A very clever video featuring The Scratch Perverts. The video dosnt seem to serve any purpose other than being a ‘Check my Skillz’ show reel but its pretty awesome nonetheless.
Check out the Neurosonics site here and see some production stills and so on
More clever ideas from the internet. Is there anything it cant do.
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Scotsman Calvin Harris has come up with the most novel idea we have heard so far this week, to smear and smack ladies without getting a call from the Constable.
Using conductive paint, sensors and black magic, Harris’ team have come up with the novel idea of a Human Synthesizer, or Humanthesizer for short. Touching hands and legs together closes circuits and triggers sounds and Clips in Ableton Live with the unfortunate result being Calvin Harris’ latest single.
Great idea though. Check Harrs playing his dirty synth here
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Ireland’s second tallest building and Dublin’s tallest gets rigged up with 100,000 LED’s turning it into what is basically and 50 metre low-res telly.
Running from 24th of September to 11th of October as part of the Dublin Theatre Festival, ‘Playhouse’ is part inspired by the 2003 Blinkenlights installation in Berlin but has been worked on by a team based in Trinity College’s Science Gallery who have spent the past few years trying to make it happen and are now seeing their idea come to fruition.
But the best part of the idea is that they have invited the public to design their own animations on the Playhouse Website. You just download a simple programme, work away on it, submit to them and they will endeavour to play it as much as possible.
They have a strict ‘no willys’ policy though. Shame.
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Another entry in the Brickfilm category, Swedish animator Tomas Redigh spent 1500 hours building this video for 8-Bit song maker Daniel Larsson. The result is this mind boggling, 80′s computer game referncing, brick by brick vid.
Via Designboom
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We are having a 2 day micro festival this weekend in The Bernard Shaw. Bands, DJs, Carboot Sale, Pub Quiz, Film tent, BBQ, Sunday brunch, astro turf…The buzz is good & mighty already and its taking shape to be a Shaw Classic weekend.
Starting on Saturday at 1pm, we have the following…
The Sunday from 1pm will see…
Will have a full running order up in next 24 hours.
This will be free in all weekend so we would love if you could stick the hand in the pocket for some of the raffles and so on that will be held in aid of the very venerable Scoop Foundation
Full Details on the event and venue can be found on the Bodytonic Event Pages
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One of our favourite local artists here in the Bernie Shaw has been asked to do his own take on the iconic Absolut vodka bottle and their Absolut Art series. Working with printer Bob Eight Pop in London, he produced 200 unique screen prints which you can see in the ‘How its made’ video above, where Asbestos cunningly hides his face from the law…but which we can exclusively reveal for a $100 one-off payment.
Asbestos is also part of the Small Print gang. Check out their blog site and their upcoming jumbo week long creative festival Offset which culminates with a 3 day conference taking place in Dublin’s Liberty Hall Theatre from Friday 6th-Sunday 8th November.
Video produced by Pandemic Pictures
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Waaay late on this one (has been winning awards since 2003) but defintley worth sticking up here on the Toejam blog. Yu Ming is a China man who gets disillusioned with life in his China town. After poking a spinning globe, he makes his mind up that he’s starting a new life in Ireland. In his research about Ireland he discovers that we have an Irish language and sets about learning it so he can blend right in and hilarity ensues.
A short chuckler and a heart warmer. Regarde
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Have a look at this brilliant video by Terri Timely (Who has also directed videos for Modest Mouse, Joanna Newsom and some other bands we’re not sure about), an ingenious piece of film that made us dig into just what the hell Synesthesia is. First port of call was Wikipedia, which went some way towards explaining the video but also made us look a bit deeper.
Essentially, its the interesting bit about being off your tits on Aciiid. Being able to see sounds, taste colour, hear smells and apparently, some people get this all the time, acid or no acid.
Mental. Anyway, if you cant be bothered reading about it you can listen to a mildly grating chick describe it to you here
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US artists Chris Collins has scoured the internet looking for the worst paintings he can find of Barack Omaba and there’s some real doozies out there, such as the above example, where President Obama has clearly received the support of the Mexican Y-front’s Association.
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Anyone who’s been following the Bassfiles column over on the Bodytonic main site will know that I’ve been fairly obsessed with UK Funky House or simply ‘Funky’ for the last 18 months or so. There’s a good few reasons for this, and I hope this mix spreads the enthusiasm. The UK garage scene always made time for traditional ‘funky house’, but as garage got dark and morphed into grime and dubstep, there was more aggression, less glamour and frankly ‘too many men’. Garage, grime and dubstep producers started putting their own signature on house music and combined elements of afro-beat and their own bass music backgrounds to create a really distinctive sound that continues to evolve and mutate at merciless pace.
