lunedì, settembre 26, 2005
type, type, type.
uno dei miei dischi preferiti dell'anno passato risponde al nome di handwriting di khonnor. edito dalla type records. tra i dischi preferiti del 2003 "tangled wool" di xela, muscista ma anche chief della type records. un caro amico, davide gualandi, in questi giorni da notizia di una cosa che gia' da tempo era nell'aria, ovvero la pubblicazione di un suo mix su type recs, anzi sul sito della label, che e' parte integrante della label.
allora se tre indizi fanno una prova, e' necessario parlarne un po' anche con john xela che sta dietro a tutte queste cose....e cosi' facciamo.....per capirne le ragioni e le motivazioni...
JR about type recs....
type website is not just a label website...but something more.... charts, discussion forum, radio and mixes from artist look as be part of a general project.... so is type just "a record label" or is something more(with the help of the website)? via type record are you trying to build up something bigger or is it just a network for some kind of listeners and offer em more than records?
JOHN XELA:I would hope that it's something more. The ideas I had initiallly, when I concieved the label with my partner Stefan Lewandowski was more about reaching out to a community of listeners. Since we had been promoting music events together it was a natural step to make Type Records a little more than 'just a record label'. With the introduction of the regular mixes and now a hosted radio show we hope to keep expanding these concepts and make it even more interesting for people.
JR: so what are the reason that move you to sign new artist?
JOHN XELA:Signing artists is an interesting procedure - I get a lot of demos with letters saying 'I know this must be your kind of music'. The truth is, I never know what sort of thing i'm looking for until I hear it. Of course we have a general aesthetic, but I want to be surprised, I want something to move me in some way. I signed Midaircondo, Sanso-Xtro and Ryan Teague from totally unsolicited demos - I just recieved the cds and they shook me in some way, so I released the music.
JR: about typecast....it seem especially dedicated to the cinematic classic/modern sound, is there any artistic rules under that series of podcast/radio program? and what could be the importance of that instrument?
JOHN XELA: Many of our artists are certainly interested in that sound, as am I, but there isnt a strict rule. For instance I think the music I play on my show is quite varied, I play a lot of folk and rock music alongside more modern classical and cinematic sounds. My musical taste is extremely varied, I enjoy most types of music to some degree, so I never set people boundaries, we just seem to attract more 'cinematic' minded people I think.
JR: what's next from type?
JOHN XELA: Next from Type we have a wonderful album from the band Midaircondo, three Swedish girls who make absolutely sublime electronic/acoustic music. Then to finish off the year we have the much-anticipated debut album from Deaf Center, which is a gorgeous collection of dark and cinematic Norwegian music.
JR: but WHAT'S NEXT FROM XELA? any new direction or what's new....
JOHN XELA: Ah! Now you're asking :)
I've been working on a new album lately and of course it's a new direction. I've been working with a lot more instruments and analogue equipment, so expect a much dirtier, noisier, free-er sound. It's not going to be easy listening by any means.
Playlist:
Paavoharju - Yhä Hämärää (Fonal)
Sunburned Hand Of The Man - Wedlock (Eclipse)
The Hototogisu - Floating Japanese Oof! Gardens Of The 21st Century (Destijl)
Earth - Hex (Or Printing The Infernal Method) (Southern Lord)
Tarentel - Home Ruckus (Root Strata)
Murcof - Remembranza (Leaf)
Thuja - All Strange Beasts Of The Past (Emperor Jones)
Jack Rose - Kensington Blues (Beautiful Happiness)
web link>
http://www.fat-pie.com
the funniest, most talented animator on the planet.
questo e' il mix di davide gualandi, http://www.typerecords.com/radio/full.php?id=18
allora se tre indizi fanno una prova, e' necessario parlarne un po' anche con john xela che sta dietro a tutte queste cose....e cosi' facciamo.....per capirne le ragioni e le motivazioni...
JR about type recs....
type website is not just a label website...but something more.... charts, discussion forum, radio and mixes from artist look as be part of a general project.... so is type just "a record label" or is something more(with the help of the website)? via type record are you trying to build up something bigger or is it just a network for some kind of listeners and offer em more than records?
JOHN XELA:I would hope that it's something more. The ideas I had initiallly, when I concieved the label with my partner Stefan Lewandowski was more about reaching out to a community of listeners. Since we had been promoting music events together it was a natural step to make Type Records a little more than 'just a record label'. With the introduction of the regular mixes and now a hosted radio show we hope to keep expanding these concepts and make it even more interesting for people.
JR: so what are the reason that move you to sign new artist?
JOHN XELA:Signing artists is an interesting procedure - I get a lot of demos with letters saying 'I know this must be your kind of music'. The truth is, I never know what sort of thing i'm looking for until I hear it. Of course we have a general aesthetic, but I want to be surprised, I want something to move me in some way. I signed Midaircondo, Sanso-Xtro and Ryan Teague from totally unsolicited demos - I just recieved the cds and they shook me in some way, so I released the music.
JR: about typecast....it seem especially dedicated to the cinematic classic/modern sound, is there any artistic rules under that series of podcast/radio program? and what could be the importance of that instrument?
JOHN XELA: Many of our artists are certainly interested in that sound, as am I, but there isnt a strict rule. For instance I think the music I play on my show is quite varied, I play a lot of folk and rock music alongside more modern classical and cinematic sounds. My musical taste is extremely varied, I enjoy most types of music to some degree, so I never set people boundaries, we just seem to attract more 'cinematic' minded people I think.
JR: what's next from type?
JOHN XELA: Next from Type we have a wonderful album from the band Midaircondo, three Swedish girls who make absolutely sublime electronic/acoustic music. Then to finish off the year we have the much-anticipated debut album from Deaf Center, which is a gorgeous collection of dark and cinematic Norwegian music.
