The Graffiti Research Lab has developed a "laser-tag" system to project images onto buildings and other public surfaces.
I love the smell of stimulated radiation in the morning.
Last night @ 2200 hours, the GRL laser-tag system went online and fully operational. The laser tag system status is GO and we are calling all writers in the Netherlands to please report to Rotterdam most riki-tik for training and deployment. The GRL will be turning over control of the system to writers, protesters, artists and the citizens of Rotterdam from the 7th to the 10th, starting each night around 1600 hours at the KPN building in Rotterdam. If you've ever wanted to catch a 20-story high tag with a laser beam, WE WANT YOU!
Last night @ 2200 hours, the GRL laser-tag system went online and fully operational. The laser tag system status is GO and we are calling all writers in the Netherlands to please report to Rotterdam most riki-tik for training and deployment. The GRL will be turning over control of the system to writers, protesters, artists and the citizens of Rotterdam from the 7th to the 10th, starting each night around 1600 hours at the KPN building in Rotterdam. If you've ever wanted to catch a 20-story high tag with a laser beam, WE WANT YOU!
Graffiti Research Labs - Tagging in action
After finally jumping on the year-before-last's bandwagon, I downloaded a copy of Sasha's Essential Mix from Maida Vale which was the penultimate winner of Essential Mix of the year. Sasha performed this using a music app called Ableton Live, where instead of mixing one record directly into another as any other Dj would, he works with bits and pieces of any number of songs and can mix and match as he wants - a drum beat from one, an a-cappella vocal part from another, a bassline from a third, etc, etc - essentially remixing (pardon the pun) the tracks on the fly. I could mention here that my band, Advance 44, has been doing this sort of thing with our live sets for the past couple of years ... I could, but that would mean even getting further off-topic, so I'll spare that one for another time.
The point I'm slowly crawling towards is this: at about 76 minutes into the mix Sasha drops a couple really dope tracks. One of them is a track by Sia called Breathe Me which has been remixed by Ulrich Schnauss and then again by Sasha for this mix. While digging online for an mp3 copy to download, I unwittingly uncovered the entire history of this track and its remixes, which I now feel compelled to share:
Breathe Me was originally released about two years ago and remained more or less unknown until one of the Six Feet Under producers heard it and decided to feature it in the final episode of the tv series. Apparently, Ulrich Schnauss was a SFU fan, as a few months later he released one of his typically intense remixes of Sia's original track. Fast-forward another few months to Sasha who's been regularly dropping Ulrich's remixes into his sets - he heard the remix and reworked it yet again, this time live, during his Maida Vale set.
Original: Sia - Breathe Me
Remix 1: Sia - Breathe Me (Ulrich Schnass remix)
Remix 2: Essential Mix - Sia - Breathe Me (Ulrich Schnass remix, remixed further by Sasha)
From girl-with-piano to chillout dance classic in three easy steps. I know, so now you know.
Playlist: Sasha, Essential Mix live at Maida Vale:
1 Intro
Detroit Escalator Company - Abstract Forward Motion
Ian Brown - Kiss Ya Lips (No ID)
No Doubt - Hella Good (Sharam Jay Remix)
Timo Maas - Massive
Glitch - Tip Toe (Jonathan Hart Bootleg)
Unknown - Unknown
Michael Mayer - Lovefood
Ricardo Villalobos - Easy Lee (Smith n Hack Remix)
Jori Hulkkonen - Science (Original)
Jori Hulkkonen - Science (Aril Brikha Remix) w/ Sasha - Wavy Gravy Parts
Juliet - Ride the Pain (Thin White Duke Mix)
Extrawelt - Zu Fuss
Spooky - New Light
Sia - Breathe Me (Ulrich Schnauss Remix) w/ Sasha Re-edit
Egg - Wall (Original) w/ Sasha Re-Edit
Jori Hulkkonnen ft. Jerry Valuri - Lo-Fiction (Dub Mix / Edit)
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc (Original) w/ Sasha - Wavy Gravy Parts
M83 - Teen Angst (Remix) w/ Sasha Re-edit
Moby - Raining Again (Ewan Pearson dub) w/ Thomas Newman - Drive Away
R1 Outro
The point I'm slowly crawling towards is this: at about 76 minutes into the mix Sasha drops a couple really dope tracks. One of them is a track by Sia called Breathe Me which has been remixed by Ulrich Schnauss and then again by Sasha for this mix. While digging online for an mp3 copy to download, I unwittingly uncovered the entire history of this track and its remixes, which I now feel compelled to share:
Breathe Me was originally released about two years ago and remained more or less unknown until one of the Six Feet Under producers heard it and decided to feature it in the final episode of the tv series. Apparently, Ulrich Schnauss was a SFU fan, as a few months later he released one of his typically intense remixes of Sia's original track. Fast-forward another few months to Sasha who's been regularly dropping Ulrich's remixes into his sets - he heard the remix and reworked it yet again, this time live, during his Maida Vale set.
