An excellent band I had the privilege of playing with for a couple of years in Glasgow in the 00s.
Flying Buttress
A collection of tunes recorded in 1998 using a record player, reel-to-reel tape recorder, monophonic synthesizer and a sampler with 8 seconds of sample playback.
Bongshang – Sirenik
From http://www.bongshang.com/sirenik.html Film by JJ Jamieson, music by Bongshang.
Bongshang – Still Standing Still (Back From Beyond)
From www.backfrombeyond.org/bongshang
Sassermaet Clatch
Mam and me making her world-famous recipe. We made this film after I’d mentioned “Sassermaet Clatch” a few times on a BBC Radio Shetland show I co-hosted. My fellow hosts had never heard of it (which is no wonder as ‘The Clatch’ had never been made anywhere apart from mam’s Continue Reading
Becoming Posthuman
The 1990s and early 21st century saw significant developments in the research and application of human genetics, provoking calls for biotechnologies to be given more consideration from ethical and political viewpoints. This essay shall analyse some of these developments and the potential repercussions of their appliance. Key theorists such as Continue Reading
Bongshang – Morita Pt1
From http://www.bongshang.com/moritapt1video.html The track can be streamed and purchased from Bongshang.Bandcamp.com Morita Pt1 by Bongshang Film by JJ Jamieson, music by Bongshang.
Bongshang – Remastered back catalogue albums
Crude Hurricane Jungle vy-lo-fone
Bongshang – Outcast
Film by JJ Jamieson, music by Bongshang.
Moonwalking and murder
Between moonwalking ponies and murderous primetime drama, Shetland has had a very high media profile of late. Whilst the TV two-parter ‘Shetland’ has had a mixed reception locally and critically, Socks the prancing pony in the 3 Mobile advert has received almost universal praise. What’s not to like about a Continue Reading