JR: but WHAT'S NEXT FROM XELA? any new direction or what's new....
JOHN XELA: Ah! Now you're asking :)
I've been working on a new album lately and of course it's a new direction. I've been working with a lot more instruments and analogue equipment, so expect a much dirtier, noisier, free-er sound. It's not going to be easy listening by any means.
Playlist:
Paavoharju - Yhä Hämärää (Fonal)
Sunburned Hand Of The Man - Wedlock (Eclipse)
The Hototogisu - Floating Japanese Oof! Gardens Of The 21st Century (Destijl)
Earth - Hex (Or Printing The Infernal Method) (Southern Lord)
Tarentel - Home Ruckus (Root Strata)
Murcof - Remembranza (Leaf)
Thuja - All Strange Beasts Of The Past (Emperor Jones)
Jack Rose - Kensington Blues (Beautiful Happiness)
web link>
http://www.fat-pie.com
the funniest, most talented animator on the planet.
questo e' il mix di davide gualandi, http://www.typerecords.com/radio/full.php?id=18
venerdì, settembre 23, 2005
the dark side of mash up!
dopplebanger-maestro di blootleg mix
bootleging o mash up?.... qual'e' il termine corretto per difinire quell'arte ormai non piu' cool del fare stare nello stesso spazio di un'mp3 due canzoni diverse?
con due canzoni se ne fa una e basta:che spreco verrebbe quasi da dire. ma direi che la storia dell'arte e' sempre stat fatta di recuperi...pensate al recupero di manufatti in marmo o materiali lapidei poi riutilizzati,una volta tolti dal loro contesto originario, ed inseriti in nuove costruzioni... oppure pensate a quello che vi pare.... di fatto alcune di queste operazioni sono molto interessanti... Mathieu Carratier non sara' famoso come 2many dj's o richard x aka girls on top.... ma spacca!
ultimamente gli e' stata commissionata una compilation formato mp3, scaricabile direttamente dal sito http://beam.to/dopplebanger . qui al nostro e' stato chiesto di partire da materiali di artisti in catalogo alla gooom disques ed unendo le loro traccie con le parti vocali di hit r'n'b'/hiphop americano arrivare a sintetizzare una compila di mash up. "dark side of the gooom". il riusultato e' quantomeno ottimo, basi abstract electro hip hip shogazing con sopra ceffi come eminem beyonce adire la loro. e funziona, cazzo se funziona.
una delle cose migliori della stagione. ed una delle migliori di sempre di questa nuova ma gia' vecchia arte chiamata bootleg mix.
dopplebanger(mathieu carratier) intervista:
JR:how and when do you start making mash up/bootleg?
I actually made my first bootleg in march 2004. I was preparing a mix
for a party in France and wanted to do something more than spinning some
records... Being familiar with the website Get Your Bootleg On (big
inspiration!) and mash-ups, I thought "why not try to put some acapellas
over those tracks?". Since the party was hosted in part by the French
electronica label Gooom (which also releases my band's music -
Cosmodrome), I started playing with a track from M83, the Jackson remix
of "run into flowers". I added Aphex Twin's acid edit of "Windowlicker"
to the song, and it was the perfect fit. But it definitely lacked some
hip hop. That's when Khia's "my neck, my back" entered the game. And it
was awesome. Beginner's luck. After that I knew I had to do more of
those. The reception was good, so I created a website to host the
tracks: http://beam.to/dopplebanger.
JR:what are the most important instruments and what help you more in the
making of that mash up project?
Doing music, songs, having a band is a big help in terms of building the
tracks and get the acapella to sound in tune with the backing song.
Having fun is also important. I'm a big fan of stupidity and simplicity.
When I heard Mobb Deep's "Got it Twisted", I just wanted to make a
bootleg called "Got It Twisted Sister", and chose The Rapture's "Sister
Saviour" as a background just to have a track with that name. I tried
with some Twisted Sister songs first, of course, but it just didn't
work.
JR: what are the coordinate and the aesthetics of that project?
I try to use some not so well known songs as a basis for the tracks, and
they're my chance to take down some boundaries between genres. I want to
hear Christina Aguilera sing on some unknown French electronic music. I
want 50 Cent to rock to Sonic Youth. But the main concern is to take a
very popular song and corrupt its emotions. I think my biggest victory
in that sense is the Beyonce/M83 bootleg. What was a party tune became a
nostalgic love song, and that's what makes mash-ups interesting for me,
more than anything.
JR:dark side of the gooom it's a sublime project. one of the most
brilliant mix i have ever listen. you easily make fit togheter some
of the best mainstrem r'n'b/pophiphop shit with the best of france new
bands or projects.. do the guys from gooom give you any straight
coordinate or what? how it was born?
First, thank you! The Gooom people loved the first bootlegs I did using
tracks from the label (Beyonce/M83 and M83/Aphex Twin/Khia), and wanted
more. We started joking about a full length bootleg album that would be
called "Dark Side of the Gooom" and... One year later it was a reality.
They suggested tracks to use, but I just got through the whole catalog
and chose songs that would be easy to mash. I can be really lazy and
stubborn. The idea behind the project was also to showcase some French
bands I really like, like Villeneuve and Abstrackt Keal Agram. To give
them a little international exposition. I'm also working on a bootleg
version of Sonic Youth's album "Goo". It's called "Gootleg" and may be
finished one day. Maybe.
JR:speak about your other band?....
So, my band... COSMODROME. French. Electronic. A few releases on Gooom
are still available, and the new album is taking centuries to finish. We
just did a song with the ridiculously talented girls from Avenue D
(www.avenued.com) called "Just Keep Dancing". It's gonna be on their
next EP, and is already available on the great "Music For Robots Vol. 1"
compilation. Buy it from them, thank you (http://music.for-robots.com).
