NIN Remix Of The Week 05

I'm starting to think I'm Nine Inch Nails indoctrinated. I have no more creativity of myself. All is inspired by Trent Reznor. I hate him. I hate him with a fucking vengeance.

I'll explain why:

After I got my new girlfriend Leslie, and played around with Ableton, I don't seem to be even remotely able to come up with something completely original. (For the people who didn't get it the first time: Leslie is my Les Paul Special II guitar, and Ableton is a software program for creating and arranging music on PC or Mac.) Everything I do is somehow related to a NIN song. Like that, I came to almost the exact same riff as the chorus in 'Head Down', so I decided to start remaking/remixing that one. Next 'coincidence' was 'Not So Pretty Now' though admittedly, I did intend to remake that one from the start. Now, just yet, just today, I played and recorded two riffs over eachother for a somewhat simple harmonious and rhythmic playfulness and guess what? It sounded exactly like 'The Beginning of the End'. To check if I was really that badly influenced, I opened the multitracks from the Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D DVD, and yep... I was only 2 bpm off (original is 138bpm, I recorded on 140bpm). A minor transpose to the copied vocal tracks and voila: A remake of 'The Beginning of the End' in the making.

Three times is a charm. I have been doomed to obey the will of our father who art in Los Angeles. Thou music come in the studio as well as on stage and in every fucking bedroom. Get the fuck out of my head, Trent. ~grumblemutter~

Anyway, enough bullshitting. I'm again a day late with your weekly dose of NIN-remixedness. For the occasion, I present you:

NIN - The Beginning of the End [Ladytron Remix]

It's definitely not the best I heard fron NIN, and also not the best I've heard from Ladytron, but it makes a great track to surprise you while you aren't really listening.

Enjoy.

Heads Up!

Just a couple of things I'd like to share for convenience and enjoyment:

~ I have a new girlfriend. She's a rockbitch pur sang. A deliciously curved and sunbursted body, long, slender neck and a voice as enjoyable as warm sunrays in early spring. I call her 'Leslie' and I met her at GuitarCenter. :P

~ If you don't see me in Second Life, I'm likely playing with Leslie and Ableton. We make an awesome threesome, and working together towards projects of intimacy is a delight to the ear. Yes, that means that some time soon I'll be able to show off our firstborn. I will be sacrificing it to Trent Reznor.

~ My show's gonna move. Sunday afternoon simply isn't the right time anymore. Many people that I know that would like to come to my shows are busy with other stuff on sunny sundays, and rightfully so. I want some sunny sunday afternoons with Isabel too!

So since my weekend is currently basically fucked up by my shows that no one shows up for anyway, I figured I'd do us all a favor and change time and day.

From now on you will be able to bliss out on my selection of tunes Tuesdays, 7pm

~ Dexter is a new DJ at the Splinter, he had his first shot at fame last sunday, and if the loss of clothes is any indication of how convinced we were of Dexter's awesomeness, he's very awesome.

Sundays, 7pm. Come get some!

~ I'm looking into a band called 'Naked Empire' from Austin. They sound like Muse with a sense for harmony. Look 'em up on myspace!

~ I have made a movieclip of me having sex with Isabel in RL. It's kind of a porny movie, without bits showing, so I could post it on YouTube. Have a look HERE.

Enjoy your day, see you tonight @ the Splinter, 7pm.

NIN Remix Of The Week 04

Back in the day, when there was a contest out there to remix 'Only', many many remixes of this famous 'there is no you, there is only me' track swarmed the internet and ended up on b-sides of NIN releases (Richard-X remix, E-Ib remix).

One remix didn't make it into the contest. Because it was too long. It spans an incredible 23:15. It is available only since a week or so at remix.nin.com. It is epic. It is hard, full of ambience, danceable beats, aggression, dreamy audioscapes and an amazing amount of variety for such a lengthy track. It is a trip of and in itself. It is the kind of track that blows you back and makes you sit down to be able to cope with it, unwilling to let you go or stop listening. That, or it makes you turn it up max volume and dance your butt off.

NIN - Only (Triptych remix by MoozE).mp3

More info on MoozE, and more music from Russia to blow you away on myspace (really, head over there, and listen, it's GOOD).

Nine Inch Nails Remix Of The Week 03

I know, I know! I'm late!

Told you I'd have a hard time doing this thing weekly properly!

