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Music

Medievally Painful Russian Interview of Richard D James ( Aphex Twin ) Circa 1994

March 26, 2008

Complete with gruesome pale green hue, fluctuating horrid volumes, interrogative questioning and shoddy translation, our noble Richard bears through it all. Unless you are fluent in Russian, one can only imagine what the interviewer and translator are laughing about much of the time. It would be interesting to hear from anyone who speaks Russian and can translate [...]

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Eternal Golden Pop Culture Geometry Discovered In The Amen Break

March 19, 2008

A ubiquitous drum solo of 5.20 seconds, 4 bars, The Amen Break, has been found to posses characteristics nearly identical to the Golden Ratio. Michael S. Schneider expounds on the Golden Proportion and the Amen Break and points out concepts such as the peaks of the Amen Break corresponding directly with Golden Ratio intervals, fractal [...]

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Ceephax: Merry Prankster of Meta

March 18, 2008

Ceephax lives the life of meta to the fullest! Apparently he was saving his finest acid for the Rephlex label, because his latest albums, Volume 1 and Volume 2 are a treat. Standout tracks for me are “Vulcan Venture” and “Texaco Gang”. Ceephax might not be aware of this – but he has a mighty [...]

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Improvised Creativity is Uninhibited, Uncensored

March 8, 2008

Johns Hopkins and government scientists have recently discovered that when jazz musicians improvise, their brains shut down areas of inhibition and censor, and instead unlock areas of self-expressive creativity.
When jazz musicians improvise, they often play with eyes closed in a distinctive, personal style that transcends traditional rules of melody and rhythm,” says Charles J. Limb, [...]

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Chinscratcher Exclusive: Unreleased Squarepusher One-Stepper

March 3, 2008

Photo: ATP9726, originally uploaded by angryf.

Dial this one out!

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Bike. By Christ.: New Electronic EP Record Release

March 3, 2008

The enigmatic Scottish electronic artist Christ. (once a member of an early incarnation of Boards of Canada) is back with Bike, his contribution to Benbecula Records’ Mineral Series. It’s freewheeling, refreshing electronic music. Plenty of fine layers here. Available from Benbecal Records (looks like its sold out right now but you can download [...]

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