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damage's razor coated candies 04

More ROCK, rage and leathered and laced up beauties in the new edition of Razor Coated Candies. Which has been going on for a month now. No experimentation this week (personal post coming up later as to the reason behind the no experimentation, the delay and the non-posting of the past weeks), only a few earfuls of some decent stuff that caught our attention this week. Thanks to all of you who helped with their ideas to get this one going, you all know who you are! Now I'm scheduling this post to sometime during the late morning hours and falling asleep before... By the way, this is a Dragontape.

PLAYLIST

01. Johnny Hollow - Hollow World
02. Porcelain Black ft. Lil' Wayne - This is What Rock N Roll Looks Like
03. Ladyhawke - My Delirium
04. The Knife - Marble House (live)
05. The Dresden Dolls - Backstabber
06. Jill Tracy - Haunted by the Thought of You
07. Pati Yang - All that is Thirst
08. Xymox - Imagination
09. Iamiamiwhoami - O
10. The Tenth Stage - Francois Martin (edit 3)
11. Stolen Babies - Push Button
12. Shiny Toy Guns - Major Tom
13. Rogue Traders - Voodoo Child
14. Versant - Out of Touch
15. Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar
16. Himawari - Wheel of Life
17. The Sugarcubes - Cold Sweat
18. The Eden House - To Believe in Something
19. Kerli - Walking on Air
20. Sawako - Boulder Planetarium 2007 CMKY

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the new cities - dead end countdown

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[polish spaceship europop] ambulans - wiem ze

They play glowing, futuristic instruments in space, where asymmetrical hair is totally awesome. They're . . . Ambulans, a Polish band from Kielce, whose new song "Wiem Że" will remind you that Italo disco never died, says Annalee Newitz of IO9 and she's right, that's another fantastic example of MORE visually Tron-inspsired music videos. Come to think of it, the whole Tron franchise had a visual inspiration over things, ne? (via io9)

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damage’s razor coated candies 02

Hello, joyful readers looking for new music. The second etape of razor coated candies is out, which is a weekly edition of 21 tracks ranging from black to another shade of black (and very intense, rumbling, bass- and melody-heavy and otherwise quite enjoyable inbetween). There is a huge mixture of genres, last week's RCC meandered from darkpop through cabaret and ambient to electrohouse, this week's edition might be a bit more influenced by gothic, but I wouldn't be so sure. Be prepared - every Thursday brings you a new edition (something Miss @Toyclouds called endre kabátolt cukorkák which sent bits of our brain Sputnikwards), share this Dragontape package if you need some weekly recommendation into the blissful waves beyond the mainstream maya.

PLAYLIST

01. Amanda Palmer - Strength Through Music
02. Metric - Gimme Sympathy
03. Cruel Black Dove - Forgotten Place
04. Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
05. IAMX - Ghosts of Utopia
06. The Vanishing - Lovesick
07. The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea
08. Regina Spektor - Us
09. Ikon - A Line on a Dark Day
10. Good Charlotte - Keep Your Hands Off My Girl
11. GR†LLGR†LL - I'm gonna dress in black/THEM
12. Interpol - Lights
13. Pulp - Do You Remember the First Time
14. Filthy Dukes - This Rhythm
15. Veil of Thorns - De Lege Motus
16. yelworC - Blood in Face (live)
17. Hecq vs Exillion - Spheres of Fury
18. Alec Empire - New World Order
19. The Creatures - Godzilla
20. Sleep Chamber - Isis
21. Siouxsie & The Banshees - The Last Beat of My Heart

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♫ angelspit - toxic girl (censored teaser)

Looks like a slick deadcityesque teaser for the Angelspit track Toxic Girl. It's not just green and rolling in hi-def, it's also done by a buddy of mine, Tamas Mesmer with whom we've done the cyberpunk short movie 14sec. Tom's a freak and a great lover of oldschool cyberpunk, so I'm sure he's got something positively weird coming out from under his claws, especially that it's approved by the riot squad of ROCK. So there's a trailer, the full version (there's a censored and an uncensored version, as Tamas informed me) is probably coming out in a week or two. Until that, order the remix album Carbon Beauty (Toxic Girl is track 11 on that CD), check out the stuff done by Mr. Mesmer on Vimeo and see whatever else Angelspit has got to offer you.