I also started another project with my favourite singer, Lisa Papineau
(www.lisapapineau.com), called THE STORM. It's a dream come true. I've
been a fan of her for a decade (since her old band's album, PET), and
doing songs with her has been one of the most amazing experiences ever.
I hope to release that next year. Labels... e-mail me.
MY PLAYLIST
Records>>>
Sufjan Stevens "Illinois"
SonGodSuns "Over The Counter Culture"
Kanye West "Late Registration"
Goldfrapp "Supernature"
Alex Wurman "March of the Penguins"
Films>>>
"The 40 Year Old Virgin" by Judd Apatow
"Wedding Crashers" by David Dobkin
"Rize" by David La Chapelle
"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" by Shane Black
"A History of Violence" by David Cronenberg
And... every new Brett Easton Ellis novel, the website www.defamer.com,
my Tony Scott DVD collection, "Entourage" on TV (www.lhiob.com)... the
list is long!
bootleging o mash up?.... qual'e' il termine corretto per difinire quell'arte ormai non piu' cool del fare stare nello stesso spazio di un'mp3 due canzoni diverse?
con due canzoni se ne fa una e basta:che spreco verrebbe quasi da dire. ma direi che la storia dell'arte e' sempre stat fatta di recuperi...pensate al recupero di manufatti in marmo o materiali lapidei poi riutilizzati,una volta tolti dal loro contesto originario, ed inseriti in nuove costruzioni... oppure pensate a quello che vi pare.... di fatto alcune di queste operazioni sono molto interessanti... Mathieu Carratier non sara' famoso come 2many dj's o richard x aka girls on top.... ma spacca!
ultimamente gli e' stata commissionata una compilation formato mp3, scaricabile direttamente dal sito http://beam.to/dopplebanger . qui al nostro e' stato chiesto di partire da materiali di artisti in catalogo alla gooom disques ed unendo le loro traccie con le parti vocali di hit r'n'b'/hiphop americano arrivare a sintetizzare una compila di mash up. "dark side of the gooom". il riusultato e' quantomeno ottimo, basi abstract electro hip hip shogazing con sopra ceffi come eminem beyonce adire la loro. e funziona, cazzo se funziona.
una delle cose migliori della stagione. ed una delle migliori di sempre di questa nuova ma gia' vecchia arte chiamata bootleg mix.
dopplebanger(mathieu carratier) intervista:
JR:how and when do you start making mash up/bootleg?
I actually made my first bootleg in march 2004. I was preparing a mix
for a party in France and wanted to do something more than spinning some
records... Being familiar with the website Get Your Bootleg On (big
inspiration!) and mash-ups, I thought "why not try to put some acapellas
over those tracks?". Since the party was hosted in part by the French
electronica label Gooom (which also releases my band's music -
Cosmodrome), I started playing with a track from M83, the Jackson remix
of "run into flowers". I added Aphex Twin's acid edit of "Windowlicker"
to the song, and it was the perfect fit. But it definitely lacked some
hip hop. That's when Khia's "my neck, my back" entered the game. And it
was awesome. Beginner's luck. After that I knew I had to do more of
those. The reception was good, so I created a website to host the
tracks: http://beam.to/dopplebanger.
JR:what are the most important instruments and what help you more in the
making of that mash up project?
Doing music, songs, having a band is a big help in terms of building the
tracks and get the acapella to sound in tune with the backing song.
Having fun is also important. I'm a big fan of stupidity and simplicity.
When I heard Mobb Deep's "Got it Twisted", I just wanted to make a
bootleg called "Got It Twisted Sister", and chose The Rapture's "Sister
Saviour" as a background just to have a track with that name. I tried
with some Twisted Sister songs first, of course, but it just didn't
work.
JR: what are the coordinate and the aesthetics of that project?
I try to use some not so well known songs as a basis for the tracks, and
they're my chance to take down some boundaries between genres. I want to
hear Christina Aguilera sing on some unknown French electronic music. I
want 50 Cent to rock to Sonic Youth. But the main concern is to take a
very popular song and corrupt its emotions. I think my biggest victory
in that sense is the Beyonce/M83 bootleg. What was a party tune became a
nostalgic love song, and that's what makes mash-ups interesting for me,
more than anything.
JR:dark side of the gooom it's a sublime project. one of the most
brilliant mix i have ever listen. you easily make fit togheter some
of the best mainstrem r'n'b/pophiphop shit with the best of france new
bands or projects.. do the guys from gooom give you any straight
coordinate or what? how it was born?
First, thank you! The Gooom people loved the first bootlegs I did using
tracks from the label (Beyonce/M83 and M83/Aphex Twin/Khia), and wanted
more. We started joking about a full length bootleg album that would be
called "Dark Side of the Gooom" and... One year later it was a reality.
They suggested tracks to use, but I just got through the whole catalog
and chose songs that would be easy to mash. I can be really lazy and
stubborn. The idea behind the project was also to showcase some French
bands I really like, like Villeneuve and Abstrackt Keal Agram. To give
them a little international exposition. I'm also working on a bootleg
version of Sonic Youth's album "Goo". It's called "Gootleg" and may be
finished one day. Maybe.
JR:speak about your other band?....
So, my band... COSMODROME. French. Electronic. A few releases on Gooom
are still available, and the new album is taking centuries to finish. We
just did a song with the ridiculously talented girls from Avenue D
(www.avenued.com) called "Just Keep Dancing". It's gonna be on their
next EP, and is already available on the great "Music For Robots Vol. 1"
compilation. Buy it from them, thank you (http://music.for-robots.com).
I also started another project with my favourite singer, Lisa Papineau
(www.lisapapineau.com), called THE STORM. It's a dream come true. I've
been a fan of her for a decade (since her old band's album, PET), and
doing songs with her has been one of the most amazing experiences ever.
I hope to release that next year. Labels... e-mail me.
