sixandnine

Many years ago I had a music stall in Camden market, London, from which my username derives.

Very slowly adding my personal collection to discogs... as and when I play them. It has become my excuse to best explore the nooks and crannies.

I have extremely varied tastes, from cheesy pop to sound art, from the medieval to contemporary. I'm wedded and mostly faithful to physical media, with a Discogs bias towards vinyl, in as much as that’s the only format even close to completely added - still 8 crates to go though. Cassettes are all added now, but I only ever bought a handful in the first place. CDs still 1000s to do...

Being able to hold my collection in my hands feels good. Non-physical carriers have an ephemerality that can only be appreciated while travelling.

I make music influenced short films and video art. They are often performance-based with lots of electronic manipulation.
I take many photographs.

My first music memory Mud - Tiger Feet
My first music love Mud - Tiger Feet
First Purchased Single Associates* - Club Country
First Purchased Album Adam And The Ants - Kings Of The Wild Frontier
First Purchased CD The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request & Gong - Live Etc. perhaps a year before I even owned a player.
First gig - Depeche Mode, Gloucester Leisure Centre, UK, 1984
Gig of the year so far - Al-Qasar - The Forge, London

Some favourite gigs of recent years:
2023: Ian Pace, Dusapin Etudes, City University
2022: Night Shift - London Sinfionetta, QEH, London
2019: The Residents, Union Chapel, London
2018: Aurora Orchestra [playing Ligeti] - Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
2017: Rabbit Rabbit - Pizza Express Live, Holborn, London
2016: Chic feat. Nile Rodgers - Fold Festival, London

Currently spinning: Hans-Joachim Hespos, Ensemble 13, Manfred Reichert - ...Damit Transparenz Sich Ereigne, Frische Hellhörigkeit Neu-Anderen Sinnens