A principle feature of the genre is its favouring of a soca beat as opposed to a straight 4×4, so there’s a off beat for the hips to swing in and no shortage of melodies supplied to further tempt the ladies to dance. And where the ladies go, the fellahs will follow! The funky scene over in the UK is noted generally for strict dress codes where hats, hoods and trainers are forbidden, but scruffs like me are now more likely to get to hear it out as it has been picked up by wider DJs in the bass music and general dance scenes. Listening to tunes like the Count and Sinden’s ‘Mega’, you can’t help notice that it is essentially a piece of Funky and the genre has been having an impact on the new dancehall sounds coming out of Jamaica. Definitely a genre on the up and up.
This mix showcases the versatility of the genre inna A$$QUAKE style, demonstrating also the influence that the soca beat has been having on wider bass music. Classic funky tunes like ‘I’m Right Here’ give way to some of the sound’s more stripped down and percussive manifestations, with a fair smattering of vocal niceness and dance-floor fillers.
Download Illanja’s ‘Funky for now’ mix here
1. Julio Bashmore – Around
The first track eases us in, a Bristol producer whose style isn’t quite ‘funky’ but somewhere between garage and afro-house. The low key percussion and atmospheric synths make for great mood.
2. Dj MA1 – I’m Right Here
This track is a straight up piece of vocal funky from a big producer on the scene. Comforting lyrics, simple beats, piano, still a mood ting!
3. Tadow – Stress Out (Carnival Mix)
Stepping the percussion up a notch, this track courts the Caribbean influence a bit more, with a rousing guitar lick, stabbing piano and hard soca beat.
4. Shystie – Pull It (Ill-Blu Remix)
A massive remix of Shystie’s low key bassline original. The lyrics are pure hype and Ill-Blu does them justice on the beats.
5. Jeremih – Birthday Sex (Venom & Damage Remix)
Venom & Damage who I last saw making pretty impressive ravey remixes have imported some of that aesthetic on their take on funky. This pretty croony original has at least three different funky remixes, but this is definitely the pick of the litter, with the vocal cut up and dubstep-style breakdowns generating pure energy. I should have left this play out longer.
6. Kid Sister – Right Hand Hi
What’s this? Kid Sister on a funky mix? Well, this newest offering from Chicago’s hip rap export is nicely percussive. The vocal is catchy and there’s the usual ‘tude to spare. It’s definitely a good look for her.
7. Major Lazer – Hold the Line (Edu K remix)
Ever since the Lazer boys stuck the acapella for ‘Hold the Line’ up on their blog, there’s been a slew of remixes of various quality plastered across the interwebs. Brazillian Edu K has turned out with one of the best, pillaging his South American roots for influence.
8. K G – Feeling Funky
‘I’m just feeling funky’ – nuff said.
9. Dre Skull – I Want You (Bok Bok Remix)
This tune is cut to the bone bass and percussion with haunting vocals and synths gossamer gliding above. Bok Bok’s sound is really one of the most interesting in funky at the moment.
10. Altered State – Rass Out
Just bass and steppy percussion, it really doesn’t take that much to make me happy.
11. Vato Gonzalez – Badman Riddim
I heard this on Rinse a few month’s back and cursed my inability to find it on any play list, leaving me to mumble stupidly about ‘that funky track that samples Simon Says’. Big energy in this jumpy barrage of chopped sample and tough beats.
12. D Malice – Monopoly (Refix)
More of an electro flavour on this one. There are definitely a group in funky that are owing more and more to the early sounds of Detroit and those who developed it.
13. Roska – Gone to a Better Place
Very techy flavour from the master of minimal funky cuts.
14. Warrior One – I Don’t Need You
A group which brings a pretty unique sound to the genre, a debt here to more old-school sounds.
15. Dj Debonair – Samir’s Theme (Arm’s Remix)
A cut into an A$$QUAKE anthem, a rework of a classic Baltimore track which has been tried and tested pon the floor.
16. Dj Mujava – Township Funk (Radioclit Remix)
Despite peaking more than a year ago, this melody refuses to become any less effective and despite all it’s play – it’s really not getting all that boring. The Radioclit remix provides more of a soca beat that the original and I’m really into that handclap.
