The Strokes, Robyn, Wu-Tang Clan and Disclosure lead the 2020 lineup for the III Points Festival in Miami, Florida, which will be held May 1st and 2nd at Mana Wynwood in the Wynwood Arts District.
The art, technology and music festival announced its eclectic, forward-thinking dance music and indie rock lineup on Tuesday. It includes Kaytranada, Caribou, Stereolab, Amon Tobin, Chris Lake, Tycho, Green Velvet, Homeshake, Bedouin, Omar Apollo, Moses Sumney, Ariel Pink and 100 Gecs alongside dozens of additional artists, with more acts to be announced in the coming weeks.
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The art, technology and music festival announced its eclectic, forward-thinking dance music and indie rock lineup on Tuesday. It includes Kaytranada, Caribou, Stereolab, Amon Tobin, Chris Lake, Tycho, Green Velvet, Homeshake, Bedouin, Omar Apollo, Moses Sumney, Ariel Pink and 100 Gecs alongside dozens of additional artists, with more acts to be announced in the coming weeks.
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- 1/22/2020
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Last night, Australian sensation Flume gave us his BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix, and to say it was epic would be a major understatement.
Presenting us with 2 hours of music, including several of his own new tracks along with cuts from Vic Mensa, Jamie xx, Trimbal and many more, the mix most definitely left fans satisfied and showed us, once again, what a true tastemaker Harley Streten really is.
Unfortunately, we didn’t get any songs from the upcoming What So Not Ep, but there’s more than enough here to whet our appetites while we wait for that to drop.
Take a listen to Flume‘s impressive BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix below and be sure to leave a comment letting us know your thoughts on it.
Flume – Essential Mix 2015-10-03 tracklist:
Knxwledge – Nvrending [White Label] TroyBoi – Do You? [White Label] Flume – Untitled [White Label] San Holo – Victory [Monstercat] Amon Tobin – In Your Own Time (Eprom remix...
Presenting us with 2 hours of music, including several of his own new tracks along with cuts from Vic Mensa, Jamie xx, Trimbal and many more, the mix most definitely left fans satisfied and showed us, once again, what a true tastemaker Harley Streten really is.
Unfortunately, we didn’t get any songs from the upcoming What So Not Ep, but there’s more than enough here to whet our appetites while we wait for that to drop.
Take a listen to Flume‘s impressive BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix below and be sure to leave a comment letting us know your thoughts on it.
Flume – Essential Mix 2015-10-03 tracklist:
Knxwledge – Nvrending [White Label] TroyBoi – Do You? [White Label] Flume – Untitled [White Label] San Holo – Victory [Monstercat] Amon Tobin – In Your Own Time (Eprom remix...
- 10/3/2015
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
What a convenient time for a “leak.”
Annual Hard Halloween party Day of the Dead is slated to return on October 31st and November 1st, and if the blogosphere buzz is any indicator, its full lineup may have found its way to fans a little early.
The presentation of the lineup details seems perhaps a bit too similar in its organization to previous years’ flyers to be an actual leak, and it’s out only slightly before the time that last year’s announcement was made. While skimming the names, though, something jumps out that confirms it: One of the headliners is billed as “Zhu: Genisys Project.”
It’s been a while since we heard anything from Zhu’s camp; following his BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix earlier in the year he’s remained silent on the release front. Nobody outside of his inner circle has heard of his “Genisys Project,...
Annual Hard Halloween party Day of the Dead is slated to return on October 31st and November 1st, and if the blogosphere buzz is any indicator, its full lineup may have found its way to fans a little early.
The presentation of the lineup details seems perhaps a bit too similar in its organization to previous years’ flyers to be an actual leak, and it’s out only slightly before the time that last year’s announcement was made. While skimming the names, though, something jumps out that confirms it: One of the headliners is billed as “Zhu: Genisys Project.”
It’s been a while since we heard anything from Zhu’s camp; following his BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix earlier in the year he’s remained silent on the release front. Nobody outside of his inner circle has heard of his “Genisys Project,...
