Mike Ramnarine

Category: Reviews

  • Nor(DEV):Con 2020 Review

    Nor(DEV):Con is a developer conference in Norwich. An hour on the train, but further from London, there was a local, community feel to this event. There was a wider mix of technical and non-technical talks than we expected. This was a deliberate choice to focus on the human side of software development, and it matched…

  • Cinco de Mayo

    “Who accidentally comes to Orlando on Cinco de Mayo?” the guy at the motel asked us. Except more politely. We did. All we wanted was to get catch our flight in the morning. Not party. S didn’t even want to eat. But I voted with my stomach, and this time common sense was on my…

  • The Nether

    “You track them like bloodhounds. Now you want to tell them what to do. Or rather, what not to do. What not to think. What not to feel.” “You said it yourself – The Nether is becoming our contextual framework for being. If that happens, the same laws should apply” I discovered The Nether by…

  • Ruin Lust

    At Tate Britain The Ruin Lust exhibition ran at the Tate Britain and looked at the interest in decaying buildings from 18th century Romanticism to stark modern compositions. Whilst most of the works tied quite well with this umbrella theme the transitions between the eras and styles were very abrupt. The juxtaposition between the schools of…

  • 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…

  • Cold In Berlin Live 7th September 2012

    At The Garage I discovered Cold In Berlin supporting She Wants Revenge a couple of months ago. Unfortunately I was late to the gig and only had a friends praise to go on. I looked them up and started listening to their first album incessantly. And having seeing them headline their album launch was a treat.…