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Monthly Archives: May 2014
4star – Nothing Changed (2014)
It’s no secret, I’m a huge fan of the guys from 4star. That perfect mixture of Eminem style hip hop rapping of Adam and that dense and contorted, drum’n’bass and dubstep flavored instrumentals of Peter with a taste of Subsource/Black Futures and roots back to Reznor and NIN, simply nailed me. While 99.9% of the current mainstream electronic/EDM scene it’s nothing but a (bad) joke and the underground it’s not allowed to surface, these guys fined a pretty cool breach of their own, they are dumb enough to play their own music and not to follow the trends.
While their debut album – Daylight (2011) – was taking to laugh most of the issues which bothered Adam, this time his approach it’s considerably darker and the whole set-up it’s more experimental, psychedelic here and there and… darker. Although I hate to use the “dark” label because I consider it inconsistent. But this second installment of 4star it’s less edgy and more gloomy then the debut album. Adam’s not joking anymore and he’s lyrics this time are more serious and tense. This album it’s not dark, but honest.
If there would be really free and alternative media, 4star would become stars. But there isn’t. And it’s a shame! This whole word is and honestly we can do anything about it. But as these guys have enjoyed tracking these songs, I have the luxury to enjoy their release. I feel lucky and so can you. Buy their stuff and help independent artists to stay on the scene. Or don’t and enjoy the 374th posthumous Michael Jackson album and the next 50 Cent release which it’s pretty much the same s*it with the previous and the following one, only the song titles are changed. Eventually.
Even if we might feel like it’s getting worst, they say: nothing changed. This is bad? This is good? Let’s hear it!! Read more 4star – Nothing Changed (2014)
Ephemeralism – street art and urban interventions by Fra.Biancoshock
“Don’t try this at home. Try this on the street“ – that’s the motto of Fra.Biancoshock, a street artist living and working in Milan, Italy. He calls his artistic Read more Ephemeralism – street art and urban interventions by Fra.Biancoshock
Trophy Scars – Holy Vacants (2014)
Four years ago Trophy Scars and their fabulous “Darkness, Oh Hell” rocked my world. Literally. That hypnotic mixture of punk fueled post-hardcore, indie-psychedelic rock, jazz, blues and funk was fresh and powerful, totally addictive.
Meanwhile they lost a little bit their punk edge, but not their intensity and “Holy Vacants” it’s an excicting and charming, throughout enjoyable album. Actually they know how to get slowly under your skin and once you get “infected”, you can’t get rid of them anymore. Must mention this, they released an album entitled “Never Born, Never Dead” in 2011, but somehow I missed that.
“Holy Vacants” is Trophy Scars’ fourth album and was two years in the making. It was also intended as their last, not because of any cataclysmic upset in the band, but because the four – Jerry Jones (vocals), John Ferrara (guitarist), Andy Farrel (bass player), Brian Ferrara (drummer) and Gray Reinhard (keys, vocals) – felt that after eight years, it had run its course. Read more Trophy Scars – Holy Vacants (2014)
Therese – Remedy (DANK Remix)
Therese is considered some kind of Swedish wonder-woman and the “queen of 21st century house music”. In only a few short years, she has crafted an international reputation for herself on the music scene – her signature tune ‘Put ‘em High’ is universally regarded as a 21st century dance classic, and continues to generate massive airplay to this day. ‘Put ‘em High’ reached No. 6 on the UK Top 40, and was followed by ‘Take Me Away’, another top ten dance/pop hit. In the USA, ‘Time’ scored an impressive No.21 placing on the Billboard Dance chart. Other records like ‘Neon Lights’ have become instant club classics, while ‘Feelin’ Me’ saw UK urban station Kiss FM proclaim her the ‘The Queen of Electro’.
Since then, she has toured extensively, performing at Read more Therese – Remedy (DANK Remix)
Zardonic 10 Year Anniversary Mix – free download!!
The bad-ass of bad-bass celebrate 10 years of intense grinding with a fabulous 44 track, 99 minute mix which include his own tracks, but also remixes of some other leading artists such as Nine Inch Nails, Black Label Society, Semargl, and Black Sun Empire. Top of the best, this is a free download and you can grab it from his Soundcloud page. This is brutal!!!!!
