I GUESS HIP KIDS NOW LIKELIKE DUBSTEP + MNML --GOOD NEWS

So, it made Hipster Run Off. Guess that makes it hip.

Letter to HRO:
I'm not going to lie, I am an avid reader of your blog. you are always one step ahead with yr hipster and/or bangers wearing american apparel and/or just being sexy/rawesome in LA attitude. its very pre-political vice magazine. sex, drugs and supr qute girls eating vegi-sandwiches and drinking sparx. When I read your blog it almost makes me want to start blogging in BIG TEXT in some faggetronic color like NEON YELLOW or PURPLE and start misspelling every third word in giant run-on sentences... almost... but i'm just not hip enough :p in any case, carles, -golfclap..

So. In the HRO fash-on : comment posted aloud in

EVIDENCE OF THE IMPEDING ELECTRO RECESSION

Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "What Music Will Sound Like After the Electro-Reces...":
Everyone knows the UK is the window to the future. Everyone is listening to dubstep and minimal now, duh. Or pretending to like Bmore.

Well. I'm glad someone knew. If you went to Sub.mission w/ BABYLON SYSTEM @ Vinyl on Friday you would know that white ppl gettin KRUNKY like blck pppl at DUBSTEP RAVEZ is the future.

check some of the pics of white ppl getting krunky at the most recent sub.mission. here

In other news. I recently got back in touch with my cousin Eliot, in the RainbowDestroyr online art/music collective, who now goes by the moniker Relitron (I think its FITNESS now actually...). He makes qute 8-bit. Not chip tuning but makin noise none-the-less. From his first album Falling Forward peep Press-ON -inspired by SPACE and WHIMSY. Keep your ear to the ground for the New album Battleship Tristesse to be released soon. The entire Falling Forward Album is available here.

RELITRON - PRESS ON

rawesome.

Speaking of producing, I just made my first track in Ableton Live (the new not ableton live) and I'm willing to put it up becasue I dont think a ton of people will storm it. I want a new fusion sound like nu-mnml-electro-futurepop. I made the track mostly out of vocal samples I recorded of myself and a synthesizer.

ugh, WHAT IS MNML ? mnml=MINIMAL like MINIMAL TECHNO wiki it HERE + HERE

so.

JohnElectric - GONE (soon to be remixed) --also soon to come up w/ a better pen name.

The sound I really want has been capitulated by the band/collective GUDRUN GUT they have transcended genre through the 1980s in a genre aptly named "ingenious dilettantes" into a futurepop dimension. They hold a Portisheadesque quality. They have taken my little group of friends by storm. Give them a check out. YOU CAN GET THE "PUT ON A RECORD" ALBUM HERE!!! I'm going to highly suggest it!

Gudrun Gut - Rock Bottom Riser

Ok tired of cosmic disco?

Don't you worry, this post will include some REMIXES of INDIE SONGS for your HUNGRY EARS.

I'm not going to lie. I've had this picture on my desktop all week. I have somewhat of a bl0ggerCRUSH on this fellow PFUNKT. His music is bangin too! I found him while I was peeping the MOCHIPET RemixContest Blog. I mean watch this video and tell me it doesn't make your man/woman parts say hello.



HERES his MYSPACE

heres' some of his sexy rmxs.

Mochipet - Vnecks (Pfunkt's Flying Vnecks Remix)
goin out to you phat buffalo exchange chicks

Thieves Like Us - Drugs In My Body (Pfunkt's Weekend Bender Remix)
go down town with the drugs in my body

alright... anything else?

more art by RELITRON? click to make not crappy



flickr here

also : TONIGNT TONIGHT TONIGHT TONIGHT!!!! @ 1130et

THE 3rd SEASON PREMIER OF VENTURE BROTHERS ON ADULT SWIM!!!

you can watch it online at adultswim.com

the erection continues!!

