Kniteforce Revolution

Some stuff. And can I have some money please? Don't panic....

Jun 29, 07:20 PM

Hey Everyone,

Before I ask for money, a big thank you to those who donated money recently:-
Andrew Abernethy, Brain Damage Records, M S KIRKE, Silvano Rua and Stefan Schön Big up to al of you, much appreciated, thank you :o)

Heres a picture of my laptop. Remember my old turntables that I covered in skateboard stickers? Well, some things never change. This pic was taken on my new iphone. I feel like I am one of those people. My fingers are to big for the iphone keyboard. Sigh. And, in a trifecta of poncyness, I have succumbed to the Twits. You can follow me on Twitter…I am djlunac. Follow me if you want to be bored to death by the inane details of my life lol. Also, I have added this to the contact details along with my KF USA phone number. I am in New Jersey – please check the time difference if you are calling!

Now, on with the blog post. I hope you are all doing well? I suppose the law of averages means that some of you must be, at least. Anyway, hello. Sorry I haven’t written too much recently, but rest assured that it is because I have been busy. I haven’t just been sitting around playing Shadow Of The Colossus. Although, I might have done that a little bit. Its an oldie but goodie.

What I have been doing is working on music. I have this track with a simply amazing breakbeat in it, but I just cant get the rest of it right. I have been working on it for weeks and weeks. Its driving me nuts…I can feel that if I get it right it will be brilliant.

If.

So there’s that. I have also finished a remix for me old pal Brak, working under his alias Udachi. Its an old skool, 140bpm style remix, and its come out pretty well if I say so myself, which I do. So thats good too. I actually have quite a few new tunes, and am still deciding what will go on KFA47. Its gonna take some time, I think. For now, rest assured that while I might not have been saying too much, I am doing quite a lot :o) And some of the tracks will be the next KFD release, along with the upload of the next podcast.

Which brings me on to the podcast, and its delay. Its not overdue yet, but it nearly is lol. As many of you know, I was hoping to do Supaset 9 as Podcast 9, along with a competition. Unfortunately, I have been working on personal music, rather than set music, so I am no closer to getting that done than I was on my last blog post. Oops. Whatever though, I will either do a usual podcast, or I will get Supaset 9 finished. At some point this month, a new podcast will go up so thats the important thing!

Now, the main reason for this post. The experiment with the back catalogue being free to download has proved pretty good I think. At least, lots of people like it. So I want to move on to the next phase, which is making new KFA tracks available. I would like for KFA to keep releasing stuff, and for you to keep receiving it. Of course, my move to the USA has made some of that a little inconvenient to say the least, seeing as many of my artists are in the UK.

In September, Idealz is coming over to visit and to make some new tunes. So I would like for people to donate towards his ticket and expenses while he is here. He has already bought his ticket, so the tracks are gonna happen anyway, but what happens with the tracks will be up to you. We will have time to make two brand new tunes at least. Once they are made, and Idealz has flown back to the UK, I will remix two of his older tracks in different styles to what we have made in the studio. So there will be a total of 4 tracks in various styles, perhaps more if we get more done. There is no suggested amount you have to pay – I will leave that up to you. Every person who donates will get a link to all of the tracks, regardless of how many people donate in total, or how much is donated. Please title the payment as “Idealz Donation” and I will make a note of your email address for when the tracks are ready, and will email you the link for them at that time!

