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November 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Anthony Naples: Fog FM

Anthony Naples Fog FM ANS Good house and techno music isn’t so much hard to find as it is hard to keep up with, and I don’t mean BPM-wise. I’m so out of the loop I’m barely a semi-circle. But I have – slightly – followed Anthony Naples. He’s been on the scene for the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, ANS, Anthony Naples, Anthony Naples: Fog FM, Dance, Fog FM, House, Mixtape, Omni Trio, Remix, Techno, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 26, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Give My Regards To St. Mary Street 

We lived in Thorndon – St Mary Street – for just over six years. It was the first house we owned. A wee cottage. We loved it so much. There were great kitchen parties and music was always a feature.  We moved in the day Ray Charles died. I know this because when I was collecting boxes […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Blog, Book, Cottage, First Home, Give My Regards To St. Mary Street, Home, House, Life, Moving, Music, St. Mary Street, Thorndon, Wellington, Writing, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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April 15, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Peggy Gou: Once (12″ EP)

Peggy Gou Once (12” EP) Ninja Tunes South Korean-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer Peggy Gou is making (sound) waves within house music and electro – those faceless, anonymous beat-filled genres where the best music can seem so fleeting but the truly timeless tunes have that something special: the right hook and groove; personality.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 12-inch, 12", Album Review, Berlin, Club, Dance, DJ, Electro, EP, Han Jan, House, Hundres Times, It Makes You Forget, Korea, Ninja Tunes, Once, Once (12" EP), Once (12), Once (ep), Peggy Gou, Producer, Record, Vinyl ·

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December 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 189 Holloway Road

We rented it for a start – a small house on Holloway Road and a piece of history. Old George, who lived a few houses down and whose father had famously lived well past a hundred, told me that Winston McCarthy had grown up in our house and it had also been a shop at […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged #189, Angus, Aro Valley, Art, Cricket, Ghost, Ghost Stories, Guest Blog, Guest Post, Holloway Rd, Holloway Road, Home, House, Jon, Jon Mcleary, McLeary, Michelle, Music, Painting, Spines, Te Aro, The Brain, The Ghost, The Ghost of Electricity, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 189, The Ghost of Electricity: War Stories by Jon McLeary # 189 Holloway Road, The Spines, War Stories, War Stories # 189, War Stories by Jon McLeary, Wellington, Wigan Street, Writing ·

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November 22, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #170 – Hugh Laurie, Wellington, 2014

Hugh Laurie singing Dr. John is like John Key serving a romantic dinner – however well-intentioned you just can’t feel comfortable with the end result. That was (part of) what I said in my review. And I really enjoyed the show actually. A surprise, because Hugh Laurie, charming though he is, was excruciatingly bad to hear […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2014, Actor, Actor/Musician, Comedian, Dominion Post, DomPost, Dr John, Fry & Laurie, Gig Review, House, Hugh Laurie, Live Gig, MFC, Music, Musical Comedy, New Orleans, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #170 – Hugh Laurie, Wellington ·

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August 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Theo Parrish: Footwork (ep)

Theo Parrish Footwork Sound Signature Ahead of the full-lengther here’s a new 2-track EP from Theo Parrish. Only two tracks – but 20 minutes of groove; that makes it worth mentioning – Parrish has roots in Chicago’s early house scene and Detroit’s classic techno feel and he combines those separate vestiges to make is own […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 12", Album Review, Dance, EP, Footwork, House, Producer, Techno, Theo Parrish, Tympanic Warfare, Vinyl ·

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July 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Vermont: Vermont

Vermont Vermont Kompakt Germany You might know Danilo Plessow from his Motor City Drum Ensemble moniker. You might know , both are talented house music producers. Together they are Vermont – and this self-titled album project is a calming and lovely late-night/early-early-morning set of ambient ideas that has very little to do with house music […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Can, Danilo Plessow, Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, House, Innervisions collective, Kraftwerk, Krautrock, Marcus Worgull, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Vermont ·

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July 6, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Disclosure: Settle

Disclosure Settle Interscope Records/Universal Disclosure is a British electronica duo, brothers Guy (22) and Howard (19) Lawrence. I mention their ages because – well – I’m impressed with the range of sounds on this album, their debut. There’s a depth here that shows the brothers have embraced enough about music and technology from their lifetime […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Daft Punk, Dance, dance music, Disclosure, Electronica, Homework, House, Settle ·

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May 8, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Hugh Laurie: Didn’t It Rain

Hugh Laurie Didn’t It Rain Warner Bros. It would be so much easier if this album was really good or almost necessary – but it is neither. It’s well-intentioned, in fact it’s positively bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and the playing is slick (probably too slick), the arrangements are precise, the song selection is smart. So ducks […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Actor, Album Review, Blues, Didn't It Rain, Dr John, House, Hugh Laurie ·

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April 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Letherette: Letherette

Letherette Letherette Ninja Tune/Border How’s the hype around that new Daft Punk album treating you? Well, if you’re hanging out for something Daft Punk-ish then this, the self-titled debut album from Wolverhampton duo Letherette should tick enough of a box. The debt to Daft Punk is obvious and acknowledged – but for the most part […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Aphex Twin, D&T, Daft Punk, EDM, Eno, House, Letherette, Moroder, Ninja Tune, Ratatat ·

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