When I heard this, my jaw dropped and my faith was restored in the world. Classic 90s breakbeat techno with minimal synth influences, and a dash of Jamaican dancehall shout-outs. Smutty, slutty, and catchy as hell.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
O - O'rgasm
When I heard this, my jaw dropped and my faith was restored in the world. Classic 90s breakbeat techno with minimal synth influences, and a dash of Jamaican dancehall shout-outs. Smutty, slutty, and catchy as hell.
Monday, April 22, 2013
Pharmakon - 2009 S/T
Per request.
This woman rules, even though the album art for this release is reprehensible. (Could it be a critique of traditional death industrial album covers? Nouveau/retro Sick Puppy? Maybe Margaret Chardiet is smarter than all of us. Probably.)
Last week was utterly shit-tastic (s/o to fellow Boston inhabitants: land of meathead hardcore and people who walk slowly...jk, we're great guys). Here's a twee mix with a dash of power-pop or vice versa.
1. When You Sleep: Shonen Knife
2. Velasquez and I: Would-Be-Goods
3. Whatever I Do It's Right: The Clean
4. Your Side: Fear Of Men
5. Won't Go Wrong: Let's Active
6. Drown: Black Tambourine
7. Surf's Up: Deardarkhead
8. A Prophecy: Close Lobsters
9. Black and White: The DB's
10. Super Crush: Tiger Trap
11. Pity: Royal Headache
12. Corduroy: The Wedding Present
13. Starshy: Heavenly
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Longmont Potion Castle: Digital Goobers Revisited
A while back I posted a nearly complete discography of the inimitable Longmont Potion Castle, but many of the links were removed. In the mean time, Dirk Funk (also known as Dusty Staccato or Spicy Legato, among others) has been kickin' his boots around, and in late 2012 released a ninth volume of total inanity.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
All posts from 2013 are now re-upped
If you would like something I posted earlier, leave a comment and I'll get to work on it.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Watching The Dance - Aerial FX
A few other blogs have already posted this, and some of their links are still working, but I figured I'd post it here too because it's fucking fantastic and everyone should have it.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Ruth - Polaroïd/Roman/Photo
One of my favorites: a gorgeous, understated piece of genuine French coldwave with lovely cover art. It retains the naïve and tech-inspired distance of typical minimal synth, while being provocative and coquettish. The album tells the story of a boy with a Polaroid, infatuated with a young woman. (I can't resist linking to the stunning NSFW back cover photo). I've been craving a vinyl copy of this for a long time, needless to say.
Minimal Synth Megaposts
Hello there. Over the winter I amassed a large number of minimal synth releases, with help from stellar blogs like Systems of Romance and Kentucky Fried Wave. So before it turns into full-on summer and I start to listen solely to Western MA guitar-based bands, I am going to post my coldwave/minimal synth favorites here, starting with Linea Aspera's self-titled debut album.
LA is, in my opinion, the best new coldwave band out there. Sadly, listening to this album does not (but almost could) count towards that required college science seminar.
LA is, in my opinion, the best new coldwave band out there. Sadly, listening to this album does not (but almost could) count towards that required college science seminar.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Siglo XX - Answer
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Antonin Artaud - Pour en Finir avec le Jugement de Dieu
There seems to be a dearth of spoken-word downloads on the interwebs lately, so hear you go. Because the voice actors in this recording are so evocative, it's pleasing to listen to regardless of whether you understand or agree with Artaud, (he's a bit nutters).
"After the Second World War ended, French radio opened up in a big way to some of the most challenging artists, suppressed in the Nazi-controlled Vichy regime. [Antonin] Artaud was slated, and between November 22 and 29, 1947, recorded his valedictory work, the radiophonic play Pour en finir avec le jugement de dieu (To Have Done or To Make an End of the Judgment of God) for the ORTF. Artaud proclaimed it "at last, a first rendering of the theater of cruelty," but never heard his work broadcast over the air as the program was banned and not broadcast until the late '70s; the perpetually impoverished Artaud died, sitting at the foot of his bed with a shoe in his hand, on March 4, 1948." - via AllMusic
"After the Second World War ended, French radio opened up in a big way to some of the most challenging artists, suppressed in the Nazi-controlled Vichy regime. [Antonin] Artaud was slated, and between November 22 and 29, 1947, recorded his valedictory work, the radiophonic play Pour en finir avec le jugement de dieu (To Have Done or To Make an End of the Judgment of God) for the ORTF. Artaud proclaimed it "at last, a first rendering of the theater of cruelty," but never heard his work broadcast over the air as the program was banned and not broadcast until the late '70s; the perpetually impoverished Artaud died, sitting at the foot of his bed with a shoe in his hand, on March 4, 1948." - via AllMusic
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