NEW FIND: darkdriveclinic - the silhouettes
The brainchild of record producer mastermind John Fryer (worked with basically everyone from Depeche Mode through NIN, Ulver, HIM, Cradle of Filth, Nitzer Ebb, Cocteau Twins to Stabbing Westward, Gravity Kills, Rabia Sorda and of course there's his own band This Mortal Coil) and Rebecca Coseboom (from Stripmall Architecture), DarkDriveClinic is a reach back to the nineties' sounding power-punch female-fronted industrial rock with touches of Jakalope, Lucia Cifarelli, Kidneythieves or even a bit of Garbage and it's as dirty, mean, mature and powerful as you expect it. Debut album Noise In My Head is coming down on you hard (released last week) and the Fryer-Coseboom axis is already signed to Metropolis. Clean and sharp stuff. Go get that. And while you're at it, check out Rebecca's other band Stripmall Architecture - their videos will give you a clean first start and a few re-listens on the way to getting their stuff from Bandcamp.
retaliate and devastate (angerfist)
Demons of the hardcore underworld are back with their new album Retaliate this year. Funny how the hardcore scene makes use of all the god complex syndromes and hierarchy from empresses and moguls to archdemons, rulers and whatnot. And the Snow - Informer sample at the very end? Promising stuff, coming from the 9th hardergeneration blog.
IGF: parallax
Another monochrome dimension-hopper proto-Portalesque spatial FPS puzzle. In beta. Recommended by Riplakoidase, more info at the ToastyGames site.
cranky cosmic flytrap (ov thee sigilesque butterflies), HVK 443
doing a steady 140BPM korsakoff on reality from the depths of a freemasonic lodge, click click click on the chrome tabs, left to right, one second pause, left to right again. resonating to the likes of attrition, ukiyo-e and death in june. hello, by the way. we are damage and this is a lifesign snap the book progresses well, talks with publisher amazing, can't wait to phase into cover and layout design snap tearing off hands from deities snap got lost reading miéville, klein and mauss snap tolerance level so high i post a lengthy fb thread on the most extreme music possible and maybe one out of two dozen rings any kind of novelty bell snap still annie mac's fridayly two-hour sets present a healthy new prospective to london snap fighting the urge to hate the projects i meticulously and teeth-grittingly work on snap the vertigo deck spits out nothing i wouldn't know and the lights change in a way i murmur at shadows and dare them to come out and show me something new because light tricks wouldn't fuck me up anymore snap still there are warp holes in the lodge and now a complete package of books has gotten more than a month off, if it ended up in the nether could somebody toss them back please i need to sell those snap you really messed up my hyperplans you know snap really looking forward to seeing steve reich live snap got ideas for two more books snap but what ends when the sigils shatter?
LINKBOX: 2011 October 22 (i am the swarm, vengeance shall be mine)
With BlizzCON on our backs, new SC2/D3 content is trickling out, even more thirsty for new hack'n'slash stuff (just reviewed Rage and Dark Souls for the november edition of Mondo, was completely unsatisfied with the former, nothing but a fortunate mixture of Borderlands and Fallout, and Dark Souls is just pure unadulterated frustration, Torchlight II is not even out yet so it's either Dungeons of Dredmor or nothing). Heart of the Swarm? Might need a hook back into the Starcraft universe. But it's more like needing a Diablo III collector's edition and that's the only physical game I'm leaving the country with mid-2012. Oh yes. This is a brief game-only post. Have a nice weekend.
MORE HEADLINES OF SUPREME ROCK: BIT.TRIP Runner 2 announced | Kotaku's The Arkham Asylum review | Minecraft is No Longer a Game, it's a Genre
battlefield 3 in an immersive virtual battleroom
When Battlefield 3 is out next week, we'll all be playing it on either a TV or a monitor. Some of us on a big TV. Sadly, we won't be playing like this guy is, on a rig that includes five HD projectors, surround sound, a treadmill and...paintball guns?
