News Archive

Sep '12

Last Gig: M83
Next Gig: Sigur Ros
Recent CD purchases:
Mohn - Mohn, The Field - Looping state of mind
Recent CD pre-orders:
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Making Music: Bit of a year 'off' it seems - hopefully back soon...
Still big Blip.Fm fan but fear it's on it's last legs as they have canned it for a new US only platform - boo hoo :-(

Feb '12

Last Gigs: Tangerine Dream, Coldplay & M83
New Kit: Monotron Space Delay - Duo or Order!
Best Recent CD: Tycho - Dive (By a clear Mile)
Making Music: Starting to get back to it at last! Want to streamline the gear I use & concentrate on quality & production
Still big Blip.Fm fan but lack of decent quality Audio & the loss of being to play my your own music on it is pushing me away...

April '11

Booked to see Tangerine Dream AGAIN! at The Lowry in Manchester May 28th 2011 http://is.gd/Sxxyg2
Other commitments mean I'm still not making music at the moment but hopefully soon!
Still buying & listening to music all the time tho! MIRRORS are definitely floating my boat - check them out :-)
Street Sounds UK Fresh Reunion TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

Dec '10

Not much to report! Zero music making for me in last 6 months. Still enjoying playing music on BLIP.FM however
Found lots of gr8 music in 2010, must update my recommends page to reflect that.

July '10

Subtle tweaks to this website
Spending rather a lot more time on BLIP.FM than making music. Need to redress the balance!

June '10

Updating this website
Bought some great new CD's, Joni - Go probably being my favourite of them
Progress with my new setup has been snail like. Spending rather a lot more time on http://blip.fm/Hypnotica where I have also posted some of my older material not heard before
Almost 1600 listeners on Blip :-)

April '10

Enjoying a huge CD buying binge! List to follow
Cubase 5 64 Bit is up and running on Windows 7 64 Bit, which is more than can be said for some of my old 32bit Vsts! Teething pains...
Got tickets to see Jonsi in September & secured a copy of the very Ltd Edition of Go - Great!
Over 1300 listeners on http://blip.fm/hypnotica :-)

Jan '10

Enjoying Spotify!
I'm changing my DAW to Cubase 5 - should be great but a steep learning curve methinks
My last gig was Depeche Mode in Birmingham in December and my next planned gig is Depeche Mode in Feb!

Nov '09

Still reeling from the effects of a few brilliant gigs I've been to in the last few days. MAPS in Nottingham and A-ha with Donkeyboy in Birmingham. Reviews to follow
Dabbling with vocals / Vocoding after finally getting a new Microphone
The new MAPS album, Turning the Mind is great
Almost 600 listeners on Blip.FM!
Still backlog of stuff to do, mixes, CD & gig reviews etc

July '09

Got drenched in Edinburgh watching Simple Minds gig @ the Castle but great atmosphere in the crowd!
My latest CD review is Delerium: Karma http://bit.ly/JE68S
Still backlog of stuff to do, mixes, CD & gig reviews etc

May '09

Jean Michel Jarre & Depeche Mode gigs imminent
Studio 99.9% complete! I can make tunes again :-)
Huge backlog of stuff to do, mixes, CD & gig reviews etc

April '09

ULTRAVOX gig in Nottingham was great. Review & pics to follow
Studio move going well. Biggest job now is cabling it all up again!
Pleased I got tickets to see Depeche Mode in December at the NEC - yes!

Feb '09

Submitted a first attempt at a Remix of Human Leagues epic "Empire State Human" to the Black hit of space site. May or may not be the finished version, depends on time available
Few more weeks at least until the new studio is setup...
Recently done a Cocteau Twins mashup mix, sort of Ambient beats thing. Will post via the CT forum soon
Sean Barrons fantastic REMIX of "Crest of a wave" now up on his MySpace page
New Mat Mckenzie Ambient MySpace profile now set up. Adding more content daily

Jan '09

Busy moving my studio at the mo. The wheels are seriously off! so no music making for me.
Putting together a CD package for Empire state Human

Nov '08

I have remixed the ULTRAVOX classic, "We Came To Dance". Hope to make it available to listen to any day now. Will post here & on the ULTRAVOX forum
Check out my new Ambient track "Breathe In Breathe Out" on my MySpace page
Tangerine Dream gig review any day now - honest...
OMD gig review - about a week away
More website developments in the pipeline
DREAM COME TRUE.!!! I finally met Edgar Froese and Tangerine Dream (at The Forum gig)

Oct '08

Tangerine Dream gig on Saturday! - will I finally get to meet Edgar???
OMD gig review imminent!
No energy to make music at the moment - zzzzzzzz

Aug '08

My first two albums "Infinite" and "Electro Beach" will be available to buy again! This time round they will as download albums from the soon to be launched Planet Origo Electronic Music and Sci-Fi website. There are a handful of physical CD's left from the first pressing - time permitting, these will be available via Planet Origo too
My studio is moving... downtime imminent!

July '08

I'm melting...
My Top 10 charts are finally open! Check them out
In the studio Remixing tracks by Leni Ward at the moment
Thinking about evaluating 'Reaper' Multitrack software...

June '08

Remix work for Leni Ward confirmed - watch this space...
Being Boiled - 'Hypnotica's Dreaming Buddha mix' now available on the Human League fan site Black Hit of Space. Thanks again Niels for showcasing my mixes!
YMO at the Royal Festival Hall was fantastic!
Yazoo in Wolverhampton was fantastic!
SPARKS gig in London was fantastic!
Remix work for Leni Ward planned
Unofficial Remix of Harald Grosskopf - Yeti Society album track planned

May '08

SPARKS gig in London imminent!
Human League - Being Boiled remix almost done

April '08

Ulrich Schnauss live in Nottingham!! See you there
Trying hard to find some time to start work on my Human League - Being Boiled remix
Jean Michel Jarre live in Birmingham was fantastic! review nearly finished...

