thanks to everyone who chimed in on my last blog post with advice re: my album release. thats probably the most active this blog has been since i dissed the pixies. i really appreciate everyone’s feedback. there are some bona fide wisecracks in there too, worth reading.

i think i have successfully been talked out of it – it being, the idea of releasing my album in 10 days time. you can get stuck into some of the reasoning behind the decision by trawling through everyone’s very thoughtful comments.

the basic gist is this: i’ve worked a long time on this record, and i’m going to enjoy showing it to people, so why not make that process last? some kind of analogy involving loads, and the blowing of them, and how perhaps i shouldn’t be blowing mine – which itself implies that the act of promoting a record in the most satisfactory way is something akin to a very prolonged lovemaking session between an artist and his/her audience – is obviously too low-brow for me to reproduce here on this sophisticated blog. but if this were a lesser blog i dare say it would be an apt analogy.

i’ll be releasing a single in a couple of weeks, possibly accompanied by a limited edition poster/t-shirt/coffee mug/haven’t decided yet. got an idea? let me know. the album will be february 2010, though i’d advise taking this with a dollop of salt as its not the first time i’ve announced a release date.

in the meantime, thanks to all the people who offered their advice. as a reward, they are all currently listening to a sneak preview of 4 tracks from the faux pas record. hidden at a secret location! i’ll give you a clue – its on the internet!

if you’re keen to hear, just drop me an email. no worries.

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for no particular reason that i know of, this blog was added to the hype machine this morning. to celebrate this, here are a couple of tracks i’m loving right now. if you’ve stumbled here via hypem… uh, welcome to the thing, good luck, you’ll get the hang of it. my posts aren’t always this long but they are ALWAYS this indulgent.

MP3: Dokaka – Creeping Death (Metallica cover)

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dokaka is a japanese a capella artist who uses ‘mouth organ only’. i found out about him years back when he was recording wacky covers like this one, although to call them wacky is probably doing a disservice – this guy means serious business. he is not messing about. this is one intense, faithful cover of a metallica classic.

i was extremely excited to learn a couple of days ago that dokaka is back with a new LP of original material, released by sydney’s uber-weird dual plover record label (justice yeldham, naked on the vague, kevin blechdom etc). haven’t listened to it yet – i bought the download via paypal and just received the LP via yousendit this morning, from swerve himself! rad

MP3: Matias Agauyo – Rollerskate (radio edit)

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dokaka was the first thing i thought of when i heard the new record from matias aguayo. its like if bobby mcferrin was a kompakt artist. its amazing, and this song is a stand-out.

MP3: Coati Mundi – No More Blues

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my song for the summer! former kid creole & the coconuts sideman coati mundi steps into the spotlight for his first solo release in a while. it is fresh, fun and absolutely addictive. “no more blues, no more boo-hoo boo-hoo.” its five and a half minutes of breezy summer disco, incredible! my 19yo sister asked me to make her a summer mixtape – tempted to give her a cd-r with just this song on repeat for 80 minutes. thanks to undomondo for the tip.

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bonus beat – DOKAKA performs the theme from SUPER MARIO CASTLE – LIVE!