Federico Agreda aka Zardonic, worked his way up to a top position with unstoppable force since his beginnings in 2004: awarded Best Keyboardist and Best Metal Artist in his native Venezuela; voted the #1 DJ in Venezuela according to The DJ List; reached #1 in Beatport’s Drum & Bass Release charts with his milestone album “Vulgar Display Of Bass” (including the million time played single “Bring Back The Glory”); -#1 in Beatport’s Hardcore / Hard Techno Release charts with the “Far Beyond Bass” remix album; and #1 in Amazon’s Bestsellers in Hard Rock & Metal charts with his remix of The Unguided’s “Phoenix Down” single. Read more Zardonic 10 Year Anniversary Mix – free download!!
Amazing stairways around the world
Musician Portraits Made Of CDs
For the inauguration of First Floor Under, a pop-vanguard culture magazine, TBWA Italy used 6500 CDs to recreate the portraits of seven world-famous musicians including Michael Jackson, Bob Marley, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hendrix, James Brown, Freddie Mercury and Elvis.
Artists Mirco Pagano and Moreno De Turco spent more than 200 hours Read more Musician Portraits Made Of CDs
Planet Berlin – 360° with a crocodile
A crocodile driving, skating and biking through Berlin. Shot with a 360° rig using 6 GoPro Cameras and a 3D printed mount.
Jonas Ginter explain: “In order to breathe life into this little planet and to implement them as a moving picture, I’ve tried a lot of funny things in the last few years: I’ve screwed my cameras on the turntable and nights trying to put thousands of pictures. Has not worked. I have strange designs with mirrors looked at and frustrated found that the absolute nonsense. Piece by piece, came the realization that I can realize 360 degree videos only when I capture the image in one take. So the logical conclusion was: Many cameras. Luckily there GoPro cameras that cover with her fisheye lens a decent viewing angle. So you only need six cameras to record horizontally 360 ° and vertically 180 ° can. Provided you point the camera from exactly. The closer the lenses are to each other and the more overlap produce each camera the better the result. I have unsuccessfully experimented with rubber bands, cable ties, wood and polystyrene. Only with the construction of a support which has been printed in the 3D printer, everything worked satisfactorily. I have this template as a base and used a bit off without the help of any crack of the Hacker Space Bremen and especially without Andree’s and Michael’s involvement, would have been all that nothing.” Read more Planet Berlin – 360° with a crocodile
Arturia MiniBrute – o bruta analogica la un pret digital
Primele sintetizatoare analogice au fost construite între anii 1920 și 1930, printre ele fiind și Trautonium, un instrument muzical electronic și monofonic dezvoltat în 1929 de către Friedrich Trautwein în Berlin în laboratorul Rundfunkversuchstelle al institutului de muzică și radio Musikhochschule. Lui i s-a alăturat Oskar Sala și au continuat să dezvolte sintetizatoare până în anul 2002. Cei doi au prezentat public Trautonium-ul în data de 20 Iunie 1930 la Musikhochschule Hall din Berlin în cadrul unui spectacol intitulat “Neue Musik Berlin 1930″.
Adevărata revoluție a sintetizatoarelor analogice însă a venit la începutul anilor 60 după inventarea tranzistorilor. Un aport semnificativ l-a avut Robert Arthur “Bob” Moog prin creearea legendarelor sale sintetizatoare Moog. Succesul comercial al acestor “ciudate” noi instrumente s-a produs în 1968 cu lansarea albumului “Switched-On Bach” de către casa de discuri Columbia al artistului Wendy Carlos (responsabil și de coloana sonoră al faimosului film al lui Stanley Kubrick “Clockwork Orange” în 1972, lansat sub numele de Walter Carlos).
Cele mai faimoase sintetizatoare analogice au fost produse de Moog, ARP, Roland, Korg și Yamaha.
Pe lângă sunetul specific oferit de tranzistori, una din caracteristicile importante ale sintetizatoarelor analogice este și incorporarea în instrument a diferitelor efecte, filtre și oscilatoare, printre care și a filtrelor low-pass (joase) și high-pass (înalte) prin care se obțin modificări substanțiale ale sunetului. Read more Arturia MiniBrute – o bruta analogica la un pret digital
