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September 10, 2008

itunes 8 "genius"

itunes 8's "genius" bar sucks balls. unless you have shit music taste.

ML is giving money to the Obama campain if you buy a CD or 2

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August 1, 2008

like it or not

i'm a sorta big streets fan. so, though it's already everwhere. im posting the new video anyways.

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February 26, 2008

stupid instruments

dammit! i so hate the Sitar..

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February 4, 2008

recommended: feb

if the date on the release isn't the year it is, it's old. but that doesn't matter.
Owusu & Hannibal have the cure.. and Low Motion Disco stay true to their name. with their debut EP delayed till.. nobody knows. they continue to keep and frustratingly low profile.. with minimal places to check out their music's.. their label doesn't even mention their release. (that was suppose to come out today)
grrr.. i look forward to it anyways. i get like that.

Owusu & Hannibal "Blue Jay" from the album "Living With..."

Low Motion Disco "Low In the City".

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January 2, 2008

top 4 video games of 2007

yeap. i play video games. LOTs of video games. so, since i gave this to music related to post. i thought i would re-post it here. you should go there, to see other peoples lists. but to the chase!

pandatone's top video games for 2007!!

1. SKATE. (360)
[seriously, i have played so much of this game, it's great to just sit down and skate. and as an ex-skater. this is the best, very zen]

2. Picross (DS)
[best puzzler in ages]

3. DiRT (360)
[off road or nothing. the menu interface was awesome, looked awesome, and was tons and tons to play]

4. GRAW2 / COD4 tie's it up! (both 360)
[GRAW2 single player i found ton's more engaging and well scripted.. just felt intense] COD4s single player. well tight, no so much.. very very good though, you forget how much COD3 sucked it. . but the lack of cover and blind shooting will always hurnt a military shooter, but online is like crack!!!

find me on xboxlive as "pandarelated" feel free to shoot me in the face and say hi! COD4 clan ID [IamU], feel free to join it if you have no can.. as, i am you, you are me. or, message me for some chill skating!

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November 28, 2007

pandatone's hugh best records of 2007 list!!

yeap. all these records are better then anything you listen to. it's just a fact. i can't help it. ^_^
the rules of the list are as follows. if i know the person/people, and or worked in any form on it, it can't make the list.

01: studio "yearbook 1"

02: slaraffenland "private cinema"

03: LCD soundsystem "sound of silver"

04: frisk frugt "guldtrompeten"

05: efterklang "under giant tress" (no, NOT the album, the EP)

06: skeletons and the kings of all cities "lucas"

07: lindstrøm & prins thomas "reinturpitations"

08: caribou "andorra"

09: jamie t. "panic prevention"

10: animal collective "strawberry jam"

it shock's me. but there it is.

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October 7, 2007

tube's n' tapes

this month sees the release of sawako's new album "madoromi" on anticipate records. a new(ish) label by brooklyn's ezekiel honig, exploring more ambient stuff. anyways. i worked on some stuff on the "madoromi". so please check it out. here are some pictures from the record release party.

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September 29, 2007

podcasts. not by me

people call these podcasts.. i dunno. a podcast should be more like radio no? instead of just a mix? anyways though. i am loving these 2 podcasts.
one by "bracken", and another by the "high places".

get the bracken one at the anitcon website
and the high places cast at the caff/flick website

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July 24, 2007

i love music so much

i forget to make my own, and just listen to others. instead of doing my normal recommend. though i do recommend these. i shall link to mp3s from the labels sites. then you can do what you want about that. i feel better about it. and i highly recommend this music.

i posted the lucky dragons as an influence a couple back. well did you now they had a new long play lasy year? i didn't. only their 2nd long play.
check out this bitching track.. you can buy this find CD or LP from marriage records.

my other love was suggested to me by le fiasko. "Frisk Frugt". i'll run out and buy anything they (le fiasko) recommends to me. but! it was only available as a LP.. now, i love vinyl. don't get me wrong. but because i have so many CDs in my room from, well, CD collecting, AND music related. it had to go for space reasons. i was heartbroken. i could not hear this record. once again.. BUT! i wrote the label. (out of denmark).. and you can download it from othermusic's digital store. great! i had it within a couple minutes, and i love it. check out this fine piece of music. and this one too. as fair warning. some of the album does just evolve into noise. sometimes its old drum machine and lofi instruments and harmonised singing. there is no law in frisk frugt land.. love it.

