A Gravity Well Themed Dinner Party

A Gravity Well Themed Dinner Party
[Originally Aired on: 9-20-08]
2-hour 320 kbps mp3 podcast
*The Man or Astroman - Space Alphabet along with the Chewbacca's track were discoveredthanks to the great rockabilly/surf/rock blog Rock is Dead R.I.P. If you dig those genres it is definitely worth your time to explore.

Playlist

Tobiah - I Don't Really Exist
Mogwai/Max Tundra - Helicon 2 [Max Tundra Remix]
Mates of State - Starman
The Evil Genius Orchestra - Star Wars Main Theme
Large Number - The Earth Has Shrunk in the Wash
Helium - Cosmic Rays
Stacy Epps - Cosmik Dust
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Jump in My Mouth and Breathe The Stardust
Tom Glazer and Dottie Evans - What is Gravity?
DEVO - S.I.B. [Live in NY, 1980]
The Chewbaccas - Atom Goes to Hollywood
Kompressor - Skyline
Black Orphan - Video Kids
Man or Astroman? - Space Alphabet
Digital Leather - Hologram [Cover of Urinals]
Anti-Pop Consortium - Moon-Zero XM
Bent Bolt and the Nuts - Mechanical Man
Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra - Space Patrol
Xperimental Dental School - Microscope Lab Voices
Tristan Perich - Cradle Song
Passage - In the Bioburbs
Daft Punk - Robot Rock
Built to Spill - Time Trap
Supreme Beings of Leisure - Last Girl on Earth
Roky Erikson - Creature with the Atom Brain
Biddy Biddy Biddy - We Have The Greatest Enthusiasm For the Mission (2049) / Gemini
Program Now!
Crash Course in Science - Mechanical Breakdown
Bit Shifter - Double Density
Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch
To Rococo Rot + i-sound - Gravity sucks, maan
The Cramps - Rock on the Moon

Tales and Shanties from Beyond the Event Horizon

Tales and Shanties from Beyond the Event Horizon
[Originally Aired On: September 13, 2008]
2-Hour Podcast in 320 kbps


Playlist

Tobiah - I Don't Really Exist
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - The Ongoing Debate Regarding Present vs. Future
Ex-Girl - Zero Gravity
The Kirby Stone 4 - You Came from Outer Space
Simply Saucer - Dance the Mutation
The Oblivians - Robot Blues
Black Orphan - Circuits
Radiohead - Super Collider (Live in Dublin)
Christopher B. Cerf - My Fallout Filly (With The Atomic Kiss)
Devo - Space Junk
Add N to (X) - Plug Me In
Tristan Perich - Interface
Cut Chemist/Blackalicious - Chemical Calisthenics (Litmus Test Mix)
Archbishop Jason Polland - I Came from the Coldest Star
Freezepop - Science Genius Girl
The Faint - The Geeks Were Right
Mr. Hopkinson's Computer - Gigantic (Pixies cover)
Cibo Mato - Blackhole Sun (Soundgarden cover)
Recorder - Little Boom Box Rocker
Steve Claydon - Wicked Cool Rock School
The Ok Scientists - Squatgun Luckshot
Enon - The Nightmare of Atomic Men
Thom Yorke (Four Tet Remix) - Atoms for Peace
Black Orphan - Spectrum XX
SpaceScape - Musik Eletronik

National Geographic Video on Expressive Robots [Originally Seen on Digg]

You humans are so cute. You finally are starting to build robots that can mimic your facial expressions to make you more at east. Meanwhile, we here at Deuce Project Station have been enjoying watching the interactions you have with the humanoid cyborg we implanted with the J-Unit hivemind we inserted amongst your population for around 7 of your Earth Years. But seriously, your developments in robotics are very cute. We will pin the pictures of the ongoing developments on our refrigerator.

The video:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080910-robots-video-ap.html

Another article on the MIT bot:
http://hubpages.com/hub/MITs-Nexi-robot-displays-facial-emotions

*Drexzor pulled the National Geographic Article from Digg.

