Audio Specials

This page is a space for interesting bits and bobs - non-release sounds, exclusive remixes, one offs, DJ mixes - that kind of thing

To hear the performance click the Hi-Fi or Lo-Fi option - to download the performance right click and choose ‘save target as’

A special hour and a bit mix by Clutter of past Earth Monkey releases has been released by INQ Mag and can be heard, downloaded, i-pod subscribed etc here.

INQ Mag is a netaudio resource specialising in podcasts of mixes by net label owners of their own catalogue and past episodes have included test tube, audiotong, kahvi and are all well worth checking out.

INQ Mag said of Earth Monkey...

'After reaching the number of 50 releases, and some other over parallel series such as Talking Monkey or remix projects amongs others, Earth Monkey Productions opens its doors to Monographic Podcast.

Together with all the wide and rich musical aspects, the project curated by Shaun Blezard (aka Clutter), is exciting because part of its efforts are focused on a didactical approach for youngsters called Monkey Noises, specifically on the project of concrete music 60 Seconds, collaborating with pupils of St Bernards School (Cumbria, UK) for its production'

Earth Monkey is 50 – Mixed by Clutter

Tracklisting:

1 4th Alternative – New Dawn (New Dawn – emp013)
2 Ann Wilson – The Sanctuary (The Resting Bench – tm001)
3 Cousin Silas – Empty Airport (Ballard Landscapes – emp007)
4 The Cardboard Lung – Move Away (Patient Lifted – emp029)
5 Manassas – Toastwater (Vague Recollections On Lost Highway – emp003)
6 Emvelope Nine – Receiver (Receiver – emp011)
7 Hometaping – Precipice Control (The Palace Mansion – emp012)
8 Adrian Carter – Switchkicker (Switchkicker – emp016)
9 Cyte – Break Box (Slow Scream EP – emp024)
10 Pandacetamol – Bang On The Equator (Heavy Concentration – emp049)
11 Clutter – Abide With Dub (Anodyne Hi-Fi – emp048)
12 Ben Cornwell – Compact Discovery (Harvey's Intrinsic Boomerang – emp008)
13 Radio Scotvoid – C'mon Let's Go (Fae Ecosse – emp028)
14 Gumbatz Monev's Green Elektrode – Slickers (Cloak Division – emp032)
15 Planivaar – Ghost Chant (The Orange Balloon – emp014)
16 Evan Morris – Lonely Settings (The Doors Of Turmoil – emp018)
17 1000 Aeroplanes Crashing In The Night – (t).e.s.t (Aspire To Be Forgotten - emp020)
18 Dansette Curtsey – Beautiful Y (Natures Little Robots – emp040)
19 Antisocial Services - Kirschner111103rmx2 (Hypnogog Demigod – emp047)
20 Halal Kebab Hut – Scissors Paper Stone (Low Brow High Art Music – emp010)
21 St Bernards School – The Chanting Room (60 Minutes – emp044)
22 Andy Kirk – Someday….Maybe (I Used To Dance, Now I Romance – emp023)
23 Susan Matthews – On A Theme Of Falling (::FALLING:: An Earth Monkey Productions Compilation – emp025)
24 Delta Waves – Twilight (Under Clouds Over Ground – emp005)
25 Des Slow And The Stop Pills – Water (Elements – emp031)
26 Shaun Blezard – Lindal Postcard (Commissions – emp048)
27 Elektroherd – Intro (Sulo Bench – emp033)
28 Apollon – Gate Of The Sun (Metabelief – emp038)
29 Whale Tape – Dream Song (Waking And Dreaming Up – emp039)
30 Mr Duke – Suicide Is Dangerous (I Can't Find My Keys – emp037)

Radio Scotvoid - Live @ The Pickled Onion

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Live @ The Pickled Onion @ The Internet Archive

Recorded at RSVP’s 8 weeks of Curios’ events @ The Pickled Onion in Beverly, Massachusetts.

Featuring the combined talents of Mike Miksis, The Worst Kid, Jesse Ciarmataro, Noel Snow, Jeff Murray, Santos Sucio, Dennis Monagle, Steven Serwacki, Walnut the lyrical geni & Tim Culliane.

So open a beer, kick back and enjoy a night at Curios RSVP style

A BIG thank you to all the players, without you this could not have happened! & BIGOP to: Tim Culliane (WMWM 91.7FM), Machine 475, Dj Ondrej, The Pickled Onion Staff, The Microphone Zone, Eastern Boarder, Salem Cycle, Seaside Cycle, Front St Coffeehouse, Kourtney Demaine, Will Perone, Matt Beaulieu and Christine Baze

Recorded live at The Pickled Onion, Beverly MA October/Decemebr 2007

The Chiptune Megamix by Radio Scotvoid

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The Chiptune Megamix @ The Internet Archive

Last december I put the word out to all chiptuners on myspace to submit a track for my megamix...which was my chance to premiere this d.i.y. sub-genre of 8 bit (sid chip) music - which is a combination of retro video game music mixed in with modern dance rhythms like breaks/screamo/hardcore.

