Scraps from the internet: The Mental Hospital in Asunción in 2003 and 2004

So on a photo thread on urban75 today a couple of photography posts were made, not the most lighthearted of photographic projects, however this type of work is the reason I became interested in photography in the first place.

Warning: Disturbing images

Thanks to weltweit on u75 for the post.

Credit to Martin Crespo

Asucion mental hospital in 2003 & 2004

Hardstep drum and bass mix 2

Hardstep mix 2 by The Wonkydonkey (Sim) on Mixcloud

New mix, similar to the last, with a few new tunes, and a bit better mixing. Managed to cock up the filters and switch the beatmasher on, so I need to work out what I did wrong.

Waxham Beach Party 2012: The playlist

So I just got back the VloodyCloody beach party at Waxham, and I have to say despite burning my hand and falling in a ditch filled with my own piss I had a fantastic time. I took the Boombox along that I wrote up earlier in this blog and it was perfect for the beach as it doesn't have any moving parts for the sand to mess up. I did get asked a bit about the music I was playing by quite a few people, so though it easier just to write the whole lot up here and share the link.


Albums

Ceephax Acid Crew - United acid emirates

Ceephax acid crew

 This is the album I was asked about the most "y'know the one that sounds like computer game album". Whilst not a new album, its a great album and well worth looking up. I think VVT and elfskin asked about this one.

Red box recorder - Colour Codes

Red Box recorder homepage

Album available for free at aeroplane records

I love this album, its really well written and I'd happily pay an full album price for it, but luckily its a totally free download. VVT asked about this.

Clark - Totems flare

Clark/Warp Homepage

Whilst not the most up to date clark album, its definitely my favourite. VVT asked about this.

Clark - Iradelphic

Clark/Warp Homepage

Clarks most up to date album, I think I played the second half of this, as it has all three parts of the pining, and thats my favourite part of this album. VVT asked about this.

High Rankin & Tigerlight - Stepping on the devils tail

High Rankin Homepage

Bouncy Bouncy dubstep, with apparently mental lyrics as pointed out by laz and socket, which I'd not realised before. Laz asked about this one particularly.

Slagsmålsklubben - Den svenske disco

Myspace Page

Another electronic computer gamey sound I like, I was asked about this lot, but can't remember who by

Crystal Castles - (II)

Crystal Castles Homepage

One of my favourite 'bit' bands, the second album of theirs is much more chilled out than the first, but its still beautifully presented.

Mixes

Tykal - Classicore part 2

This is a mix I downloaded off the internet which brings together breakcore tunes that are classically inspired. Unfortunately its a bit of a bugger to get hold of now, but I did find info about it again on the Mix of the day blog.

Squire of gothos & Spongebob squarewave - Live on tinnitus

Put out on brain damage radio I played the first half of this which is a bassline mix, but then was asked to turn the spongebob squarewave second half breakcore off as it was a bit hectic. Unfortunately brain damage radio site seems to be down these days, so no link :(

Fotza - Live at bang face weekender 2011

Unfortunately the box ran out of battery just as we were starting to get into this, but fotza's mixes are great, and he can be found frequenting the ravetalk forums. The set is available for free download on soundcloud.

Other bits and pieces

I also played one of the urburn playlists I've made for the CD swap on Urban75, except the first tune as its been called offensive before.

Ive tried to make it into a spottily but only 4 of the tracks are available, hence I don't use spotify day to day. Urburn 16 on spottily



Individual tunes

Adele (Jamie XX shuffle) - Rolling in the deep

One of my favourite Jamie XX remixes, nice bass and great lyrics from Adele. No-one asked about this, I just noticed lots of people singing along.

Goodbooks vs Crystal Castles - Leni

By far my favourite crystal castles remixes, I even had it in the previous post on this blog look!

I think thats all the main things I played, there may well have been others, but I'll be damned if I remember them.

Wonky Donkey Mix#2 - Balls Deep Mix

So a new mix of some of my filthiest tunes, I really like working with this type of music when I'm mixing, maybe I just like it fast.....

Anyway, 1 main cock up I think, still need to work on me levels a bit, but I aint unhappy with it all.

The Balls Deep Mix by The Wonkydonkey (Sim) on Mixcloud

Tracklist:

Sperm in space – Limewax & Cooh
Shape of space -  Limewax and current value
Voices – the sect
Bass to the top feat erre – Dub elements
Duuure (VIP) – Cooh
Jupiter – Limewax
Manual Control – Cooh & Counterstrike
Tempest – Limewax & Current Value
Kentar – Cooh
The borger – Limewax & Cooh
A new life – Current Value
Rude Awakening – Dub Elements
Medieval Beating – Donny
Bong-Ra - Crawlers

Song discovery: Leni (crystal castles remix) - Goodbooks

So whilst thinking of things that could go on the blog, I realised I download huge amounts of individual songs to my iPhone, from all sorts of weird and wonderful artists, but these songs are new to me. So I'm planning on posting some of them here when I find them. They aren't all going to be brand new songs, just great songs that could easily get looked over.

Yesterday I discovered this whilst flicking through crystal castles track. I listened to the original Goodbooks version and wasn't impressed, but the Crystal Castles remix is great (I'm a big fan of bit stuff in general, the Crystal Castles are one of my favourites, as they still have a morbid undertone to them).

WonkyDonkey mix #1

So I've finally got my new mac, so watch out for some mixes on here (probably quite a few whilst I'm learning).

Anyway, here's my first dubstep and drum step mixes with some of my favourite tunes on. Of course Im still learning, so there's a few balls ups, but overall I'm reasonably happy with it :)

The Technology Helps Mix by The Wonkydonkey (Sim) on Mixcloud

Mini Album review: Ruby my dear - Remains of shapes to come

Well this is an album I've been waiting for, having loved two of Ruby my dear's previous EP's (gingko and the dreaming tree), I've been frothing at the mouth for this album, only made worse by the fact the release date seems to have been pushed back a couple of times too.

Ruby my dear is someone who manages to make music the switches between beautiful melody to head trashing breakcore drums effortlessly, and this album is no exception. I will admit it has taken me a couple of listens to get into the flow of this album, but now its got me hooked, im totally in it. One thing that really caught my attention was the introduction of some 'bang bang bang' techno style beats, which is not something I'd heard on the EP's, and its definately a benefit to this album.

Standout songs have to be 'Karoshi': A very well written, reasonably chilled breakcore tune, that still keeps you on the edge of your seat. I particularly like the 'twangy' sounds, which I get the impression are an eastern string instrument (maybe a sitar?)

Secondly the tune on the album that follows karoshi called 'Uken' which uses samples from 'They call it murder' by Damien Marley, this manages to somehow retain the reggae feel of the original whilst sound like someone's having lots of fun with drum programming in the background.

The third tune is called 'A monks dream', the drum beats in this remind me of what is still my favourite Ruby my dear tune (7C0 on the EP Gingko), but monks dream as some nice boom boom boom elements, whilst remaining complex and driving at the same time.

Overall I have to say I love this album, and imagine it will be on my car stereo for a very long time. I'd recomend it to any breakcore fan and add that it was well worth the wait. Definately give this album a listen, its available to order on Adnoiseam with plenty of tunes to preview.

For more info about ruby my dear, here's his myspace and his soundcloud, he also seems to be quite active on facebook too so you can check him out there aswell