Tristan Perich: One-Bit Music

Tristan Perich's Site: http://www.1bitmusic.com/

The Deuce Project Station's tachyon engine was malfunctioning the other day and Drexzor, lizard-brained crew member that he is, decided that the proper way to repair the problem was to pound on the engine with a wrench and hammer. The result was that we were sent backwards into your time stream and have been working to catch up to your "present" ever since.

While we were back in time we were reminded of the above-linked 2006 release by Tristan Perich. The device you see is just what you get. It is a CD jewel case with a chip connected to a circuit, watch battery for power, toggle swtich to go between tracks, and a headphone jack for your listening pleasure. Here is what the site says (though you should just go there and listen to the audio/purchase his stuff.)

1-Bit Music (2004-2005), a project by composer and artist Tristan Perich, probes the foundations of digital sound. An electronic circuit is assembled inside a CD case with a headphone jack on the side. The device plays back 40 minutes of low-fi 1-bit electronic music—the lowest possible digital representation of audio. Available now from Cantaloupe Music or as a limited art edition. Perich works with the same chips to create 1-Bit Video and his machine drawings, pen-on-paper drawings executed by machine that explore randomness and order

Perich also has links to his rather neat "machine drawings." His "store" f includes kits to build "noise toys" along with "Loud Objects" archives that subsist within the circuits that are built live on an overhead projector in front of the audience. Each of the "Loud Objects" boards are unique (and obviously limited).

Neat stuff. Maybe we will let Drexzor out of the sub-zero chamber for a bit since his mistake led to this discovery. Maybe...

LHC Active

We've been waiting a long time for this. This is exciting.

http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/11/science/11collider.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

An Oral History of the Dark Matter Universe: Volume I

An Oral History of the Dark Matter Universe: Volume I
[Originally Aired On: September 6, 2008]
2-Hour Podcast in 320 kbps

Playlist

Tobiah - I Don't Really Exist
Black Taj - Spacewash
Ramm El Zee - No Guts, No Galaxy
Kassin +2 - Futurismo
Vice Voce - When Planets Collide
Man Or Astroman? - The Song of the Two-Mile Linear Particle Accelerator Stanford University, Stanford California
The RIAA - The Wonder is All Around Us
Looper - My Robot
The Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra - I Stole Your Daddy's Time Machine
The Satanic Puppeteer Orchestra - SPO-1's Commentary on I Stole Your Daddy's Time Machine
Seksu Roba - Telstar
Lynn Ahrens - Interplanet Janet
Prince Paul - Back to the Lab
Berwer - The Reactor (Free Mars)
The Trans Megetti - Mercitron [Found this tasty B-Side at Willfully Obscure!]
The Bel-Aires - Space Walk
Lemon Jelly - Space Walk
Cicada - The Computer Takeover
Cibo Matto - Sci-Fi Wasabi
Add N to (X) - Invasion of the Polaroid
Deltron 3030 - Mastermind [Recently Rereleased thanks to Hieroglyphics!]
Delia Gonzalez - Rise
Mechanik - Kinahcem Attack
Takako Minekawa - [Remix by DJ You of Sukia] 1.666666
Experimental Dental School - Microscope Lab Voices
Wah Kazoo - Dr. Wah
Man Or Astroman? - Evert L. Pipkin

The Past Is The Future Is the Past: Superliminal Particles from the Gameboy Age

The Past Is The Future Is the Past: Superliminal Particles from the Gameboy Age
[Original Air Date: August 30, 2008]
Full 2-Hout Show in 320 kbps
**The podcast is now hosted at mediafire rather than megaupload! This means no annoying passwords or wait time!**

This episode of The Deuce Project is a bit different than the "typical" release. A common trope in science-fiction is the reappropriation of outdated technology. "Cyber-punk" movies and literature typically have some hacker-type taking old bits of technology and creating something new and awe-inspiring from that technology; typically something unintended by the original creators. [An example of this "make it your own" mentality is found in the work of the Kalamazooian graphic novel writer/illustrator Paul Sizer, particularly in his work "Moped Army"*]

This reappropriation of technology for the purpose of art has never been more prominent than in the current musical landscape. One ubiquitous example is the rise of the art of turntabilism in modern hip-hop. Taking what used to be viewed as an unfortunate downfall of the turntable, that "scratching" sound, and finding a way to use it to forge a new aesthetic. More recently, the use of sampling has seen musicians taking the sounds around them and fashioning them into a new sonic landscape.This theme is explored through many of the musical examples in this episode of The Deuce Project. I pay particular attention to one specific genre, that of chiptunes, as an homage to this phenomenon.

