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More interviews coming up

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:30:00 +0000

The Angry Rabbit crew (which includes me) will be doing some more radio interviews in support of this Friday's release party. We'll be talking about the release gig (we make up 3 of the 4 acts between us) and the CD.

First up is Tuesday 6pm on Radio Active's Drive show.
Thursday night we'll do a bit of a guest spot on The Session, from 9pm.
And I believe Friday will be another quick spot on the breakfast show, sometime after 7 and before 9am.

You can stream Radio Active if you like. It's that kind of thing.

19/08/08 Deep Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:40:00 +0000

Here's what I played on Deep . Andrew Group Five joined me in the studio and contributed a guest set.

Panoramica - Santorini Blue (Angry Rabbit) NZ
Gramm - Non-relations (Source) Germany
Jet Jaguar - Widening Ongoing (Angry Rabbit) NZ
Take & Lukid - Navigators (Inner Current) US / UK
Morgan Packard - Kelp Sway (Anticipate) US
Substrates - Invalidall (Unit 21 Remix) (Greenrat) Russia (Free download )
Minit - IJMuiden (Staubgold) Australia
Janek Schaefer - Broadstairs Children's Piano Trio (Crónica) UK (Free download )
Kapital Band 1 - Playing The Night In Vienna (Mosz) Austria
Polwechsel Fennesz - Framing 6 (Erstwhile) Austria
Group Five guest set
Anton Webern - 4 Pieces for Violin & Piano (Group Five Remix) (Unreleased) Austria / NZ
Aquaboogie - Plane of the Ecliptic (Unreleased) NZ
Tone Rec - Western Magnetic Digest Mix (Sub Rosa) France
The Black Dog - Bolt 3 (Warp) UK
Porter Ricks - Port Gentil (Chain Reaction) Germany
William Carlos Williams reading "The Orchestra" (New Directions) US
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Ben Frost - Forgetting You Is Like Breathing Water (Bedroom Community) Australia / Iceland
Conoco - Koski (Sigma Editions) Finland
Alog - Something Like Islands of Memory (Creaked) Norway
Scott Horscroft - Eleven Guitars (Preservation) Australia

'...Apropos of Nothing' Wellington Release Party

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:44:00 +0000

Here are the details for the Wellington release party for Angry Rabbit's new compilation CD featuring new tracks by me solo as Jet Jaguar and with Stuart McDonald as Malty Media. Follow the link for streaming audio of every track and a couple of free MP3s.

Jet Jaguar
Malty Media
Group Five (coming down from Auckland)
Panoramica (coming up from Dunedin)
All live!

Friday 29th August from 9.30pm
The Burgundy Room, under Bodega
$10 to get in, $20 gets you a CD as well. Bargain.

Deep Show 19/08/08

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:15:00 +0000

Back from Auckland and tonight I'm doing my DJ slot on Deep , broadcast on Radio Active .

11PM-1AM NZST
Tuesday 19th August

Not in NZ? You can check out when the show will be streaming in your time zone .

Interviews for Apropos Of Nothing

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:10:00 +0000

I'm doing a whole lot of interviews leading up to the Auckland release gig for 'Apropos of Nothing'.

First, there's more information about the cD itself over on the label site , including some tunes to download and a player to listen to every track.

Kirsten Johnstone from Radio National interviewed me and Stuart McDonald, last week. Jet Jaguar & Aquaboogie respectively, collectively Malty Media, and two of the three organisers of the compilation.
It's going to air twice:

The Music Mix, Thursday 14th from 11.06PM (Check the time in your timezone )
Stream Radio National

Music 101, Saturday 16th from 2.00PM (Check the time in your timezone )
Stream Radio National

Andrew Loughnan (Group Five, and the other CD organiser) and I are also being interviewed by Andrew Manning on B, and we'll have some give aways of the CD.

Freak the Sheep, Wednesday 13th from 9.00PM (Check the time in your timezone )
Stream BFM

And finally, an early morning chat with Lewis Tennant.

The Morning Toaster, Friday 15th - probably just after 7.00AM or I might still be in the shower! (Check the time in your timezone )
Stream BFM

Oh, and we've also got a wee feature (contradiction in terms!?) in this week's print version of Groove Guide which is out tomorrow.

Malty Media video

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:52:00 +0000

A very nice man has made a video for Malty Media's tune, 'The Mescaline Man', appearing on the upcoming Angry Rabbit compilation Apropos of Nothing.

