Frizzltroniks & Plunderphonics — 056: 2011.01.18

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Encephalous – Frizzltroniks & Plunderphonics #056

Fifty-six.

Frizzltroniks & Plunderphonics returns after quite a few months of silence.

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…I was ill at ease, and moved my legs forward very slowly. But what then was the corporeal substance towards which I was advancing? I knew that the genus pelicaninae includes four distinct species: the booby, the pelican, the cormorant, the frigate-bird. The greyish form that appeared before me was not a booby. The sculptured block I set eyes on was not a frigate-bird. The frosted flesh I observed was not a cormorant. Now I could see him, the man with encephalon bereft of annular protuberance! I delved dimly amid my memory’s meanderings: in what torrid or icy region had I already observed that very long, broad, convex, vaulted beak with pronounced, unguiculate, inflated bridge hooked at its tip; those toothed, straight edges; the branches of that lower mandible separate almost to the end of the gap filled with a membraneous skin; that wide pouch, yellow and sacciform, occupying that whole throat and capable of distending itself considerably; and those very narrow nostrils, longitudinal, almost imperceptible, hollowed into a basal groove!Had this living being, its respiration pulmonary and simple, its body decked with hair, been bird complete, down to the soles of its feet, and not merely to its shoulders, it would not then have been so hard for me to recognise it: a very easy thing to do, as you are about to see for yourselves.
But this time, I excuse myself; for my demonstration to be lucid I would require one such bird to be placed on my work table, even if only a stuffed one. Besides, I am not rich enough to procure one. Following step by step a previous hypothesis, I would immediately have determined its true nature and found a place in the outline of natural history for him in whose sickly posture I admired such nobility. With what satisfaction at not being entirely ignorant of the secrets of his dual organism, and with what eagerness to know still more, did I behold him in his abiding metamorphosis! Although he did not have a human face, he seemed to me as fine as the two long tentaculiform filaments of an insect; or rather, as a hasty burial; or again, as the law of reconstitution of mutilated limbs; and above all, as an eminently putrescible liquid! But paying no heed whatever to what was happening in the vicinity, the pelican-headed stranger kept staring straight ahead…

-Lautreamont, Maldoror (Fifth Canto)

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Tracklist:
(artist, album, song title)

intro
blackhole, byebye – Glossolalia – Glossolalia
blackhole, byebye – Glossolalia – Fricative Fields
Tobacco – Mystic Thickness – Nuclear Waste Aerobics 2
Tobacco – Mystic Thickness – Nuclear Waste Aerobics 3
Simian Mobile Disco – Temporary Pleasure – Cream Dream
Simian Mobile Disco – Attack Decay Sustain Release – Tits & Acid
The Hub – Boundary Layer – Perry Mason In Easy Germany
The Hub – Boundary Layer – Dovetail
The Hub – Boundary Layer – Crybaby
The Hub – Boundary Layer – Tesla Sync
Die Antwoord – $O$ – Enter The Ninja
Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping – Nonpareil Of Favor
Luigi Marino – Ritual
Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping – For Our Elegant Caste
Of Montreal – Skeletal Lamping – Gallery Piece
Säkert! – Facit – Dansa, Fastan
Säkert! – Facit – Honung
Sean McCann – Open Resolve – Cottage Coffee Patch
Balam Acab – See Birds – Dream Out
“Pluto and High Tide” with Nick and Erik
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Encephalous — Frizzled Top 40 Vol. 1

The first in a line of mixtapes, an epic chopped and screwed mix of current pop hits. Inspired by listening to many hours of Top 40 hits on MOViN 99.7 over the course of Fall 2010.

Download and listen at your leisure.

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Frizzltroniks & Plunderphonics — 055: 2010.7.25

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It began in ancient Carcosa when the first humans were contacted by the serpent people of Valusia. The latter brought with them certain fruits with strange powers. These fruits would be called hallucinogens or psychedelics today, but what they did to the brain of the eater was not in any sense a hallucination. It opened him to invasion by the lloigor. The chief fruit used in these rites was a botanical cousin of the modern apple, yellowish or golden in color, and the snake people promised, “Eat of this and you shall become all-powerful.” In fact, the eaters became enslaved by the lloigor, and especially by Hastur, who took up residence in the Lake of Hali; distorted versions of what happened have come down to us in various African legends about people who had commerce with snakes and lost their souls, in the Homeric tale of the lotus eaters, in Genesis, and in the Arabic lore utilized in the fiction of Robert W. Chambers, Ambrose Bierce and others. Soon, the Cult of the Yellow Sign was formed among the eaters of the golden apples, and its first high priest, Gruad, bargained with Hastur for certain powers in return for which the lloigor were fed on human sacrifices. The people were told that the sacrifices were good for the crops — and this, in fact, was partially true, for the lloigor ate only the energy of the victim, and the body, buried in the fields, gave back its nitrogen to the soil. This was the beginning of religion — and of government. Gruad controlled the Temple, and the Temple soon controlled Hali, and, then, all of Carcosa.

