a post of video logs:

Breakfast in Heaven Remixed

I picked this 12" up a few weeks ago but haven't been able to listen to it until moving back in with my turntable a week or so ago.. since then I think I've been spinning side b of this pretty nonstop. Arp's 'Worn Cassette' remix of Lindstrøm's, 'Breakfast in Heaven' combines the krauty analogue synths of Arp's (Alexis Georgopoulos) debut LP 'In Light', with some of Lindstrøm's good old space thumping 4X4 beats. I dare you not to get amped on its bouncy bassline (check 1:20) and warm happy tones. Ripped from vinyl and upped, robinhood steez:

Lindstrøm - Breakfast in Heaven - Arp's Worn Cassette Version

and:

Arp - St. Tropez

Lindstrøm - Breakfast in Heaven (original)

Leftovers

So this past month (January) has been pretty rad. I was living in Bushwick and working at Eyebeam gallery in Chelsea, which ended up being better experience than anything I could have expected. There are so many interesting people and projects happening out of that place and was really inspiring to be around. Definitely has made me want to learn more about the programming/techy side of computers; if not for making art projects at least just for a better understanding of what's going on behind this glowing screen I spend so much of my time staring at. There's a good chance I'll be working there again this summer too, so I'm siked about that.

Here are some random things left on my camera that are by no means comprehensive of the past month, but which I thought I'd share anyway:

via Eden:

I.U.D. @ Death by Audio 1/24/08

Eric Copeland @ Death by Audio 1/26/08

Growing

Growing is just getting prettier and prettier these days. Their upcoming Social Registry LP debut, 'Lateral' (Feb. 19th) presents four new pieces whose range of expression and dynamics is even more subtle and nuanced than their previous Vision Swim. On a whole it seems that Growing is working towards a more sparse, more withdrawn type of interplay, and in doing so is moving further away from the loud drones of 'Sky's Run into the See' or 'Soul of the Rainbow', and into a more rhythmic territory.

The album opens with the warm-feeling 'Swell', which sets a reflective and sober tone that's echoed throughout the rest of the album. The title track sounds more like an electronic piece, combining Nobukazu Takemura-esque CD skipping sounds and glacial sonic environments similar to the work of Axel Welner. Check it:

Growing - Swell
Growing - Lateral

Growing @ Death by Audio 1/24/08

Avey Tare & Kria Brekkin & Deakin, Rings

Sunday night I went to glasslands to see avey tare & kria brekken + deakin. With just dave portner singing along with two electric guitars and samplers, it sounded a lot more like animal collective than it did the quiet acoustic duo I saw play last year at Tonic(rip). Still a very enjoyable performance that made much use of the rhythmically-repetitive loopy vibe that ac has been digging lately. I wonder if this was just a one time thing or if they plan to continue doing stuff as a trio?








Headlining the show was 'Rings'. The first time I'd seen this band was when they came to my town last year to play a benefit show for my high school. They were called First Nation then, but have since changed their name. I think 'Rings' actually kind of works better..less potentially problematic and more fitting with their feminine sound. I'm digging their new stuff, especially 'is he handsome'. My camera died before they played but here are some tracks from their new paw tracks release, 'Black Habit':


Rings - 'Mom Dance'
Rings - 'Is he Handsome?'

David Lynch on iPhone

One of the funniest things I've seen in awhile:

Music For the Gift/Bird of Paradise

It's a surprise and a shame that there isn't more written about Terry Riley's early tape works, 'Music for the Gift' and 'Bird of Paradise'. Both were released in the first half of the 60's, a good 4 or 5 years before 'Come Out' and 'It's Gonna Rain', and are both just as groundbreaking as Reich's tape experiments. Why these aren't grouped alongside Riley's more popular works ('In C', 'Rainbow in Curved Air'), is a mystery to me.

The most interesting thing about listening to these pieces today is how relevant they still sound. The expressive, improvisatory, skronky noises of 'Birds of Paradise' stand up to the work of any modern day social registry/ecstatic peace knob twiddler. There are moments in there that sound as if they came straight out of Creature Comforts--but like, 40+ years ahead of time:


Terry Riley - 'Music for the Gift part 2'
Terry Riley - 'Music for the Gift part 3'
Terry Riley - 'Music for the Gift part 5'
Terry Riley - 'Bird of Paradise part 1'
Terry Riley - 'Bird of Paradise part 2'
Terry Riley - 'Bird of Paradise part 5'

Jane @ MIDI Fest

This newly surfaced footy of Jane at MIDI Fest only further raises the question: how is everything Noah Lennox is involved with so good?? dude should rightfully have some sort of falling off coming his way but I really don't see one happening anytime soon.

Jane @ Midi Festival Hyères 27-7-07 #2
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Goodbye Real World, Hello College

Summer '07 RIP. It was a good one for sure. I am now in Oberlin, Ohio where I think I will be spending a good part of the next 5 years of my life. I keep getting short moments of "Oh shit! I'm in college! what?!" and then other times its like, "WHOO COLLEGE!! YEAH!" It's all part of it sinking in I guess.