Here it is on Youtube:

'...Apropos of Nothing' Auckland Release Party

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:04:00 +0000

So those of us involved with our little label Angry Rabbit are releasing a CD compilation of exclusive electronic num nums called '...Apropos of Nothing'. It's taken a lot of work, but we're doing the Auckland leg of our release antics in a couple of weeks, and another gig in Wellington 29th August. Will throw up a flyer for that in good time.

Jet Jaguar
Malty Media
Group Five
+ DJ Bignificent D

Khuja Lounge
16th August 2008
Starts at 7pm, ends at 11! We mean it.

$20 gets you entry and a copy of the shiny new CD. $10 gets you in. Awesome.

If any of you are Facebook types, you can sign up to the event there.

More about the CD as it comes to hand at the Angry Rabbit website.

Malty Media @ Katipo - 6th August

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:16:00 +0000

This month's session will be a chance for a sneak preview of a whole lot of collaborative live jams.

End of August is a release party for our first release on CD, a track on the forthcoming compilation 'Apropos of Nothing'. Seemed like a fitting occasion to bust out a decent hour or so of, ah, "originals". The CD also has solo Aquaboogie and Jet Jaguar stuff, but we'll be playing none of that Wednesday.

Click for a bigger flyer.

Download a Fireworks Night remix

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:50:00 +0000

I've made available an MP3 of a track I did last year for a British band called Fireworks Night .

Here's a direct link:

All The Little Insects (Jet Jaguar Remix) - Fireworks Night

The original was released through Kartel and this version may appear on CD (or other uncompressed format...) later in the year.

22/07/08 Deep Show playlist

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:19:00 +0000

Here's what I played on Deep . The only real theme of proceedings was heaps of 90s stuff, as I dug through albums that first got me really excited about electronic music (well, ones I don't find embarrassing now...)

Cluster - Hollywood (Brain) Germany
Thomas Fehlmann - Seerosengießen (Kompakt) Germany
Mouse On Mars - Papa, Antoine (Too Pure) Germany
Dr Rockit - Looprode (Clear) UK
Skylab - Beyond The Breeze (Astralwerks) US
The Sea And Cake - The Cheech Wizard Meets Baby Ultraman In The Cool Blue Cave (Short Stories About Birds, Trees and The Sporting Life Wherever You Are) (Thrill Jockey) USA
Slowdive - Good Day Sunshine (Creation) UK
Datacide - Sixties Out Of Tune (Daisyworld) Germany / Japan
Dettinger - (Intershop track 2) (Kompakt) Germany
Segue - Casting Off (Duck Bay) Canada (Free download offline, sorry)
Pellarin - Copenhagen Relay (Observatory Online) Denmark (Free download )
Drumlake - Spectral Archway (monohm) Austria (Free download )
Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Peter Blagvad (Filtro) Mexico (Free download )
Sora - River Runs (Autres Directions In Music) Japan (Free download )
Montano - Hello CERES (Capital Recordings) New Zealand
Brian Eno - Lantern Marsh (Virgin) UK
Seefeel - Is It Now? (Sub Rosa) UK
La Gloria - Jodie Was Right (Radio Active) New Zealand
Tim Coster & Nigel Wright - Cathedral (CLaudia) New Zealand
Autechre - Bronchusevenmx24 (Warp) UK
To Rococo Rot - Lips (City Slang) Germany
Tet Et Hok - In The Moog For Some Serious Relaxation (Self-released?) Australia

Deep show 22/07/08

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:39:00 +0000

Next Tuesday I'll be doing my monthly slot DJing Deep , broadcast on Radio Active .

11PM-1AM NZST
Tuesday 22nd July

Not in NZ? You can check out when the show will be streaming in your time zone .

17/06/08 Deep Show Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Here's what I played on Deep . I did something of a showcase for the Canadian label Intr_version ). Also dropped in a half-hour long Vladislav Delay tune, which always feels like cheating! :D

Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Reflect Ella (Static Discos) Mexico
Pep Gaya - Scubby Dub (Kilktekture) Spain
Joshua Treble - A Serious House On Serious Earth (Intr_Version) USA
aMute - Landslips (Intr_Version) France
Désormais - Broken Images And Packets Of Folded Light (Intr_Version) Canada / USA
Ghislain Poirier - Le Soleil N'Ignore Pas (Intr_Version) Canada
(Field recording of frogs from Hoi An, Vietnam)
System - SK20 (~scape) Norway
Firo - One Of Those (Ryoondo Tea) Japan
Jet Jaguar - The Smirking Class (Angry Rabbit) New Zealand
Electric Birds - Splif (U-Cover) USA
Vladislav Delay - Kohde (Sigma Editions) Finland
Minit - Now Right Here (Staubgold) Australia / NZ
LFO - Tied Up (Spiritualized Electric Mainline Mix) (Warp) UK
Dntel - [Dumb Luck Bonus CD 3] (Sub Pop) USA
Clickits - Lilophone (Moteer) UK
The Remote Viewer - I Waited But Nothing Happened (City Centre Offices) UK
(Field ecording of Station, Tokyo, Japan)
Mouse On Mars - Subnubus (Sonig) Germany

Deep show 17/06/08

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 21:20:00 +0000

I'll be DJing Deep , broadcast on Radio Active .

11PM-1AM NZST
Tuesday 17th June

Not in NZ? You can check out when the show will be streaming in your time zone .

Jet Jaguar on Myspace

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 21:17:00 +0000

Yeah, much to my shame I've caved...

http://www.myspace.com/jetjaguarnz

Victim of a Jewel School Aikido blend

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:00:00 +0000

I slipped The Jewel School some exclusives for their all-NZ music week show. They blended a track of mine with an acapella from Slum Village! Bit of a giggle, and glad to know New Zealand has annexed Detroit (Hey, we got Recloose, it obviously started a while back...).

You can download the whole show, with heaps of other NZ music on the downtempo / jazzy / Gilles-Peterson-is-alright-with-us tip:

http://www.straightup.com.au/page?n=1192

Malty Media - live-to-air set and another round at Katipo

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:41:00 +0000

This Thursday Malty Media are playing live-to-air on Radio Active show The Session. The show is streaming if you want to check in. The Session is on from 9-11pm Thursday NZST. (Check your time zone. )

Aaaand Wednesday 4th June is our next Malty Media show at Katipo Cafe, on Willis St. Free. Starts at 7pm. This month we've invited in guest DJs for the first time. Expect an hour of finest Italian soundtrack dishes and other oddities from DJ Scout (veteran of Radio Active's Deep show) and the Defenestrator (through the round window). The usual Malty Media trip will follow. . .

20/05/08 Deep Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:10:00 +0000

Here's what I played on Deep . Tried to give it a bit of a Kiwi music focus, ended up on a strange untitled track bender for a while there! Also did a wee bit of a showcase for the net label Tu M'P3 ) along the way...

Signer - [Involve EP 02 track A1] (Involve) NZ
Rosy Parlane - [#1-4 track 6] (Sigma Editions) NZ
Parmentier - [Luxsound track 5] (Sigma Editions) NZ
Andrew Thomas - A Dream Of A Spider (Involve) NZ
Patio - Damper (Involve) NZ
Aquaboogie - Jack Frost (Angry Rabbit) NZ
Alog - 3 Solitaires (Creaked Records) Norway
Mark Templeton - Across From Golden (Remix) (Anticipate Recordings) USA
Pjusk - Anelse (12k) Norway
Kapital Band 1 - Playing By Numbers (Mosz) Austria
Peel - Metalwork (Opsound) NZ (Free download )
Pan American - Wing (Kranky) USA
Morgan Packard - Airships Fill The Sky (Anticipate Recordings) USA
Mitchell Akiyama - And Sun Into Dust (Tu M'P3) Canada (Free download )
Frans de Waard - Frame (Tu M'P3) Belgium (Free download )
Ekkehard Ehlers - The Babes In The Wood (Version) (Tu M'P3) Germany (Free download )
Yoshio Machida - Infini (Tu M'P3) Japan (Free download )
Ultra Milkmaids - Mew (Klak) (Tu M'P3) France (Free download )
Oren Ambarchi - Remedios The Beauty (Touch) Australia
Zammuto - Some Moss (Apartment B) USA

Deep show Tuesday 20th May

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:15:00 +0000

I'll be DJing Deep , broadcast on Radio Active .

11PM-1AM NZST
Tuesday 20th May

Not in NZ? You can check out when the show will be streaming in your time zone .

A French review of Biddy Bids

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:24:00 +0000

The Netlabels Revue blog has posted a review of my Monotonik EP. Four stars. Merci. :)

Here's a rough translation in English, courtesy of one of my workmates:

We're interested in Jet Jaguar because, despite what you might think initially, the music of this New Zealander lacks neither originality nor interest.

