Imagine a rubber festival wristband. Now imagine a 1GB USB memory stick loaded with video, podcast and MP3 materials. Cross the two and you’re looking at the 4Talent Gigbeth stage limited edition multimedia USB album, a small slug of memory built into a wristband you can plug into your computer.
We’ve pre-loaded it with videos, MP3s and a podcast from the 4Talent acts gracing Gigbeth festival 2008 on Saturday 8th November. We’re not a fan of locked content, so everything on the memory stick can be ripped to your computer and the memory stick reused as many times as you like. This is what the album contains:
Video: Bugs, The Keyboard Choir
The video to Bugs by The Keyboard Choir was made by the acclaimed new production outfit Bang, who use time elapse black and white film to create a distanced dystopian vision perfectly accompanying the laid-back electronic glitch-pop of this track.
Video: Konstant live, Einstellung
Relive the live experience with this thumping video of Brummie favourites Einstellung tearing it up onstage.
Podcast: Einstellung, Rob Horrocks
Einstellung manager Rob Horrocks put together what he calls a Krautcast about the inside story of managing Krautrockers Einstellung, with contributions from band members explaining the practicalities of life in a band.
MP3: Futuristic BBoy, WiZe
WiZe is someone who should have been playing the 4Talent stage at Gigbeth. The winner of last year’s 4Talent Music Awards, outstandingly talented MC WiZe tragically passed away this year. We include his music as a tribute to his memory and thank his family for allowing its inclusion.
MP3: Namaste, Rich Batsford
Gorgeous virtuous pianical tinklings from Birmingham’s own Brian Wilson. You can download Rich Batsford’s entire album Valentine Court for free from his website, and we recommend that you do.
MP3: In This Situation Thinking Won’t Help, The Keyboard Choir
A sample-happy track from the finest all-keyboard act we’ve ever heard of, this unwieldily-titled tune makes and wins the case for fusing prog and hip-hop.
MP3: Stream, The Icarus
Shortlisted for the 4Talent Music Award 2008, Edinburgh’s The Icarus have gleaned comparisons to Massive Attack, Overseer and Rage Against The Machine from The Skinny, who called their album “curiously different and immensely gratifying, [...] fusing hip-hop, ambient leftfield, rock and even hints of funk and jazz.”
MP3: Wireless World, Camille Davila
Shortlisted for the 4Talent Music Award 2008, Camille Davila was born in Los Angeles, and spent most of her life on the West Coast before relocating to Liverpool where’s she’s been producing such gems as Wireless World.
MP3: Iain Woods & The Psychologists
He named his act after his own panic attacks, but on the evidence of his music, Iain has no need to panic. Winning the 4Talent 2008 Award for Music is just a tiny part of the recognition that his unique gospel grime soul sound merits.
WHERE TO GET IT
4Talent are giving 100 of the limited edition album away free to the first 100 people through the door of the Dragon Bar on the 8th November.
For more on the 4Talent Gigbeth stage line-up, go to:
www.channel4.com/4talentcentral
www.twitter.com/4talent
