December 30, 2012

Old School Sundays - Part VI

The Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy - Television, The Drug Of The Nation


A quarter century later, it's truer than ever. A real masterpiece of conscious hip-hop, with killer lyrics.
The song was originally from their former band, The Beatnigs, dating back to 1988, whereas this version dates from 1991/1992.

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December 27, 2012

Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert

I went to Luxembourg for Christmas and stayed there a few days, visiting the town (Vauban fortifications) and its museums (they really got great museums). This is where I met the astonishing works of Gast Bouschet and Nadine Hilbert.
In the MUDAM, there was their installation for the Luxembourg Pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale, called "Collision Zone", depicting the gloomy zones of the Mediterranean area, where two worlds collide, Africa and its (illegal) immigrants, and the "fortress Europe" with its more and more restrictive politics about immigration.



In the Casino Luxembourg there was just an installation left, called "Unground". I immediately felt their distinctive mark, and the sound was also something I thought I knew but didn't recognize at first. I learnt shortly after that it was a collaboration with Jason Van Gulick and Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Khanate, Thorr's Hammer...)! It was made over a nearly two year period after the eruption of the icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010. The videos range from the London's City, where the new sorcerers (i.e. bankers, traders etc...) make their black rituals, to the frozen landscapes of Iceland where the ice turned black because of the volcano's ashes. The music sounds like a chthonic ritual, the video looks like it was taken through the eyes of an antediluvian creature... Astounding, mesmerizing, frightening... mandatory! Note that there will be a free live show with Jason Van Gulick and Stephen O'Malley the 4th of January, 2013.




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December 18, 2012

In Slaughter Natives - You Are The Dead


Fucking great dark martial industrial from Sweden! Surrender your life now!
From their 2004 full-length "Resurrection - The Return of a King". Live in Lyon, France, same year.

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December 17, 2012

Old School Sundays - Part V

Siege - Drop Dead (full EP)


Sheer violence from 1984, dudes!
One of those bands that made history, by pioneering Grindcore and Powerviolence.

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December 15, 2012

Nerve - Rain


Saturday night fever!
From their "Blood & Gold" LP, 1995.
Great dutch industrial metal band from the 90s folks!
Feat. Tom Holkenborg, aka Junkie XL.

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December 13, 2012

Chaos Inception - Lunatic Necromancy


If you don't know them by now, here's another chance!
From their 2012 "The Abrogation" full-length, really spectacular for such a young band (they formed in 2008).
Death metal at its best!

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Bling Bling - Crackhead rap

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December 12, 2012

Wagner - Siegfried's Funeral March


Conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler, the great conductor of the 3rd Reich (he choose to stay in Germany at the time, although he was not a nazi himself).
The first time I heard Wagner conducted by him, it was like... well... just listen and you'll know.

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December 10, 2012

December 6, 2012

Big Trouble In Little China


Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh... The magic of the 80s...
1986, directed by John Carpenter, starring Kurt Russell. How couldn't it possibly be good?

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December 5, 2012

Ruth - Polaroïd / Roman / Photo


2nd track of their "Polaroïd / Roman / Photo" album, 1985.
French synth wave, what else to say really?

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December 4, 2012

Dr. Octagon - Blue Flowers


Kool Keith powwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
From the "Ecologyst" album, 1996.

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