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| | | mashit (usa) #mashit br 001 lp dj flack “beat research one” twelve inch single record - dj flack - prague rock
- dj flack - silk parachutes (remix of cul de sac’s bamboo rockets)
- dj flack - klez dub
- dj flack - honeymoon breeze
| | first release on this mashit sub-label, named after tony “dj flack” and jake “dj c” ‘s long-running weekly (first at phoenix landing, then for a short period of time at johnny d’s, now at the enormous room.) great risk-taking downtempo rollers from dj flack, including a remix of a cul de sac song (!) |
| | the house of cards ep contains some of dj flacks most fruitful experiments from the past couple of years. prague rock was originally made as a soundtrack to a film shot in said city, then was used as a soundtrack for one of flack's interactive animations, and finally became the slammin' track that appears on this ep. silk parachutes is flack's take on the electric sitar-heavy tune bamboo rockets by the legendary post/indy/psych-rock band cul de sac. the band had asked flack to remix the tune from their critically acclaimed album death of the sun. it was to come out along side remixes by dj /rupture, hrvataski, eoss, and others, but the project never came to fruition, so the track appears here for the first time. klez dub finds flack pushing klezmer sounds deep into dub-step territory. last, but not least, honeymoon breeze lulls us out of the ep into a beautiful tropical dream.
dj flack produces a unique brand of beat science that spans the spectrum of music and video. as an electronic musician, his source material ranges from live instruments to bizarre snippets of obscure records rearranged and tweaked into submission. his first solo recordings were featured on the toneburst collective compilation cd in 1998 (bliss recordings). in 2000 bliss released flack’s full length cd dispenser. before that he was a member of the beyond underground art-punk band soothing sounds for baby. these days he and dj c run the weekly beat research parties together. they also perform (and record) together as duotone, creating bombastic beat collages with turntables, laptops, microphones, and video projections. in this configuration they've rocked clubs, museums, theaters, and parties from new york city to prague. as an mc, flack attacks complicated social issues with a sardonic wit while dj c rocks the human beatbox. flack is also an accomplished multi-media artist whose videos have been shown the world over, from new york’s knitting factory, to the museum of modern art in stockholm sweden. he incorporates interactive animation into his live sets, as well as his website |
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