Knuckledragger

Kruder & Dorfmeister - The K&D Sessions, 2014 Web release. THE definitive collection of downtempo remixes. Unfortunately, the web release is a very lazy re-issue. The original 1998 2CD set was "blended" in the studio, as was the trend at the time. The in-studio mixing wasn't done very artfully and it's pretty distracting to listen to. Worse still, the tracks are a nightmare to use for DJing purposes. The definitive edition remains the 4LP German vinyl version. Tragically, I do not own this. I remember seeing it for sale in Newberry Comics, for $40 or so. In the fall of '98 I was fresh out of college, marginally employed and drinking heavily, so I didn't buy it. At one point, any decently clean copy of the vinyl version sold for nearly $100. Prices have come back down as vinyl has fallen out of favor with all but the most dedicated DJs. I don't buy vinyl through the mail anymore after the mouth breathers at my local post office stuffed a 1-of-1000 1992 trance 12" into my mailbox by FOLDING IT IN HALF (I paid 35 British Pounds shipped for the fucking thing, which was ~$75 at the time.) Studio !K7 did just release a glorious looking 5LP version which is mighty tempting, but I'd have to have it delivered on flatbed trailer. What? This is What are you listening to Part the Third and not Knuckles Obsesses Over Ancient Electronic Music? Oh, my bad...

That's a TR-606. The Painted Hills, OR. Click for slightly larger.

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A friend of mine bought Black Sabbath Vol. 4 sneakers.

This is one of the ugliest handguns I've ever seen. Miky Way, Karamu, New Zealand. Click for slightly larger.

Forging the Iron Throne. The Milky Way and Aurora Australis (Southern Lights), New Zealand. Click for slightly larger.

Hay guise anything on TV tonight?

Queenstown, NZ. Click for slightly larger.

White Zombie's Astro Creep 2000 came out 20 years ago today, so I'm giving it a listen with my HRMH. Everything Rob Zombie does is hit or miss, but the good moments of this album are about the best stuff he ever did.

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Custom rack mount TR-808, and another 808 because why not? Lago Grey Patagonia by Marc Adamus.

That MKS-80 and MPG-80. *FAP* *FAP* *FAP* Bettie Page (1951) previously unseen photo by Peter Basch.

TotalBiscuit did an hour long video on KF2 with the Tripwire devs:

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1935 Delahaye. "Blood Moon" lunar eclipse on the east shore of Lake Tahoe

Cool. This was a particularly good set, IMJO. Showreel is here: http://mixlr.com/illuminator/showreel/illuminators-mixlr-99/

In other news, Hell froze over. Robert Smith is going collaborating with Eat Static on a new album. Srsly. The Yamaha CS-30L, one hell of a monosynth. Astoria, Oregon.

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Victoria Peak, Hong Kong. Click for slightly larger.

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