The Artbreaker & Mental Floss, 07.05.08, Fargo
By decker | July 2, 2008
red river rising & grindthieves international present
RETURN TO THE ORIGIN
07.05.08 / 9PM / 21+ / $3
the aquarium
226 broadway
second floor
fargo nd
with the long awaited return of
MENTAL FLOSS
red river rising / wall of tvs : dj : mpls
house / techno / ass shaking beats
and…
THE ARTBREAKER
good fortune sound / grindthieves / etc : dj+live : mpls
jungle / raggajungle / experimental / breakbeat
Please help us promote this as youre able. We’ve made some webflyers and files for you to print out as you can and then distribute. It’s been a long while since either Mental Floss or The Artbreaker have played Fargo, even longer since theyve both played the same event. This is a return to the roots sort of thing - help us make it special.
A variety of files to use in promotion are available here.
Add everyone to your friends list:
- The Aquaurium
- Mental Floss
- The Artbreaker
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Datastormer - Glitch-hikers Guide To The Galaxy, Volume 2
By decker | June 30, 2008
Man, music is awesome. Just yesterday I was ranting and raving about various forms of guitar driven metal varieties, and here I am today talking about this leftfield electronic music bastard child of hip hop.
Datastormer, from what I gathered after reading about him upon checking & enjoying this session, seems to have really been a forefront figurehead in the Hungarian electronic music world, especially in that of the more underground and leftfield varieties. Not surprisingly then, this mix delivers a proper dosage of IDM varities of glitched out and down beat beauty; glitch-hop some call it, good fucking music I call it.
Datatstormer - “Glitch-hikers Guide To The Galaxy”
Bitstream - Astro glide [Touchin bass]
Dr. Toast - Logico [False Profit Records]
Heyoka - Noospheroid [Muti Music]
Tipper - Outsideinsideout [Tippermusic]
Good Buddha - Party reserve (Tipper remix) [Interchill]
Si Begg - Bangin [Noodles]
Lawgiverz - LAM [Addictech]
Interlope - Who’s who [Expressillon]
Skeetaz - Ogre [Proboscis]
BreakBeatbuddha - Babylon quick [unreleased]
Boreta - Bubblin In The Cut [Glitch Mob Unlimited/Alpha Pup]
Vibesquad - CloddhoppeR [VibeSquaD]
Dabrye ft. Jay Dee Amp Phat Kat - Game Over (Flying Lotus Remix) [Ghostly International]
edIT - If you crump stand up [Alpha Pup]
BreakBeatBuddha featuring SHUGGA - Endurance [Independent]
Kraddy - Next episode rmx [released on the Illegal Album]
Bassnectar - Carried away [Om]
DST - MakiTeki [unreleased]
BreakBeatBuddha - The Wrecka Track [True Movement]
Bassnectar - Select frequency [Om]
BreakBeatBuddha - Sleepwalker [Independent]
Komodo - Subluna [Sambal]
Bassnectar & Kraddy - Snakecharmer
BreakBeatBuddha - WylieQuick [unreleased]
Point B - Miscreants [Colony]
Synapse - Squish [Colony]
V.C. - Skweee On [Harmönia]
Tipper ft. Epcot - Dead Pixels [Tippermusic]
Crunch - Crunky [Colony]
EPROM - 64 Bytes the Dust [Addictech Records]
Kodek - Head to the shot [unreleased]
Dabrye ft. Ag - Get dirty [Ghostly International]
Sevenark - Version 7 (Featuring Simian) [Detroit Underground]
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Metal Summer 2008
By decker | June 29, 2008
I don’t usually do posts covering more than one item, two at the most. And I don’t want to go off on a trend of giving away new music that’s worth the dollar; at least not a bunch of it all at once. But, I’ll end up forgetting if I don’t throw it out there while it’s fresh on the brain, as has happened with so much material over the course of this sites fine existence. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - there’s not enough time in the day for me to post about all the awesome music that makes it to my headspace.
It’s also a special treat when the meat of an entry made of up of and about numerous items all comes from one general realm or genre, and that the genre is one that doesn’t get a huge amount of coverage on the Grindthieves blog. For this special occasion we’ll be covering the world of heavy metal subgenres. There’s some sick so-called “post metal/hardcore” business, brutal thrashy death goodness, some black metal infused ambient psychedelics, and some really fucking epic black metal. Ladies and gentlemen - welcome to this, your Metal Summr 2008.
Made Out Of Babies - “The Ruiner”
Made Out Of Babies offer up this absolutely brutal hybrid of intensity and emotion spat forth in the form of extremely technical post-metalic hardcore - whatever the hell that means. Julie Christmas probably gets too much credit for and with all the projects she is involved in, but she really is remarkable and cannot, once again, go without mentioning. Awesome percussive and gritty low end fueled hard guitar driven glory laced with some of the most deeply passionate and perfectly carried out vocals.
