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Must hear new music

2011-07-24T17:27:00.002-04:00

I am not at all bashful for my love of the Witchhouse genre. I am especially unbashful in my love for the quite fantastic self-titled ep from Tri-Angle Records artist oOoOO. So you can only imagine my giddiness at sharing a new track from him. The track while technical not NEW (it did appear on the lovely Fact 227 mix that he did earlier in the year) this song is the sort of slow motion drag that pulls you in and never lets you go.

Not necessarily a summertime jam, but more of a thoughtful piece for the whole year. Enjoy!

Clams Casino- Rainforest EP

2011-06-27T15:05:00.005-04:00

2010 saw the emergence of a new genre of music that nobody could quite put their finger on defining. It was kind of spooky, had its' leanings towards fetishizing the imagery of 1970's witchcraft movies and Twin Peaks, (and the corresponding soundtracks) and an unusual sonic influence (wether intentional or not) in DJ Screw who was known for his mix tapes of almost demonically pitch shifted and slowed-down hip hop. That genre has been known as Witchhosue, Drag, Chillwave, Emo (just kidding- we all know that emo is now synonymous with failed goth) what ever you want to call it (or how ever you want to ignore it) there is something appealing in the horror of it all.

Amongst the labels here in the states releasing (insert what ever you want to call it here) music New York's Tri Angle Records is the leader of the pack with top notch artists like Balam Acab, oOoOO,(who's self-titled EP was easily my favorite record of 2010) How to Dress Well, Holy Other, and added to that roster of quality is the debut EP from Clams Casino.

The Rainforest EP finds Clams Casino sole member Mike Volpe exploring the same sonic paths as label mates Balam Acab, and Holy Other- chopped up vocal samples and melancholy oozing through the ones and zeros which feels like everything trip hop promised us, but failed to deliver when it went on prozak. (think Portishead for the Blade Runner generation)

The first track Natural feels like a slightly less menacing Burial combined with the afore mentioned Balam Acab, while other tracks such as Treetop, Waterfalls, and Drowning are mixed bags of hard synth sequences, hip hop sensibilities, and big beats all weaved in and out of the almost heartbreaking vocal mashes (the latter of the three has what I could swear was something reminiscent of the ki ki ki ma ma ma from the Friday the 13th soundtrack )

The final track of the EP Gorilla sounds a bit like a Suspiria era Goblin recording hiphop. Sinister synths move in and out of the mix like an Argento killer with razor sharp precision.

While the EP may not be everybody's cup of tea it certainly is worth a spin or two late at night in an old ballet school.

Natural by clammyclams

Buy Rainforest at Boomkat

Clams Casino on Facebook

CULT BRAND TARTAN BRINGS IN NEW LEADERSHIP TO REVIVE BRAND

2010-05-26T14:24:00.002-04:00

Vin Roberti, Chairman of Palisades Media Corp., announced today that veteran industry executive, Soumya Sriraman, has been named President and CEO of Palisades Tartan US and UK.

"Soumya's executive background with the studios and entrepreneurial spirit coupled with her fresh perspective and keen insights make her an ideal fit for our growing company," stated Roberti. "We are looking forward to her immediate contributions."

Sriraman added, “Vin’s track record of success with Palisades is reflected in the amazing catalog and team he has built. I am a huge fan of the Tartan catalog and plan to aggressively rebuild the brand and introduce US audiences to a new collection of cutting-edge and remarkable films.”

Palisades Tartan has emerged as one of the premier distributors of independent and arthouse cinema in the US and UK and has been on the forefront of consumer trends. Straddling both continents, their film line-up boasts an impressive repertoire in the UK including the Ingmar Bergman library, Takashi Miike’s AUDITION, horror phenom THE RING and INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which was successfully remade in the US and titled THE DEPARTED. Apart from many favorites such as Michael Winterbottom’s 9 Songs and Carlos Reygadas’s Silent Light, the US library is anchored by Park Chan-wook’s Cannes jury prize winner, OLDBOY, the film that famously introduced the Western World to the Asia Extreme brand.

Roberti and Sriraman added that they planned to aggressively build the Palisades Tartan brand in the US and UK territories with new strategic acquisitions and mergers over the coming year. Sriraman remarked that despite shrinking shelf space, newer delivery mechanisms including digital represented a significant opportunity offering consumers many viewing modes to whet their appetite for independent films.

Sriraman entered into an undisclosed multi-year contract with the company and will be relocating to New York from Los Angeles. She will immediately begin representing the company at the major film markets worldwide and aggressively source new partnerships.

Most recently, Sriraman was Senior Vice President at Universal Music and Video Distribution¹s filmed entertainment arm, Vivendi. As one of the early members on the Vivendi core executive team, she helmed the growth of the company¹s home entertainment, theatrical and TV divisions, contributing to their successes. Prior to Vivendi, she was at Warner Home Video where she spearheaded core initiatives in the TV franchise division like Friends Finale, the rebranding efforts on ER etc. Earlier, at Universal Home Entertainment, she was a pioneer in the DVD catalog space, leading the successful re-launches of Scarface and Animal House, the former considered the most successful catalog relaunch in the history of DVD.

