I saw the animated intro for The Beatles Rock Band game some time ago by just discovered that concept artist Alberto Mielgo has several of the scenes posted on his website, just keep pressing the ‘+’ button to see more.
Check the full panning shot for the opening scene below – wow!
I’ve got some big gigs coming up in the next few months, see the above film for something very special at the Sacrum Profanum festival in Krakow on Sept 15th alongside other Ninja artists past and present, Grasscut, King Cannibal, Skalpel and DJ Vadim. I’ll be remixing a piece by Polish composer Wojciech Kilar and presenting that live, very excited about this one as it will look and sound amazing. The big gig in October is at the Forum – the first time I’ve ever played there – alongside Belleruche, DJ Cam, Chris Read and headliners The Herbaliser who will be using it as the release party for their album, ‘There Were Seven’.
Before both of those though I can finally reveal a very special project that I’ve had in the pipeline for several years now that has finally come to fruition. DJ Cheeba, DJ Moneyshot and myself had the idea of collaborating on a version of the Beastie Boys‘ ‘Paul’s Boutique’ album shortly after Moneyshot aired his mix of their ‘Check Your Head’ made entirely from the original sample sources. It was one of my favourite mixes that year (or any year) and we decided we should get together to try and tackle ‘Paul’s Boutique’ as it was a far bigger task being that it has at least twice as many samples.
The result is ‘Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way Mix’ – a tribute to The Beastie Boys’ ‘Paul’s Boutique’ album, and it will make its debut on Solid Steel on August 30th. Each of us have taken a third of the album each to work on and combined our efforts into a mix that lasts just over an hour, if you’re a fan of the record then be prepared to hear it in a new way. Aside from the original sample sources we’ve included commentary from the Beasties, vintage interviews, demo versions and much more, if you thought the original was multi-layered then this adds even more.
The mix was over half way completed when we heard the tragic news of MCA‘s death in May so the impetus to finish it was instantly doubled and new meaning given to the project. It goes without saying that this is also a tribute to Adam Yauch and the legacy he left behind and we hope it will be embraced by Beastie fans around the globe when it drops, we’re just putting the finishing touches to it this weekend.
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How can my interest not be piqued by this playful pun on Eno & Byrne‘s masterpiece when it’s coupled with Radiophonic tape manipulation and my friend Robin The Fog – BBC employee and sidekick to Jonny Trunk on the OST show?
“‘Ghosts Of Bush’ was created entirely using the natural acoustic sounds of Bush House, the iconic home for the past seven decades of the BBC World Service which will shortly be closing its doors for the last time. All of the sounds were captured in the small hours of the morning in empty offices, corridors, stairwells and other hidden corners by a Studio Manager working overnight. These recordings were then dubbed onto quarter-inch tape in the basement studio deep in the bowels of the South-East wing using two of the surviving reel-to-reel machines.”
You can read more about how it was put together as well as hear the whole album on Robin’s blog – The Fog Signals.
I’ve featured work by Jude Greenaway, before, his promo for Pendulum‘s ‘Coffin‘ last summer was fantastic. Long time associate of The Light Surgeons, owner of the Yellow Machines label and music maker under the name Scanone.
Now he’s put together a DVD of 13 unreleased experimental / cinematic audio tracks that have been worked on visually by 12 directors and collectives. The tracks span a 10 year period and this project has taken four years to put together overall. Catch a sample in the trailer below and pre-order the DVD here.
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While Tron Uprising fans wait until October (!) for the remaining episodes of the first season to air here’s some more concept art by Alberto Mielgo. If you haven’t seen this show (and if you’re outside the US then it’s unlikely unless you’re downloading torrents or subscribe to Disney’s XD channel) you can now buy a series subscription from iTunes and view the first episode here.
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I recently unlinked my old YouTube account and created a DJFoodOfficial one instead. Below is the screen you get when you unlink an account, nice touch. There’s not much up there at the moment but it will grow over time and I put the ‘Sunspot’ track up that I did for the Carling Zest campaign as this is the only place you can get it…
The Cabaret Mechanical Theatre are the guest exhibitors this summer at Space Station 65‘s gallery in North Cross Road, East Dulwuch, London. More than 20 mechanical artworks, or Automata if you prefer, are on display for free and fantastic for adults and kids alike. The CMT website has more info about what they do as well as lots to read and learn if you want to get into making automata. They also have various papercraft models on sale at the exhibition so you can make your own.
