Posts Tagged ‘music’
I Think I Miss You Video by Anxieteam
Looks like Jon and co were up to something else besides muradoodling for AOL while recently in India. The latest video by Anxieteam was directed by Isaac Niemand & Premjit Ramachandran with photography by Saul Tiff. “I Think I Miss You” appears to be part of the story of the directors’ film, The Archaeology of Mind. I’m glad I saw that because I was going to try to make a clever joke like, “Man, The Knife has really let themselves go.” More please.
Character Sneak Peek from Inkstrumental iPhone App
Doodlesplatter will be bringing you sneak peeks and exclusive info on Jon and ustwo’s upcoming iPhone app, Inkstrumental, as we count down to its release. The kind folks at ustwo have given us a hint at the characters to come, as seen below. Later this week, they will be releasing a panoply of character-based iPhone wallpapers on their blog, so tune in, or um, yes, we’ll probably remind you.
Doodles Encoded as Music
This is a fun and creative distraction. Code Organ analyzes the body of a website and translates the code into music. It scans the content and removes all letters not in the musical scale. There’s all sorts of other stuff involved in the “complex algorithm,” but if you want to know about it, you can read the About page. In fact, I highly doubt you’re still reading this, because if I were you, I’d have already clicked over to Code Organ to be honest. HI MOM!
Click here to see what Doodlesplatter sounds like when it gets synthesized. Click here to see how Jon Burgerman.com sounds in the shower. Then, go do your own websites and tweet about it.
Inkstrumental Sneak Peeks
Inkstrumental™ is almost upon us. We’ll have something exclusive for you from ustwo shortly. In the meantime, turn up your speakers’ volume and enjoy a sneak peak at the iPhone app (below) as well as a bit of Inkstrumental™ CRAZO™ (the unreleased “lite” version, above) that ustwo released late last Fall.
Caketronica
Anxieteam curate a mini festival of upbeat, electronic-tinged bands at the popular Ludlow St snug Cakeshop.
The audio delights promise to return good energy and wide toothy grins to the Lower East side, collecting together a new wave of young bands emerging from the gloomy downturn of the late Noughties with vim, brilliance and reliance. Shimmy and strut into the new decade with optimism and tunes that wont leave your head.
Anxieteam is the new collaboration of internationally renown artists Jim Avignon (Germany) and Jon Burgerman (UK). Splicing together merry pop melodies coupled with dry, sardonic lyrics, Anxieteam masterfully coax audiences into their colourful, bouncy world of catchy songs about modern day anxieties, longing and salads. ‘Let’s Eat Soya’ is their ridiculously infectious, anthemic dance declaration of smutty love in a meat-free-world whereas the Creedence Clearwater Revival sample heavy ‘I’ve Forgotten’ is a curiously blazing rock-workout response to CCR’s popular ‘Susie Q’.
Accompanying Anxieteam will be the indie boy, loop-based R&B of Rifle Recoil, the stuttering, sultry, soulful grooves of Peach and the twinkling digital dreamscapes of NY based Dorako.
Can’t make it to the show, but want to sample some cyber caketronica? Check out Jon’s last.fm radio station.
ANXIETEAM Screening and Performance at Heather’s
Here’s the latest ANXIETEAM gig news for a show at Heather’s put on by Plaztik Mag:
Slip into your finest silk dressing gown and saunter over to Heathers in the East Village for an intimate, cosy night in the relaxed company of NYC’s own Plaztik Mag and visiting Euro-aliens Anxieteam.
Amongst the sonic tonics dished out by DJ Jmz Smith and laid back live performances, projections of warped animations and the official launch of Anxieteam’s first music video, directed by Mimi & Jmz, will greet your beady eyes.
Artists Jon Burgerman and Jim Avignon will also entertain, tickle and disturb with live digital portraits of every (willing) visitor to the event.
Snuggle up with us in our decadent den of delights,
Sunday 17 January 2010
Heathers,
506 East 13th Street, NYC.
First and Second Anxieteam Attacks of 2010
Anxieteam kicked off the New Year with what looked like a rousing event at Monkeytown. If you follow Mr. Burgerman’s sometimes cryptic tweets, you might want to follow him over to Cake Shop, where there may or may not be another gig tonight! Really liking the lower righthand corner pic of Jim. Facebook status that, my brother!
Happy Virus Happy
Jon Burgerman and Jim Avignon are back together in Brooklyn to perform as Anxieteam, tomorrow, Sunday, January 3rd at Monkeytown.
Using the most modern technology currently available (whilst remaining relatively inexpensive) Happy Virus Happy will see both Avignon and Burgerman project onto the walls of the venue a startling, experimental, visual spectacle. Compositions, characters and crocodiles will dance into life, spawned live in between and during songs. Come and be soothed and massaged, in an audio visual sense, by the dexterous doodling and velveteen voices of Anxieteam. Songs of salads, mischievous rodents and heartache are carried along on a wave of melodic electronic beats occasionally punctuated by the fragile and fudged plucking of a ukulele.
Make a short movie of yourself, telling us your New Year wishes and Anxieteam will draw them during the performance. Film yourself against a plain background. The movie should be no longer than 30 seconds long maximum. Send them ASAP to Anxieteam@googlemail.com Your film will get shown during the performance and becomes a part of the show!
Remote Action Doodling
From a flat in Nottingham to a club in Berlin, using two tin cans and a length of rope. Some people call it Skype. Writes Jon:
Using Skype I performed with Jim and then doodled live. The video was projected on a large screen in the venue in Berlin. I was accompanying Jim Avignon as he performed songs from his brilliant new album - Say Hi To Your Neighborhood.
Note: Click over to the link for a free download of Anxieteam’s Grammy-award-winning track, “Melancholy Pays My Rent”!
Anxieteam Live in Hamburg
heliumcowboy just posted a video from Pudel Club in Hamburg featuring Anxieteam performing their iconic track, “Melancholy Pays My Rent.” This recent Jon/Jim collab was part of Who is Afraid of a Friendly Capitalism?. The audio track is available on Jim’s newest album, and you can even download it for free right here.
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