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CouchPotatoes update

Posted on July 9 2008 by dirtyoldman

If you’re not already a fan of the ‘taters on the “book of faces”, do so know by clicking here. Why you may ask? Well apart from getting updates on the happenings of the band, every now and then you get special deals and promo shit. Like this week. The ‘taters will be playing at [...]

excuse the hiatus, don't hate us!

Posted on July 7 2008 by dirtyoldman

[image via Outlaw Design Blog] So we’ve been quietly plotting things, which meant that the blogging side of things were on the back burner. Sorry about that, but these things happen. The good news is that in some new an exciting stuff will be happing from our side soon, which we hope you kids will [...]

Considerate Builders Scheme

Posted on April 23 2008 by dirtyoldman

Better late than never, right? This is a case of massive procrastination! We recieved a review copy of Exit to Riverside soon after its release in 2006 and i’ve listened to and loved it since then, but didn’t get round to writing about it! Sorry Justin. RickDisco even imported the album from Germany ’cause it’s [...]

Unit.r – Phosphenes

Posted on April 12 2008 by dirtyoldman

For those of you who missed the launches, shame on you! The rest of us had a blast, dancing and singing like spazzoids, so blegh. Unit.r put out an awesome live show as usual and the new songs came over just as well as old favourites. The album is 45mins of synth sexiness. Opening the [...]

Richard the Third artist page (finally!)

Posted on April 10 2008 by dirtyoldman

After loving his tracks and promoting his gigs since we started back in the ’05 we finally got our shit together and are proud to present a shiny new artist page for Richard the Third! Yay! Clicky! I’ll be putting some of his tracks up on our servers for easy access, but for the moment [...]

Richard The Third feat. Bride Reunion

Posted on April 8 2008 by dirtyoldman

OMFG this track is bangin’! Richard drops off some dirty electro ready to get your guts churning on the dance floor. We <3 dick here @ electrotrash and are superthrilled with his new track!!! Did i just say i love dick? The track features Bride Reunion aka Louise whom you might remember as the voice [...]

Not all CouchPotatoes are lazy

Posted on March 26 2008 by dirtyoldman

What do you get when you “Take one Drum n Bass DJ, add an MC with roots in hardcore and punk, have a few tokes, mix in some acoustic blues and jazz and sew it all together with some seriously sweet beats”? Rhymes reminiscent of Everlast with a certain darkness. CouchPotatoes are Tim, Stef and [...]

In Ghost Colours

Posted on March 24 2008 by dirtyoldman

I hope everyone had a fun & safe long weekend. Safe, because the roads are always crazy this time of year… So after much anticipation Cut Copy have finally released their new album over the weekend. I really enjoyed listening to In Ghost Colours thus far. Those of you who downloaded the free mix tape [...]

Splashy Fen

Posted on March 20 2008 by dirtyoldman

Splashy Fen is about to kick off in less than 8 hours time and my punk ass is in front of a PC in an office. C’est la vie… The line-up includes recent U.S. arrivals Redflecks, Goldfish, Napalma & Kidofdoom. A few more electronic acts would be nice… At archive.org you can get the full [...]

Old Skool Edit

Posted on March 13 2008 by dirtyoldman

Electro is a rather ambiguous term. Use it today and most people think of a sub-genre of house music, mention it 10 years ago and people would assume you’re referring to they electroclash hype. Go back to the early 80s and electro is what one break dances to. Early 80s electro featured the beats from [...]

Cut Copy

Posted on March 7 2008 by dirtyoldman

The release of “In Ghost Colours” is only weeks away. The first single “Lights & Music” has been well received. The next single is So Haunted Hearts on Fire and over at rcrdlbl they have an exclusive download of the Joakim remix. Cut Copy – Hearts on Fire (Joakim remix) The EP for “Lights & Music” [...]

Thursday Bootleg

Posted on March 6 2008 by dirtyoldman

Swedish DJ Copycat has been releasing his mashups since early 2006. This track features various incarnations of Blue Monday mixed on top of the new Superbass single. The song is fun and even features spoken word! Check out his post or download the track here. For you robots in and around Jozi, don’t forget to [...]

Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts I – IV

Posted on March 4 2008 by dirtyoldman

  From nin.com: Nine Inch Nails presents Ghosts I – IV, a brand new 36 track instrumental collection available right now. Almost two hours of new music composed and recorded over an intense ten week period last fall, Ghosts I – IV sprawls Nine Inch Nails across a variety of new terrain. Trent Reznor explains, [...]

Remix Jamie Lidell (get on the Maxi!)

Posted on March 2 2008 by dirtyoldman

Warp’s Jamie Lidell is about to drop his first new album since 2005′s ‘Multiply’. The new album, titled ‘Jim’ , will be released at the end of April and the first single, ‘Little bit of feel good’ is going to be released on the 14th of April. Fluokids have teamed up with Warp, Trax Magazine [...]