- Made Out Of Babies website
- Made Out Of Babies Myspace
Vader - “XXV”
Next up is the double-disc offering from Vader. Yes, that’s right, I said double-disc. And both discs are filled to bloody overflow with nothing but the most up front and in your face thrashy death metal tracks to be released in some time. There’s no gimmicks here, no bullshit going on, no beating around the bush here. If you’re looking for some trendy bullshit or some hidden meaning, look elsewhere - Vader are here to keep the true and oldschool hard metal fans happy with just that good ass kicking original sounding thrash & death metal goodness.
- Vader on Myspace
- Vader website
Nachtmystium - “Assassins Black Meddle, Part 1″
Epic black metal of only the highest calibre laced with rather psychedelic atmospherics comes deliciously served at the hands of Chicago’s Nachtmystium. Some black metal purists may shun the forward thinking and slightly experimental effects and atmospherics found on this one, but those into the late 70s classic/acid rock sound might properly appreciate it. The general black metal listener, will have a new favorite with this one, no doubt.
- Nachtmystium on Myspace
- Battle Kommand Records website
Darkspace - “Darkspace III“
Lastly is the rediculous third volume of sonic sorcery from Darkspace. Traditional ambient stylings beautifully melded with black metal’s best elements and thrown in a blender residing within the depths of hell. Walls of black metal guitar fuzz, blistering fast filtered drums, slightly audible incantations, and the deepest darkest ambient atmospherics all add up to this, the crowining achievement for the Darkspace trilogy. Not for the faint of heart.
- Darkspace on Myspace
- Darkspace website
You’ve been served. Hunt all this shit down and rage out in this Metal Summer 2008 with me!
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Styles Of Beyond - 2000 Fold
By decker | June 26, 2008
Quite simply put, this is one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. I know that’s a bold statement and that them’s some big shoes to fill, but I stand behind that statement 100%.
I checked out a follow up release of theirs called “Mega Def” and I wasn’t as impressed with that, as there was a very noticeable change in direction from intelligent and street smart underground hip hop towards more of a mainstream and thug mentality. It was still better than most of the radio fodder out at the time and, indeed, since - but it didn’t have that special something that “2000 Fold” had.
I just got a newer release of theirs to check out entitled “Razor Tag”. It’s got a pretty dope title, I’ll give it that. But, I had to check out the predecessor that made me take note of Styles Of Beyond back in ninety-eight to compare it to its decade older version - so that’s the catalyst for this post.
Enjoy this release from Styles Of Beyond, as it’s one of the best hip hop albums ever. Too many notable tracks to bother suggesting, you’d do just as well to check the whole album. Yeah, dat. I’ll report back soon with my findings of their recent release…
Styles Of Beyond - “2000 Fold”
01 Intro
02 Styles Of Beyond (Style Warz)
03 Hollograms
04 Dangerous Minds
05 Spies Like Us
06 Winnetka Exit
07 Muuvon
08 Easy Back It Up
09 Survival Tactics
10 Skullyanamayshun
11 Part II
12 Gollaxowelcome
13 Click Beat Box
14 Killer Instinct
15 2000 Fold
16 Come Out Your Frame
17 Marco Polo
18 Outro
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M.I.A. - Paper Planes (The Artbreaker Remix) & New Release Info!
By decker | June 24, 2008
I was actually going to wait a while to post more material from yours truly, considering it seems I’ve been sharing live and DJ sets of mine pretty frequently lately. But Nate Metro from the Bassboogie blog - which, if you haven’t, you should have been by way of my blogroll to the left) put together some truly gratifying words and remarks here regarding the most recent track I’ve shared that I figured it really as good of time as any to legitmately put a teaser out there and drop the news.
First, the teaser. A remix of M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes”, it’s a pretty wild ride through reinterpreted classic jungle breaks plus some big bassboogie booms with spaced out atmospherics and effects set to the awesomeness that is her vocal delivery and mood for the radio hit.
M.I.A. - “Paper Planes (The Artbreaker Remix)” (128kbps MP3 teaser)
And now some information about my forthcoming release. I’m nearing the end of sorting through some completed works and even more works in progress for the final release, and it’s all gathered from about two years worth of partial ideas and some mostly complete thoughts expressed through lots and lots of breakbeats with lots and lots of edits, showcasing some possibly surprising personal enjoyments and inspirations from over those same couple of years. Further elaborations on bass work, atmospheric travels, and experimental tendencies abound. The usual ingredients of The Artbreaker sound juxtaposed as I think they should be against some questionably complimenting yet disparate source material. I’m sort of punctuating the last fews worth of work into a nice audio story at this point. It should be available in no more than a months time and will be delivered as either a freely downloadble high file quality netrelease, as usual, or as a numbered copy from a limited edition run of CDs with original artwork unique to each numbered copy - including the CD itself - for a small fee.
