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difference

Posted by homoludo on Jan 31 2009 Posted by homoludo on January 31st, 2009 filed in difference, history, video
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I’m kind of with the Taoists on the dangers of easy sentiment, but this is  hard to resist, and at least it’s a new sentiment.

Mash of the week 10# Convolutions # 1

Posted by homoludo on Jan 30 2009 Posted by homoludo on January 30th, 2009 filed in !Kaboogie, mash of the week, mashes, music
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Twisting things up this week Ed Devane,  with releases on Touchin’ Bass and appearances on Andrea Parker’s new mix cd and the !Kaboogie records sampler amongst others.

And check out the borán loop boyo!.

Convolutions # 1

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Making an Omlette- Scotch Egg in Dublin

Posted by homoludo on Jan 28 2009 Posted by homoludo on January 28th, 2009 filed in gigs, Irish bands
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Homoludo(the band I’m in with hem and him) are playing to night with Scotch egg.

Here is last time in Dublin

Made video

Ten past Seven

Mash of the week 9# Gash up. Yes, but is it art?

Posted by homoludo on Jan 23 2009 Posted by homoludo on January 23rd, 2009 filed in !Kaboogie, mash of the week, mashes, mixtapes, music, theory, writing
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 Here’s the Banker getting on board the train to mashville with- ‘Gash Up’, an extraodinary  mash/edit/arrangement of -   M.I.A. – Galang Acapella, Aphex Twin – Jynweythek Ylow, Shackleton – Tin Foil Sky, The Banker and Beethoven – Adagio Sostenuto. Check the way he uses the piano from Beethoven’s Adagio against M.I.A’s voice then segues into the Aphex twin piano…gosh.

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Speaking of mashes here’s a great, interesting and thought provoking piece by Nick Sylvester and W. David Marx on Girl Talk. For those who don’t know, Girl Talk does fairly dense  mashup albums.(He’s playing Dublin in March, I think I may even be supporting him)

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…the extent to which the music he’s working with is so portable, so building-block ready, makes it seem like he’s not making art so much as merely following industry directions: Step by step, like he’s putting together a Lego spaceship. There is no violence in this process, in other words; he’s hardly repurposing much of anything. Instead it’s like a video game in which Gillis has found the warp level — yet keep in mind, somebody somewhere had to program that warp level precisely so that it would be discovered.

On a boat on the Shannon last summer listening to the Girl Talk album with my friend the film maker, Eamonn, I got him excited by suggesting that a program could be easily written to mix and mash tunes by their key and Bpm. I’ve since came across Mixmeister which pretty much does this and it’s a matter of months before it or something similar is used as a plug in for media players.

The piece makes some interesting points and is a good read, though quoting Adorno to the effect that pop isn’t art muddies the waters. The pop he was talking about was Jazz and tin pan alley etc. It’s also a bit unclear what their problem with Girl Talk is – that he claims to be an artist? That he’s ‘only’ a technician?

The problem here is the usual one that the word art doesn’t actually mean anything.

From the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy

Generally, art is a human activity, made with the intention of stimulating thoughts and emotions. Beyond this description, there is no general agreed-upon definition of art.

–So every thing apart from work then.

Art used to glorify God, now it glorifies the market. Either everything is art or nothing is. I’d go with nothing. Good stuff, bad stuff, stuff I like, stuff that suits my agenda, but don’t go putting wings or halos on any of it.

It’s important to bear in mind the contexts of mashes and the processes that produce them and with that the fact that they create their own contexts. I remember in the days of Boomselection  thinking mashes were done, but they keep going, to the point they are now a model for new technologies. Saying they are soulless is a bit of a so what?- That isn’t nescessariliy a bad thing. We’ve just had over twenty years of dancing to a drum machine and searching for the smallest atom of funk…which has been good fun.

To what extent is Coltrane’s  ‘Favourite things’ a mash? Anyway read the piece, it’ll get you thinking. More mash theory here.

In other news here’s a link to the front page on Indymedia about a mash(projecting images on a building) I took part in on Monday. Organised by the above mentioned Eamonn, It took place outside the Israeli embassy.

