‘Down on my mind’

Top $ bizniss.

Then i found that the sample is from Bon Iver – Woods, which is just a magical piece of work – gotta love them wormholes.

Full Woon

“in the NIIIIIIght air”

Found this has been lodged in my brain for a wee while too long, so thought i might share it.

Our German breadbins would refer to this an Ohrwurm – or earworm – a little too reminiscent of Star Trek II the Wrath of Khan for my liking… that crazy little alien earwig thing gave me nightmares for too long.

Anywho, this is good.

Jamie Woon – Night Air (Ramadanman Refix)

Talking Heads – Girlfirend is Better (Live)

I genuinely long to have seen these guys live.

Alas no video but you can smell the special Byrne/ Weymouth steamy juice rising up from this excellent tune!

MK – Burning

i bought this when it was released in UK in 95, no idea where the vinyl ahs gone.

boo and indeed hiss!

Song of the week – Jamie XX – Far Nearer

A monster rekid with the kidz – and for good reason i think this is really rather good… and the man like Mongoose agrees, so it must be so. x

Jamie XX – Far Nearer
 

MYMH – Guy Hornsby

MYMH is a chance for us to find out about Millionhands wearers. This week we speak to Guy Hornsby, 36 from Walthamstow, London.

MY SPACE: I live in Walthamstow, E17 (insert joke here). Not a lot goes on here, but it’s good to escape to when you need some peace. Much of my time is spent in Hackney and Shoreditch. I love Kingsland Road, especially The Rio for films, Mangal for some Turkish, the Arcola for culture, and The Londesborough and The Crown in Angel for Sundays.

MY WORK:  In the day job I’m a happy city-based software project manager, but at night time I’ve been immersed as a multi-tasking DJ, promoter, producer and journalist for over a decade now.

MY TIME OUT: I love festivals. This year I’m off to my first Exit and 6th Lovebox. I’ve loved Ibiza since 2000, and am a recent convert to Berlin, especially Berghain. Gigs-wise I have Pulp and Arcade Fire next month, and saw Elbow, Ben Folds, LCD and Hot Chip recently. I also saw Brian Cox at the Apollo in May, as I’m a bit of a science fanboy. Clubs-wise I run Dropout at the Star every 2 months, and I can be often found at Secretsundaze, Mulletover, Shake It, and Eastern Electrics. I still mourn the death of The End, the best club London has ever seen.

MY MUSIC: I’m a devoted LCD and Hot Chip fan, with Underworld and the Chems not far behind. House music is in my blood, especially Hot Natured, Tsuba, Visionquest, Simple & Wolf+Lamb right now. For guitars no one comes close to Radiohead, but next most played are Arcade Fire, Elbow, Bon Iver, Blur, and lately Metronomy, whose new album is the soundtrack to my summer.

MY STYLE: The phrase ‘smart casual’ sends shivers down my spine. My uniform is jeans, hoodies, t-shirts and lots of trainers. I’ve got 15 pairs, mostly Puma, New Balance and Adidas. They actually get colour-coded with my MH tees, it’s that important! Uniqlo is my new favourite stop for basics.

MY T-SHIRTS: I own 14 Millionhands tees now, though I can’t find the We Not Me, so it didn’t make the photo (below).  I love the new Tazz ones, and the YES one, but top spot has to be the A-Zs. So much of my favourite music on them, and they’re a conversation piece all of their own. Lots of staring.

MY MILLIONHANDS: If I had a million hands probably figure out a way to write, cook, clean and play records at home so I can clear down my to-do list. It’ll never happen otherwise.

Holy Fuck – Red lights

Cats playing instruments

Cats driving cars

What’s not to like?

Song of the week: Don’t let love pass you by

*sample sale*sample sale*sample sale*sample sale*

If you fancy some new garb at super low prices, get yourself down to this brilliant sample sale – featuring FOLK, Oliver Spencer, YMC and… us!

Squirrled away behind the lovely nook that is Lambs Conduit Street in London there are multi bargains to be had – and stylish ones at that.

Today, tomorrow and Saturday – 17-21 Emerald Street, WC1.

 

Retrofit

Some excellent revivalist house music from good friend of MH Mr Jay-to-the-Shepo on his fine Retrofit label.

Get the download here & the vinyl here.

Once upon a time in New York

I caught this great documentary on BBC4 the other day ‘Once Upon a Time in New York – the birth of punk, disco and hip hop’ – well worth watching. Here in five parts… featuring Grandmaster Flash, Blondie and David Byrne.

Don Carlos

Like this: Don Carlos – Alone

Castaways

Radio 4 is opening up its classic Desert Island Discs question to the public: Which eight records would you take with you if you were going to be cast away alone on a desert island? We at MH have been umming it over… it’s a toughie. We’ll report back later in the week when we’ve whittled them down.

Salsa House

Enjoying this: Richie Rich – Salsa House

They see me Rollin’

As the Millionhands office is a cat office, I found this particularly amusing. Thanks to Spencer Parker for leading me to it…