Blog: the witness exchange

News: MINISTRY/KILLING JOKE Bassist PAUL RAVEN Dead At 46

Oct 21, 2007, 3:34pm the witness exchange

Yup, you read that right. Paul Raven of Ministry has had a heart attack .

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twitter test

Oct 13, 2007, 9:13pm the witness exchange

just a test post to let Twitter peeps know that things are back in order, sorry for *almost* forgetting about you!

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mp3: age.is.polis - ?i am part of the economy?

Oct 12, 2007, 12:53am the witness exchange

I've been a longtime reader of MefiMusic , a place where amatures post their tracks for criticism and general tearing-apart, and have occasionally been impressed by what I hear. Thus begins a new category simply titled mefi music . First pick? How about age.is.polis - 'i am part of the economy' - a very abrasive, short, simple yet addictive track by someone claiming to be from 'the island' that summons a bit of Negativland and old school post-industrial. Browse mefimusic for other tracks by this [...]

• age.is.polis - i am a part of the economy

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Artist:	age.is.polis
Title:	i am a part of the economy
Link Text:	age.is.polis - i am part of the economy
File Name:	iamapart2.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2007

portishead news

Oct 11, 2007, 10:46pm the witness exchange

So, Portishead is working on a new album , huh? It's about fucking time. Jesus fucking christ I am so very much looking forward to this. Hurry up already

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free monolake tracks

Oct 11, 2007, 7:44pm the witness exchange

Disquiet has pointed out that the wonderful electronic musician and software contributor Monolake (aka Rober Henke) is giving out a free track every month , perfect for those that may be unaware of his unusual, thickly layered cuts that are often innovative enough and good enough to be called groundbreaking by some. I don't know if I am one of those listeners but I regularly do enjoy all releases from Monolake. The current track is called Monlake Motion Blur and is a worthy listen for fans of idm-ish [...]

• Monolake - monolake_motion_blur

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Artist:	Monolake
Title:	monolake_motion_blur
Link Text:	Monlake Motion Blur
File Name:	monolake_motion_blur.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps
Year:	2007

things just got alot easier? oh, and an audio file too

Oct 10, 2007, 10:09pm the witness exchange

ok, things are - finally- very likely to pick up around this place with the discovery of wordpress plugins that make things lovely for mobile devices (see prev entry), a plugin that allows for mobile wordpressing and the music crawler Seeqpod . If you've been reading for awhile, you know I once used WebJay before it was sold to Yahoo and went under... well now i have something new and by far better. to test things out, I present one of my fave tracks: Muslimgauze - 'From the Edge (Legion of [...]

• Muslimgauze - Legion Of Green Men

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Artist:	Muslimgauze
Title:	Legion Of Green Men
Link Text:	Muslimgauze - From the Edge (Legion of Green Men Remix)
File Name:	indiefeed_muslimgauze_legionof greenmen.mp3
Bitrate:	160 kbps
Year:	2007

iphone

Oct 9, 2007, 8:42pm the witness exchange

ok, having been a recent addition to the iPhone luckies I have since updated the blog to be iPhone friendly. Yeah, the flash stuff wont work but it loads fast as hell. The site will now automatically detect an iPhone and deliver a page that will be more user friendly for you. Now... about those posts, eh?

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daft hands & fosse walk

Sep 30, 2007, 7:30pm the witness exchange

Yup, it's about time for an update Roommate and good friend Randy pointed me to these two very, uh, interesting videos. No description needed, just watch and feel yummy fun.

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vid: tunng - ?bullets?

Sep 16, 2007, 12:59am the witness exchange

New, very interesting, exclusive video from Pitchfork for Tunng 's 'Bullets' (though I guess posting it here doesn't exactly make it exclusive...) Great folk-tronica - yes, it pains me to use such labels but what are you going to do?

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vid: lcd soundsystem - ?all my friends?

