Braindance! - Braindance!

mindset (9 replies)

gwud — Sat, 18 May 2013 09:38:48 -0700

Making a track..going into it..are pumped? Do you rock? Or are you tired and shit? What makes the difference? What the fuck does it take to turn a pile of sounds into a stream of magma? What do you think when you wanna sit down am making something as hyper hifi banjo strings as possible? Im trying to start a thread about successful insano jam creation that doesnt repeat itself.. And the battle to finish ideas. What makes a jam slam? I am getting old and need yo hear you farts talk shit!

Rotodrone - Yesterday's Jam [LP] (1 reply)

rotodrone — Sun, 12 May 2013 14:24:26 -0700

Rotodrone - Yesterday's Jam

Here's a bunch of music I made last year, which has been decaying on my hard drive for a while so it's time it got out in to the big wide world.

Expect Rolands, videogame melodies, synths and funs.
Yeah nice!

01. Capax Infiniti
02. Anamie Anie
03. Build A Rocket To The Moon
04. Cosmik Future
05. Elan Movt Fono
06. My Fingers Are All Thumbs
07. Kian En Varik
08. Deep Water Bathysphere
09. Xenophyophore
10. Nitrogen Bubbles
11. Thank You

[www.unusualcadence.com]
^ download it from here

Poetry Thread (16 replies)

CharlesWatkins — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:34:43 -0700

post your best poetry here

ill start

The Chronic by Charles Watkins
Make my bud the chronic, I want to get fucked up
Make my bud the chronic, I got to fire it up
I want the bomb, I want the chronic, I want to get fucked up
Make my shit the chronic, before I take it home

Captcha (4 replies)

hardoff — Wed, 08 May 2013 03:59:00 -0700

usually Captcha's annoy the living fuck out of me, but i liked this bullshit word one of them just gave me:

"Chargyze"

Kinda sounds like it should come with a massive rave horn and some hoovers.

anything except electronic music discussion, trolling, or totally irrelevant shit (79 replies)

hardoff — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:06:07 -0700

worth a try, yeah?

Hatred (12 replies)

scoobs — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:20:53 -0700

Discuss.

What they Wore to Coachella - Coachella Fashion (7 replies)

CharlesWatkins — Mon, 06 May 2013 02:31:56 -0700

Thought you guys might be interested in this.

[fashion.telegraph.co.uk]

[LDN]17.05 - The Official Alt-J After Party with Fantastic Mr Fox, MPSF & more (no replies)

them — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:37:56 -0700

Brixton Jamm Presents The Official Alt-J After Party,

Featuring

Thom Alt-J (DJ Set)
Fantastic Mr Fox
My Panda Shall Fly
Teleman (DJ set)
Room 2 - THEM
Naive Machine
Moto & Bagheera
Laurent

Friday 17th May
Btixton Jamm, 261 Brixton Road, SW9 6LH, till late.
Tickets on-sale now from - [www.residentadvisor.net]
and BrixtonJamm.org

Online Film Music Agent / Library Service (8 replies)

m||m — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:32:17 -0700

Hello i'm looking for an online service where you upload music and audio for use in film and tv. I know exist but I can't seem to get the right google search. They basically take care of all the legal stuff and take a cut of any royalties and take a fee. thanks >.<

TechAngle is here to save the day (OAKLAND, SF) (5 replies)

Dr. Rek — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:41:38 -0700

last we spoke,
i was doing stuff
well some stuff happened
and i moved to Oakland
and i started this
[www.techangle.org]

gourmet music rallying call!
join us!

May 11th - Ardalan, Cumulus, Dao & Pwny, Dr. Rek & WhiskeyDevil (Riddim Oakland)
June 8th - Shiny Objects, Anthony James, Yudo Nomi, Paul "P-Dub" Wilson, Indy Niles and more TBA (mosswood park oakland 12 pm - 7, after party 7 -2 at Riddim)
June 29th - Jeno, more TBA (Riddim Oakland)
July 12th - [a]pendics.shuffle - live, live hardware acid from Dr. Rek, Antacid and Abandoned Footwear (Monarch SF)
more TBA

live hardware visuals from etcher/engraver and more tba

more good fun tba

JOIN US!

Boards of Canada Thing (53 replies)

pandapirate — Fri, 17 May 2013 18:22:30 -0700

[2020k.wordpress.com]

How elaborate...

good ass collabs (14 replies)

hoonami — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:20:59 -0700

normally i don't think collaborative works aren't that effective due to the persona of each artist being diluted for the sake of compromise/democracy or whatever but shit sometimes work like butter and bread. which brings me to my find of a stellar example that prompts me to make this thread.

