April (Part Deux) Radio Show - Stream/Download

Everyone has been skint this month thanks to the bank holiday at the start followed by four subsequent weekends.

The bonus of a 5 weekend month however is not one but two radio shows from our good selves. (Or rather my good self - Nicky is still on his jaunt!)

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Ministry_Apr_Extra_10 by Thecosmictruth on Mixcloud

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Friday Track: James Mason 'I Want Your Love'

This slice of sunshine soul has already been mentioned once on the blog. Like many killer tracks it was first brought to my attention by those Mancunian scallywags Les Unabombers after they included it on their Electric Soul CD. Can't believe that the compilation is nearly seven years old!! Still sounding fresh today (which is more than can be said about most two-bit comps).

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Erica Iris Simmons: Tape Art

Cast your mind back to the days before CDs could be burnt or mp3s could be ripped, when there existed a music format beautiful in its analogue simplicity. The humble cassette tape was (for a brief period) vinyl's cooler, sharper, more portable, recordable brother. In spite of implementing such radical features as Dolby NR and (gasp) auto-reverse, technology advanced and people became frustrated at the shit sound quality and time consuming means of accessing tracks - hence the format was rendered obsolete. (Though to its credit it enjoyed a more fruitful career than mini-disc).

Those old enough to remember using this format may too recall those instances when the cassette would jam in the player. The cartridge would spew out tape ribbon and that freshly recorded Bruno Brookes Top 40 Chart Countdown would be lost forever. Now to the point of all this rambling nostalgia...check out these super cool works of art created using old C90 tape. We can't be sure whether the artist was inspired by such a hardware malfunction (but we'd like to think there is some story behind these incredible works).

Like a lot of great pop art, when you break it down its a relatively simple idea. What makes it stand out is how striking the final result is. You'll find lots more here.

We're waiting for Erica to come knocking asking to do one of me and Nick.

Might be waiting some time....

April Radio Show - Stream/Download

With Balfe still in the wilderness it was left to me to hold the fort again. I did take along a cuddly toy (above) to keep me company.

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Ministry_Apr_10 by Thecosmictruth on Mixcloud

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Malcolm MacLaren RIP

To the man who 'invented' punk, made disco for for the electro poppers, and somehow managed to fuse opera with a 808 drum machine... This is for you.

Cosmic Easter eCard

Trippy shit.

Easter Sunday: Late Night Audio

Late Night Audio is a night we here at The Cosmic Truth have got a lot of mutual respect for and are fortunate to count Toby and Danny as good mates. Therefore given the opportunity to have an intimate little Easter sunday shindig we jumped at the chance.

I'll let the LNA boys give the M.O.


Late night audio returns for 2010 with its original line up for Bank Holiday Easter Sunday at the all new Drop Venue Stoke Newington.

Very limited capacity, a special martin audio floodlight sound system has been installed and lovingly tuned for clarity and audio purity. We will also be warming up the new sound system with a Rane 1620 rotary mixer to ensure depth and good vibrations.

Dickie Chaytor ( The Cosmic Truth )

MJ Down ( Disco Ferox )

Toby Tobias (Rekids / Late night audio)

Daniel Clark (lna recordings)

Late night audio has been busy of late focussing on the recording side of the creative collective. Soon to be released is the Toby Tobias Macasu E.P. This features four amazing cuts on ltd edition quality vinyl soon to be in the shops imminently. To follow this will be the Das Volt E.P with an eagerly anticipated remix from none other than Mark E.

Late night audio has been focusing on influences by the less well known, but no less legendary tracks and Dj's from Disco, early Boogie, Balearia and leftfield electronic jams to stripped back modern workouts, that re-translate them into warm late night emotive sounds and speaker collages for 21st century.

This night is one not to be missed, true late night sounds.