Sep 11, 2007, 12:05am the witness exchange

In case you havent seen it yet... The first time I saw this video I was almost in tears... made what I originally thought to be a bland song into a very raw statement. I knew the lyrics, but the subtle visuals really made this song one of my faves on the Sound of Silver. Enjoy.

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news: cranes re-releases

Sep 9, 2007, 9:37pm the witness exchange

great news today Both Wings of Joys and Forever are getting a re-release , both featuring rare tracks for those that didn't get the chance to nab them on the initial run. The bonus tracks are from various promos that were given out by Cranes during the initials releases and/or where 'b-sides' to the singles of both albums (I will never part with my original 123s, ever). Both discs are classic psuedo-goth, ethereal, post-industrial gems that have held up very, very well against time. Visit here for full mp3s from each album (yeah, [...]

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album: nine inch nails - ?limitless potential?

Sep 5, 2007, 10:17pm the witness exchange

Fresh from Painful Convictions comes 21 tracks of fresh and new fan-made remixes of Nine Inch Nails . Amature shit you say? Yeah, but good shit is smeared all over this collection. Not typical fan-made fiddlings here as the original, individual tracks for all songs on Year Zero were and still are allowed for public consumption and use. Brilliant. Visit for streams of each song and a torrent of the entire lot.

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news: client

Aug 29, 2007, 11:33pm the witness exchange

Client has announced more dates for the current tour - too bad nothing is close to my homebase

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its just occurred to me?

Aug 29, 2007, 12:08am the witness exchange

Two years ago, as I type right now, my partner, our roommate, 2 cats, two unmentionable fuck-tards and I were racing across the twin-span trying to get the fuck out of New Orleans due to Lady-K (calm down Southern Decadence lushies, i don't mean *that* lady-k). Violent bolts of light chasing us away, water licking the tops of Lake Pontchartrain. Two years. Looking back, it went VERY quickly. Granted we, my family, lost nothing more than 6 months of income and a bit of dignity but many of us New Orleanians (ourselves included) continue to [...]

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mp3: cepia - ?opening parade?

Aug 28, 2007, 11:16pm the witness exchange

Typical Cepia here, meaning nice mellow electronics with sharp beats and thick synth leads. What makes this track a bit special is that it is from the new, just released full length album titled 'Natura Morta', available on Ghostly International. I haven't heard the disc in full but surely this disc will continue all that makes this project worthwhile. Cepia - 'Opening Parade' mp3 [right click to download]

• Cepia - Opening Parade

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Artist:	Cepia
Title:	Opening Parade
Link Text:	Cepia - Opening Parade mp3
File Name:	Cepia_Opening_Parade.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	2007

sex toy or audio toy?

Aug 27, 2007, 9:01pm the witness exchange

you decide [found via musicthing]

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event: assemblage 23

Aug 27, 2007, 7:04pm the witness exchange

Just a quick note that Assemblage 23 will be playing @ the Hi-Ho Lounge on Sept 26th. Any plans to attend? If so, drop me a line!

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paris and ohgr sittin in a tree?

Aug 26, 2007, 5:54pm the witness exchange

I just checked the calendar and, nope, it's not the first of April. Halloween? Not that either... OH! That's right, hell just froze over. Well, it's going to on April 25th of next year. Litany.net - the unofficial-official Skinny Puppy website - reports that everyone favorite blood covered stilt-walker is in talks to star in an upcoming film... a musical... with Paris fucking Hilton? 'The lead singer of the band "Skinny Puppy" - is in final talks to star in Darren Lynn Bousman's hotly anticipated horror-musical, Repo! The [...]

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vid: lusine - ?auto pilot?

Aug 26, 2007, 3:56pm the witness exchange

Came across a vid for the lovely track 'Auto Pilot' by Lusine , an artist in many of my fave playlists. The song is a very mellow, minimal electronic diddy carried by a nice beat... the vid itself looks like it's made with a consumer digicam but complements the song perfectly.

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a note

Aug 26, 2007, 12:00am the witness exchange

things are slowly coming back together photos are back as is a new, improved calendar please let inform me of any problems and thanks for visiting

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