[caoutchou.bandcamp.com]

here we have vertical 67's crispy drum beats tenting up oxynucid's fat synth lines like it's an outdoor wedding for the loyalties.(terrible metaphor... i'm going nowhere with this) totally complementary, not compromising at all which i still find to be the usual result for such duos who were...

mike/rich, rich/tom, and couple others i can't remember cuz they all blew.

please let me know who else made good collabs.

Michael Intergalaxon - The Art of Bird Mutation 12 INCH OUT NOW! (3 replies)

mutantswing.com — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:18:40 -0700

People of earth!

I have some really wonderful news today!
The new Michael Intergalaxon album is finally out! on vinyl!
The release of the digital version is a bit delayed because
of some electronic problems in our space communication device.

But you can order the vinyl & hear a teaser on our bandcamp page while
you wait!

We have already shipped 100000000 copies of the vinyl to other planets in
space. And the response has been overwhelming! It is a brilliantly
crafted piece of art. Space ornithology at its best!

Do not miss this! You will get a totally awesome poster with every vinyl!
[mutantswing.bandcamp.com]

Best of gratings
Jeff
Mutantswing.com

Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life. (8 replies)

hardoff — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 01:59:02 -0700

yeah, well maybe i don't need help to do that?

bitcoin (17 replies)

hardoff — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 02:27:05 -0700

if anyone here needs bitcoin (for whatever purpose), gimme a yell. I'm in japan, as is the main gtgox exchange, so i can grab soem BTC for you straight away in a domestic transfer.

Paris (11 replies)

Qrqyt — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:49:43 -0700

Mrs. Ixoteptek and I are going to cross the Atlantic and spend a week in Paris, France next month. Never been there before, can't speak a word of the language, don't really know a whole lot about real French culture aside from bullshit in movies. We're going to start by doing a few tourist things in the city, art museums and stuff like that.

I was wondering if any of you who have spent time in France have some other suggestions, things to see, places to go (and places to avoid). We were thinking about also going somewhere away from the city by train, see the countryside, a charming town, a castle or something but we can't decide what would be the best place to go. Either a day trip from Paris or to stay overnight.

I'm a not a very experienced traveler if that wasn't obvious.
thanks :)

Sorry, I've been so quiet for ages... I hope you'll forgive me if I.... (19 replies)

tea.hot,milk.twosugars — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:57:12 -0700

explain why. I've been working on my new label, and would like to share with you the results.

I've been largely moving away from electronica; the dancefloor-based particularly (getting old, I guess), and I wanted to start a label to reflect that change, and promote some music I felt was lacking a collective place to call home.

[angmohrecords.net]

Would be pleased to hear your thought and general congratulatory support. :-)

Terry

Rephlex Records - printed discography (10 replies)

Szabo-Haslam — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:15:41 -0700

Many of you here will no doubt be familiar with Rephlex Records. About three years ago, because I'm something of a fanatic, I put together a printed discography. It features pages dedicated to Aphex Twin, Luke Vibert, Bogdan Raczysnki, Cylob, DMX Krew, The Tuss, and Ceephax Acid Crew.

You can view the full project on my Behance profile: [www.behance.net]

Please feel free to share the project on Tumblr: [szabohaslam.tumblr.com]

You can also follow me on Twitter: [twitter.com]

Algorave (29 replies)

algoraver — Mon, 06 May 2013 07:26:53 -0700

Hello all,
Thought braindancers might be interested in algorave, or slag it off in interesting ways:
[algorave.com]

We've got parties coming up in Brighton (weds), London (thurs) and Karlsruhe (sat) this week.

cheers

Want to know a bit more about - DJ Frankie Homles - ? - Then Read This - (22 replies)

DJFrankieHolmes — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 22:54:00 -0700

