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    How did you get into Ae?

    in Autechre

    Posted

    I had downloaded many songs of AE in the 90's from limewire. I first heard them on a radio station in NY called WFMU. A dj named Clay had a great show where he would play a variety of IDM, Breakcore, Dub , Reggae, Techno and Minimal house and a bunch of other related genres. The show was called the Pounding System. So I had downloaded AE songs from hearing them on that show but I was never really aware of songs by title nor had I heard a full album yet. One night I got lost in NJ trying to get back to NY. I was with mt friend Karl who is a fanatical electronic music fan and had knowledge beyond mine in that music. We stopped at a best buy and ended up in the CD section Untilted had just come out. Karl suggested I buy it for the ride. I did and we listened to it the whole way home. Since then I have been hooked. I like all there albums but Untilted will always have a special place in my heart.

    Bill Cosby is a big old rapist (on the loose)

    in General Banter

    Posted

    funny thing is that one much bigger celebrity than Cosby has had numerous rape and sexual assault allegations, US president Bill Clinton. And no these weren't just litigious women coming out of the woodwork after he became famous, the allegations started very early on.

     

    the cherry on top is that Bill Clinton made numerous trips to the resort of one Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire who was charged and convicted of running an underage sexslave/prostutuion ring and resort in Florida where he would fly high rollers in and out for a weekend of underage prostitutes. A lot of people have speculated (reasonably) that Jeffrey's 15 month sentence was so suspiciously short for what he was charged with that he must have recorded videotapes of big politicians fucking underage prostitutes to use as future blackmail leverage.

    http://gawker.com/flight-logs-put-clinton-dershowitz-on-pedophile-billio-1681039971

     

    Look up bill clinton rape/sexual assault, skip the right wing/republican sites if you want to there is plenty out there from non partisan publications bringing a lot of validity to the claims

     

    edit: as time passes im sure more allegations of presidents doing illegal sexual things will come out. I think it was only last year when a Whitehouse intern from the 60s confessed (after decades of keeping it secret) that JFK fucked her in the whitehouse when she was only 17

     

    funny thing is that one much bigger celebrity than Cosby has had numerous rape and sexual assault allegations, US president Bill Clinton. And no these weren't just litigious women coming out of the woodwork after he became famous, the allegations started very early on.

     

    the cherry on top is that Bill Clinton made numerous trips to the resort of one Jeffrey Epstein, a billionaire who was charged and convicted of running an underage sexslave/prostutuion ring and resort in Florida where he would fly high rollers in and out for a weekend of underage prostitutes. A lot of people have speculated (reasonably) that Jeffrey's 15 month sentence was so suspiciously short for what he was charged with that he must have recorded videotapes of big politicians fucking underage prostitutes to use as future blackmail leverage.

    http://gawker.com/flight-logs-put-clinton-dershowitz-on-pedophile-billio-1681039971

     

    Look up bill clinton rape/sexual assault, skip the right wing/republican sites if you want to there is plenty out there from non partisan publications bringing a lot of validity to the claims

     

    edit: as time passes im sure more allegations of presidents doing illegal sexual things will come out. I think it was only last year when a Whitehouse intern from the 60s confessed (after decades of keeping it secret) that JFK fucked her in the whitehouse when she was only 17

    No matter how much proof you show some people they just can't get away from that lesser of two evils mentality. I think for some it just seems too bleak so they cling to the idea of a good guy and Bill is those peoples patron saint so I am not surprised.

     

    One thing I am thankful for in this WATMM take on a MSM story is that no where else would I have discovered the house of cosby!

    Vaporwave

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    Downtempo is one of those styles that seemed to have never left... Just took on different forms since the 90s... But ive always preferred the classic k&d / nightmares on wax / dining rooms / thievery corp. brand of downtempo than the later manifestations which incorporated glitchiness / 80s dream pop (like m83), synth pop , indie pop, ambient/experimental.. Of course i love all that stuff, but too much is blah.. To me that stuff felt like downtempo or chill music that just got super huge and everyone from coldplay to radiohead to nin was incorporating this whole chill / dreamy aspect.. Kind of like a copout.. Then as soon we know it, practically every single rising indie act was doing this sigur ros or XX-style chill - meets new wave - meets indie pop - meets dreamy thing. Like EVERYONE became bjork all if the sudden. That was about the time i got jaded and bored of new music. Finally, a bit after that, house / nu-disco came back , took over and it brought back the funk :D and now vaporwave / future funk is bridging that dream world with the disco / funk / retro world, and its the perfect bridge imo

     

    Cant wait til industrial / cyberpunk makes its comeback (:

    Well

    a few things

    you raise good points here and I agree with you but I am not too much of a house dude

    but mainly because of when I grew up and where I grew up in brooklyn house music was synonymous with guido douchebags

    However I like Frankie Knuckles and all the minimal stuff but that was much later..The thing I thought was funny was in the 90s according to EQ mag

    groove armada was downtempo. I just don't think it ever really was a subculture or genre just a different way to say the same thing like you said. I agree with you on the co opting of the music by the indie rockers but there is nothing wrong with song writers with vocals. I think everyone wanted to be Bjork after the southbank show

    It was kinda dope watching her walk the beach with a sampler however bs it actually was being that I track down that sampler forever and when I got it although its mad cool the Yamaha SU10 it does not do what she said it does....

