Hi Guys
i really love those mixtapes, too. Its such a great music which makes me wanna dance on the one side and on the otrher side it makes me relaxing when i'm alone. Has anyone an idee where i can find more of that music or similiar music in the internet? i just found eventim.co.uk.....

I do love these mixtapes. They make me want to go out and dance :] xx

Boots,I'm your Chinese fan!!Love you!!

It is a shame that the powers that be have decided to ditch the UK film council. Surely seems like a backwards step for british film making in the end :[ x

http://littlebootsfan.com/ we're open your the best fan club today :) i hope you like it please follow us on twitter @littlebootspl LOOOOVE :)

loving all the updates! love you! love your music! always good to hear from you! and loved the news on cocknbullkid, but just wanted to point out that in the myspace link for anita, you accidentally left out the 'n' in cocknbullkid, so it leads to a myspace for cockbullkid (instead of cocknbullkid) which leads to just a broken link/error - if you get a chance, repost with the 'n' in the myspace link (http://www.myspace.com/cocknbullkid) so others can check out anita's phenomenal music if they're not familiar with her (particularly my friends in the states here who don't follow amazing UK music like yours and anita's! best! :)

Thanks for the update Vic, good to see your keeping busy ;)

Completely agree with you about the klaxons new album cant wait for it to be released.

Adam

Hi it's your the best international fan club in the internet. Little Boots Fan . com please follow us on Twitter @LittleBootsPL :)

Wow! It looks just as exciting in my week.... NOT haha.
I was wondering if you could please drop me a tweet ( @mattsteven )
I'd love to chat to you! My friend apparently knows you too! I have some really good ideas I think might help! :D :D


xx

Hmmm... it still looks like the winner is the Mortals Aftershock Mix though on that Soundcloud set (it's highlighted at the top of the list, with a massive waveform and all, just waiting for someone to press play - whereas the winner just gets a link on the easily skimmed word "here"). That and the headline "Remix Competion At Last" are the main things that stand out, creating a flase connection.

You can also embed individual tracks from Soundcloud as well. Might be a good idea to do that with the wining entry, above the embedded set., so that there's no doubting which the winner is ;-) Possibly a bit too much too late now though...

I dig this song so much that I'm actually enjoying hearing it over and over in all these different versions. I can't say that about most remix compilations I've heard. This deserves an official release if there hasn't been one.

Good to see the Soundcloud player cleaned up, with all the irrelevant stuff removed. Nice :-)

About time! Do something about the listed Soundcloud tracks though. You've embedded it right, but obviously paid no attention to what it contains!

Don't know if you've noticed, but hardly ANY of the ones that can be seen without scrolling are actually remixes of your song - they're remixes (probably bootlegs) and tracks submitted SINCE THE CLOSING DATE by people hijacking ("spamming") your competion in shameless self-promotion. And people are still doing it! Preventing people from being able to submit tracks might have been a good idea, though I don't know if you can do that in Soundcloud.

So now (at the time of writing), the person who only uploaded a mix just 4 days ago, is highlighted at the top of the list and looking to all intents and purposes like they're the winner. Someone I've spoken to already thinks that is the case!

Just looks a shambles.

PS - What was the prize in the end?

Oh, don't worry at all, I knew that you would be busy writing.... we love you, and as much as we miss you, we know that when you come back you will be better than ever. Keep up the awesome work... and I can't wait for your next album [well, I will have to, but whatever]!! Love you love you love you love you :) And yes, you deserve a break!!!!!!!

And ignore those silly things people say about - they are tools. You are beyond brilliant - I still remember the day I discovered your music, it was that memorable. Your music blows me away, and they are fools if they can find anything wrong with you!!

And good work on the gym/running/ awesome-fitness !!

Oh, vic...
Don't worry! We will never be mad at you.
You deserve disappearing from Earth because you made an awesome work last year!
I can't wait to hear what comes...
Take your time.

I often feel like you when composing!
BTW, don't care about the stupid things some people say about you. I never heard none of those things about you, and I don't think I will... :)

We love you too!
Keep busy your way.
:D

Sounds like you're working away at it, kiddo - keep posting updates. I think I can speak for most of us when I say I appreciate you taking the time to blog what's happening with you. :-)

Do what you do, do it your way and keep on doing it. What got my attention about your music was the honesty in your compositions, you and your piano. If I can be so bold, I don't think it hurts on the days where creativity is not coming through, to listen to something and see if another song is waiting to be heard from another song or even just random noise. I believe there is a little bit of music in everything and hook lines can be heard the more one listens to everything around them.

Hi Boots,

I'm just doing my grade 5 theory, before embarking on my 6 Piano. Your utube clips were really inspiring, bearing in mind i only started 3 1/2 years ago. I especially liked the clip of you playing your upright with the drummer!

Good stuff takes time to come to fruition. I'm sure things will be brill. Also, enjoy some 'you' time!

Glad to hear that you have stopped for a bit, to rest up and take in the last year, it was an immense year for you and you worked hard, jetting across the globe and performing just about everywhere.

I know that you'll come back with some fantastic new songs and I am sorry that there are people out there who just want to put you down, you're amazing.

Look forward to hearing the new stuff when it's ready and Remedy is still in my top 5 songs of all time at the moment, it seems so long ago since I first heard it, has it really been that long?