So things went for many thousands of years, until the priests were rich, fat and decadent, while the citizens lived in terror and slavery. The number of sacrifices increased ever, for Hastur grew with each victim whose energy he absorbed and his appetite grew with him. Finally, among the people, there arose one who had been refused admission to the priesthood, Ma-lik, and he taught that humanity could become all-powerful, not through eating the golden apples and sacrificing to the lloigor, but through a process he called rational thought. He was, of course, fed to Hastur as soon as the priests heard of this teaching, but he had followers, and they quickly learned to keep their thoughts private and plan their activities in secret. This was the age of midnight arrests, purge trials and accelerating sacrifices in Carcosa, and eventually the followers of Ma-lik — the few who had escaped extermination — fled to the Turanian subcontinent.

Actually, the apotheosis of Furbish Lousewart V had been engineered by the same group of alpha males who had been promoting the Revolution of Lowered Expectations all along.

These were very cunning old primates in several of the most skillful predator bands on Terra. Because of the stealth and skill of these bands-made up of successful predator families that had been intermarrying for several generations-they collectively owned 99.4 percent of all territory and resources of Unistat.

Sylvia Goldfarb raised a sardonic eyebrow. It had been a witless suggestion.

Justin decided morosely that the literary world had never been the same since the drug revolution of the 1960s and 1970s. “Pretty little boidies picking in the toidies,” he said gruffly to both of them and walked out.

Sylvia Goldfarb waited. There was something ominous in her waiting.

Suddenly the sun’s body rages. Coiled flames, balls of gas, roll out. The sun looks like a giant fiery arachnid or octopus. One great flame comes rolling toward the earth, burning red gas which turns yellow, then green, then blue, then white.

The quantum connection is unmitigated.

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Tracklist:
(artist, album, song title)

intro
Masonna – Ejaculation Generator – Untitled (31)
Cardopusher – Unity Means Power – I Will Act Like I Care (feat. Sickboy)
Sabrepulse – Chipbreak Wars – Skyfire Ace
Religion Is The Falling Sky – Niles – Great Music Falls Short Of Our Desire
Religion Is The Falling Sky – Niles – Road Island
Com Truise – Cyanide Sisters EP – Cyanide Sisters
Com Truise – Cyanide Sisters EP – BASF
Com Truise – Cyanide Sisters EP – Norkuy
Dream Boat – Fevers EP – Your Beaches
One Hundred Poems From The Japanese – Age Of Expansion – Winter Of Artifice
Com Truise – Cyanide Sisters EP – Komputer
TABLE – We Are No Longer The Same – Please Repair My Hardware
TABLE – We Are No Longer The Same – We Are No Longer The Same
TABLE – We Are No Longer The Same – Moth Catchers
PANTyRAID – The Sauce – Headcase
PANTyRAID – The Sauce – Enter The Machine
Afternoon Brother – Maiden America – Soul Hoopty
Pannalal Ghosh – Raay Yaman / Raag Shri – Raag Yaman
Pannalal Ghosh – Raay Yaman / Raag Shri – Raag Shri
Religion Is The Falling Sky – Niles – For: Manute Bol
Religion Is The Falling Sky – Niles – Influence/Bullshit
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Frizzltroniks & Plunderphonics — 054: 2010.7.24

Show download: Encephalous – Frizzltroniks & Plunderphonics #054

Fifty-four.

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Ichabod spent many hours finding many designs that became more and more complicated as his powers of observation grew with practice. Then he began to log his designs in a large leather book; and as he counted designs and described them, the pages began to fill as the sun continued to return.

Wise men have regarded the earth as a tragedy, a farce, even an illusionist’s trick; but all, if they are truly wise and not merely intellectual rapists, recognize that it is certainly some kind of stage in which we all play roles, most of us being very poorly coached and totally unrehearsed before the curtain rises.

Is it too much if I ask, tentatively, that we agree to look upon it as a circus, a touring carnival wandering about the sun for a record season of four billion years and producing new monsters and miracles, hoaxes and bloody mishaps, wonders and blunders, but never quite entertaining the customers well enough to prevent them from leaving, one by one, and returning to their homes for a long and bored winter’s sleep under the dust?

Epics, they’re mad for epics.

