This video breaks down how the Yellow Lines are rendered electronically on the screen for the first downs in American Football. I always wondered “how?”, and I came across this and was excited to share.
Go CHARGERS!
Thanks to Jeff Carvalho for pointing this video out.
This 64 minute film runs through the 1st, 2nd and barely the 3rd wave of techno pioneers all interviewed about how the music evolved at the time. Cool insights into the relations of the original ‘3′, how the scene evolved and how things got a little ugly when success began to take over in Europe. If you remotely love Detroit techno, then you owe it to yourself to get a little more history from the men who wrote the grooves.
Very well done.
High Tech Soul: The Creation of Techno Music from Plexifilm on Vimeo.
Meant to post this up a while ago. but, forgot too.
Here’s a single on Tirk Records out of the UK I picked up earlier this year.
They produced a live in studio performance of the track.
Just sounds great, and I felt like I should share.
The track’s sound is a nice fusion of ‘IDM’, Electro type sounds with some Funky to Drum & Bass bits on the live drums. There’s also beautiful grungy dubbed out tape delay splashes.
Found these clips while trying to search for some ‘Nu Disco’ blogs about the artists and this ’scene’ where modern artists are kicking out retro sounding jams, be it originals or ‘re-edits’.
The vids feature interviews with artists Duncan who’s 1/2 of Mock & Toof, DJ Stephen of Aeroplane/Eskimo Recordings, Lindstrom from Norway and Steve Kotey of Chicken Lips/Bizarre Inc. It’s interesting how some still pray to the vinyl and others have moved on. But what I found most interesting is that the ’scene’ more or less some say has grown specifically because of the use of the web. Blogs & Social Networks being the distribution networks but are still Die Hard enough to press up a few hundred to a couple of thousand on vinyl.
PART 1
PART 2
So, I’m trying to kick this bottle of Cabernet while the Fam was fast asleep and I was listening to iTunes when by chance, my old 80’s MegaMix Volume set came up. Damn.. Shite sounded good. It seemed like a good as time as any to repost and relive the days of past, turning another year older and all today.
BENNY BLANCO® : 80s MEGAMIX VOLUME 1 : BDCD_09
FIRST IN A SERIES OF RETRO DJ MIXES
1 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD | WELCOME TO THE PLEASURE DOME (TREVOR HORN REMIX) | ZTT
2 HEAVEN 17 | LET ME GO (EXTENDED) | BEF
3 YAZ | STATE FARM (EXTENDED VERSION) | MUTE
4 HOWARD JONES | NEW SONG (EXTENDED VERSION) | ELEKTRA
5 DEPECHE MODE | NOTHING (ZIP-HOP MIX) | MUTE
6 MINISTRY | EVERYDAY (IS HALLOWEEN) | WAX TRAX
7 DEPECHE MODE | EVERYTHING COUNTS (IN LARGER AMOUNTS) | MUTE
8 THE HUMAN LEAGUE | LOVE ACTION (I BELIEVE IN LOVE) | VIRGIN
9 BLANCMANGE | DON’T TELL ME (EXTENDED VERSION) | ISLAND
10 CETA JAVU | SITUATIONS | ZYX
11 ABC | THE LOOK OF LOVE (USA REMIX - DUB VERSION) | MERCURY
12 STEPHEN TIN TIN DUFFY | KISS ME (ORIGINAL VERSION) | CAROLINE
13 DEPECHE MODE | GET THE BALANCE RIGHT! (COMBINATION MIX) | MUTE
14 REAL LIFE | SEND ME AN ANGEL (EXTENDED MIX) | CURB
15 TALK TALK | IT’S MY LIFE (EXTENDED VERSION) | EMI
16 SPANDAU BALLET | LIFELINE (DUB VERSION) | CHRYSALIS
17 THE HUMAN LEAGUE | DON’T YOU WANT ME (EXTENDED DANCE MIX) | VIRGIN
18 ART OF NOISE | DONNA | ZTT
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Smiles 
Just back from the Polls at F.I.T.
Wife and child joined. The wait wasn’t too bad here at 7:15 am.
Vibe was mellow and chill.
Go Do It if you haven’t yet.
Second Part of Political By Nature released last week, I just hadn’t gotten around to posting about it here for you search engine bots.