If we only get a few donations, those that do will still get the tracks, but I will then add the tracks to some MP3 stores at a later date. It will also mean that the only way many of the KFA artists will have new material available will be if they happen to come to the USA on holiday. However, if we get enough donations to cover the costs of the visit, then those that donated will get the tracks, and at a later date I will release the tracks as a KFD. More importantly, it will mean I can invite other KFA artists to the studio and they will come because it is the price of a flight etc which would stop them. Alk-e-d has already expressed an interest, and Poosie will be coming at some point too.
I think this is a nice idea, a better one than trying to sell MP3s, which isn’t such a great way of doing things IMO, and its a different approach. By the way, Idealz didn’t suggest this – this is my idea. I would like to find a way of paying artists without having to sell vinyl, and if this works, it could be fantastic. Its up to you all how this turns out. Its an experiment, one that I mentioned in a blog post a few months ago, and I will let you know how it goes…Feel free to ask questions if I haven’t made myself clear. I will answer in the comments section below! So, if you feel like this is something you would like to be part of, please click the Donate button to the left of this post :o)

By the way, I am playing an old skool set in New York this weekend. Its a small lounge style party. The night is called “Ether” and I am playing from 12-1am and the address is:-

Happy Ending,
302 Broome Street,
New York, NY

Come say hi if you can :o) ANd I am still waiting for ideas for the tracks for Supaset 10 – there have been quite a few, but everyone has chosen different things which doesn’t really help me too much lol. I was hoping everyone would choose certain tracks so I knew what people wanted lol…ah well. I will have to post on other forums and try to get a greater consensus of what were favorites.

Okay, thats it for now! As soon as I have more to say and post, I will say and post it! Huzzah! Outtahere…

Luna-C

Laugh and Cry. But don't Cry.

Jun 10, 07:46 PM

Hey there…so here are 2 pictures (or perhaps broken links) for you to look at. The first is half an unfinished KFA47 sleeve. As yet, I have decided nothing except that a) I am releasing KFA47 on vinyl and b) Fuck Me Egyptian Style will be on it. I don’t know what will go with it, or if it will be a single or double vinyl, or anything at all. So don’t ask lol…What I do know is, I cant end the KFA vinyls on KFA46. Kniteforce went up to 47, so I have to at least match that. As soon as I have more info, I will let you all know.

The second picture took me all of 20 mins to design, and its pretty good huh? I can see why there might be confusion though…Supaset 10? Did we miss Supaset 9?
The answer is no, you didn’t I am almost finished with 9, and it should show up some time in July. The reason I have a Supaset 10 logo is…wait, did you want to hear clips of the tracks I have been making recently? Go to:-


www.myspace.com/kniteforce


I have uploaded a few tracks there. Where was I? Oh yes. One of the tracks on there is a remix of Great Hites. I originally made that track in Supaset 5 I think. And someone asked me via email if I would do a new, tougher mix of it. It was a polite way to say my other version had a shit eq lol…but I cant argue, it did, and it was a little thin sounding. And that got me thinking…there are quite a few tracks from the Supasets that were either only two minutes long, or badly eqed or whatever. And it would be cool if Supaset 10 was released as a mix album, and as a mixable album – so you could download the tracks. So each track would be a complete track. And I could make it the “Best Of” the Supasets.

Heres where You come in!

Let me know your favorite tracks from any of the Supasets 1-8, and I will do a new, well produced, finished track for Supaset 10 that will be available. It can be any of them, as long as they are ones I made, you know. I need 8 or 9 suggestions at least, 10-15 really. I need to know your most popular, and ask friends who are too lazy to post here as well. And….GO!

What else is there to tell you? Lots of Dj work coming up – going to Canada again soon, which is superduper awesome.

Also, I have been laughing about this for a while…I like some of the “fantasy” books like Lord Of The Rings. One of my favorite authors, Brandon Sanderson, was meant to be releasing a new book called “Way Of Kings”. In the end, it hasn’t come out. But Amazon put it up for no reason anyone understands. The result has been a load of made up reviews for a book that doesn’t exist, as well as pretend artwork. It features passionate review titles like “Exploding horses have never been this good” and “Strong Anti-Lettuce themes were disturbing”. If thats the sort of thing that can make you laugh, as it did for me for a good half hour, then copy and paste the link:-

http://tinyurl.com/kqdt9y


And, lastly, I am still adding video to my YouTube account. Search for Crult99 and there I will be! Thats all for now…outtahere…