Listen: Lightning Bolt - "King Candy"

On September 25, Load Records will release an EP of Rhode Island noise band, Lightning Bolt's, "lost tracks", called Oblivion Hunter.

"Since forming in 1994, Lightning Bolt has taken a zig zag path to recording, playing and touring. Following in this pattern is the release of Oblivion Hunter, a collection of the band’s epic recording sessions over the last few years. Oblivion Hunter is a real cool time – loose, hard and loopy. From the get-go the sound is amped-up and free with an ear on the railroad tracks to the big sounds of industry and clamor. Bass sounds jump out of the speaker cones that conjure up ears in alien propulsion systems, nights in faraway wind tunnels, and brutal beatings at Gitmo. Drums and assorted FX pop in and out with the resolve of a finger quivering over the A-bomb button drunk on power and convinced of your need. This record is one of the few necessary things in your grim stretch of existence, played by a band with 20 years of total conviction to the destruction of your ear drums. The net is cast decidedly further this time out with North Pole square dancing colliding with shock troop whiplash, executed with the spontaneous interplay of neutrino collision. It is time for you to binge and purge. You are now the Oblivion Hunter."

Track Listing:
1. King Candy
2. Baron Wasteland
3. Oblivion Balloon
4. Fly Fucker Fly
5. The Soft Spoken Spectre
6. Salamander
7. World Wobbly Wide

Listen to "King Candy” below...

Listen: Doc Delay's - "Galactic Gazebo Music" mix

Well whatta ya' know, do my eyes deceive me? Summer is creeping on and we have a new Doc Delay mix to enjoy, the Galactic Gazebo Music mix. Us Onomatopoeians have a nice little appreciation for the Brooklyn based DJ and have been hyping this new release for months... mainly because it was supposed to come out months ago, but who are we to complain? The 3rd in the Galactic series of mixes took over a year and the amount of work that went into it is quite evident.

"I spent a year meticulously amassing source material and slowly pieced the mix together using pro-tools. Working in key, with full fidelity intact was truly the most important concern in these arrangements. Too many mixes I’ve heard lately, my own included, have a rushed feel and transitions based solely in percussion. I wanted the finished product to sound like each element could not be separated from the family of music to which it was grouped. Every song should benefit from the one before it, after it, and over it. The genre of the songs need not matter–simply their sounds together." 

To listen to his previous Galactic mixes check out our previous coverage and be sure to check out Delay's site for more mixes and news on his live DJ gigs. Including releases of individual "loose" & original tracks in the next coming weeks.
  Right-click here to Download (320 kpbs).

Listen: Ty Segall's "Goodbye Bread", recreated with analog synths

To help celebrate Mr. Bob Moog's birthday I thought we should post something some what fitting. Recently Marty Marquis of Blitzen Trapper recreated SF-based Ty Segall's kickass album Goodbye Bread using "Moog Taurus 3 and Voyager XL plus Moogerfooger array”. Enjoy!!!

Switched-On Goodbye Bread by Marty Marquis

Throwback Thursdays: Lightning Bolt - "20"

For this week’s Throwback Thursday we are going with some recently unearthed music from noise duo Lightning Bolt. "20" was recorded on August 11, 1997 in Fort Thunder R.I. on the old Tascam 424 cassette 4 track Chippendale's high school band had bought in the late 80's. The band recorded 3 takes over three days. Take 1 is thin and take 3 is rockin but the bass drum pedal breaks at the 19 minute mark, so here is take 2. Apparently the session was recorded over a tape of an older recording making the sound even more HiFi than usual. Budgets were tight back then and a new cassette was not in the cards. (So you may have to crank the bass a bit). The concept was simple, set up a clock, start playing the pattern and when the clock hits 20 minutes switch to part 2. The band had this to say of the project…

“The strange thing is on this particular take we change at the 19 minute mark, defeating the whole purpose of the concept. The only possibility is that time must have been different back then. Either way it was an endurance test and hypnotic experiment. And in a way is the most Lightning Boltesque song of all Lightning Bolt songs. This song was released on cassette on the 1997 Lightning Bolt/Forcefield U.S. tour. It was on the 3rd day after selling a couple copies for $5 each that we realized the master was so quiet it might as well have been blank. Sorry guys. The track was originally labelled "Rescue Mission" but that title was totally arbitrary and "20" seems like a more to the point name. The download is pay-what-you want. You can get it for free, but we do appreciate a donation. Thanks for listening.”

Credits: Written, performed, recorded by Lightning Bolt at Fort Thunder in 1997. Mixed by BC in the Hilarious Attic in 2012. Lightning Bolt was, and is, Brian Gibson and Brian Chippendale.

Listen: Balam Acab vs The Weeknd - 'Big Boy Outside' (TLS Mash)

Came across this impressive mash-up of two of my favorite artists of 2011: Balam Acab and The Weeknd.  The track was put together by The Leaving Scene and you can listen to or download it below:

Listen: The xx - "Open Eyes" (Demo)

Merry xxmas (too easy...sorry).  The xx finally offer up some new material in the form of a demo they did while recording their new album.  The name of the track is "Open Eyes" and it's a mouth watering look at what we can expect from the trio.  Listen to it below or download it here. 

Listen: Deadmau5 remix of Radiohead, "Codex"

Radiohead remixes are coming out left and right these days, some hits but most of them are misses. Misses in the sense that the original is just so much better, so why listen to another version.

I was pleasantly surprised to see one from Deadmau5, who is known for having somewhat of a heavy chaotic sound. His instumental remix of Radiohead's "Codex" is quite beautiful and not what I was expecting at all. Hopefully more to come.

Deadmau5 remix - "Codex"
Radiohead - Codex (deadmau5 cover) by fuckmylife

Original Radiohead version - "Codex"
Radiohead - Codex by mariocon

Listen: Bieber ambient remix... slowed down x800

In 2010, musician Nick Pittsinger took a boring pop song, "U Smile" by Justin Bieber and made it interesting. How? He slowed it down by 800 percent and it become a 35-minute ambient opus.

It has been out for a while and there have been remixes left and right and knock offs but it is still an interesting listen even as background music.

Not sure if the Bieber folk are to blame but it has been pulled from most sites that were sharing it as if it was recognizable in the 1st place. This stream is from the NY Post who will probably kick our ass.