Britain's The Gadget Show got a chance to step inside this one-of-a-kind rig, which in addition to the above gear also includes a massive omni-directional treadmill, wireless gun peripheral, ambient lighting and wrap-around, domed screen. (via kotaku)
LINKBOX: 2011 October 18, from Tron: Legacy to a polished Zombie Boy
End of the Line, in association with Distillery Productions and Toby Summerskill, have filmed the first 3D Graffiti Time-lapse. Created to document the production of a painted promo for Disney’s Tron: Legacy this is the final 2D edit. This groundbreaking project was filmed in December 2010 and January 2011, in a warehouse in Shoreditch with the exterior shots taken from the rooftops of East London. (more @ vimeo)
These pieces are all courtesy of Daryl Mandryk, a freelance concept artist who has worked with EA on games like Need for Speed, Def Jam and SSX, and more recently on the Turok and Tron franchises. In between all that, Mandryk has also done work for clients like Lucasfilm, Dark Horse Comics and Hasbro. (via kotaku)
Nackashi's story takes place "in the dismal future, [where] we'll all be affixed to our respective wires and screens, dreaming about being virtually with the one that you love." The story initially caught my attention but it was the visuals that really got me excited. I particularly love Nackashi's mix of old-school and new-school tech and the mix of the two is pretty much where I expect we'll begin when we start re-building after some terrible disaster. It reminded me a bit of William Gibson's vision of the future which makes me wonder what the heck is going on with Neuromancer... (via our friends at the amazing quietearth.us)
The iconic Zombie Boy (Rick Genest) has his face tattoos erased off with make-up, as part of his photoshoot for fashion magazine Schon!... (via bizarremag)
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NEW FIND: the good natured - skeleton
From a land bordered by Bat for Lashes, Metric and Adrian Lux comes UK electropop trio The Good Natured. Skeleton is first-hear-first-love upbeat electro pop (you'll find their stuff either self-released or on Parlophone, even found one track on a Kitsuné compilation) and the most recent same-titled three-track single is a loop-repeat-loop invoker. Perfect, gorgeous, ten out of ten. Here's what lovely Sarah sez about the track:
‘Skeleton’ was written in my bedroom and in Stockholm, Sweden. It was produced out there too. ‘Skeleton’ is about emotional vulnerability. When you’re in a relationship, you can become really vulnerable. ‘Skeleton’ explores the emotion of feeling stripped down to the bone, like somebody knows you so well that everything is laid bare and you have nothing to hide anymore, they know you in both a physical and emotional sense, which can be a frightening prospect. I explored these emotions whilst playing them against more sexual feelings you have in a relationship. The extreme lust and desire you feel for somebody often overpowers you, no matter how vulnerable you feel towards them.” (via hardcandymusic)
hvg extra, jövő edition
Shameless self-promotion, jövőkutató-néző tematikust dobott a standokra a HVG, én meg benne vagyok, káosz és kihívás felütéssel (sötét és zavaros, tudom). A barátaim ne vegyék meg, ne csak azért, mert megmutatom nekik vagy átküldöm a levonót, hanem mert gyakorlatilag ezt beszéljük hónapok óta a kávé meg a beazonosíthatlan és csípős ázsiai ételek felett, hogy hol rúgjuk rá az internetre, mint kopasz, dagadt, izzadó, hunyorgó főnökre az asztalt, hogy elég volt.
Amúgy meg vegyék csak meg, a többi cikk miatt meg amúgy az egész product miatt, merthogy egy pillanatig elgondolkodtam azon, hogy leírom dícséretként, hogy na ilyen lenne a magyar Wired, persze nem ilyen lenne, de itthon annyi szánalmas, erőlködős, izzadós projektet lát az ember, hogy inkább elveszíti a reményt meg a hitet a hazai összefogott munkában (az összefogotton, a strukturálton, a támogatotton, a top-to-bottomon a hangsúly), aztán szembejön az ilyen, neked meg cuppanós pre-duckfacere vált az arcod, hogy óbazmeg, ez jó, a legyezőről elővették az összes témát, jól körül van írva, a heti HVG-designhoz képest ez végre előremutató, jó megfogni, átlapozni, barcodeolvasni, két asztalszélivel faszamunka. A tartalomra sok helyen persze horkantok (nem én lennék, ha), nem elég transzhumán, nem elég bevállalós, nem elég angolszász szintet ütő, de ezt nem részletezem, egyfelől azért, mert kurvára elegem van a szakmai és egyébirányú trollokból, másfelől azért, mert amennyiben kidobod az angolszászt a mondatból, esik az egész érv. Hazai vonalon ez most mérceemelő. Kimész. Megveszed. Asszimilálod. Elindulsz. Építesz.