MY PLAYLIST
Records>>>
Sufjan Stevens "Illinois"
SonGodSuns "Over The Counter Culture"
Kanye West "Late Registration"
Goldfrapp "Supernature"
Alex Wurman "March of the Penguins"
Films>>>
"The 40 Year Old Virgin" by Judd Apatow
"Wedding Crashers" by David Dobkin
"Rize" by David La Chapelle
"Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" by Shane Black
"A History of Violence" by David Cronenberg
And... every new Brett Easton Ellis novel, the website www.defamer.com,
my Tony Scott DVD collection, "Entourage" on TV (www.lhiob.com)... the
list is long!
domenica, settembre 18, 2005
fourtet -uscite difficili
mi limito a dire che l'ultimo album di fourtet mi sembra decisamente buono. migliore dell'album precedente, che aveva si ottimi momenti, ma che non dava nuove cordinate ed era in cuntinuita' con il disco ancor precendete. pause e rounds due album complementari dove il secondo era piu' un definire lo stile ed il primo era la perla con in pezzi bellissimi. ora non dimentichiamoci del primo folle album di fourtet o dei primissimi singoli.... che ne facevano un artisti follemente innamorato del freejazz o delll'attitudine che aveva mosso molti jazzisti dei sessanta a spingersi avanti, oltre i confini e gli standard del genere.
questo ultimo album di keiran habden e' riuscitissimo. a detta di molti no. io lo trovo fresco ed opera di un artista che per nulla in cofusione cerca solamente di uscire da uno standard che stava caratterizzando la sua scrittura.....
lo stile rimane unico....ma in questo album ci "frulla" di tutto dentro...un vero caledoscopio di attitudine e colori....ed ovviamente suoni. un grande passo avanti, l'unico che un artista cosi ancora giovane deve fare....guardare sempre avanti....e rispondere alle proprie esigenze e non quelle dei recensori che lo vogliono incapace di scrivere canzoni....
forse keiran non vuole fare quello forse si...al momento deve ancora sbagliare una mossa, non fermandosi su i risultati raggiunti....
un pazzo tale che...... leggete un po' come uscira' il prossimo singolo.... provate a farne un sunto....e poi ok...dopo ci aspetta il dvd con la parte seconda di everything ecstatic
The new single "A joy" will be released on the 24th October. The title track is a new version of the opening track on Everything Ecstatic featuring vocals by Percee P. It will be released on 12" and 3 7" singles and has a set of great remixes to go with it. Track details are:
12” version
a1 A Joy - featuring Percee P
a2 A Joy - featuring Percee P (Part 2)
a3 A Joy - featuring Percee P (Part 2) instrumental
a4 A Joy - featuring Percee P (Koushik's quick remix)
a5 A Joy - featuring Percee P (Koushik's quick remix) instrumental
b1 A Joy (album version)
b2 A Joy (remix)
b3 A Joy (Battles remix)
7” versions
Single 1:
a. A Joy - featuring Percee P
b. A Joy - featuring Percee P (Part 2)
Single 2:
a. A Joy (remix)
b. A Joy - featuring Percee P (Koushik's quick remix)
Single 3:
a. A Joy (album version)
b. A Joy (Battles remix)
These releases will be followed in November with a DVD release of videos for every track from Everything Ecstatic which comes with a cd of new music called "Everything Ecstatic part 2". I will post more details about this release soon.
questo ultimo album di keiran habden e' riuscitissimo. a detta di molti no. io lo trovo fresco ed opera di un artista che per nulla in cofusione cerca solamente di uscire da uno standard che stava caratterizzando la sua scrittura.....
lo stile rimane unico....ma in questo album ci "frulla" di tutto dentro...un vero caledoscopio di attitudine e colori....ed ovviamente suoni. un grande passo avanti, l'unico che un artista cosi ancora giovane deve fare....guardare sempre avanti....e rispondere alle proprie esigenze e non quelle dei recensori che lo vogliono incapace di scrivere canzoni....
forse keiran non vuole fare quello forse si...al momento deve ancora sbagliare una mossa, non fermandosi su i risultati raggiunti....
un pazzo tale che...... leggete un po' come uscira' il prossimo singolo.... provate a farne un sunto....e poi ok...dopo ci aspetta il dvd con la parte seconda di everything ecstatic
The new single "A joy" will be released on the 24th October. The title track is a new version of the opening track on Everything Ecstatic featuring vocals by Percee P. It will be released on 12" and 3 7" singles and has a set of great remixes to go with it. Track details are:
12” version
a1 A Joy - featuring Percee P
a2 A Joy - featuring Percee P (Part 2)
a3 A Joy - featuring Percee P (Part 2) instrumental
a4 A Joy - featuring Percee P (Koushik's quick remix)
a5 A Joy - featuring Percee P (Koushik's quick remix) instrumental
b1 A Joy (album version)
b2 A Joy (remix)
b3 A Joy (Battles remix)
7” versions
Single 1:
a. A Joy - featuring Percee P
b. A Joy - featuring Percee P (Part 2)
Single 2:
a. A Joy (remix)
b. A Joy - featuring Percee P (Koushik's quick remix)
Single 3:
a. A Joy (album version)
b. A Joy (Battles remix)
These releases will be followed in November with a DVD release of videos for every track from Everything Ecstatic which comes with a cd of new music called "Everything Ecstatic part 2". I will post more details about this release soon.
aspettando le 18
aspettando le 18 per sapere che ne sara' della germania...
vi dico una cosa
esiste un album dei plone inedito. e' decisamente superiore all'unico album pubblicato dal gruppo. non ho maggiori informazioni, ma quantoprima riusciro'....o meglio l'amico populous si sta dando da fare per sapere direttamente degli interessati e dalle warp perche' questo secondo album non e' mai uscito.
