Shambala Story the shabby chic improvised wheelbarrow disco

Posted on 21 September , 2011 by joimson

From the outset Tip of the Pops and Shambala seemed like a perfect match, shabby chic improvised disco meets colourful creative community festival with green credentials. Before I got a chance to book the time off work Shambala were chasing me to confirm and promised to mention Tip of the Pops in their mailing list [...]

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In-da-dome – Tip of the Pops live at Woodhaze released

Posted on 2 August , 2008 by joimson

This was my first digital recording using mini-disc and boy what a difference it makes! The whole editing took about 6 hours using free software Audacity; approximately 1 hour for every 10 minutes of music. The overall sound quality is up 5 fold, there are still imperfections but that is no fault of the equipment. [...]

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Eco disco: reduce, reuse, recycle, boogie

Posted on 31 May , 2008 by joimson

Tip of the Pops is a solar powered wheelbarrow disco, all of the equipment and music is reclaimed from Household Recycling Centres. But this experimental discotheque is as far from rubbish as MC Hammer is to the Beatles. Hosted by dumpmeister DJ Dynamo spinning classic 7” vinyl and six decades of dance. Tip of the [...]

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Introducing Earwig the Antidote to Apples ipod

Posted on 27 February , 2008 by joimson

For all those people who love to party meet earwig, the antidote to Apples ipod. Earwig is a solar powered wheelbarrow disco played by yours truly DJ Dirty Ali. All of the music comes from the dump and so does most of the equipment. Only a few technical bits have been used from new and [...]

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