Tuesday 30 August 2011

Acerone - 'Call to Adventure'

Acerone - 'Call to Adventure' by acerone
Acerone - 'Call to Adventure', a photo by acerone on Flickr.

SOLD! To a nice lady from a wealthy law company...

Still available to view for the next couple of weeks in the Weapon of Choice 'See No Evil' pop-up gallery, ironically in 'the Galleries' mall, Union St, Bristol.

Work there also from Inkie, Cheo, Xenz, Wow123, Jody, Soker, Cheba and more...

Go take a look next time you're in town!

Tuesday 23 August 2011

Friday 19 August 2011

Nelson Street

So the street is really begining to take shape now with new colours appearing in every corner and a very excitable atmosphere. I'll be down there today to complete my contribution and take some more flicks of my own. Come and say hello if you pass through...

Photo stolen from Geckoo76!

Tuesday 16 August 2011

See No Evil

The transformation of a much loved/loathed Nelson St, Bristol has begun and amongst the first artists to get started on their paintings are the legendary New York writers Bio, Nicer and BG183 - 3 members of the TATS crew.

They say you should never meet your heroes but this morning i couldnt help myself. I spotted them arrive at their wall and just had to head over and say a quick hello, showed some appreciation for them blessing Bristol's street with their work, and cheekily asked for a photo...




I used to copy these guys designs out of Spray Can Art when i was a wee lad and i'm sure i'm not the only one...! I cant tell you how excited i am to have caught these portraits.
BIG GRIN!

Saturday 6 August 2011

The OG Hiphop Mixtape

If you are like me and love REAL Hiphop from the golden era (circa '87-97) then this one is a must for you...
Mixed and blended in 2006, this one was lost for a while until i uncovered it on an old CD (the original files were lost on a stolen laptop a few years back) and ripped it back onto my current computer. So here it is - take a listen and let me know what you think!



Monday 1 August 2011

Radio Show Mixtape

DJ Acerone Radio Show Mixtape Vol.3 (2008)

EDIT:
In response to Felix's comment and one of a similar nature from elsewhere - what's the story behind the mixtape?
Well, before spray cans and photography came DJing. During the early 90's when the rave scene incorporated everything from acid house to drum and bass, i was obsessed with DJing - just how two different records were blended together to make one seamless landscape of music fascinated me. With a few other like-minded wannabe DJs at school, we argued about how it was done - something about a mixer, a cross fader, some records and pitch control were endlessly discussed at lunch breaks, usually whilst sharing an earphone each from the Sony Walkman. TDK tapes got swapped, 10th generation copies of Top Buzz's '2 Blacks and a Bubble' were made, crackly versions of that DJ Sy and MC Teckno at Obsession were on constant loop. In truth, none of us had the first idea of what we were on about in the beginning but soon we were 'staying over at our mate's houses' and sneaking out to the Ruffneck Ting at the Depot, Bristol Exposure at Trinity and Sutra at the UWE with fake ID at the ready. And before too long, one by one we managed to acquire Technics turntables and began frequenting Replay Records in the bearpit spending all our hard earned pocket money...

Fast forward almost 20 years and i still have the decks, although they dont get much use these days. Before i became a Daddy i had a little more time to mess about with records and make mixtapes (which takes forever!) and this one was the last one i made before other elements of life took priority. Its a mash up mix of the tunes i was loving at the time, spliced together using mixing, scratching and a load of samples taken from a very odd 7" i found in a charity shop that featured lots evangelical preaching and readings in the form of a pseudo radio show. Looking back realise just how much spare time i must have had back in early 2008!

Anyway, take a listen and let me know what you think

;-)