Benny Blanco®
AOL Radio 23 October 2008 : Political By Nature Pt.2
Title | Artist | Release | Label | Country
1 I Turn My Camera On Freshro Not Wave [Rong RONG CD05] US
2 (B1) Engine Engine 69 Captain Ring Super Disco Fake’s Volume 2 [Super Disco Fake's SDF-74-002] UK
3 Raise It On Down (Original Mix) Andrew Allsgood Raise It On Down [Truffle Music TRUFFLE07] UK
4 (A1) Fascinating Rhythm (Lisa Loud 12) Bass-O-Matic Fascinating Rhythm [Virgin Records America, Inc. 0-96391] US
5 (A) Substance Bocca Juniors Substance [Boy's Own Recordings BOIX 5] UK
6 Avenue Rock Feature Cast The Regrooved Series [Goodgroove GG01] UK
7 Theme From Nutrider 40 Thieves Don’t Turn It Off [Permanent Vacation PERMVAC 023-1] Germany
8 The Beautiful Memory Rondenion Tokyo Deep! [Aesthetic Audio A² 005] US
9 Messenger AN-2 On Air [Was Not Was WNW012CD] Germany
10 Don’t Turn It Off (Feat. Qzen) 40 Thieves Don’t Turn It Off [Permanent Vacation PERMVAC 023-1] Germany
11 Dropout (Original Mix) TJ Kong, Nuno Dos Santos [Black Label 31] Germany
12 Vuoi Vuoi Me (Henrik Schwarz Remix) Mari Boine Vuoi Vuoi Me (Remixes) [Universal Jazz 06025 1721216] Germany
13 (A1) Just Gazing (Original) In Flagranti Just Gazing [Kill The DJ Records TSKT 002] France
14 D.P.O.M.B. (Version 2) Ame & Henrik Schwarz & Dixon D.P.O.M.B. EP [nnervisions INNERVISIONS17] Germany
15 Hold On (Mock N Toof Remix) Hot Chip Hold On / Touch Too Much (Remixes) [DFA] UK
16 (B1) Sooner Or Later (Chicken Lips Dub Deluxe) Kotey Extra Band Feat. Chaz Jankel Sooner Or Later [Bear Funk BFK 022 Gold] UK
17 (B1) Way To The Stars AN-2 Sunset Fever [Was Not Was WNW009] UK
18 Broken Heart Michoacan 2 Bullets [Grayhound Recordings GND 046] US
19 Dont Walk Away Michoacan 2 Bullets [Grayhound Recordings GND 046] US
20 Things That Dreams Are Made of (Instrumental, Remix) The League Unlimited Orchestra Love And Dancing [Virgin OVED 6] UK
Straight up Traktor DJ Mix using the Vestax VCI-100 Controller. 1 take. Only overdubbed the Voice Over bits.
Tech Specs.
215.6 MB
320 kbps
44.1khz
Running Time: 1 hour 33 minutes and 10 seconds
Fancy enhanced podcast with art and discogs links.
Podcast update:
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direct rss feed:
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Wanted to test the the nifty flash audio player plug-in for word press.
Here’s a track I made at the end of 2007 and finished up early early 2008.
Street Beats
It’s a funky deep tune with dark mysterious bells, deep house chord progressions and then it gets all Carl Craig style at the end… just wait for it.
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Tracklist:
Soulsavers - Revolution Song
Colder - Crazy Love
Curve - Falling Free (Aphex Twin Remix)
Avalanches - Since I Left You
Venetian Snares - Winnipeg Is A Dogshit Dildo
Squarepusher - Last Aproach
Boards of Canada - Kaini Industries
Prefuse 73 -Various Samples
Two Lone Swordsmen - Section
Nightmares o_n Wax - Capumcap
LFO- Freeze (Labradford Mix)
Squarepusher - Tomorrow World/Do You Know Squarepusher
Aphex Twin - 54 Crymv Beats
David Holmes - Don’t Rhyme No More
Synthetix - Liar
Autechre - Acroyear 2
Boards Of Canada - Over The Horizon Radar
Plaid - Even Spring
Nightmares o_n Wax - Ease Jimi
Don’t Be Light (Mr Oizo Remix)
DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World
UNKLE - Back And Forth
Boards Of Canada - Bocuma
Mum - Don’t Be Afraid, You Have Just Got Your Eyes Closed
Ovuca - Afternoon Girl
Mercury Rev - Holes
Notwist - Off The Rails
Chemical Brothers - Three Little Birdies Down Beats
Plaid - Eyen
Slam Visions (Two Lone Swordsmen Vocal Mix)
Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar
Dusted - Always Remember To Respect And Honour Your Mother
Nightmares o_n Wax - Sal (Autechre Mix)
LFO - Freak
Leftfield - Double Flash
Moby - Next Is The E (Club Mix)
Boards Of Canada - Olson (Version 3)
Prefuse 73 - Altoid Addiction
Themrock - Gold Is Your Metal
Luke Vibert - Synthax
TC 1992 - Funky Guitar
Baby Ford - Flowers
Autechre - Foil
Moby - Bodyrock
Milanese - Iacon
Flashbulb - Black Lawn Finale/Lawn Wake II
Doormouse - Lambass
Shitmat - Dubplate Murder Sound
Alex Gopher - Gordini (Brakes o_n Mix By Air)
Minotaur Shock - Big Light
Squarepusher - Ill Descent
Aphex Twin Vs LFO - Pram Remix
Two Lone Swordsmen - Foreververb
The Bug - Politicians & Paedophiles
DJ Shadow - Blood o_n The Motorway
Antipop Consortium - Tronman Speaks
Squarepusher - Come o_n My Selector
Bizzy B - Bad Boy Sound
Venetian Snares - Szamár Madár
Kid606 - Buckle Up
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm
Nightmares o_n Wax - Finer
Boom Bip - From Left To Right
Antipop Consortium - Z St.
Arovane - Thaem Nue
Tricky Disco - Tricky Disco (Plone Remix)
Joseph Nothing - Still
Murcof - Memoria (Sutekh’s Trisagion Mix)
Calexico - Untitled 3
Aphex Twin - Cock Ver 10/Cow Cud Is A Twin
Boards of Canada - Triangles & Rhombuses
Luke Vibert - Acidisco
808 State - Flow Coma (Remix By AFX)
Aphex Twin - Windowlicker/Windowlicker (Acid Edit)
Milanese - Billy Hologram
Two Lone Swordsmen - Machine Maid
Slepcy - Untitled
Brian Eno - Ending Ascent
cLOUDDEAD - Our Name
Thanks to Mike Walsh for pointing this out on the TNL mailing list.
The mix flows quite well in this quick 49 minute mix session.
Unbelievable that all of the above fits in 49 minutes.