vi dico che merita davvero molto
riprende la mia attesa....ovviamente tifo rosso verde ma che lodico a fare...
vi dico una cosa
esiste un album dei plone inedito. e' decisamente superiore all'unico album pubblicato dal gruppo. non ho maggiori informazioni, ma quantoprima riusciro'....o meglio l'amico populous si sta dando da fare per sapere direttamente degli interessati e dalle warp perche' questo secondo album non e' mai uscito.
vi dico che merita davvero molto
riprende la mia attesa....ovviamente tifo rosso verde ma che lodico a fare...
mercoledì, settembre 14, 2005
hey jan, do we need an empire? oh yes..a HUMAN EMPIRE!
riprende la serie delle interviste. dopo la pausa estiva, si riprende con una serie di interviste, anzi microinterviste a persone che fanno cose decisamente interessanti. musicisti ma non solo. anzi...mi piacerebbe coprire il mondo dei miei interessi. facendo alcune interviste, per dare risposte ad alcune mie curiosita', senza alcuna velleità giornalistica. per questo esistono gia' i giornali o le webzine, e c'e' ne sono di ottime in giro.
in nquesto spazio non faro' solo domande, ma da vero fanzinaro chiedo ai contattati una playlist degli artisti preferiti ed alcuni link consigliati.
spero possa essere una cosa gradevole ed interessante non solo per me.
si parte....
sotto il primo...
JAN KRUSE di HUMAN EMPIRE www.humanempire.de
meglio conosciuto come colui che sta dietro all'aspetto grafico della label berlinese morr music. dalla grafica degli album, passando per il sito, gli adesivi, i posters fino ad arrivare al merchandise.... con human empire si occupa di grafica per altri, cura diversi progetti ed ultimamente produce una serie di tshirt e felpe decisamente carine.
ecco le domande(oggi ho letto questo articolo in cui si parlava di "globish" ovvero un inglese sgangherato ma funzionale di chi "parla" in internet...il nuovo esperanto... ecco ho la mia legittimazione....non avro' piu' bisogno di qualcuno pronto a correggere il mio inglese scritto...perche' non e' ne inglese maccheronico ne hopelandic....ma globish!), le risposte...e playlist e links...
jr-why the name "human empire"?
the idea was to build a second world in the real world... a better world
were the good and peaceful people have the power and not warlords.
A lot of friendly figures should live on this website - it should be a place
were you can got to if you have to escape from the real world - a playe
which makes you smile. sounds a bit crazy but this was my first intention.
more a statement than a kind of ... this sounds good ...
JR-what exactly is "human empire"?
human empire is a 2 man 1 girl collective which does illustrations, designs,
animation, websites other design stuff... and on the other hand there is the
label - were we sell our shirts, sweatshirts, poster and other stuff.
JR-be "morr music designer" help you to be more known?....it's a
silly question...but anyway, i don't know you history and the first time i saw your
work was the graphic you did for all the morr music release.... actually i use to buy clothes from your company...
so i'd like to know how everything start and grow up?
... it helps to get more interesting work ... thomas and i came from the
same city (same school) and were friends for nearly 20 years now. we lived
together in hannover (university) - thomas worked in record shops and
studied when he was thinking about starting a label. when he decided to try
it - he asked me to do the designs cause he always wanted to have a kind of
big family and work with kind musicans (sometimes friends)...
after more than 5 years doing a lot for morr music i am really happy and
surprised that everything works so well - may be i would never had the
chance to meet so many different people from other countries and so many of
my favourite musicans... if thomas wouldn't have started this label thing.
it is magic ;) and i am of course really happy about it.
JR-what are "t-shirt" or sweather for human empire? any ethics/aesthetics
plus on it....or it's just a fashion things?
oh no - fashion is a "terrible thing" - for me it is more a passion to
design them and to put something personal on the shirts - i am not a fan of
the cool fashion scene - i am more a political/social person - this is much
more important than design. we try to buy textiles which are not produced in
asian sweatshops (they come from turkey and the USA)
i think i will start with more political shirts or posters one day... the
stuff i do is more the fantasy or dream of a better world. a bit naive
but i really like old retro figures and toys etc. from my childhood...
I hope my answers are ok and you could imagine what i mean...
sometimes things a difficult to describe. ;)
PLAYLIST AND LINKS:
some of my favourite bands:
notwist, broken social scene, couch, lali puna, motorpsycho, dinosaur jr.,
the cure, nada surf and there are a lot of small guitar noise bands from
especially from sweden and germany... but nobody knows their names. ;)
i like music which is melancholic, has "noisy" guitars in it...
some of my favourite designers:
for example i like poster designs of the fifties.
Herbert Leupin, Donald Brun, Raymond Savignac from Switzerland
http://www.internationalposters.com
a friend of mine does really good stuff:
http://www.livincompany.com
a friend from japan:
http://www.karerano.com
i like them too:
http://www.garybaseman.com
http://www.jotto.com
ringrazio jan kruse per disponibilita' e per la velocita' nel rispondere.
fate una visita a www.humanempire.de
per saperne di piu'.
in nquesto spazio non faro' solo domande, ma da vero fanzinaro chiedo ai contattati una playlist degli artisti preferiti ed alcuni link consigliati.
spero possa essere una cosa gradevole ed interessante non solo per me.
si parte....
sotto il primo...
JAN KRUSE di HUMAN EMPIRE www.humanempire.de
meglio conosciuto come colui che sta dietro all'aspetto grafico della label berlinese morr music. dalla grafica degli album, passando per il sito, gli adesivi, i posters fino ad arrivare al merchandise.... con human empire si occupa di grafica per altri, cura diversi progetti ed ultimamente produce una serie di tshirt e felpe decisamente carine.
ecco le domande(oggi ho letto questo articolo in cui si parlava di "globish" ovvero un inglese sgangherato ma funzionale di chi "parla" in internet...il nuovo esperanto... ecco ho la mia legittimazione....non avro' piu' bisogno di qualcuno pronto a correggere il mio inglese scritto...perche' non e' ne inglese maccheronico ne hopelandic....ma globish!), le risposte...e playlist e links...
jr-why the name "human empire"?
the idea was to build a second world in the real world... a better world
were the good and peaceful people have the power and not warlords.