The Artbreaker - “Pull Out The Whisky Noodle”
Available summer 2008… aka very soon!
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Jack Afri - Trials & Tribulations
By decker | June 19, 2008
Resurrecting the DJ alias from the days gone by, here’s a mix I put together of some tunes I’m currently feeling. Freaky breaks, IDM tendencies, experimental vibes, ragga overtones, sinister scenarios, and more all clash together in this proper dose of the good stuff.
Jack Afri - “Trials & Tribulations”
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Firefox 3
By decker | June 19, 2008
The newest version of Firefox is out. Simply put, get it.
I’ve been a loyal Firefox user for some time now, so it’s hard for me to weigh the pros and cons between a current non-Firefox browser and Firefox itself.
So, here’s a list of some of the top improvements and features.
Then just go grab that shit!
Top New Features
Password Manager
Remember site passwords without ever seeing a pop-up.
One-Click Bookmarking
Bookmark, search and organize Web sites quickly and easily.
Improved Performance
View Web pages faster, using less of your computer’s memory.
Smart Location Bar
Find the sites you love in seconds—enter a term for instant matches that make sense.
Instant Web Site ID
Avoid online scams, unsafe transactions and forgeries with simple site identity.
Full Zoom
See any part of a Web page, up close and readable, in seconds.
Platform-Native Look & Feel
Browse with a Firefox that’s integrated into your computer’s operating system.
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The Amen Breakbeat & The Golden Ratio
By decker | June 18, 2008
I am admittedly still blown away by this bit of goodness I’m about to post, so I’m really not sure what or where to start. As both a visual artist and appreciator of visual art, as well as a musician working heavily in Amen breakbeat music and appreciator of such things - this is just mindboggling spot on and marvelous to read of. And that, of course, is mixed with the “Why the hell didn’t I see this before?!” type of thoughts.
Wikipedia, of course has a proper breakdown of and information about both The Golden Ratio and the Amen Breakbeat. Sadly, there is no mention of them together.
That’s where this juicy morsel comes in:
“The Amen Break & The Golden Ratio” by Micheal S. Schneider
Author of A Beginner’s Guide To Constructing The Universe
Brilliant. Awesome.
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Postbocks - free hosting service for DJ mixes
By decker | June 18, 2008
Just a heads up for all the DJs out there who don’t have their own hosting or don’t have a hosting plan that can support their requirements for both storage and transfer. Plus, you completely avoid timers, Captchas, and totally unnecessary and completely irritating advertising and popups. Postbocks, ladies and gents. Do check it out and use it. If my hosting plan wasn’t as awesome as it is, I’d be all about. Points of interest:
- Totally free
- Up to 250MB per upload
- Share your upload publicly and/or with your friends & family
- Easy to embed flash player for streaming your mix on your own site/Myspace/Facebook etc.
- Keep track of how many plays and downloads your mix recieves
- No registration necessary to upload
- Ability to remove your mixes from the public listings
- No annoying CAPTCHA verification when uploading/posting
- View all public uploads by a particular user
- Ability to post in the forums
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DJ Blueprint - Sun Ra Mix
By decker | June 17, 2008
By way of Dirt Castle, linked for some time now in the lefthand side link section of this fine site, I found this absolutely magnificent DJ mix of Sun Ra goodies from the good man DJ Blueprint over at the This Is Tomorrow blog. Brilliant selection and conceptual flow; without getting too terribly technical on the decks this mix manages to flow seamlessly and retain a singular, while not much unlike the ebb and flow of the ocean, vibe and mood. Fans of Sun Ra shouldn’t sleep, those unfamiliar should act as though they’ve been kicked in the ass and grab this one now!
DJ Blueprint - “Space Music” (Sun Ra Mix)
01. i am the alter destiny (soundtrack to the film space is the place)
02. egypt strut (the sun ra arkestra meets salah ragab in egypt)
03. island in the sun (janus)
04. otherness blue (my brother the wind vol. II)
05. eve (we travel the spaceways)
06. rocket number nine take off for planet venus (interstellar low ways)
07. i could have danced all night (sound sun pleasure)
08. watusa (the nubians of plutonia)
09. day by day (holiday for soul dance)
10. space mates (fate in a pleasant mood)
11. brazilian sun (when sun comes out)
12. a call for all demons (angels and demons at play)
13. we travel the spaceways (spaceways)
14. kingdom of not (super sonic jazz)
15. abstract eye (the magic city)
And definitely so not sleep on the wealth of jazz, funk, soul r&b, hip hop, and rare groove goodness offered up at This Is Tomorrow, I know I’m going to be leeching sounds from there for a long time to come. Essential.
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