Mar '08

Front row seats booked to see Simple Minds in November!! this is turning out to be a gr8 year for gigs

Feb '08

Putting finishing touches to studio re-design so making music again!
MY GOD!!! JEAN MICHEL JARRE on tour!!!! See you in Birmingham....
MY GOD!!! Yazoo on tour!!!! see you in Wolverhampton...
Derby University will be using some of my music for future promotional videos
Been approached by a record label regarding a possible EP release including my tracks 'Floop' and '4PM' - watch this space!
Been asked about remixing tracks for another band - tbc
Busy rebuilding my studio so no music making at the moment

Jan '08

More Human League Remixes in the pipeline! Next up are the tracks 'Total Panic' & 'Being Boiled'
Just completed two remixes of the OMD masterpiece 'Souvenir'. Trying to decide whether to release into the wild or not!
Remix work pushing back the completion of new album!

Dec '07

My Tangerine Dream - Love on a Real Train Remix played as part of the TD Fans Zone end of year mix
Have also been asked to Remix The Human League track "Do or Die" which I did in one night! My 'Magnetic Storm Mix' is now available here, on my MySpace page & hopefully on the The-black-hit-of-space page soon
My old Remix of "Love Action" by The Human League is now being showcased for the 30 year celebrations on The-black-hit-of-space website - Thanks to Niels for that!
Booked to see "The Sparks" No.1 in Heaven - live in 2008 cool !!

Nov '07

Human League / Onetwo gig in Nottingham last night was a corker - review to follow...
NEW Album is shaping up quite well at last - 2/3 of the way there I think, so release date of early next year could be do-able
Meeting some great people on MySpace - friend count now approaching 300
Thanks again to Chris Newman for playing 3 of my tracks so far on the new TDFansZone Web Radio station

Oct '07

"The Police" gig at the Millennium stadium in Cardiff 19th was fantastic! Review to follow...
Thanks to Chris Newman for playing my track "Deep Black Empty Space"on the new TDFansZone Web Radio station on Saturday the 20th
Myspace Friend count over 200

Sept '07

Joined Babulous Musician
Erasure / Onetwo gig in Nottingham was fantastic!
Myspace Friend count over 150

July 07

Underworld touring - hmmm could be good
Thomas Dolby UK tour tickets imminent....
Just managed to grab tickets for latest Human League tour!
Hypnotica Myspace friend count is 100+ and rising!
Added gig review: OMD Live at the Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham Thu 21st June 2007 "The Best of OMD Tour"

May 07

Set up the Hypnotica Myspace page a while ago. finally started to add content...Check it out
I've got a blog and I'm not afraid to use it.... Finally got round to starting a music blog. Check it out here
The Hitmakers Tour : Toyah Willcox, ABC & Howard Jones 15/11/06 gig Review
Better late than never.....A review of a gig I went to back in 2006
OMD Hammersmith Apollo 2007 gig Review
A review of a classic electronic gig I went to recently in London

2006

Music for 18 Musicians
(Hypnotica's Late night mix)
(Unreleased) (2006)

Entered BBC Radio 1 - Steve Reich REMIX competition to remix the classic track "Music For 18 Musicians" for Steve Reich's 70th birthday celebrations. This track is dear to me, even though I only discovered it relatively recently. At lot has been said about it being the inspiration for my favourite track of all time, Tangerine Dream's "Love on a real train". The BBC link about this seems to have disappeared..

April 05
'Stillstream' ambient radio station plays 'Deep Black Empty Space" !!
Played April 25th 2005 4:40pm GMT The URL is http://stillstream.com/index.php


April 05
Joined 'stillstream' ambient radio station as an artist
Hopefully some of my more ambient pieces will get some airplay on this American Ambient radio station... The URL is http://stillstream.com/index.php


March 05
Signed up as an artist on the 'Electromancer' electronic music website
UPDATE: Electomancer site is sadly no more :-(


March 05
Revamp of Downloads section of website
New tracks being added more often now, so revamp should make choosing tracks easier


Nov 04
Hypnotica Remixes Thin Films
Just about completed a few remixes of the new single 'Half Naked' by Thin films. Not sure if it will make the final release or not yet.....


Nov 04
New track 'IT' free to download
Click HERE to listen


Sept 04
Hypnotica Remixes K-motiv
Remix completed! click HERE to learn more
Find about more about K-motiv here: http://www.kmotiv.com/


Aug 04
Thin Films Remixes Hypnotica
Dan Mcrae of Thin Films is working on a remix of 7AM from the new CD 'Electro Beach'
Congrats to Dan for his CD 'Eskimo' going straight in at No.1 on the music download site EMUSIC
For more info see Dans website: http://www.thinfilms.co.uk/


Aug 04
Xerxes Remixes Hypnotica
Klaus Lunde aka 'Xerxes' has commenced work on the 'Nebula' remix taken from the first CD 'Infinite'. Can't wait to see what the miracle worker will come up with!
Listen to his music regularly on the chillout channel on www.digitallyimported.com


April 04

New CD
  'Electro Beach'
New album of music created over the last 6-9 months
Mainly chilled melodic beats, more 'accessible' than Infinite
Click the picture for more information
AVAILABLE NOW! FROM HERE