Friday chillin. SERIOUS Cali sun & shades that make it look like 1974. Ended up w/ the Kelton homies mid afternoon and happend upon them listing to this....from The Benchwarmers Clique...kinda bad aceee. Also, they on some Rock from Heltah Skeltah & Baatin (R.I.P.!!) from Slum Village flows...old fave shit. Love it.
Groundislava's Pops made the "Take On Me" video...seriously. Norwegian new-wave sunn. AND, Paula Abdul's "Opposites Attract" video..that was a serious fave as a youngster..Now he's done this video for his son.
It's the goods.
He also put together this mix for spring past which is part of the Friends of Friends mix series... 2011.. how fast it goes..
Getting a bit crazed here in LA right now.. The Unsung Party Hero offices have been poised to move for a while now, and complications are arising by the minute!
Ah well, at least there's always this old ass 8 bit hip hop medley to listen to.
photo : Jon Donnell
Last night, my friend (as well as one of my many many musical inspirations) Computer At Sea opened up for Dan Deacon at SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine. I have yet to see pictures or hear tales of the gig, but I'm sure it was amazing, and was sad to miss it as these are two amazing artists!!!
Fear not Portlanders (and all New Englanders alikc!), for if you missed last nights event (like me), Computer At Sea is playing another show @ Apohadion Theatre in May alongside The Shortsleeves and The Gloaming!! Go see it..
Been way into 8 bit music. Mostly since Duck Tales (get it!), but I frequently get surges. They're the sounds of forever trying to beat something you could never beat. A worn out greasy controller. Aching thumbs. I wasn't even very good, my brother is way better with the 'Nintendo paddle'. He can whoop my ass in mostly whatever game you want. Besides sports probably. The music was the shit though.
Plenty of 8 bit bands and music users out there for sure. I remember checking out speak & spells on ebay was a pass time of mine once in a while, but I never really got into actually circut bending or making the stuff myself. A friend of mine who goes by Computer at Sea is quite an amazing circut bender/lo-fi musician. Confusatron was one of the first ever LIVE performances I saw where a band/musician was using a actual Nintendo/controller/power glove. Seems like they've switched it up a bit.
Anamanaguchi came into my musical ether a number of years ago, and I a few weeks ago I both got the Scott Pilgrim Videogame Soundtrack) (which they did), and played, the Scott Pilgrim video game (its great). All of a sudden I wanted an 8 bit, well, renaissance? To dramatic?
There was the OG 8-bit Weapon, a number of Chip-Hopartists, and nowdays there's the a fore mentioned Anamanaguchi who seem to be at the head of the once mostly undergound charge from NYC, along with Sabrepulse, & Bubblyfish. There's Computer Jay out here in L.A., Ninja Moped (formerly Rymdreglage), Slagsmalsklubben & Hayzee over seas, & others like Boy 8-Bit using hybrids of 8-bit and lots of much higher bit rate synth, producing & remixing all over the place.
There are also plenty of 8 bit covers; from Weezer to Miles Davis, if you want it, you can probably find it.
btw -- I've never embedded tracks from MySpace, but I'm attempting it now, and the thing is completely f'ed. --- only one song works, not to mention it looks ridic, but I want the 8-BITches track up here!
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