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Don’t perform medical experiments on DJs without their consent.

Saturday, February 24th, 2018

Yo today I met HIRO, the composer behind the music to every great Sega game ever so I’m in a great mood and here’s some weird shit to celebrate my great mood of greatness I feel great yay.

Dr. Yann Tomita and Grandmaster Flash
Vinyl Beat Of Two Turntables with Cybernetics and Bio-Feedback (English Version)
Vinyl Beat Of Two Turntables with Cybernetics and Bio-Feedback (Japanese Version)

I got two turntables and…a lot of other stuff.

Dr. Yann’s full name is Yann Tomita (no relation to other Tomita). I don’t think that he is a real doctor, but judging from his discography he’s certainly a musical visionary of sorts. He seems to enjoy dabbling in just about everything in every genre, often with some form of experimental electronics.

Take this track, for instance, in which he combines the turntable skills of the legendary Grandmaster Flash with a few different biofeedback devices. Some are hooked up the Grandmaster, some to Tomita. All convert the signals they receive into some kind of sonic output. The track itself actually explains the process in the introduction (the only differences in the tracks are the introductions, by the way).

This is experimental music in the most direct sense, this is an experiment to make music. Does the experiment work? You be the judge. I certainly find it interesting even if it does kind of all apart near the end.

 

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This Post Blows

Monday, February 14th, 2011

Tonight’s post has a theme, see if you can guess what it is.

Renegade Soundwave
 Cocaine Sex
Kray Twins
“Cocaine Sex”  is unapologetically pro-cocaine in such a way that its damn near quaint. At one point it even goes as far as to recommend that you “buy it” and “try it.” Gotta love that reckless regard for social responsibility. If your knowledge of blow was limited entirely to that song then you’d probably want to go out and snort some snow right after listening to it. If you’re looking for an anti-drug counterargument to the rampant “Just Say Yes!” philosophy of “Cocaine Sex” then just listen to “Kray Twins.” Its the kind of pointless stupidity that would only sound good while high. Both these tracks are b-sides to Renegade Soundwave’s amazing “Biting My Nails.”

Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel
 White Lines (Don’t Do It) (Freestryle Remix Edit)
Bonus Lines
Supposedly Melle Mel had a pile of blow under his mic while recording this track, and did hits between takes. Now THAT is a cognitive disconnect. But hey, cocaine is a hell of a drug.

Duran Duran
White Lines (Sound Factory Dub)
White Lines (Sound Factory Dub 2)
White Lines (Global Groove Mix)
White Lines (Freestyle Mix)
White Lines (Rif Raf Mix)
I already posted these remixes a couple years ago or so. But what can I say…


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