- 8/10/2015
- by John Cameron
- We Got This Covered
Footage of progressive house icon deadmau5‘ brand-new stage show has been making its rounds – first from his Governor’s Ball Performance, and then from his Bonnaroo set – and while both have been removed by mau5trap records, the demand for such videos has clearly been recognized as the most polished one yet has found its way to his fans.
This high-definition video captures an entire set he just performed at Hurricane Festival in Germany and features multiple angles as well as a full track list from the performance. Among the highlights of deadmau5′ set are an Amon Tobin-esque intro that goes by the working title “Entropy,” and a special edit of his recent Grabbitz collaboration titled “Silent Picture” that closes out his performance. As only artists as prolific as the ‘mau5 are able to, he’s comprised the set entirely of his own originals – the only (somewhat) exceptions being...
This high-definition video captures an entire set he just performed at Hurricane Festival in Germany and features multiple angles as well as a full track list from the performance. Among the highlights of deadmau5′ set are an Amon Tobin-esque intro that goes by the working title “Entropy,” and a special edit of his recent Grabbitz collaboration titled “Silent Picture” that closes out his performance. As only artists as prolific as the ‘mau5 are able to, he’s comprised the set entirely of his own originals – the only (somewhat) exceptions being...
- 6/24/2015
- by John Cameron
- We Got This Covered
I don’t play first person shooters anymore. Back in the early days of the Xbox, I was a fervent, if untalented, Halo addict, staying up until all hours of the night with three friends in a cramped bedroom repeating the same loop of Hang ‘Em High, Boarding Action and Battle Creek, every game ending invariably with me at the bottom of the scoreboard. We rarely played the single-player; it was fun but it didn’t provide the same adrenaline-pumping, nerve-scraping experience we compulsively craved. I cut my teeth on Halo: Combat Evolved but it didn’t take long for me to discover that, as first-person shooters went, it won my attention by merit of being the only game of its ilk we had access to, lacking high end PCs with which we could experience the games whose shoulders it stood on to attain its marvelous heights. Years later, just...
- 1/9/2015
- by Chris Melkus
- Destroy the Brain
The newest trailer for The Fifth Estate, the upcoming film about Julian Assange and the rise and fall of WikiLeaks and platinum blonde wigs, hopes that flattery will get it everywhere. Focusing his intense gaze slightly off-camera and looking a little bit like an albino version of the villain in that last Star Trek movie, Assange (played by the now-ubiquitous Benedict Cumberbatch) tells an unseen entity that “You are the revolution.” At first it’s not clear to whom he is speaking, but the text that flashes across the screen makes it clear that he is in fact talking to us.
If the promise of being the revolution doesn’t motivate you to get out and see the movie, how about some newly released deets about the soundtrack? It’s got an original score composed by Carter Burswell. Carter Benedict Burswell, to be exact. Coincidence, or elaborate conspiracy?
Burswell has...
If the promise of being the revolution doesn’t motivate you to get out and see the movie, how about some newly released deets about the soundtrack? It’s got an original score composed by Carter Burswell. Carter Benedict Burswell, to be exact. Coincidence, or elaborate conspiracy?
Burswell has...
- 10/2/2013
- by Jeremy Clymer
- We Got This Covered
Whether you’re scaling cliffs to Uncharted’s booming orchestra, or gunning down goons to the pounding beat of Battlefield 3, great music makes games better. Wandering the halls of the Rpd building wouldn’t be the same without the eerie tones of Masami Ueda to keep you company: who can imagine Mario’s playful jumping without the trademark ‘der-der-der-der-der-da-der’?
Whether it’s aimless sandbox meandering you’re after, or explosive full-speed action, superb soundtracks can set the mood faster than a candle in a wine bottle.
Here are five of the best:
5. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory – Amon Tobin
Composer and DJ Amon Tobin faced a tough challenge with the Chaos Theory soundtrack. Splinter Cell changes pace at a moment’s notice: one minute you’re tiptoeing your way along a darkened catwalk, the next, a guard has you in his flashlight and all bullet-flying hell is breaking loose. As such,...
Whether it’s aimless sandbox meandering you’re after, or explosive full-speed action, superb soundtracks can set the mood faster than a candle in a wine bottle.
