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Planet Gear: Mat Riviere on his Casio SK1 & Yamaha SU200 sampler

In Depth by Cate Blanche

'Planet Gear' is an irregular feature on DiS, in which we ask musicians to get a bit geeky and talk us through the equipment that makes the 'magic' happen... Here, Mat Riviere talks us through some of his gear. Yamaha SU200 sampler I first got one o»

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Planet Gear: Jamie Cullum on his Fender Rhodes collection

In Depth by Cate Blanche

'Planet Gear' is an irregular feature on DiS in which we ask musicians to get a bit geeky and talk us through the equipment that makes the 'magic' happen... Here, Jamie Cullum talk us through some of treasures he's collected over the years, as well as the making of his new album Momentum, which was produced by Jim Abbiss (Artic Monkeys, Adele) and Dan The Automator (Kasabian, DJ Shadow) and features collaborations with Roots Mauva and Laura Mvula.»

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A Scream and an Outrage: Win tickets to Barbican weekend of music curated by Nico Muhly

News by Cate Blanche

Nico Muhly curates the Barbican’s May marathon of music next weekend, including a line-up featuring Villagers, Philip Glass, Glen Hansard (The Frames) and Bang on a Can. Win tickets...»

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Wampire: 10 things musicians need to know to survive multi-venue festivals like SXSW

In Depth by Cate Blanche

Wampire on the ten things you need to know before you play SXSW (or any multi-venue festival).»

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Planet Gear: The Boy Least Likely To on recording The Great Perhaps

In Depth by Cate Blanche

'Planet Gear' is an irregular feature on DiS, in which we ask musicians to get a bit geeky and talk us through the equipment that makes the 'magic' happen... Here, The Boy Least Likely To talk us through the making of their fourth album, The Great Perhaps.»

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Planet Gear: The Leisure Society on Making Alone Aboard The Ark

In Depth by Cate Blanche

'Planet Gear' is an irregular feature on DiS, in which we ask musicians to get a bit geeky and talk us through the equipment that makes the 'magic' happen... Here, The Leisure Society talk us through the making of their new album, Alone Aboard The Ark.»

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Planet Gear: Javelin on the Hammond Innovex Condor GSM Guitar Synthesizer

In Depth by Cate Blanche

NY/LA genre-hopping duo Javelin return with their third album, Hi Beams, on 15th April 2013, via Luaka Bop - the record label started by David Byrne. Tom Van Buskirk from the band talks about one of the essential ingredients that went into making the album...»

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Planet Gear: Behind the scenes at Ólafur Arnalds' studio

In Depth by Cate Blanche

Welcome to my humble abode! This is where I have made all of my music for the last two years or so. It is a relatively small room situated inside a fairly large old fish factory turned studio complex. It's an inspiring place with a great view of the ocean»

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DiSsection: Fiction - The Big Other album track-by-track

In Depth by Cate Blanche

This week, London based quintet Fiction release their debut album The Big Other, produced by Ash Workman and James Ford. We got the band to talk us through the ten tracks of 80s inflected, spidery guitar lines and poly-rhythm madness...»

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Reason To Believe: Okkervil River, Marke Lanegan & Smoke Fairies on The Songs of Tim Hardin

In Depth by Cate Blanche

This week sees the release of a glorious new Tim Hardin tribute album Reason To Believe, collecting specially recorded cover versions from the likes of Screaming Trees legend Mark Lanegan, Smoke Fairies, Hannah Peel, Okkervil River and many more. We got some of the artists involved to talk about their first encounter with Tim Hardin's songs and what his music means to them... »

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You Can Go Your Own Way: Fleetwood Mac invite fans to recreate the cover of Rumours

News by Cate Blanche

To celebrate the re-release of Fleetwood Mac’s most successful album, Rumours, the band are inviting people to recreate the cover image.»

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DiSsection: Adam Green & Binki Shaprio album track by track

In Depth by Cate Blanche

Adam Green first came to prominence as one-half of the Moldy Peaches, before embarking on a solo career. Binki Shapiro was one-third of Little Joy, the Brazilian-accented Los Angeles trio formed with Fabrizio Moretti (The Strokes) and Rodrigo Amarante that won many fans with its critically acclaimed self-titled 2008 album. Binki and Adam's self-titled album of original duets is released on January 28th via Decca.»

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Planet Gear: James Yuill & an ode to MIDI

In Depth by Cate Blanche

'Planet Gear' is an irregular feature on DiS, in which we ask musicians to get a bit geeky and talk us through the equipment that makes the 'magic' happen... Here, James Yuill talks us through his love affair with MIDI...»

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DiSsection: Wave Machines Pollen track by track & album stream

In Depth by Cate Blanche

It’s been 3 years since the release of their debut album Wave If You’re Really There. The follow up, Pollen, was created in the eaves of St Brides Church in Liverpool. Here, Tim Bruzon and Lexxx (co-Producer) talk us through Pollen, track by track.»

