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v3 Guide to the Interneat #13

duncan — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:15:39 +0000

Pei-San Ng makes incredbile art from matchsticks.

(via Chairman Ting)
A wonderful, short presentation from Kurt Vonnegut, describing the shapes of stories.

(via kottke)
There is something pretty interesting going on just around the corner from my new home here in Vancouver. This Space is working collaboratively with the community to create a new business in an empty building in Chinatown/Strathcona.

They are going to run a voting and feedback process over the next few months on everything from what the business will do, to the employees who will work there. It is a great concept, and I am looking forward to seeing the results of such a long term and ambitious collaboration project.
GoPro make some really cool, inexpensive little HD video cameras that are great for action sports. If you get a whole bunch of them together you can do some pretty incredible stuff:

(via Spoke)
More GoPro cameras put to good use. This beautifully edited short film about base jumping features incredible scenery from the incredible jump spots they use around Europe. I have a huge admiration for base jumpers, and it is something that I hope that I get the chance to do (and have the courage to go with doing it) one day.

(via Infinity List)
Anyone who has been keeping up with the changes at Facebook will no doubt have heard about the influence and input of Nicholas Felton (aka Feltron). Apparently while he wasn’t busy helping out with completely re-imagining the Facebook profile he has been helping one of his relatives, an Australian winemaker, with some unique, beautiful, and fascinating labels. The labels are data driven, displaying data about the process behind making that particular vintage. Things like heat of fermentation, the time the skin is left of the grapes, and the ripeness of the grapes. These are all things that contribute to the final complex flavour of the wine.

You can read more of the story behind them, and check out the labels in more detail on the Between Five Bells site.
Photographer Sam Gellman went on a four day trip to North Korea and took some incredible photos of their annual ‘Mass Games’. Apparently the image in the background is made up of 20,000 ‘pixels’ – each a Korean child holding a coloured card which they frequently change.

(via MyModernMet)
Kyle McDonald and Arturo Castro have been collaborating on some pretty cool real time face tracking and substitution. This seems to have culminated (at least for now) in the implementation below, which if you are a Phillip K. Dick fan will probably get you pretty excited.

(via Creative Applications)
Archie Out of Context (the brainchild of Ashleigh Rajela) does exactly what it says on the tin, and is very funny. Who doesn’t like a good double entendre?
My good friend Matt has an incredible talent for making hilarious little video mash ups. David Schwimmer smashes the club with his latest tear out dubstep anthem:

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v3 mix of the month August 2011: Baptman

duncan — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:32:40 +0000

Late last year R+I Creative produced a fantastic short film, Influencers. The film interviews successful New York creatives about what it means to be an influential and how trends become contagious . It is a great watch, but as an added bonus French DJ Baptman produced an incredible accompanying soundtrack, ‘Under the Influence’.

For the last three months I have been traveling, making my way from Auckland to Vancouver. Time spent traveling is an excellent oppourtunity to reflect. I found myself coming back to this mixtape on a regular basis as my mind wandered. It has an exceptionally crafted, laid back, soulful vibe. The mix features Baptman’s unique edits of tracks from artists like Common, Miike Snow, Aloe Blacc, and Jay Dee interspersed with quotes from the film. Clocking in at just under half an hour it is perfect for a brief inspirational excursion.

Grab the Baptman – Under the Influence mixtape for yourself [right click, save as]

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Worlds Collide: Specialized Beats

duncan — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:18:23 +0000

Two of my biggest loves come together in this great musical experiment from WhiteNoise Lab. A Specialized Stumpjumper Pro FSR and Stumpjumper Comp FSR are put to work on a banging little beat. Reminds me a lot of Pogo.

Specialized Beats from WhiteNoise | Lab on Vimeo.

Thanks Jeff & John for the tip.

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v3 Mix of the Month May 2011: Jamie XX

duncan — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:48:40 +0000

I got reminded a couple of times last week that I haven’t posted any music lately. Here I was thinking that no one paid any attention to what I was posting up. I promised those people that I would get back into it on the regular, so this is my first mix of the month in about 6 months. It’s not a new mix, but it has been on high rotation for me since I got hold of it last year.

This mix comes from remixer-in-demand and one third of The XX, Jamie XX. Apparently he was commissioned by uber-cool Parisian/online store Colette to produce this, and it was given away free with purchase.

There is a reasonably chunky vein of dubstep running through this mix, but it also has enough UK garage and more downbeat electronic vibes thrown in to keep it interesting. I totally love that track from The Streets he drops at the beginning, which is apparently an old B-side on one of the single versions of ‘Has it Come to This?’. There are plenty of other highlights. Check the track list below and get amongst it.