A lot of friendly figures should live on this website - it should be a place
were you can got to if you have to escape from the real world - a playe
which makes you smile. sounds a bit crazy but this was my first intention.
more a statement than a kind of ... this sounds good ...
JR-what exactly is "human empire"?
human empire is a 2 man 1 girl collective which does illustrations, designs,
animation, websites other design stuff... and on the other hand there is the
label - were we sell our shirts, sweatshirts, poster and other stuff.
JR-be "morr music designer" help you to be more known?....it's a
silly question...but anyway, i don't know you history and the first time i saw your
work was the graphic you did for all the morr music release.... actually i use to buy clothes from your company...
so i'd like to know how everything start and grow up?
... it helps to get more interesting work ... thomas and i came from the
same city (same school) and were friends for nearly 20 years now. we lived
together in hannover (university) - thomas worked in record shops and
studied when he was thinking about starting a label. when he decided to try
it - he asked me to do the designs cause he always wanted to have a kind of
big family and work with kind musicans (sometimes friends)...
after more than 5 years doing a lot for morr music i am really happy and
surprised that everything works so well - may be i would never had the
chance to meet so many different people from other countries and so many of
my favourite musicans... if thomas wouldn't have started this label thing.
it is magic ;) and i am of course really happy about it.
JR-what are "t-shirt" or sweather for human empire? any ethics/aesthetics
plus on it....or it's just a fashion things?
oh no - fashion is a "terrible thing" - for me it is more a passion to
design them and to put something personal on the shirts - i am not a fan of
the cool fashion scene - i am more a political/social person - this is much
more important than design. we try to buy textiles which are not produced in
asian sweatshops (they come from turkey and the USA)
i think i will start with more political shirts or posters one day... the
stuff i do is more the fantasy or dream of a better world. a bit naive
but i really like old retro figures and toys etc. from my childhood...
I hope my answers are ok and you could imagine what i mean...
sometimes things a difficult to describe. ;)
PLAYLIST AND LINKS:
some of my favourite bands:
notwist, broken social scene, couch, lali puna, motorpsycho, dinosaur jr.,
the cure, nada surf and there are a lot of small guitar noise bands from
especially from sweden and germany... but nobody knows their names. ;)
i like music which is melancholic, has "noisy" guitars in it...
some of my favourite designers:
for example i like poster designs of the fifties.
Herbert Leupin, Donald Brun, Raymond Savignac from Switzerland
http://www.internationalposters.com
a friend of mine does really good stuff:
http://www.livincompany.com
a friend from japan:
http://www.karerano.com
i like them too:
http://www.garybaseman.com
http://www.jotto.com
ringrazio jan kruse per disponibilita' e per la velocita' nel rispondere.
fate una visita a www.humanempire.de
per saperne di piu'.
martedì, settembre 13, 2005
da boooooomb!
"Chris Adams vs Odd Nosdam
January 2006 sees the release of a new album from Anticon stalwart Odd Nosdam. On the list of collaborators this time is Hood vocalist Chris Adams. He appears on 2 tracks - we heard them yesterday and they are mighty fine......."
what can i say?
January 2006 sees the release of a new album from Anticon stalwart Odd Nosdam. On the list of collaborators this time is Hood vocalist Chris Adams. He appears on 2 tracks - we heard them yesterday and they are mighty fine......."
what can i say?
domenica, settembre 11, 2005
never forget!
no, e' impossible dimenticare dischi del genere.
anzi band del genere.
eh si parlo degli slowdive.
caomplice un sentore di autunno ormai indissolubile. ma riaffrontare nuovamente l'intera discografia degli slowdive(cosa che faccio puntulamente ogni mese se non ogni due settimane) mi porta ogni volta a dire: che gruppo cazzuto.
chi sa la storia degli slowdive si ricordera' che furono incensati ancor prima di pubblicare il lor primo album, giovanissimi con articoloni e feature sull'nme...la partecipazione a reading con un solo 12" fuori.... insomma un inizio fulminante...che contrasta con un fine carriera dei piu' tristi: pygmalion non fu pure recensito dallo stesso nme...non parliamo di una recensione molto negativa, ma del semplice fatto che fu totalemente ignorato.
se avete la mia eta', ovvero siete nati nella meta' dei 70 e gia' in giovane eta' vi siete appassionati di musica altra, forse non avete mai ascoltato gli slowdive, perche' troppo "inglesi" (ma non britpop) e cmq perche' obnubilati da quel fenomeno generazionale chiamato grunge, proveniente dalla ben piu' influente america e a tasso testosteronico roittoso molto piu' elevato. gli slowdive, ed e' giusto dirlo, trasmettono un senso di teenage agnst pari a zero. nessun instinto di ribellione esce dalle loro stiratissime chitarre o dai loro capelli sugli occhi e le spalle curve. anche i nirvana avevano spalle curve e capelli sporchi sugli occhi, ma poi si facevano male sul palco, e stavano male in un altro modo...avevano tutto un carico di ribellione e di rabbia compressa, di adolescenza inesplosa di nichilismo da quinta ora....con u appeal molto piu' alto.
perche' identificarsi con dei giovanotti semplicemnte pacati e tristi inglesi quando era possibile identificarsi con ben piu' tristi ma riottose anime in pena americane?
forse per la musica...
quella degli slowdive e' sublime.