Ms. Sriraman has over 12 years of experience in the filmed entertainment space in a vast range of disciplines including category management, brand marketing, sales analysis, theatrical distribution and TV licensing. An engineer by education, Soumya holds a M.S. in Transportation Engineering from Texas A&M University and a MBA from University of California, Irvine.

ABOUT PALISADES TARTAN
Tartan Films was originally founded in 1984 in the UK and is credited with bringing Asian Extreme film to the West as well as some of the most compelling art house films of the last quarter century. In May 2008, Palisades Pictures acquired Tartan Films US library assets and two months later, acquired a majority of Tartan Films UK’s 400+ film library assets. The new company Palisades Tartan has operations both nationally and internationally. Palisades Tartan will continue to expand an already distinctive and provocative slate of films by focusing on quality film acquisitions, thus significantly increasing the size of their overall library in both territories. Palisades Pictures and its parent company Palisades Media Corp is a prestigious financier of print & advertising for the independent film market. Together with its affiliate, Palisades Media Asset Fund, Palisades has securitized and financed more than 550 films. www.PalisadesTartan.com

How to Destroy Angels "The Space in Between [Null]"

2010-05-15T00:32:00.004-04:00

No words, just watch.

Thom from that radio somethin band covering Joy Division

2010-04-16T11:04:00.002-04:00

Oh hai.

Long time no speak.

I decided to pull myself out of exile to share this tasty little tidbit with the 3 of you reading this - Thom Yorke and his lil backing band covering Love Will Tear us Apart. Enjoy, and I promise to not be such a stranger.

New Portishead single!

2009-12-09T21:25:00.002-05:00

International human rights day (10 December) marks the anniversary of the United Nation’s historic ”Universal Declaration Of Human Rights” on 10 December 1948. The UDHR set out for the first time in a single document the fundamental rights to which everyone, everywhere is entitled - including the right to life, liberty, security, the freedoms of opinion, association and expression, and the right not to be subjected to torture or cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment. More information: amnesty.org.uk/udhr

Purchase it here

First new Imminent (starvation) in 10 years!

2009-10-20T09:24:00.004-04:00

I realize I am quite late on this one, and anybody who is into the band already knows about the album, but just because you are late to a party doesn't mean your enjoyment should be diminished. Right? Right. Anywho...

For those of you unfamiliar with Imminent, the music project of Olivier Moreau among the innovators of the movement that became known as power noise (or power electronic) in the late 90's. The last Imminent album (when he was still punctuating it with Starvation) Nord stands up to this day as one of the most essential albums of the genre. That being said it had quite a bit of underground appeal with industrial fans, tech heads, and even ravers getting into the rhythm and the noise. After that Moreau's output began slimming. There were some collaborations with Ant-Zen label mate's Synapscape (another innovator in the power electronics movement) along with some scattered comp appearances, but for the most part we heard very little recorded material from Imminent. Which is kind of ironic from a noise artist.

Thankfully the silence has finally been broken. Cask Strength Imminent's 4th full length release comes out on October 30th. This press release is taken direct from the ant zen website:

cask strength is the term used in whisky making to describe the strength of whisky (in a cask) during maturation. this strong whisky is not the one that is usually bottled, as at cask strength the whisky isn't as drinkable. most bottled whisky is normally diluted with spring water to bring its strength (alcohol by volume) down to a level that makes it more palatable, usually about 40%. while the majority of whisky bottled by distillers is watered down, some whiskies are bottled at cask strength, which is about 64% abv.
imminent starvation has been a leading light in the intersection of powerful industrial music and advanced electronics. incessant technoid rhythms, twisted electronic noise and cold, sinister atmospheric textures are the key ingredients in olivier moreau's musical spectrum. after finishing 'nord / north' in 1999, he destroyed his mixing desk, gave away the pieces as part of the limited ‘nord’ release and shortened his moniker to imminent. after the name change he produced remixes for sonar, iszoloscope, orphx and others, appeared on compilations, performed live and collaborated with synapscape as 'the incredible three'. furthermore he constantly worked on this new full length album - which has now been completed.
like any good whisky that has to mature for at least 10 years in a cask, it took the same time for this release to maturate - and it was worth awaiting the ripening. indeed the music is comparable to a cask strength whisky’s taste: raw, aggressive, powerful, without any concession or any additive to dilute it's true nature, but it also includes a lot of complexity that awaits to be discovered by a true connoisseur. straight beats interwoven with sophisticated breaks, brilliantly placed samples, intertwining powerful atmospheric synth textures and forceful distorted sequences (without inhibition) form into the sophisticated style of industrial music imminent is known and loved for. 64 minutes of music - just like a 64% abv bottled cask strength whisky contains - taste it and full satisfaction is guaranteed!

The album is available in 3 different flavors:

Standard cd edition

LP (on sister label Hymen)

Limited edition wooden box(!!)

I suggest this album to fans of industrial, noise, IDM, or the like.

