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Robot Rock du Jour: Factory Floor – Two Different Ways (2011)

beaker — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:26:09 +0000

Industrial + Acid = Factory Floor

This gem dropped on DFA two short months after I posted Factory Floor’s amazing Real Love.

“Too far gone… Ain’t No Way Back!”

SCHEMATIC: Oh my god, a real B-side DUB! (“Second Way”)…

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Robot Rock du Jour: Bernard Fevre aka Black Devil – Dali(1975)

beaker — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:50:59 +0000

Then the French said, “Let there be dark disco.” And it was really, really good.

Right?! 1975. Whoa.

As a music genealogist, moments where new musical (sub)genres are born are pretty much the stuff of dreams.

Within this span of 84 seconds, from an offbeat library (ie music snippets) album “The Strange World of Bernard Fevre,” foundations are laid for the deepest, darkest, most esoteric disco album ever made, Black Devil’s”Disco Club” in 1978.

SCHEMATIC: The entire legendary “Disco Club” LP and a live performance!

H Friend

Timing, Forget The Timing

One To Choose

We Never Fly Away Again

Follow Me (Instrumental)

No Regrets

No Regrets (Live 2009)

End of line (robo tear)…

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Robot Rock du Jour: Experimental Products – Glowing In The Dark (1984)

beaker — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:19:17 +0000

I want to radiate as soon as I can, so I, too, can glow in the dark.

What is it about this city that makes me crave analog synthiness?

Glowing in the dark again…

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Bucky – Expo ’67 Pavilion

beaker — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:38:33 +0000

Bucky Ist Über-Nerder. What I wouldn’t give to ride these escalators!

Who makes stuff like this anymore? No one. Everything is so damned commercial and self-conscious now. Oh wait, Greg and I did resurrect The Imaginarium at Stanford. I guess that counts.

Thanks to Jer for spotting this.

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Robot Rock du Jour: Leon Theramin

beaker — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:25:15 +0000

Leon Theramin, electronic music pioneer and russian spy. Awesome.

Great article in the BBC yesterday.

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History: Veronica Vasicka (2010)

beaker — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:47:04 +0000

Founder of NY-based revivalist label Minimal Wave talks about her work.

Herself a diamond in the rough, Veronica’s pirate radio station-turned-label has fittingly refocused attention on some spectacular, mostly unknown or forgotten artists. Beyond reissues, Veronica’s bringing to light new talent with a penchant for stripped down, analog sounds, like Medio Mutante.

SCHEMATIC: An interview with Ford Models and a link to the Minimal Wave Facebook group…

Facebook Group

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Robot Rock du Jour: Hooray For Earth – True Loves (Cereal Spiller Remix) (2011)

beaker — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:28:53 +0000

While this song is uncomfortably close to mainstream for my circuit boards, this deconstructed remix by NYC incognitos Cereal Spiller is just off the beaten path enough to ensure safety. The real winner here, tho, is the animation created by UK-based artist Cyriak Harris.

SCHEMATIC: True Loves (Album Version) with another great video…

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RIP: DJ Mehdi – Signatune (Thomas Bangalter Edit) (2007)

beaker — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:06:37 +0000

Sad, sad news today. French/Tunisian producer and DJ, Mehdi Favéris-Essadi, died last night, reportedly after the roof on his house gave way during a birthday party. Condolences to his wife, family and friends. If he was anything like his music and performances, he was a truly vibrant and gifted young man.

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Robot Rock du Jour: Factory Floor – Real Love (2010)

beaker — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 17:25:42 +0000

I interrupt your regularly scheduled whatever to bring you this uncut diamond from the London underground.

Factory Floor has future classic written all over them. Shows in NY and Philly in late September and early November.

SCHEMATIC: Real Love (Album Version), Lying and Wooden Box…

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Robot Rock du Jour: LCD Soundsystem – Someone Great (2007)

beaker — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 17:21:32 +0000

So, I pretty much avoid big time acts and there are very few “modern” bands that make what I deem to be exceptionally rad music. LCD Soundsystem, however, is the king + queen of them all.

I created this stop-motion video as part of my graduate program thesis work. 100 hours of wood cutting and photographing. If you dig it, peep my process photos.

SCHEMATIC: Videos for Home, Daft Punk is Playing at My House…

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Daft Punk is Playing at My House

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