Pete Townsend gets it SO wrong

I've just listened to the inaugural annual BBC John Peel lecture, given by elderly rock dinosaur Pete Townsend.

Read a BBC report HERE

Watch the lecture HERE

I expected him to ramble on about how great the old record industry was and to whinge about piracy and modern distribution methods for music. Well, fortunately he don't do quite what I expected. Unfortunately, though, he still delivered a rambling, incoherent and confused set of contradictions.

He went into some detail about how John Peel (pbuh) had acted as a filter, an introducer, a source of glorious random discovery of unexpected but brilliant music. He then went on to assert that such a person or process didn't exist in the modern digital music economy. He then went on to list many of the ways it actually DOES exist in the modern digital economy. Like I said, confused and contradictory.

He clearly had no real idea about podcasts or music blogs, despite talking about them.

Like everyone from the dying music industry or the radio industry, he made no mention of netlabels. They are not mentioned so often in discussions about the music industry that it has to be deliberate.

Next year, let's hope the BBC picks a speaker not because he was a member of some old band who made some good records 40 years ago but someone who actually has a finger on the pulse of emerging creative music. They're out there, BBC.

To use modern parlance, epic fail BBC! What a sadly wasted opportunity.

Truth Wars - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 67

Episode 67 of the Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast is now available.

• MixCloud
• iTunes
• Libsyn

Tracks

1. Truth Wars
   Odd Thomas
   https://www.facebook.com/OddThomas 


2. Beautiful Pain
   Propaganda
   http://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Pain/dp/B004KAKJKM


3. Dunjaluk الدنيا
   Echomer
   http://soundcloud.com/echomer


4. Quest - Bandish Projekt 7 Step Remix
   Bandish Projekt
   http://soundcloud.com/bandishprojekt/quest-bandish-projekt-7-step


5. Smack Your Bitch Up
   Benga
   http://soundcloud.com/iambenga/benga-smack-your-bitch-up-1


6. Streets of Katmandu
   Dr Cat
   http://soundcloud.com/drcatmusic/dr-cat-streets-of-katmandu


7. Katmandu
   Vaughan
   http://soundcloud.com/james-vaughan/katmandu


8. Juggernaut
   Nova
   http://generationbass.com/2011/10/22/nova-7-billion-miles-the-rebellion-begins-now/

We've just added a new mix to our MixCloud page: Medieval Middle Eastern Mix

It's a little unusual - it's mix of predominantly acoustic and vocal music from various traditions: Arabo-Andalusian Muwashshah, Castillian, Flemish, Arabian, Moroccan, Persian, Kurdish, European and more...Several of the tunes are collaborations between musicians from different traditions.  

Tracks

1. Allah Mazare (Acoustic)
   Niyaz
2. El Hechizo De Babilonia
   Luis Delgado
3. El Vergel Ignorado
   Luis Delgado
4. Feraghi - Song Of Exile (Acoustic)
   Niyaz
5. Li Habibun Maqamuhu Fawqa Ra'si
   Ensemble Morkos
6. Novus Annus
   Nour Ensemble
7. Nu Alrest
   Radio Tarifa
8. Ramo Verde
   Radio Tarifa
9. Si J'ai Perdu Mon Ami
   Radio Tarifa
10. Ya Sakinan Bi-Fu'adi
    Ensemble Morkos

 

EaRtH CiTy ReCoRdZ is a new label set up by our friend Celt Islam and the label he has worked with for a while, Urban Sedated Records.

The label was set up for alternative and electronica musicians and artists and the label is happy to hear from anyone interested in releasing their material.

Please send any demos to Abu Sulayman at celtislam@googlemail.com 

You can hear some of the label's music here: http://soundcloud.com/earthcityrecordz






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The Dervish House - Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast 65

'Knock, And He'll open the door
Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun
Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens
Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything.'  
Jalal al-Deen Rumi



Episode 65 of the Secret Archives of the Vatican Podcast van be downloaded from here:

• MixCloud
• iTunes
• Libsyn

Tracks

1. Mevlana
   Celt Islam
   http://www.urbansedated.com/celtislam.html
2. Ab-ı Beka Remix
   Özgür Şakar aka Misda Oz vs Mercan Dede
   http://www.doublemoon.com.tr/english/KatalogDetay.aspx?Katalog=70
3. Clock of the Long Now
   Okulus Anomali
   http://soundcloud.com/okulus/clock-of-the-long-now
4. Ab-ı Nar Remix
   Serkan Alkan featuring Efe vs Mercan Dede
   http://www.doublemoon.com.tr/english/KatalogDetay.aspx?Katalog=70
5. Bodega Ridge (The Spy from Cairo's Bodega via Cairo Remix)
   Delhi 2 Dublin
   http://delhi2dublin.bandcamp.com/
6. Dragon Roost Island Dubstep
   Ephixa
   http://soundcloud.com/ephixa/dragon-roost-island-dubstep
7. Gibran's Wisdom (featuring Hasna)
   Oryx
   http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oryx/dp/B00008KH2C/ref=cm_rdp_product_img
8. Salla
   Makale
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makale_(band)
9. Khandit Nayaka (VIP REMIX)
   Nucleya
   http://soundcloud.com/highchai/nucleya-khandit-nayaka-vip
10. Ab-ı Hayat Remix
    Transglobal Underground vs Mercan Dede
    http://www.doublemoon.com.tr/english/KatalogDetay.aspx?Katalog=70
11. Dem
    Azam Ali and Mercan Dede
    http://www.doublemoon.com.tr/english/KatalogDetay.aspx?Katalog=80
12. 800
    Mercen Dede
    http://www.mercandede.com/EN/

Traveller mix: beats, epic strings, tablas

We've just uploaded a new DJ mix to our MixCloud page HERE

Epic orchestral strings, tablas, breakbeats, exquisite vocals, evocative Eastern intonations, beauty and bass.....



Tracks

1. Traveller Talvin Singh
2. Glidepath Secret Archives of the Vatican
3. Dawn Prayer Dhafer Youssef
4. Khwaab Niraj Chag
5. The Empty Quarter Secret Archives of the Vatican
6. Hayati Jah Wobble and the Temple of Sound
7. Holy Breath Dhafer Youssef
8. Little Flower Secret Archives of the Vatican
9. Bangles Niraj Chag
10. Traveller (Kid Loco's Once Upon a Time in the East Mix) Talvin Singh