Jamie XX – Mix for Colette 2010

Electrelane – I Only Always Think
The Streets – Streets Score
The XX – Crystalised (DarkSky Remix)
Silentone – Beat For
Rossi B & Luca – Jah No Dead
Clubroot – Lucid Dream
Darkstar – Aidy’s Girl Is a Computer
Burial – Unite
Fantastic Mr Fox & Rich Reason – Lo-Fi-Ve
Joy Orbison – Hyph Mngo
Skream – Trapped In a Dark Bubble
Silentone – Dub Plate 1
Aardvarck – One1
James Blake – Sparing The Horse
Boogaloo Crew – Hedgehog Sound
Zomby – Expert Tuition
Deadboy – Heartbreaker
Bad Autopsy – Psionic Terror
Cooly G – Narst
zed bias – To the left (test)
MJ Cole feat. Serocee – AO (MJ’s Open Your Gob Dubb)
DJ Champion – Motherboard
Bertrand Dupart – Ketokole (Boddhi Satva Ancestrial Mix)
Fantastic Mr Fox – Plimsoul
Emvee – Glitch Dub
Dorian Concept – Trilingual Dance Sexperience
The XX – Islands (Jamie XX Remix)
Silentone – You’ve Got No Love (Feat. Nigh)
Egypt – In The Morning (Original Club Mix)

Grab the Jamie XX mix for Colette [right click, save as]

If you dig this I can thoroughly recommend you pick up Jamie XX’s remix album that he did with Gil Scott-Heron, We’re New Here.

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We are the music makers

duncan — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:10:34 +0000

Sometimes the best cure for a bad mood is just to make a bit of music. By coincidence ISO50 posted up this lovely little music grid ‘Sound Matrix’ from SEMBEO. Just click on some squares to start creating. It doesn’t get more simple than that.

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v3 mix of the month November 2010: Girl Talk

duncan — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:51:35 +0000

It is fair to say that November got a little out of hand. Between getting stuck in at &some & version3.0 taking a week long unplanned (& extremely frustrating) outage I completely neglected the November mix of the month. Never the less, we have got there eventually.

It seems fitting that a month into which I crammed so much stuff I made Girl Talk’s brand new mashup opus the mix of the month. All Day, Girl Talk’s follow up to the extremely popular ‘Feed the Animals’ that saw him become the party DJ du jour, was released mid-November and has been getting a tonne of play. You have probably heard, or at least are aware of Girl Talk’s sound by now. It isn’t subtle. It tends to divide people. Provided you don’t take it too seriously there isn’t too much here to get upset about. I find it is hard not to smile at the audacity of some of his combination’s.

Whatever you think about Girl Talk, this mix is a definite crowd pleaser. Those who don’t enjoy it probably don’t enjoy much.

Girl Talk – All Day

There isn’t much point in posting a tracklist (despite the fact there is a version that splits it into 12 distinct tracks), with the whole album clocking in at 373 different samples. Just run the whole thing, it is worth it.

Right click and stick this in your computer.

If you are interested, you can see the full list of samples over on Illegal Art, or check out the excellent All Day Samples which breaks each track down by the samples that make it up in real time.

If you have a chance you should also check out the excellent RIP: A remix manifesto which takes a critical look at copyright, using Girl Talk as the subject matter.

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V3 Guide to the Interneat #10

duncan — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 03:56:58 +0000

This is a bumper edition of the guide to the Interneat to celebrate version 3.0 being resuscitated. Enjoy!

I am loving some of the gems that Letters of Note uncovers. The presidents address that would have been delivered by Richard Nixon in the event of the Apollo 11 mission being a disaster is fascinating (as is some of the discussion about the note itself).
Wicked little spot for Smart from those clever clogs at Buck. Love the style of this one.
The work of illustrator Ryan Snook is fantastic. I am particularly digging this ‘whale driver’.
Scottish trials mega freak Danny MacAskill has a new short flick, Way Back Home, shot beautifully in his home country. Danny does stuff that almost no one else in the world can on a bike. Red Bull sure know how to do sponsorship and branded content right.
Forget Avatar. The best use of 3D so far: 3DD - a book of three dimensional boobs. Probably not safe for work if your boss doesn’t like boobs. It’s art, ok.
An exhibition of incredible wallpaper that is made up of three different patterns in red, yellow & blue from Carnovsky. You can view the patterns individually by viewing through a filter.

(via designboom)
Mattias Adolfsson has some of the most fantastic sketchbooks that I have ever seen. There is an incredible amount of detail & imagination in his sketches.

