Word The Cat

it starts with a cigarette waving in front of shot and gets better… and better… and better. use that cigarette to burn the catacombs of fabric to the 4th level of the ground. replace it with a hundred picnic tables. shock out!

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Florin Salam - Regheton & Ban pe Ban [ live ]

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I daresay birdseed knows more about manele than me. a surface scraping overview might say it’s working class music from bucharest (mostly performed by Roma) which is widely considered crass, dirty, backward etc. to the extent that someone wrote a virus that deletes all the files labelled manele from your hard drive (again, birdseed knows):

“Practically any genre is worth looking up, but I say look out for the ones people hate.”

Hi-culture and middle-brow dialectics. Romanian literary critic George Pruteanu called manele: “The pisswater of society“. wiki.

something (globalised media?) brings a nice cross-current with reggae/reggaeton. Check this ‘Turn Me On’ version:

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Florin Salam & Denisa - Cineva ma suna cu numar privat (real video)

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keep on top of your manele here.

Dave Miller of Pivot brings a mix of synth heavy aquatic 140 backing onto some classic synthetic explorations inc. Vangelis, Jarre & Tangerine Dream. Includes fresh Rustie remix.

non-fiction here.

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Last summer Benge of expanding records released an album exploring the sounds of a history of synthesisers. it’s reviewed here. further synth-fetish here (via /r).

Benge - 1976 Yamaha Cs80 256k 6mb

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This one is for those who know. The golden condor rise!

Le Passage Secret 320k 4mb

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cultural borrowings. a while ago in an aristotelian frenzy of naming we might have called this euro-crunk. what you should call anything isn’t a question we should have to ask (in an ideal world)… in an ideal world horses run along the beach. movements of the mouth slow down. a disappearing owl. pubescent girl piano line goes on a big adventure - comes of age through travel - road accidents are the feedback loop of an accelerated culture obessed with victory. Toulouse. Diomay & Rma2n bring the “- FRENCH DIRTY SOUTH -” repeatedly and necessarily. hurry home little girl, the times will soon play against you.

Diomay & Rma2n - les temps joue contre nous 320k mixtape version - shout if you have a clean copy. more.

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Rma2n and Vanessa Carlton

for: the broadest understanding of engaged humanity based on mutual respect

against: systematic and transnational cultural violence

what our opponents consistently misunderstand is this isn’t just about the money

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the above should not be considered the view of wordthecat but merely the view of wordthecat

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international workers day

space hijackers and the may fayre

indymedia

image from urban 75

The always excellent Closet of Curiosities blog has been steadily uploading Syntonic Research’s field recordings. 15 releases culled and crafted to fill and alter the environment they are played in:

Several years ago, SR commenced research on a rather unusual aspect of bionic technology. Our idea was elegant in its simplicity yet extraordinarily difficult to produce; a psychologically-based sound environment which would greatly extend and intensify the physical act of making love…

…This recording is playable at both 45 and 33 rpm, in full stereo/matrix quadraphonic. It is suggested that initial playback be accomplished at 45 rpm for lovemaking purposes. As you become accustomed to the record’s characteristics, you may wish to lower the speed to 33 1/3 rpm. from.

We all know Benga writes at 140/70 bpm because the heart sustains at 70. Its always tempting to pitch up, but rarely medically necessary.

Movado sings through at a sweetly catatonic 65. remember: catatonic isn’t the same thing as sedentary. deliberate movement is encouraged.

Mavado - Heart Beat 320k 5.2mb

Rochester, Nov 28 - Harry Grant of Franklinville owned a mastiff which he spent weeks in teaching to put out fires with his paws. This morning, in illustrating to a friend the efficiency of his dog, Grant lighted a fuse attached to a dynamite cartridge. The dog rushed at the smoking fuse and endeavored to put it out, but failed. Seeing the danger of his pet, Grant grabbed the animal by its tail and endeavored to pull him away. The explosion that followed tore the dog to pieces and fatally injured Grant.

New York Times, November 29, 1899 pdf

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this bank holiday monday - peaceful vibes - dancing sometimes. light the fuse.