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  • Zoo Look – Holdin’ On

    Alexander Warren, Samson King and Craig Watkins are the trio of talented boys behind UK-based ‘Zoo Look’. A friend over at Defected Records was kind enough to send me their most recent EP this morning, released on Tenth Circle. It’s a cool little track with a clap of the hands-style bassline and you can’t help…

  • Couldn’t have said it better myself…

  • The arch enemy of bad moods

    This morning was not a good one. I’ll be honest, I felt royally down-in-the-mouth. Having left the bike in the office, my tube journey presented me with the perfect opportunity to get reacquainted with that old friend called iPod (unlike thousands of others, I refuse to risk my life by listening mid-cycle). My pick-me-up arrived in the…

  • One Vijai created earlier…

  • The Papered Parlour presents: It’s Your Write!

    I went to the writing event last night which turned out to be a silly amount of fun. It actually wasn’t a writing event at all; more a creative gathering of minds, so-to-speak. It was called ‘It’s Your Write!’ and run by The Papered Parlour. Alongside live screen-printing (supply your own slogan, they’ll do the…

  • Vijai’s first style stalker

  • What’s Vijai wearing today?

  • What’s Vijai wearing today?

    Meet Vijai. He’s the Eco Office’s planner who’s just as flamboyant as his clothes are. From now on, we’ll share his outfit with you daily…stay tuned!

  • Lost? Positive thinking adds colour to your life

    Thanks to Animator and Illustrator Ben Wright for this beautiful, hope-filled piece of art.

  • Tuneful Tuesday

    Today has been the first day in a while that I’ve had a little time to sit down and listen to what the wonderful world Beatport has to offer. As always, there’s so much on there that it’s difficult to see the wood for the trees, so to speak. However, after wading my way through…

  • A long-standing love affair

    I freely admit it—I’m having an affair. A very long, lustful liaison that’s turned me into a lumberjack shirt hoarder. Take a look below to see exactly what’s sneaked into my wardrobe since my last post…. Checks, I love you.

  • Inspiration is served

  • A pop convert?

    It’s no secret that every once in a while there’s a Live Lounge track that I fall head over heels for. A slightly less familiar love however, is that old chestnut called pop music. Then there is Adele. Oh, and her jaw-dropping, simply spectacular performance on The Brits this week. Maybe it’s because I can…

  • A bit of sweet house music

    On the hunt for some new tunes last night, I was flicking through the many that had been sent my way. Sadly, there was a distinct lack of ear-pricking-up which prompted me to cast my attention back to 2010 and focus on those numbers I may have missed. First found was the glittering sounds of…

  • Drama in Dahab; playground for the weird and wonderful

    If you happened to read my last post, you’ll know that I was taking a well earned break over New Year and spending time with camels, Pharaohs and fish in Egypt. The trip began in Cairo, where a friend and I spent two sleepless nights embracing the sounds of quadruple lane traffic honking their horns,…

  • New music for a new year

    While I’m off sunning myself on the beaches of Egypt, here are a couple of cool little tracks to keep you ticking over. Germany-based Walker Barnard is definitely my latest love affair so in the spirit of sharing is caring, I’m selflessly passing on his collaboration with Swedish producer Agaric, plus his amazing ‘Bend The…

  • Happy Christmas one-and-all!

  • Island – Daypayk & Padberg, featuring Caro (Noze remix)

    Apologies that it’s been a bit of a case of radio-silence from this end of the world – all energies have been focused strictly on tying up loose ends before Father Christmas and his reindeer friends pay us a visit. Finally, most of my work is done, it’s looking a little rosier on the flight…

  • A lesson on the classics

    On a dark Sunday night in the deepest depths of suburban London, something completely untowards occurred—Soldiersailor, for a good couple of hours, swapped techno for classical music. You heard it here first! I’m a little red-faced to say that it was the This Is England television series that brought the phenomenal Nightbook, by Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi,…

  • Spend ‘A Night With…’ Tobi Neumann

    Over the next couple of weeks, London livens up with some of the biggest nights of the year – Sven Väth and his Cocoon crew are in town for a double whammy weekender (Liverpool on Friday 26th, and Fabric London on 27th), Double Trouble Productions bravely host Rhythmatic’s third anniversary on the same Saturday as Väth,…

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