Here are five of the best:
5. Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory – Amon Tobin
Composer and DJ Amon Tobin faced a tough challenge with the Chaos Theory soundtrack. Splinter Cell changes pace at a moment’s notice: one minute you’re tiptoeing your way along a darkened catwalk, the next, a guard has you in his flashlight and all bullet-flying hell is breaking loose. As such,...
- 8/11/2012
- by Edward Smith
- Obsessed with Film
Want to see some of the biggest names in music at Vivid Live at the the Sydney Opera House but don't want to spring for airline tickets to Australia? YouTube may have the solution for you. Through its latest technology initiative Frontrow, an Instagram-esque camera application powered by Google, audiences can zoom in and out to change their view, take photos during the live stream, apply filters, and immediately share on your social networks, including Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. Filters include B&W, Lomo, 1960s, Sunset, Lake, and Forest. YouTube will live stream select performances of the concert, so you can "share as if you're there." Just make sure to turn your location off! The line-up of performances includes: Friday, May 25, with German design collective Urbanscreen lighting the sails of Sydney Opera House Tuesday, May 29, from 6:00pm Aest / 1:00am Pst: Grammy award-winning English singer Imogen Heap, in an...
- 5/29/2012
- by Drew Baldwin
- Tubefilter.com
Photo by Zachary Swickey
By Zachary Swickey
Yesterday morning all of those lucky enough to attend Cali’s Coachella Music Festival (myself included) were awakened by the blistering sun for one last time as the second weekend of the fest drew to a close. It’s a no-brainer why it’s one of the most desirable festivals with such impeccable professionalism and a wealth of top-tier diverse acts; however, some artists aren’t getting the media attention they deserve for their amazing performances, like Radiohead openers, Other Lives.
My only beef with Coachella is not that it’s not good enough – far from it – it’s that the festival creates such an amazing stack of artists that it’s impossible to see everyone you want while also discovering new music (even two weekends isn’t enough honestly). For example, Avicii was spinning in the Sahara tent for a few thousand...
By Zachary Swickey
Yesterday morning all of those lucky enough to attend Cali’s Coachella Music Festival (myself included) were awakened by the blistering sun for one last time as the second weekend of the fest drew to a close. It’s a no-brainer why it’s one of the most desirable festivals with such impeccable professionalism and a wealth of top-tier diverse acts; however, some artists aren’t getting the media attention they deserve for their amazing performances, like Radiohead openers, Other Lives.
My only beef with Coachella is not that it’s not good enough – far from it – it’s that the festival creates such an amazing stack of artists that it’s impossible to see everyone you want while also discovering new music (even two weekends isn’t enough honestly). For example, Avicii was spinning in the Sahara tent for a few thousand...
- 4/24/2012
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
The Coachella set times are out and now its time to get down to brass tacks of where to be and when.
Because there are five stages and only one of you, here are some of the scheduling conflicts that you're going up against. Not sure who you want to see? Listen to our Coachella Playlist and then decide.
Friday:
The doors open at 11am and by noon you have your first conflict. Abe Vigoda or La Riots? Unique in their sounds, but both with huge La followings.
If you want to get a good spot at M.Ward on the Mojave stage, we suggest Not staying for the entire Arctic Monkeys set on the Coachella stage. But, if you do that, you'll miss Pulp on the Coachella stage.
If you do make it to see Pulp, then most likely you won't get a great spot for Mazzy Star which...
Because there are five stages and only one of you, here are some of the scheduling conflicts that you're going up against. Not sure who you want to see? Listen to our Coachella Playlist and then decide.
Friday:
The doors open at 11am and by noon you have your first conflict. Abe Vigoda or La Riots? Unique in their sounds, but both with huge La followings.
If you want to get a good spot at M.Ward on the Mojave stage, we suggest Not staying for the entire Arctic Monkeys set on the Coachella stage. But, if you do that, you'll miss Pulp on the Coachella stage.
If you do make it to see Pulp, then most likely you won't get a great spot for Mazzy Star which...
