Nineteen Ninety Never

Thanks to finding a bunch of photos from my time in Japan on a couple of recently-restored hard drives, I’ve been suffering from mega bouts of mega Nippon-nostalgia. Mostly, I’m missing Tokyo. That city is just so big and amazing, its hard not to miss. Nothing will ever really compare to it, and nothing can even really describe it.

That means I’m envious of Gejius, who’s living in Tokyo right now.

The kid dropped a free album of tracks that you can download on Soundcloud. He describes his music as funky space disco, and you know I love that style.

Gejius - TOKIO

The XX - Crystalized (SLYDE Remix)

SLYDE doesn’t have anything to do with Japan, but I was listening to the track when I was going through these old pictures and it worked, so there you go.

Read more about Life In Lotus Land here.

Slyde is on Twitter

so is Gejius. Say hi to both of them for me. Then follow 199X on Twitter.

When you’re finished doing that, grab more of The XX here.

I’m a sucker for breathless female vocals backed by a housey electro track, so its not a real surprise that I loved this one.

Give it a listen - the reward comes at about 3:18.

Blond:ish & Robson Vidal feat. Coco Hayek - I Miss You (Criss Wave remix)

Buy it on Beatport.

The picture above was ripped from the delightful Jennifer Herd. You can see more on her website, or you can catch her on Twitter.

Its pretty much a fool-proof plan for a video: combine the geek-comedy genius of Seth Green with hot chicks singing about video games, parodying one of the hottest songs of the summer.

Add in a dash of Stan Lee excelsior, and 2 million views later you’ve got a hit.

Seth Green - Geek and Gamer Girls Song

I give them double bonus points for the Han Shot first reference and for having an amazing video.

As a reader pointed out last year, I spend a lot of time talking about Golden Robots here on 199X.

What’s not like to them? Its like the perfect merger of technology and art - a beautiful mechanism. I like nice watches, but I’d rather be friends with a Golden robot. It would probably be awesome to party with.

Anyways, here are a couple of tracks that might get you thinking about Golden Robots.

Robot Rippers vs. Millionaires - Alcohol Robotripping Remix

Ellie Goulding - Lights (Messed Remix) (Via Phase02.org)

The Golden Filter - Solid Golid (Drag Screw EDIT)

Want to read more about Golden Robots? Check out these posts:

Hesperus

Goldenboy

Starshine

Long-time readers of this blog will know that I’m a huge fan of vampires, and that might be one of the reasons why I’ve been digging Vampire Weekend so much these days.

They’re not really all that electronic, but here’s a good danceable remix of one of their tracks by Miike Snow.

Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance (Miike Snow Remix)

If you’re into that sort of thing, there’s lots more vampiric electro here on 199x.

I’ve been pretty busy lately and haven’t had time for posting - back to more regular updates soon.

In the meantime, catch this video of the Fake Blood show that I saw in Toronto last week:

ARCADE FRIDAYS @ MOD CLUB WITH FAKE BLOOD from Adrian Alexander Pereyra on Vimeo.

Hit me up on Twitter (I’m @Parkernow) and also follow 199X on Twitter.

More posts soon. I promise. Until then, there’s more Fake Blood on 199X here.

I just picked up a pair of these futuristic Nike Lunarglides, and they’re pretty fast.

Anyways, I normally listen to music when I go running, and I’m pretty sure that this Blaze Tripp remix of 22nd Century by Kelis is going to make for a great soundtrack.

Kelis - 22nd Century (Blaze Tripp Remix)

Catch this kid on Myspace or say hello to him on Twitter.

Its been a while since a song made me laugh out loud. Thankfully, The Deli Boys dropped me their track PR Girls, Inspired by the chicks in public relations that they know.

Is it reinforcing the stereotype of PR girls as nothing more than dumb, gold-digging sluts that are into lattes, brunch and fashion? Definitely. But that’s what makes it good.

From their blog post about the track:

“It talks about the large boot, small dog, fancy bag culture that has taken over the city streets across our nation. We recognized a type of girl that was repeatedly emerging from the deep jungles of urban culture. Owning the street with their over-priced bags, they developed their own language of terms by using weird melodic lisps and slurs. These women, no matter if they were in the Public Relations field or not, were dubbed “PR Girls”. This term catapulted the idea of writing and producing this song. We hopes you like.”

The Deli Boys - PR Girls

Here’s a few other tracks to go with the theme:

Toktok vs. Soffy O - The Lookalikes

Wax Dolls - Spoiled Rich Bitches (Trash Yourself Remix)

If you like The Deli Boys, I have a feeling you might also like The Girls Can Hear Us.

Back in the day when I first got into blogging I came across A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto.

Back then, it was pretty much the most bad-ass thing I’d ever read.

From the text:

“Cypherpunks write code. We know that someone has to write software to defend privacy, and since we can’t get privacy unless we all do, we’re going to write it. We publish our code so that our fellow Cypherpunks may practice and play with it. Our code is free for all to use, worldwide. We don’t much care if you don’t approve of the software we write. We know that software can’t be destroyed and that a widely dispersed system can’t be shut down.”

That’s some heavy stuff right there. Fight the good fight, Cypherpunks.

Then list to some equally heavy beats, courtesy of Borracho! and Cyberpunkers

Gooseflesh - Dodgems (Cyberpunkers Remix)

Cyberpunkers - OMG (Tom Deluxx) Remix

HAEzER - WTHIF (Cyberpunkers Remix)

Borracho! - Voynich Cipher

I just saw the video for Alejandro by Lady Gaga, and I couldn’t believe how much it reminded me of an Alastair Reynolds book.

The world Alastair paints for his readers is far-future: humans can live for centuries and are able to genetically modify themselves, yet the world they live in is still very full of pain and suffering, much of it self-inflicted. The awe of long-distance star travel is coupled with dangerous and painful conditions for travellers that make it possible.

There’s this overwhelming sense of discomfort and unease in the books, like something terrible is going to happen. Most of humanity lives in an asteroid belt called The Glimmer Band, and it is full of remnants of previous advanced technology that has been rendered unusable by an alien threat. Constant reminders of that pervade that remind the reader that not everything is alright in this future, and while its unspoken much of the population seems to think the same. This has given way to bizarre decadence by some, and masochistic religious cults in others in the world of The Glimmer Band.

I liked the books, yet I have a hard time reading them: none of the main characters are likable, and terrible things happen to people. Everyone is uncomfortable, sleep-deprived, on-edge, going crazy or all of the above.

Like I said, I got pretty much the same feeling when I watched the video for Alejandro.

Anyways, here’s a Rusko rework of the Gaga original (via Gotta Dance Dirty)

Lady Gaga - Alejandro (Rusko’s Papuseria Remix)

Lady Gaga - Alejandro