Mike Ramnarine

Category: Music

  • WN26 Superskirmish Finish

    That’s it February Album Writing Month over! In the end I published eight tracks, and 18 minutes of demos. Not bad considering how patchy my time commitment was, and that I started a week late. On Sunday, I did a superskirmish for half that track count. In FAWM parlance, a skirmish is a one hour…

  • WN24 Don’t Rollback, Update!

    It feels like last chewed me up and spat me out. It’s not been the best past couple of weeks. I’ve spent way more time than expected battling a configuration change that would not die. But, along the way I learned a few things. February Album Writing Month didn’t get much progress until the weekend…

  • WN23 Riptide

    So, here it is track number three; Riptide. Three tracks in one month. What a wild ride. Three tracks brought to you by a time box and peer accountability. I’m amazed at the number of hours that I managed to find. A few too many ready-meals and too much evening screen-time, though. Now the time…

  • WN17 2020 in Music

    2020 in three songs Gig of the Year Amigo the Devil We did actually make it to a gig this year! And it was a good one. Albums of the Year Sevdeliza – Eden HMLTD – The West is Dead Nine Inch Nails – Ghosts VI: Locusts Best Ghosts to date, IMO Sessões Selo Sesc…

  • Thoughts on Hip Hop?

    Recently, a friend asked me what I thought about Hip Hop. Big question. I paused and shrugged it off. I probably mentioned a couple of artists. I usually don’t like broad questions, but this one stuck. The question may be superficial, but what do I know and think of hundreds of individual artists? That’s worth…

  • Kap Bambino and Vitalic live 28th Match 2013

    At Koko Kap Bambino are a French electro band. I first saw them supporting Atari Teenage Riot a couple of years ago. That was a really good gig. I even started following FOE who were the opening act. Kap Bambino didn’t quite click for me, but one of my friends got really into them. When he asked if…

  • Bloc Party Live 22nd February 2013

    At Earl’s Court Bloc Party are a London based indie rock band with a very distinctive sound. They recently reformed and have released their forth album imaginatively titled Four. Four does have some of their is a bit stripped back compared to Intimacy, with no synth, but does have their signature delay used throughout. It does feel…

  • Black Light Burns live 14th February 2013

    At The Underworld Black Light Burns is creative work of on and off Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland. He was described it as his main project and free of the need to be commercial or fit someone else’s vision he has had the freedom to be far more experimental. We’re still talking industrial rock, but it…

  • The Tiger Lillies Hamlet 20th September 2012

    At The Southbank Centre The Tiger Lillies are an esoteric band. It’s not often you find someone who makes blasphemy a major theme. However behind the inch thick makeup up and farce are some talented musicians. Only a passing knowledge of the band is enough to know that this wasn’t going to be a typical…

  • Angelspit live 15th September 2012

    At Elecrotwekz/Slimelight Angelspit are a fairly unique electro-industrial band from Australia. They have four albums to their name, have recently expanded from a two piece to a four piece and I was glad to get to see them on their Wall Street Massacre tour. [youtube http://youtu.be/COzASzHd2VI] Slimelight is the longest running goth/alt club in London. Like…