- 4/11/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Avant-garde composer Philip Glass turned 75 in January, and while you probably forgot to get him something, some high-profile collaborators are looking to pay tribute on a new remix album. The compilation comes out June 26 and will be overseen by Glass, producer Hector Castillo, and Beck, who helped recruit a roster of artists that includes Amon Tobin, Cornelius, Memory Tapes, Tyondai Braxton, Johann Johannsson, Nosaj Thing, and Sliver Alert, among others. Along with the remix project and several live events, Glass is marking his birthday by publishing his memoirs later this year.
- 3/22/2012
- avclub.com
Famed designer Vello Virkhaus tells MTV News that Miami fans will be 'blown away with the experience we are bringing.'
By Akshay Bhansali, with reporting by Damian Vaca
The stage at the 2011 Ultra Music Festival
Photo: Jemal Countess/WireImage
His name is Vello Virkhaus, and his company, V Squared Labs, has had a hand in some of the most epic visual displays in live entertainment over the years. For more than a decade, Virkhaus, or VJ V2, his handle in the industry, has pioneered the evolution of the visual display, integrating visual remixing and 3-D digital animation and directing visuals for live shows for some of the biggest names in music: Korn, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beyoncé and Amon Tobin are but a few of his past clients. (Remember Tobin's visually masterful Isam tour last year?)
With an unmatched library of visual loops and effects in his arsenal and...
By Akshay Bhansali, with reporting by Damian Vaca
The stage at the 2011 Ultra Music Festival
Photo: Jemal Countess/WireImage
His name is Vello Virkhaus, and his company, V Squared Labs, has had a hand in some of the most epic visual displays in live entertainment over the years. For more than a decade, Virkhaus, or VJ V2, his handle in the industry, has pioneered the evolution of the visual display, integrating visual remixing and 3-D digital animation and directing visuals for live shows for some of the biggest names in music: Korn, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Beyoncé and Amon Tobin are but a few of his past clients. (Remember Tobin's visually masterful Isam tour last year?)
With an unmatched library of visual loops and effects in his arsenal and...
- 3/20/2012
- MTV Music News
You wanted it, you got it. Whatever you think of this weekend's outrageous found footage party movie "Project X" there is no denying that the filmmakers provided a serious playlist to accompany the debauchery on screen. And while 13 of those songs were collected for the official soundtrack that was released earlier this week, we've heard from more than a few readers that they want to know every song that was featured in the film. Well, we've tracked down that list and here it is: all the music that rocked your eardrums in "Project X."
And really, there is something here for everybody. For people looking for straight up party bangers there are more than a few options, but for stuffier folks who like their music to be critically approved and maybe slightly more underground, bands like The xx, Four Tet, Amon Tobin, Animal Collective and LCD Soundsystem are all featured.
And really, there is something here for everybody. For people looking for straight up party bangers there are more than a few options, but for stuffier folks who like their music to be critically approved and maybe slightly more underground, bands like The xx, Four Tet, Amon Tobin, Animal Collective and LCD Soundsystem are all featured.
- 3/3/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Coachella Music Festival released their official 2012 lineup in a tweet on Monday afternoon, and the headliners for each day are The Black Keys, Radiohead and Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg as the grand finale.
This year, the festival is experimenting with hosting the same exact lineup twice in a row over two weekends, which means that the dates for the festival are April 13-15 and April 20-22.
Fans who didn't snag a pre-sale ticket last year may be repeatedly rebuffed right now as Coachella.com is crushed under the weight of its own success. But since the festival is technically twice as long this year, we're guessing that tickets will be a bit easier to obtain than last year, when tickets sold out exactly one week after the lineup was announced.
For now, enjoy the official 2012 lineup in an easily searchable format, or scroll down for a look at the official lineup poster.
This year, the festival is experimenting with hosting the same exact lineup twice in a row over two weekends, which means that the dates for the festival are April 13-15 and April 20-22.
Fans who didn't snag a pre-sale ticket last year may be repeatedly rebuffed right now as Coachella.com is crushed under the weight of its own success. But since the festival is technically twice as long this year, we're guessing that tickets will be a bit easier to obtain than last year, when tickets sold out exactly one week after the lineup was announced.
For now, enjoy the official 2012 lineup in an easily searchable format, or scroll down for a look at the official lineup poster.
- 1/10/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Florence and the Machine, Bon Iver and Swedish House Mafia also headed to the desert for two weekends in April.