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Tracklist:
(artist, album, song title)

intro
Ghost Animal – California Summer – California Summer Pt. 1
Sunglasses – Sunglasses – Whiplash
Sunglasses – Sunglasses – Referee
Dream Boat – Fevers EP – Lake Eerie
Dream Boat – Fevers EP – oOchre
COOLRUNNINGS – Buffalo EP – Burnout
COOLRUNNINGS – Buffalo EP – Mental Illness
COOLRUNNINGS – Buffalo EP – Redheads
Pears – Sterling Postures – Rushing
Best Coast – Crazy For You – Crazy For You
El-Creepo! – El-Creepo! – Lazy Tiger
El-Creepo! – El-Creepo! – El-Creepo!
The Violence 1/2 – The Memory Waltz – Echoes Of Paris
The Violence 1/2 – The Memory Waltz – The Memory Waltz
Religion Is The Falling Sky – Niles – Slow Dance. Ho Dance. Pink Ranger
CFCF – Drifts – Big Love (Junior Boys Remix)
CFCF – Drifts – Snake Charmer (Young Galaxy Remix)
Indian Jewelry – We Are The Wild Beast – Jpnx
Odd Nosdam – Live @ WE Artspace Oakland 4|4|10 – Freakout 4 Pt1
Odd Nosdam – Live @ WE Artspace Oakland 4|4|10 – Freakout 4 Pt2
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Frizzltroniks & Plunderphonics — 053: 2010.7.23

Show download: Encephalous – Frizzltroniks & Plunderphonics #053

Fifty-three.

These are now cut down to 45-70 minutes each; most likely they’ll be around an hour in length. That seems like a much more manageable amount of time to pay attention for than two to three hours. And the shows will be small enough to actually fit onto a CD (that is, if people still actually enjoy burning things to compact discs). Anyway, listen or don’t listen.

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Tracklist:
(artist, album, song title)

intro
Black Dice – Repo – Chicken Shit
Bill Fontana – Ohrbrücke Soundbridge Köln: San Francisco – Ohrbrücke Soundbridge Köln: San Francisco
Com Truise – Cyanide Sisters EP – Sundriped
Com Truise – Cyanide Sisters EP – Iwywaw
Odd Nosdam – Live @ WE Artspace Oakland 4|4|10 – Up In F…..
Odd Nosdam – Live @ WE Artspace Oakland 4|4|10 – Fly Mode
Mitch Kinney – A Forwarding Notion Passing Through Confusion – A Forwarding Notion Passing Through Confusion
CVLTS – LVST – Laminated Glass
CVLTS – LVST – Radd Pitt
COOLRUNNINGS – Babes Forever EP – San Dimas Oasis
COOLRUNNINGS – Babes Forever EP – Babes Forever
PantyChrist – PantyChrist – Purple Butterflies
PANTyRAID – The Sauce – Beba
TABLE – We Are No Longer The Same – Opened Boxes
Eats Tapes – Sticky Buttons – Knightress
Eats Tapes – Sticky Buttons – Automata
Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Les Stances A Sopie – Variations Sur Un Theme De Monteverdi I
Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Les Stances A Sopie – Proverbes I
Art Ensemble Of Chicago – Les Stances A Sopie – Theme Amour Universel
High Fidelity Recordings, Inc. – Steam Locomotive Rail Sounds: A Farewell To Steam – Los Angeles To San Bernardino
High Fidelity Recordings, Inc. – Steam Locomotive Rail Sounds: A Farewell To Steam – San Bernardino To Barstow
High Fidelity Recordings, Inc. – Steam Locomotive Rail Sounds: A Farewell To Steam – Sound Of Southern Pacific Trains At Santa Barbara
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Frizzltroniks & Plunderphonics — 052: 2010.7.22

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Encephalous – Frizzltroniks & Plunderphonics #052

Fifty-two.

Is there an essential meaning behind POEE?

Five tons of flax.

καλλιστι

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Tracklist:
(artist, album, song title)

