12/09/2008
Larytta " Souvenir De Chine"
What is this video supposed to be saying? The Chinese are house birds uncaged ready to feast on the field mice economies of the world? Or are the mice China? When did parakeets get so gangster? So many questions
12/04/2008
11/25/2008
Tigerbeat Get Bloggy !!!
Nearly 3 years on they've released over 50 releases and alongside Kid 606 a burgeoning family of artists continue to open new frontiers to redefine the way people hear and think about music.
Check that:
http://tigerbassallovertheplace.blogspot.com/
Taste Maker
Michna gives you a little "avant goût" from their live
Here you go:
Michna with Raw Paw from System D-128 on Vimeo.
And here is the The video for "Triple Chrome Dipped"
A collaboration between Michna and Philly-based video artist System D-128: nostalgic footage of the artist's New York coming-of-age in the early '90s. It's unconventional, but it works on the strengths of Michna and System D-128's obvious artistic chemistry.
Filmed entirely on a Hi8 analog camcorder purchased in 1989, the footage shows flashes of Adrian Michna's youth from 1989 to 1995: the local pizza shop; the Metro North from Westchester through the Bronx and into Manhattan; skateboarding through Brooklyn; Michna's little brother staging toy-robot wars; band practice; doing donuts in high-school parking lots.
Michna - "Triple Chrome Dipped" from Ghostly International on Vimeo.
11/03/2008
10/31/2008
after their debut ep on boysnoize records in september they are happy to announce their 2nd release in 2008.
its the album "Supercontinental" and will be released on Shitkatapult (Strike 98), oct 31st. Don't miss it!
START: 11pm
check the album medley:
http://www.chrisdelucavsphono.com/mp3/clp_supercontinental_album_medley.mp3
YOYOYO... BERLINERS!!!
its getting cold out there, but we will have something super hot for you:
CLP RECORD RELEASE PARTY at SCALA
(friedrichstr. 112a) on saturday, NOV 1st.
CLP(Shitkatapult / Boysnoize Rec) - LIVE+Video
APPARAT (Shitkatapult / Bpitchcontrol) - DJ
BUGATI FORCE(Exploited) - LIVE
SKATE (unsportsmanlike/labland) - DJ
SICK GIRLS (Revolution N°5, Violent Turd / Berlin) - DJ
LITWINENKO (Kitty Yo / Detroitunderground) - DJ
VISUALS by VJ BLAUTON (audiopixel) !
CLP
"Ain't Nobody Cooler" is taken from CLP 's ep on Boysnoize Records(BNR 27) including outstanding and sweeping remixes from Diplo (Producer of Santagold, Bonde Do Role) and his buddy Dj Sega (Mad Decent) and Mixhell (Iggor Cavalera, Sepultura & Laima Leyton).
10/30/2008
Music is free! Floating in space
Antye Greie aka AGF is a vocalist, musician, producer, and artist. Recently she has been exploring speech and spoken word combined with electronic music, as well as working on sound installations!
For her 5th solo album "Dance Floor Drachen" AGF decided to do a digital release within the format of a web application and a consideration about the value of music in the year 2008.
It is an open call to ask the listener to show personal appreciation for the music experienced.Each download contains a visible counter. For this record AGF experiments with voice recordings on simple beats as well implementing some forgotten ideas, and re-recorded pieces of her previous works. It contains many surprises.
Be curious and take a look!! http://dancefloordrachen.poemproducer.com/
8/25/2008
product placements (2008): nightmare for GERMAN RIAA
product placements (2008)
music piece / performance ("music theater")
70,200 samples in 33 seconds: nightmare for GERMAN RIAA
If you want to register a song at GEMA (RIAA, ASCAP of Germany) you have to fill in a form for each sample you use, even the tiniest bit. On 12 Sept 08, German Avantgarde musician Johannes Kreidler will —as a live performance event—register a short musical work that contains 70,200 quotations with GEMA using 70,200 forms.
