'Every cloud has a silver lining' is a cracking phrase, definitely in my top ten. 2012 definitely could have been considered the year of the silver linings. The film 'Silver Linings Playbook' was released to critical acclaim and was nominated for six Oscars. A bit closer to home, my mates Whatsapp description became the Kendrick Lamarr lyric 'in every dark cloud there's a silver linin'' (the lack of a 'g' is very important). And yeah that's about it really. Should really query my mate over why he feels it necessary to have borrowed the wisdom of Kendrick Lamarr for his Whatsapp tag line.
Anywho, I started thinking about silver linings when, stood in Eurospar searching desperately for the cheapest toilet paper I could possibly find but needing to hurry if you catch my drift, I spotted out of the corner of my eye the Sun headline 'I should be dead but I stayed in bed'. At this point I'd like to publish a disclaimer that I have never spent a penny on The Sun nor do I ever plan to, but who could resist a cheeky peak at a headline of such rhyming genius that even Kendrick Lamarr would be proud.
Intrigued, I read on and was witness to the tale of a crane-operator who overslept on Wednesday morning.Sounds quite dull I hear you mutter but this particular crane-operator was one Nicki Biagoni, who's crane stood next to a 52 storey building in Vauxhall struck by a helicopter earlier this week. The helicopter crash was a tragedy of national proportions and anyone watching BBC News at the time would, like me, have been visibly moved by the images beamed throughout the day. My thoughts go out to the families of the deceased, Peter Barnes and Matt Wood. Nicki had never used an alarm but relied on his four year old son Dino to wake him by jumping on his bed at around seven. Dino's extra hour of sleep on this particular day led to a chain of events which ended with Nicki rushing up the stairs of the building when the crash happened rather than being in the crane as he should have been.
In times of such tragedy, it's lovely to hear such a beautiful story. Nicki would most certainly have been killed had he got to work on time and his particular tale is definitive proof that at least the majority of clouds have silver linings.
Finding information on 'Hot' has proved tricky. Neither his Facebook or Twitter even showcase his real name but reading down his FB page what it becomes apparent that his passion for what he does and the eternal gratitude he attributes to his fans. One particular post really stands out:
I better do this now before I get totally sideways and go AWOL in Mexico! Thank you thank you for such an amazing year, for anyone that came to a gig, bought a track, tweeted or showed any kind of support, you made my dreams come true :) happy new year x.
His steep rise has obviously come as quite of a shock to the man himself and it's great to see that it hasn't made any difference on the size of his head but still has time for the thank yous. 'Knee Deep In Louise' is a vintage house tune, sharp vocals, a standout backing beat throughout and a decently funky bassline to match.
He's also got great talent when it comes to re-works. The remix of Friendly Fires linked at the bottom of the page is an absolute treat. It takes great skill to convert a song by an indie/funk band cross-genre and make it appear so fluent but HS82 does it with ease. The added loops and samples suit the track perfectly and, as someone who's not too familiar with Friendly Fires, I would probably say it's an improvement on the original. Fun fact of the day- the Friendly Fires version is actually a cover of a track from 1981 by a German composer called Eberhard Schoener featuring Sting of all people.
I've also included another of his own songs, 'Planes and Trains', which is a bit more on the techno side but equally as listenable. For a DJ, his range is mightily impressive and I can highly recommend him. His 2-track EP 'Forty Shorty' was released last month and is also a good listen.
Away from Yorkshire, I've been giving Todd Terje a proper listen this week. The Norweigan DJ provided the sample for Robbie William's 'Candy' from his own star track 'Eurodans' and has recently teamed up with fellow Nord Lindstrom to create a cracking new techno tune, 'Lanzarote'. More to come from them in the next few weeks and well worth a listen.
Thanks to everyone for reading, we've crossed the 700 barrier now and I'm incredibly grateful.
Cheers to all.
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