It has been a hell of a busy w/e.
On Friday, our debut Dub EP was released on major stores as a download. There are a few teething problems with the Beatport version, but I have been assured by State51 Conspiracy that things are going to run smoothly from now on and it should be up there in a bit. I had a lot of fun making the EP and we are well underway for the second, follow up EP.
Saturday was spent walking. I trundled all over town and down to the PO depot — the reason was that I had just been sent a TRAKTOR AUDIO 2 Soundcard. It is a beast of a thing and tiny but quite cute. It is the same size as a metric beef patty.
Saturday night was spent in great company trying out the Soundcard and a newly built TRAKTOR F1 MIDI Map. It is based on DJ Endo’s MIDI Monster F1 mapping and has proved a lot of fun. Whilst I had not used the four decks available due to the mapping — it felt like I was strapped on to a rocket riding roughly.
Sunday was Mother’s Day — Kathryn was out walking a Westie/Maltese Cross Terrier so I woke and got fuelled on espresso before catching the bus to Ripon to head to Home Farm.
Mum was a bit under the weather due to a very nasty cold, and Dad was preparing to go to the rugby. When it was just Mum and me (after Dad went to Leeds — they won) we just sat and enjoyed each other’s company. Something we never really did when I lived at home. It was nice just to sit there and have a natter with the woman who carried me for nine months and still carries me to an extent (misplaced metaphor?).
I managed to bring my camera and hoped to get some images of Mum — however, she refused to have her photo taken. So, I set about trying to see the different textures on the brickwork and stonework on the farmhouse and surrounding buildings. There is a great variety of stuff to see in the microcosm of a lens
I also had Kathryn’s LCA in attendance — I will try and post the results from that up here in a few days time when I get the images back.
Whilst at the farm I managed to see Jess, my sister’s black cat. Jess is a bit of an enigma — I never know when she is going to be at home but it is always a pleasure to see her. She is a Speaking Cat — when you say “Hello Jess” she will respond with a ‘Meow’ — quite how this came about, other than a loving Mum in my sister, is lost in the depths of antiquity — Jess is around fifteen or sixteen years old and doing great for her age: in fact — she is the cat that made me warm to Cats. She is a lot of fun and it is a pleasure to share her years with her.
When I arrived back in Harrogate (with a floor lamp I was given on the farm) I found a wife covered head to toe in flour and egg. Kathryn had been making Courgette & Lime Muffins and they taste delicious — she hot-footed it to her folks to spend some time with her mum and Dad (I figure she may need a break from me) and I set about doing my show — below you can listen to the show — it is a lot of fun to do.
