If it ain't baaaroque...

Well I got all stoked on sharing today after seing SSSR's 20 minute video done for Subtle's new cd/dvd, Wishingbone. It was on YouTube yesterday but now I go to link and nada. I guess the powers that be saw it and removed it. Damn. This whole information age vs. intellectual property thing is quite the fiasco, huh? Well anyway, it was way nuts and just bursting at the seams with creativity and you need to make it a point to track it down now.

Oh wait, one of the parts of it is actually the Fuck Kelly Osbourne vid...

Go on now...click it...

Yeah so if you dug on that at all, the rest was even better. Cell animation and CG and live video all coalescing into something way different and otherworldly (yet still tinged with political undertones). In fact, it's so solid, you'll actually be able to tune out that mad scientist circus act schtick that Dose One does. Sorry, but for reals, I can't hang. I've heard a lot of his stuff over the years (nutty instro's!) and he actually says some pretty crazy poetic things but I still can't deal with that creepy crawly rapid fire nasal shit. Oh well. To each his own. I'm claiming SSSR all the way on this one though, definately a talented visual collective to look out for. In fact, the full video has already won some prestigious British Animation Award for best music video. Them gills packed with skills.




Hey look, I found this too right now while I was rummaging for shit...this is actually kinda awesome...again definately on the fence with Why? (Hymie's Basement was the shit though) but the video is pretty sensitive guy creative and cuddly. It reminds me of Me and You and Everyone We Know, only in music video form. Best part is all those words and razors tumbling out that one pooch's mouth. Awww!!! Directed by Ravi Zupa.



Wow, and then I find this...Yip-Yip? Don't know too much about these guys, just sounds like some fuzzy lo-fi synth jams for wierdos, but on the visual tip...goddamn do these fools know a thing or two about seizure inducing insanity! This makes that Pokemon video that left all those poor little Japanese kids with scrambled circuitry look like um, well, Pokemon! (god, please don't leave that). Ok, how about, makes it look like child's play ::wink:: (Jesus...even lamer...you've got no trajectory today Scallz, no trajectory. Just stop typing and put Rubber Johnny up here or something and go take a nap).


Fine. Rubber Johnny it is. Just make sure it's night and your lights are turned off.


First time I saw this I was at an opera house in Italy. Warp was touring around Europe with the London Sinfonietta, re-interpreting Aphex Twin songs with an orchestra and other high brow shit. I remember watching the faces of all those affluent season ticket holder types who decided to come to the theatre for an elegant night of culture...sheer hoity-toity horror. About half the audience started wigging the fuck out and next thing you know people are leaving by the droves. I was busy cheering like crazy while taking schwaps from a handle of Jager we snuck in. It was awesome.

What else...oh yeah, obviously YouTube quality brings this down more than a notch, as shit is hyper-hyper detailed (slow mo it if you can), so I really would recommend the DVD, if only for the 40 page book of the most awfully twisted shit any human brain has mashed together at this point in history. I just found out that that whole sea of ballsacks and hairy appendages and teeth or whatever the fuck it is, is in fact all Chris Cunningham. What a nut. After looking at this and then his drawings, I start to get the feeling that dude's day to day mental activity must be something akin to getting in a severe car accident while peaking on acid. Just waaay too intense. Thanks for sharing though, mate!

But heeeey now! It's summertime! G'on now! Fuck that wierd shit! Beaches and BBQs, y'know! Poolside! Ay yo, spark that L! Summertime dro anthem!

Tyte Wurk - Mary Jane

And here's some borderline retarded nursery rhyme shit for for your guilty pleasure bin...fully primed to bounce around in your head all damn week.

Jibbs- Chain Hang Low

Oh yeah and a sneek peak of the MF Doom Ghostface collabo coming out in fall on Lex! Whatchu know about the epic string/horn combo?

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Audio/Visual Mindmeld XXXtranvaganza

Ok, as much as I wanna keep the last post up top, I've just got too much good shit to share. So in the interest of keeping tings moving right along, I've got all the mixes on a sidebar now, along with a top 10 and some links actually worth clicking on. If you want a track list plus longwinded speal for any of the mixes, scroll past this post or just click on the 6.6.06 post. Yaay.

Anyway, today's topic is music and video and the funny feelings that arise when you splice those two things together.

First off, Ninja tune has been seriously on point as of late.


Fucking. Amon. Sickest nutjob in the game (by a long shot). Up to no good again. Here's a sneak peek at his next album. Apparently, it's all centered around field recordings, and by the sound of the preview, I'm guessing shit will cause your skull to cave in on impact. My eardrums are still covered in jagged scars and third degree burns from the last time I saw him...totally worth it.



Just saw these kids too. Damn good live show...even if the crowd was mostly of the accesory-overload, GOD-I'm-so-fucking-cool-it-hurts-I-wish-I-had-a-twin-who-dressed-just-like-me-and-there-were-mirrors-everywhere-so-I-could-watch-as-I-fuck-the-shit-out-of-my-selfabsorbed-ass-all-day-every-day-even-though-I'm-over-it persuasion. I swear there's gotta be some giant alpine horn up in the hills around Hollywood that they blow when certain acts are playing...

