first in a three part series on my fav producer – makes me want to get back in to sampling drums more. via YYY
Category Archives: rambling
John Gutmann & Arthur Leipzig: Photos
I often daydream about how this contemporary era will be remembered after a handful of decades; an “I Love The 80’s”-esque 3D holograph VH1 special that squashes The Matrix and Iraq/Afghanistan side-by-side with pop culture’s vampire craze and the economic collapse? Can an entire generation be so easily lumped together? Will my hover-grandkids ask me what The Cold War was like?
These two photos were taken by 14 years apart by men who lived on opposite sides of the country (San Francisco and Brooklyn, respectively). To my undiscerning eye they quite succinctly encompass an entire swath of history that is instantly reduced to (read in all caps) “BLACK AND WHITE,” “BIG CITY,” “FORMER AMERICA.” Revisionism keeps us pressing forward. For all the 2060′ers know, Mad Men paved the way for The Sopranos. Nooooo!
posted by evan on January 12th, 2010| categories: photography rambling | Tags: Arthur Leipzig, John Gutmann, rumination | comments
lennon/mccartney :: happy holidays
a perfect capsule of their musical differences. i love both songs for very different reasons.
posted by cameron on December 25th, 2009| categories: rambling | Tags: christmas, john lennon, paul mccartney | comments
Superhumanoids Live: Che Cafe 8.29.09
we are playing che cafe in san diego tomorrow with our best buds the outline and new homies boomsnake and get back loretta. we play at 9 and it should be a rad show – really stoked to get out of LA and see how it feels.
Annu: "Friday Night" AUDIO
Annu makes abstract hip-hop tracks that occupies the landscape between Flying Lotus and Nosaj Thing – not as manic as the former and not as calculated as the later. Love when the beat kicks in on Friday Night – feels super woozy all while being tightly locked in:
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posted by cameron on August 24th, 2009| categories: rambling | Tags: abstract, annu, beat, flying lotus, hip hop, nosaj thing, production | comments
rip
greatness:
go mordecai!
posted by cameron on March 2nd, 2009| categories: photography rambling | Tags: kyrgyzstan, photoshop, the royal tenenbaums | comments
Lotus Plaza: "Quicksand" & "Whiteout" AUDIO
I’m a huge Deerhunter fan so when Lotus Plaza, guitarist Lockett Pundt’s side project, had material finding its way around the net I was stoked.
These tracks are undeniably the work of a guitarist. Quicksand features some noise guitar sound wash over the whole track, mixed with subtle melody lines through out. When the noise breaks around the 2 minute mark you really get a feel for how pop-oriented these tunes are, despite all the chaos prior. It seems to be coming more and more common for artists to cover up their pop tendencies with noise/imperfections, forcing listeners to seek out the melody underneath all the layers of sound.
Whiteout is more immediately introspective and less disorderly. The bit-crushed melody that begins to take over two thirds into the track is really something and ending on it soloed is a great decision. Seriously looking forward to The Floodlight Collective release this march.
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Stussy J Dilla Documentary: Part II
part iii out 2/24