intro
Violent Onsen Geisha – Que Sera, Sera (Things Go From Bad To Worse)
Hell Militia – Last Station On The Road To Death – Always The Same
Nived vs. Hydroplane – VA: Silicon Graffiti – Dangling Eyeball
Morton Subotnik – Touch – Touch (Beginning)
Morton Subotnik – Touch – Touch (Conclusion)
Pregnant – Ike Wimin – Important Clock
Pregnant – Ike Wimin – It Goes Deep
Tomhet – Himmelszelt – Descension
Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms – Should Have Taken Acid With You
Gold Panda – Before – Heaps
Gold Panda – Before – Triangle Cloud
Oskar Ohlson – Honk, Bang, Whistle and Crash – Untitled 24
Gatekeeper – Optimus Maximus – Optimus Maximus
Kites Sail High – Secrets – Build/Disassemble
Kites Sail High – Secrets – Miracle
Kites Sail High – Secrets – Always
Kentsoundz – VA: Silicon Graffiti – Cognizance
PG-13 – VA: All On The One – I Luv Uffie
Lawrence Ball – Computer Music No. 1 – Computer Music No. 1
Junc Ops – VA: Silicon Graffiti – 2013
Astronautalis – Mighty Ocean And Nine Dark Theaters – My Dinner With Andy
Oskar Ohlson – Honk, Bang, Whistle and Crash – Chaos Walks
Oskar Ohlson – Honk, Bang, Whistle and Crash – Rauchzeichen (Feat. Audio 88)
Angels Of Light – Sing “Other People” – My Sister Said
Kids With Moustache – The Rest Of Andromeda – Dream Alive
Free The Robots – Free The Robots EP – Listen To The Future
Free The Robots – Free The Robots EP – Yoga Fire
Fluent In Fiyah – VA: Silicon Graffiti – You Are The Important Person
Alf 1 – VA: Silicon Graffiti – The Vapors
Diamond Watch Wrists – Ice Capped At Both Ends – Diamond Falling Off My Grill
Diamond Watch Wrists – Ice Capped At Both Ends – Polite Passage
Diamond Watch Wrists – Ice Capped At Both Ends – Start Wrong
Oneohtrix Point Never – Returnal – Where Does Time Go
Wampire – Wampire – Intro
Wampire – Wampire – Outro
Cunning Stunts – The Desert – Side A
Cunning Stunts – The Desert – Side B
Diamond Watch Wrists – Ice Capped At Both Ends – Epidemic Episodes Of Epidemics
000 – VA: All On The One – Stark Contrast
Total Gym – VA: Rare Youth – Live At The Mutiny
edIT – Pound 4 Pound
Lorn – Nothing Else – Army Of Fear
Lorn – Nothing Else – Bretagne
Dirigible Spoon – More Hilarious Misadventures In Spacetime EP – Wormhole
Dirigible Spoon – More Hilarious Misadventures In Spacetime EP – Idiot’s Guide To The 4th Dimension
Dirigible Spoon – More Hilarious Misadventures In Spacetime EP – Binary Hourglass, Pt. 0
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Frizzltroniks & Plunderphonics — 051: 2010.7.8

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Encephalous – Frizzltroniks & Plunderphonics #051

The fifty-first installment of Frizzltroniks & Plunderphonics is here.

After nearly a year of absence from broadcasting at 90.3 MHz in the Davis/Sacramento area, Encephalous returns to the KDVS airwaves for a one-off appearance, subbing the Thursday 14:30-16:30 slot.

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Tracklist:
(artist, album, song title)

Intro
Dan Lander – Talking To A Loudspeaker – Talking To A Loudspeaker
Autechre – Oversteps – Known(1)
Autechre – Move Of Ten – rew(1)
Autechre – Move Of Ten – Etchogon-5
Holiday Heart – Holiday Heart – Twins In The Zodiac
Women – Public Strain – Can’t You See
Women – Public Strain – Venice Lockjaw
Women – Public Strain – Bells
Holiday Heart – Holiday Heart – Cut My Arm Off
Lorn – Nothing Else – Automaton
Lorn – Nothing Else – Void I
Lorn – Nothing Else – Void II
Hydroplane – VA: Silicon Graffiti – Fellow Rescue Paste
Junc Ops – 2013 – Safety Nets
——-airbreak——-
David Rosenboom – Roundup – In The Beginning 1 (Electronic)
David Rosenboom – Roundup – And Come Up Dripping
David Rosenboom – Roundup – Urboul, Part 1, Pear Facts
David Rosenboom – Roundup – Music For Unstable Circuits
Hydroplane – Flowers – Borm
Hydroplane – Flowers – Play Argentina
Teengirl Fantasy – CD-R – Hoop Dreams
Lucky Dragon – VA: Rare Youth – Shimmering Problems / On Kitchen Floors / Outside Of Kitchen Windows
James Amoeba – VA: Rare Youth – Pearl Skies
(nature sounds along with Lindsay Lohan being sentenced to 90 days in prison)
ZPYZ – ZPYZ – Cut It
OOO – Upon Cycles – Desper
Indian Jewelry – Totaled – Oceans
Indian Jewelry – Totaled – Vision
Wake – VA: Silicon Graffiti – Neighborhood Specialist
Active Child – Curtis Lane – I’m In Your Church At Night
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Active Child – Curtis Lane – She Was A Vision
PG-13 and Wake – VA: Silicon Graffiti – Lyrical Soda Paper
David Berezan – VA: Musica Maximalista Vol. 12 – Styal
Diana Simpson – VA: Musica Maximalista Vol. 12 – Broken Nerve
Francis Dhomont – VA: Musica Maximalista Vol. 12 – Vol d’Arondes
Jose Manrique – VA: Musica Maximalista Vol. 12 – Historias
I Set My Pixels On Fire – VA: Düp Düp: 8-Bit Of Life – Dead Cat Goes To Heaven
Gold Panda – Before – Win-san Western
——-airbreak——-
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