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♫ lovett - eye of the storm (steampunk, almost movie-like)

Official video for Lovett's Eye of the Storm directed by Christopher Alender, from the soon to be released debut album, Highway Collection. (it might have been released on the 15th of March, so it's already out, but this is a steampunk lovechild of ROCK and you know you need it)

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damage's razor coated candies 01

11-3-11, one of those nights. Half a bottle of Rockstar Recovery was enough to keep me off the demon hours, sleep, mindful creativity, finishing up any work to be able to enjoy a stressless weekend. It wasn't enough, however, to keep me off digging up new likes, hearts and razor coated throbbing bundles of joy. So I made up something irresponsibly called damage's razor coated candies (which sounded extremely good at that very moment when the idea struck me, i would sort of debate it now but I'm sticking with the originals, a man gotta make a classic when a man gotta make a classic), containing 21 carefully selected tracks from darkwave, gothic, darkpop and cabaret and probably a few other (sub)genres if you want to get real specific. I don't want to. Some of the tracks you might have seen/heard here already, some will be completely now, I'm having quite a crush now on Teenagersintokyo but more importantly, now defunct Solemn Novena - their track Trick or Treat is on par with Pretentious, Moi?'s Now and Again - and for those of you who know me well enough, that's quite a compliment. So please, enjoy. I might drink up another bottle of Rockstar Recovery and then summon up bubbling nuclear fusion in my room while you're busy depressing buttons. Happy Friday and weekend, by the way.

PLAYLIST

01. Rasputina - Momma Was an Opium Smoker
02. Veil Veil Vanish - Anthem for a Doomed Youth
03. O Children - Dead Disco Dancer
04. Laurel Halo - Something I Never Had
05. Austra - Beat and the Pulse (Clean Version)
06. Black Tape for a Blue Girl - Pleasure in the Pain
07. She Wants Revenge - Tear You Apart
08. Von Haze - Outside the Night
09. The Irrepressibles - The Mirror Mirror Spectacles
10. Hearts of Black Science - Empty City Lights
11. Teenagersintokyo - Peter Pan
12. †‡† (ritualz) - ▲
13. Katzenjammer Kabarett - The Crowd Around
14. Faith and the Muse - Battle Hymn
15. The XX - Crystalised
16. Tying Tiffany - Lost Way
17. A Kiss Could Be Deadly - And So It Ends
18. Zola Jesus - Night
19. Light Asylum - Dark Allies
20. The Dresden Dolls - Coin-Operated Boy
21. Solemn Novena - Trick or Treat

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combichrist - throat full of glass, the dirty version

Shot on location in Los Angeles, CA, October 2010.

Directed and Edited by Chad Michael Ward
Director of Photography: Darin Meyer
Producer: Mary Taylor

1st Assistant Director: Pearry Teo
Production Design: Geoff Flint
Camera and Visual FX: Gavin Fisher
Hair and Makeup: Morgan Panter
Makeup FX: Matt Corrigan
Art Direction: Logan Walden
Lead PA/Second Assistant Director: Gerald Sanchez

Art Dept: Satine Phoenix, Cheearra Esquerra, Charlie Henderson
Grips: Daniel Valadez, Mike Garcia
Production Assistants: Amanda Collins, Brennan Alonzo, Oscar Perez, Michael Padilla, Laura Avila, Sabrina Hertzberg

Shot on 4 Canon 7Ds.