il loro primo album non e' mai stato il mio preferito. ho sempre avuto il difetto di considerarlo troppo gotico. ok, c'era catch the breeze, l'anthem che me li ha fatti scoprire, roba da stendermi al tappeto. ma tutto il resto era ancora troppo legato a certe cose 80 che alla fine io non ho mai amato troppo...ad esempio i coctou twins....pero' sbagliavo.
just for a day, ci parla di un gruppo inglesissimo nei riferimenti che si affranca da una tradizione, prendendo in prestito qualche suggerimento, scrivendo una serie di canzoni incredibili. come incredibili sono le chitarre di neail halstead e christian saville(se vogliamo pure rachel goswell): sono uniche pure nel panorama "shoegaze", inconfondibili, un trademark.
non mi credete giustamente, perche' qui scrivo da fan. e un fan non e' mai obbiettivo. allora date un ascolto a pezzi come la sopracitata catch the breeze o waves o primal o ballad of sister sue...brighter...celia's dream ....insomma date un ascolto a questo album... ne vale la pena.
potri parrlare pure degli altri due album e di come arrivarono alle miei orecchie...ma lasciamo questo....
al prossimo autunno e quello ancora a venire...
anzi band del genere.
eh si parlo degli slowdive.
caomplice un sentore di autunno ormai indissolubile. ma riaffrontare nuovamente l'intera discografia degli slowdive(cosa che faccio puntulamente ogni mese se non ogni due settimane) mi porta ogni volta a dire: che gruppo cazzuto.
chi sa la storia degli slowdive si ricordera' che furono incensati ancor prima di pubblicare il lor primo album, giovanissimi con articoloni e feature sull'nme...la partecipazione a reading con un solo 12" fuori.... insomma un inizio fulminante...che contrasta con un fine carriera dei piu' tristi: pygmalion non fu pure recensito dallo stesso nme...non parliamo di una recensione molto negativa, ma del semplice fatto che fu totalemente ignorato.
se avete la mia eta', ovvero siete nati nella meta' dei 70 e gia' in giovane eta' vi siete appassionati di musica altra, forse non avete mai ascoltato gli slowdive, perche' troppo "inglesi" (ma non britpop) e cmq perche' obnubilati da quel fenomeno generazionale chiamato grunge, proveniente dalla ben piu' influente america e a tasso testosteronico roittoso molto piu' elevato. gli slowdive, ed e' giusto dirlo, trasmettono un senso di teenage agnst pari a zero. nessun instinto di ribellione esce dalle loro stiratissime chitarre o dai loro capelli sugli occhi e le spalle curve. anche i nirvana avevano spalle curve e capelli sporchi sugli occhi, ma poi si facevano male sul palco, e stavano male in un altro modo...avevano tutto un carico di ribellione e di rabbia compressa, di adolescenza inesplosa di nichilismo da quinta ora....con u appeal molto piu' alto.
perche' identificarsi con dei giovanotti semplicemnte pacati e tristi inglesi quando era possibile identificarsi con ben piu' tristi ma riottose anime in pena americane?
forse per la musica...
quella degli slowdive e' sublime.
il loro primo album non e' mai stato il mio preferito. ho sempre avuto il difetto di considerarlo troppo gotico. ok, c'era catch the breeze, l'anthem che me li ha fatti scoprire, roba da stendermi al tappeto. ma tutto il resto era ancora troppo legato a certe cose 80 che alla fine io non ho mai amato troppo...ad esempio i coctou twins....pero' sbagliavo.
just for a day, ci parla di un gruppo inglesissimo nei riferimenti che si affranca da una tradizione, prendendo in prestito qualche suggerimento, scrivendo una serie di canzoni incredibili. come incredibili sono le chitarre di neail halstead e christian saville(se vogliamo pure rachel goswell): sono uniche pure nel panorama "shoegaze", inconfondibili, un trademark.
non mi credete giustamente, perche' qui scrivo da fan. e un fan non e' mai obbiettivo. allora date un ascolto a pezzi come la sopracitata catch the breeze o waves o primal o ballad of sister sue...brighter...celia's dream ....insomma date un ascolto a questo album... ne vale la pena.
potri parrlare pure degli altri due album e di come arrivarono alle miei orecchie...ma lasciamo questo....
al prossimo autunno e quello ancora a venire...
giovedì, settembre 08, 2005
uomini contro
non posso negarlo. per un attimo ho tifato "katrina". lo pensavo non solo come un semplice uragano ma un sonoro schiaffo all'america. quell'america sempre pronta ad insegnare a tutti, a far la voce grossa. per poi ritrovarsi incapace di gestire le difficolta' sia fuori casa che in casa. e a farne le spese i soliti rompiscatole:i poveri. questi poveri che continuano ad essere poveri, anzi aumentano di numero, che non appaiono mai troppo sul grande schermo. da new orlens sono arrivate immagini e racconti di degrado che forse ci e' impossibile comprendere appieno. quel disatro e' ancora piu' disastro perche' ha annegato un mare di gente in miseria. "sulla classe operai piovono pietre sette giorni su sette". a new orleans e' affogato chi gia' stava con l'acqua al collo.
la piu' grande ed avanzata democrazia della parte piu' sviluppata del globo lascia morire cosi i sui cittadini piu' deboli. only the strong survive...anzi only the rich survive.
bush e tutto il "mondo" che rappresenta si sono nuovamente dimostrati nella loro pochezza.
come persone intelligenti non vogliamo credere che una "catastrofe" possa essere classista. l'america che "esporta democrazia", nel 2005, permette questo. un paese con le pezze al culo.
ma l'america e' anche altro
A Gift To You From TV On The Radio
"we ( tvotr ) were back in the studio thinking and
feeling again and made this song for all our
everybody... in the absence of a true leader we must
not forget that we are still together.... hearts are
sick ... minds must change ... it is our hope that
this song inspires, comforts, fosters courage,and
reminds us... this darkness cannot last if we work
together. let us help each other... heal each other
.... look after one another ... the human heart is our
new capitol.... this song is for you....
us.....we....them...
it is free. pass it on.
