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“…Haj Ali, the hooded man in the notorious Abu Ghraib photographs, told of being stripped, handcuffed and forced to listen to a looped sample of Babylon, at a volume so high he feared that his head would burst.” (via caro) :: Babylon, eh? you don’t say
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“The subtle pressure of sub-bass, the way it moves the very air itself, the hypnotic pulse of the drums, not to mention the role of the dancing crowd iself: none of this can be replicated at home, still less on iPod headphones.”
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tight video megamix of early 90s pop-club / hip-house tracks! (via alexis) :: w/ several others in the series
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something of a (neo-liberal?) primer on metal in the muslim world :: kinda meh, but check it out now before it withers behind a subscription wall (lame-O)
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trailer for forthcoming documentary on coupe decale! (via vamanos)
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meticulously reconstructed ron hardy playlists — now where’s the audio?
videyoga ::
Amateurs.
We had a film composer come give a lecture at my Uni and he spoke extensively about the use of music for war (about which he’s writing a book, which I’m looking forward to). Apparently, proper interrogators use specially composed torture music, and he played us a sample: Complex, sharp, in the same ranges as children screaming, and constantly, driftingly off-key and off-time. I wish I could get hold of a sample.