Somewhere between ambient, downtempo, jazz and hip-hop, Jet Jaguar's music pulls you in and is reminiscent of the Englishman, Howie B. And although this guy had already released three albums prior to signing up to Monotonik, it's nice to get on board at this point and discover this bouncing, as well as minimal and groovy EP, direct from the laptop of Jet Jaguar.

Malty Media @ Katipo, 2nd April

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 03:31:00 +0000

Here's the flyer for the latest Malty Media gig, happening at Katipo Cafe next Wednesday, 2nd April. This month, accompanying me (Jet Jaguar) and Stuart (Aquaboogie), will be Yetimon and his crazy visual projections.

26/2/08 Deep Playlist

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:32:00 +0000

Here's what Stuart and I played last night on Deep . A semi ad hoc Malty Media adventure.

Still can't get over Brian Eno calling Radio Active his favourite online radio station!

Taylor Deupree - Live@Tonic, NYC 11.26.02 (Audiosphere) USA
HAT - Uptown Pulldown (Daisyworld) Japan / Germany
Aquaboogie - [Unreleased track] NZ
Harmonia - Dino (Brain) Germany
Antiguo Automata Mexicano - Rother, Dinger, You And Me (Static Discos) Mexico
Gramm - Type Zwei (Source) Germany
Dettinger - [Intershop track #5] (Kompakt) Germany
Aquaboogie - Factory (Angry Rabbit) NZ
Skylab - A (L’Attitude) Japan / USA
Electric Birds - Strata (U-Cover) USA
Tone Language - Field Piano Form (Korm Plastics) Japan / UK
Minit - VII (Sigma Editions) Australia
Mapstation - Tapes (self-released) Germany (Free download )
Pan American - Settled (Kranky) USA
Aquaboogie - [Unreleased track] NZ
Jet Jaguar - Disasters In Reverse (Monotonik) NZ (Free download )
Christopher Cross - Sailing (Jet Jaguar's Role Reversal Mutation) USA
Aquaboogie - [Unreleased track] NZ
Datacide - Sixties Out Of Tune (Asphodel) Japan / Germany

New Jet Jaguar EP free for download

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:15:00 +0000

My first solo release in about 5 years is available now, thanks to ridiculously long-standing net label Monotonik . 5 tracks, all free. Hope you enjoy it.

Jet Jaguar - Biddy Bids

Here's a little blurb about each track:

Red

Was working on it for a dub net label that's yet to see the light of day, so it's obviously got a bit of a skank going on. To add some grit beyond what software would do for me I actually used an FM transmitter to send bits of the track from my computer to my MP3 player and record them off-station, walking around the house and so on. Well, plus some recordings of Tokyo radio.

Basashi Aisu

Japanese for "raw horse meat icecream". Search if you like, but, believe me, it exists. It's not popular at all, at least from people I spoke to in Tokyo, but it is available. More Japanese radio samples, some strings from a Dvorak recording at the end.

Enjoy Mask Aesthetic

Name is a t-shirt slogan I saw on a young woman in Tokyo. The drums in this are all sounds of walking in snow through Hokkaido, processed and built into beats, recorded again, played at wrong pitches, re-rhythmed, re-sequenced, re-sampled... So basically it could've been anything, but I think a bit of the chilliness remains. Really happy with the stupidly grubby bassline, the sub bass wobbles, and the mangled melody.

Disasters In Reverse

Another t-shirt slogan title. I recorded the entirety of a subway ride to see one of my private students when I was teaching English in Tokyo, and you can hear big chunks of that in here. The ambient number, I suppose. Maybe, that describes all of these tracks.

Kent's Windchime Recording

A guy called Kent made these recordings of his neighbour's windchimes. This track is made entirely from those recordings - beats, bass, chords, and melodies. Figured the prosaic name was suitable - not often my track titles actually connect much to the sounds!

Malty Media on the Deep show

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:49:00 +0000

So Stuart (Aquaboogie ) is going to join me on Deep , which will broadcast on Radio Active this coming Tuesday, the 26th, from 11-1pm. This makes it an oh so official Malty Media event. Hooray!

Not in NZ? You can check out when the show will be streaming in your time zone .

Malty Media no. 5

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:58:00 +0000

Here's the flier for the latest Malty Media gig, happening at Katipo Cafe, Wednesday 20th February.

Malty Media set to stream or download

noreply@blogger.com (michael) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:40:00 +0000

Stu's uploaded a half hour chunk of our last Malty Media gig, which gives a fairly decent idea of what we get up to. Check out his write-up and the audio itself, if you're so inclined.