The gallery is open every day except Mondays 11-6pm and it’s free, also if you’re in the area, the East Dulwich Picture Gallery is a short bus ride up the hill and they have an Andy Warhol screenprint exhibition on.
Lovely pieces in ‘Part2ism’s show tonight, it’s just opened at the Red Gallery, 1-3 Rivington St. London, EC2A and finishes on August 19th
Incredible photo of the sunset on Mars, taken from the Curiosity Mars-Rover, and another view in 3D from the craft. It’s been pointed out that this was taken in 2005 by another craft, thanks. Still an amazing photo.
One take, no edits, from the forthcoming Kid Koala album – never fails to impress with his creativity. Buy at the Ninjashop: http://bit.ly/12bitblues www.kidkoala.com
This is the poster for an online initiative to make a live action trailer for Akira, this time by fans rather than Hollywood who have tried and failed many times to get a version of the film made. The Akira Project have just started a site and blog asking for help and equipment but already have a small team of people working on it.
This came about because of their love of the film and various leaked Hollywood plot rewrites and re-locations (Neo-Tokyo to Neo New York) that have frustrated fans of the original for years. In a recent interview with comic artist Chris Weston, who was drafted in to work on a Hollywood version of Akira, he said the first thing the production team asked him to do was redesign Kanada‘s bike. This is a classic case of Hollywood just not understanding the fundamentals of what makes something a classic and he said he was relieved when it was finally taken out of production.
The Akira Project’s aim is to stick as close to the original as possible and bring a faithful version of it to the big screen but they intend to start at a trailer to show what they are capable of.
The supremely talented Remi Rough has a new mini book out full of images from his recent show in Newcastle, ‘How To Use Colour & Manipulate People’. Besides showcasing his paintings it also contains some of his new 3D work. Each book costs £30 and comes with a unique artwork, handmade by Remi, see here for more info.
Loving these graphics for Baltimore band The Flying Eyes, they were done by Kiryk although the posters may be by someone else.
New Dredd 3D poster, first seen on Everything Comes Back To 2000ad
Love this sort of thing on comic covers, stolen from King Megatrip‘s blog, go check out his Mega-posts.
DJ Food ‘The Search Engine’ live at SAT, Montreal from Solid Steel on Vimeo.
This is what I got up to in Montreal recently. Many, many thanks to Anne-Marie Bergeron who put this together at very short notice. If anyone seeing this works at a dome or planetarium, anywhere in the world, and are interested in hosting it in the future then please get in touch. I realise not every dome has a surround system or space to lay on the floor, it doesn’t have to, I will happily work with you to tailor the show to your needs. Contact details are up on the right there…
I stumbled upon this today whilst surfing the net for something else. It’s a book of ‘personal work’ by Moebius, forms and shapes that have no purpose other than for him to express himself in a non-work context. Similar to the method Henry Flint used in his ‘Broadcast’ book – of letting his mind go and just drawing to see what came out – these were collected into a book named ‘Quatre-vingt huit’ (’88) in 1990.
Not all the images are this finished but these are some of my favourites, that he could produce work like this in his spare time is incredible. Apparently it’s now quite a rare book but a quick search will net you a digital copy, hopefully someone will reprint it now that he’s gone.
Only just heard this and, as an unashamed fan of The Amorphous Androgynous, they continue to deliver. This wasn’t what I was expecting at all and the opening section was a shock. After the 5 minute mark however it takes flight and starts moving in all sorts of directions, passing through early 90’s ambient, late 80’s Italo house, 70’s disco (!) and their usual 60’s psyche stardust. If this and their earlier ‘Shoot A Hole In The Sun’ remix are anything to go by then their remix of Noel Gallagher’s album will be fantastic. Oh yeah, this is out Monday on the b-side of his ‘Everybody’s On The Run’ 12″, CD and download on his Sour Mash label.