THINGS I LURNT IN BROOKLYN

• you can't do everything in five days
  
• what a bodega is
• bratwurst
  
• everyone is very busy
  
• [hasidic] jews love rules, funny hats and double strollers
  
• risotto is delicious
  
• fish are super cool
  
• phish is not super cool
  
• don't trust anything brandon wolcott says ;)
  
• wolf+lamb do not make water bottles
  
• have a biscuit
  

no. 12: Williamsburg is amazing. I hope to live there one day. Williamsburg is a fart in the face to the cold demeanor often thought of New York life style. Instead of hearing bitches and hos gettin shot up for their skag money or the sneer of business men pushing me out of their way the only sounds I enjoyed where laughter and music in a plethora of languages, also the hebrew megaphone blastings that occurred during the weekend from volunteer cars that resembled ambulances. Not to say that said shots and sneers are not happening some where else in NYC but Williamsburg tended to evade this Big-Applian prototype. Parts of it was down right hip and artsy. Flea markets and local retailers sold the coolest clothes at starving-artist affinitive prices. Chic restaurants and cute drink bars dotted corners. The words vegan and vegetarian were far from remote, which reminded me of home. The streets were covered in art, there were almost no walls laden bare. I spent five days in New York, most of which I spend in the same 13 block radius, and I was pretty cozy with that. I visited just a couple parks, a couple bodegas, a couple parties and I was completely exhausted by the end regardless.

I had to get a little touristy while I was visiting the big apple, so here we go with a couple snaps from the city, queens, a drag show and some friends.

*you can view the full album here

Next stop was is the Wolf + Lamb Party that happened on Thursday with a ridiculous live techno set by Nicolas Jaar, including a live sax by Epstein... The music was amazing, the wolf+lamb warehouse is a masterpiece, set right downtown in Williamsburg with roof access, newly added hardwood flooring. There was an open PBR fridge, of which I indulged myself with a little bit too much, by 5am I was well done. Rawesome times guys thanks!

unt some sexy video from the party



*SEXY SEXY LIVE PROMO MNML TECHNO SET BY NICOLAS BARR*

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On Friday I played my first set EVER (played on LIVE too) at this bangin house party: the Tijuana Wedding



I played some dance rockish stuff for the premier johnElectric set... aptly everything that could go wrong pretty much did as far as the sound went. The sub kept going out and we had a couple noise complaints. I was asked to play Brtiney Spears and some old school hip-hop. Had a little beer spilled on my laptop, a pinada broken over it, and some rocks thrown I think... I don't know. We faked a riot and had a real priest marry multiple people at once... it got pretty krunky, real quick. THANKS MISHA for letting me do this, It was terrible fun!

If you guys really want I'll post up the set... The tracks are great but due to all of the technical difficulties the mix itself is a little shotty.

After that we hit up the Raster Noton Showcase as part of the Bunker at Galapagos. This music was absolutely ridiculous! All hardware --sounds that were indescribable.... definitely one of the musical highlights of my trip. These videos are a must see for you experimental / headfunk lovers. +3 VIDEOS ON VIMEO HERE+ also a few pictures available for your viewing pleasure :here:




I'd mentioned some amazing street art around Williamsburg, I've compiled some of it into a slide show, the full album is available :here:

Pretty rawesome.

Damnit Brooklyn, you've really capitulated my heart, I literally cried while pulling out of the flight dock. I know, god johnny don't be such an emo. But whatever, I had a great time, the people I met were wholesome, the sounds were amazing and the art was tantalizing. Special thanks to Brandon (Smirk) for inviting me out and giving me a place to stay; And to Zev and Gadi (Wolf+Lamb), SM+Eti and Michael White for inviting me to their amazing home, you people are truly special and I sincerely hope this will not be our last encounter. Also to Julian, who met me in Queens after getting dropped off at the airport in a city I've never visited on my own. And who could forget Kate? We became closer friends while out there, can't wait to have you back here.