     

    Sub genere's are funny

    but looking back now on a term like downtempo

    it just amazes me to watch people chase the rainbow

    Vaporwave

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    Your vaporwave tracks are better than that Italian bands

    but theirs are more of the VHS 80's/90's instructional video samples

     

    Yours are of a higher quality though

    maybe you should make a collection of them so I can contemplate downloading that too ;)

     

    the discogs downtempo description makes me sad because in my fantasy world

    I reap untold fortunes from strictly appealing to a strict downtempo audience

    that militantly only listens to and defines themselves by downtempo

    much like the way skinheads do with Oi!

    that description and seeing Sade listed as an artist kills that dream :(

     

    However there was the Sade cameo in Absolute Beginners so maybe the mods will listen

    all 5 of the remaining 68 year old's

    damn this IDM

    Richard D James SoundCloud - A Gift To The Fans

    in Aphex Twin

    Posted

     

     

     

    word to the suggestion of fl.ux. i'm a huge fan, used it for years, have it pernamently enabled (everybody always asks me 'why is your screen red?')

    "why is your screen red?"

    "because aphex twin"

     

     

    what is flux?

     

     

    software that reduces the blue light of your PC screen in sync with your local sunrise/sunset. Reduces eye strain and helps reduce computer screen influenced sleep loss as well (your body reacts to the blue spectrum of light from the sun or something that keeps you awake). the best solution is to just not use any screens before you sleep but flux is still very effective, been using it for five years (edit: don't think it's been out that long but certainly since 2011 or so) or so and it's been great, might be a placebo but the science is there at least. I definitely notice a difference when I use my TV or phone at night which don't reduce blue light at night.

     

    that sounds good

    maybe it will help me sleep better because I am always using a laptop before bed

    Studio Pics

    in EKT General Discussion

    Posted

    The concrete walls are reflection hell. I know taking on the task of sound treatment is a pain and especially in a place you rent that is temporary but think of it this way if you build panels they can be easily transported to every new space you move to. Even if you do not want to build panels like psn said the first reflection point panels and maybe a blanket on the back wall will make a big difference also you can make an overhead cloud with packing blankets.

     

    I know what a pain it is to move a studio and set up a new one. I think I am finally getting my new work spaces configured and at a point where I can do some work in them.

    Influx of bad artist names

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

    actual atrist names:

     

    Gay Dad

    Gaye Bykers on Acid

    Admit you're Shit

    Poop Yer Pants

    Test Icicles

    Anal Cunt

    Anal Vomit

    Anal Blast

    Hot buttered Anal

    Butthole Surfers

    Penis Flytrap

    The Broken Penis Orchestra

    The Cumshots

    Midget Handjob

    We butter the bread with butter

    Adolf Hitler's Nipples

    Aborted Hitler Cock

    Syphilitic Vaginas

    Nickleback

     

    ...their parents must be proud

    I think Penis Flytrap will be added to the list of bands that I put a comp out with

    Flex Unger

    Barney Iller

    Ill Cosby

    Penis Flytrap

    Noise Music

    in Music Discussion

    Posted

     

     

    for all of you noiseheads, I made a (couple of) noise track(s) let me know what you think!!!

    i'd like to hear something more contextual. that's personally the kind of noise i enjoy- but more importantly, noise isn't about what i (or anyone else) likes. it's about what you like.

     

    My nephew says this is noise

    I personally don't think it is but I thought I would throw the link here and see what youse thought

    http://forum.watmm.com/topic/86715-just-a-little-experiment-with-3-kaoss-pads/

     

    i think the moment we describe noise, we begin to define it, which goes against what noise should be (at least how i think about it). perhaps some people are completely fine with saying "that's noise". i'm more comfortable about questioning it.

     

    as an example: one of my favorite noise performances was by the gerogerigegege where they promised a concert by the beach, and when everyone showed up, they threw copies of their (at the time) new record into a pit and lit them all on fire then left. when asked why, they said "no answer. this is the gerogerigegege"

     

    Fair enough

    definitions are irrelevant

    my experience with noise comes from the people I grew up around in ny who were involved in making it.

    I liked some stuff

    disliked others

    Was at Merzbow shows in the 90s and Borbetomagus and Boredom shows

    the experience was better live but I do remember hearing some Hand full of dust things that I liked a lot

    Studio Pics

    in EKT General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Phlexunger

    I think there is a part of that yeah. Technical music attracts technical people and some are fanatical, some are fanatical about artists and some are fanatical about gear.

     

    hmmm I wonder which one I am?

     

    Battlestation fitting the best it has done in years (ha)

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    wow nice studio Ches

    Do you get much use out of the Tascam 80-8 ?

    I have one too and I have yet to route it to my patchbay and do a project on it. When I get some time I will post you some pics of my studio

    The main work room looks a lot like yours but do to NY rent I have 2 other make shift rooms in my apt and rehearsal basement. In any case your studio pics are inspiring

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