forget whatever you were just thinking
April 15, 2008 | Filed Under day to day | 1 Comment
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sebastiAn called, he wants you to start disco dancing ASAP. It’s imperative.
The track has signature sebastiAn breaks, decaying snares, and whining synths. He definitely steps up his game in the soul/funk division with some Shaft status strings/trumpets/guitars.
This track will be out on the latest sebastiAn EP/sampler called MMA, out on who else…ed banger soulja boy records
This is why you need to forget what you once knew, and learn how to listen again.
love,
this guy.
WHO IS HRO?????? WHO IS TUFTY?????????
April 14, 2008 | Filed Under exclusive, music, photography | 5 Comments
I rarely get short and sweet fan mail. The messages I usually get are long winded, full of unanswerable questions, and usually end up with me in tears.
Here’s one unlike the rest:
…but wait… another message from Elle Estrange??
This was a most unexpected twist…
Elle Estrange, do you have more in your life than blogz?
The latest in Blogville scandals: WHO IS HRO??? WHO IS TUFTSMANIA?????IS HE/SHE/THEY ONE IN THE SAME? DO THEY TRADE BLOGS BI-WEEKLY??? DOES CARLES LEAD A SECRET LIFE?? IS TUFTSMANIA SKITZO??
Scenario Rock - Skitzo Dancer (Justice Remix)
“photo, blurb about artist, song”
April 11, 2008 | Filed Under day to day | Leave a Comment
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Catching an early flight out of here this afternoon, so if you want to say ‘hey’, twitter me. While you’re at it, twitter HRO and tell him how much you want to tug him. Then tell him how much you love Shaq.
The new ‘hip’ is being as generic and conform as much as possible. Bland, big in 09… like Ann?
Anywayz, here’s a ‘blurb’ about Chewy Chocolate Cookies remixes.
‘They’re pretty alright’
Make sure you check their latest EP, Pepites, which is out now on ekleroshock.
These tracks actually played in this exact order when I was on my way to get raped by gas prices. They improved this total bummer of a situation by a large margin.
The Toxic Avenger - Superheroes (Chewy Chocolate Cookies remix)
DJ Mehdi - Saharian Break (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)
Justice - Genesis (Chewy Chocolate Cookies rmx)
The ToxAvenger Space
MEHDISPACE
ETJUSTICEPOURTOUSPACE
this is why lithuania will kick your ass
April 8, 2008 | Filed Under day to day, photography, tuftsmania exclusive | 3 Comments
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I’ve been following Metal on Metal for quite a bit now but it’s been a chore trying to get into contact with them. Luckily, I have good friends in Lithuania hooking me up… you know who you are!
“…We don’t like this new act, called Nicolas Sarkozy though, he talks too much.” -Metal on Metal
Previously known as Nesakyk Mamai! or Don’t tell your Mom, Metal on Metal has been steadily infiltrating the ears of people all over europe. Why the HELL, don’t they get more love over here beats me. I seem to be interested in all the wrong bands??? (hellz no) Their originals and re-works are really something else and lately, they’ve been getting straight up grips of remix work on their plates. Just look at the hit list on their myspace.
I’m sitting on a most recent commissioned remix of Blood Red Shoes, which is a heavy track on its own, but with the MoM touch… fucking insane, no questions asked.
I’ll be over there. Blasting everyone’s brains out with this track. No big deal.
It seriously gets hectic, and I’d have it no other way. What? I can’t hear you, my ears are bleeding.
Blood Red Shoes - I Wish I Was Someone Better (Metal On Metal Remake) *tuftsmania exxxxxclusiveeeeeee <3
Keep checking their myspace for their latest EP, Slaughterhouse, full of original sounds, to be released in the future! You can bet it will be covered here as well.
Answers to the world's questions provided by none other than Lithuania's only, Metal on Metal.
hit the jump to find out what they think about the finer things in life. (you really want to)
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there has to be something more… i know it’s in there
April 6, 2008 | Filed Under music, photography | 4 Comments
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Say hello to my old friend, Bloody Beetroots. I’ve been like, jizzing myself about them for the past… oh, year.
The Bloody Beetroots can throw their ’signature’ bass drum + snare + plucking synths + distorted/reversed vocals + stutter tracks on ANYTHING and make it sound gold, but is there anything beyond these sounds with the masked (all day long) italian producers?
Don’t get me wrong on this one, I’m not complaining, but let’s hear what you can do using something outside the box of beetroots.
Here’s a fairly recent remix of Secret Handshake. This band is part of a very…. interesting movement… which I like to call the emo-fag-failure-vocoded-electro movement popularized by the likes of Muscles et al. (who’s not gay –australia factor/remixed by gods –circle jerk effect).
There are a number of other land locked-united states ‘outfits’ not unlike these who have a cult following of teenage guys. I get depressed looking at their myspaces so I’ll leave the search up to you.
Vocoding is pretty gay, (used every day by akon and t-pain - very important that you click). Let’s leave the vocoding to Cher.
Sorry, derail, back to the track. Again, classic BBs sound (that’s short for Bloody Beetroots, yeah, acronyms.) The intro starts this track so well and builds it up into a string quartet, electronic blow-up.
touche my italian friends, touche.
Secret Handshake - Summer of 98 (The Bloody Beetroots default layers remix)
BONUS!!!! we’ve got the EP version of ‘Butter’ due out on the EP from dim mak soon! Assuming most of you have heard the draft version of Butter, and this is a prime example of ‘outside of beetroots box’ territory. Still has some vintage flavor but a slew of new and welcome sounds.
Watch for stateside releases of Bloody Beetroots LP/EP from your most well known ambiguously feminine asian w/ facial hair label mama….Steve Aoki, Dim Mak -reaping the benefits of music blogville since, forever and signing the bands. amen.