magnetic man feat. katy b - perfect stranger
Kept me through the past twelve hours or so on continuous repeat. Makes me feel a bit more like moving to London instead of Berlin. Notice the utter seriousness of Benga! The whole Maida Vale axis got me hooked, good work, Radio 1. (Great collab with Emeli Sandé as well.)
angelspit - channel hell (fan video comp finalist)
this is a marketing ploy. this is the new black. it's a publicity stunt. relax. kick back.
wang zi won's mechanical nirvana
Dumbfounded with awe, bliss and auspice at Wang Zi Won's work of boddhisattvas and buddhas molded from sterility and the holy precision of clockworks. Pure amazement and delight. (ultraz1.com, via the amazing mind-opener blog romokon)
októberi partyajánló, fogazott elméknek
Százhetven oldalnyi kézirattal és meglepő hetekkel a hátam mögött szevasztok, husángolom az írói válságot a konyhakövön, miközben szépérzékkel megáldott ismerősnőim tiltanak el attól, hogy tükörfényesre borotváljam a fejem, pókot varrassak rá és felemás napszemüvegben szaladjak napalmspermát hinteni a városra. Az allúziók persze érthetőek és szépek, csak most már kezdenek igazak is lenni. As in watch out what you wish for.
Jön a lista, hogy októberben mire megyünk, jöhetnek a tippek, hogy mik a koncertes fellépések, amiket kihagytam a kultúrkörből (Otto Dix, tudom, nem) meg majd oroszrulettezünk egy kört azon, hogy a kilencből végülis melyikre és miért nem jutunk el. (Fent Alba Hyseni. Ma este. Jönni. Hajóra.)
OKTÓBER
7, péntek: anORGANik:ORG (feat. Alba Hyseni & Bootsie) (A38, 1000HUF)
8, szombat: Matild (Rézmál, free)
15, szombat: Escalator, Lighphaser (Dürer Kert, 500HUF)
19, szerda: Acid Mothers Temple (JP), Volkova Sisters (A38, 1000/1500HUF)
20, csütörtök: Soap & Skin (A), Jack November (DE) (A38, 2000/2500HUF)
21, péntek: The Glitch Mob (USA) (Merlin, 2500/3000HUF)
25, kedd: The Legendary Pink Dots (UK) (Roham Bár, ?)
29, szombat: ZAP (Trafik Klub, ?)
30, vasárnap: Steve Reich (USA), Amadinda Percussion Group, UMZE Kamaraegyüttes, Kelemen Kvartett (Művészetek Palotája, 2200-5900HUF)
(Gyászoljuk az elmaradt Atari Teenage Riot, Fields of the Nephilim, Clan of Xymox és Mesh koncerteket.)
we are 138
"You just need your surroundings and you can evolve"- Mark Ong aka SBTG, takes viewers through his creative process and roots growing up in the perceived restrictions of Singapore. Finding inspiration in the simplest of forms, SBTG creates the "138" shoe collaboration with FICE Boutique in Salt Lake City, Utah and explains how the Misfits inspiration guided the collaboration. On the surface the film purposes to expose the cerebral world of SBTG and an emerging sub-culture in Singapore, but the film becomes deeply personal as SBTG reveals how his experiences have affected his work and current mindset. (more on vimeo)
planetdamage's friday linkbox
Hello, rebels. This is a week of immense work, re-wiring, closure, consolation and russian_standard ROCK. Most of the writing that I do still goes into the book that's coming together quite nicely after a longer period of WTF and not-being-able-to-write. So don't expect too much nontumblr content for a while, this is all for a good reason. Have a nice weekend and fuck a lot.
