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lightning bolt
Friday 04.24.08
If you’re not a fan of noise; I can’t say I’m sure that Lightning Bolt is going to change your mind but if you’re a fan of the genre or are at least interested than I assure you that Lightning Bolt is at the head of the pack when it comes to creating avant garde noise.
The track I’m sharing with you is called Dracula Mountain and it’s an incredible noise gem from the Rhode Island band’s Wonderful Rainbow album. The track is absolutely stellar and throughout it’s five minutes, it’s just fucking wild.
Lightning Bolt- Dracula Mountain
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-Kyle
photo via Craig Kanarick.
music: ariel pink
Thursday 03.20.08
Ariel Pink makes low fidelity music.
It’s psychedelic.
Let it melt over you.
Dancing not required but highly recommended.
Ariel Pink- Every Night I Die At Miyagi’s
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Ariel Pink- Higher and Higher
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-Kyle
music: kelpe
What starts off as something that seems like improv Jazz, Kelpe’s Colours Don’t Leak ends up turning into a phenomenal ambient instrumental track with some droning synths, electronics and a high class drum kit. The track is off of Kelpe’s 2008 album, Ex-Aquarium and I have yet to get a hold of the whole album but I’ll be sure to post about it when I do.
The song clocks in around six minutes but don’t worry, shit never gets tiring. It’s a great song to add to your weekly playlist and if you dig it enough, It probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to check into some of Kelpe’s other stellar music.
Kelpe- Colours Don’t Leak
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-Kyle
photo via flickr user, piccadillywilson.
music: nick butcher
The beginning static is your day being turned on and your sleep being turned off simultaneously. They’re fighting each other; one wants it to begin, the other wants to press snooze. Eventually the one that wants to wake up rolls out of the slumber and on to the floor. The the sound after that is your eyes adjusting to the light; after that you hear metal, more static, blips, and beeps and sounds you’ve never heard before. These aural events are you noticing the world around you and how everyone is too busy to stop and say hi to you.
Soon the music in your life turns to something with rhythm but it’s occasionally chaotic and makes little sense but the rhythm, that’s the thing you hold on to. The balance, the medium, all in it’s most precious state inside of your head.
The static reappears, it’s beckoning you to end your day. You smile despite some of the lower points of the day. You smile because this is your life.
Nick Butcher- Geographical Distance
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-Kyle
photo via flickr user, Peter Kaminski.
music: sun ra
On this here analog scene and the scene of many other blogstars, Sun Ra means one thing — Nuclear War. All too many think of Mr. Ra as either just covered by Yo La Tengo or on some half-assed Madlib mixtape. Well kids, Sun Ra kicked ass in many ways and was far more worthy than his “indie patrons” would like to think.
“Rocket Number Nine” is a well known composition of Sun Ra, which foreshadows the composer’s ability to incorporate rap and future sounds in his music. The song has also spawned a London band by the same title, which I bet Sun Ra could have predicted the existence of as well. The composition was released officially by Sun Ra and his Myth Science Arkestra in 1965. This version, which is without the extended sound-mass improvisation, was released in 1972.
Sun Ra- Rocket Number Nine
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-Ben
photo via flickr user, Brian Bruchman.
music and culture: drm news and matmos
Hope your weekend went well! Let’s get started with some news about Amazon’s DRM-Free mp3 Service. Amazon now has a Linux client for the service and now Amazon supports all major operating systems which definitely could give them an edge over iTunes but then again; Linux users are a pretty minuscule number of the computing population. Other DRM news includes a NY Times story on how publishers are phasing out DRM. Audible has yet to jump on this band wagon.
Alright enough of that, let’s get to the music! My good friend Matt Kish once posted the following track at his blog on Spudd64 and I can’t look into the archives to quote him directly but I will paraphrase I little of what he had to say about the Matmos song I’m sharing with you. Kish has a way of describing music that I’m not very good at but one of the things that he said really stuck with me. First off he said that the song reminded him of summer and I believe he was posting this in the middle of winter so it was applicable but the thing that really got me was his intimate description of sitting on a front porch just simply enjoying summer while listening to the fireworks in the distance along with other ambient noises. It was a gorgeous description and it’s a bummer I can’t recreate it for you.
Regardless, I miss summer too.
Matmos- For The Trees (Return)
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- Kyle
music: a short lesson in electro
It’s been fun to watch the evolution of electro, hasn’t it? The word ‘electro’ started out as such an odd creature, no one was sure quite exactly what it meant. To some, electro meant anything with synthesizers (i.e. electro-rock). To others, electro meant the more avant garde side of dance music, with harder and heavier elements. In the end, it became neither. I feel a lynching coming on, but to me electro has become the ‘indie’ of electronic music – you’ll find the most obscure samples in it, you’ll hear the most innovative things the scene has to offer, and you’ll hear good music that your average candy kid or gamer won’t. And yes, that makes the whole genre seem quite pretentious to me; but why else would I like it so much?
That being said, when you go looking for electro; you’re reaching into a grab bag of genres. You never really know what you’re going to get. It’s fun when you get a few songs that you can group into their very own special category. Today’s episode is brought to you by pounding, driving and grinding beats mixed with soaring, easy to remember melodies! Shake your groove thangs all the way into the weekend with these tracks.
Stereoheroes- Moon Knight
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Vitalic- Poney Part 1
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-Robert
photo from flickr user, emily_chiavelli.
music: fuck buttons
A noise band with a noisy name, there’s a surprise! But srsly, Fuck Buttons make some pretty cool noises on their latest album, Street Horrrsing, and remind me of a fleshed out Drum’s Not Dead era Liars. They’ve been featured in Time Out Magazine, and like any band of their kind, have received their share of negative press. They are a duet from the United Kingdom.
“Ribs Out” isn’t a track to give your grandmother for her birthday, but if you feel like a nice grandkid, you could take her to see the Buttons on tour (sounds so cute when you call them the Buttons!) They’ll be cruising through North America this upcoming month, so look em up!
Fuck Buttons- Ribs Out
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-Ben
