http://davidstuneshop.net don't be scared of the noises, that's normal Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:39:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You would think that the American people, having tasted the Patriot Act, would have tired of being stripped of their civil rights. You would be wrong. Seeing as no one is terribly concerned about terrorists anymore, the US Govenment is falling back on the tried and trusted horror of paedophilia to ... http://davidstuneshop.net/2008/09/20/9000-bellends-oprah-ftw/ My nephew is a huge Thomas the Tank Engine fan. If you have been living in a cave for the last few decades, it's a British telly series based on the books of the same name, about a train engine called Thomas and his myriad train friends who all puff ... http://davidstuneshop.net/2008/08/01/mondegreen/ Well, Guffy gave us the go ahead, so it is with great pride that we present the first of what we intend to be many "CD singles" sold through Amie Street. The album art is the work of my frighteningly talented brother Christopher. The term "CD single" is of course redundant ... http://davidstuneshop.net/2008/07/18/aylos-single-released/ So, yesterday I nailed a mix for a produced-up version of Mr Ray's track, Run. The original is here. This has been a tricky project because of what Ray does. Part of what makes him so unique is his style of delivery - not just the mind bending weirdness of seeing ... http://davidstuneshop.net/2008/07/12/mr-ray-run/ This is a piece from the upcoming film Armalion. With Nico Mendrek's permission it featured in an insert on Afro Cafe on SABC2 last week (I'll try and upload that video soon), so I'm sure he doesn't mind if I post it here. In this scene, our heroes are set upon ... http://davidstuneshop.net/2008/05/19/armalion-worm-battle/ This is a mix that Terry and I did, under the our 3Headz moniker. The vocals and lyrics are by a singer from Durban called Aylos - I think she's going places. This mix will appear on the new album from DJ Guffy (for the umlungu, this is inexplicably ... http://davidstuneshop.net/2008/05/09/remix-aylos-im-beautiful/ This is a club remix I did for up-and-coming Johannesburg artist Zos, whose album is into the final stretch of being mixed here in Studio 1 at SSI. The album version is more hip hop, a bit slower and has more words. And more pianos. Obviously it's unashamedly a party ... http://davidstuneshop.net/2008/05/04/remix-zos/ This week I had the great pleasure of recording an old friend, Ray Connell. His act is mind blowing: he plays acoustic guitar, he sings, and he beatboxes. All at the same time. Ray laid down six tracks as casually as you or I make a cup of coffee, which you ... http://davidstuneshop.net/2008/04/16/mr-ray/ So, through the magic of the Intarwebs, I've had the opportunity to watch the pilot for the new BBC/HBO screen adaptation of Alexander McCall Smith's The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency, which, I shudder to tell you, is a 13 part series. It's difficult to know where it starts going wrong, ... http://davidstuneshop.net/2008/03/27/the-no-1-ladies-epic-fail/ While I can't currently post my commercial work, here's a personal project. This piece of music began life as a statement of ideas for Intrepid. Strangely, none of the themes it contains made it into the final soundtrack, though perhaps some elements did. It is also something of a stress test ... http://davidstuneshop.net/2008/02/29/overture/