(via bumbumbum)
All round smart/creative/talented dude Evan Roth has created the Public Domain Donor system. Donate your ideas to the public domain on your death so that they may live on. Just print one out and stick it on your license.
My favourite infographic designer Nicholas Feltron whipped up this awesome caffeine monitor dashboard for the Build Conference.
The Underbelly project is an exhibition of street art from 103 artists that was 18 months in the making. Even more interestingly it was held in an abandoned part of the New York underground transport network. Would love to check it out for myself.

(via designboom)
Brush & Spoke is a sweet blog dedicated to cycle related art. It can be a bit hipster tattoo & fixie fixated, but some really beautiful stuff in there.
I have a soft spot for stupid puns. The Narc-whal (from Iain Burke) hits that soft spot with a giant bat.

(via Laughing Squid)
Floating DJ desk made from Lego. I want one.
Aussie sampling wiz kid Pogo has whipped up a couple of new tunes with accompanying videos. Crimson, which samples Dexter, is my favourite.

(via the fox is black)
I have a new favourite stupid thing on the Internet: CAPTCHArt. Terribly drawn comments incorporating the all pervasive CAPTCHA phrases that everyone knows & loves.

(via Rhizome)

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Free music Friday #6

duncan — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 01:35:19 +0000

Photo from Darren Wood

It has been a long time coming, but it is time for another installment of killer tunes from talented (& generous) dudes. This edition is a bit of grab bag of tunes that I have been feeling over the past couple of months, perfect to set you up for & get you through the weekend.

All of these tunes come from the great RCRD LBL – signing up for their newsletter is well worthwhile.

Shigeto – And We Gonna (Samiyam Chopsticks Remix)

Deerhunter – Helicopter (Diplo & Lunice Remix)

Kanye West – Monster (feat. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver & Nicki Minaj)

Laws – Laws & The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble – Never (feat. Dave Young)

Shy FX – Raver (feat. Kano, Donae’o & Roses Gabor) (MJ Cole Remix)

Spank Rock – What It Look Like (Todd Edwards Remix)

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V3 Mix of the Month October 2010: Martyn

duncan — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:18:54 +0000

Martyn is one interesting producer. I first came across him through his beautiful (but slightly left field) drum & bass, much of which was right at home on Marcus Intalex’s experimental Revolve:r imprint. Tunes like Cloud Convention & I Wonder Why were among the highlights for me. From his early releases he very evolved his sound into really interesting dubstep, and launched his own label 3024 (as well as getting releases on a handful of dubsteps more interesting labels).

More recently he has been touted as one of the leaders of producers and DJs refusing to be confined by genre. This mix (recorded for the excellent XLR8R podcast series) is a pretty good representation of that eclectic sound. Drawing on classic house & techno, along with a bit of dubstep-ish stuff, hip hop and even some Prince for good measure.

His excellent Fabric 50 mix CD is well worth picking up if you dig this sound.

Martyn – XLR8R Podcast #125

Washed Out “Get Up” (Mexican Summer)
Lukid “Veto” (Werk)
King Midas Sound “Lost” (Hyperdub)
Rotating Assembly “Orchestra Hall” (Sound Signature)
Anthony Shakir “Shake it Up Dub (Remix)” (KMS)
Robert Owens “Bring Down the Walls” (Trax)
Lone “Once in a While” (Werk)
Jacob Korn “Grosskariert” (Permanent Vacation)
Joy Orbison “The Shrew Would Have Cushioned the Blow (Actress remix)” (Aus)
Prince “When Doves Cry” (Warner Bros)
Dez Williams “Abandoned Emotions” (Cheap)
DJ Duke “Future Blast” (Music For Your Ears)
Glass Domain “Interlock” (Clone)
Drexciya “Lost Vessel” (Tresor)
The Future “Daz” (Black Melody)
Aardvarck “Tulti” (Eat Concrete)
Motor City Drum Ensemble “Raw Cuts #5″ (Faces)
Basic Soul Unit “Hopy Unity Vision” (New Kanada)
Adonis “No Way Back” (Trax)
K-Alexi “Vertigo” (Transmat)
J Dilla “Nothing Like This” (Stones Throw)

Don’t hesitate, get amongst [right click, save as].

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Being Diplo

duncan — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:32:40 +0000

A great little documentary from film maker Wing-Yee Wu, following Mad Decent head honcho and one half of Major Lazer, Diplo, at the Philadelphia Mad Decent block party. He talks about being a big deal DJ, traveling the world, working, the music industry, what he did before and where he would be if he wasn’t Diplo.

Great quote from Diplo on Mad Decent: “We are still very broke, but we are a lot cooler than everyone else”