I'm really sorry if I have not used your forum correctly, I try to do my best to follow the rules, but it gets confusing because every time I finish a new track I post my advertisement in 7 other forums beside braindance! I've never been real comfortable in forums and I never noticed anyone was ever talking about my tracks in any of the forums. It seems people just read the post and then that's it, I had no idea that any conversations about my music were taking place! ... Honestly, I think forums are so cool, but I've never been comfortable or felt real welcome in them and they are very confusing to me, hence, I post my new songs and then log out and just hope people will be interested. I won't post song advertisements in braindance anymore because I never meant to make anyone angry or irritated, I hope the discussions on my tracks were somewhat positive. I really have been burning out lately, I work 20+ hours non-stop on a track, then upload it to about 25 websites which takes a full day or longer, and recently I have been losing consciousness and passing out at my computer because I'm pushing myself way too hard, I literally blacked-out a couple times and woke up disoriented sitting up in my computer chair, and I have never been the type to do that. So I'm just really losing interest in my own music, it's become less fun and exciting for me and now just feels like this horrible torturous work that I REALLY don't want to do anymore. I mean, I want to escape in the music, be creative, express myself or something about the world in song, but then the 35+ some hours that go into getting just one song on all the websites, making videos for YouTube, making the cover art, obsessively archiving every new song on several storage devices here at home, just the obsession, and the self-important nature of the whole process... well I can not take it anymore!!! I hope all my work was for something and not for nothing, of course I need to make a living from my work, and I've never been paid one cent for a single song I've ever written, so as you can imagine 14 years of writing music without a "break" or "record deal" is enough to make a guy really go insane. I have schizo-affective disorder, PTSD from the ARMY National Guard where I was trained as an 11 Bravo at 17 years old, trained for 3 1/2 months basically to kill other human beings, then I was sent home with the expectation that I would not harm a single hair on any person's head, after they had awoken all that violence in me, it was quite confusing, and PTSD from car accidents and times I've been attacked and mugged and worse..., serious anxiety disorders including horrible social anxiety, been living with major depression and bi-polar disorder for over 20 years, with 3 major suicide attempts (losing consciousness in 2 of the attempts) now they say I had Aspergers as a child (which is some kind of disorder where you don't pick up on social cues from other people, I don't think I have Aspergers) and I now have the Cluster C Personality Disorder, not to mention the Reactive Attachment Disorder that has persisted into adulthood with me, and that's all just kind of scratching the surface of what I've been dealing with. I'm so dangerously close to becoming homeless that it's a constant source of stress for me, and I'm on a lot of very heavy psychiatric medications including Olanzapine, Risperidone, Gabapentin, and Lorazepam. What I take great pride in is that I have raised a wonderful and healthy cat and cared for him for over 10 years, but the thought of losing my home and being separated from this animal, this angel that has always been there for me and kept me going, like you would care for a child, well the thought of losing him is too much to bear... So maybe it makes some sense how a guy like me had so strongly dreamed of making some decent money from my music and having some comforts in what's left of my life, after my 34 years so far. But the music industry won't touch me, they won't even come near me, and believe me, I have sent hundreds of e-mails to about 75 people at electronic music record labels, and nothing, not a single response... no one will help, it feels like the "Bystander Effect" to me, where everyone just turns their head and walks away thinking, "I don't need to help because some other person will attend to it", and thus, everyone thinks this same thing and no one ends up helping. Many people will say I'm "crying and whining", but you have no idea what it's taken over the years for me to create these songs and get them out there for people to hear, when most days I'd really just like to die and leave this life behind. This life where I always feel so alone and am in constant physical and emotional pain and suffering on a constant basis, but I keep fighting it and keep putting new music out there for everyone, year after year, whatever it takes... and every single song I've ever written is available for FREE download at dozens of websites. I couldn't sell my music, I'm not a business person, I'm the artist with my head in the clouds who really needed some business people behind me helping me make this brand name of "DJ Frankie Holmes" that I have pretty much single handedly created and grown and nurtured over the years, into a profitable venture. I will probably be remembered as much for being a seriously messed up and mentally ill individual, as I will be remembered for my music. It's always been so hard to watch the happy and successful people doing what they do everyday, be very happy and successful. I feel terrible jealousy and resentment in my heart, and so, I am such a fatally flawed human being and show so little appreciation for the things I do have and the graces given to me. I feel compelled at times to pour my emotions or "guts" as they say, out all over the place sometimes... Don't worry, I'm done for now, and I really need a cigarette right now. I get pretty damn high on whatever I can when writing music and smoke a lot of cigarettes too, my music is and has always been intensely drug fueled (drugs being so important in the creative song writing and production process), and lately alcohol has been in the mix too. I hope you guys at the braindance forum have enjoyed at least a few of my songs, and I wish I could have gotten into the conversations, but I would just get too upset by the negative comments. I'm not saying there are a bunch of hateful people at braindance, I don't know the crowd here but of course there are a lot of really great people here, I know that, but I know how provocative many of my songs would be to certain personalities and I'm not writing music to piss people off. Just the opposite, I am trying to heal my own wounds and escape my own harsh personal reality though the healing power of music, hoping that the positive vibes in my songs, or just whatever I'm expressing musically, will help people though this difficult journey that is life. Thanks so much for listening to and talking about my songs everyone, and thanks for letting me reach people with my music through braindance!

