prosthetic knowledge
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Radio Soulwax Presents Dave
An hour-long tribute to David Bowie, both mixtape and new music video - an hour well spent:
RSWX presents Dave from Radio Soulwax on Vimeo.
Our homage to the man whose ability to change whilst remaining himself has been a massive influence on us. There are many legends in the music industry but for us, there is no greater than the mighty Dave. We’ve included all things Bowie, whether that is original songs, covers, backing vocals, production work or reworks we made, to attempt to give you the full scope of the man’s genius.
For the visual side to this mix our friend Wim Reygaert (who also made the amazing film for Into The Vortex) came up with the most ambitious film for RSWX, taking us on a fever dream time travel through the man’s career starring the amazing Hannelore Knuts as Dave. We’ve got to extend a special thank you to the cast and crew and everyone involved for putting so much time and energy and heart and soul into this amazing film, it is a pure labour of love for the phenomenon that is Bowie.
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This is Belgium Part Two: Cherry Moon On Valium
Posted on Radio Soulwax’s Vimeo channel, this is an audio mix taking Belgian Techno from 20 years ago and reducing the music’s tempo for contemporary tastes, and features many rave dancers demonstrating their ‘thing’:
Even though these Belgian records sound very “now”, they are actually 20 years old and were meant to be played at a much, much faster speed. At the time this was the devil’s music for us, but we have learned to listen through the claps and distorted kicks and discovered that if you slow these really dark and heavy techno records down all the way to about 115 bpm, it suddenly makes them sound less frantic, ballsier and a lot sexier. Belgium at its best when pitched down.
The covers of these records are quite generic and don’t really lend themselves to animating , so we figured we would bring you the visual aspect of this musical genre that you can’t not be fascinated by: the dance. We were very lucky to have found some people who can still do the typical moves, and with them dancing in front of the record sleeves (and sometimes inside of them) we bring you our ultimate tribute to a glorious period in our Belgian musical heritage.Discovered via @ninjamixdump
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Radio Soulwax - Multimedia Music Mash-up Radio (via Pitchfork + @WalterPico)
… Radio Soulwax, a multimedia-tastic, mix-oriented Internet radio station/app that launches on July 4. According to Radio Soulwax’s website, the “experience” will consist of a series of 24 hour-long mixes, updated with a new mix every week and culminating in a continuous 24-hour loop of all the collected mixes. The mixes can be experienced on Radio Soulwax’s website, or through the project’s app for iPhone, iPad, and Android. Each mix will be bolstered by enhanced visuals that take inspiration from the music’s record sleeves.