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May 20, 2007

recommended 05.20.07

there is not so much, anything *new* here. just good. and releases i think got over looked even by me. i'll admit i was openly critical of kahimi karie's latest album "nunki".. and i stand by it. it's over all a weak outing. mostly because its so close to being good. but they/she wussed out.. and pulled back the weird.. and we're left with what could have been, verse what is. dwayne sodahberk's CD "cut open", i can always listen to, and always think, "this sounds great!" and i end up singing along to most of it. talk about hooks. but was probably largely ignored because its basicly an guitar pop record, but and electronics guy. the music industry isn't set up to deal with such situations. and stina nodenstam's last album. it took forever for me to like this album. and it still is no "this is..". but its good. it never got widly released in the US. (i feel).. anyways. thats that.

kahimi karie "sono hoka ni" from "nunki"
dwayne sodahberk "open cuts" from "cut open"
stina nodenstam "the morning belongs to the night" from "the world is saved"

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May 11, 2007

built-in percussionlab mix

i have a new "dj" mix featured currently at percussionlab. i very nice web radio station run by my friend praveen. based out of brooklyn nyc. please check it out, and leave me any feedback on my mix. artwork also by me. ^_^

it has music from all over the world. mostly asia and scandinavia though. stuff i get on CDrs.. other stuff i own. feel free to bug me for a track list. i privately do mixes almost every month. but this time i focused down, and actually sorta mixed..

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May 2, 2007

lovesports

oh my, i truely love this little piece of animation / motion graphics / whatever it is.

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April 6, 2007

we live'd

at cake shop. 4.4.07 w/ julianna & praveen

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March 27, 2007

the sea is flowin'

the sea "the boats are in the bay" is now available for order. in most countries.
check out the music related site for links to places to order, and some free mp3s to download. i am of coarse really excited about this CD. i do hope you take the chance to check it out.

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March 22, 2007

same idea, different object

i use to obsess over synths, pretty standard, moog this, roland that, korg and sequential circuit there. well time have changed. i still obsess, but now over a different kind of analog.. guitars, and instruments, and ways to record them.. hopefully analog front ended.
so, i'm really excited about my new guitar. i'd say its my first real guitar. yes, it's pretty tone riffic.

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March 14, 2007

recommended: 03.14.07

Midori Hirano is a friend of mine. i can't say close. because we live on the other sides of the planet. but, thats never stopped me before. her debut CD came out a couple months back on one of my favorite labels "noble records". its good and have been enjoying it recently.
i don't know anything at all about Gavouna. hell, i downloaded it (it, being the album "Strings & Drum Machines). so i don't have any liner notes to even look at. i've had it for awhile. but i forget how long. but recently it hit my play list and i have been really enjoyng it. check 'em out.

Midori Hirano "Inori" from "Lush Rush"
Gavouna "Three" from "Strings & Drum Machines"

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March 1, 2007

influence: Lucky Dragons

influence may mean different things to different people. for me, something that is influential is something that makes me want do to things, or changes the way i approach or look at things. mainly music. so from now on. i will occasionally do a post. where i will post an mp3 of an influential piece of work to me. we'll start off with a song by the lucky dragons debut CD on 555 records (555 records is now out out business). if you know my work. you'll hear it instantly.

"Heartbreaker" from the CD "Dark Falcon" 555CD51

you can still buy this CD from the lucky dragons. please do.

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February 24, 2007

the number

there is a new release on creation-centre today. it's by the duo "the number".
it's a great EP. and of coarse free to download. check it out.

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February 15, 2007

recommended 02.15.07

i was putting together some recommended CDs. to find that 2 of them are from the same label. hmmm..

Daisuke Miyatani "Diario" ("edanone" mp3)
Yuichiro Fujimoto "The Mountain Record" ("open window (for piano)" mp3)
Mono & World's End Girlfriend "Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder Refrain"

both Diasuke's and Yuichiro's Cds are from the german label ahornfelder. (apparently a new fav?)
Mono & World's End Girlfriend's CD is from ny's (brooklyn) own temporary residence.