I have all these random clips from the summer that I was too lazy to get around to posting. Until now that is. enjoy:

Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities at the Acoustic BBQ:


Panda Bear @ the Bowery 6/23/07


First Nation @ 77 Drummers 7/7/07


77 Drummers 7/7/07:



Deathset playing the last minute saved Parts & Labor record release party 6/22/07:


Animal Collective 'Daily Routine' @ Southstreet Seaport 6/1/07:


Deertick @ Ponytail Junction House 8/15/07 Part1:


Deertick @ Ponytail Junction Part 2:


Pterodactyl @ Don Pedros 8/19/07:


Abort Motherfucker! @ Conor's Basement:

Cave Newts

So I'm in a band called Cave Newts, and we are currently finishing up a split with Chow Bros and we played the Silent Barn on Tuesday and if you like keeping it real than you should check us out, because that's all we really do is -- Keep it Real.

Some pics from our show on tuesday [thanks Lex!]:

Cave Newts - Gnar Caves Rough

Capillary Action

We also played with Capillary Action. John Pfeffer is a powerhouse. They are on a huge tour across the USA so you should check em out.

Capillary Action - mid-coital seizure

Big A little a @ Don Pedros

The Rats of NIMH put on a stellar show at Don Pedros on Monday. Got some pics:

Lullatone

Lullatone brought on the child-like vibes. This Japanese couple makes music that sounds as if Nobukazu Takemura met up with Múm to make a soundtrack for playfully wrestling a koala bear or blowing bubbles to in the summer, or something equally as cute. I think that their style has more to do with weird japanese sensibilities than with obnoxious trying to be over the top cutsiness. You be the judge:

Lullatone - Bedroom Bossa Band
Lullatone - Wake Up Wake Up
Lullatone - Music Box Samba
Lullatone - Bushman's Samba

Big A little a

Aa aka Big A little a tore shit up, like always.

Big A little a - Thirteen
Big A little a - Manshake
Big A little a - Walk Again
Big A little a - Time In

Meneguar n' Stuff

Some shots from a spazzy night at the Silent Barn 8/2/07:

Yea Big + Kid Static

The Mae Shi
The Mae Shi - Run to Your Grave
The Mae Shi - Lamb and Lion
The Mae Shi - Born For a Short Time
The Mae Shi - Remarkably Dirty Animals

XBXRX




Meneguar

Meneguar - Freshman Thoughts
Meneguar - House of Cats
Meneguar - The Temp

Also, I failed to get many pictures from the showpaper benefit on saturday (which went off amazingly; thanks to everyone who came out and supported showpaper!), but check out Edan's flickr page for some prime snaps. I especially like the ones from Dirty Projectors intimate, sort of acoustic headline set. MORE...

Paper Rad @ MoMA

On Tuesday I went to the MoMA to check out Poprally's Summer Jam with Paper Rad and Cory Arcangel. P Rad's whole neo-psychedelic pop-nostalgic deal didn't feel too out of place in a space like the MoMA. What was kind of weird was seeing bands play there with kids flipping out and going crazy on the ground while simultaneously having chi-chi gallery types standing around on the second floor gazing upon the entire thing like it was performance aart. Despite this and some not-so-good acoustics it was still a fun time. Extreme Animals was amazing. It's was also cool to see the superstar creative-technologist Cory Arcangel in action doing his thing. (Yeah TIMARA heads! Whooot!!)

Dr Doo performing:

Dr Doo performing, but not @ MoMA:

Dr Doo - f-up

kids whil'n out during Extreme Animals:

Extreme Animals - Song 2
Extreme Animals - Song 3
Extreme Animals - Song 5

Paper Rad - My Favorite Homepage:

Thanks to Melyssa and Sen in the City for the sweet pics

Whartscape 2007

Day 2:The first part of the day two took place in the corner of these two alleyways. It was a rad setting to see all of the following bands:

Butt Stomach

Dan Deacon's other project. They ripped.
Butt Stomach - Woof Garden live

Orion Rigel Dommisse
Lizz KingLizz King - til they do

Santa DadsI really enjoyed these guys.
Santa Dads - Lion Song

Future Islands
Yukon
Blood BabyBlood Baby - Paint the Brush

Beach House
Beach House's set was amazing! There were parts that gave me the chills, 4 trills.
Beach House - Lovelier Girl
Beach House - Master of None
Beach House - Childhood

After all the daylight was gone it was back to Floristree space for another rapid fire line-up of amazing bands. Overwhelming? Very much so.

Deathset

Deathset - Intermission

Video HipposVideo Hippos - Kool Shades

Double Dagger
Dirty ProjectorsI've seen this band 5 or 6 times in the past couple of months and each time I am more and more wowed by them. This night was no exception. Watch out, Dirty Projectors are about to take over the world, no joke.
Dirty Projectors - Imagine It
Dirty Projectors - Fucked for Life
Dirty Projectors - New New Attitude

PonytailCheck out Napolean Dynamite in this clip:



Ponytail>Deathset? Perhaps? I thought so atleast
Ponytail - Jammin' on a Major Scale

Dan Deacon
At this point my brain was on the verge of combustion from too much good music. What better an act to do the actual exploding than Dan Deacon? Srsly, his set was the perfect climax to the entire weekend.

By far the best clip:

Dan Deacon - Wham City
Dan Deacon - Big Milk
Dan Deacon - The Crystal Cat

Thanks to Natty Boh for getting me drunk and tasting delicious all weekend long: