The Night Mail by New Jackson is one serious kick ass tune, these guys from Dublin have totally nailed this track for me. Credit must also go to Fergal Brennan, for the striking video that accompanies the track. To say that both complement each other is a serious understatement, as you will see for yourself below.
This track just oozes class for me, visually the video total pulled me in, I literally found myself drifting off while watching it.
With summer seemingly coming to an end; though I’m personally unsure when it even started. It seems an appropriate time to release this little cheeky summer bootleg. Mr Hooks and myself, where inspired to do remix a track aimed directly at the “hands in the air” summer crowd.
Emeli Sande is a name that we had never really heard mention off before. A singer, songwriter from Scotland, she hits all the right notes in this well produced track “Heaven”, that did very well in the summer of 2011. The track reminded us of the masterpiece that is Massive Attack’s “Unfinished Sympathy” a track that we both love every second off.
This bootleg is available to download for free here.
Below is the artwork, designed by myself for this Ubblahkan production.
My Digital Mash project was born out of a combination or various things, leading me to design and build my own photography site. The main frustration was based around Facebook and my belief that it has started to cheapen photographs and what they stand for. With so much information being passed around they seem to get lost amongst everything else that goes on. While I certainly dont claim to be a photography expert (Far from it infact) I can appreciate a good photo and the moments that they capture.
I wanted to develop a site that would allow people to view the images, without tagging, comments or fear of them showing up elsewhere. This would put the focus back on the actual photography itself. I also seen it as a way to document my life and the various circles of friends that I touch on a weekly basis.
Consider this to be version 1.0, there is easily room for improvement in various areas.
Finally decided to up my game and move into the studio with my long term DJ pal, Mr Dale Hooks. All outcomes of this new collaboration will fall under the name of Ubblahkan. My goal this year was to finally start producing some material, that would reflect the various genres that I enjoy.
The Ubblahkan project has also givin me another avenue to output some designs. This will allow me to craft a brand based around our productions. For this to happen I wanted to create a look that could be produced many times, yet look very different.
My early work on this consisted of slight variations of the graphic below. The aim is to change the background for each release, giving the tracks an individual, yet consistent appearance.
You can follow Ubblahkan productions and adventures on twitter here.
I came across this very nice looking screensaver by Stefan Trifan, called “The Weather”. What first caught my attention, was the minimalist design, the lovely use of typography and the imagery. After contacting Stefan, he very kindly provided me with a Belfast version of the screensaver, the nice guy that he is. His site is well worth checking out, packed full of interesting visuals and concepts.
You can download the Belfast Weather Screensaver here.
