This is a remixed track from the just released Hot Chip EP ‘We’re Looking For A Lot Of Love’. This remix itself doesn’t add much new sonically to the original track though it does provide a bit more of an improvised, live sound to the original mopey beauty that is featured on the album ‘Made In The Dark’. Download the track by visiting this link and be sure to get the entire EP here.
NoiseAddicts has a very nice post highlighting Kasio Kristmas and… it’s just that.
I actually collect old Casio keyboards and was happier seeing this post than I was thinking of Beyonce face down in a swimming pool with an empty bottle of vodka floating beside her.
Ok, so that last part was only a fantasy but I still wet my pants over this lovely find.
BTW, if anybody has one of these to painfully get rid of, please email me. We need to have a serious discussion on why I will not die happy unless I acquire one.
Ok, so I was just link-hopping and somehow came to this page from Electronic Enterprises, a high-end A/V product site. Well, having heard of the Sennheiser Orpheus, I was simply delighted to see these three reviews (likely the same individual)
Original description: The Orpheus combination offers the audiophile the ultimate in reference sound reproduction. The Best Headphones In The World, that is the unanimous verdict on the Orpheus reached by the international trade press. Audiophile limited edition only 300 systems worldwide.
Keep in mind, it costs just a few cents under $28,000. Yes, you read that right. $28k… headphones.
Now, a taste of the reviews: My first impressions were one of total awe and delight as I don”t usually get a birthday present from my Nan. The headphones came in a lovely silver box,too which was made of recycled elephant dung.
It did take a while setting up the other thing.There were too many wires and I couldn”t find a slot for the batteries. The manual’’s in German I think.
I did have a problem when I went jogging. Well, more specifically my valet did . He kept complaining about the weight of the portable light display unit.( Which by the way only has a yellowish glow. You”d think that there would be a few more colours!)
I did get round to wiring them to my iPod and gave them a blast. Here are some of my test results
First was Fire Starter by the Prodidgy ( I f@#king love that Keith bloke .He’’s mad for it) 8/10
Next I tried some old foggie music George Michael’’s Careless Wrister. Sounded okayish but the song’’s the same as him, a right w!#ker! 6/10
Staying with old gay geezers, I played Sir Elton’’s Candle in the wind. You know the version for Princess Di. The Piano sonded a bit tinny. 4/10
Finally was the the girl who won that TV show ” Reality Sucks” . I can”t remember her name but she’’s pretty fit and she’’s got her belly button pieced the same as my Mum. 9/10
They sound all right I suppose, but they look really old.
One of my fave podcasts, Percussion Lab, recently posted a sweet entry from upcoming hip-tronica act Letherette titled ‘Brown Lounge Vol 2′. This download is nearly and hour and a half of prime, abstract beats layered with equally lush synth leads and often steals vocals (and sounds) from well known acts… but Letherette makes it all a thousand times more interesting than the originals could ever hope to be. I am looking forward to an official debut from Letherette soon(ish?)
From the site: ‘Andy & Rich of Letherette met decades ago and have been making mysterious, charmingly unpolished music ever since. Their warm, tape enhanced beats are crafted from bits and pieces of the finest, melodic source material from music’s golden genres, funk and soul. Their roughly chopped rythms are imbued with a personable, feel good vibe that is lacking in most modern music these days. Everyone from Madlib, MF Doom, Flying Lotus to Pete Rock comes to mind when listening to this mix.’
I try to shy away from political posts and such unless I feel it truly is a matter of importance. That being said, Proposition 8 has passed in California. Protests will be happening everywhere this weekend. While I do not live in Cali, I am very pissed that such a ‘peace loving’ org could continue to push laws for discrimination… never mind the whole polygamy thing (that I feel they have a right to do, btw)
This was the first time EVER that rights have been taken away from American minorities… being Gay and Native American I couldn’t not make a post on this matter.
While I am at it, the right person won the election and I cried my eyes out over the whole night, hehe.
Really interesting find today. Into Infinity is, as they put it:
“Explore the wide possibilities of forever! INTO INFINITY is an art and music exhibition presented by DUBLAB and Creative Commons. It is built on audio loops and circular canvases that are available online to the public for sharing, remixing, and resubmission.”
I am particularly fond of this project as it reminds me of an experiment titled “Unbalanced” I did a few years back in memory of Coil’s Jhonn Balance. The idea was to make two cd’s of faded loops and textures to be played randomly on two separate devises… think Flaming Lip’s Zaireeka but much more random and much less professional. Maybe I’ll dig up the project and post it here at some point.
Woot! Amon Tobin has released a live recording of The Foley Room - Live in Brussels clocking in at over an hour and fifteen minutes. Those unfamiliar now have a legal, free download that is a worthy listen of his work. Being live, the download is of very high quality w/ many new textures and a sound that actually feels ‘live’, something uncommon w/ electronic music. Things get really fanfuckinfab around the ten minute mark.