Imminent's page at Ant-Zen
Imminent's Myspace (where you can hear Teskede from the new album)

Free track from ohGr!

2009-10-13T11:21:00.002-04:00

Follow the magic widget and get a new song, This won't necessarily tide you over until there is a new Skinny Puppy album, but it's cool to see there is something cooking in the camp!

Radio2019 Podcast #1

2009-10-11T23:14:00.004-04:00

I decided that it was long overdue for me to start 'casting. I've considered doing this since I first created this blog years ago. I also realize that this is really the only way for me to possibly keep up with all of the things I am currently listening to. (for now anyways) I hope to start creating video podcasts in the future, but for now I'll just stick to doing audio. This is my first crack at it, so I promise the mixes will only get better. Anywho... On to the show. In this particular case the subject of the podcast is dubstep. I've been hooked on the genre for a couple of years now, and I have yet to have talked at all about it here. So rather than me giving a long intro into the world, I want to share some of my favorite tracks. (a couple of these are not dubstep, but because the whole thing started with a comp cd I did for a friend of mine I think you can forgive me for it)

So Enjoy the first episode, and hopefully this will mean many more to come!

Vengeance Trilogy Box set info, plus October Tartan/Palasades releases and a contest!

2009-09-29T06:26:00.004-04:00

There was a huge amount of release information from Palasades/Tartan released recently.

Just in time for Halloween, Palisades Tartan is pleased to present THE BUTCHER, a distinctive and bloody treat. Told entirely from POV camera shots, this film is set to shock and scare audiences October 27th in video stores across the country.

A small group of people lie battered and bound on the floor of a dirty slaughterhouse covered in blood. Scared and confused, they soon learn their captors are snuff film producers and plan to torture them as creatively and heinously as possible before brutally killing them off one–by-one. Each scene is shot from either the killer or victim’s point of view in order to fully capture the emotional torment of the prey and the unspeakable acts that will be perpetrated on their captive bodies.

An Official Selection of The New York Asian Film Festival, THE BUTCHER highlights the creative talents of Lee Chang Man one of the best special make-up artists in Korea. Lee and his team have worked on over 20 features, including Palisades Tartan’s BLOODY REUNION, R-POINT and WHISPERING CORRIDORS.

Tartan/Palasades has graciously provided me with two copies of the butcher to give away! Stay tuned here for contest information!

THE BUTCHER
Palisades Tartan Asia Extreme
Genre: Horror/Foreign
Rating: Not Rated (Special Features Not Rated/Subject to Change)
Language: Korean (English Subtitles)
Format: DVD Only
Running Time: Approx 75 Minutes (Plus Special Features)
Suggested Retail Price: $19.99
Pre-Order Date: September 29, 2009
Street Date: October 27, 2009
Catalog #: TVD 3062
UPC Code: # 842498000052
Official Website: http://thebutcherfilm.com/

Also available and featuring some of the most twisted and perverse horror films from France, Denmark and Japan, Palisades Tartan’s TERROR PACK contains a brutal collection of spine-chilling thrillers from around the world. This 3-disc box set will be haunting DVD shelf space October 13th just in time for Halloween.

From France we have SHEITAN, starring Vincent Cassel (OCEAN’S TWELVE, IRREVERSIBLE) as Joseph, a creepy and mysterious man whose pregnant wife remains hidden in a large frightening house. When a group of teenagers visit the house, sex, satanic possession, and incest become the dinner topics and what follows is not for the faint of heart…

From Denmark comes the aptly named SLAUGHTER NIGHT. When a teenage girl loses her father in a brutal car accident she brings some friends to an abandoned mine in hopes of retrieving the last manuscript her father ever penned about nineteenth century serial killers. It’s rumored one spirit with a taste for young, pretty flesh and decapitations still hunts the old mine hungering for another Slaughter Night…

Finally from Japan, we have CARVED: THE SLIT-MOUTHED WOMAN, a story about a beautiful bride who was grotesquely disfigured by a jealous husband. Pissed off and roaming the streets in a trench coat and surgical mask, her spirit is fond of children and punishing any who fail to find her pretty with fists, knives and one incredibly wicked pair of scissors…

SHEITAN played the Midnight Madness selection at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival and screened at the 2006 Tribeca, Edinburgh and Melbourne Film Festivals. SLAUGHTER NIGHT made its North American premiere at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival and CARVED was dubbed “An instant horror classic” from Screem Magazine. This boxset marks the first in what will a series of Terror Packs from Palisades Tartan, so be sure to look out for our next great mix of horror titles from around the world.

SHEITAN / SLAUGHTER NIGHT / CARVED: THE SLIT MOUTHED WOMAN
Palisades Tartan Video
Genre: Horror/Foreign
Rating: Not Rated (Special Features Not Rated/Subject to Change)
Language: French, Danish, Japanese (English Subtitles)
Format: DVD Only (Boxset)
Running Time: Approximately 274 minutes (Not Including Special Features)
SHEITAN – 94 min (Not Including Special Features)
SLAUGHTER NIGHT– 90 min (Not Including Special Features)
CARVED – 90 min (Not Including Special Features)
Suggested Retail Price: $39.99
Pre-Order Date: September 15, 2009
Street Date: October 13, 2009
Catalog #: TVD
UPC Code: # 842498000069

Palisades Tartan is proud to present P, our very first Asia Extreme release since acquiring the Tartan Films library in May 2008. Racy and sinfully entertaining, this horror film is set to scare audiences when it streets October 20th in video stores across the country.

