IDEAS

So my brother says Wu Lyf just stuck there mp3 over the Fully Flared intro done by Spike Jonze. So there you go. For my new song HUGS the video is going to be footage from Inception. Love you Leo.

Okay you got me. I’ve watched this alot. Because I was raised by the waves I always find music with skateboarding and surfing when done well. Is so much better than the modern music video. For those who do not know WU LYF are the new hope coming out of Manchester music makers. Hopefully they get looked after.

CD. Individually numbered. 50 made. Track Listing (1) Rip Off (2) Headphones. Available NOW at the Kill Rocco Shop. 

Piran CD

Limited Edition

Individually Numbered

What kind of music you into? Oh everything. Well turns out not really. Here is my top ten most played songs on my walkmen. (I just found this) Not very varied but I love them. Alot.

1. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Time To Get Away
2. LADYHAWKE Magic
3. LADYHAWKE Manipulating Woman
4. LADYHAWKE Love Don’t Live Here
5. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM North American Scum
6. LADYHAWKE My Delirium
7. RIHANNA Push Up On Me
8. SANTOGOLD, CASABLANCAS,PHARRELL My Drive Thru
9. LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Someone Great
10. LADYHAWKE Better Than Sunday

In other news. Working on newie newie ‘HUGS’ will get back to ‘MANCUNIA’ just as soon as I’ve finished the 2^nd verse. Got standing tickets for LCD Soundsystem & Hot Chip at Manchester Apollo. Excited.  Saw the Klaxons in Manchester Malmaison Hotel they looked miserable. Read Everything Everything biting at the Courteeners in NME Is that all you have to say? I’m wondering if my online shop needs a pre launch opening party? Call me yeah. Saw Manchester’s Beat the Radar on Friday. The singer needs a straight mike stand and the guitarist needs to know when to play and when not too but there’s good songs there and they are loud which is a win.  Me thinking Christopher Nolan needs to get more ruthless on the editing button Inception & The Dark Knight the snow fight scene and the ship hostage scenes respectively. CTRL Delete. Do it. Talking films here is Ladyhawke and friends jumping about to Dusk Till Dawn. Over and out.

INS

Mike Vallely

Guitars

Albert Hammond Jr

Baxters

OUTS

Faran Krentcil

Facebook

John Terry

Window Cleaners

If I make a music video it’ll be like this. Plus me. Acers.

They’ve been dropped.

I now have 3 tracks labelled ‘Daft Punk Fill’, ‘Chem Bros’ and ‘Block Rock’. So there you go. Fickle.

Here is a fun clip from Mike Vallely talking through his part in the legendary skateboard video Rubbish Heap. Turns out Spike Jonze did it which I never knew. I once tweeted Mike Vallely and he replied ‘thanks’ what a gent.

In other news I’m working on a newie called ‘Mancunia’ it sounds abit N*E*R*D although last night it all went Rocky theme. Hopefully I can shoehorn in some the XX as I’ve been listening to VCR on loop on loop on loop and drop the trumpet section. Maybe.

Piran; An Exercise In The Theoretical Stalking Thereof

18 June 2010 Written by Joe Sparrow

A New Band A Day

You know when you think you know someone, but you can’t swear to it? It’s a bit like when you accidentally catch a glimpse of your own reflection and momentarily think you’re looking someone completely different, but with all the social agonies of not knowing whether to head on over and say ‘hi’.

So, I’m sure I’ve seen Piran around and about in Manchester – I know his face. But I’m equally sure that this is nonsense. There are millions of people in Manchester. Stupid brain. This has become a weird exercise in non-existent stalking. Time to move on.

If I ever do see him, though, he’s owed a hearty congratulations – because this one-Man(c)-band has scrabbled together a great song:

Piran // Rip Off

Being a one-man operation is a minefield of pros and cons – on one hand, you have total creative control and, unless you have a personality disorder, there will be no messy break-ups due to ‘creative differences’ (though if you do have a personality disorder, it will be an extremely messy break up).

The flip side is that the emphasis is squarely on you: no-one to take the strain when you’re exhausted, and every stumble means a long and lonely trip back to draw from the well of inner strength.

So the fact that Piran, my mysterious stranger, has whelped this pristine jewel of a song by himself is a minor triumph. The song is clearly one person’s work – you can always tell – but Rip Off is measured, quirky, clever and still idiosyncratic.

Piran: neat, charming and fun.