I just want you to know, there is a human being behind all the crazy music you been hearing over the years. Full of so much life but always so close to death.

Take care my friends,

DJ Frankie Holmes

How much does Aphex Twin charge to Ghost Write. (26 replies)

CharlesWatkins — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:54:43 -0700

I've been thinking lately I would like to become really popular and famous. I remember reading a recent aphex twin interview where he was talking about how Der Antwoord came to him and asked him to write some tracks for them so they would become "the best band in the world" and I guess that's why he was going on stage with them and all that lame ass crap.

Well how much do you guys think he charges to ghost write?

Thanks

DJ Frankie Holmes - Never Gonna Fall - Electro Techno! (36 replies)

DJFrankieHolmes — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 23:49:55 -0700

Message:

"NEVER GONNA FALL" is dedicated to my new friend MARTIN ETHERIDGE
Martin's music has seen me through the terrible darkness in my life
I write this song as a tribute to him, his music made me feel so alive

--- The year is 2013 A.D. - This is ELECTRO TECHNO! ---

- DJ Frankie's back with a SUPER HOT Techno Dance track...

...This is the Definitive - ELECTRO TECHNO Dance Club single! -

--- DJ Frankie Holmes - NEVER GONNA FALL ---

Four ways to listen...

1 - www.soundcloud.com/djfrankieholmes - Free .wav download

2 - www.mp3unsigned.com/djfrankieholmes - Free .mp3 download

3 - www.indiemusicworks.com/djfrankieholmes - Free .mp3 download

4 - www.madeloud.com/artists/dj-frankie-holmes - Free .mp3 download

Enjoy!

- DJ Frankie -

"It'll just come back I promise, just drink to get drunk!"

::: Sunday, March 24, 2013 - 5:30 AM :::

/////// ..signing off.....end transmission... ///////

genres (24 replies)

hardoff — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:43:21 -0700

just discovered 'nightcore'. seems to be somewhere between cyber trance and happy hardcore.

what other genres are out there now that i don't know about?

What is this thing called dance muzix? (28 replies)

fo4URm — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:47:32 -0700

I've been asked by a "pal" from work to send her some youtubes of this thing called dance music/beats of various flavours. She only knows of modern, non-good dubstep. Which makes me cringe just thinking of a mind so empty. She is a metal fan & has a wide liking of music (apparently).

I was thinking send her some of the best bits from the main genres & maybe some good dubstep. But i don't know any good old original sounding dubstep, like dubstep was meant to be, before the devils cock raped it to pieces.

Also any recommendations for best tracks per genre might be fun!

...was thinking a little history of electronic dance music. Breakbeat, trance, hardcore, hip-hop, dnb, jungle, breakcore, idm, braindance (and any others you can think of). I couldn't be bothered to think about it, so posted here for you todo thinking for me :D

<3

New µ-Ziq - XTEP (10 replies)

pandapirate — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 11:36:55 -0700

B B B B B B B BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!

[www.planet.mu]

Antape & Kotekan Split Cassette (23 replies)

Antape — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:39:47 -0700

Hey,

I'm putting out a DIY cassette release soon. It's a split made in collaboration with the artist Kotekan and we'll release it physically (limited edition of 100 tapes) and digitally (Bandcamp, pay-what-you-want) on the 12th of April :

A bit of the promo text :
This screen-printed yellow tape comes in a handmade box, with dual-sided artwork, and an insert providing tracklisting and information, all lovingly handcrafted with a DIY approach. On the cassette, you will find 40 minutes of fresh music from Antape and Kotekan, in the form of two 20 minute debut EPs. 14 tracks seeping with synthesizer screams, lush ambient soundscapes, off-kilter beats, cubist compositions, and very square waves, this release spans through a great variety of unconventional and imaginative modern age computer music.

And a taste of the album with those two tracks :

Antape - Junpei's Sandbugs

Kotekan - Cloud Giant

For more promo text and pictures wankery, I forward you to the official page : Antape & Kotekan Split (Royderats)

I'll update this thread on the 12th of April with Bandcamp links for those who are interested in downloading the music. I know this board isn't especially made for promoting releases and I can imagine this thread being seen as spam. The reason I post here is because this release has been auto-produced all the way through, and so it is promoted. Basically we're advertising the electronic boards we know and some radio shows which could be interested in helping us spread our music. If this thread still appears abusive somehow let me know.

That being said, I hope you'll give a try and enjoy !
more info soon

Antape

Stazma the Junglechrist EP on Acroplane, inc remixes by Electromeca and 2methylBulbe1ol (15 replies)

Acroplane — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:53:38 -0700

Available to buy now.