This watch design takes its inspiration from one of Scott’s favorite films as a kid, TRON, and from his Pimp Pimpin Ain’t Easy watch. He wants something that will get noticed when it lights up and that’s why he came up with an electroluminescence strip around the whole watch strap. The two rings (styled on a Tron Disc) represent minutes (outer) and hours (inner). The break in the ring represents the time in a normal clock face layout. (tokyoflash.com, via ToBal!)
We have begun the launch of our multilayered cyberpunk story of Machete Girl which at this stage includes Twitter, Webisodes and Comic Book. As we start shooting the webisodes this week you can follow the story on Twitter through messages of the characters leading into the first webisode. (cyberpunkforums.com, via ToBal!)
Order the Emalkay EP here if interested, only linked this here because of Lena Cullen who is a STUNNER (also a stunner with this track by Engine-Earz Experiment called Reach You).
revolights: a step closer to tron lightcycles
Dawe_ sent this link over a couple of hours ago, making a point on how to make the still unnamed black-white-red bike into something more of a Tron lightcycle. And a point it is with all the fwd/bwd illumination and the apparent coolness of it all (yeah, that being the first thing ripped off of it during a Budapest nightride break but that wouldn't really be otherwise in edge cities, would it). Things is, Revolights still needs support to get their act running and there's a Kickstarter where you can donate, which is something I'm going to do. Because I seriously need one. So support the project on their Kickstarter page until Sep27 - those pledging 200$ or more will get their pre-ordered set of the finalized Revolights! (via technabob)
planetdamage's sunday linkbox
Fighting off the Zurich virus, nasty little bug. Until I get back properly on my feet, there's a package of more stuff for you, coming from Lumi, Tommy Mesmer, DKodaj - all runners of The Weird.
This video (showreel) features one of the best London (UK) based professional free running (freerunning) team. All well established parkour practicionners, with various background (such as break dancing, martial arts, rock climbing, roller skating...) get hired for stunt double work. These free runners (freerunners) display their acrobatic skills. They will make you want to learn how to do parkour, flips, jumps, tricks. (more on youtube)
Author Junji Hotta has blessed the world with “Tsundere, Heidegger, and Me”, a tour de force of European philosophy… in a world where all the philosophers are self-conscious anime girls. The books went on sale September 14. (more at aya.shii.org)
"RESTIVE, is a film that delves into the world of a mother trying to escape the emotional abuse and tyranny of the man she loves. It is an intimate look into a chaotic home ravaged by domestic violence and the lengths a mother is willing to undertake, to stop the cycle of violence." (more at restivefilm, on account of the fact that the movie soundtrack is done by HECQ himself)
grayagent - ode 2011 ver2 nsfw
A compilation of video shorts and content work during my 2011 West Coast thru South tour from Seattle thru San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Austin, and Tampa Bay. Pardon the differences in color and contrast as these scenes were not originally intended to be one video. (via vimeo)
planetdamage's tuesday linkbox (from nuclear cars to steampunk lofts)
Too much on my mind right now. These are but a few you sent in, special thanks to Dawe_, Ripla and Armitage Corto for the recommendations.
This is a NYC loft apartment for sale in Chelsea that's going for $1,750,000 BUT ALREADY COMES PRE STEAMPUNK DECORATED. Because that's a big selling point. Also: secret passageways and hidden rooms. I'm watching you undress through the eyes of a painting! (via geekologie)
Scientists say that just eight grams of thorium could be enough to power a vehicle for somewhere around 300,000 miles of driving. If this all sounds a little far-fetched, it may pay to remember that thorium is already on automakers' radar. Cadillac introduced the thorium-powered World Thorium Fuel Concept at the 2009 Chicago Auto Show. (via autoblog.com)
To celebrate the launch of upcoming fantasy game Dragon Age: Origins, EA Games held Wardens' Quest, a 24 hour gaming marathon at London's County Hall. The event saw teams from around the world competing for a $50,000 prize pot. The focus of the gamers was tested as they were joined by six medieval beauties, check out the behind the scenes movie here.
In the upcoming faux documentary Ghosts With Shit Jobs, the West has been in a state of financial ruin for decades, and the indigenous North Americas (or "ghosts") are outsourced labor for China and India. What forms of employment are available? Among several careers, living spambot, robot baby technician, and silk collector. (via io9)