Featuring: Lächeln, Athena Fatale and Jesse Pagz with special cameo appearances by Sin Quirin (Ministry) and Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit) (more on vimeo, check out more of chad michael ward's stuff on his livejournal)

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damage powertape: this is saul williams

This man is Saul Williams. He's one of the grittiest hip hop poets of our age, sharpens lyrical bullet tongue with DJ Krust's on Coded Language, covers U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday, rocks out with Nine Inch Nails and summons a whole lot of raw anger sheathed in intellect and a black, smoking mirror. He's just had his 39th birthday this Monday and he always makes me remember how I fell in love with the whole Wu-Tang Clan and narrative/freestyle d'n'b, because words are still the glue, essence and fuel of this universe. You can wish him a happy one by checking out this powertape I collected out of his video-only stuff off YouTube. This is a Dragontape, this is Saul Williams. (saulwilliams.com)

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NEWSTAPE: THIS IS SAUL WILLIAMS
(44:15)
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1. Def Poetry Jam - Saul Williams (Coded Language) (04:00)
2. DJ Krust & Saul Williams - Coded Language (06:17)
3. Saul Williams - Sunday, Bloody Sunday (04:45)
4. Saul Williams - Black Stacey (03:59)
5. Saul Williams - Not In Our Name (The Pledge of Resistance) (02:08)
6. Saul Williams Amethyst Rock (02:09)
7. NIN & Saul Williams - African Student Movement (Live 05) (05:55)
8. Saul Williams, Serj, and De La Rocha - New York Times (Rare) (08:19)
9. NIN & Saul Williams - List Of Demands (Live 05) (04:14)
10. Saul Williams - DNA (04:07)
11. Saul Williams: Telegram (02:28)

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nostromo - binary overdrive (sugar jesus - get a hold of yourself)

Sugar Jesus' brand new single, "Get A Hold Of Yourself", coincides with an exclusive collaboration with AMV creator extraordinaire, 'Nostromo'. The "Anime Music Video" phenomenon is currently growing exponentially, in particular throughout Europe and America, beginning, as it did, predominantly in the Far East. Having won multiple awards at 'AKROSS Con' as well as numerous other global competitions, Nostromo is the undisputed king of the AMV world. His videos receive millions of views all over the web, earning him widespread fame within the community. Sugar Jesus sanctioned the use of their most recent single to Nostromo, and for the last 6 months, together they have been working closely on all sides of the project, now entitled "Binary Overdrive". The result is an otherworldly fusion of image and sound, culminating in an adrenaline-fuelled thrust of pure audio-visual energy. Enjoy! (sugarjesus / nostromo, recommended by Luggi, thx!)

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► sisters of mercy - this corrosion

In glorious rememberance of last Saturday's Sisters of Mercy gig that sounded as powerful as it gets and obviously you couldn't see ANYTHING on stage. Because it's a bloody Sisters of Mercy gig. Get over it.

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thedosemag.com meets dragontape - visual mixtape

Reminds me of how we all could reconstruct the MTV 120 Minutes video jukeboxes of yore when Bill Leeb looked more like a disenfranchised teenager than a bored shaman, guitar rave was still a hip thing and people making electronic music that made us all jump were considered to be magicians. Does anyone still remember 120 Minutes? UPDATE: Playlists are here!?
While you're thinking about this, I'm sharing you this dragontape from my time with The Dose magazine so far, including music videos from bands we've interviewed in the Budapest, Tokyo, London and Paris issues. Weird and enjoyable party music for you people who haven't been properly grabbed by any subculture and if you have, please enjoy. You can download all previous Dose issues for free, except for the Paris issue which is 4 euros and still available as a digital download via PayPal. Check the teaser and then buy it as a weekend read, it'll be fun!

PLAYLIST
1. Juno Reactor - Inca Steppa
2. Headscan - Sentinel
3. Neo - Absolution (live)
4. Tankt - Bush on Fire
5. Ayria - Red Shift (live)
6. Celldweller - Switchback
7. D'espairs Ray - Forbidden (live)
8. Punish Yourself - CNN War
9. Angelspit - Vena Cava
10. Day-Már - Embrace the Night
11. Nohno feat. Toshinori Kondo - Wound
12. Shiv-R - The End
13. Foretaste - Dying for the First Time of My Life
14. Miss Kittin - Kittin is High
15. Black Nail Cabaret - Tell Me It's Not Over (Starsailor cover)
16. Aural Vampire - Freeeze!
17. The Birthday Massacre - Video Kid (live)
18. Pitchshifter - Genius
19. BAAL - Dead Rock Enemy (live)
20. New Project - Coma
21. Mentallo & The Fixer - Opening the Bandwidth (live)
22. Juno Reactor - Masters of the Universe (live)