While growing up in rural Thailand, a young and beautiful orphan girl is taught the mysterious art of dark magic by her grandmother. When her grandmother falls sick, young Dau travels to Bangkok looking for work in order to earn enough money for medicine. She lands a job as an exotic dancer at a go-go club. Hesitant at first and ridiculed by the other dancers, circumstances force Dau to become an adult before her time and ultimately becomes the most popular and eerily seductive dancer at the club. Jealousies ensue and as her magic gets darker, the young girl gradually loses control as something abhorrently evil and wicked takes over.

An Official Selection of the New York Asian, Chicago International, Fantasia (Montreal) and PIFAN (Korea) Film Festivals, P is directed by Paul Spurrier, a former child actor who appeared in popular US television shows Max Headroom and Anna Karenina.

Thai, with English subtitles, P is presented in anamorphic widescreen, with stereo sound. Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and DTS Surround Sound 5.1. Special DVD features include Director Commentary and Behind the Scenes Video.

P
Palisades Tartan Asia Extreme
Genre: Horror/Foreign
Rating: Not Rated (Special Features Not Rated/Subject to Change)
Language: Thai (English and Spanish Subtitles)
Format: DVD Only
Running Time: Approx 110 Minutes (Plus Special Features)
Suggested Retail Price: $19.95
Pre-Order Date: September 22, 2009
Street Date: October 20, 2009
Catalog #: TVD3061

Finally this is one that I have been waiting for (as I am sure many of you have been) The Vengenace Trilogy Boxset!

Tartan will release the most exciting, impressive and comprehensive Vengeance Trilogy box-set the world has ever seen! Featuring 8-discs and more special features then any other set on the planet (including the Korean version), celebrity essays as well as a few surprises, Palisades Tartan will release Park Chan-Wook’s VENGEANCE TRILOGY November 24th in DVD stores across the country.

SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE is the first film in Park Chan-Wook’s acclaimed Vengeance trilogy. The sister of a simple and deaf factory worker, Ryu, falls ill and needs a kidney transplant, however he is not a match so he looks to the black market which he can’t afford. After being fired from his job, his rebel girlfriend suggests that he kidnap the child of his former boss, Park. When the girl accidentally dies, her father seeks vengeance for her death.

OLDBOY is Park Chan-Wook’s classic genre-defining revenge tale of a man who’s wrongly been imprisoned for 15 years and is then suddenly released. Given money and a cell phone, he’s challenged to discover who incarcerated him in the first place, but he only has five days to uncover the truth. Even with a mysterious young girl to help him, his tortures have just begun. Cannes-winner championed by Tarantino, OLDBOY regularly appeared in top ten best movie polls across the country and is listed as one of the all-time best films as rated by IMDB users.

LADY VENGEANCE, the final film in the trilogy was created by Chan-Wook for his daughter. After being wrongfully convicted of kidnapping and murdering a young child, a beautiful young woman (Lee Young-ae) is imprisoned for 13 years. While in prison she gains the respect and loyalty of her fellow cellmates, all the while plotting her vendetta on the man responsible (OLDBOY’s Choi Min-Sik). Upon her release she sets in motion an elaborate plan of retribution, but what she discovers is a truth so horrifying, even revenge doesn’t seem punishment enough.

Director Park Chan-Wook’s most recent film THIRST won the Jury Prize at Cannes (2009) and was released in the US earlier this year by Focus Features. All three films in his celebrated Vengeance trilogy collection have garnered an impressive 28 Film Festival wins at prestigious venues including Cannes, Venice, Chicago, Fantasia, Stockholm, Hong Kong and the Sitges International Film Festival to name a few.

Each film is recorded in their original language (Korean) and offer English and Spanish subtitles. Each title is presented in anamorphic widescreen, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and DTS Surround Sound 5.1.Special features include an essay on each film by celebrated filmmakers, actors and writers, including Eli Roth... Additional features include but are not limited to Audio commentary by Park Chan-Wook and actor Ryoo Seung-wan (SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE), Behind the Scenes, The Process of Mr. Vengeance, My Boksu Story, Storyboards, Photo Gallery, Filmographies, Film Notes, Crew Interviews, Three Audio Commentaries (OLDBOY), 5 Behind the Scene featurettes, Le Grand Prix at Cannes, Deleted Scenes with commentary, Regular and Fade-To-White versions (LADY VENGEANCE), Character Interviews – Lee Geum Ja, Prof. Baek, Prisoners, Families, Lady Vengeance at the 62nd Venice Film Festival, Trailer, Film Notes, Making of and Deleted Scenes.