Further Info:
KREIDLER NET
8/14/2008
FOOD FOR ANIMALS - Video
all i do is eat, sleep, shit and dance
Martin Sulzer made a music video for food for animals! it’s all about the modern man in today’s society.
Work By Martin SulzerThe Landjugend Website
8/08/2008
B-Seite Festival
The owners of a record player will easily relate to the concept of the Festival for Visual Arts and Contemporary Culture: sometimes it’s the unimposing ‘B’ that is hiding the true gem of a vinyl record. B-Side is tracing these jewels that are prospering out of the limelight. B-Side risks a second look and does not refrain from placing the needle on the grooves that have gone unnoticed.
This non-commercial festival deals with all varieties of modern visual arts, explores media intersections and opens up new perspectives, a different way to look at new trends and developments. Video art, computer art, interactive projection and light design are the cornerstones of this event, discussions, lectures and workshops will complete the offering. Additionally, the first VJ conference in the South of Germany will be held.
If you wanna be part of it...
If you wanna get further info...
Check: Festival for Visual Arts and Contemporary Culture
6/25/2008
6/17/2008
POLITAOKE
-- Politaoke is a project of the People's Party for Participatory Democracy and the Advancement of Karaoke (PPPDAK). Politaoke, an audience participation performance piece by Diana Arce, will tour the United States over a period of two months. The US premiere of the work, which allows audience members to deliver their favorite speeches from Presidential Primary Candidates up to the President himself - Karaoke style- opens on July 30th and 31st at the Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo, New York as part of the Buffalo Infringement Festival. The tour will continue cross country throughout August and September.
Developed over 2007/8 and first performed in Weimar, Germany on January 30, 2008, Politaoke has been expanded and updated to include a wide spectrum of contemporary politics and issues relating to the US election in November. While on tour, Diana Arce will be updating and adding speeches in order to stay up to date with the current election.
Further info:
People's Party for Participatory Democracy and the Advancement of Karaoke (PPPDAK)
Diana Arce VISUALOSMOSIS
5/27/2008
Mochipet - Microphone Pets ( Daly City Records )
Mochipet DJ Mixes
http://www.dalycityrecords.com/mochipet-micpet-tourmix/
Daly City Blog:
http://dalycityrecords.blogspot.com/
After moshing through Girls Love Breakcore (2007) with Rotator and Otto Von Schirach, and dancing though the techno Disko Donkey (2006) nights with Ellen Allien, Mochipet is back with an army of MCs, hell bent on bringing the Hip-Hop genre to whole new levels creativity. “Microphonepet” is a collection of Mochi-Beats (2003-2008) matched with notable MCs such as: Casual & Opio of Hieroglyphics, Raashan of Crown City Rockers, Mykah9 of Freestyle Fellowship, Dopestyle of Kutmaster Kurt, RQM of Al Haca, Jahcoozi, 215TFK, and Kutti MC to combine elements of Glitch, Dubstep, Jazz, Funk, Afrobeat, and Computer Rock to bring you something entirely different. The results will have Club Kids rocking out to Miles Davis and Backpackers picking up Roland TB-303s. This is Hybrid-Hip-Hop on Platypus Party Acid Baby!
4/29/2008
GHOSTLY INTERNATIONAL + [ADULT SWIM] = GHOSTLY SWIM
Something wicked this way comes. Record label, Ghostly International and modern cult classic programmers [Adult Swim] have paired for a compilation of new music and art. All the material is free, new and up as high quality downloads.
A genre-busting 19-song collection, stretching the entire Ghostly International galaxy, Ghostly Swim explores the Avant-Pop style that the Ann Arbor/New York City label has been been championing for the past 9 years. Ghostly Swim features artists like Matthew Dear, Dabrye, Tycho and Aeroc and features new signings like UK cult band The Chap and NYC producer Michna.
The free collection also includes favorite friends of the label like School Of Seven Bells, and Detroit’s Deastro, Milosh (Plug Research), FLYamSAM (Warp’s Flying Lotus and SAMIYAM), and Dark Party (Eliot Lipp and Leo123). Along with the new music, BoyCatBird (Ghostly’s mascots) make their animated debut in the awesome “City Suckers” video by Daniel Garcia/Superfi.
