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Versions, Heartbeats

Heartbeats » By Andreas Nilsson from The Knife on Vimeo.

One night to be confused
 One night to speed up truth
 We had a promise made
 Four hands and then away
 Both under influence
 We had divine sense
 To know what to say
 Mind is a razorblade
To call for hands of above to lean on
 Wouldn't be good enough for me, no
One night of magic rush
 The start - a simple touch
 One night to push and scream
 And then relief
 Ten days of perfect tunes
 The colors red and blue
 We had a promise made
 We were in love
To call for hands of above to lean on
 Wouldn't be good enough for me, no
 To call for hands of above to lean on
 Wouldn't be good enough for me, oh
And you, you knew the hand of a devil
 And you kept us awake with wolves teeth
 Sharing different heartbeats in one night
To call for hands of above to lean on
 Wouldn't be good enough for me, no
 To call for hands of above to lean on
 Wouldn't be good enough for me, oh
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I'm just tired.  This seems true.  To call for hands.
Ambient Mark Music

Relinquishing Attachments to Aggregates

Rhubarb. Aphex Twin. Track 3. Selected Ambient Works, Vol. II. (1994)

Rhubarb

Also, C&A both mentioned that I should look into spriteme.org. So I will. At some point. Investigate CSS Sprites. And /or the possibility of going all HTML5 with this bloggo. Or whatever that would take. If it’s even worth it. In the meantime. Enjoy Rhubarb.

Mark Music

Black & White Horse

The upside to the cloud, e.g. Spotify, is that I find tracks like ‘Aaron’ by Paul Kalkbrenner, which is nice.

spotify:track:3viy7i8ADUA6BMzMx61eGV
http://open.spotify.com/track/3viy7i8ADUA6BMzMx61eGV

Or this. I like too.
spotify:track:5iSEsR6NKjlC9SrIJkyL3k
http://open.spotify.com/track/5iSEsR6NKjlC9SrIJkyL3k

And Glitch Mob:
spotify:track:4lteJuSjb9Jt9W1W7PIU2U
http://open.spotify.com/track/4lteJuSjb9Jt9W1W7PIU2U

spotify:track:48n92l7OnLEURhalUBtsl7
http://open.spotify.com/track/48n92l7OnLEURhalUBtsl7

And Africa:
spotify:track:2374M0fQpWi3dLnB54qaLX
http://open.spotify.com/track/2374M0fQpWi3dLnB54qaLX

And Dune:
spotify:track:5F5T8dz0bZJsYPIDVJAs6k
http://open.spotify.com/track/5F5T8dz0bZJsYPIDVJAs6k

So yeah, physical media, it’s been swell.

Mark Music

I want a beach house. I want to forget.

Blackbird Blackbird, ‘Blurred Lines’
spotify:track:7v7a6tymdgasrVaCOFtzC5
http://open.spotify.com/track/7v7a6tymdgasrVaCOFtzC5

Niva, ‘Dirty Water’
spotify:track:7mB4Hfd6XZ2BDwgNtOiu0B
http://open.spotify.com/track/7mB4Hfd6XZ2BDwgNtOiu0B

Air France, ‘Windmill Wedding’
spotify:track:1wk0p1no1BlXpjetteKwaI
http://open.spotify.com/track/1wk0p1no1BlXpjetteKwaI

Korallreven, ‘Loved-Up’
spotify:track:6ZnpsS8GegcDr7cyDtApFC
http://open.spotify.com/track/6ZnpsS8GegcDr7cyDtApFC

Mark Music

15 minutes Night Driving

“Tick of the Clock”, long 15 minute version, from the 2007 album Night Driving:
http://soundcloud.com/johnnyjewel/chromatics-tick-of-the-clock-1

More Johnny Jewel & The Chromatics on Soundcloud here:
http://soundcloud.com/johnnyjewel

Music

So I do not forget

Clown & Sunset, ‘Darkside – A1′
http://soundcloud.com/clownandsunset/darkside-a1

There is also by I Am The Cosmos from Dublin, Ireland, track is called ‘Remembering You’ from 2010:
http://grooveshark.com/s/Remembering+You/3oFtby?src=5

The Do – “Too Insistent” (Trentemoller Remix)
http://soundcloud.com/inertiamusic/the-do-too-insistent

Elite Gymnastics http://elitegymnastics.tumblr.com/:
Korallreven – Sa Sa Samoa (Elite Gymnastics Remix) – Acéphale
http://soundcloud.com/acephale/korallreven-sa-sa-samoa-elite

