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ECDL: My First iMix


On pulling together an iTunes ‘playlist’ gift for a friend today, I thought why not press the other button too and submit it to the iTunes Music Store as an iMix… (that posh/wanky talk for ‘playlist’ if truth be told…)
And it worked.
So if you fancy a nice easy introduction to one of my favourite bands, El Canto Del Loco then clicking this link should launch iTunes on your computer and take you straight to “An ECDL Mix”.
Alternatively just search for ‘El Canto Del Loco’ on iTunes and you’ll find the iMix listed down the right hand side.
It contains the following songs…

Personas
Volvera
Ya Nada Volvera a Ser Como Antes
A Contracorriente
La Vida
Canciones
Son Sueños
Ekix
Peter Pan
Sera
Volver a Disfrutar
Insoportable
Despiertame
Dentro de Mi
Zapatillas
Una Foto en Blanco y Negro
Besos
Gigante

So – a really good combo of bouncy, big, subtle and beautiful.
All in a carefully considered order that’s got me through plenty a shite tube journey.
Give them a try :)

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Stuff & Things About Me

In short, my name's Gareth and I'm the Director of VROOM MEDIA Ltd. I'm a designer, writer, musician and MotoGP nut. I'm a shameless fanboy for Alvaro Bautista & Apple. I go moist over Spanish band El Canto Del Loco, and I'm a total Mac geek. This blog is an ongoing journal of random notes, thoughts and bits of stuff...
...And things.

You can email me here: Clicky Clicky...

My Latest Stuff & Things On Flickr

The Rain Dogs

The latest recordings by my solo music project, The Rain Dogs. These are tracks I'm pulling together over a period of time - some old and some new - and just putting out online for sharing.

only a part not the whole
trust in the you of now
in transit

Smallcreep

My 'formerly industrial' band with my mate Rob. We grew out of wanting to be another NIN some time back and have developed into a far more interesting, singular, challenging and fun. With Rob's emigration to the USA, our way of working and creating was fundamentally altered, but we continued to push the boundaries of possible musics as we always have. Rob's return holds promise to pick things up some more - to develop more ideas, sketchpads, rhythms and approaches to keep us on the cutting edge - and maybe a refreshed approach which might even see us revisit and complete our unfinished masterpiece "BACKLASH". Yeah, right...

Rivercity

Fifteen minutes into the future, a hot, dry summer in Hull: Coates, a researcher and investigator, is hired to trace the whereabouts of missing adolescent Dominic Russell.
Is he the latest in a number of gruesome blood-letting murders attributed to the city’s “Marginals” that exist somewhere in the underbelly of the population?
That’s what the Police say, but it’s not what the boy’s mother believes - and as Coates digs deeper into that underbelly he discovers that Dominic’s disappearance is just a tiny part of a much bigger story: one that will bring his world crashing down and endanger all those around him...

Rivercity is a book that can be read at many levels, weaving a main plot - a clear homage to the “noir” detective genre - with a vampire story and a myriad of strands about perception and reality, human nature, signs, superstitions, the histroy of Hull, aesthetics, the occult and political expediency. Above all it's a novel about philosophy and the nature of truth and knowledge in the electronic age.

Rivercity is now available to purchase online: Click here for info...