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Xmas 2011 Round Up

Welcome to Clockwork Shorts – allow me to wish you a joyous, fruitful and relaxing holiday season, wherever you are.  When you find that you have a bit of time to kill, please bookmark and come back here to enjoy my round up of movies & music from 2011.. After a couple of weeks of [ READ MORE ]

Xmas Mix – The Best of 2011

Well, here we are – a mix for your delectation and Christmas relaxation – the tracklist is made largely of tunes or artists that have featured in the Clockwork Shorts Albums of The Year Top Ten list. Tracklist / Info: 00:16 Ltj Bukem / Phillip D Kick – Horizons (Phillip D Kick’s footwork jungle edit) [ READ MORE ]

The Stinkers of 2011 – Transformers 3D: Dark Of The Moon

Inevitably there were some rotten films in 2011. Some, I was alert enough to avoid like the plague and spare myself the harm: Twilight for example, or Mars Needs Moms, or Hop, or Apollo 18. Others, I somehow managed to subject myself to: Russel Brand’s Arthur springs to mind. Brand’s charmless pasquinade of English eccentricity [ READ MORE ]

The Stinkers of 2011 – Bjork’s Biophilia

First things first, I’ve chosen my words very carefully in the title above and feel like perhaps I should clarify myself. I don’t think it would be fair to label Biophilia as “The Worst Album of The Year” by any stretch of the imagination, but perhaps it is the most disappointing, and that disappointment stinks. [ READ MORE ]

The Albums of 2011 – #1 Amon Tobin – ISAM

As soon as I started to write these end of year blogs, I knew exactly what would sit proudly at the top. Amon Tobin’s ISAM album is his seventh for Ninjatune records in 15 years (not including Solid Steel Mixes) but this is his first that is completely and utterly peerless. Tobin’s body of work [ READ MORE ]

The 12 Days of miXmas – #1 Bass & Rave, Juke & Jungle Mix

Well, after 2 weeks of intense Christmas counting-down, here we are with the final mix in the series of Clockwork Shorts’ 2011 retrospective.. Please make sure to come back on Monday 19th December to grab a free download of my Xmas 2001 Mix. Undoubtedly the dj-ing highlight of my year, I was extremely proud to [ READ MORE ]

The Films of 2011 – #1 The Tree Of Life

You didn’t honestly think it’d be anything else, did you? I was lucky enough to attend an early preview for the Tree Of Life and was so fit-to-bursting with superlatives that I swiftly dashed home and laid out my thoughts. You can of course still read that initial review HERE. Having seen the film twice [ READ MORE ]

The Albums of 2011 – #2 Machinedrum – Room(s)

It would seem that Travis Stewart, aka Machinedrum, has been putting out music for over a decade, so I’ve clearly been remiss that he hasn’t appeared on my radar until the last 12 months or so. Admittedly this isn’t my choice for #1 album of the year, but I can honestly say it’s definitely the [ READ MORE ]

The 12 Days of miXmas – #2 Chilled Dubstep Mix

Every weekday I shall be counting down to Christmas (as I already explained HERE). Today’s mix is the penultimate in this series: mellow vibes with just over an hour of laid back beats & bass – bubbling away but never quite tipping over into the dancefloor area, clocking in at about 140bpm. This was originally [ READ MORE ]

The Films of 2011 – #2 Submarine

In 2011, a fondly regarded and greatly admired British television comedian made his debut feature film, wowing critics and audiences alike and instantly making his name as a talented chap who clearly has a very bright directing future ahead of him. Yes indeed, Joe Cornish’s Attack The Block is a brilliant & kinetic piece of [ READ MORE ]

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