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We’re filming a video for ‘Believe Me’ this Sunday (5th July) and we need a few extra people to be in it.

Here’s what the producers have emailed me:

We need to get some more people for this Sunday mate, Ideally young interesting looking types, male and female, no acting skills required, possibly a bit of dressing up. Can you rustle up around 4/5 people, maybe 3 guys and any girls that fit the bill. If possible we’d like an asian guy (chinese) and a thinner kind of “geeky” looking guy.

The filming will be in East London, and I’m guessing will probably take a few hours, so if you think you’ve got the right look and you’re up for being immortalised on youtube and everywhere else, email a photo of yourself to chris@blumarten.com and I’ll pass it on to the producers.

Doc Scott presents the 5th installment of his studio mix series, ‘The Deep End’ which includes the lead track from our new single ‘Believe Me’.

Download link below…

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Just got these nice frames from Urban Outfitters so I can hang the latest ithinkitsnice artwork in my living room.
Sorry for the crap photos, they look much better in real life. Looking forward to having the whole series across the wall,

“in and of itself I am quite religious,” said Happiness Formula, grabbed hold of a pine branch with two fingers, pulled the branch off, stuck it between his lips and looked down at Life Story with a smug look.

Life Story lay on her side in front of him in the soft grass and when Happiness Formula leaned his back against the trunk of the pine tree and stretched a little she saw a bright lilac strip of sky above the sea beyond, a bluish pier and the burning-red noddles of a couple of sea-buoys.

“I’m quite religious,” he repeated, “but that doesn’t mean that my behaviour is always seemly. I must admit that I’m actually a great ninny.”

Life Story gave a start. “I’d like to know why you invited me here today.”

Happiness Formula laughed. He looked at Life Story and said slowly, “I suppose to have a bit of fun with you.” He grabbed hold of Life Story’s slender ankle, lifted the sole of her foot to his mouth and tickled it with the pine branch.

Life Story pulled her foot away. “Aren’t you straightforward. But so be it. Doesn’t particularly interest me.” Life Story turned her back to him and continued to admire the lilac strip of sky, the pier and the fire-red sea buoys. Something rustled at the top of the tree. A strange chattering and grinding could be heard.

Happiness Formula fell silent and looked covetously at Life Story’s graceful back.

“You entice everyone. Everyone.” said Life Story. “Life stories bend according to you, turn and twist. You spoil them a little and then leave them behind. And we end our stories – disappointed, confused, unhappy and without a single formula. Without a single blasted formula!”

She felt Happiness Formula’s hot breath on the nape of her neck. It intoxicated her. Happiness Formula put his hand on Life Story’s neck. “A gnat’s bitten you.” He poked Life Story’s cheek with the pine branch. “And it’s still biting you…” he whispered.

Life Story turned around and looked angrily into Happiness Formula’s wantonly flashing eyes. “I’m not a woman. And you’re not a man. And even if we were, you know very well how dangerous it is to expect happiness from someone else. You can’t even expect happiness from yourself. A life story has to concentrate on something else, certainly not on happiness and certainly not on a formula. Then maybe… But don’t come enticing me with scented envelopes, thermal socks, favourite ice cream and your There’s-A-Remedy-For-Every-Pain philosophy.

“There’s a lot more to me than favourite ice cream and thermal socks,” Happiness formula said.

“Right. But I’m happier without you.”

And Life Story went away. And down from the pine tree onto her shoulder jumped her Brain’s Monkey. And from somewhere up high her Love’s Red Pheasant landed on her other shoulder. And she went to look after the garden where her Monkey and Pheasant liked to be. And one evening, when her Monkey was already sleeping, Happiness Formula came like a spring rain. They met unexpectedly on the bluish pier and, by the lustre of the Red Pheasant’s feathers and the red sea-buoys, Life Story peeled the formula from Happiness and Happiness carefully released Life from her Story. They remained as Happiness and Life, who became part of one another on that darkening pier. Not a single word, or gnat, or pine branch.

Kristiina Ehin

Ahhh….Always a nice feeling. Artwork is amazing.

Full release July 13th

Keep an eye out for these little babies

(In no particular order)

1: Stray – Talking About Nothing
2: High Speed Dubbing – AMC
3: Molecular Structures – Bohemian Quarter
4: Camo & Krooked – Turn Up the Music
5: Stray – Any Chance
6: Stray – Timbre
7: Oak – Chizra
8: Codex – Medicine Man
9: ASC – Porcelain
10: Villem – Shimmer

Our designer, ithinkitsnice, has struck gold again with his latest project, the brand new album by Bop on Hospital Records subsidiary label Medschool.

Hot on the heels of his work for Bop’s ‘Song About My Dog’ single and creation of the Bop microsite, the ‘Clear Your Mind’ album features the trademark ithinkitsnice hand finished quality which is perfectly in tune with Bop’s delicate music.

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It’s another 2 hour monthly check-up at the Hospital. Chris Goss + Tomahawk are joined by star of the new Sick Music Compilation Randomer to chew the fat about the album, life, the universe, and everything else.

All the latest dubplates and brand new tunes from across the drum & bass spectrum are represented as always, with new tracks and remixes from MC Jakes, Marky & S.P.Y, Blu Mar Ten, The Brookes Brothers and many more

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Please note we have a new booking agent for North America

Sepiatone Booking
tony_doporto@yahoo.com
www.myspace.com/sepiatonebooking

Please contact them regarding Blu Mar Ten US album launch tour in the Autumn.

Our new single ‘Believe Me’ / ‘Made of Air’ / ‘Overwhelm’ will be released on July 13th, but we’ve passed a handful of vinyl promos to the shops and they’re available right now.

I had a quick look and found them in the following places, but your local shop might have one or two as well. As with our last single we’re only pressing a very limited number on vinyl so be sure to grab a copy while they’re out there.

Redeye Records

Juno

Chemical

Drop

Catapault