Jamie Harley http://jamieharley.tumblr.com/, more video/film there:

How To Dress Well: "Suicide Dream 2"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoW7gCpq0BY

Ambient Dubstep Electro IDM Mark Music

The Sound Looking In

I don’t have much to contribute to the discussions about modern electronic music, or what Burial means, but I do think it’s important to mention the idea of reflexivity.  Music looking in on music being played.  I think this is central.  And certainly all performance must eventually be held up to a mirror…

Daft Punk - Revolution 909
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7kgiguNgQY

In a near future post I’ll discuss half-step gearing on my vintage ~’72 Gitane and all grain home brewing, round one (no spelt! WTF!).

Beer Dubstep Music

Ice, no ice. You don’t make friends with Ubuntu.

I mean maybe you do. I haven’t gone to any Linux nerd fun camps. Probably it’s safer to go to homebrew meet ups.

M & I got the “Abbey Style” Tripel bottled, we didn’t mix in any Kriek. Which is fine. Approximate ABV prior to bottling was 7.6%, which is not bad. We can probably hit higher gravities with a bigger kettle, we ran out of space with the sheer amount of fermentables we were moving in, and likely should’ve left it in primary for at minimum a whole month. The “Dubbel” is now conditioning in the 5 gal. glass carboy. Next up is hopefully two or three batches of mild “session” style English ales, quicker to ferment; I’d be happy keeping them all below 4% ABV, the key here seems to getting our production pipeline rolling a bit more than once per month.

There has been no ice. Or snow really to speak of. It was 60 degrees out, which is good for me going running, not good for the squash courts which are kept at approximately 1000 degrees, which makes it sort of like a fitness sauna. We may have to play some tennis this Summer apparently as the the courts don’t have proper AC.

That’s about all I’ve got.  If you haven’t bought Burial’s Kindred, go buy it now.

Music Squash Training

Power Squash, 3 Parts, dig it.

Three excellent links to the Power Squash, instructional videos:

Power Squash, Part I: The Basics

Power Squash, Part II: Defending

Power Squash, Part III: Attacking

This may not change your game. In fact, tonight, I played pickup with a young woman on the courts who very nearly whacked me in the head several times with her wild backhand, and prior to that I played a Frenchman, who was most certainly still developing his backhand, so if you take away one thing from these videos, it’s this: cocked wrist in the ready position, and ‘eye on the ball’ matey.

Apple Audio Computer Music OS X Technology

EMU 0404 USB driver finally updates….

I’ve never been displeased with the price performance of the Creative/E-MU 0404 USB 2.0 [DAC] MIDI audio interface, but seeing as how I mostly use it for music listening I’m not super reliant on the latest and greatest drivers, it’s worked fine with OS X.

From past experience, I know configuring just about any USB audio interface in Windows XP was a headache, and I am told Vista/Win7 fixes some of the audio path issues. But I don’t run Windows 7. I have 10.6.8 on my systems now, the Mini is the main playback hub. The E-MU drivers for it were old, think Rosetta, possibly PowerPC binaries, as in old, but they worked. And despite being capable, Creative/E-MU has never enabled 24 bit 192KHz playback with the 0404 USB under OS X. I’m sure it’s possible. This is all to say, when I updated to the latest drivers for 32/64 bit Snow Leopard / Lion compatibility I just wanted to make sure it didn’t break anything, if it sounds better, great, so long as it doesn’t break functionality.

Here’s a link to the October 14, 2011 64 bit Lion driver download page: http://support.creative.com/downloads/download.aspx?nDownloadId=12115

I can’t hear any difference but it didn’t seem to break anything. Still no 192KHz up-sampling option.

On a side note, C says it’s not worth it yet to sync all the songs to the cloud, too much lag, in which case I need to upgrade to a 1TB 9.5mm 2.5″ SATA drive in the Mini, as I’m running low on space. I like having most albums at 16bit/44.1KHz lossless audio, and I occasionally buy CD’s and rip it to such. For streaming over the cloud 320kbps .mp3/aac seems to be standard. At $5/mo Spotify doesn’t sound very good, comparatively, $10/mo apparently bumps the streaming quality. At home FLAC/Apple Lossless sounds better, for sure.

California DIY Electro Film Music Pop

I don’t eat, I don’t drink….

Some shots from a sunset before New Years 2012 in Joshua Tree National Park.

