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Found this on the Night Walks album by Hidden Orchestra. Contains some lovely time signatures woven into the main tune. Awesome!

I came across this gem by accident, as you do with all awesome things. It will do strange things to your brain if you listen to it through headphones. Do it. httpv://youtu.be/Re07n48418o

I came across this lovely ambient tune while listening to Groove Salad on SomaFM. SomaFM is a great electronic music station that’s got a loyal following of thousands of connoisseurs of electronica, ambient beats and almighty chill. It’s a bit repetitive, but it’s lovely to have running in the background while you stare at the sky or lie with your eyes close and untangle the melodies as I love doing. ...

A friend of mine posted this on her Tumblr blog. So I’m sharing it too. Attach this to your mirror. Or don’t. It’s entirely up to you! This should be on mirrors everywhere.   

I came across this incredible piece of audio porn while watching one of Rastaxel’s mind-bending poi videos. The man knows how to pick awesome backing tracks to go with amazing poi moves. This track, however, makes me feel like I’m floating if I close my eyes and would be perfect for winding down the body while the mind revels in the myriad layered soundscapes. https://youtu.be/7kL91mMgGpM?hd=1

 Nom nom nomWay back – well, it’s been about 2 weeks – Karsten came over to the UK to hang out with us. We went to an epic free beach party and spent the wee hours of the morning wandering the banks of the Thames. We watched the sun rise over Tower Bridge and generally had a great time. That was Saturday night. Sunday morning, we crashed out, woke up in the late afternoon and then spent the day playing with poi. ...

Cricket. More interesting than terrorism. While reading up on the Osama Bin Laden assassination operation carried out by the US Navy SEALs (or whoever) on BBC News, I came across the “Most Read” column which amused me to no end. Apparently the British public cares more about someone being hit in the face with a cricket ball. It will never cease to amuse me, I feel..  

Flow arts – poi, staff, clubs, juggling, contact, etc – are all arts for the body. Yet, this amazing, flexible, beautiful and vital piece of the puzzles goes ignored for the longest time! This is a recurring trait that I see over and over among new budding flow artists. It most often manifests in the tendency to plant your feet close together and pretend to be a tree while playing. ...

Another awesome tune for your aural pleasure!

Nick finally OK’d Karen’s video that’s been floating around the Facebooks in secret (shh) for the last month or so and I can now officially share it with the world. Honestly, don’t go to Bali. It’s a horrible place and there is no fun to be had there whatsoever. It’s really cold, wet, boring and there are no fun people there at all. Oh wait.

So, the latest DiRT rally game, DiRT3 is coming out in a month or so and one of the trailers I saw had an absolutely stunning soundtrack. So I looked it up on YouTube and it turns out it was used in some rather spectacular videos – like this one!

Hey folks! I’m going to start to play with time-lapse photography and one of the most useful tutorials I’ve found out there is this one on Vimeo.

My friend Kristoff re-introduced me to this tune. It’s been kicking around my hard disk for a while now, but it’s been like a splinter at the back of my mind. You know, when you can think of the melody but for the life of you can’t remember what the tune is called. Anyway, the mystery was solved and I’m glad to share this with you. It’s a beautiful Goa chill track. ...

That dreaded messageI had a very narrow escape with these photos. Midway through my photo walkabout, the camera flashed up this dreaded message. So I promptly shut my camera down, and prayed. Fortunately, I was able to recover the images from the card, for the most part, thanks to PhotoRec, a free piece of SD card recovery software that does block-level scans of the SD card and pieces together your files. ...

A friend linked this to me. It’s a spectacular piece of time-lapse photography. I can only imagine how long this took to shoot.

I’m currently in Aberdeen, catching up with some creative folks I have not seen for a long time and among other things, we’ve been shooting portraits and images of ourselves performing with fire which I would like to share! Enjoy! Spiral Wrap  

My friend Max edited together his videos from Bali and posted them. Contains humour and hilarity and scenes of a fun nature!

Came across this lovely gem in a poi video and it’s a beauty to flow to! https://youtu.be/oc-ZQftx1Jg