Looking back at your last year it's no wonder that you need sometime out of the limelight to actually be able to write again. You're my ultimate favorite artist and I'll just keep hands on repeat until the second album. Stay strong and remember that true fans will always stick by you. Good luck with everything :) xx

thank you so much everyone for all your kind/ thoughtful/ inspiring comments. in regards to the remix competition please accept my apologies i have responded to it in the forum but can understand your frustration!
cheers x

Hi Vic
Just read the blog - I am so missing you and your music this summer. You got me back into electronic music and going to gigs again at 45 years old last year and though I tinker with other bands (Ellie Goulding - short term fad, Chew Lips - actually I really like them), I really miss the Little Boots songs and the live shows. Come back to us with great new songs when you can, we are all waiting patiently because we really like it and cannot wait for new stuff. Just looking at your schedule last year was knackering so how it was to actually do it I can't imagine. Just come back when you can and blow our socks off!

Hi Victoria,
Hope you are enjoying the summer to its fullest (and properly recharging yr batteries - can't believe how much travelling you did for the last album - no wonder you need a proper break).
Don't worry, I'm sure the first album/bsides/remixes will sustain us for a while yet.
Plus, I'm sure there will be lots of exciting new tech/toys coming out in the next year, in time for some new shows!

PS - loving the 90s vibes (so many cool memories)

Paul
x

Further down the comments a dude wrote in french i translated it and thought it was sweet to i put it on so you can all understand it!


The artist is a master of time.
The public always fit with the times.
Your time is ours.
Time is yours.
Tame it.
We will do our times your rhythm.
Do not place thee beyond the pace of your intuitions are so beautiful and precious.
We always receive your works as gifts.
Rare and precious gifts.
My Regards, Mrs. Victoria

No worries Bootsalicious: your fans will be here waiting for your next record, and we are a very patient bunch. I LOVE your message, because it's so you. Real, honest, down to earth, plant watering Boots. Keep it up (the writing, but also the plants hehe). Your debut record was a fun ride: and I am sure loads of cool stuff will be here in the future!

Enjoy the weather. Use sunscreen. Eat healthy. That kind of crap.
X
Auntie Madison

Hi, Kevvy. Being a fellow fan who's entered and lost a different remix contest before, I can understand your frustration, especially if you worked hard on your entry, but please try to keep in mind that Little Boots is just one woman. She works hard to be creative and keep us involved in her creativity -- the remix contest being a good example.

Sitting here Stateside, I can concede I was disappointed when Boots had to cancel her Atlanta gig on the last tour, but I also understand that there's a major worldwide recession going on. It's caught everyone in its grip, including pop stars, so not every project that got started a year or two ago shall be finished. That's a hard, harsh reality. Just think of all the people who've lost their jobs.

Besides all of these considerations, I think it's important to note that Victoria the person was asked to promote her album for over a year. That's a long time for one person to put her family, her friends, her private time, and her creative process on hold while she played the same batch of songs over and over to delight us fans. That's why I'm happy for her that she's getting some time for herself and the people in her life while she also makes time to craft some new tunes for us.

If you can, please accept my apology, for what it's worth from a fellow fan, that the remix contest might have gotten left by the wayside in the midst of everything. It wasn't fair to you, and it probably wasn't fair to Ms. Hesketh either that her fans were left disappointed. Such are the times. I'm just happy that someone like her exists and is doing her thing!

Let's all remain loyal and be patient so she can continue her career and we can look forward to her work in the future.

" i think after what my body and brain went through last year i don't really see any reason not to"

Here's a reason - you still haven't announced who, if anyone, has won the remix contest you held over six months ago (winner was meant to be announced later in February-March, according to your own nesletter. we're still waiting to hear which one you picked. So how about finish off the things you promised to do related to your last album before moving on to the next? Or is it true that the whole thing was just an explotative marketing scam?

Hi Vic,

Thank you for the nice blog!
I'll wait as long as it takes for the new album.

I hope you'll come to Austria if you're back on tour with the new album :)

Thank you for giving us a peek into your life these days. You deserve a break, but it's great to hear you're working on new songs and getting a charge out of it. I'm looking forward to your next album and hoping you come to Atlanta on the next tour. Thank you for being you and doing what you do! Take care of yourself.

i love you

thats all :)

Its nice to hear you are getting a little break after the amount of work you did last year. Us fans can wait. It will only make us appreciate the new stuff more when we finally get to hear it.

xxx

Vic take as long as you want, music is something that should not be rushed out the door for the sake of it.

We will all be here no matter how long it takes as we all are hooked:)

I was watching the scissor sisters at glasto today and they were talking about how they had seemed to disappear from the music scene for so long and how the fans had missed them.

Just drop us a blog now and then to keep us in the picture.

Thanks for the update

Adam

L'artiste est un maître du temps.
Le public s'adaptera toujours à son temps.
Ton temps est le nôtre.
Le temps t'appartient.
Apprivoises-le.
Nous ferons de ton rythme notre temps.
Ne t'imposes rien au delà du rythme de tes intuitions qui sont si belles et si précieuses.
Nous recevrons toujours tes oeuvres comme des cadeaux.
Des cadeaux rares et précieux.
Mes Respects, Madame Victoria.