The King if Limbs, by Radiohead, is an album that takes all the vast experimentation with ambient, and electronic music from their previous releases, amplifies the abstract concepts of the mention experimentation, and crafts it into a seemingly esoteric take (without being egotistical or pretentious) on modernized art and music, all while leaving behind a good bit of the structure heard on their more traditional rock oriented albums. Not that this is a bad thing by any means, it's just that I can see a lot of people not being able to appreciate this album. This album utilizes a lot of electronically programmed instrumentation, with some real instruments thrown in here and there, which is really nothing new in terms of what Radiohead uses to create their music. What is notably different in The King of Limbs is the approach to these well known instruments; the infectious beats and flow of the songs still remain, yet, there is more emphasis on abstract structures and melodies, as opposed to previous efforts that introduced a very catchy and structured approach to their unique style.
Instead of over analyzing the sounds of this album, I highly recommend you check this one out. What can be taken from this album shouldn't be influenced by another person's opinion... I'm only here to tell you that I think it is a brilliant album.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
New Chikubi Single "Old Soul"
I finally figured out some of the hardware issues I was having, and found a way for me to do some better quality ambient songs for Chikubi. All I'm really using is a Yamaha E403 hooked up to my computer, running through Reason 5.0
I was a little lost with the mastering racks that were available, so the quality isn't amazing. But, it's a shit ton better than what I was using before.
Chikubi, "Old Soul"
http://www.mediafire.com/?fvslkjbb3723jez
I was a little lost with the mastering racks that were available, so the quality isn't amazing. But, it's a shit ton better than what I was using before.
Chikubi, "Old Soul"
http://www.mediafire.com/?fvslkjbb3723jez
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Heathen
More spontaneous pieces of organized, melodic sound waves for your ears to absorb.
Joseph - Keyboards
Panda - Recording, Drum Programming, Post Processing
http://www.mediafire.com/?962gz12p1f61nln
Joseph - Keyboards
Panda - Recording, Drum Programming, Post Processing
http://www.mediafire.com/?962gz12p1f61nln
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
New song
I've been at home pretty much all day, feeling like shit from some virus I got at the show.
Panda let me borrow his Memory Man, and while I was dicking around, I had this pretty decent idea. This is the product that came out of my jam session.
Sorry for the recording quality, once Spring Break gets around, Panda and I are going to start looking at making better quality recordings. I just wanted to record this track in order to remember it so maybe I can make a better version once we have time to make another EP.
Enjoy
http://www.mediafire.com/?0etz5qktd3t
Panda let me borrow his Memory Man, and while I was dicking around, I had this pretty decent idea. This is the product that came out of my jam session.
Sorry for the recording quality, once Spring Break gets around, Panda and I are going to start looking at making better quality recordings. I just wanted to record this track in order to remember it so maybe I can make a better version once we have time to make another EP.
Enjoy
http://www.mediafire.com/?0etz5qktd3t
Monday, November 23, 2009
Undesired Growth (Hormones) EP - Chikubi/Panda
It's been a while since Panda and I have released an EP, so a couple of weeks ago we decided to jam around and see what we could come up with. This is the product of the jam session. Enjoy.
http://www.mediafire.com/?wytzmt1ykwg
Panda/Joseph - All guitar sounds and noises
http://www.mediafire.com/?wytzmt1ykwg
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Nerdacon
Yesterday was my first show with Oodles of Noodles, and was the best show I've ever played with a band. So much awesome shit happened last night at Nerdacon that I'm not too sure how much I can go over without making this blog a good few pages long. But even Panda will tell you himself how awesome it was to play in front of a bunch of cosplayers and weebos. They loved us. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to boost my ego or anything, but it was really cool to see a ton of people come up to us wanting pictures and autographs. I busted my ass a couple times haha, and my shoe flung up as I fell and nearly busted the ceiling. At the end of the set we had this crazy ass, but short, noise jam, and went fucking ape shit on our equipment. I really hope that we get to play there again next year.
Other than the show and the other great bands that played, the atmosphere was incredible. I felt really comfortable being there, and there was so much awesome shit to do. And cosplay chicks, who doesn't love a group of hot cosplay chicks? Outside at the clock tower they had a large section of the grassy area in front of the clock tower sort of closed with some rope. In side that little arena were a bunch of guys beating the snot out of each other with homemade swords. Shit looked fun as hell, but a waiver had to be signed. Apparently the waiver stated that if you agreed to whatever terms, and if you didn't follow the rules, the leader had the right to beat you down with the PVC pipe. They had a game room too (what convention doesn't have one?), with some pretty awesome games there too. Of course, it takes fucking forever to even get your turn, but otherwise that was pretty damn tight.
For the majority of the time, the people that had really no interest in the whole scene they were surrounded in were in the middle of the little wood floor they had, dancing to whatever DJ was playing at the time.
Oh, and we spent a good hour or more talking to a gay Buddhist. Awesome shit.
Other than the show and the other great bands that played, the atmosphere was incredible. I felt really comfortable being there, and there was so much awesome shit to do. And cosplay chicks, who doesn't love a group of hot cosplay chicks? Outside at the clock tower they had a large section of the grassy area in front of the clock tower sort of closed with some rope. In side that little arena were a bunch of guys beating the snot out of each other with homemade swords. Shit looked fun as hell, but a waiver had to be signed. Apparently the waiver stated that if you agreed to whatever terms, and if you didn't follow the rules, the leader had the right to beat you down with the PVC pipe. They had a game room too (what convention doesn't have one?), with some pretty awesome games there too. Of course, it takes fucking forever to even get your turn, but otherwise that was pretty damn tight.
For the majority of the time, the people that had really no interest in the whole scene they were surrounded in were in the middle of the little wood floor they had, dancing to whatever DJ was playing at the time.
Oh, and we spent a good hour or more talking to a gay Buddhist. Awesome shit.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Zietgiest
After watching the first 72 minutes (Megavideo will only allow me to watch that much daily), I can say that it is the biggest pile of bullshit. The manipulation they claim in all of the movie is just the manipulation they're putting on the viewer, using scare tactics and emotion as a tool for you to forget your own reasoning and logic. It's just a bunch of elementary propaganda compiled into one little movie, and I don't get how people could even call it a credible source of information considering that their own sources aren't even credible to begin with. I can't even described how pissed off I am at this documentary, and how people can actually believe this shit. The evidence they give you is a bunch of vague, unsited shit. Not to mention their "evidence" is modified in order to firther justify this propaganda bullshit.
But, that wont still keep me skeptical about some of the coincidental incidences of the "terrorist" bombings (not 9/11) that have happened in the last decade and a half. Just the way the things are looking, we don't know EVERY SINGLE THING about either side of this, and there's really NO way to start assuming these radical ideas.
I could go on but, you know how much I can really get into it. I might continue my ideas on all of this some time in the near future, but I'm really not interested in being pissed off at the moment.
Sorry Chance, I still love you though : p
But, that wont still keep me skeptical about some of the coincidental incidences of the "terrorist" bombings (not 9/11) that have happened in the last decade and a half. Just the way the things are looking, we don't know EVERY SINGLE THING about either side of this, and there's really NO way to start assuming these radical ideas.
I could go on but, you know how much I can really get into it. I might continue my ideas on all of this some time in the near future, but I'm really not interested in being pissed off at the moment.
Sorry Chance, I still love you though : p
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