Xylem Teardrops (unofficial video)

From the Westerleigh Works EP.

Rough Trade Shops ‘Electronic 11′

My track “Critical Condition” (from the Intrusive Incidentalz Vol.1 album) appears on the Rough Trade Shops CD compilation Electronic 11 – a fine survey of current trends in electronic music – available now from Amazon and all major retailers.

Mildew Riddims

An edition of 100 cassettes, released on Plant Migration Records. Nearly sold out – last few copies available to pre-order here. 

SOLD OUT

2011: The Year In Pictures

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Westerleigh Works EP ++

My final release of the year is the Westerleigh Works EP, released on the Perc Trax label. It features three new tracks, plus a remix by the legendary Richard H. Kirk, of Cabaret Voltaire. Richard is one of my all-time biggest musical heroes, so to have him involved in this is just amazing. He’s been in the news quite a bit recently, on account of some excellent archival releases of his previous work, and has done several interviews, including this one, where he even gives me a mention.

My EP is the 50th release on Perc Trax. The label is run by Perc himself, aka Ali Wells, and has been getting a lot of media attention this year.  Just recently it was Resident Adviser’s label of the month, and the accompanying mix should give you a good idea of what the label is all about (and there’s another label mix by Perc here, plus another interview with him over at The Quietus). RA are also running a competition this month – there are three signed copies of my 12″ to be won – and Andrew Ryce gave the EP a respectable 4/5 in his review.

The EP also got a good review from Sam Davies in this month’s Wire magazine, and there’s a nice write-up at Low Riders too.  From this week, it should be widely available on 12″ vinyl and download, and you can stream the tracks via soundcloud.

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I did pretty well in The Wire magazine’s end-of-year charts. Intrusive Incidentalz Vol.1 was #31 in the top 50 albums of the year, and Tapeswap by Ekoclef appeared in the best electronica list.

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There’s an in-depth interview with me by Sammi Maine in the fabulous new print publication Tape-Echo, which you can buy here.

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There are several releases already planned for 2012. The first is a limited edition cassette on the tiny Plant Migration Records, run by the artist Dane Patterson in Brooklyn, NYC.  The cassette will be shipping in January, but you can pre-order it now from the label’s website if you so desire.

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This is my final update of 2011, so I’d just like to say a quick, but heart-felt thank you everyone who bought the records, came to the gigs, or helped me out over the past 12 months. In particular, I’d like to give a special mention to the following for their sterling support and encouragement: Tom at Punch Drunk, Baron Mordant, Ali Perc, Ralph Cumbers, Jade Boyd, Mark & Chloe at Further Records, 2ND Fade, Jonny Mugwump, Alex at Public Information, Sam Davies, Mark Fisher, Joe Stannard, Andrew Bowman, John Eden, Loki, Kek-W, Joe Muggs, Chiz/Qu Junctions, Vincent Korman, Craig at UCA Farnham, Sam at BBC Introducing, Bad Timing crew, Ali Wade at Spannered, Oli & James at Sonic Router, Alex & Sammi at Tape Echo, and all the djs, podcasters, club and concert promoters, bloggers, tweeters, journos and fellow artists who helped spread the word.  See you next year…

Active Crossover

Sound artist Simon Whetham’s ongoing collaborative project, Active Crossover, was first hosted by Arnolfini in October 2009. After touring as an exhibition and series of live events throughout 2011, the project returns to Bristol for an evening of one-off live collaborations between some of the city’s most innovative artists, each of whom have an intriguing and characteristic approach to sound and music production. The event features first-time collaborations between: Kathy Hinde and SJ Esau, Tom Bugs and Ekoplekz, and Skjølbrot and Simon Whetham.

Active Crossover 2011 is supported by Arts Council England and PRS for Music Foundation.

Arnolfini, Bristol
Thu 8 Dec, 7.30pm
£5

Arnolfini

Active Crossover

Latest Online Mixes

Some of my recent mixes…

Mondo Urbano Podcast #27
(a 50 minute mix of other people’s music, for a Portuguese site, with some improvised electronics over the top)

Radio Student Mix
(a one hour mix of unreleased Ekoplekz music for this Slovenian radio station)

Numbers Broadcast #7
(the final 30 minutes of this podcast features yet more unreleased Ekoplekz music)

Ekoclef Updates

Ekoclef’s “Tapeswap” got a great review by Adam Harper in this month’s Wire Magazine, and our tracks featured in both the ‘Office Ambience’ chart and the Rewired radio show, so I think its safe to say they like it.

Elsewhere, John Eden wrote a nice review of the album, along with our live set at Cafe Oto, over at his blog, Uncarved.

Though sparsely attended, the third Ekoclef gig in sleepy Farnham went very well, and there’s a brief write-up by organizer Craig at Skipratmedia.

There’s an interesting interview with my Ekoclef partner Ralph Cumbers over at The Quietus, where he talks a bit about our collaboration, and I was recently invited to appear on BBC Radio Bristol’s ‘Introducing’ programme, where I talked a bit about the Ekoclef project, among other things. There’s a clip of that here.

Snug Life 7″

A split 7″ with Drvg Cvltvre on new Dutch label Snug Life Records has just been released in an edition of 100, available from Boomkat. Nice write-up over at The Wire magazine. Grab ‘em while their hot!

Snug Life have a Souncloud page, where you can also hear an alternative version of my “So Allein Replekz”.

Unsound Extracts

Live visual interference with Ekoplekz at The Information Pylon, Klub Re, Unsound Festival, Krakow, 2011 from Jade Boyd on Vimeo.

Mystic Vertex/ Reflectograph Installation/ Sonic TV Energy field vortex…by Jade Boyd and Nick Edwards aka Ekoplekz (sound) from Jade Boyd on Vimeo.