the mayhem lecture series - listening room

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7_7_04	the reality of the situation without form there is no desire... without desire there is tranquility... in this way all things would be at peace... however, we are currently desirous forms... so let's rock...
7_7_04	behind your mind when touching thumb and forefinger together... which is touching which... who makes that distinction... what's behind your mind...
6_09_04	genius junior - in june (electro remix) pop goes electro... major to minor... a great side dish to a trip to deutschland...
5_25_04	induction - floor mix staring into the workings of the machine... mesmerized... hypnotized... face moving ever closer... until finally... induced...
5_1_04	4 meter boy retelling the story... relevance not in question... transgression is always new... tech house motif...
4_27_04	day maker - extended fade mix that goddamned dj made my day... off-white south beach berber floor... plasma screen off... but still glowing... ocean slyly whispering the name of this track... the night still extremely young...
4_13_04	just because a minimal tech-house/electro homage to the wallets... just because i wanted to... wearing headphones with no music on... to hear my own thoughts again...
4_12_04	almost prague exotic airliner detaching from the hive... windows a little more oval... skies a little more gray... coffee a lot stronger... dissonance embraced...
2_19_04	downpour - tokyo mix seeing tokyo through the haze of downtempo buzz... and incessant flickering lights...
2_5_04	love machine - the standoff mix so that's what it does... remote-controlled amore... inspired by dialogue courtesy of mike suade's short film, "the standoff"... starring the voiceover talents of matt caflisch...
12_27_03	gitanes arcade ceiling fan has no chance of clearing the air... hanger one flowing... rushing light speed euphoria... albeit temporary...
9_3_03	power down we were scared at first... staring into each other's eyes... extreme dilation... until the dance floor came alive... dictaphone interviews... along for the ride...
8_12_03	glass freeway - extended mix blinding white knuckles... fur-covered steering wheel... tavern neon comfort... beckoning from every exit... all over the road... cell phone rings... i keep driving...
7_08_03	suddenly it dawned on me peering around the corner... saying goodbye... one by one... shadows elucidating... flashes of realization... freedom in truth... let go...
11_16_03 128 bpm	noise pollution - SG remix making plans behind your back... is it nice or not nice... it will never die... it will survive... rock and roll, that is... let me put my love into ac/dc...
10_29_03 131 bpm	we don't have anywhere to go - ramp up remix built the whole thing from a kernel... DNA... okay, so it's a bit globally political... so what... striving for oak curves, ms. dj...
10_29_03	where have all the good times gone (van halen) - wired remix okay, so it's a bit political... so what... it still bangs... and will hopefully knock some sense into jane and john doe...
6_09_03	optical memphis every dj knows... the worst thing that can happen... is dead air... snap... crackle... pop... the airwaves are alive... media serial killers arise... thin the herd of stimuli... use up the old and bring on the new... before it's too late...
5_27_03	the wrong briefcase business trip... dark... rainy... alone... out of step... at the counter... scattered papers... hurried steps... in the seat... sudden realization... something terribly wrong... companion video - 2003.06.06 real + quicktime big + med + small
5_16_03	open lines scientists don't even know how it works... random bursts of frequency organization... arisen from entropy... a bell ringing loudly at the dinner party... dr. jung surprised, yet not... at 30,000 feet, life is just a mandala...
5_12_03	same train spilled some it... right there on my sleeve... the stain spreads and morphs... absorbed... considered... finally setting... new forms... generated from old... toxic soaking will not eradicate... obligations to professor reich...
4_25_03	apache neon grew up on a bluff... southeast minnesota... some say sacred indian burial grounds... some experienced hair-raising fortean times aftermath... not i... but, one thing's for sure... i made tracks for the city as soon as i could...
4_15_03	i apologize for downloading that porn and calling it art... for playing too loud... for blatantly creating mash ups... much thanks to henry miller for inspiring this new direction...
4_08_03	nocturnal cathode ray ominous... gloomy... trippy... laid-back/mellow... hypnotic... detached... cerebral... nocturnal... druggy... eerie... soothing... brooding..
3_24_03	double-click the edo-period policy of seclusion whereby exchanges with foreign countries were heavily restricted, played a large part in determining subsequent views of japan�
2_26_03	rubbing it in (pre-silk mix) about 20 miles... down the road a piece... black water... a bad downtown... you lived above it... until the rumors started going around...
1_21_03	we can't resist you allure... gloss... gravity... buzz... speed... repetition... absence of expected repetition... starkness... release...
12_30_02	sao paulo impressions - volume one long flight... happy landing... immediately into the heart of the world's second largest city... no sleep... smoldering welcome party... images streak by at 100 degrees and 100 kilometers per hour...
9_22_00	seeking low once in a great while... forays into the dark night... bear divine fruit... glimpses into a perfect world... time slows to a trickle of morphing honey... polaroid images flash... a cold and windy forgotten city... on the shores of the coldest lake... an oasis of patient sonic fire is the most apparent feature... i got high on low...
9_5_00	force majure absolved of all responsibility... it's in the contract... acts of god and mutha nature are outside the scope of coverage... high voltage power lines trace the thin meridians of sanity... melting the contours... forcing electroshock... and, let me tell you, this is a long way from therapeutic...
7_29_99	downtown oil disco meets women on the verge of a nervous breakdown... full of found sound and a beat that will send your ass into a frenzy...
7_29_99	native emerging from the sweat lodge... this is the tune i can't get out my head... hand me a towel, for chrissakes... who invited the porpoise...
2_4_99	driving way north droning drive northward from elk mound... way northward... i remember the first time i witnessed snow in the first person...
2_2_99	star - phase one dedicated to the one and only... better than a sappy sir james paul mccartney song, i guess...
12_29_98	hamlet's dirty little secret mean dual carb beat... add a dash of literary bedrock... and some irony... dig in, while the diatribe is hot...
12_29_98	chasing tales social, religious, creative chemistry commentary... very electro... mildly generative... some don't get the sarcasm and refuse to play in my band...
12_29_98	absorbing light (thanks roland mix) whimsical and unique... and that's about it on this little gem...
9_15_98	engage not picard... more like scanner... i play happy... there are some seats down in the front... found sound heaven...
tracks from "101" release (available for sale here)
9_6_98	cavern chock full of barnum (riddle of innocent mix) might very well scare the bejesus out of terrence mckenna... have you seen the elfin aliens lately... me too...
8_1_98	bacchanalia (thud mix) the factory is so big that we have an indoor severe weather advisory... stop the machines from making soylent green...
8_31_98	obfuscate - volume one lengthy and haunting solo electric guitar conversation... why am i doing all of the talking... too much northern lights...
9_6_98	obfuscate - volume two wait... this is actually going somewhere... beethovan would be proud... if he could hear...
9_6_98	obfuscate - volume three gotta run... it was great to see you... let me distill the essence of our little chat... you don't have to eat the acid...
8_31_98	morning slow morphing minimal texture map... thanks mr. eno for the monkey... he looks nice on my back...
8_31_98	get your own monkeys tender homage to hypnosis... who could forget the astral plane and the terrible food on board... that's the price for the speed of light... get out your wrenches...