Pink Tentacle » Music http://pinktentacle.com Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:26:24 +0000 en hourly 1 Hifana – Rainy Session http://pinktentacle.com/2011/03/hifana-rainy-session/ http://pinktentacle.com/2011/03/hifana-rainy-session/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:53:43 +0000 Pink Tentacle http://pinktentacle.com/?p=7776 Breakbeat duo Hifana (a.k.a. KEIZOmachine! and Juicy) mellow out in a rainy day session with Keisuke Muto (sitar), U-zhaan (tabla) and Izpon (percussion). Just chill.


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Sudo's message in the YouTube video description:

The unprecedented disasters unfolding in Japan; earthquakes, tsunami, and nuclear explosions, will somehow change things to come. And to send my message about this, I have expressed it here with WORLD ORDER.

These disasters can be interpreted as a turning point for civilization. I think that we have arrived at a time of revolution, shared with all the people of the world, in today's society, economy, and political systems.

Incidents themselves are neutral. I believe that every single one of us, wandering through this deep darkness, can overcome anything, if only we let go of our fear, and face the it all in a positive light.

The world is not going to change. Each one of us will change. And if we do, then yes, the world will be changed. It is darkest right before the dawn. Let's all rise up to welcome the morning that will be so very bright for mankind.

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On March 3 -- a week before disaster hit Japan -- he released "Vudu Ceremony On Mt. Fuji," a free improv sound composition that taps into the spirits of Haiti and Japan through analog synths, turntables, bass, low frequency oscillators and percussion. With the news from Japan growing more grim, Fambro has decided to donate all download proceeds to the Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund. Recommended for fans of ambient/experimental sound.

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Here is the original version shot in Japan (and a link to the lyrics).


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]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2011/02/video-gal-o-sengen/feed/ 7 Calne Ca videos http://pinktentacle.com/2010/12/calne-ca-videos/ http://pinktentacle.com/2010/12/calne-ca-videos/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:49:23 +0000 Pink Tentacle http://pinktentacle.com/?p=7303 Calne Ca (a.k.a. Calcium) -- a mechanically modified version of the Hatsune Miku virtual idol created by freelance 3D graphic designer Deino -- stars in a pair of music videos set in a chaotic post-human future.


+ Video for "Machine Muzik," original Hatsune Miku track composed by Saya Kanae


+ Video for "Nehanshika," original Hatsune Miku track composed by Gab

Calne Calcium --
(Image via Karune-Calcium)

[More: deino333 via @R3active]

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+ Maruosa - Muscle Spark


+ Zombieflesheater - Face Destroy

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Inter // States is the latest Tokyo time-lapse piece by photographer Samuel Cockedey. The soundtrack is "Paradigm Flux (Tokyo Cut)" by Woob, from the new "Paradigm Flux" EP (listen).

]]> http://pinktentacle.com/2010/09/video-inter-states/feed/ 3 Gong – How To Stay Alive http://pinktentacle.com/2010/07/gong-how-to-stay-alive/ http://pinktentacle.com/2010/07/gong-how-to-stay-alive/#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:46:18 +0000 Pink Tentacle http://pinktentacle.com/?p=6245
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Tokyo-based animation team Mood Magic created the video for "How To Stay Alive" by veteran psychedelic prog-rock band Gong (from the album "2032"). The animation is based on drawings by guitarist/frontman Daevid Allen.

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