By Mary J. Dimeglio
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
Photo: Tony Barson/ WireImage
After shocking fans months ago with the news that its desert festival will span two weekends in 2012, Coachella confirmed with its lineup announcement Monday (January 9) that it is going big this year. Posted to the fest's Facebook page, the roster boasts Radiohead, The Black Keys and Dr. Dre with Snoop Dogg.
In response to last year's event selling out — a week after the 2011 lineup was announced — the festival is experimenting with featuring the same artists for two consecutive three-day weekends: April 13-15 and April 20-22.
The Black Keys, who performed last year, return to Friday night, this time getting top billing. Radiohead, Saturday's headliner, last graced Indio, California's Empire Polo Fields in 2004. This is the first booking...
By Mary J. Dimeglio
Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
Photo: Tony Barson/ WireImage
After shocking fans months ago with the news that its desert festival will span two weekends in 2012, Coachella confirmed with its lineup announcement Monday (January 9) that it is going big this year. Posted to the fest's Facebook page, the roster boasts Radiohead, The Black Keys and Dr. Dre with Snoop Dogg.
In response to last year's event selling out — a week after the 2011 lineup was announced — the festival is experimenting with featuring the same artists for two consecutive three-day weekends: April 13-15 and April 20-22.
The Black Keys, who performed last year, return to Friday night, this time getting top billing. Radiohead, Saturday's headliner, last graced Indio, California's Empire Polo Fields in 2004. This is the first booking...
- 1/9/2012
- MTV Music News
Keloid Short Film Trailer. The Keloid short film trailer is produced by Big Lazy Robot, Gene Vengerov-Markmann, Aaron Beck, Amon Tobin, and Greg Broadmore. Keloid‘s plot synopsis: “Eliezer S. Yudkowsky* wrote about an experiment which had to do with Artificial Intelligence. In a near future, man will have given birth to machines that are able to rewrite their codes, to improve themselves, and, why not, to dispense with them. This idea sounded a little bit distant to some critic voices, so an experiment was to be done: keep the AI sealed in a box from which it could not get out except by one mean: convincing a human guardian to let it out.
What if, as Yudkowsky states, ‘Humans are not secure’? Could we chess match our best creation to grant our own survival? Would man be humble enough to accept he was superseded, to look for primitive ways to find himself back,...
What if, as Yudkowsky states, ‘Humans are not secure’? Could we chess match our best creation to grant our own survival? Would man be humble enough to accept he was superseded, to look for primitive ways to find himself back,...
- 12/18/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
You've probably never heard of K3loid, a new short movie about humans hunting for a rogue artificial intelligence . but the list of people involved with this project is pretty amazing. Including mecha suits designed by Aaron Beck and Weta's Greg Broadmore. And music remixed by Amon Tobin. The actual storyline looks pretty creepy, judging from this brief trailer.
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- 12/9/2011
- QuietEarth.us
I didn’t think I would have to insult the intelligence of our readers by pointing out a very simple fact, but based on the first comment we received, I guess I should make something clear. This is a list of our favourite soundtracks of 2011. We are currently working on a list of the best original scores, which should be posted sometime within the week. Let us know if you think we left out any soundtracks you would recommend. Enjoy!
10 – Young Adult
One of the themes of Jason Reitman’s upcoming film Young Adult, is the idea of being stuck in the past, and trying to relive your glory days, and so it’s no surprise that the soundtrack to the film is loathed with 1990s alt-rock cuts. Due December 6th via Rhino Records, the fifteen-track disc features the Replacements, the Lemonheads, Dinosaur Jr., Teenage Fanclub, Cracker, 4 Non Blondes, Veruca Salt and many more.
10 – Young Adult
One of the themes of Jason Reitman’s upcoming film Young Adult, is the idea of being stuck in the past, and trying to relive your glory days, and so it’s no surprise that the soundtrack to the film is loathed with 1990s alt-rock cuts. Due December 6th via Rhino Records, the fifteen-track disc features the Replacements, the Lemonheads, Dinosaur Jr., Teenage Fanclub, Cracker, 4 Non Blondes, Veruca Salt and many more.
