Joel Martin is not only one half of Quiet Village (along with Matt Edwards of Radio Slave). He's also out together several compilations of library music, including 2004’s “Dawn of the Dead – The Unreleased Score”, featuring original music cues used in the legendary Zombie flick. Joel used some of these tracks when supervising background music for the legendary zombie-comedy film “Shaun of the Dead”.
Here Joel's used his knowledge and ear to stitch together a slithering, many-headed creature guarding the gates of hell. “Baptism by Blood” incorporates everything from the trailer to Argento's "Deep Red", famous horror scores, their lesser known counterparts, as well as horror related afro/reggae and electronica and evil-sounding voices rasping highly evocative words from time to time.
If this doesn't get you in the mood for Unsound 2010's "Horror" theme, we don't know what will.
By the way, Joel is not only going to DJ with Cherrystones as an intro to Emeralds and Goblin on 24.10, he’s also the co-curator of Unsound's panel discussion and Q + A series and will interview the likes of Goblin and Alan Howarth at Unsound, as well as speak about the use of library music in exploitation movies
Podcasts
We're tickled pink that Spatial will be appearing at Unsound Festival at Bass Mutations, as part of a line up in one of two rooms co-presented with New York label "The Index".
With three EP's on Infrasonics, Spatial's productions explore the world of post garage and dub techno via a carefully selected array of sonic tools. They display a meticulous attention to detail and a strong tendency towards experimentation.
To celebrate his Unsound appearance, Spatial has given us a recent recording of a set he played at the UK festival Freerotation. The set contains dubplates and upcoming releases from all sorts of corners of the UK's rapidly evolving club scene.
Appearing at the end of the mix is a treat from Spatial's own forthcoming 10", out very soon on Infransonics. Called infra004, click HERE for track samples.
The wonderful Miasmah artist Kreng was asked by Unsound to make a podcast tying into our 2010 "Horror - the pleasure of fear and unease" theme. He created a unique mix, with music taken from a wide array of horror and sci fi soundtracks, described here in his own words: "This turned out to be a vicious slow burner, calm and slow in the beginning but gradually evolving into a hideous monster." Please note that this is not representative of what Kreng will do with the Belgian theatre group Abattoir Fermé at Unsound Krakow, with whom he will perform - will be some interesting surprises there, for sure.
Listen to this podcast in the dark, alone, with a full bucket of popcorn.
Here's a unique mix by the Belarus producer Pavel Ambiont, who performed at the last Unsound Krakow and Unsound Festival New York. Pavel is also known for his work with Pinch, included on the "Connections" CD. Asked to deliver an podcast, Pavel selflessly decided instead to showcase a range of Belarus producers, not only himself, in order to throw a light on this overlooked region of Eastern Europe. As the mix shows, the local electronic music scene is developing steadily, with the likes of i/dex, Parametric, Santych and Pavel himself moving here fluidly between dub techno, ambient pieces and much more. Enjoy. And please head to soundcloud for a full track listing.