::Buuuuh BAAAAAAAAH:: SILVERLAKE...ASSEMBLE!!! DON YOUR PINK AND GREEN EYESORE ENSEMBLE IMMEDIATELY!! FORGET NOT, YOUR PARTY SCARF, LEST YOU BE THE LAUGHING STOCK OF ALL THE OTHER ASSHOLES! SEE YOU GUYS ON FRIDAY FOR MSTRKRFT!

That aside, shit still got me all danceypants. Plus, this video, with the throwback stock footage and neon partymode 5000 action, is actually really fucking undeniably cool.

Super secret nerd shout out to having Spank Rock out (guffaw) in front of a screen with a picture from the nintendo game, Crystalis. Shit was the most unsung super sick game ever on NES, like Zelda times 100, and it never got it's due. So props to Spankrock (and the rest of the hipster crowd) for being huge geeks back in the day...not that that wasn't obvious?

Also, I swear to god I saw Dave Chapelle after the show but no one believes me. Fuck you...it was him...I saw him...you didn't...eat a dick.



Daedelus, on the other hand, is comfortable being the unabashed oddball loner type, complete with some hardcore mutton chops and a public obsession with Victorian Era Dandyism. I'm guessing this probably translates into him staying at home more often than not, where he churns out boatloads of some of the most utterly unique music ever concocted. Well thank god...that's exactly what he should be doing. Sundown could be my favorite song he's made thus far. The Colecovision keyboards, the unintelligible crooning, the breakdown featuring a mob of fired up revolutionaries armed to the teeth with cowbells...yeah, dude is for real. The video is equally amazing...the shitty youtube quality doesn't really do it justice here. Hit up the ninjatune website (now also conviently located on the sidebar) to see it in better quality...also check out the Coldcut True Skool video and the new Loka one too while you're at it.

Now for some random eurotrash videos that rock.



Thomas Bangalter with that retirement home disco pimp shit.



This song (along with Royksopp's entire last album) is pretty forgettable but the video is one of the most original ideas I've ever seen, executed perfectly.


Chemical Brother's. This is a shitty song too but the concept is dope and it has a couple of real tight moments.


However, nothing will ever top this Chemical Brothers video by the ridiculously brilliant Michel Gondry. Crappy My First Video Editor effects morphed into real life representations. Again, the video quality kinda fucks this up, but you already own the Director Series DVD of Gondry's work (along with Spike Jonze and Chris Cunningham's DVD's), so who cares right?

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6.6.06 YOU'VE BEEN WARNED

Day of Reckoning. You know those cryptic billboards you've seen round the way that had you going what? Yeah, that was me...Anticipation got you all crazed today, huh? I bet by the end of the day there's gonna be all kinds of sinister yet seductive pink ticklemist just starbursting around the city like at the end of Ghostbusters...at which point I'll probably be downtown, getting all primal, Vinz Clortho-style.

Anyhow...without further ado...the Yin Yang twins of mixes...Thug n Bass and Aurora Borealis. I'd file these two under "Extreme Sideprojects"...basically some specialized listening excursions curated for opposing levels of the emotional fringe. If you can't hang, don't worry, I'll be back to not-as-gnarly-and-intense mode shortly. In the mean time, I've posted two older mixes (The Eclectic Kool-Aid Acid Test and Phlutter) that are much more digestible. If you are feeling particularly generous and want a hard copy of these on CD (complete with artwork, separate tracks n better sound quality), e-mail me and we can work out some 5 dollar pay pal nonsense. Otherwise just download and enjoy.

Thug n Bass

IT'S MURDER DEATH KILL IN THE YEAR 3000 MUTHAFUCKAZ!!!

Thug n Bass, a head on collision of hip hop, drum n bass, and other forays into dark futurism featuring the lyrical venom of gangsta legends such as Tupac, Eazy-E, Trick Daddy, Big L, and Enya. Not for the faint of heart or even the mildly squemish... but be sure to bump this while operating heavy machinery. In fact, make this the soundtrack to your next high speed pursuit. 130 mph, drunk as shit, Fox news choppers hovering above, blinding you with your 15 minutes, both glocks in the air, and the steering wheel on random...

Or maybe you could just go somewhere secluded, get wasted, and blast this at full volume while punching the dashboard until you break something. Shit works wonders for that intense suburban aggression too, son!

Also, subs are a must for this one...don't let me catch you fucking with this on your tinny ass computer speakers! Double also...it eases up a little bit towards the end if you're kinda curious as to what it is that I'm doing but you take a listen and freak out because you're a little bitch. But like I said on them billboards, you've been warned.

Now go wreck some shit.