- 11/30/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
On the mainstream end of obscure news, Beck is putting together a CD of Philip Glass remixes featuring Glass covers by Memory Tapes, Amon Tobin, Cornelius, and Tyondai Braxton. No word yet on when it'll drop, but we imagine it'll be around Glass's 75th birthday on Jan. 31, which the album is intended to honor. Coincidentally, equally legendary modernist composer Steve Reich turned 75 not too long ago. Both 75, both going strong. You heard it here first: 75 is the new 100.
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- 10/17/2011
- by Mallika Rao
- Huffington Post
Sony's got a good thing going on with the musical accompaniment in their "Infamous" action franchise. The two games focus on Cole McGrath, a hapless everyman who gets electrical superpowers and battles evil in giant, open-world cities. Set in NYC analogue Empire City, 2008's "Infamous" rocked out to twitchy, bleeps-and-bass tracks by electro-dj Amon Tobin. That game's sequel--which just came out last week--moves to the southern locale of New Marais after a massive supervillain destroys Empire City. To create a voodoo-inflected vibe for "Infamous 2," Sony and dev studio Sucker Punch enlisted Stanton Moore of genre-blending group Galactic.
The five-man collective's music incorporates funk, R&B, blues, hip-hop and jazz to create a unique sound all its own. Sucker Punch wanted to create a polyglot musical backdrop for their virtual version of New Orleans and the work of Galactic drummer Stanton Moore provides the core for that. In the interview that follows,...
The five-man collective's music incorporates funk, R&B, blues, hip-hop and jazz to create a unique sound all its own. Sucker Punch wanted to create a polyglot musical backdrop for their virtual version of New Orleans and the work of Galactic drummer Stanton Moore provides the core for that. In the interview that follows,...
- 6/14/2011
- by Evan Narcisse
- ifc.com
From insects to outer space, Amon Tobin’s new album "Isam" is all about the buzz.
Amon Tobin is a master of metamorphosis.
On Isam, his eighth and latest album (released today via indie British label Ninja Tune), he's evolved once again. This time he's built a virtual orchestra of out digitally rendered instruments, nearly all of them more or less synthesized from found objects. "I'm trying to make sounds that don't exist in the real world, using things in the real world," Tobin says. "On this album, the sound isn't what it seems. There's no real guitar, real drum, or real voice. They've all been built to sound like instruments--but I can get them to do impossible things."
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The 39-year-old Brazilian electronic composer began his career in the mid-'90s as a DJ/producer renowned for his drum-n-bass beats and has since evolved into a pioneer in experimental music...
Amon Tobin is a master of metamorphosis.
On Isam, his eighth and latest album (released today via indie British label Ninja Tune), he's evolved once again. This time he's built a virtual orchestra of out digitally rendered instruments, nearly all of them more or less synthesized from found objects. "I'm trying to make sounds that don't exist in the real world, using things in the real world," Tobin says. "On this album, the sound isn't what it seems. There's no real guitar, real drum, or real voice. They've all been built to sound like instruments--but I can get them to do impossible things."
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The 39-year-old Brazilian electronic composer began his career in the mid-'90s as a DJ/producer renowned for his drum-n-bass beats and has since evolved into a pioneer in experimental music...
- 5/24/2011
- by Nancy Miller
- Fast Company
I've always loved instrumental music but there's something particularly special about video game music. My personal theory is that it's different from other species of earworms, because it's soaking into your neurons while your cognitive faculties are flexing to solve some gameplay riddle or another.
With the Grammy powers-that-be reorganizing categories to recognize music appearing in video games, my first thought was "It's about damn time!" Once my indignation cooled, I wondered about game music that would've won Grammys if the new openness had been in place since the earliest days of the medium. Here's a quick list of killer tracks that I've loved over the years.
1. "Creation - The State of Art"
"A Gamer's Guide to Rez"
Ken Ishii
"Rez" creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi took his inspiration from the rave music scene so the whole soundtrack vibrates with glowstick energy. (An official CD release came out years ago and has...
With the Grammy powers-that-be reorganizing categories to recognize music appearing in video games, my first thought was "It's about damn time!" Once my indignation cooled, I wondered about game music that would've won Grammys if the new openness had been in place since the earliest days of the medium. Here's a quick list of killer tracks that I've loved over the years.