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February 7, 2007

i'm wondering

why my portable tape machine is so cool... yet so useless.
but beyond that. i've had this week off, and have spent to much time reading music blogs. i hate to complain. (though not enough, cause here i am) and obviously, people are going to take it the wrong way. what with me running a label n' all. but lets just try and pretend i don't. is it just me, or are music blogs just shillin' anymore? when was the last time you went to a music blog, or review site, and didn't already know everything that was on there? you may have not heard it. (probably for good reason). but you know of the people being reviewed, or in the "news" (though are tour date and album release announcements really news?)
anyways. just wondering. is it just me? i can't think of the last time i found good new music from a blog or website. normally i just listen to my friends, or people from dotshop or p*dis to find good stuff. or am i just to old, and don't get it?

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December 23, 2006

the year.. more or less..

it's sorta to early for a look at the year.. but, i'm feeling it right now. (cause i should be packing for a early flight tomorrow)
nothing happened on the pandatone front more or less. ok, i lie. i played around tokyo in the spring, made lots of new friends, and had fun being the panda. yeah! otherwise, in real life it was about getting back up on my feet (i freelance for a living), and though not to noticeable yet, pumping lots of drugs into music related.
oh man! 2007 is going to be it! i tell you now.. or i'm going to die. those are the options. the '06 was filled with the much delays. and really only got aus's CD out. witch as i voiced before. did not get the respect this CD so should get. even OM was telling me, it's a total sleeper. great CD..
i'm constantly being told CDs are dead.. long live the mp3. but then no one will review or take notice of creation-centre. i think so far its been good. and the next year is looking tasty also! i mean, what do people want? seriously. i don't know. but, wait, on 2nd thought. your not going to get it. you want what i tell you. ;) tried to get ST's album out before the end of the year. but seemed to only confuse my distro's and folks i work with.
whoops. try this again next year on that.

shit is moving faster then i can think. but then nothing is happening at all. i'm finally breaking down. i'm feed up with dealing with labels. so i'm going to finally release my own CD on my own label. i told myself i wouldn't. but here it is. there are lots of thing i was, and wasn't going to do. those kind of things are bullshit, and don't even pretend.

so a pandatone CD this winter, called "happy together" on music related. yeah! more EPs to come too. expect them to be all over the place on style.
i don't give a'... does any one really?
we'll RE: ST's album, the sea CD, nobuko's grand entrance will take place. luminous orange will glow.. marxy will keep his attention for over 1:30 secs.. these are facts. i oh so look forward to '07..

the new music related site is done. its just being moved into it's new home, and will show up around the begining of the year!

ok, and here is a half assed CDs of the year.. i'm not even sure when some of these were released. but i listened to them the most.

Flilfa "frame"
Asuna "room note"
Camping "Suburban Shore"
Console "mono"
ellen allient & apparat "orchestra of bubbles"
lo-fi-fnk "boylife"
part timer "part timer"
peter bjorn and john "writer's block"
spank rock "yoyoyoyoyo"
the streets "a grand don't come for free" (yeah, this is totally not from this year. but on hardcore rotation.. still)
kudu "death of the party"

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December 17, 2006

11 spring

so, the wooster event at 11 spring has come and gone. the turn out was inane. how insane? i didn't get to see the show!
i went down on the last day. sunday.. and found, the longest line i think i may have ever seen.
so, i shot a video of me walking the line, from the end, to the door. i didn't change the speed of this footage, and tried to walk as fast as i could when i could. this is a serious line of people. to bad i didn't see the show. but no way was i waiting in that line.

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December 15, 2006

best of: music

best of lists are ass shit!!!
here is my best of list! of music that hasn't worn out on me no matter how many times i have listened to it. as in, they are good, every single time i play them. (i have not included all releases from music related)
these ARE in order.

1. stina nordenstam "this is stina nordenstam"
2. tricky "maxinquaye"
3. radio dept. "lesser matters" (wholy crap is does the new album sux0z)
4. mugison "mugimama is the monkey music"
5. aphex twin "selected ambient works 85-92"
6. the notwist "neon golden"
7. múm "summer make good"
8. citrus "wispy, no mercy"
9. hood "outside closer" (this is the newest thing on here, i've listened to it tons, i have to fight not listening to it all the time, so i'm going to count it)
10. daft punk "discovery" (human after all is one of the worse albums i can remember)

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December 11, 2006

the boats, aus, new!?

huh what? 2 peoples i know, both close friends of music related. have new records out this month. and i knew nothing about it!
whats up with that? anyways. a new aus CD.. and a new boats CD.. here's your fun of this whole thing.
aus released a CD with me earlier this year, and has an upcoming CD on the boats moteer records. then the boats, have an upcoming CD on my label "music related", but under the name "the sea".. so there you go. get out there and buy some CDs!!

