FUZZY VIDEOTAPES AND TV MEMORIES

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

SHEER HELLISH MIASMA

A Super blurred maelstrom by Kevin DiTrapano - one half of Imsosorrydad from NYC - coupled with howling soundtrack by Yoga, the "black metal's answer to Throbbing Gristle": the result is pure hell, a video-audio miasma filled with 80's supercars, hallucinating glitches and fake indian deities (or so it seems). This vid was recently featured in 0900 Solar Boarding Pause Alonzo at High Street Project in Christchurch, NZ, together with works by James Ferraro, Daniel Lopatin, Todd Ledford/OESB etc. Sort of hypnagogic who's who, uh?

Yoga - Encante from Kevin DiTrapano on Vimeo.

Monday, April 26, 2010

BE A DIGITAL ROCKSTAR!

Vintage ads, demo reels, "ephemeral movies", old tv bumpers and idents are a great source of inspiration for us; short-lenght means it has to be sheer, dense, effective, all in a glimpse... and, yes, super-kitsch too! Check this Casio CZ101 ad from 1986:

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

ZONKED

We love Zonk Out. He's the Master of Video Feedback, the Lord of the Glitches, the Maestro of the Self-Generating Patch. No cameras, no tricks: only noise abstractions and aleatoric shapes directly from the rotten bowels of the machine.

Monday, April 19, 2010

TOTALLY WRECK VS NEON INDIAN

A psych-geometric frenzy from our Texas heroes at Totally Wreck, messing with Neon Indian's (AM). 26 seconds of bad TV rapture, glitched triangles and hazy sounds - love it. Too short? Hey, that's the length of the song...

Friday, April 16, 2010

THIS LOOKS LIKE THE PLACE WHERE TOMORROW BEGINS

A gorgeous ad from the late 70's; a morning walk with a "trademark-dog" on a leash through a landscape of dazzling colors, animated by ghostly characters and punctuated by eerie sounds.
Acid graphics and a magnificient sound-design work. Five stars.


Thursday, April 15, 2010

MELLOW ACID

We're pleased to announce that the first album from our mate P0lysick (one half of AAVV, actually...) will be out soon on Danny Wolfer/Legowelt's personal label, Strange Life Records: P0lysick himself assures it will be a collection of weird italodisco with some hypnagogic flavour, labeled as (er...) "mellow acid". Now, just watch the AAVV video for his first single, Smudge Hawaii:

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

IRAQUI POP

In a way, same sounds and same visions of Roma Est: arab pop music, messy porn and bad tv. Sublime Frequencies should check what's going on here: look forward to a "Folk and Pop Sounds from Torpignattara", we can definitely feel the pizza & kebab smell.

Monday, April 12, 2010

UNCOLA WITH BUBBLES

A true classic from Robert Abel and Associates: hallucinating soft drinks from the mid 70's, with bouncing bubbles and space butterflies. See the light.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

THETLVMTH

From the forthcoming double tape on Hot Releases.