1. "Creation - The State of Art"
"A Gamer's Guide to Rez"
Ken Ishii
"Rez" creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi took his inspiration from the rave music scene so the whole soundtrack vibrates with glowstick energy. (An official CD release came out years ago and has...
- 4/30/2011
- by Evan Narcisse
- ifc.com
It’s time to get the real party started. I’ve whittled down what I prefer to think of as the “critical darlings” of my top ten best scores of the past decade. From this point on, it’s all subjective. The next three scores are personal favorites that I feel are real standouts from the hordes of disappointingly functional soundtracks I’ve witnessed. Before I continue, let me clarify a few things. I chose these scores (and this is so for the previous picks) not just because they suited their respective films; this they did well. I am highlighting them because they are also, standalone, great music that isn’t content to merely assist the visual action. At times, these soundtracks may even overwhelm the film itself, though this is a rarity. I love them because it’s not until you hear them outside their natural habitat that you realize how phenomenal they are.
- 12/31/2009
- by Chris
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
CANNES -- Cannes cineastes will conjure up recollections of early Bunuel and Wertmuller: Bloodied slabs of meat and huge flabs of female buttocks. Such is the visual poetry of this pungently graphic assault on the viewing senses in Taxidermia, which is likely to be viewed in its bloody entirety by only thoracic surgeons and maniacs.
As such, those who reveled in such cinematic synapses as the eyeball being slit in Un Chien Andalou will gravitate toward this outrageous, and frequently hilarious, piece de film. Similarly, those whose delectations run toward defecation will be perversely tantalized its aberrant abstractions. It will be hardly anyone's cup of tea, but for those with a cinematic stomach for huge bowls of vomit and innards, Taxidermia should sate the aesthetic appetite.
Assuredly, the MPAA would rate this one NC-17 for nearly each and every second and, accordingly, it might win some rebellious appreciation as a Midnight Madness.
To spare our gentle and highly-desirable reading demographic from the tawdry minutiae of the plot (such that it is), suffice it to say that Taxidermia bursts along via a series of bodily functions: rutting, vomiting, slogging, farting, copulating and every other "ing" too impolitic to print. After a while, you tend to get the feeling that filmmaker Gyorgy Palfi views mankind with the same level of regard he holds for barnyard animals.
Indeed, the two sometimes intersect: In one remarkable scene, an avid military masturbator (Csaba Czene) finds a tantalizing hole in a barn wall, layers the opening with burlap and moistens it with spittle. He then begins his eager thrusts; on the other side, the barnyard rooster spots the heaving appendage and begins to peck away. Hereafter, the participants will be referred to as the "pecker" and the "peckee."
Get the picture? If you do, stay far away.
Yet, in its crudity there are brainy bursts. With a Brazil-like midsection that lampoons the brutish culture of the former Communist bloc, Taxidermia churns with some delicious dollops of social and psychological satire. There's some shrewed Monty-Pythonish satire, with scads of mordantly nutty images.
It's also lubed with scads of absurd, Dusan Makavejan-type comedy, including a screwy subplot involving eating champions from the Bulgarian Liberation Front. To boot, there's a dose of romance between two of the biggest Commie gobblers ( Gergo Trocsanyi, Adel Stanczel). The big couple's frisky frolics at a beachside resort are a delirious lampoon of perfume and jewelry commercials.
Rotund romps aside, even those who have special capacities for non-redeeming grossness, such as film critics, will be likely sickened by some of Taxidermia's excremental excesses. Narratively, screenwriter Zsofia Ruttkay seems to have shot his thematic wad just past midsection, as the barn-yarn oozes downward into a bloated and juvenile heap.
For a film so pessimistic about mankind, Taxidermia erupts with some light-hearted technical inspiration: Cinematographer Gergely Poharnok's compositions are wickedly hilarious, while production designer Adrien Asztalos' concoctions are peculiarly gross.