Fab

Posted by homoludo on Jan 22 2009 Posted by homoludo on January 22nd, 2009 filed in the future
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and I quote

 

Fab Your Unborn Foetus

By Bruce Sterling January 21, 2009 | 5:12:24 AM

 

 

 

*Wait a second — shouldn’t there be some, like, stem-cell-based opposition to this activity?

http://www.fabbaloo.com/2009/01/print-your-baby.html

fabbing is this-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_printing

PCPRaidio_Pixie house

Posted by homoludo on Jan 18 2009 Posted by homoludo on January 18th, 2009 filed in music, paranoia, radio shows, theory
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Okey dokey, did this show before crimbo but radio closed over the yule and  just got it up. Starts with some cheesy Baltimore/diplo/dress to sweat etc. house , check Diplo’s Pixies cover- effective. Second section is tuffer, starting with a very cool one from the amazing Daedalus into couple of big tunes from Raffertie, who’ll be joining us in April despite the closure of McGruders(the one that got away), some of the chat about which is here.(Edit- this page wasn’t displaying properly, it should be ok now.)

1. Rod Lee – Let Me See What You Working With
2. Diplo – Blow your head
3. Rod Lee – Let Me See What You Working With -Rustie remix
4. Diplo – Devil between us
5. mia??
6. Pixie boots (gauge away remix/bootleg)
7. Daedelus- Fair weathered friends – the death set refix.
8. The Debonair One – The bmore 20220

9. Daedelus ‘Hours Minutes Seconds (Beat Invitational Version)
10. Food for animals – Mutumbo Raffertie’s Bigger bass remake (unreleased)
11. Raffertie -  Stomping grounds (rafferties VIP Remix)(unreleased)
12. Peter Gunn and Small change- Pacman’s on some syrup
13. Mr V – Mother Fuckers
14. ???looking
15. Moves- All skate
16. Starkey- No Struggle
17. Dj Funk – Booty clap
18. Kid Cudi feat Collie Buddz- Day and night
19. Cotti feat. Doctor -  Calm Down
20. War 7 – Polizia mix
21. Untold -  Bones
22. Mordant Music -24 Million Or Sell Neverland
23. Sillicon Scally – Request – Wee dj’s mix

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Also living in the future as we do, we need good advice and who you gonna ask but a good futurist? Who’s a good futurist? – Bruce Sterling, check his state of the world 2009 here

You need to know.

To avoid this.

Donkism

Posted by homoludo on Jan 17 2009 Posted by homoludo on January 17th, 2009 filed in Bassline, donk, video
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A genre of one tune or maybe two–

I thought everybody had seen this but realised if my mate krossie hadn’t, some people may not have. Enjoy.

Mash of the Week 8

Posted by homoludo on Jan 16 2009 Posted by homoludo on January 16th, 2009 filed in !Kaboogie, mash of the week, mashes, music
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Here’s  another Six foot Apprentice mash using T Woc’s – Time has come (from the ‘Taken without consent’ limited cd) and Dizzee Rascal – Sirens (acappella). Here’s

Sirens Have Come

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Indymedia gig

Posted by homoludo on Jan 15 2009 Posted by homoludo on January 15th, 2009 filed in gigs
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Playing this gig tonight with Section 4, Chrips, Six Foot apprentice and Herv
It’s an early on from 8-12 in the lower deck in Portobello, Dublin.

I heard a rumour that Indymedia, Ireland might be shutting up shop soon( too many blogs and other sources of information). As a founder member (Indy Media Seattle in Prague  -“gee, you guys should do this over in Ireland” which we did.),  it’s interesting to have been in at the start and end of something like this. I’ll try and post some videos/films from those heady days at some stage.

Mash of the Week 7

Posted by homoludo on Jan 11 2009 Posted by homoludo on January 11th, 2009 filed in !Kaboogie, mash of the week, mashes, music
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Here’s Dawn Cauldron, a nice skanky blipy one from Mr Redmonk.

A Mash of Dawn Penn’s ‘No No No’ and Ghost Cauldron’s ‘Whole World’ featuring Apani B Fly.

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I’ll stick up the 320 tomorrow.

Also, if you’re into mashes, think they’er great or think they’re shit, check this piece of writing about Girl Talk, it will get you thinking.I’ll be posting my thoughts on it later in the week.

Also hot news from the practice room,Homoludo have expanded to three. Evil Easter Egg Man called in, rocked up and freaked the the fuck out!Brang on the drang Scotch Egg!