VENGEANCE TRILOGY Box Set - (SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE / OLDBOY / LADY VENGEANCE)
Palisades Tartan Video
Genre: Thriller/Foreign
Rating: Not Rated (Special Features Not Rated/Subject to Change)
Language: Korean (English Subtitles)
Format: DVD Only / 8-disc (Box-set)
Running Time: Approximately 361 minutes (Not Including Special Features)
MR. VENGEANCE – 129 min (Not Including Special Features)
OLDBOY– 120 min (Not Including Special Features)
LADY VENGEANCE – 112 min (Not Including Special Features)
Suggested Retail Price: $49.99
Pre-Order Date: October 27th 2009
Street Date: November 24th 2009
Catalog #: TVD8307
UPC Code: # 842498000076

That should be more than enough to wet your appetite for the next few months!

Marat Sade Journals back in print!

2009-09-24T12:52:00.002-04:00

If you have followed this blog during it's last few years you may remember me going all gaga over the new published journal by Barron Storey who's work has influenced countless generation of artists (wether they realize it or not) and more importantly that a new edition of his very famous Marat/Sade Journals would go back into print.

Flash forward several years.

I just got an email from Carl Wyckaert (who runs the Graphic Novel Art blog stating that the new edition of the journal would be available October 17th!

136pages on 140gr paper

Reconstructed from the original Barron Storey journals

Introduction by David Mack

The book will be available in two editions:

A standard edition for USD $39.00

And a limited edition (of 100) signed and slipcased for USD $129

I think you can take a wild guess which edition I am ordering!

If you would like to place a pre-order for the book you can contact Car via the Graphic Novel Art page here.

I am terribly excited to see the new edition! I hope it opens up a whole new generation of fans to the book, and more so to the fantastic art of Barron Storey!

The contest you’ve been THIRST-ing for!

2009-09-16T10:39:00.002-04:00

This is pretty friggin rad I have to say!

Palisades Tartan will fly two fans to London for the THIRST premier in October and
Introduce them to Director Park Chan-wook

LOS ANGELES —September, 11th, 2009 — For Immediate Release —Palisades Tartan has just announced the ultimate contest for fans of Asian Extreme films! Beginning September 11th 2009, US and UK residents can visit www.PalisadesTartan.com and sign-up for a chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet director Park Chan-wook in person, have their picture taken with the celebrated filmmaker and travel to the UK to attend the London premier of THIRST.

“We love the films we distribute and know the fans do too. We had always planned on throwing a contest to promote our new website, but wanted to create something really special and unique,” said Kevin Burns, President and CEO of Palisades Tartan. “This contest is the perfect way for us to thank fans who have really embraced the Asia Extreme genre and shown such strong support to our filmmakers, such as Mr. Park.”

Palisades Tartan will pay for the lucky winner and their guest to travel to London to attend the THIRST premier. This will be hosted by our theatrical partners, Metrodome Distribution, at the Curzon Soho on Monday October 5th 2009. Once the winner arrives, a personal driver will be waiting to chauffer them and their companion to a beautiful hotel located in the center of London. Park Chan-wook will be at the premier and lucky winners can look forward to enjoying lunch with him the following day. Meals will also be covered, but don’t expect live octopus on any of the menus.

The contest will run for approximately two weeks, from Friday September 11th to Wednesday September 23rd 2009 (it ends midnight EST) and is open to both US and UK residents and the Republic of Ireland. No purchase necessary and complete rules and regulations are available at www.PalisadesTartan.com.

About Park Chan-wook:
Park Chan-wook is best known for OLDBOY, which won the 2004 Grand Jury Prize in Cannes and was featured on over 50 “Best Of” lists in 2005 (including Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone and The Onion). In addition to OLDBOY, SYMPATHY FOR MR VENGEANCE was the first film in the acclaimed Vengeance Trilogy series and the final film LADY VENGEANCE, boasts the highest grossing opening weekend numbers in Korea’s history, generating $9.3 million US in sales. Since the release of his first feature film JOINT SECURITY AREA (JSA), Park Chan-wook has risen in stature, becoming one of the most exciting, inventive and scrutinized directors working today.

About THIRST:
THIRST is the new film from director Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY, SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE, LADY VENGEANCE). Already a boxoffice smash in Korea, THIRST was honored with the Prix du Jury [Jury Prize] at the 2009 Cannes International Film Festival. THIRST tells the dark story of Sang-hyun (played by top Korean star Song Kang-ho, of The Host), a priest who reveres life and so selflessly volunteers for a secret vaccine which is meant to eradicate a deadly virus. The vaccine fails and a blood transfusion is ordered. The lifesaving blood saves Sang-hyun but was infected, leaving him a vampire with a newfound carnal desire for blood. Sang Hyun quickly realizes that blood is not the only thing he craves when a friend’s wife comes to him for help and the priest fins his faith tested in ways he would have never imagined.

