syturvy's Last.fm Journal

Album of the Week: Slagsmålsklubben - Boss For Leader

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:38:36 +0000

Boss For Leader
Funny Swedish electro, reminding of early Warp bleeps.

Especially Sponsored By Destiny shines.

Song of the Day: Rex the Dog - Maximize 2008

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:09:06 +0000

Maximize 2008
Synth power!

Song of the Day: Hans Zimmer - Jack Sparrow

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:59:51 +0000

Jack Sparrow

This track has funny walks.

Song of the Day: Them Crooked Vultures - mind Eraser, No Chaser

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:13:03 +0000

Mind Eraser, No Chaser

Very solid track... A pity they added those horns at the end.

Song of the Day: RJD2 - The Move (instrumental)

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:47:38 +0000

The Move
Easy-going with a hint of tension.

Vocal version also on http://open.spotify.com/track/6f7rRzYx2Fg4v7sASCCzHn

60000 songs

Thu, 28 May 2009 15:15:14 +0000

I reached 60000 plays on last.fm...

After playing with the thought of posting the entire listing here, I decided to keep it humbler and just list the 60000st track:
Röyksopp - Happy Up Here (Marching Band Version)

Here's the video:

(from http://royksopp.com/happy-up-here-marching-band-version)

The logos of Justice's DVNO video

Mon, 3 Mar 2008 21:16:59 +0000

While listening to Justice's Essential mix of the past 6th of October, a few songs kept spinning around in my head. One of them, I found out, was Justice's very own DVNO, full listen here: DVNO (Radio Edit). And oh my is it addictive. I don't know how this didn't make it to my playlist just after buying Cross last year.

Today I saw the clip for DVNO, and it's a *bomb*. Eighties old-skool cgi television bumpers, brilliantly designed by So Me and brought to life by Machine Molle. *must have them on t-shirt*

Now it would be nice to have the complete list of logos/bumpers. I only recognized 2 (I'm not that old) but some quick googling revealed a few more. In order of appearance [updated]:

Ed Banger Records:
DVNO: Channel 4
The same, ashamed:
Story Telling: Reading Rainbow or NBC
eye: Hal 9000
One More Time: The Gong Show
No Offense (logo):
No Offense (stars): Paramount
Membership:
Yound and Old:
Ugly Girls & Boys: PBS
Mayhem:
Only One Can Win:
DVNO: HBO
Ask My Name:
DVNO:
Details:
SWEAT: SEGA
Belt: Top Gun
Cool: Audi
Anyone read, anyone feel: Universal Studios Florida
Patience:
Bounce:
Pinball: Nickelodeon
Waxed:
DVNO:
Girls:
No Need to Ask My Name:
DVNO:
printed in gold: Cannon Films
even more: 20th Century Fox
Floating Cross: Michael and Friends
DVNO 4 Capital Letters:
DVNO: CBS/Fox
paper J: Stephen J. Cannell Productions

Suggestions are welcome!

Until Tomorrow...

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:52:29 +0000

You drink your health
and remember to forget yourself

Sat on a roof
in the everlasting moments of your youth

You looked surprised
as it all went up in smoke before your eyes

Beneath the glow
on a different kind of Sunday morning

Until tomorrow...

No need for words
your heartbeats and the breeze was all I heard

Your hopes and fears
how trivial they seem from up here

I breathe you in
as the sunlight breaks the haze to touch your skin

Beneath the glow
on a different kind of Sunday morning

Until tomorrow...

Until Tomorrow

La Ring 01

Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:29:16 +0000

(... or how to destroy your inner ear cells)

Ever noticed how difficult it is to hear your mobile phone in a noisy place like a sports stadium or crowded bar? "That's because there's a lot of noise" you think. But there's an additional factor: polyphonic ringtones are a lot harder to hear than the good old monophonic ones.

The problem with polyphonic ringtones is that since they divide their output power over the complete audible spectrum, they get easier masked by environmental noise. Monotonic ringtones stand out, putting all their power in a single frequency at a time. Anyway, polyphony is here to stay, so let's make the best out of it.

Here's how to make a ringtone that you can hear well in noisy situations (requirements: audio editor software + mobile phone that can play mp3s):

1. Take your favorite song that has a lot of high frequencies (audio fx, percussion, hiss noises,...) and chop it up a bit. I took Vitalic's La Rock 01, but you might as well try out some of Tipper's stuff.

2. Remove bass frequencies and add treble, e.g. with a filter like this:

3. Transfer it to your phone, sit back and wait until you get called.

My ringtone is available right here, ready for download and transfer to a mobile phone (or preview it at the end of this post). Note that it sounds different on a pc speaker than on a phone. And be warned: listening to this kind of stuff a lot is not good for your ears.

Soap

Thu, 2 Nov 2006 00:39:54 +0000

Somehow, strangely, I started to associate this track with the smell of soap and amazing photoshop skills: Passage D

Could this video have anything to do with it?

links: The Flashbulb.