Joshua Tree Under Spell

http://vimeo.com/34806345

The music clip is ‘Under Your Spell’ by Desire, available from their album, II (Italians Do It Better, 2009) as well as on the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the 2011 film Drive.

Streaming:
http://soundcloud.com/5titresss/01-desire-under-your-spell

Music

Brandon Biondo / Walsh

I’ve been feeling Brandon Biondo’s alter egos Walsh and COOLRUNNINGS a lot lately.

Fool Moon 7″ by COOLRUNNINGS
http://coolrunnings.bandcamp.com/album/fool-moon-7

These are his tags, not mine “80s creepy electronic mid fi hip pop post rad Knoxville“. But I think they fit. I’ve liked all the albums he’s created and collaborated on that I’ve listened to so far.

Babes Forever EP by COOLRUNNINGS
http://coolrunnings.bandcamp.com/album/babes-forever-ep

You can pay what you like for the downloads on Bandcamp; FLAC / 320 mp3 / or vinyl. So that’s something.  Dracula Horse links to other Knoxville artists and albums.

BIRTHDAY GIRL from KARAOKE by Walsh
http://walshmusic.bandcamp.com/track/birthday-girl

Backups Google Music Technology

Thom Yorke: Bok Bok & Roska Remix of Modeselektor’s ‘Art & Cash’

Thom Yorke - The Twist (Unreleased Excerpt) + Art&Cash (PHON.O Rmx)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPiA8-qekRo

C liked this. So did I. Pretty killer. Here’s the full mix streaming/download, with some glitches during the playback presumably to limit reuse (full link: Electronic Battle Weapons Xfm Music: Response: Thom Yorke MoneyBack Mix 2011.09.15).

More Modeselektor,’Art & Cash’:

Modeselektor - Art & Cash
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wM0oz5rlHE

On a totally different note, if you use Google Reader it’s never a bad idea to backup your RSS feed to an OPML / XML file, you know, just in case they pull that plug.

Ambient Dubstep IDM Music

Four Walls / Paradise Circus

Massive Attack & Burial’s latest endeavour [sic], fully sold out 12″ as usual:

Massive Attack vs Burial 'Four Walls'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VisKkedFZjw

Massive Attack vs Burial - Paradise Circus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N701JYnjaMs

Music Washington State

Mount Eerie

Mount Eerie - Between Two MysteriesMount Eerie – Between Two Mysteries from Elijah Alvarado on Vimeo.

The ever excellent Phil Elverum.

Apple Computer Music Poetry

Sacco e Vanzetti

Sacco e Vanzettihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcgYwTnBIIQ

Here’s To You
- Ennio Morricone & Joan Baez

Here’s to you, Nicola and Bart
Rest forever here in our hearts
The last and final moment is yours
That agony is your triumph

Ferdinando Nicola Sacco (1891-1927)
Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888-1927)

Music Pennsylvania Virginia

100% Jonny

This was touching. Completely earnest. It didn’t try to sell me a thing. I met Jonny a few years ago in Philadelphia while visiting Ramsey. I’m glad he’s still playing. And running. It’s the most we can all hope for.

Stray Dawg (Jonny Corndawg) by Sean DunneStray Dawg from Sean Dunne on Vimeo.

Film Music

Say what you will, Thing

NPR did a promo of sorts for Hanni El Khatib and Nike 6.0 (extreme sports division). I’d say even more than his music, the fact that the entire music video is shot with tight spot lights & slow motion is impressive to me. And the colors. So it does intrigue me, as much as any extreme ad spot can I suppose. During the NPR interview El Khatib says something to the effect, “Find as many things as you can that inspire you, put them together, and come up with something new.” Not bad. Anyhow, I like the track “I Got A Thing” (a re-imagining of a 1970 Funkadelic song) and the colors in this video are insane.

NIKE CHOSEN -- JUST DO IT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrENyA9orTs

Alaska Ambient Music

God Moving Over The Waters

Last batch (on Flickr) uploaded from AK:

God Moving Over The Waters

Moby. God Moving Over The Face Of The Waters.
HTML5: http://snd.sc/pY9sdK

Mark Music Pop Technical Apparel

BJÖRN ♥ JOHN

Perhaps subconsciously I mentioned Evan’s likeness to a certain Swedish 70′s tennis pro, who as it happens, 30 years ago yesterday, had has final epic Wimbeldon match with John McEnroe. And now Borg and McEnroe are selling underwear together. So there you go. Capitalism. Everyone. Winning.

http://youtu.be/MOz8aoBriF0




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