Wednesday, December 11, 2013

New Banner Design

Our talented design team has been hard at work drinking whiskey inside their All-seeing Eye Illuminati Pyramid, by listening to the Zen Tyrants, meditating and creating an army of Krampus Klones.

An Angry Army of Drunken Krampus Klones Takes a Break from Constant Haggling by Checking Out the Directive 14 Fnoob-a-thon as they Wait for Andy.

Monday, December 9, 2013

Tribute of the Hafgygr Issue

Audio samples were taken from a cassette tape recorded long ago on the road with the US Navy Band UNITAS, somewhere in South America, processed using radiaL and Traktor. Soundscape recycles one of Directive 14s fortnightly radio shows along with trendy beats. This is a test of different video production software but the rest is the same: a Traktor mix with video generated by my Vizzie software. Music is by Zen Tyrants, aka myself and djandyredrum. Produced at the cold Lumberjack Research Shack in December, 2013.

Monday, November 4, 2013

A Very Brief History of DJs

• John Cage, wrote “Future of Music: Credo” regarding using records to create music in 1937
• Jimmy Savile, BBC radio DJ in UK who was the first to use twin turntables in 1946
• Pierre Schaeffer, used multiple turntables to cue desired sounds from existing recordings, changing speed and volume of the music in 1948
• Francis Grasso, first popular DJ to utilize slipcueing and beatmatching in 1967
• David Mancuso, introduced idea of DJ as musical host, creating the party environment and utilizing theme and storytelling in 1966
• Larry Levan, popular resident DJ with loyal following, pioneer of Dance music in 1972
• Frankie Knuckles, originator of House music and pioneer of the remix in Chicago in 1977
• Shep Pettibone, DJ and pioneer of the remix 

• Junior Vasquez, first international celebrity DJ and remixer, pioneer of Tribal House music

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Zen Tyrants: Dual Id Id (Alice Hyde Niorun Mix)

Esotronika remix of dj andyredrum vis a vis Fnoob Techno Radio vis a vis Directive 14, produced at the Lumberjack Research Shanty, October, 2013. Videography by Esotronika and Ash Mae.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Commitment of the Lohengrin Corona



Magical adventure at Douglass Hollow, Chateaugay River with Amber, Kitty, Ash, and Jon.

Ash Mae: videography
Zen Tyrants: remix of "Creepshow" vs. "I'm in You" using Traktor and Reason.

Project produced at the Lumberjack Research Shanty, October, 2013.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Valkyrie Parabolic

dance suite in three parts



Freya Slice, part 1 of a projected multi-video series of electronic music dance works for video by Zen Tyrants, a collaborative project between myself and dj andyredrum. I edited part of the 23 August 2013 debut episode from Andy's new Directive 14 radio show that he broadcasts fortnightly at 19:00 EST on Fnoob.com's Fnoob Techno Radio, added some subtle ambient atmospheric background layers, remastered the remix, and then added some video. This was produced at the Lumberjack Research Shanty on 5 September 2013 up here in the woods, and on upload, this was immediately flagged by Youtube for a copyright notice regarding "Currier, John Jacob - Don't Think" that Andy used on his show. Sorry guys.



Valhalla Quadrant, part 2 of Zen Tyrants' video suite, "Valkyrie Parabolic", in Viking Proggy Tech style using the esoteric formula, created aug-sept 2013 at Miami Beach and the Lumberjack Research Shanty.




Valkyrie Parabolic
, part 3 of a dance suite in three parts by the Zen Tyrants in Rabid Viking Proggy Remission and the Trans-Babylon Tech Style. The music was taken from dj andyredrum’s debut episode of “Directive 14″ on Fnoob.com “Live Techno Radio”, remanipulated in Traktor, then remixed/remastered in Propellerhead Reason. Video was produced using TaterViz video manipulation software created using Vizzie modules in MAX/MSP/Jitter. Original video was shot on location at Chateaugay Lake, Brainardsville, and Ellenburg Hill, NY, Sept., 2013. Ice sculptures and photography by Tom Holmes.