Shonzilla, a pattern-seeking animal

Jojo Mayer & Nerve - Jabon

You’re bound to be mind blown, at least the first time around.

Seeing Jojo Mayer playing drums is believing. Once upon a time (around 2000) the open-minded Jojo wanted to try playing drum’n’bass, altering loops and was pleasantly surprised with the result. I must say, I’m amazed with the result.

There’s a video explaining what he does and another one telling the story how it all started and how he manages to play like an improvising drum machine. What he did, Jojo recalls, is - reverse engineering. That’s actually a suitable term known to software developers denoting a process of reconstructing machine structures into structures understandable by a human. In this case: human - Jojo Mayer (and rarely anyone else), machine - drum machine

BTW, doesn’t the beginning of Jojo Mayer & Nerve performace remind anyone of  Roni Size tune?

Thanks to Ivan Andonov for the tip.

[via line0ut]

Little Dragon - Constant Surprises

Oh, gosh - I’m melting to these sounds and the voice of Yukimi Nagano. In case you wonder where did you hear this captivating voice, here’s the hint - Koop.

I’m really hearing forward to their concert in Hamburg.

[via erikbodin]

This is one of the best creations with Cockney accent I’ve heard or seen. Next to Only Fools and Horses of course.

The song comes from “North of Ping Pong” collective from London. Magnificent directing comes from a creative guy with an unfortunately generic-sounding name of Adam Smith who has already directed video spots for another UK rapper The Streets and critically-acclaimed Galvanize from The Chemical Brothers. The excellent editing was done by another generic-sounding bloke named Joe Guest. I hope there

Nice work on the turntables!

[via Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. from Chris Cairns]

Something for my Serbian and ex-Yugoslav readers - Rambo Amadeus strikes back!

In this new video and the latest hit “Urbano, samo urbano” Rambo’s casual style dissects the nation’s mindset and lays some nice rhymes on top of relaxed jazzy tune.

via RamboAmadeusSMC)

Hilarious internet musical… well worth the watch!

Pop quiz: Does it remind you of some people you know? ;-)

[via CollegeHumor]

How a meme starts “in real life”. Guy starts dance party, single-handedly. :-)

I wonder what research is available on why and when this happens.

This clip was recorded in May 2009 on Sasquatch music festival in the scenic location of Gorge Amphitheatre (in George, Washington).

I’m thinking about which festival to visit. Exit Festival instantly comes to mind (although I’m not sure whether I’ll manage to be around in early July). What music festival do you recommend?

[via dkellerm and Mike Tsao]

Fink - Q&A

Tune of the week! :-)

If you’re into this sort of acoustic soulful vocal music, check out entire Fink’s last album over at Ninja Tune’s shop.

As always, hit “HD” button above (let it load if you’re on a narrow internet pipe) for proper listening experience.

Watch and listen to this intro packing real-time rendered animation filled with fractals and music into (hold your pants) - 1kB! Yes, that’s 1024 bytes! That’s less memory that any computer you ever owned had inside.

This is just one of intros showcased this year at one of the most popular demoscene parties - Breakpoint organized in Germany.

Demo group that made this wonder is called TBC while the intro is called Untraceable

I’m amazed every time I see anything remotely advanced like this fitting in anything below 64kB… this is simply beyond my comprehension. Hm… I wonder if these guys ever get laid while trying to cram yet more fractals, fps and animation.

“Rap Chop” featuring Vince (Steve Porter’s Slap Chop remix)

Thanks to Ryo for linking to Vince’s nuts.