About Palisades Tartan:
Tartan Films was originally founded in 1984 in the UK and is credited with bringing Asian Extreme film to the West as well as some of the most compelling art house films of the last quarter century. In May 2008, Palisades Pictures acquired Tartan Films US library assets and two months later, acquired a majority of Tartan Films UK’s 400+ film library assets. The new company Palisades Tartan has operations both nationally and internationally. Palisades Tartan will continue to expand an already distinctive and provocative slate of films by focusing on quality film acquisitions, thus significantly increasing the size of their overall library in both territories. Palisades Pictures and its parent company Palisades Media Corp is a prestigious financier of print & advertising for the independent film market. Together with its affiliate, Palisades Media Asset Fund, Palisades has securitized and financed more than 550 films.

Goodbye Garvey...

2009-08-07T06:30:00.002-04:00

It's been a long time since i posted here. I needed to say something about this though since it's 4 days later and not a peep from the media about it.

William Garvey passed away on August 3rd from a stroke.

Right now the collective mass of you are scratching your heads asking the same questions WHO IS WILLIAM GARVEY AND WHAT IS HE ON ABOUT?

William wrote one of my favorite songs of all time, yet it is always credited to another person. For most people who hear Goodbye Horses it immediately connects to two things- The Silence of the Lambs and Q Lazzarus.

The first is of course the reason for the song's cultural significance. Anybody who hears those eerie synth notes immediately thinks back to shots of actor Ted Levine putting on makeup, and standing with his penis tucked away to look like a woman. It was etched in my brain like many things were in 1991. (I remember that being the year of Terminator 2, as well not to mention all of the industrial dance of the day that I was getting into but i digress) I wanted quiet badly to find a copy of the song, but not a person in Akron, Ohio knew how to get it. (I later found out that there was a VERY limited edition of the single that passed unknown through everybody's radar at the time)

The other thing associated with the sing is it's singer Q Lazzarus. (who previous to recording the vocals on the song worked as a cab driver in NYC) Her distinctive voice really helped to etch the song into our collective unconsciousness.

But it was not Q who wrote it.

That credit belongs to William Garvey. William, who worked for years as a freelance graphic designer in NYC, wrote the song in the late 80's. It was featured on the soundtrack to Married to the Mob (which was also directed by SotL's Director Jonathan Demme) Jonathan was so fond of the song he used it again in the infamous Buffalo Bill scene.

Despite the song's very grisly connotations it actually has a much softer meaning. According to William's site the song was "...about transcendence over those who see the world as only earthy and finite. The horses represent the five senses from Hindu philosophy (The Bhagavad Gita) and the ability to lift one’s perception above these physical limitations and to see beyond this limited Earthly perspective."

I had the chance to speak with William via email about a year ago, he proved himself to be kind hearted and very open. I very much regret not keeping up the correspondence he invited me to.

So, to you William I leave the lyrics to your best known song. Goodbye William. You will forever live on through this song.

He told me, “I’ve seen it rise,
But, it always falls.
I’ve seen ‘em come, I’ve seen ‘em go.”
He said, "All things pass into the night.”

And I said, "Oh no sir, I must say you're wrong,
I must disagree, Oh no sir, I must say you're wrong,
Won't you listen to me?”

He told me, “I've seen it all before,
I’ve been there, I've seen my hopes and dreams
lying on the ground.
I've seen the sky, just begin to fall.”
He said, "All things pass into the night"

And I said, "Oh no sir, I must say you're wrong,
I must disagree, Oh no sir, I must say you're wrong,
Won't you listen to me.”

Goodbye horses, I'm flying over you.
Goodbye horses, I'm flying over you.

download Goodbye Horses from the 1988 Married to the Mob soundtrack

while you are at it please purchase some of William's music which is available at the iTunes store here

NEW HORRORS SINGLE AND VIDEO!!

2009-03-16T17:18:00.002-04:00

It's been two years, but finally the horrors are back.

From midnight tonight, visitors to thehorrors.co.uk will be able to view
the brand new video for 'sea within a sea', the first single to be taken
from the band's forthcoming album. As a special treat for you mailing list
subscribers, we're making the song available to download right now, for
free. Just follow the link to receive your copy of the song:

http://www.thehorrors.co.uk/audio2349rf/seawithinasea.mp3

'Sea within a sea' is taken from the brand new album 'Primary Colours', set
for release on may 4th.

(after midnight tonight i'll have a copy somewheres about)

Happy Holidays from your favorite monsters...

2008-12-12T17:09:00.001-05:00

This is the best commercial I have seen in a while. Just awesome. Enjoy!

Fever Ray digital single to drop Dec 15th

2008-12-09T13:24:00.002-05:00

Now this is good news! The debut single from Fever Ray If I Had a Heart is going to be available Tuesday December 15th via Mute.

So wait? Who is Fever Ray you ask?

Karin Dreijer Andersson one half of a band called The Knife. The single is available in an instrumental form streaming via the bands myspace page.

Fever Ray’s debut album will be released on March 24th 2009 March 24th through Mute in the US.

undeniably the coolest thing you will see all day

2008-11-15T09:36:00.003-05:00

Justice's "Genesis" dubbed over Michael Jackson's Thriller!