Thug n Bass tracklist

1. Phantom Audio-Heavy Handed
2. MC Eiht-Thuggin it up
3. Kryptic Minds-Whiplash
4. Kool G Rap-On the Run
5. Hive-Keep Runnin
6. Dom and Gridlok-Moodswings
7. Ghostface- Run
8. Hive + Gridlok + Kaos-Dead Planet
9. Calyx-Killa
10.Notorious BIG-Gimme the Loot
11.Kryptic Minds and Leon Switch- Prejudice and Politics
12.2pac- Homeboyz
13.Pendulum-Masochist
14.Kane and Abel (featuring Twista)-Straight Thuggn
15.Future Prophecies-Warlords Rising
16.Wu-tang-Cream
17.Method Man-Plo Style
18.Ghostface-Daytona 500
19.Rza-NYC Everything
20.ODB-Shimmy Shimmy Ya
21.Chase and Status-Call to Prayer
22.Eastbush Flat Project-Tried by 12
23.San Quinn-I run the city
24.The Upbeats-Oiled up
25.Westside Connection-Bow Down
26.Dylan and Ink-California Curse(Dylan & Loxy remix)
27.Hive + Keaton + Gridlok-California Schemin
28.Eazy-E-Real Muthaphukkin G's
29.Company Flow-gigapet epiphany
30.Tech Itch-The Calling
31.Noisia-Block Control
32.Shadowhuntaz-2020
33.Loxy-Jinnel Killa
34.Spor-Dreadnought
35.Children of the Corn-American Dreams
36.Skream-Lightning
37.Mike Jones-Still Tippin
38.Vex'd-Pop Pop VIP
39.Trick Daddy-Naan
40.Mark One-stargate
41.Three 6 Mafia-Stay Fly
42.Bone Thugs-Da Introduction
43.Bone Thugs-Shotz to tha Double Glock
44.Company Flow-Shadows Drown
45.Nephilim Modulation Systems- Brave New World
46.Saskrotch-The Legend of Zelda
47.Drumsound and Simon Bassline Smith-The Odyssey
48.MOP-Ante Up
49.Subfocus-X-ray
50.Crime Mob-Knuck if you Buck
51.P Brothers-Make it Better
52.Pendulum-Slam
53.Futurebound and Jaquan-Blind Cobbler's Thumb
54.Project Pat-Ballers
55.Kid 606-Phat with a a Phd
56.Enya-Only Time
57.Juelz Santana-Dipset
58.High Contrast-Natural High
59.Lil Troy-Wanna be a Baller
60.Geto Boys-Damn it feels good to be a gangsta

Aurora Borealis

The second installment of Sleep Spindles...ambient music to assist you with your daily dissolution of consciousness. Like the northern lights, the soundscape slowly undulates, softly cresting between hopeful dream weaving and mournful stargazing, while carefully unraveling thoughts so that they might ripple skywards. I recommend you let this unfold right as you are going to bed, with the volume at about 1/2 to 1/3 of your normal listening level so you aren't disturbed once you drift off, but hey, feel free to do as you please. I'm looking forward to hearing this while deep sea diving with ghosts, or while peacefully being consumed by the all encompassing whiteout of a thousand year blizzard...

Perfect for ending...only to begin again.

Sleep Spindles 2: Aurora Borealis Tracklist

1.cLOUDEAD-Apt. A
2.Stars of the Lid-Requiem for Dying Mothers, Part 2
3.Eluvium-I Am So Much More Me That You Are Perfectly You
4.M83-Slight Night Shiver
5.Loscil-Brittle
6.Mr Projectile-Underneath the Evening
7.Marsen Jules- Fans D'Automne
8.Manual-As the Moon Spins Around
9.Tiki Obmar-Ankeny, Iowa
10.Bibio-Cherry Blossom Road
11.Susumu Yokota-Wind Wave
12.Fila Brazillia-July 23
13.Eluvium-taken
14.Rothko-Harold Budd
15.Pan American-Christo en Pilsen
16.Labradford-P
17.Stars of the Lid-Even if You're Never Awake
18.Casino Versus Japan-Vessels That Float Out of Metals That Sink 2
19.Mum-Smell Memory (Traktor Remix)
20.Biosphere-White Lightning
21.Max Richter-Organum
22.Deru-The Reasons
23.Dosh-Rock it to the Next Episode
24.Tower Recordings-whitewood
25.Parallax-Track 3 from Le Symphonie de Rien
26.The Album Leaf-Seal Beach
27.Charles Atlas-The Deadest Bar
28.Dollboy-Splash
29.Secede-Ballroom Arcade
30.Biosphere-meltwater
31.Growing-Primitive Associations/Great Mass Above
32.KM Krebs-The Unassailable and Eternal Sovereign of the Lunar Body


And for a less ummm...polar affair, you should check out The Eclectic Kool-Aid Acid Test. This one covers a lot of bases while keeping things cohesive and accessible.

The Eclectic Kool-Aid Acid Test




Or you might take a trip with Phlutter and coast thru smoke-filled lounges cushioned with crushed velvet, to lazy river rides through lush lunar vegatation,to secret asylums filled with electronics that whirr and pitter, all before tumbling back down again.

Phlutter




How's that for a 1-2-3-4 punch combo?

Also stay tuned for Random Access Melodies. Hopefully, it'll be done by the end of the month. It's shaping up to be a 3 disc 4 hour 150+ track ultrabeast at this point so who knows...but expect it to be the definitive guide to musical ones and zeroes. This button turns this into a megapost