Other Mixes By SwankQueen
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Suspension of Disbelief
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| Artist | Song | |
| Foetus/Amon Tobin mix | Cirrhosis of the Heart | |
| Kazutoki Umezo & Samm Bennett | Neverafter (live) | |
| Melt Banana | Bright Splat (Red Paint, Black Dot) | |
| Ex Orkest | Symfonie voor Machines (live) | |
| Sonic Youth |
MIEUX: de Corrosion 
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| Raymond Scott |
General Motors: Futurama
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| Raymond Scott | IBM MT/ST: The Paperwork Explosion (instrumental version) | |
| Foetus/Franz Treichler mix | The Need Machine | |
| Endino's Earthworm | Suspension of Disbelief | |
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| Artist | Song | Buy |
| Endino's Earthworm | How Much Time | |
| Jason Ringenberg & Steve Earle |
Bible and a Gun
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| Genesis P-Orridge & The Angels of Light | Supermale | |
| Spectre meets Dr. Israel | World of Destruction (Seals of Megiddo mix) | |
| Barbed |
We're Doing Well Now
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| Speedy J & Kait Gray | Nails in the Wall | |
| Of Cabbages & Kings | The Reign | |
| Henry Cow |
Nine Funerals of the Citizen King
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Comment:
A reaction against Greed and the evil it begets, the force which binds Industry & American politics ever closer. It is dedicated to the Bush Dynasty. I don't usually do liner notes, but I think this warrants the extra effort:Symfonie voor Machines is a live recording based on the piece "Zavod" (The Iron Foundry) by Alexander Mossolov, a suite from the ballet "Stal" (Steel, Opus 19, 1926), adapted by The Ex for the Ex Orkest. The ballet "Steel" was intended to glorify industrialization, employing a metal sheet to create the sound of clashing iron and steel. In 1927, Mossolov was declared "enemy of the people", two years later all his works were banned, and in 1936 he was expelled from the Composers Union. Who knew the roots of "industrial music" went so deep?
The Raymond Scott bits were PR pieces with his space-age electronic sounds.
The Foetus pieces are from his release "Blow", an album of Foetus songs remixed by various artists at JG Thirlwell's request.
The lesser known Perspectives Musicales side of Sonic Youth...
The track "Supermale" is a verbal tug-of-war featuring voice samples of Pope John Paul II versus Anton La Vey.
"We're Doing Well Now" & "Nails in the Wall" are excerpted from the documentary project "The Fire This Time" (www.firethistime.org), and these tracks juxtaposed the propaganda of Desert Storm with the reality of Iraqi daily life under siege. Absolutely horrifying.
I was itching to make a mix and am still limited technologically, so even though there were other tracks I had in mind, I could only use stuff from CDs for this. It might be a difficult listen for some, but it flows pretty well.
Feedback:
Difficult but nonetheless very interesting.
This will be a dense mix, yes a bit difficult. I bet it's worth the effort though. (I am also a fan of the "New Music" from the early 20th century)
This is way over my head, but as it's from the Queen o' Swank I'll bet it's worth hearing -
Awesome, I didn't see this before. That's one of my fav. Melt-Banana tracks. *SQUISH*
Lots of favorite tunes and then again, lots of not usually listened to but favorite artists. No doubt the flow is therem and perhaps the tone is unsettling enough to make it properly work. It would be nice to check it out.
This looks just great. Love the Umezo/Bennett -> Melt Banana -> Ex Orkest -> SY especially. Don't keep us in suspense, who wins the Pope vs. La Vey tug-of-war?
Who wins depends on the listener.
"It might be a difficult listen for some" -- names and addresses please.
Mix/Global Consciousness - you're mixing for millions now...
I would not have been able to imagine this without hearing it but now having listened I think I can imagine it very clearly! I'm thinking soundtrack to Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" . . . and then another image would be the factory scene from Chaplin's "Modern Times" -- as the Machine Age goes into overdrive --
I do believe this all leads right into your side-B Iraq War/Eve of Destruction theme, it, what else is that about except the military-industrial need to blow up some of its overblown overstockpiled death-factory surplus ?
None of this is in my usual listening vein but it's brilliant & well-crafted & I'm getting a lot out of it, will be listening to it quite a bit more. Of course I love the Raymond Scott and the "Futurama" narrator voice coming out of "our product closet" . . . Quite excellent in every way - many thanks for the chance to experience it!
I do believe this all leads right into your side-B Iraq War/Eve of Destruction theme, it, what else is that about except the military-industrial need to blow up some of its overblown overstockpiled death-factory surplus ?
None of this is in my usual listening vein but it's brilliant & well-crafted & I'm getting a lot out of it, will be listening to it quite a bit more. Of course I love the Raymond Scott and the "Futurama" narrator voice coming out of "our product closet" . . . Quite excellent in every way - many thanks for the chance to experience it!
My God, this sounds immense. I think this is the other mix that I'd like you to copy for me.
Now that I've finally had the opportunity to hear this mix, let me say with great feeling that this is an absolute masterpiece. Simultaneously chilling, jarring, and eerily beautiful. I'm pretty much with joey below on his analysis. I think my favorite tracks are the opening Foetus track (although the other Foetus track is pretty frickin' great, as well), the Melt Banana track, and the Raymond Scott "IBM" thing. I really, really dig the second half of side two, as well, although all of this mix is pretty great. An awesome achievement that should have this site worshipping at its tortured altar.
Finally found some time to give this a proper listen, and it's just amazing. I didn't find it difficult to listen to at all - it was smooth sailing all the way
Missed this the first time goin' around. Found it as was looking to see if I'd used a specific track before (by Spectre).
This is amazing stuff...very nice and shame on me for missing this.
This is amazing stuff...very nice and shame on me for missing this.
Oh, and the Fire This Time is simply one of the best recordings I've ever heard. I wish all history lessons can be put this way. Though I felt the information could be regarded as extremely one-sided, it does make a strong statement and actually has altered my feelings on the situation. What I fear, though, is there was no mention of the atrocities inflicted by the Iraq Government. It almost makes them out to be completely innocent of any involvement in the conflict, which, too, is inaccurate.