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    Mixtape #53 : Best Albums of 2018

    by 5:4 January 1, 2019 • 10:26
    January 1, 2019 • 10:26

    Happy New Year everyone! Many thanks to all of you who have read, followed, commented, shared, promoted and otherwise supported the blog during the previous year, most especially to my beloved band of Patrons. i’m starting 2019 in the usual way, with a new mixtape featuring something from each of the…

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    Best Albums of 2018 (Part 1)

    by 5:4 December 30, 2018 • 00:00
    December 30, 2018 • 00:00

    Right, let’s cut to the chase: forget all those other narrow, limited, parochial and partisan Best Albums lists, here’s the only list you need: my round-up of the 40 albums that have charmed, enthralled, awed and amazed me the most during 2018. In case anyone was in any doubt, it’s…

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    Mixtape #50 : Remix

    by 5:4 October 7, 2018 • 16:50
    October 7, 2018 • 16:50

    The new 5:4 mixtape is a celebration of the art of the remix. However, i should stress immediately that the emphasis here is not simply on that word’s implied legacy of beats and dance-based forms of music. The scope for this particular mixtape is altogether more broad and open-minded, exploring…

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    In memoriam Jóhann Jóhannsson

    by 5:4 February 10, 2018 • 20:25
    February 10, 2018 • 20:25

    First encounters can be unforgettable. Mine was in 2006, and it was the result of an entirely random purchase of an entirely random imported music magazine (German, i think) that contained a disc featuring a cluster of forgettable audio trifles plus a music video. When i hit play on that…

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    Mixtape #28 : Speech

    by 5:4 October 1, 2013 • 12:14
    October 1, 2013 • 12:14

    For the last mixtape of 2013, i’ve decided to explore music in which speech is paramount. Within a musical context, spoken words can jar in much the same way as an actor breaking the fourth wall, unsettling us by (ostensibly at least) withholding abstraction in favour of direct reference. The…

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    Mixtape #1 : Late Night

    by 5:4 February 23, 2008 • 12:14
    February 23, 2008 • 12:14

    There was a discussion on Radio 4 yesterday, about a possible link between creativity and the late night. i have no opinion on this, except insofar as i have had some highly productive late night composing sessions. A lot of my listening to music takes place at night, however, and…

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    From the ridiculous (via noise) to the sublime

    by 5:4 January 4, 2008 • 15:31
    January 4, 2008 • 15:31

    When any series comes to an end, it’s an emotional experience, and so it was yesterday when the last two CDs in Andrew Liles‘ 12-CD Vortex Vault series dropped through my letterbox. Black Pool and Black End mark the conclusion of an amazingly prodigious cycle of discs, released once a…

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