Month: January 2016
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Bern It Up
Killer Mike met up with Bernie Sanders a few days ago, compared him to the Beastie Boys (politically at least). I wonder if this video might be why! Much cooler than Palin supporting Trump, which brings new levels of crazy to the campaign… Also watch Killer Mike tear it up at an Atlanta, GA rally…hope,…
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Gymnopedies Number 1000
Hey Exit has taken every recording of Erik Satie’s Gymnopedies No. 1 and time-stretched them all to be the same time. It’s like an impressionistic deluge of piano, or something by The Caretaker. (via Eric Kleptone) And here it is, timestretched slowly a la Justin Bieber:
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Epic Tea Time with Alan Rickman
A good way to remember Alan Rickman (yeah after Bowie and Lemmy, we lost another) is to watch David Michalek’s Epic Tea Time from Portraits In Dramatic Time. Very British, tea time is important, although tea times don’t usually end like that. RIP Alan, you were a brilliant actor. (via Jez Biggs) EDIT – also…
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Psychodelidisco Afrobeat remix double
Here’s the final two remixes/re-edits I did for the Psychodelidisco mix, and both are afrobeat. First up is psychedelic African electronica from Benis Cletin, his Jungle Magic has some amazing crazy synths and a superstitious vibe but timing wise was all over the place, so I extended it, re-edited it, warped and made it far…
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Self Couleur video
Spook! I completely forgotten I’d made this for Kleptonite then not posted it. It’s my Laura Brannigan – Self Control vs Crookers – Cooler Couleur (feat. Yelle) with footage from the original William Friedkin video mixed with Dario Argento’s Phenomena aka Creepers. It’s a quick and dirty edit but effective, and obviously creepy and scary…
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Bowie memories
People are sharing their Bowie memories, and I think that’s a good thing to do…seems as others have said odd to mourn for someone you didn’t know, but as Lauren Laverne said, when someone’s music touches your life for so long, so many decades, it’s bound to make you feel something. I won’t then apologise…