It totally defies description or explanation. Suitable for framing, pondering, and head-scratching. WTF does this sound like? Who cares? It demands to be purchased on the strength of its weirdness alone:
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WTF Album Covers: Hot Human Barbecue
Maybe we’ve seen too many Italian cannibal movies, but it really does look like Brother Jack McDuff is gnawing on part of a human torso here:
WTF Records: Emphasis on Nut?
Sure, the title is supposed to be a riff on nutrition, but it’s more fun to intentionally misconstrue it as some kind of bad-taste insanity thing. Plus there’s a slightly creepy photo montage optical illusion going on in this pic that makes it seem a lot dirtier than it really is.
Paisley Babylon Presents Mash-Up Found Sound Headphone Trip “TV Party, Radio Riot”
For the uninitiated, Paisley Babylon is the name/project moniker I’ve been working under since 1996 as both a DJ and recording artist. Over at the Paisley Babylon official site, there’s a post of an hour-long mashup/audio sculpture/experimental curated cutup called TV Party, Radio Riot.
I recorded and edited it back in 2001, released it in a limited form in 2002 and it’s been gathering dust ever since. It’s about time it saw the light of day and it’s now available as a free MP3 download for a limited time.
I’m putting things like this out now because I’m getting ready to start recording and producing more found sound/mashup and audio collage programs as part of a project I’m working on. Where it will go, nobody knows, but it’s exciting to be working in audio in this way–not 100% music, not 100% found sound, not all mashups or collage, but a melange of approaches, techniques and disciplines. Christian Marclay is definitely an inspiration here but I aim to take the project far beyond the turntable–thought vinyl does play a very large part in the project.
Download “Paisley Babylon Presents TV Party, Radio Riot” for a limited time.
–Joe Wallace