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ilyenek voltunk, nippon shoxx: visual mixtape

Éppen a DragonTape visual mixtapegyártójával szórakozok és próbálom hat szomorúan kiürült és fillmeért lüktető kávésbögre mellett rekonstruálni azt az érzetet, amikor valaki fontosnak gyártasz egy szalagot, hogy "ez mind ez mind én vagyok, edd meg, legyenek közös pillanataink", aztán egy negyedórával később már az első visual kei/jrock bulijaink playlistjeit túrom a legütősebb pillanatokért, amikor közel kétszáz lány vonatozik körbe-körbe egy tánctéren és visítják a dalszövegeket, aztán ujjonganak minden szám elején, egyesek végén még egyszer, a fal mellé lapulva meg fiúk merednek hihetetlenül a nőuralomra és legjobb barátaikat hívják remegő ujjakkal, hogy "ide gyere bazmeg, te ILYET még nem láttál, nőt így még nem láttunk viselkedni", aztán valahogy sikerül pont egy CDnyit összetúrni, 18 szám, 75 perc, a kettőezres buliévek legjobb pillanatai ívfényre kondenzálva, osszátok meg és uralkodjatok és gyártsatok ti is ilyen mixtapeket, aztán finoman toljátok be ide, hogy "a mi bulijaink meg ilyenek voltak, na? ki szórakozott jobban?", aztán elkezdünk kakaskodni, összegyűlünk újcsapatostul és szaporodunk. Ez a titkos szabadkőműves terv.

PLAYLIST
1. Luna Sea - Tonight
2. Transtic Nerve - Into Yourself
3. Pierrot - Yuuyami Suicide
4. Gackt - Vanilla
5. Oblivion Dust - Designer Fetus
6. Siam Shade - Black
7. Maschera - Still I Love You
8. Buck-Tick - Glamorous
9. Guniw Tools - Dada
10. Soft Ballet - White Shaman
11. Malice Mizer - Beast of Blood
12. Kagerou - XII Dizzy
13. Merry - Japanese Modernist
14. Dué le Quartz - Rodeo
15. Miyavi - Girls, Be Ambitious
16. Dir en Grey - Yokan
17. Janne da Arc - Mysterious
18. Sugizo - No More Machineguns Play the Guitar

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rebirth for ipad

ReBirth faithfully emulates dance music's three backbone devices: The Roland TB-303 Bass synth and the Roland TR-808 and 909 drum machines. Combine these with FX units, fully featured pattern sequencers and a gorgeous-looking interface and you're ready to make killer tracks on your iPad. Share your music with friends on Facebook, Twitter and more using the built in sharing features. (find out more on rebirthapp.com)

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necro facility talks about their new album wintermute

It´s been over four years since they unleashed their last album "The Room" which was praised in the media all over the world. With their new album "Wintermute" their classic North American/Canadian sound really has evolved into something own and unique. Last Saturday we premiered the album to selected media in their studio in Stockholm/Sweden and we dare to say EVERYONE was stunned and amazed by the result. It´s for sure one of the best ever produced albums ever made in this scene. No so weird maybe since member Oscar Holter is now considered one of the finest producers at Lionheart and recently even had a number 1 chart hit in Japan. Together with Henrik Bäckström behind the microphone which also has evolved in an amazing way. We dare to say people will be stunned in the beginning of May when "Wintermute" will be released. (yes, this is the press release, get over it, band on facebook)

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♫ oh no ono - internet warrior

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♫ echo lake - young silence (yes, the music video done with kinect)

This video was shot on the Microsoft Kinect by me and Dom Jones on December 14th 2010. I then spent the next seven weeks (mostly after work) making it look like that ^

The video was captured and processed using custom applications developed in Cinder. The software was based on the work that Flight 404 did with his early Kinect libraries. (eat echo lake here)

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