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The Meaning of Ritual: A Songwriting Masterclass with Conor from Villagers

In Depth by Cate Blanche

A songwriting masterclass with Conor from Villagers...»

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The Shins, Calexico & Eleanor Friedberger on their favourite Christmas songs

In Depth by Cate Blanche

With Christmas just around the corner, some of DiS' favourite artists - including The Shins, Andrew Bird, Calexico, Rufus Wainwright, and Sharon Van Etten - have got involved in a brand spanking new compilation of seasonal songs called 'Christmas Rules'.»

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DiS video Premiere: 'Joy' - Tracey Thorn

News by Cate Blanche

DiS is proud to premiere the video for Tracey Thorn's brand spanking new single 'Joy'. The video was filmed in Lille, Northern France and is taken from her Christmas solo album, Tinsel and Lights.»

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DiS video Premiere: 'Drop Anchor' - Martin Rossiter

News by Cate Blanche

Following on from his interview with Marc Burrows, DiS is proud to premiere the brand new video for 'Drop Anchor', taken from from Martin Rossiter's astonishingly beautiful debut solo album, The Defenestration of St Martin.»

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"Drunken drifters and a river that feasted on suicides" - Buck 65 on Anais Nin

In Depth by Cate Blanche

Following on from last week's foray into the Fifty Shades phenomenon, DiS gets all 'literary' again as Buck 65 writes an exclusive piece for us about Anais Nin.»

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Watch the new film for Manic Street Preachers 'Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds'

News by Cate Blanche

Following hot on the heels of our "Manics Monday", which featured a wealth of Generation Terrorists-related writings and ramblings to celebrate the 20th anniversary reissue, today we bring you the premiere of the brand new film for the spookily prescient track 'Nat West-Barclays-Midlands-Lloyds'.»

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Manics Monday: WIN! Generation Terrorists - The Legacy Edition

News by Cate Blanche

To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of its release, the Manic Street Preachers are re-issuing their legendary 18 track debut album Generation Terrorists this week. And you could win yourself a copy.»

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Paul Banks' track by track guide to his new album Banks

In Depth by Cate Blanche

Now that you've hopefully had time to pick up a copy of the album and sink your ears into it, we turn your attention over to Mr Banks, who has written this guide to the album.... »

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"Not for one minute do I think that I’m a confessional artist" - DiS meets Tori Amos

In Depth by Cate Blanche

Ahead of her full orchestral show at the Royal Albert Hall earlier this week, DiS got to sit down for a cup of tea with the legendary songstress Tori Amos to talk about what still drives her creatively as an artist, her hatred of the term "confessional", and the anniversary of her debut album, Little Earthquakes.»

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Planet Gear: Butch Vig on recording The Emperor’s of Wyoming's debut album

In Depth by Cate Blanche

Butch Vig, best known as the drummer of Garbage and producer of albums such as Nirvana’s Nevermind, has a new project – The Emperor’s of Wyoming. Here, Vig talks us through The Emperor's recording gear....»

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A Day In The Life... of Mike Lindsay from Tunng/Cheek Mountain Thief

In Depth by Cate Blanche

Mike Lindsay’s love affair with Iceland began in 2006. It involved a girl, Harpa, and an unforgettable New Year’s Eve party. In 2011, Lindsay – best known as the frontman of Tunng – took to Iceland to rekindle that romance, and to record a bewitching new album under the name Cheek Mountain Thief inspired by the landscape and the people of Iceland. We asked him to document a day in the life of his new Rejkjavik-based existence...»

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Exclusive: Watch the new Tori Amos video 'Flavor'

News by Cate Blanche

DiS has an exclusive look-see at the brand new video 'Flavor' from flame-haired goddess Tori Amos...»

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Planet Gear: Little Boots on her stylophone, laser harp & Tenori-on

In Depth by Cate Blanche

Victoria Hesketh, aka Little Boots, talks us through the gadgets and synths that make up her touring armoury...»

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Luke Haines: Where Is The 'Outside' and who are the 'Outsiders?'

In Depth by Cate Blanche

To mark the release of Outsider / In: The Collection, a compilation of recordings by Luke Haines, we asked the man himself for some brief thoughts on his favourite "outsider" music. He sent us this missive instead...»

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The Future of Folk: Eddie Barcan on the Cambridge Folk Festival

In Depth by Cate Blanche

Eddie Barcan is the Manager including Artistic Director of Cambridge Folk Festival, one of the longest running and most famous folk festivals in the world, renowned for its eclectic mix of music and unique atmosphere. Here, he talks about the future of folk and what it may hold....»

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Planet Gear: Enjoyed on his charm harp, whistles and fruit percussion

In Depth by Cate Blanche

Electronic musician Enjoyed, talks us through his weird and wonderful world of harps, whistles and fruity percussion...»