Also it gave me the daunting task of eq-ing, blending, time-stretching and mixing 22 songs ...with added gabber kik!!! Into one 74 minute megamix than could be burned to a cd...

Play it at your youth club, play it on xmas day, play it in your car/i-pod...put it on repeat...and enjoy for now your first installment of the world's best chiptuners-in-the-mix!!!

Open Circuit - March 2007

This is the first in a series of Earth Monkey Productions Open Circuit Podcasts, bringing you live recordings from EMP's Open Circuit nights so you can hear what happened and catch up on things that you missed.

The first Open Circuit podcast was recorded live at The Nest, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, UK on 16th March 2007 and features live sets from:

Muted Cell - Headliner Muted Cell was a group performance piece/improvisation led by sound artist Paul Craddock, featuring Paul, Nick Holt, Andrew Deakin, John Hall and Shaun Blezard. A mixture of live instruments, laptops and live treatments of the environment to form an improvised soundscape. Play Muted Cell

Andrew Deakin - Andrew Deakin is a sound artist working in Cumbria - Andrew's set comprised manipulating found and live recorded sound using max/msp and a Wii controller. Play Andrew Deakin

The Cardboard Lung - John Hall aka The Cardboard Lung played his trademark lo-fi ambient glitch using a laptop and Ableton Live. Play The Cardboard Lung

Clutter - Shaun Blezard aka Clutter played a set manipulating found sounds using Live and a tape echo/wah wah tone generator to explore the more ambient side of Clutter Play Clutter

A great night was had by all - hope you enjoy the evening as much as we all did

Open Circuit - March 2007 @ The Internet Archive

The Earth Monkey Productions Rural Outreach Programme

Clutter & The Cardboard Lung : Music From Cumbrian Village Halls

Water Yeat Village Hall - October 1st 2006 - Download or Stream: Hi-fi - Lo-fi

Satterthwaite Parish Room - October 8th 2006 - Download or stream: Hi-fi - Lo-fi

Urswick Church Hall - October 15th 2006 - Download or stream: Hi-fi - Lo-fi

Music From Village Halls @ The Internet Archive

Three digital sound performances in Rural Cumbrian Community Halls from Earth Monkey Productions recording artists Clutter and The Cardboard Lung, using the sounds generated by the Halls and their environs as the basis for an improvisation.

The Earth Monkey Productions Rural Outreach Programme is supported by FRED an arts invasion across Cumbria 2006

Clutter - Live and Baroque

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Live and Baroque @ The Internet Archive

Live And Baroque is a live mix recorded late one evening when Clutter was a bit bored and skint and needed something to do - It is a representation of his live set circa August 2006. It is one file, in a continuous mix and contains the following tracks:

Erin And Eric The Red: Originally a remix for The International Remix Project - Contains elements of '39 Hour Man' by Acid Burp
Smoking: From The Resting Bench with Ann Wilson
Rainbow Sunshine: From Shopping In A Shipyard Town
Men Of Steel: From Shopping In A Shipyard Town
T.E.S.T: From the forthcoming 1000 Aeroplanes Crashing In The Night album 'Aspire To Be Forgotten' which will be soon co-released by d/a73 and Earth Monkey Productions
Handprint Bedroom: From The Resting Bench with Ann Wilson
Tideracer: Originally written for Leap '05 dance festival
Knee Aye: This has been around for a long time without ever getting a finished studio version. Another live version can be found on Manassas - Live At The Cavendish
Round And Round: Originally written for the film 'The Paperlad'
Paperbyrd: A mash up of 'Erazerbyrd' written with Mike Willoughby for the film 'The Egg' and 'Runaway' written for the film 'The Paperlad'
Moss Haiku: From The Resting Bench with Ann Wilson

The Cardboard Lung vs Clutter - The Devil Knows How To Row

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The Devil Knows How To Row @ The Internet Archive

To celebrate the date 6/6/6 Clutter got together with The Cardboard Lung to record The Devil Knows How To Row. A live improvised recording using a couple of laptops and strong coffee as their only tools.

No overdubs! - No rehearsal! - No audience!

Recorded at Lost Highway Studios, on Barrow Island, Cumbria, UK on the 6th June 2006

Gray Hamm - live @ The Nest 20/05/06

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The EMP Launch Weekend @ The Internet Archive

The amazing Gray Hamm - headliner of the first Talking Monkey spoken word session. Recorded during the Earth Monkey Productions launch weekend, now brought to you in all it’s glory. Poetic tales of dogs, juggling, ASBO’s and of course racing pigeons at war - sit back and enjoy.

Clutter with Ann Wilson - The Resting Bench live @ The Nest 20/05/06

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The EMP Launch Weekend @ The Internet Archive

Hear the live ‘remix’ of The Resting Bench performed at the launch weekend to kick off The Resting Bench exhibition a mixed media collaboration between poet/spoken word artist Ann Wilson and audio/visual artist Shaun Blezard of Clutter. The exhibition runs at The Nest until July 2006