Original: Sia - Breathe Me
Remix 1: Sia - Breathe Me (Ulrich Schnass remix)
Remix 2: Essential Mix - Sia - Breathe Me (Ulrich Schnass remix, remixed further by Sasha)
From girl-with-piano to chillout dance classic in three easy steps. I know, so now you know.
Playlist: Sasha, Essential Mix live at Maida Vale:
1 Intro
Detroit Escalator Company - Abstract Forward Motion
Ian Brown - Kiss Ya Lips (No ID)
No Doubt - Hella Good (Sharam Jay Remix)
Timo Maas - Massive
Glitch - Tip Toe (Jonathan Hart Bootleg)
Unknown - Unknown
Michael Mayer - Lovefood
Ricardo Villalobos - Easy Lee (Smith n Hack Remix)
Jori Hulkkonen - Science (Original)
Jori Hulkkonen - Science (Aril Brikha Remix) w/ Sasha - Wavy Gravy Parts
Juliet - Ride the Pain (Thin White Duke Mix)
Extrawelt - Zu Fuss
Spooky - New Light
Sia - Breathe Me (Ulrich Schnauss Remix) w/ Sasha Re-edit
Egg - Wall (Original) w/ Sasha Re-Edit
Jori Hulkkonnen ft. Jerry Valuri - Lo-Fiction (Dub Mix / Edit)
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc (Original) w/ Sasha - Wavy Gravy Parts
M83 - Teen Angst (Remix) w/ Sasha Re-edit
Moby - Raining Again (Ewan Pearson dub) w/ Thomas Newman - Drive Away
R1 Outro
To mark our one year anniversary in Dubai, my 30th birthday, our one year wedding anniversary, and my parents last weekend in Dubai, we all decided to head down to Muscat for a couple of days of relaxin'.
Unlike Dubai, Muscat has retained much of its Arabic culture and history. This city of about 600,000 is easily the Arabian equivalent of the French Riviera. From streets lined with gardens to the entirely low-rise white-washed buildings, the place has a quiet elegence about it that is unmatched in the region.
It probably also didn't hurt that we stayed at a crazy design hotel called The Chedi ... highly recommended place to hide from the world.
Unlike Dubai, Muscat has retained much of its Arabic culture and history. This city of about 600,000 is easily the Arabian equivalent of the French Riviera. From streets lined with gardens to the entirely low-rise white-washed buildings, the place has a quiet elegence about it that is unmatched in the region.
It probably also didn't hurt that we stayed at a crazy design hotel called The Chedi ... highly recommended place to hide from the world.
While my parents were in town for a visit we thought rather than letting them take one of those desert safari trips that we'd round up the 4x4 crew and head out to Big Red. After about two hours we'd made our way fairly far north and up past fossil rock we came across the biggest dune I've ever seen - probably about 7 stories tall, this thing makes Big Red seem like an anthill. Me trusty V8 couldn't even get up half way.
We named it Mega Dune.