Ghostly Swim:
http://www.adultswim.com/williams/music/ghostlyswim/index.html
Ghostly (new site!)
http://ghostly.com
Adult Swim
http://www.adultswim.com/
images and cover at:
http://ghostly.com/press-room/
4/16/2008
T.RAUMSCHMIERE
4/12/2008
4/09/2008
SPECTRAL SOUND colab. WITH DESIGNERS WEWORKFORTHEM
Spectral Sound, Dancefloor counterpart label of Ghostly International, has teamed up with design legend Mike Cina of WeWorkForThem and TrueIsTrue to deliver a body of elegant and considered artwork for the label's new releases.
Cina and Ghostly founder Sam Valenti IV have long considered working together and after many packages of records and books traded hands, the two companies have created something striking.
Cina describes the collaboration as "perfect timing." "I met Sam in the early 2000's. He contacted me about some work I was doing." "Late last year, I was wanting to work on some personal-type work and it happened to be what direction Ghostly was going in. WeWorkForThem also was doing some stuff that needed the type of sound that Ghostly/Spectral is perfecting, seems like a perfect match for me."
Valenti agrees. "Collaborating with Mike was something we wanted to do for quite sometime, after seeing some of the projects he had been working on, it forced our hand."
The 12" sleeves represent both a neo-classical and abstract beauty and document a new era for the Ann Arbor based label. The 3 covers represent a new breed of Spectral talent including Kate Simko, Sami Koivikko and Cologne-based duo, Daso & Pawas. Ghostly will be offering a limited edition of prints of each cover on their online boutique The Ghostly Store as well as t-shirts by YouWorkForThem.
"Spectral is stepping into it's eigth year which looks to be it's best both musically and visually. We are proud to deliver these works and hope our fans appreciate them as much as we do." Valenti says.
Spectral Sound and Playhouse will team up for Germany Tour
Playhouse vs. Spectral Sound:
Extraordinary releases, outstanding artists and already a great label history are not the only things these labels have in common.
02. mai offenbach robert johnson losoul (dj) + sami koivikko ( live)
09. mai münchen flokati heiko mso (dj) + pär grindvik ( live)
10. may darmstadt 603 qm losoul + daso, live
16. mai berlin panoramabar ata, heiko mso, pär grindvik : sami koivikko - live
17. mai berlin berghain dave vega, alter ego, heiko mso, roman flügel, raudive
panoramabar losoul, holger zilske, meat, prosumer
live : daso; nerk + drik leyers
17. mai zürich zukunft ata (dj) + sami koivikko, live
This smells like conspiracy.
Musical borders morphed together. It´s not the question anymore who inspired, who influenced whome. It all happened on the Axis of techno, house & disco music from Detroit to Germany, back and forth. It´s a street which is busy for more than 25 years now. What can be ensured is honest, unique and concrete dancemusic and a sweaty dancefloor. That´s what simply each label and every single artist have to offer.
This is the invitation to explore the sound of class 2008!
"We are tremendously excited to be working with an institution like Playhouse. I can still recall hearing artists like Isolee, Alter Ego and Losoul for the first time and Rework's "Loin De Moi" was the theme hit of Matthew Dear and Ryan Elliott's weekly party in Ann Arbor for three years. The music of Playhouse has distinct character and seamlessly blends house, techno and disco in a tasteful way that we attempt as well. We believe the combination of our artists will yield some amazing parties."
Sam Valenti ( Spectrals Sound )
“We’ve all been big fans of Ghostly and Spectral from day one. It’s great when unique and visionary music comes in a great package with tasty artwork. The fantastic Ghostly logo was always standing out of the other records around and it was always keeping promises in quality for everything recorded under that imprint.
When we met for the first time and found out that we seem to inspire each other musicwise on both ends it was an obvious concequence that we should join forces one day and team up for some good parties together.
Be a witness when we are slammin the floors together for the first time in history."
Heiko MSO ( Playhouse )