Archive for August, 2009:
Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore
Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore (Mark Leckey) from Anon. on Vimeo.
Made in 1999, by Mark Leckey from found footage of raves and discos. A must see.
Fragments of “found” video footage from British nightclubs are spliced together, repeated and slowed down, while a perfectly edited collage of ambient sounds – snatches of rave tracks, crowd noise, men bellowing across provincial shopping precincts – filters in and out. There’s a loose chronology – northern soul, soul weekenders, casuals, acid house.
-From the Guardian.co.uk
Lady
Santigold – I’m a Lady (Benny Blanco Remix)
Here is what appears to be a snippet of a Santigold remix that we received. It’s only a couple minutes long, but the beat is just nuts.
Is Benny Blanco looking to tease the internets?
Powell Street Festival
Heyheyheyhey! The 33rd Annual Powell Street Festival is this weekend. Vancouver’s celebration of Japanese Canadian arts, culture and heritage. It’s at a temporary new location, @ Woodland Park (just off Commericial & Venables) as the regular site is under construction for the Olympics.
Not to be missed is the Rhythm Clash performance. They killed it last year and are back again Sunday, @ 2pm featuring No Luck Club (on keyboard, laptop, turntables) and Total Constructive Interference taiko with Naomi Kajiwara also on taiko drums and Alcvin Ramos on shakuhachi flute.
+++Food, musical/dance performances, martial art demos, arts/crafts + the legendary sumo tournament!
Check out other highlights of the festival here or take a gander at the full sched of events.
