at first i thought they were just random occurrences, but now i'm convinced that there's a ghost at my parents' condo.
occurrence #1: a few months back, my mom thanked me for turning the fan off in the kitchen, because she had forgotten to the night before. i did no such thing. we were the only two in the condo.
occurrence #2: one night i was sitting on my bed watching tv, and i felt a drop of water hit my arm. there was no water in the vicinity, so i figured it must've come from a leak in the ceiling. the ceiling was completely dry.
occurrence #3: happened just now as a matter of fact. i couldn't sleep so i figured i'd listen to some vinyl. there was a problem. my turntable didn't turn on. "interesting," i thought. i checked the power cords and saw that my turntable's cord was unplugged. "interesting," i thought again, because i know for a fact i plugged my turntable back in from the last time it was unplugged. i know this because i successfully listened to records between that time and now.
hopefully it's a friendly ghost. right now it just seems to be more annoying than scary.
p.s. supertramp rules. oh, and new tune by the end of the weekend hopefully.
occurrence #1: a few months back, my mom thanked me for turning the fan off in the kitchen, because she had forgotten to the night before. i did no such thing. we were the only two in the condo.
occurrence #2: one night i was sitting on my bed watching tv, and i felt a drop of water hit my arm. there was no water in the vicinity, so i figured it must've come from a leak in the ceiling. the ceiling was completely dry.
occurrence #3: happened just now as a matter of fact. i couldn't sleep so i figured i'd listen to some vinyl. there was a problem. my turntable didn't turn on. "interesting," i thought. i checked the power cords and saw that my turntable's cord was unplugged. "interesting," i thought again, because i know for a fact i plugged my turntable back in from the last time it was unplugged. i know this because i successfully listened to records between that time and now.
hopefully it's a friendly ghost. right now it just seems to be more annoying than scary.
p.s. supertramp rules. oh, and new tune by the end of the weekend hopefully.
i created a last.fm page that you can access via the link above, or here:
http://www.last.fm/music/Kanamit
enjoy :)
http://www.last.fm/music/Kanamit
enjoy :)
when i was first getting into electronic hip hop, there were two musicians i was obsessed with. one was prefuse 73 (of course) and the other was machinedrum.
early in his career, machinedrum, or travis stewart, created glitch-hop music. at around the time cut-up electronic hip hop was starting to get recognized, he was already a couple albums deep. he made two extremely cohesive LPs ("now you know" and "urban biology") that were brilliant in both style and melody. these albums used bleeding-edge electronic textures and glitch techniques while leaving enough room for great songwriting. the albums made the listener feel gangster as fuck while evoking nostalgia at the same time. everything about the albums screamed perfection (his third LP titled "bidnezz" wasn't too bad either). so why haven't you heard of him?
he had to change the way he made music to ultimately, in my opinion, sacrifice the overall quality of his output, simply because he was a victim of circumstance. this scares me. if someone that talented ends up in a position where he essentially loses creative control, what might happen to me if i pursue music any more seriously?
maybe i'm reading too far into this. maybe this is a decision he made on his own because he felt he achieved what he wanted out of the genre he helped pioneer. maybe he wanted to shake things up a little. and that's totally fine. in fact, i pray this is the case. because he's far too brilliant to have to settle for doing something he doesn't truly want to do.
early in his career, machinedrum, or travis stewart, created glitch-hop music. at around the time cut-up electronic hip hop was starting to get recognized, he was already a couple albums deep. he made two extremely cohesive LPs ("now you know" and "urban biology") that were brilliant in both style and melody. these albums used bleeding-edge electronic textures and glitch techniques while leaving enough room for great songwriting. the albums made the listener feel gangster as fuck while evoking nostalgia at the same time. everything about the albums screamed perfection (his third LP titled "bidnezz" wasn't too bad either). so why haven't you heard of him?
- his timing was off; pitchfork awarded his first LP "now you know" a 9.0. by today's standards, after a year of touring, the dude would seriously be able to retire. pitchfork currently has the ability to make or break an up-and-coming artist (clap your hands say yeah, anyone?). it's a shame that they didn't have this kind of pull on the industry when "now you know" was released. no one knew about pitchfork when the LP dropped, so that review ended up meaning nothing.
- he released the album from his own label; this isn't necessarily a bad thing, but this is certainly why there wasn't much publicity about any of his LPs when they were released.
- he changed styles; machinedrum no longer makes introspective glitch-hop. he is now part of a dance party collective in new york, and most of his new music is dancier and more up-tempo.
he had to change the way he made music to ultimately, in my opinion, sacrifice the overall quality of his output, simply because he was a victim of circumstance. this scares me. if someone that talented ends up in a position where he essentially loses creative control, what might happen to me if i pursue music any more seriously?
maybe i'm reading too far into this. maybe this is a decision he made on his own because he felt he achieved what he wanted out of the genre he helped pioneer. maybe he wanted to shake things up a little. and that's totally fine. in fact, i pray this is the case. because he's far too brilliant to have to settle for doing something he doesn't truly want to do.