Technorati Tags: aus, moteer, music related, the sea, recommend, the boats

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December 10, 2006

spring in decemeber

heres the info from the wooster site.

The location (as if you didn't know) is 11 Spring Street (Spring and Elizabeth). For the first time in perhaps more than 25 years, the doors of 11 Spring will be open to the public.

So here are the days and times for the three day open house:

Friday, December 15th: From 11am to 5pm
Saturday, December 16th: From 11am to 5pm
Sunday, December 17th: From 11am to 5pm

On Sunday, December 17th at 3pm there will be a panel discussion with many of the artists attending.

The artists who's work will be showcased include Shepard Fairey, WK, Jace, Swoon, David Ellis, FAILE, Cycle, Lady Pink, London Police, Prune, JR, Speto, D*Face, Blek Le Rat, John Fekner, Bo and Microbo, Above, BAST, Momo, Howard Goldkrand, Borf, Gaetane Michaux, Skewville, Michael DeFeo, Will Barras, Kelly Burns, Abe Lincoln, Jr, Thubdercut, Judith Supine, Rekal, Maya Hayuk, Anthony Lister, Stikman, You Are Beautiful, Gore-B, Elboe-Toe, MCA, Jasmine Zimmerman, Plasma Slugs, Diego, REPO, The Graffiti Research Lab, Txtual Healing, Mark Jenkins, Dan Witz, Iminendisaster, Rene Gagnon, and many other surprise guests.

if anyone wants to go. seems like everyone i know has jettisoned the country for the season. drop a line.

Technorati Tags: design, nyc, street art, recommend

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December 8, 2006

heartpop (12.06)

if you didn't get the email. drop me a note.

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December 7, 2006

all i want

all i want, is to move to the moon.. then mars..

Technorati Tags: mars, moon, space, recommend

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December 2, 2006

desk papers

desktops, or "wallpapers" (as i think PC people call them) are important to me. lots of times i go places (to work) and just have to throw up a flar color cause they have a default OSX desktop up. ugly.. or people can just deal with more clutter then i can visually on the screen. or brightness. anyways, because i am so picky, i have slowly been actually working at making desktops for myself. and have been able to have these up for weeks with not problems.
please check them out yourself. they are designed for a wide screen display.. click up the thumbnails there to get the full size, and save the image to your desktop, and etc.

Technorati Tags: design, desktop, nyc, pliink, wallpaper

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November 30, 2006

blog recommendations?

the list of blogs i read / check has grown stale. nothing new has been added to my list in quiet awhile.
please recommend me some blogs? updated daily is good..
music is good. design is good. new york is good. cats are good. etc.

Technorati Tags: blogs

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November 24, 2006

the ML office's (shelfs redo)

i have to many CDs. i had to redo my shelf system. get all those boxes that were in the kitchen, into my small ass QNS apartment.
here's the finished deed.

Technorati Tags: music related, office

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recommended 11.24.06

gonna try something new. maybe it will become a regular thing? depends if you guys like it or not. just a simple. things i recommend this week! most music probably.

Flifla "Frame" plop records : music

Oto Efekt "Living Room Ep" : music, free mp3s

Part Timer "s/t" : moteer records : music

Technorati Tags: flifla, moteer, music related, oto efekt, part timer, plop, recommend

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November 23, 2006

box's of people

the ST CDs showed up yesterday. it's a lot of CDs

.

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November 21, 2006

potapych

here is a great short animated movie. Potapych the bear who loved vodka.
there is even a HD version available for download. this thing just looks great.
as normal, it comes from one of my favorite blogs motionographer

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November 20, 2006

what could this do?

what could this combination lead to? will anyone ever find out?

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November 12, 2006

updates

did some major updates to this blog system last night. if you have any problems, please let me know.

pandarelated [at] gmail [dot] com

i'm an editing machine! test 2

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November 10, 2006

to 360 or not to 360

i want a nintendo wii.
ok thats out of the way. but, i like to shoot stuff. and, lets face it. the xbox 360 has THE shooting stuff line up.. with gears of war, lost planet, and, other stuff i can't even think of. its a killing dream come true honestly. but, i dont have any microsoft stuff, i don't want any microsoft stuff. i need your guys help. honest, serious help. should i suck it up, give in a get a 360? or not.. ?? leave your thoughts!!

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