Taxidermia
Fortissimofilms
Eurofilm Studio
Amdur Fou, Memento Films and La Cinefacture
In co-production with Arte France Cinema
Director: Gyorgy Palfi; Screenwriter: Zsofia Ruttkay, Gyorgy Palfi; based on the short stories of Lajos Parti Nagy; Producers: Gabor Varadi, Peter Miskotczi, Alehander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Emilie Georges; Cinematographer: Gergely Poharnok; Production designer: Adrien Asztalos; Costume designer: Julia Patkos; Editor: Reke Lemhenyi; Music: Amon Tobin. Cast. Vendel Morosgovanyi: Csaba Czene; Kalman Balatony: Gergo Trocsanyi; Lajos Balatony: Marc Bischoff; Gizella Acsel: Adel Stanczel.
No MPAA Rating, running time 90 minutes.
As such, those who reveled in such cinematic synapses as the eyeball being slit in Un Chien Andalou will gravitate toward this outrageous, and frequently hilarious, piece de film. Similarly, those whose delectations run toward defecation will be perversely tantalized its aberrant abstractions. It will be hardly anyone's cup of tea, but for those with a cinematic stomach for huge bowls of vomit and innards, Taxidermia should sate the aesthetic appetite.
Assuredly, the MPAA would rate this one NC-17 for nearly each and every second and, accordingly, it might win some rebellious appreciation as a Midnight Madness.
To spare our gentle and highly-desirable reading demographic from the tawdry minutiae of the plot (such that it is), suffice it to say that Taxidermia bursts along via a series of bodily functions: rutting, vomiting, slogging, farting, copulating and every other "ing" too impolitic to print. After a while, you tend to get the feeling that filmmaker Gyorgy Palfi views mankind with the same level of regard he holds for barnyard animals.
Indeed, the two sometimes intersect: In one remarkable scene, an avid military masturbator (Csaba Czene) finds a tantalizing hole in a barn wall, layers the opening with burlap and moistens it with spittle. He then begins his eager thrusts; on the other side, the barnyard rooster spots the heaving appendage and begins to peck away. Hereafter, the participants will be referred to as the "pecker" and the "peckee."
Get the picture? If you do, stay far away.
Yet, in its crudity there are brainy bursts. With a Brazil-like midsection that lampoons the brutish culture of the former Communist bloc, Taxidermia churns with some delicious dollops of social and psychological satire. There's some shrewed Monty-Pythonish satire, with scads of mordantly nutty images.
It's also lubed with scads of absurd, Dusan Makavejan-type comedy, including a screwy subplot involving eating champions from the Bulgarian Liberation Front. To boot, there's a dose of romance between two of the biggest Commie gobblers ( Gergo Trocsanyi, Adel Stanczel). The big couple's frisky frolics at a beachside resort are a delirious lampoon of perfume and jewelry commercials.
Rotund romps aside, even those who have special capacities for non-redeeming grossness, such as film critics, will be likely sickened by some of Taxidermia's excremental excesses. Narratively, screenwriter Zsofia Ruttkay seems to have shot his thematic wad just past midsection, as the barn-yarn oozes downward into a bloated and juvenile heap.
For a film so pessimistic about mankind, Taxidermia erupts with some light-hearted technical inspiration: Cinematographer Gergely Poharnok's compositions are wickedly hilarious, while production designer Adrien Asztalos' concoctions are peculiarly gross.
Taxidermia
Fortissimofilms
Eurofilm Studio
Amdur Fou, Memento Films and La Cinefacture
In co-production with Arte France Cinema
Director: Gyorgy Palfi; Screenwriter: Zsofia Ruttkay, Gyorgy Palfi; based on the short stories of Lajos Parti Nagy; Producers: Gabor Varadi, Peter Miskotczi, Alehander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Gabriele Kranzelbinder, Alexandre Mallet-Guy, Emilie Georges; Cinematographer: Gergely Poharnok; Production designer: Adrien Asztalos; Costume designer: Julia Patkos; Editor: Reke Lemhenyi; Music: Amon Tobin. Cast. Vendel Morosgovanyi: Csaba Czene; Kalman Balatony: Gergo Trocsanyi; Lajos Balatony: Marc Bischoff; Gizella Acsel: Adel Stanczel.
No MPAA Rating, running time 90 minutes.
- 5/20/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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