To hear more, check out videoviolence.net

And just to let everyone know, the Early Bird Day tickets (cheaper priced tickets) for the South West Four Weekender have sold out. You can still pick up standard tickets for Saturday and Sunday for £40/day + the booking fee.

I stumbled across this video while checking out Pixelord’s (Alexey Devyanin) tracks on SoundCloud. It’s stunning to say the least. Animation by Self Burning. Sound design and music by Alexey Devyanin.

The performance consists of four 10 x 3.5 meter screens with projections of Japanese performance artist Akemi Takeya’s face. The image is manipulated digitally by a computer, which warps it in a nightmarish way. Synched up with mechanical rhythms and drones, the experience is both disturbing and beautiful. It seems as though the video was composed just like a piece of music.

Granular synthesis is a method of splitting samples into many tiny (1-50 ms in length) sounds, or grains. The grains are then layered on top of one another playing back at different speeds, pitches and volumes. This creates a thick atmosphere of sound instead of one single tone. In a similar way, the video in Modell 5 is being broken down into individual frames and edited back together. If you’re interested in the audio end of granular synthesis, you can research Curtis Roads or check out audio samples of Native Instrument’s Spectral Delay plugin.

This final tour “Wave Goodbye” is a must see for old fans. The show is raw and spontaneous and the energy of the band is through the roof. They’re performing many of the songs they never got a chance to play before including “Heresy,” “The Downward Spiral,” “Mr. Self Destruct,” “Metal,” “Physical,” “I’m Afraid of Americans,” “The Becoming,” “The Way Out Is Through” and “Last.” Since the set-list changes up every night, fans are attending as many shows as they can afford. Janes Addiction then close out the night with an explosive performance. Unfortunately, the US tour is almost over. Tomorrow the band is performing at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD. Tickets are still on sale so I’ll probably catch this one too. Then, my youth will officially feel over. I think we can all sympathize with nin.com forum member, Shitfuckdamn, who posted “Might as well named it the ‘Goodbye Forever and Get Your Razor Blades Out’ tour.”

Video: Nine Inch Nails – Mr. Self Destruct (Irvine, CA 2009)

Dubfiles is a 3-hour documentary which takes a look inside the world of dubstep and some of it’s most prolific DJ’s and producers. The interviews focus on how the producers got into the scene, what their influences are and their production techniques. It’s a personal insight into a fast-growing underground music movement that’s been sweeping through the UK. The DVD comes packaged with a 10-track audio CD with unmixed material. The producers interviewed are: Benga, Caspa, Crazy D, D1, Distance, Hatcha, Joe Nice, N-Type, Pinch, Rusko, Search & Destroy, Skream and Slaughter Mob. To view official clips and to find out how to order, check out Dubfiles on Myspace.