With the go ahead from ADULT.’s Adam Lee Miller to post this, here is the latest news on ‘Detroit’s undying isolationists’, taken from their website, Adultperiod.com…
PART I:
Adult. will be premiering their new silent-experimental-short-horror film DECAMPMENT May 9, 2008 at 7:00pm and 8:30pm at the Detroit Institute of Arts accompanied by their own peculiar electronic horror music especially scored for the film. DECAMPMENT was written, produced and directed by ADULT. in early 2008 and follows a women’s transmigration from her “normal” life into a new society of deceit. Filmed entirely in Michigan, DECAMPMENT explores ADULT.’s obsession with an often overlooked and distinctive aesthetic that they call “midwestern horror”. The all new soundtrack will be performed live by ADULT. during the screening of the film and will be a mutation of instrumental film music and more ADULT.-like irregularities.
PART II:
ADULT. will be releasing their first new release in over a year. The DECAMPMENT TRILOGY is an extremely limited 7″ series to be released on ERSATZ AUDIO. Three 7″s -each strictly limited to 100 copies- will tell the story of DECAMPMENT through music, lyrics and photographs. Each hand numbered 7″ will come in a full color jacket along with a limited 16″ x 20″ photographic print from Nicola Kuperus signed and numbered. Collect the entire 7″ trilogy to piece together the narrative of DECAMPMENT, plus own the limited edition 7″s and the Kuperus Triptych available ONLY through the ADULT. One 7″ will be released each month starting May 13th. More info coming soon concerning this project.
N.Y.’s Designer Drugs are the dopest (pun intended). Designer Drugs have been steady racking up a discog of club bangin’ remixes and for their efforts have earned hella blog and mixtape love (the evidence). The two live crew dropped off this brand new remix of Vancouver BC’s Fake Shark Real Zombie!—an indie-hardcore-dance-rock band who’s 2007 album, ‘Zebra Zebra’ has been filling the void in my life that was put there by the untimely death of their contemporaries, UK’s Test Icicles. ‘Zebra Zebra’ happens to feature a song named ‘Designer Drugs’. Designer Drugs remixes ‘Designer Drugs’? This was meant to be:
DJs need oven mitts these club-biscuits are so hot! Keep the dance party going with the these delicious remixes from Designer Drugs bakery (it’s not really a bakery, it’s not even a mob controlled money laundering bakery-front for drugs, it’s probably more of a bedroom studio, but the former sounds more fun and I digress). Enjoy remixes of French synth-rockers FLOU, Philly Indie kids Hail Social, New England indie kids Protokoll, Melbourne indie darlings Midnight Juggernaut, & UK electronica act, QUEENOFWAR. Dig in.
Through May and June, Designer Drugs are coming through Los Angeles, Guadalajara, Mexico City, Atlanta, Philly, DC, Charlotte & Las Vegas. See what’s up with these and future tour dates on Designer Drugs tour schedule.
Not intended to feature the latest music out there, my ‘Pick of the Week’ is to simply share & highlight music I personally enjoy regardless of timeframe. This weeks featured artist is Scorn (Mick Harris), remembered by most as being the former drummer for grindcore legends Napalm Death. Scorn has worked with avant-garde composer John Zorn and prolific producer Bill Laswell and has been remixed by the likes of electronic virtuosos Autechre, experimental industrialists Coil, and Meat Beat Manifesto to name a few. Scorn’s sound was a precursor to dubstep, and for the most part, can best be described as nightmare music- dark atmospheric tones and super low bass frequencies over left field dub/downtempo beats.
Not intended to feature the latest music out there, my ‘Pick of the Week’ is to simply share & highlight music i personally enjoy regardless of timeframe. This weeks featured artist is Ceephax Acid Crew (Andy Jenkinson). Firmly rooted in all things electronic, particularly acid & drum and bass, Ceephax can be compared to many of the acts on Aphex Twin’s record label, Rephlex, as well as his brother Squarepusher. I’d describe his music as being rhythmically erratic and energetic with melodies that can sometimes detach you from reality…
Made entirely from (Moog, Roland, Waldorf, etc.) synthesizers with guest appearances from the likes of longtime Matmos collaborators Lesser and Hrvatski (Keith Fullerton Whitman), as well as Marshall Allen (Sun Ra Arkestra) and minimalist composer Terry Riley, this might just be my favorite Matmos album ever! It’s a colorful kaleidoscope of wonderful playful sounds that recalls a lot of Mouse on Mars‘ earlier work. ‘Supreme Balloon’ shows again how multi-faceted Matmos (Drew Daniel and Martin C. Schmidt) are musically, marking yet another superb release that further solidifies their importance to music that matters.
Here’s a choice cut off of ‘Supreme Balloon’ entitled ‘Polychords’-
Portishead gets the super dope remix treatment from Jay Fields, better known as Exillon, one of the Bay Area’s finest electronic musicians. Over 7 minutes long, this remix is perfect for any prime time DJ set. It’s sure to have the goths, the hipster kids, and everyone in between entranced by Beth Gibbons’ mesmerizing voice and on the dancefloor in no time.
Peep some of Exillon’s other work at Zod and Ad Noiseam, two of the most prominent experimental electronic labels out there.
I know all the fellow P-head’s out that have already heard Portishead’s album, but make sure you buy that shit & support them when ‘Third’ officially drops! And feel free to dip in to our Portishead archives.
‘Jim’ is Jamie Lidell’s third & latest album effort out on prolific English label Warp Records. Lidell ditches the electronics much of his early work had for a more raw, organic, heart-felt mixture of soul & r&b that shows his growth as a musician and singer. This is a very good crossover album that may even appeal to fans of Amy Winehouse or the like…
The first single off the album, ‘Little Bit Of Feelgood’, is released with official remixes by Mr. Oizo & Senor Coconut. Here is the original album version.
Saturdays=Youth, the latest album offering from France’s M83, couldn’t have come out at a better time. It’s the perfect soundtrack for these beautiful Spring days & nights. Still apparent in M83’s sound is their ‘lush’ and ‘ethereal’ nod to “shoegaze”, but that’s not to say that this album is an ode to MBV or the like.
M83 have a refreshing, emotive, dreamy sound all their own, and have come up with an album one can easily lose themselves in. Saturdays=Youth was produced by Ken Thomas (known for his work with the likes of The Sugarcubes & Sigur Ros) & Ewan Pearson, remixer extraordinaire (Depeche Mode, Ladytron, The Rapture).
Saturdays=Youth drops this tuesday April 15th. Be sure to pick that up at your local record slangin’ shop. Stream other M83 goodies on his myspace page.
![Exillon- [Portishead] Silence Remix](http://216.69.172.62/basura/2008-04/portishead.JPG "Exillon [Portishead] Silence Remix")
