The Open Source Transmission Presents: We Are One

The OST Presents: We Are One

Something for those of you without weekend plans: The Open Source Transmission is a monthly music podcast presented by producer/DJ Triangulator and rapper Lixx (one half of Undercurrent). Through our varied musical interests and different backgrounds we bring you a whole range of great sounds – from old to new, uplifting to melancholy, classic to obscure – but always quality!

We Are One celebrates the O.S.T.’s first birthday with DJs on the night, Zap Em, James Hall, Jepordise, DJ Massacre and, of course, The O.S.T., playing old-school hip-hop, funk, dnb, dubstep, electronica and a whole lot more juicy eclectic goodness – all the musical variation you expect from the O.S.T. podcasts, without losing touch of the Friday night party vibes. If you’re in London, be there – it’s gonna be big!:

Friday 9th December. 9pm-2am
Downstairs @ El Paso, 350-354 Old Street, London EC1V 9NQ
4 pounds on the door, free before 10

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Zola Jesus, London, Heaven

Zola Jesus

By Robert Freeman

November 23, 2011

She may look like a little Legolas borrower, but when Nika Danilova sings it’s like watching a hurricane. On new album Conatus, her operatic vocal stylings act as a focal point for the listener, even if at times one could be forgiven for wishing that the style didn’t obscure the content quite so much. As she belts out her vocals they come from the very back of her throat, and at times it’s a wee bit tricky to actually hear what she’s singing. … Continue Reading

Oneohtrix Point Never, London, St Giles Church

Oneohtrix Point Never

By Greg Salter

November 24, 2011

A church seems like an appropriate venue to hear Daniel Lopatin present the music he’s been making as Oneohtrix Point Never over the last few years. His albums, particularly the sci-fi ambience of 2010’s Returnal and the more fractured, abject tracks on this year’s Replica, are meditative, insular, cerebral things, best heard all the way through, on your own. What’s more, it seems kind of fitting that an artist who has just created an album out of samples from television adverts from the late ‘80s and ‘90s (long forgotten, useless artefacts) should be performing in a relic of a building – though St Giles is still very much an active church, you sense that Lopatin might have enjoyed performing in a space never intended for his strange, haunting experiments. … Continue Reading

Memphis Industries presents Lucky Thirteen at Koko, London, Wednesday 30th November

Memphis Industries presents Lucky 13

As part of celebrations for their 13th birthday, indie label Memphis Industries are taking over Koko in London on Wednesday 30th November 2011 for one special night. A few of the label’s bands will be performing – expect sets from The Go! Team, Field Music, Dutch Uncles and ColourMusic. On top of all that, the label’s giving away an exclusive 13 track compilation of “past, present and future Memphis Industries tracks” to everyone who buys a ticket from their website. To get you in the mood, you can stream a selection of tracks by Memphis Industries artists below. … Continue Reading

Anna Calvi, London, Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Anna Calvi

By Robert Freeman

November 1, 2011

Seriously, you’ve never seen an audience so quiet as when Anna Calvi plucks at her guitar strings. Eyes closed, head up, she looks for all the world like she’s riffing in the desert (and, to be honest, there is a picture of a desert behind her). Considering how quiet she is in between songs and how much she looks like a borrower, Anna Calvi has an impressive ability to open her mouth suddenly and SCARE THE LIVING SHIT OUT OF YOU. Whipping between loud and quiet, the sudden swelling of sultry whispering to a tumescent line of gothic vibrato can be a fairly palpitation-inducing experience. The word ‘rapt’ would be appropriate. … Continue Reading

Marissa Nadler, London, Bush Hall

Marissa Nadler

By Greg Salter

October 4, 2011

Marissa Nadler has stated that her current European tour will be her last for some time – it seems like a combination of stage fright, a few unhappy gig experiences recently and the desire to record some new material has encouraged her to step out of the spotlight for a while. If she does decide to avoid live shows for the time being then it’ll be a shame as, during her engaging and frequently moving set at Bush Hall, her songs were at their most immediate and, occasionally, devastating. … Continue Reading

Marissa Nadler previews London shows with Leonard Cohen cover

Marissa Nadler

A few months ago Marissa Nadler released her fantastic self-titled new album, which we rather liked. She’ll finally be over in the UK next week for two shows – a small instore gig at Rough Trade West on October 3rd, and a full show at London’s Bush Hall on October 4th. These are the first dates on an extensive European tour – you can check out the rest of those shows below. To mark the occasion, she’s made her cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Winter Lady’ available to download for free – it is planned that this song will feature on a second collection of home-taped cover versions to be released in the near future. You can listen to ‘Winter Lady’ below. … Continue Reading

Win tickets to Chapel Club’s London gig on October 18th

Chapel Club

Having released their debut album Palace earlier this year, Chapel Club are closing out the year with a series of special UK shows. At each gig the band will play twice each night – once with a main set featuring songs from Palace and 2010′s Wintering EP, plus an earlier, special set made up of entirely new material. Having started debuting new material in their festival sets over the summer, the band are keen to continue to develop their new ideas in a live setting. You can win two tickets to see the band at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire – their biggest gig to date – on 18th October by answering a very simple question. All you have to do is enter on our competition widget below. … Continue Reading

Emmy The Great, London, Cecil Sharp House

Emmy The Great

By Jiten Karia

London’s Cecil Sharp House screams intimacy. Or at least it would scream were it not the home of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, a slight irk for tonight’s leading lady, Emma-Lee Moss aka Emmy The Great, who by self-admission has been trying to escape allusions to folk music for the past four years.

Instead, the walls whisper and coddle you into a very folksy warmth.

Screaming would ill fit this tiny venue with its foot-high stage, polished wood flooring and tastefully decorated walls. It is so quaint and the atmosphere so polite that you’d fear raising your voice would be offensive. Indeed, it is folk-ish to the extreme. … Continue Reading

King Creosote and Jon Hopkins, London, Queen Elizabeth Hall

King Creosote and Jon Hopkins

September 9, 2011

King Creosote (moniker of beloved Scottish folkie Kenny Anderson) stands in stark contrast to the palatial surroundings he finds himself in tonight. Queen Elizabeth Hall, smaller sibling of its neighbour and equally regally named Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank is not – I’m sure – akin to the spaces he’s spent the better part of his heroic forty-album career performing in. The seats are cushioned, the lobby vast, and the softly lit hall is teeming with ushers. Anderson, meanwhile, shuffles about dressed in faded jeans and tattered shirt (and as the ageing folk bastion sings on Diamond Mine’s ‘Bats In The Attic’: “I’m growing silver in my sideburns” – his ruffled greying hair funnily enough adding to his boyish insouciance). … Continue Reading