Multiple Visions On Grangemoor

With an afternoon to kill and some new music to listen to, I decided to go for a wander yesterday.



I had downloaded some mixes of Floyd Campbell after reading a feature on XLR8R and decided to head up the old dump of Grangemoor. It seemed apt as he seems to use a lot of found sound as source material... whatever, fidgety buzzing techno is good walking music.

Once up there I decided to amble on further, popping into The Pumping Station (regretting not buying this sign now)...

and onto the Ely Trail, which was quite nice until you got past Sanatorium Park, where it turns onto the back of a decrepit industrial estate, like something out of Life On Mars. The footbridge at the end of Paper Mill Road brings you out between Ely Bridge and Victoria Park and that's where I left the trail and headed back into town down Cowbridge Road East.



The Ely Trail continues up to St. Fagans for four miles and there are plans to put a proper path in once the mess of the old paper mill is sorted but for now, if you want a nice two hour wander, I'd come off one of the paths in Sanatorium Park.

Cowboy Tamale Wolf

Do you know what is a lovely Saturday morning album? Well it ain't Tyler, The Creator's Wolf, which you can stream on Odd Future's SoundCloud.

Still Cowboy and Tamale sound good whenever.

Flowers Everywhere

I haven't been able to escape Lapalux's Flower this week, not that I'm complaining.



First Flying Lotus Facebooked with news that Nostalchic (Lapalux's new album) is available to stream on Resident Advisor (it's coming out on FlyLo's Brainfeeder label) and then while looking for mixes to listen to at work, came across his FACT mix, which uses it alongside some other killer cuts including De La Soul, Chilly Gonzales and SWV.

So yeah, flowers might not be everywhere in IRL with this sodding weather but they are online.

Daft Punk Coach Trip

I'm off to Glasgow tomorrow to watch Gareth Bale versus Scotland.

I'm getting on the coach at 7.45am and getting off around 6pm. Thankfully someone has looped that 15-second Daft Punk SNL advert for roughly the length of the journey. Soundtrack sorted.

Deft, A Viaduct & IKEA Hot Dogs

After moaning about it yesterday, I decided to go for a walk after work with some tunes on.

I got on the Butetown Link Road (A4232, road number fans) with the intention of dropping down into Hamadryad Park. Unfortunately there were no steps down and I didn't want to turn around on a bridge, especially as there were people behind me. So due to not wanting to look like a plonker, I proceeded to walk the length of the viaduct... like a plonker. Still it gave me a chance to listen to some tunes.

I decided to continue on to IKEA and bought some things that are kind of useful but that I was living without quite comfortably. An expensive habit is walking. I also had one of their hot dogs; I wouldn't care even if they were made out of the eyelids of dogs, one them with that mustard on is the bomb.

Anyway the music! I gave that Bok Bok and Girl Unit live thing another spin on the way there, heard Darius on the in-store (it's no Co-op Radio) and a few interesting bits on the awkward walk home (I bought a laundry basket and a clothes rack).

Firstly there was The Field's loping and melancholic Then It's White as I walked around my old stomping ground of Grangetown...



And also Deft's rather fine Supa Dupa.



MP3 ---> Deft - Supa Dupa [hot link from XLR8R]

I'm really liking Deft's productions; his Jungle Jim track was very close to making my top 10 last year.

So yeah, that's what piqued my interest today... maybe I'll turn this into a music and walking blog... seeing that the Fat Hipster Running strand was so successful and long-running.

Hypocrisy, Excuses & Yet Another Apology

Sorry it's been a bit quiet.

I moved to the Bay, despite what I said back in 2010.

Yeah, I had no internet for a few weeks, but the main thing is that I'm now round the corner from work; I used to have an hour-and-a-half walk every day and I'd have earphones in most of the time.

Now I mostly get my music fix in work, loading up Boiler Room and Just Jam mixes; DJ Ride's had a few plays...



As has TNGHT's Full Uncensored Mix...



But I'm still mainly bumming Rustie's Essential Mix. I've boiled it down to this tune though, its apparent allusiveness only adding to its allure...



Uhhh how good is that?

I don't know if I'm going to snap out of this cycle; I've had at least forty-five-minute commutes on foot since I ditched the bus to school in Year 10. I'm not going to take a huge detour just to listen to mp3s and neither will joining the gym (if I join the gym) change anything as I prefer speech radio and podcasts, well I did when I used to run in Llantwit. It doesn't help that The Beat has gone either.

Maybe I should drop the mp3 tag? Or accept that I'm now an old fart?