John Nicholson is on his usual top form in his latest article on football365. He raises a couple of great points. Firstly, touching on John Terry’s constant blubbing after missing his potentially Champions League winning penalty, and what a contradiction that is for the “man’s man” the media portray him as. Nicholson notes that as a nation, we (the English), are supposed to display:
“…the stiff upper lip; emotion is expressed only in private and if shared then only with loved ones. Publicly expressed emotion is for the weak and the self indulgent. It is certainly not the sort of thing leaders of men indulge in.”
More importantly the fact that if you cry like that for a missed penalty, what the hell are you going to do if something really upsetting happens (which is ironic when you consider Terry was on the pitch with someone who’s mum died not long ago).
Its weird how things happen. I wrote a post on Skull Disco a week ago, and in the review of Circling/Over Here, I mentioned how much I love the Basic Channel/Rhythm and Sound influence. Yesterday I got some new vinyl in the post, including some 2562 tracks, which lean even more to the dub techno side, and i’m thinking that its not really techno, not really dubstep (not in the big wobbly bass sense of it anyway), then today there’s a post on the ill-ec-tro-nic suggesting a label for this sound, namely “Dubtec”. I’m not normally one for labels and sub-genres and so on, but I reckon this sound is far enough removed from its parents, to deserve its own name, and Dubtec is good enough for me.
If you’re not sure, then check the post, especially as they’ve got 3 tracks for free download by 3 masters of the sound, Peverelist, 2562, and the mighty Appleblim. I’ll write more about 2562, but needless to say, the releases I picked up blew me away, particularly ‘Techno Dread’ (apt title!), and watch out for his album dropping in June!
What a final!! Drogba sent off, Ronaldo misses a penalty and cries about it, and Terry attempts to be the hero and literally falls on his arse. Read More…
Heard this on an Appleblim set on Sub FM ages ago. No idea who it is, but I want it! More of a dub-house feel than dubstep, with a lovely dub-conscious vocal. Desperate to get this.
Label of choice for me at the moment has to be Appleblim and Shackleton’s Skull Disco imprint. Like a lot of the Dubstep labels I am gravitating towards, there is a heavy Basic Channel/Rhythm and Sound influence, but for me, Skull Disco gets the balance better than many. There’s still that grit in there, and proper dancefloor beats along with those deep dubbed out flavours.
