Friday, December 4, 2009

Futurisk


This is another fine example of what happens when I have no time to really write a post. Nonetheless, this is some good stuff and I figured people would like to check it out. Futurisk were an early synth-pop band from Florida that produced some very good grooves. For more info about Futurisk, click here for a bio courtesy of Jeremy Kolosine himself. Jeremy is the man behind the music and is active to this day in the 8 Bit and Chiptune scenes. You can find info about his other projects at Receptors Music.

This download contains, to the best of my knowledge, EVERYTHING released by Futurisk including some unreleased recordings. I've used the versions of the Player Piano EP posted by Mutant Sounds (see here) and the Army Now 7" posted by Mmmbling Around (see here), so I want to give them credit here. I don't like stealing content, but since these are pretty rare records and I'm featuring more than just those two releases, I figured as long as I gave a shout-out it would be alright. Thanks guys!

You'll also find here some live recordings, some previously-unheard tracks, the version of Meteoright from The Found Tapes compilation and a lower-bitrate copy of Split Second Decision from the Player Piano EP that doesn't feature the skip from the copy included. Most of the tracks mentioned in this paragraph are courtesy of a friendly fellow named anemic cinema. Massive credit to you sir!


Futurisk - Complete (as far as I know) Discography


PS - Jeremy has mentioned that he would like to reissue some of the Futurisk material eventually. As always, Jeremy, if you would like me to remove the downloadable content from the post please let me know, I will be more than happy to do so.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Sherlock Holmes ou O Triunfo da Ficção

Sherlock Holmes não existiu na realidade ... mas, no entanto a força da imaginação, a erudição e o sentido do detalhe com que Sir Arthur Connan Doyle construiu a sua personagem, levaram a que a fantasia fosse confundida com a realidade, ao ponto de "existir" uma casa de Sherlock Holmes na Baker Street de Londres ...
Mas se querem realmente conhecer a personagem e o seu ambiente ( com o inseparável Dr. Watson) é imperativo verem a magnifica série produzida pela Granada Television que ilustro em baixo ...Deixo-vos com a mistura de exotismo, lógica cientifica, método dedutivo, arrogância e orientalismo opiado ... "The Game is Afoot" !






















































Pro Celebrity Golf & Jay Glaze - Three Sinister Syllables


I'm participating in a topic regarding albums considered masterpieces in their usage of samples. The obvious mentions are Paul's Boutique, Endtroducing, Since I Left You, etc., but there have been some interesting titles mentioned that I wasn't familiar with prior to entering this discussion. The one that really stood out to me is Three Sinister Syllables by Pro Celebrity Golf & Jay Glaze, a truly wonderous collection of record and film soundbytes chopped into a crazy DJ party. I wouldn't call it groundbreaking like any of the aforementioned titles, but it's insanely impressive to be certain and a helluva lot of fun to listen to! the best way to describe it would be "a giant bucket of hip-hop jumbulaya with something for everyone!"

Of course, I wanted to find more information about the individuals responsible for this excursion, but there wasn't much to find. Most mentions of the album talk about how great it is and mentioned the responsible parties had been making records like these for years, albeit far shorter in length, but not much was divulged otherwise. In the end, the official site for Chopped Herring Records, the label this was released on, seems to be the best bet, especially as they have begun to post a complete deconstruction of the sources used throughout the album. You should definitely head on over there and check it out and see if you can pick up a copy of this while you're over there too!

After hearing this, I knew I had to share it on the site as it's truly special. There are no track titles so just load it up or burn it off and play guess-the-sample while you enjoy a ridiculously deep trip down hip-hop-memory-lane.


Pro Celebrity Golf & Jay Glaze - Three Sinister Syllables

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Trip to London - Sir John Soane Museum

Este é um dos sítios mais curiosos de Londres. A casa do Arquitecto "Regency" Sir John Soane.
A casa é uma verdadeira "Magic Box" conseguida pela imaginação espacial e criatividade associativa de Sir John Soane que consegue "encaixar" com critério único a sua colecção obsessiva de "casts" da Antiguidade Clássica, ilustrando as "fixações" estéticas dum Neo Classicismo pré- romântico. O Museu-Casa foi criado ainda no tempo de vida de John Soane em 1833. Esta Casa-Museu é o resultado da compra de várias casas em Lincoln's Inn Fields (Holborn) entre 1794 e 1812.









Trip to London -The Carlton Club

Vim de Londres, onde estive com uns amigos ... Um deles ficou alojado no Carlton Club ... assim fui com ele ver os seus interiores ... resolvi revelá-lo através desta livrito que trouxe da minha visita ... "Welcome to Clubland" .... ( Façam clique nas imagens para ler )



























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