Yes, Goreki.com is now back online! And as you can see the design has changed. This time I’ve pushed the layout further by going a bit more minimal than the previous, hopefully making the content the main focus while still keeping some stylish design. With the site being back online, more reviews will be wrote and other content will be added. I also have some graphic pieces that I am working on, mainly a detailed HDD Icon set for OSX, which at the moment is called Dirty Wood. Either way keep an eye out because I’ll be adding a lot more content this time round, especially concerning Graphic Design.

Let me know what you think of the new design and come back soon. Oh and yes I am aware of some problems in IE

I stumbled across this a couple of hours ago and really cannot believe no-one has shown me this guys work before. He’s created a couple of great OSX Screensaver’s called WordClock, Rotary WordClock and Screensavr. Each on being a beautiful piece of design and type work, they are worth checking out. He has also got a fantastic portfolio of web design and a number of other handy OSX downloads on his site.

Go have a look at http://www.simonheys.com

So I know there have been a lack of updates to Goreki over the past month but to put things short I have been preparing to move home in time for next week, thus the lack of updates, that coupled with work and my latest adiction to a game called Drift City. As soon as I have moved I will continue with the content, some work and some more reviews. Untill then please hang by.

I first came across Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip some time ago (over a year ago in fact). I had seen a number of posters advertising them playing a gig at a local night club. I had never heard of this strange named duo before but what drew me in, was honestly Pip’s beard. When I got there Le Sac was stood on stage with a MacBook Pro and a couple of midi controllers and Pip was armed with a Mic, desk and suitcase. I had no idea what to expect so I was immediately pleased when I heard an eclectic range of british hip-hop, with a relative piece of performance from Pip during certain tracks.

The gig left quite an impression on me and at first I kept track of their releases. Though gradually over time I started to forget about them, after all it had been over a year since I have seen them live since the release of ‘Angles’. It wasn’t until I was in a record store buying ‘In Silico’ by Pendulum that I spotted ‘Angles’. I hadn’t seen it advertised anywhere, so I was somewhat surprised but promptly purchased it.

Pendulum have always been one of those bands that I have had an unsteady and rocky past with. I’ve always disregarded them which people have often mistaken for disliking or hate for the band, so when I’m asked why I don’t like Pendulum, I promptly reply with “It’s not that I dislike them, it’s the fact that…”. It becomes tiring and boring being asked and assumed that I have a disliking for Pendulum. Either way their debut album, ‘Hold Your Colour’ was a fantastic album, it’s evident in night clubs and the amount of stir they have caused with a debut album. It’s not very often a band or singular person can claim that they opened a door that was otherwise closed to new audiences.

My problem with the album has always been the fact that yes it is a good album, but when it comes down to it, it is just like most other drum and bass… there is much better out there. Of course it takes people time to get round to looking for more of a genre they have just discovered, but when people don’t bother to look and obsess over one thing claiming it to be the best thing of a particular genre, then it becomes somewhat infuriating. So I suppose in many ways, it’s the audience and general reception of ‘Hold Your Colour’ that greatly annoys me, causing me to disregard Pendulum.