This is Hector and Achilles, composed, arranged, mixed and recorded in about two and one half hours. It’s GarageBand with the gutar recorded via microphone through LabSeries solid state amplifier. the guitar is an early 70’s SG with strings that need to be changed. Some of the sounds were jacked from GarageBand extension packs obtained through bittorrent.
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It’s clear who is in charge. Fretbuzzdotnet wrote and performed this lovely little number, and you can hear his sublime take on production here – very different and very excellent.
I, on the other hand, am quite content to be Robin. I’m not the boss, but I like to think I contribute. Not sure I’d look as good in tights. Anyway, after my behavior last night (don’t ask) I needed a time out. Thanks to fbdn, this is what came out. Sorry about the percussion freak out, but Squarepusher is, after all, the Artist of The Week. Make sure to turn up the volume. The mix came out quiet.
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I don’t even want to talk about the Phillies. Blown out two series in a row. Six loses. I have nothing to say.
AND, I don’t understand all the functionality. But that’s not the only reason for my fear. I have the Facebook-style fear of being hounded by those I don’t know or don’t want to know. As far as functionality, I’ve had a Twitter account for some time. I only got it because I wanted to ‘paste my taste’ with Progfreak.com. It’s supposed to be a place for rating music, but I gave up on that pretty quick. What I really wanted was to show off what I had been listening to. Somehow Twitter picked up info coming off last.fm and generated this:
I have no idea how that works, but it does work.
I’m now interested in getting and giving ‘updates’, as I see the way those 140 characters have insinuated themselves into mainstream communication. And it’s simple and clean, unlike Facebook, which I find complex and annoying. I think I understand what the ‘@’ is for, but I still don’t understand ‘#’. I also don’t understand what other things I might be able to do, beyond just making asinine comments and reading other people’s updates.
Here’s a Squarepusher Top Ten from Hipsterwave. I’m not sure what the website is all about, but the article/top ten is a good read.
Not to be outdone, I’ve posted Squarepusher’s 2004 performance from BBC radio’s The Breezblock over at Blogerantz – that’s a heavy listen.
And here is all one minutes and twenty-nine seconds of 09 Unreleased from ‘Burning’n Tree’:
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Let's fucking 'av it!!
Which is a problem, because it’s Thursday. So I’m taking a loose approach to the term ‘week’. I’ll be focusing some entries here and at Blogerantz on Squarepusher. I just recently unearthed an old bootleg of his, and I’ll work my up to making that available. Then I hear that a new record is coming out later this summer. I’ve obviously got no choice; it must be Squarepusher week.
So, without further delay, this is Planet Gear from last year’s ‘Just a Souvenir’. Notice the newly discovered punk feel:
[audio:http://mpomy.com/Music/planetgear.mp3]And from the classic, early era this is Journey to Rheedam (7AM mix) – the drums are being performed live on the synth bass! – it’s triggering the drum sounds. Insane:
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Two new posts over at Blogerantz, finally! Actually, one of the posts features an 80’s band performing in the 70’s, so this post is a little misleading. Sorry about that.
Cabezas de Cera. Mexican prog, punk, jazz insanity. Check it out!!!