An update from Soundscape

I just thought I'd give you an update on the Soundscape FM front, I'm spending a fair bit of my time here at the moment. If you want to hear how bad I can sound on radio AV2day at 1pm should show you me cracking under pressure and sounding not great.
Also tomorrow we're broadcasting a day called space day, including 2 piece's I'm working on both called Out There In Here....they should be interesting.

Motion towards an Ambient Soundscape

Just so you all know I will be hosting an ambient soundscape on soundscape fm on Sunday 3rd, between 4 and 6pm live on 87.7fm in Sunderland, and globally for all those who need it at the AV Festival site and just click on the link saying open the AV player.

Two buses?

Just when you think you might not hear anything from me ever again, comes news that soon very soon in one case you will be able to hear quite a bit from me.
For one I'll be bringing Forward Motion back, on a new station Future Beat Radio. Scheduling will be announced soon.
Secondly and far more imminent is my involvement in Soundscape FM which will be broadcasting across Sunderland, from tonight till the 8th March as part of the AVfest. I'll be hopefully commiting some 60 second pieces to the air, as well as an ambient soundscape. Also expect to hear me covering some of the events of the avfestival.
More firm news soon.

Coming Soon?

OK so while I have been suggesting radio stations to check out, and reminiscing on the past of Forward Motion with those pictures, it seems time that maybe we get back down to the nitty gritty after all it's a new year.

So I have missed several heavyweights and quite frankly I'm gutted, and hope to be back down there soon, maybe starting with Iration Steppas, and Hatcha and Crazy D at World Headquarters on the 7th Febuary.

So what next for Forward Motion, except for attending more club nights. Well I am hoping that Forward Motion will be back after a years abscence as a fully function radio show. Whilst I'll also be doing more little side platters, here and there, maybe not everywhere (Got to start slowly). I think it'll be interesting to compare the tracklists of previous shows to where it will be this year. I think it may well be more dance floor friendly than previously.

Ciao for now.

Oh by the way if you want a tasty look at the campaign trail in the states, it's here at My Fellow Americans.

A Few Forward Motion Photos

I thought as other blogs deal with the year gone, in terms of top 10's and discussions about the demise of quality in genres. I generally agree that dubstep is becoming less ground breaking, and is recovering old ground, with exceptions of course.

So what did I decide to do, go through my photo archives and show you the lonely few hours a week that was Forward Motion the show, however much fun I had dancing to myself across the studio and thus creating some dead air.

(This one as you can see, is me chilling out, I assume.

Those Clydes are now in some state, they were the wrong size)

The walk home was always fun, this bright yellow light was

found glowing in an University building.

The walk home usually made me take some nice or

horrendous photos of Newcastle at night

The Union clock, halfway through a 9-11 show,

I'm guessing it's not a 10 o'clock start, I'd be too

self concious to do such a thing with others in the studio

A view by Hetton Park sometime near Midnight




Traffic Cones, they just seem so much nicer at night
Maybe that's just me?

I don't know why but this Grit bin is my favourite photo

from the Forward Motion on NSR FM period.

In case anyone is wondering I'm currently putting together a speech based youth show, and maybe a one off Forward Motion both for community radio stations up here in the North East.