I'm not a justice fan, but I do love dancing zombies!

(the video was edited By DJ LEZ)

Enjoy!

(in case the imbed gets taken down in the future original URL)

New Otto von Schirach "Nightmare Nipple F" Ep on iTunes!

2008-09-04T08:09:00.003-04:00

Aww yeah, we know you can't get enough Otto- and to be honest, neither can we! So here's Nightmare Nipple F, the second Digital exclusive Ep supporting Otto's Oozing Bass Spasms album! This time we enlisted Raffertie, Dj Absurd and Dj Donna Summer to make awesome bass driven remixes, plus the album original, plus a breakcore brain-melter from Otto that's not on the album. If you've seen him live, you'll know this one was the one that made you piss yourself just a little.

BUY IT NOW HERE:
http://www.itunes.com/ottovonschirach/nightmarenipplef-ep

1-Otto von Schirach - Nightmare Nipple F (Original Mix)
2-Nightmare Niple F - (Raffetie mix)
3-Nightmare Niple F - (Show DJ Absurd Your Nipples mix)
4-Nightmare Niple F - (Dj Donna Summer War Siren mix)
5-Otto von Schirach - Another Night Another Rave

http://www.cockrockdisco.com
http://www.myspace.com/ottovonschirach
http://www.myspace.com/raffertie
http://www.myspace.com/djabsurd1
http://www.myspace.com/djdonnasummer
http://www.myspace.com/cockrockdiscolabel

Otto Von Schirach "Oozing Bass Spasms" released today

2008-07-11T21:07:00.003-04:00

Available NOW at: iTunes, Beatport (front page!), Amazon, Warpmart, Emusic and most other online retailers and in physical form in many stores too!!!
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The sado-booty ring-master is back again. That's right, Cock Rock Disco is proud to present the new full length album by Otto Von Schirach: "Oozing Bass Spasms". With enough porn and horror samples to satiate the most demented programmer, and enough juicy bass to placate the most voracious bass-head, Oozing Bass Spasms is a masterwork by one of the world's most original artists.

By far his most approachable and even refined album, it's still pretty fucking crazy in a way that only Otto von Schirach can provide. This time the overall feeling of the album is more dance sounding; elements of Booty, Electro, Breakcore, and Rave music all find a place in his bizarre universe. From the first track "Subatomic Disco Divas" to the last "Satanic Unicorn Orgy", we are spoon-fed outstanding beats of all types, fractured and welded into ghettoized forms never seen. "Magnetic Rave Headache" will probably be one of the hardest breakcore tracks you've ever heard, and then the next song, "GELATIN FIXATION" is built around a dubstep bassline that would make Scorn wet himself. His ballad "Her Blood Is Like Poison" gets the ladies horny and the boys start the mosh-pit during "DJ Hepatitis Tofuburger". But the party gets rowdy with his collaboration with Liquido -"Romance in the Club"- a electro-club banger like we rarely get anymore- it's positively soaked in party.

Download Otto von Schirach - Romance In the Club

News Story about Ian Curtis's Stolen headstone

2008-07-03T18:27:00.002-04:00

As a follow up to yesterdays post about the headstone here is the news report from Macclesfield.

I would like to note again how disgusted I am by this.

Ian Curtis's headstone stolen.

2008-07-02T17:46:00.002-04:00

What the fuck.

NO SERIOUSLY. WHAT THE FUCK.

According to this article at the BBC site
the headstonewas taken sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.

I don't think I have to remotely go into how fucking disrespectable (and for that matter deplorable) of an act this was. It doesn't make you the world's biggest Joy Division fan to have stolen this. It makes you the world's biggest asshole.

Lets hope the person will feel guilty and return it. :/

aaaand in the category of how the %$#! did I miss this...

2008-07-01T12:12:00.003-04:00

Chris Cunningham to produce the Horrors new album.

According to this blurb from MARCH.

According to Faris Rotter "He won't approach things in the way that so many people will. He's really into the music we like: y'know - My Bloody Valentine, Dead Can Dance and Squarepusher and I think he's gonna bring something to the new album that no one else will."

Name checking both MBV and Squarepusher in the same sentence? In regards to the new album?

I am so excited I could pee.

You may remember that Cunningham directed the Horrors first video Sheena is a Parasite back in 2006.

Seriously, this sounds awesome!

New Otto Von Schirach

2008-06-26T11:47:00.008-04:00

EDIT* For some reason blogger isn't rendering links correctly at the minute. Copy and past the link into your browser.

How about some free Mp3 action?

In preparation for the incredible new Otto von Schirach album "Oozing Bass Spasms" Cock Rock Disco brings you it's first Mp3 only release on Tuesday, July 1st in partnership with BEATPORT!

Dance Like A Hoe

Otto's title cut comes straight from the humid dance floors of Miami. It's dirty bass and lyrics would definitely get approval from Dj Assault and Rob Gee alike. Cock Rock Disco's first released artist and long-time collaborator Duran Duran Duran continues turns the track into an electro-trance banger, perfect for late summer nights and stadiums alike. Dj Donna Summer cleans it all up at the end with his "Gelatin Fixation" remix, giving the sort of dubstep sounding original track a cleaned up bass-house vibe.