Anyway, this isn't about me this time, it's all about a french girl making an awesome remake/mix of NIN's Perfect Drug. Now, I think we can agree on the fact 'The Perfect Drug' has been remixed and remade into oblivion, and it's really hard to stand out with the song, however, Absolute Entity 01 (myspace) stands out like a white orchid in a field of grass.

An exquisite remake with a strong emotional load. I almost dare to say she managed to make a better version than the original:

Absolute Entity 01 - You Are The Perfect Drug (NIN).mp3

Close your eyes, lay back, and let this girl's voice rip through your soul. She's amazing. Enjoy!

A Recipe For Melody

seven eights of joy

five quarts of grace

a gentle rhythm with a little quirk

and plenty pauses to slow the pace

eight sixteenth of comfort

two quarts of space

a half full note will just say enough

and fill a heart like a warm embrace

three quarts of waltz

four quarts for march

arpeggiate up for magic and wings

a good measure of what imagination brings

mix it together in an arrangement of trust

simmer for months and be careful with lust

repeat and vary and change only little

don't sing in minor lest she be lost

(c) Jazhara Keon

The Splinter Grand Opening: An Impression

As soon as the notices went out, and as soon as Seren started spinning her tunes, The Splinter filled up with people. Good people I must add.

The audience was diverse and social, and lots of chatting, jokes and dancing went on and oh joy! No-one seemed to have a 'woooooo!' gesture active, no one started green-spam-spanking the whole crowd, and there were no ridiculous particle poofers to disrupt the great atmosphere. To me it felt like the right people came to the right place at the right time.

Seren played a great set, the music was uplifting, energetic and flowed greatly with the audience, and I think her tips underlined the fact she did a great job. I am really, really happy to have her aboard and hope she'll stick around for a long time to come.

The party wouldn't have been complete for me without The Sisters of Mercy (~points at the picture above~ oh how I'd like to read their IM's when they get silent in public ~smirk~)

After my own set, Bionic joined us just in time to take over with a wicked psytrance set that lasted for another 4 hours. S/he, too, made this whole event a happening I'll remember for a long time to come.

All in all, it was a great night, with great music, great people, and a great atmosphere; the exact atmosphere I hoped to capture when I made the Splinter, and an atmosphere I hope to maintain.

If you were there this night, thank you bunches!! If you happened to miss it, I hope you'll find yourself able to taste this place soon, you are most welcome!

NIN Remix Of The Week 02

Another week, another Nine Inch Nails remix in the spotlight, straight from remix.nin.com. This remix has been up there for a little while now, even though I only found it less than two weeks ago. From NIN's latest album The Slip comes Echoplex, an already awesome song, and an original live experience as well as Trent programs the drumcomputer for it visually on a huge projection screen:

The remix of this week is made by Adam Lane from the south of Florida, and may be better known as Obscure Descension. It turns the rather rocky Echoplex into a smooth and very danceable, even bit trancy track. From the first time I heard it I was thoroughly impressed, and I almost feel like I'm holding out on you guys because I didn't share it before.

So let me make it up to you:

Echoplex (EBM Remix by Obscure Descension)

(download expired, please contact me if you still want this mp3 :)

Make sure to visit Adam Lane's myspacepage and website as well to hear more of his work, it's rather good if you are a fan of the elektro/industrial/EBM genre.

Enjoy and let me know what you think!

The Splinter Opens

Yes!

tomorrow

Friday April 3rd

3pm

The Splinter

featuring DJ's:

Seren Dawes

Jazhara Keon

Bionic Merlin

click to teleport there

Custom Build: Sin Sensual Photo's

Yes, I still do commissions and custom work in Second Life, next to DJ'ing and being a brat! My latest architectural build is Sin Sensual Photo's (SLurl).

It's a skybox up at 2000m in the sky, so the focus is on the interior. Using a couple of techniques I also used in the build of The Splinter (lighting on the ground, city skyline through the windows), I think I managed to build a 'clean urban grunge' loft.

The loft has warm wood floors, cool concrete walls, and plenty of space to put up pictures. As a little treat I put in a service elevator in the middle of the place to emphasize the industrial feel to the place. It is urban and grungy and industrial but clean. Have a look at the pictures here, or simply head over into SL. If you decide to visit, be sure to say 'hi' to my good friend Russell, boss and boy of Sin Sensual Photo's ;)