ACPR021 : Stazma the Junglechrist - Acid Bleed

01 - Infected Brain Cell
02 - Your Computer Is Under Arrest
03 - Eyes Bleed Acid
04 - Balkansky & Loop Stepwalker - 8.9 ( Stazma Hellfire Remix)
05 - Eyes Bleed Acid (Electromeca Remix)
06 - Your Computer Is Under Arrest (2methylBulbe1ol Remix)

With his 1st EP on Acroplane, Stazma the Junglechrist kicks the doors clean off with his Acid Bleed EP, a fine example of sonic combat.

Stream and buy now direct from Acroplane..
[acroplanerecordings.bandcamp.com]

help me (26 replies)

hoonami — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 00:48:15 -0700

too much noise pollution in this city (seoul)
my brain is rewiring its pleasure center to my sense of taste as its primary where it can enjoy uninterrupted sensation of pleasure (after all, who can interrupt what you taste as opposed to what you hear/aurally imagine being interrupted/fouled by loud talking fools with a code of mannerism deriving from 3rd world status that korea was stuck in just a decade ago and which even the current generation hasn't completely shed of) [hardoff and peace should be so lucky cuz japan has none of that issue- he shouldn't have had the chance to witness how mongoloid asian population can be when their homogeneous mentality is penetrated by animal crudeness that is the base instinct of human beings.]
so i am bombarded daily by these monkey shrieking until music and harmony in my head is muted and disappeared to what seems permanently, as i've recently developed a habit of overeating and taking pleasure out of my taste buds regardless of my stomach and my self preservation instinct is telling me about the woes of gluttony. in the past 2 months or so ive gained 2-3lb(a lot fory perpetually skinny asian frame), lost all my urge of self improvement, and most importantly, stopped loving music, loving life in general. this is a cry for help, i suppose. sorry for the melodrama but alcohol does hav therapeutic values.

p.s. ceephax cro magnon songs been stuck in my head all week but i listen to it, meh,im thining about food again

mayb tbis is a goodbye, my braindancers. i wont b a braindancer no longer but a caloriedancer. world had fked me over n now im beginnin to fk myself over- because the world is eventually what u contain in yourself. ive never been an egoist. in fact, too much of an opposite; so now i'm in the process of lowering myself to my surroundings. and i hate it, i hate it all...

please mind your annunciation (6 replies)

ArtieQewpie — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 01:16:36 -0700

-16296 Annunciator 0 Off
Turns off game control output (annunciator) number 0. The voltage on pin 15 of the game control is set to approximately 0 volts (TTL low).

-16295 Annunciator 0 On
Turns on game control output (annunciator) number 0. The voltage on pin 15 of the game control is set to approximately +5 volts (TTL high).

The following annunciator soft switches follow the same rules as annunciator 0 for their respective pin assignments:

-16294 Annunciator 1 Off
-16293 Annunciator 1 On
-16292 Annunciator 2 Off
-16291 Annunciator 2 On
-16290 Annunciator 3 Off
-16289 Annunciator 3 On

-16287 Read Pushbutton 0
When the pushbutton on game control number 0 or the open-apple key is being pressed, the value in this location exceeds 127. When it is not being pressed, the value is 127 or less.

The following pushbutton soft switches follow the same rules as pushbutton 0 for their respective pin assignments:

-16286 Read Pushbutton 1
-16285 Read Pushbutton 2

-16320 Stobe Output
Normally pin 5 of the game control connector is +5 volts. If you PEEK memory location -16320, it drops to 0 volts for one-half microsecond. POKE will trigger the strobe twice.

The following is a direct exerpt from page 167 of the Apple //e Reference Manual:

"The hand-control inputs are connected to the timing inputs of an NE558 quadruple 555-type analog timer. Addressing $C07x sends a signal from the 74LS154 that resets all four timers and causes their outputs to go one (high). A variable resistance of up to 150K ohms connected between one of these inputs and the +5V supply controls the charging time of one of four 0.022-microfarad capacitors. When the voltage on the capacitor passes a certain threshhold, the output of the NE558 changes back to zero (low).

Programs can determine the setting of a variable resistor by resetting the timers and then counting time until the selected timer input changes from high to low. The resulting count is proportional to the resistance."

Basically, the above excerpt is a long description of the BASIC PDL() function.

Dank Watkins knowledge of the Underground Quiz (20 replies)

hardoff — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 03:54:29 -0700

No doubt he'll try to find a way to troll himself out of this, but here it goes anyway. Ask DankWatkins anything about the REAL underground, and he will enlighten you ;)