About Otto:
Otto Von Schirach (half Cuban / half German) was born in 1978 in the ghetto in Miami. In 1995 he bought his first drum machine from a crack-head just 2 blocks from his mom's house, and in 1998 Otto released his first demo, which got him signed to a 4 album deal with Schematic Records. In 2003 Otto worked on the Skinny Puppy album "The Greater Wrong of the Right" and then tour with them now 3 times. In 2004 Miss Kitten had Otto remix her "Professional Distortion" track for Nova Mute UK. Otto's last album, "Maxipad Detention", was released by Mike Patton's Ipecac Recordings in 2006 to vast critical and fan accolades world-wide. Otto is currently touring in Europe with Einstürzende Neubauten (May), in the USA with Venetian Snares (June), and will be back for a massive tour in collaboration with porn-rap legend Blowfly (August-Sept).

4 tracks:
Otto Von Schirach- Dance Like A Hoe
Otto Von Schirach- Dance Like A Hoe (Duran Duran Duran trance Like a hoe mix)
Otto Von Schirach- Gelatin Fixation (Dj Donna Summer Tittymix)
Otto Von Schirach- Romance In The Club (feat. Liquido)
Full-length album "Oozing Bass Spams" out JULY 11th!!! More news SOOON!

Here's the bangin Dj DS remix, fully being supported by such Dj's as: Munk (DE), Shir Khan (DE), Brian May (AS), Hakan Lidbo (SE), Simon Lister (UK), and heaps more!!

Otto Von Schirach- Gelatin Fixation (Dj Donna Summer Tittymix) - http://www.zshare.net/audio/132165572fc95c5f/

http://www.myspace.com/ottovonschirach
http://www.cockrockdisco.com
http://www.myspace.com/djdonnasummer

2008-06-18T12:49:00.002-04:00

I really need to say something about this, but I don't have the time to put it into words at the minute.

Some of you may have heard that Stan Winston died on sunday.

This was a really big blow to me. When I heard about it my stomach sank, and I immediately got sick. For those of you who don't know he was a part of the old guard in special effects makeup. The name may not be familiar, but the impressive list of movies (Aliens, Predator Jurassic park The Terminator...) is going to resonate withy any film fan.

It has been a few years since I left the film industry for personal reasons. I am starting to question that decision. I just realized how few people out there doing that kind of art, and I may have been kidding myself that this was not a part of me....

WAAAAAY behind

2008-06-11T12:09:00.004-04:00

Yes. I know. I suck.

All of this stuff happens in the music world that I love and like a greedy fat kid at candystore* I kept it all to myself.

A few quick rundowns:

Autechre released an exclusive digital album with even more mixes from the VERY UNDERRATED Quaristice the first week of May. It was Autechre quality so you are either going to love it or hate it (I am in the former group) If that sort of thing strikes your fancy head on over to bleep or iTunes and download it.

Speaking of online digital exclusives...

We finally get to say hello to some horses that had been gone for FAR too long. William Garvey ( who's name may not be familliar to you...yet) wrote a little song in the very late 80's that is probably very familliar to ANYBODY who has ever seen the Silence of the Lambs

Yes. THAT SONG. Goodbye Horses (which up until now had only been available on the VERY out of print Married to the Mob soundtrack or in an edited version on the Clerks 2 soundtrack) has been re-released as an iTunes exclusive EP with 3 new mixes and just sounds fan-friggin-tastic.

Buy it. If you are going to own one song that was used as the background to a creepy penis tuck dance THIS should be it!! Plus, the song has always been one of my favorites. While you are at it check out the the Q Lazzarus Myspace page and leave her a comment to tell her just how much you LOVE the song :)

So, last year Trent Reznor went out of his friggin way to prove that he is not a douche. It worked. he is totally awesome. Well, as if he couldn't become more awesome he sent out a message to his fans:

as a thank you to our fans for your continued support, we are giving away the new nine inch nails album one hundred percent free, exclusively via nin.com.

That's right kids. FREE. Want a copy? Head on over here

He also released an exclusive tour EP with songs from the bands that he is touring with. Also available online and FREE.

My favorite movie of last year is finally available on DVD stateside. Control (which unless you have been living under a rock you already know) is the biography of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. It's not to be missed by JD fans or film lovers. It's spectacular. i've literally seen it more than a dozen times ALREADY.

And finally (though good gawd there is so much music I missed out on!!) the whole reason I was making this post in the first place. Two great tastes are about to taste great together. I want to leave you with this.

RADIOHEAD COVERING PORTISHEAD

Find more videos like this on w.a.s.t.e. central

SWOON.

(as a note. I don't care what anybody thinks. The new Portishead record is just great and gets better witH EVERY listen)

GAH! There is so much more I want to talk about but for today this is enough. I am going to do my best to keep up a bit more, but you know... life...

Anyhow. Keep listening. :)

*I was totally that fat kid.