Chiptunes is the label given to music that primarily uses sounds synthesized in realtime by computer/video game console sound chips. Essentially, chiptunes artists utilize soundchips from old Commodore 64s, Amigas, NES's, Gameboys, and other "archaic" computers in order to make music. The result is an aesthetic that at once is familiar and new.

Deuce Project Station records are sketchy as to when chiptunes first entered our playlists on a regular basis. It was definitely back in about 2001 either with the 1999 Alec Empire project Nintendo Teenage Robots - We Punk Einheit! or with 8-Bit Construction Set's 2001 "Saucemaster" record (which included data written on the inner tracks which they claim constitutes the first use of vinyl for software distribution). Whatever the case may be, chiptunes have since been a staple of the show and there have not been any complaints from the audience.
The current buzz surrounding Two Player Productions' recent documentary "Reformat The Planet" (which was just featured on Pitchfork TV and is easily visible on youtube if you do some searching) along with the adaption (or theft pending on your opinion) of the 8-bit sound by groups like Crystal Castles suggests that this particular reappropiation of technology has a certain appeal to current musical afficianados. If you are new to the sound, I suggest checking out the links provided below (most link to artist homepages featuring free albums for download) and just enjoying this show. While not everything in this episode is related to this theme, or chiptune-based, a large portion of the show is and I thought you may want to know why. Enjoy!

Links to Featured Artists:
Many members of the fantastic 8-Bit Peoples Collective
Members of the 8-Bit Collective
Bit Shifter
Sabastain Boaz
Coleco Music
Dr. Dru
Jellica
Lo-Bat
Mesu Kasumai
Paza
She
David Sugar
Trash80
Twilight Electric

*Full disclosure: The humanoid form of J-Unit 1 is a member of the Moped Army. However, the graphic novel itself is a fun read, whether or not you know about the group.


Playlist

Tobiah - I Don't Really Exist
Cut Chemist vs. Shortkut - Moon Base Alpha
Man or Astroman? - Earth Station Radio
Colecomusic - Coleco Says: How Are You?
Bit Shifter - Science City Zero
Lo-Bat - My Little Droid Needs a Hand
RIAA - Mechanical Robot Man
David Sugar - Bang!
Lisa Anders & The Victory 5 - Space Monkey (Courtesy of Probe is Turning-On The People)
Dalek I - Little Green Monsters (Link is to mp3s of the OOP Naive album)
The Piranhas - Space Invaders (Courtesy of the Twilight Zone! Blog)
The Mighty Sparrow - Russian Satellite
They Might Be Giants - For Science
Sabastian Boaz - I Love You Circuit Burglar
She - Nebula
Bit Shifter - Hexadecimal Genome
Twilight Electric - Hidden Dangers
Future Pigeon - Cybernetic Killer
Paza - Spacespagetti (stoleyourburgermix)
The Galaxy Trio - Cocktails With The Gravity Girl (via TWILIGHT ZONE!)
Jimmy Pemberton - Mathematics of Love (via Probe is Turning-On The People)
K--> - Kid A (Radiohead Cover)
Dabrye - Machines Pt. I
Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. - Interplanetary Love
Sun Ra and his Astro-Infinity Arkestra - 21st Century Romance
Mesu Kasumai - After Mars
Aaron Neville - Space Man (par lo)
Trash80 - Chip 2 Bit
Jellica & Dr. Dru - I Wld Di 4 U (Prince Cover)

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