The Life Equation

Akira The Don

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  • Uploaded on
    May 16, 2011
  • Produced by
    Stephen Hague and Akira The Don
  • Mixed by
    Stephen Hague
  • Mastered by
    Mike Marsh at The Exchange
  • Artwork by
    Andrew Bainbridge & Zef

PRAISE FOR THE LIFE EQUATION:

“Brilliant” – Grant Morrison
“Spectacular… A real slap upside the head” – The 404
“A monstrous cornucopia of sounds and genres” – The Quietus
“Glorious” – Subba Cultcha
“The urgent and danceable truth” – Jeff Wells (Rigorous Intuition)
“Triumphant” – Sun On The Sand
“Really, really good pop music” – Comics Alliance
“A gem. 4/5″ – Artrocker

REVIEWS:

Artrocker
Glasswerk
The Quietus
The 404
Sun On The Sand 
There Goes The Fear
Subba Cultcha
Brothers and sisters, it is my great pleasure to finally share with you, this, my second album:

The Life Equation

Five years in the making. Blood, sweat, tears and many trains to Hastings.

I dedicate it to Stephen, Charlotte, Mum, Alex, Zef, Paul & David.

I am forever in your debt. Thank you.

WE DID IT!!!

BUY DIGITAL:

Donshop, iTunes, Amazon, Bandcamp

BUY PHYSICAL :

CD & MP3
CD, MP3 & T
CD, MP3, T, poster & badge set

 

Enjoy the record.

I want to thank each and every one of you who’ve been with me through this journey.

And all of you getting on board for the next.

I don’t exist without you.

Sincerely,

ATD

Tracks


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  • donovan

    WOW! out of no where?!?! BLAM, AWESOME, WIN!

  • sparky

     Damn Akira, amazing.  I was already having a great day and then, with no warning, ~45 min of awesome.  So much WIN.  Any idea of when we’ll be seeing what the T-shirt looks like?  I’ve never been much for blind faith…

    • Anonymous

      lol, plenty of warning, nearly daily.

      • sparky

         Yeah, for the past what, year and a half at least? After a certain point I stopped listening to promises of “soon” and was waiting for something a bit less vague.  This did nicely.

  • donovan

    “if i want to be lied to by an old fat obnoxious white dude, i’ll go to church” = LOL!

  • Pete

    Cracking.

  • Thetrumpet

     How to make a guy feel chuffing awesome! Now the rest of my Uni are gonna listen to it. Even if they don’t want to. This kicks arse! Loving it!

  • Theberserkgorilla

     Holy bejeezers! Pure dead brilliant.

  • http://www.hunchbakk.blogspot.com Hunchbakk

     despite all the warnings and even the shout out and personal reminder on saturday, i still feel that this has rather crept up on us………

    i shall make my purchase and give it a whirl

    oh, and a very merry happy birthday!!!

    muchos love
    Glen

  • Melo

    Happy Wriggling Day! 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Erik-Fischer/100001873185847 Erik Fischer

    Damn, my LITF tee just arrived and it does not look well in L. Why did i order it in this size D:
    New album yesss, not in flac yet nooo, but paypals empty anyway…
    What a monday, pax!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Parlato/783092997 Michael Parlato

    Awesome… but wheres I dont own a tv? 

    • Cherryrazzamatazz

      It is part of the Life Equation medley track 

    • http://www.hunchbakk.blogspot.com Hunchbakk

      yeah, that’s what i thought!!! turns out that A-zilla is so obsessed with his mixtapes that he even put one on his album in the form of The Life Equation, clocking in at 13 odd minutes!!?

      good to see Jesus! making an appearance too, when is this gonna make it into the live sets??? 

    • http://www.hunchbakk.blogspot.com Hunchbakk

      yeah, that’s what i thought!!! turns out that A-zilla is so obsessed with his mixtapes that he even put one on his album in the form of The Life Equation, clocking in at 13 odd minutes!!?

      good to see Jesus! making an appearance too, when is this gonna make it into the live sets??? 

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-Parlato/783092997 Michael Parlato

         HAHA thanks, I wouldnt have ever heard it otherwise… 

  • http://twitter.com/AlexanderVelky Alexander Velky

     OOH.

    The version on Spotify is different! Gap between end of track one and start of track two. WEIRD. x

  • David Cameroon

     Oh Shit! The rap mars volta turned up for track 9!

  • http://www.facebook.com/ComradePaulT Paul Tempest

    fantastic album! The life equation song itself is pretty epic!

  • Anonymous

     Your blog is my stepping stone, my friend. Thanks.

  • Donovan

    i really need to stop slacking and just buy this thing. seems like i’m on here every day blasting this album. some many good things.

    yo, ATD, are you ever going to publish the lyrics to these tracks? the life equation song could be a short novel, LOL!

    • Anonymous

      High Five! The lyrics are all up APART from TLE which I need to add…
      they’re in the CD sleeve (the reprint of which arrives Friday, At LAST!)

  • Arekya

    Nothing Lasts Forever is so sad D:

  • Bosbolo

    hmm that’s not only envy on “nothing lasts forever” there’s also speeche debelle!

  • Daniel

    new cel —————————————–> DONE

    akira the don megamix discography ———-> DONE

    GREATEST 2 SHITS FOR A LONG WALK IN THE SUMMER.

    UUUU YOUR ARE IN WINTER NO?????

    LOL

    IM HIGH LIKE A KITE BY THE WAY XD

    WONT BE BROKE FOREVER IS THE LAST SONG OF THE ATD DISCOGRAPHY MEGAMIX

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