Camille Saint-Saëns - “Danse Macabre, Op. 40”
October 2011
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Undead French sailor is, to date, my best half-assed costume idea ever.
Only Ennio Morricone can name a track “Money Orgy” with a straight face. The fact that it’s a fairly innocuous sounding song is the icing on the cake.
Merzbow & John Wiese - “Luxor Skyship”
Kraftwerk - “Elektrischesroulette”
Om - “Rays of the Sun/To the Shrinebuilder”
Coil - “Chaostrophy”
John Cage - “Music For Amplified Toy Pianos”
One of these days, I’m going to go around and leave anonymous, unsolicited music recommendations in people’s askboxes.
Joy Division - “A Later Date”
Recorded live at the Electric Circus, 1978.
Buzzcocks - “Harmony In My Head”
I’m stuck writing a six page paper on harsh noise music for one of my midterm assignments.
Really, I only agreed to do it so I could play Incapacitants in class and make everyone confused.
Synchrondipity Machine (An Unfinished Dream) - Experimental Audio Research with Delia Derbyshire
Sonic Boom, formerly of Spacemen 3, was the last person to work with Delia Derbyshire before she died in 2001. The collaboration between Experimental Audio Research and Delia Derbyshire features Delia working with liquid paper sounds generated using fourier sound synthesis based on photo/pixel info using B2wav bitmap to audio software. Sonic Boom takes care of editing, mixing and effects, including SMS tools 0.8 analysis/resynthesis.
Boris - “Rainbow”
Paul St. John - “Spaceship Lover”
Fun fact: Covering your ears will not actually provide you with adequate protection from a sudden, loud noise.
It’s actually better to plug your ears with your fingers. Assuming you don’t have any earplugs, of course.
Martial Canterel - “Shrapnelle”
Matte nail polish is seriously the best thing ever.
Throbbing Gristle - “AB/79”
My Bloody Valentine - “Glider (Kevin Shields Remix)