TO THOSE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA : NEW YORK
CITY'S HEART IS WITH YOU... STAY STRONG !
WE LOVE YOU . -tvotr"
Download the brand new unreleased TV On The Radio Song:
Dry Drunk Emperor.mp3( http://www.tgrec.com/media/3544.mp3 )
baby boy
dieing under hot desert sun,
watch your colours run.
did you believe the lie they told you,
that christ would lead the way
and in a matter of days
hand us victory?
did you buy the bull they sold you,
that the bullets and the bombs
and all the strong arms
would bring home security?
all eyes upon
dry drunk emperor
gold cross cross jock skull and bones
mocking smile,
he's been
standing naked for a while!
get him gone, get him gone, get him gone!!
and bring all the thieves to trial.
end their promise
end their dream
watch it turn to steam
rising to the nose of some cross legged god
gog of magog
end times sort of thing.
oh unmentionable disgrace
shield the childrens faces
as all the monied apes
display unimaginably poor taste
in a scramble for mastery.
atta' boy get em with your gun
till mr. mega ton
tells us when we've won
or
what we're gonna leave undone.
all eyes upon
dry drunk emperor
gold cross jock skull and bones
mocking smile,
he's been
naked for a while.
get him gone, get him gone, get him gone!!!
and bring all his thieves to trial.
what if all the fathers and the sons
went marching with their guns
drawn on washington.
that would seal the deal,
show if it was real,
this supposed freedom.
what if all the bleeding hearts
took it on themselves
to make a brand new start.
organs pumpin on their sleeves,
paint murals on the white house
feed the leaders L.S.D
grab your fife and drum,
grab yor gold baton
and let's meet on the lawn,
shut down this hypocrisy.
anche questa cosa non e' male... http://media.putfile.com/Kanye79
(questo link arriva dal blog dei tvotr)
la dichiarazione di kanye west che ha fatto scalpore.... vi consiglio anche ti scovare un incrdibile mash up di kanye vs sufjan steven "zombies walks"
la piu' grande ed avanzata democrazia della parte piu' sviluppata del globo lascia morire cosi i sui cittadini piu' deboli. only the strong survive...anzi only the rich survive.
bush e tutto il "mondo" che rappresenta si sono nuovamente dimostrati nella loro pochezza.
come persone intelligenti non vogliamo credere che una "catastrofe" possa essere classista. l'america che "esporta democrazia", nel 2005, permette questo. un paese con le pezze al culo.
ma l'america e' anche altro
A Gift To You From TV On The Radio
"we ( tvotr ) were back in the studio thinking and
feeling again and made this song for all our
everybody... in the absence of a true leader we must
not forget that we are still together.... hearts are
sick ... minds must change ... it is our hope that
this song inspires, comforts, fosters courage,and
reminds us... this darkness cannot last if we work
together. let us help each other... heal each other
.... look after one another ... the human heart is our
new capitol.... this song is for you....
us.....we....them...
it is free. pass it on.
TO THOSE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA : NEW YORK
CITY'S HEART IS WITH YOU... STAY STRONG !
WE LOVE YOU . -tvotr"
Download the brand new unreleased TV On The Radio Song:
Dry Drunk Emperor.mp3( http://www.tgrec.com/media/3544.mp3 )
baby boy
dieing under hot desert sun,
watch your colours run.
did you believe the lie they told you,
that christ would lead the way
and in a matter of days
hand us victory?
did you buy the bull they sold you,
that the bullets and the bombs
and all the strong arms
would bring home security?
all eyes upon
dry drunk emperor
gold cross cross jock skull and bones
mocking smile,
he's been
standing naked for a while!
get him gone, get him gone, get him gone!!
and bring all the thieves to trial.
end their promise
end their dream
watch it turn to steam
rising to the nose of some cross legged god
gog of magog
end times sort of thing.
oh unmentionable disgrace
shield the childrens faces
as all the monied apes
display unimaginably poor taste
in a scramble for mastery.
atta' boy get em with your gun
till mr. mega ton
tells us when we've won
or
what we're gonna leave undone.
all eyes upon
dry drunk emperor
gold cross jock skull and bones
mocking smile,
he's been
naked for a while.
get him gone, get him gone, get him gone!!!
and bring all his thieves to trial.
what if all the fathers and the sons
went marching with their guns
drawn on washington.
that would seal the deal,
show if it was real,
this supposed freedom.
what if all the bleeding hearts
took it on themselves
to make a brand new start.
organs pumpin on their sleeves,
paint murals on the white house
feed the leaders L.S.D
grab your fife and drum,
grab yor gold baton
and let's meet on the lawn,
shut down this hypocrisy.
anche questa cosa non e' male... http://media.putfile.com/Kanye79
(questo link arriva dal blog dei tvotr)
la dichiarazione di kanye west che ha fatto scalpore.... vi consiglio anche ti scovare un incrdibile mash up di kanye vs sufjan steven "zombies walks"
un romantico
sergio endrigo se ne va. non un rocker. non un sovversivo(come lo intendete voi, perche' lo e' stato, a modo suo....forse molto piu' di altri). non un confusionario. non appariscente od uomo da palcoscenico: un artista raffinato e' l'aggettivo. uno che ha scritto pure canzoni per bambini( pensando a loro in quanto bambini e non deficenti come si usa fare oggi). uno che critico' e ruppe con alcune case discografiche perche' al massimo ti concedevano "di dire di no alle loro decisioni". un romantico di sinistra. sempre, e sempre a sinistra.
signor andrigo non mi resta che dirle
adieu camarades
signor andrigo non mi resta che dirle
adieu camarades
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