17. Steve Angello & Laidback Luke ft. Robin S – Show Me Love (Geeneus Remix)
Some dancefloor dynamite here as the remix of the old school classic is again remixed, providing a more rolling beat.
18. Hardhouse Banton vs. Stush – We Nuh Run (Sirens)
Stush’s always tough vocals go great over ‘Sirens’ which was a big minimal funky track from last year.
19. Donaeo – Raving (JT Productions Remix)
You can’t really do a funky mix without some Donaeo. He has been right at the top of the scene – vocalist, producer and all round talent. In this track his ‘Party Hard’ lyrics are reversioned over a beat provided by a group we’re more used to seeing in bassline.
20. Footsteps – Worker
Footsteps crank out one hard skanker after the other. This is no exception!
21. Emvee – Nocturnal
This track is so wonderfully minimal and the steel drums are just killer. This is one of many tracks that’s demonstrating that serious funky is being made ‘oop north’ and not just in London.
22. Fuzzy Logic – The Way You Move
The last track mixes in a little awkwardly it has to be admitted, but since it had been permanently on loop in my head for a couple of weeks ago I had to finish up on it. To me this track captures that feel good vibe of early dance music. Between this and ‘All I Need’ Fuzzy Logic have really been hitting all the right buttons this year.
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Shortie & Nic James, look at them there…so in love…. are the men with the weight of responsibility of your Saturday night on their shoulders this Weekend. Their first tag team on off on off in a while, they go together like peanuts and chewing gum and make Saturday go bang bang from early doors.
We will also be recording a live Toejam mix this Saturday and want your crowd participation. Shouts, screams, whistles, farts, and all the shit you say thinking nobody will hear it over the music – the mic’s will be setup to record it all from 9pm. “Are you having a good time??….I Said, ARE YOU HAVING A GOOD TIME DUBLIN???” and so on, crowd participation essential.
Check out the event listing here to find out more about the gig. Starts at 8pm and is free in
Shortie was quick of the bat with a chart of them choons he likes at the moment and here it is. Nic will fall into line soon enough and proide y’all with one too.
Shortie’s Ten o’ the best
Lady Chann & Sticky – Sticky Situation
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Toejam anchorman Nic James talks about his former glories and gives us one of his well received mixes that was aired on BBC Radio One a few years back to download for free.
Catch Nic playing with Shortie this Saturday at Toejam in The Bernard Shaw
About 10 years ago me and my mate James aka Jimmy The Fingers made a record called Project Arthur under our Superdense Child guise that lots of people liked. One of those people was BBC Radio One’s Mary Anne Hobbs who made the tune her record of the week and invited us up to the BBC to DJ on her Breezeblock Show. So we headed to London, got a little drunk, and played lots of records on four decks, it’s a little bit of a mess but I still think it’s a fun mix with lots of tracks I’d never play now (but probably should). I’m working on a track list but it’s a bit of a struggle…
Download the Radio One mix here
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A re-formed Paedo describes how to un-sexy your children and keep them out of harms way
more about "Ex-Pedophile Shares Tips ", posted with vodpod
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Some pics from the seemingly very busy Shoreditch based Mr Bingo and his Tiny Acts of Revenge series. He just drawing what we all thinkin’
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Finally the 303 gets some recognition on the streets of Dublin
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Yes, we know it hurts. This time less than a day and a half ago I had a beer in hand not a laptop but all good things blah blah blah. Anyway, to sooth the pain of being back in Dublin, fresh from the shores of the Adriatic where Toejam’s Nic James and A$$quake crew stuck it to the crowd, The Bernard Shaw will be dishing out disco methodone this Saturday at Toejam. We have assembled a few from the lineup: Ugly Meagan Live, Illanja, Nic James, Colin Devine (Mr Jones) to control the music and keep things Adriatic but wait, there’s more…the lads in Heineken have seen fit to roll a couple of free kegs down to us as a welcoming gift so there will be a ton of free pints going. First ones up to the bar from 8pm will be able to get their hands on a freebie.
So, that will be The Bernard Shaw from 8pm – 1am with free passes to The Twisted Pepper after where this lot are playing til the wee hours.
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Here’s the video from the Secret Wars night in The Bernard Shaw. Absolutley immense and check out Reaps One….a new talent is born!
Thanks again to the organisers Danleo and Andy Kelly and of course to the Secret Wars lads from London.
Infact you can check out their full picture diary of the event and their weekend in dity auld Dublin on their site here. Just click Dublin on the map
Pics by Jaysus
Eyes peeled for the next War in a few months.
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