From the site:
““F*** visuals we’re sinking every last penny into the sound system!” - Amon Tobin
Back in early 2007 Amon Tobin released his latest full length album titled Foley Room and put together a tour focusing on the sound and the music, rather then thinking too much about lights, projections and stage antics. After all, this is music.
It’s about the sound and the shared experience of being immersed in waves of bass while dissonant collections of rhythm and melody move, confuse, annoy you a bit then move you again. a passionate affair this recording is an attempt to capture not just the music but the atmosphere of the show as a whole.
The long awaited, full-length, official recording of the legendary 2007 Foley Room tour is finally available at www.amontobin.com ! Recorded by Studio Brussels at the world famous AB theatre in Belgium - which arguably has the best sound system in Europe. After months of back and forth and despite everyone’s best efforts the mix was in danger of being edited into the ground to accommodate big labels and publishers. Rather than release a compromised version commercially, the decision was made to give it away for free instead.”
The unofficial Skinny Puppy site Litany, particularly the forum, has shined a light on a track from Skinny Puppy that may or may not have been meant to be on the SP-but-disappointing album The Greater Wrong of the Right titled ‘Elements’. This track was ripped and stitched from an interview w/ Omar Torres and is certainly jaw-dropping. It truly is something so forward thinking and dark, intense and dramatic… THIS should have been the feel of the latest album. I am certainly holding my breath for the latest album to be released, well, whenever.
I always thought many hip-hop albums should come with an instrumental version… Puppy is getting close - Sorry, but the vocals seldom match the sound in it’s ‘flow’ anymore… and I LOVE Ogre’s voice.
Cranes have released a new album, Cranes, after four years of spotty co-written material and guest appearances. My first impressions are that the tracks follow the Forever album with a bit more space and ambiance. It is certainly a Cranes album through and through, but I still long for something more experimental, something less accessible and entirely new… something that turned me onto the Cranes in the first place. Rest assured that the Siblings Shaw deliver a full serving of themselves worthy of fans old and new… but imagine them cannibals, more ritualistic and self indulgent. I want more variety. I want another Adrift or Starblood… hell, I’ll even be ecstatic for another Casablanca. Or, perhaps, I haven’t listened to this release enough. Particles and Waves was like a virus afterall….
We live next to a bar whose patrons, often to our dislike due to attitude and disrespect for our property, ‘enjoy’ our porch while downing beer and spirits. Well, ‘Rikki’ has has made an impression.
“Hola from RedBull!
My name is Rikki + I made out on your stoop Friday night @ 2amish + I wanted to thank you for keeping the earth green by watering your plants! Thank you! Also, I apologize for my makeout session! Rikki Haywood says thank you :)”
Hehe
You are welcome Rikki! Thanks for not being an ass, thanks for $50.00 case of heaven!
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It’s been awhile since we’ve heard from Muxtape regarding the RIAA issue so I have caved in and created a Tumblr account. What does this mean to you, the reader? Well, the abridged version reads as follows:
On the topic of social merging, I have also added my Diggs and Flickr image uploads to load into my Tweets. Surely there will be more in the future.
Goddamn, I just realized how fucking insane this social aggregation thing really is.
Re-paraphrase time! Follow me on Twitter and you’ll get all of my Diggs, Tweets, Photos, blog posts, music uploads and whatever services that pop-up in the future that, for some reason or other, don’t exactly belong on The Witness Exchange.
Please feel free to add TWX on any of the mentioned services as a ‘contact’ or ‘friend’. Some service somewhere needs to aggregate everything all the time into one source for all media and all blogging. There are a few with promise but really, none of them are complete… this is a great reason why all readers should join Twitter. I admit, this shit is stupid but not everyone uses the same services yet not everything needs to be a time-consuming blog post. I am trying my best to provide a source for all aspects of what makes up the sum of The Witness Exchange… or perhaps I am self-absorbed and expect people to care about different aspects of the mundane LOL.
The latest Squarepusher album ‘Just a Souvenir’ is now available as a DRM-free, ten dollar download over at Bleep ahead of the full-blown CD/LP release on 10.27. You can a heaer sample track over at Warp’s Myspace page. The sound seems to be similar to ‘Music is Rotten One Note’ in it’s physical, traditional ‘band’ sound.
Just released today, here is the official video for ‘Dull Flame of Desire’ from Bjork’s Volta album. From the first full listen of the album this was easily my fave song due to the intensity and heartbreaking sounds falling from both Bjork’s and Antony Hargarty’s mouths. The video is directed by three runners up from the Innocence video competition from awhile back.
From the upcoming ‘Plutonium Blonde’ album, available 10.07. Also, see here for Pink Dots tour dates. If you haven’t seen them live, you should not miss this tour. I have seen them live about 8 times and they never fail to delivery a quality, emotional, dramatic atmosphere and often you can buy the folks drinks at the venue afterward.
mp3: hot chip - ‘we’re looking for a lot of love (gees mix)’
