Blog : Sinister Experiments- One Thereof For You At Home (& Shit Spoken Re:botborg On The Interweb Recently)

sinister experiments- one thereof for you at home (& shit spoken re:Botborg on the interweb recently)

Botborg's dvd "Principles of Photosonicneurokinaesthography" has been reviewed by the ever delightful foxy digitalis: http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/index.php
here is a version of the review, edited for dramatic effect: "a sinister experiment upon the viewer by evil scientists too obsesssed with feverishly pursued and unfathomable ends to spare a thought for such trifles as the moral consequences of their work, or the mental and physical well-being of their subjects (this) hour-long disc is essentially an inspired application of noise aesthethic in the audiovisual realm.  It's a tremendously visceral experience, certainly not born of any tame art-school approach.  The combined impact of the visuals and sound is immense due to their perfect synchronicity, and by virtue of the manic rate it's all thrown at you.  The whole thing reminds me of the phenomenon of synaesthesia, the rare ability to hear colours, see sounds, and so on.  You can't actually taste these pieces, but keeping a nine-volt battery against your extended tongue for their duration would provide a fitting analogue to the material. Recommended for noise fetishists everywhere."  Sounds boss, hey? see the full review here: http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/review_detail.php?id=1409
Or buy the fucking thing here: http://www.halftheory.com/index.php?go=shop&id=8 (Few copies left, so be fast! free taste of botborg): http://www.halftheory.com/_halftheory/downloads/Botborg%20-%20Ultram%20Statuette.mpg
other shit spoken on the interweb regharding Botborg in the not too distant past:
"(Robin) Fox's (lazer) stuff was a beautifully ironic development. It was basically the last 15 years of electronic music come full circle. From rave to microsound and back again. It was funny and spectacular.  As for PITA, I'm sorry to say that I just don't get what is supposed to be so great about it. I don't hate it, it's just... meh. A slab of digital distortion - whoopee. I liked the last minute or so when some other textures emerged.  I thought Botborg did a similar thing much better." (Shannon O' Neill talks shit about the 2006 nownow festival on the net at: http://aliasfrequencies.org/son/2006/01/23/the-then-now/ ) see his full, classy review of aforementioned spontaneous music festival for real time here: http://realtimearts.net/rt72/oneill_now.html or, find out which side of "meh" you think Pita resides on by downloading this mp3 of Pita live in New York, at the famed CBGB's, courtesy of netlable slapart : http://www.archive.org/download/slap005/005-pita-live_at_CBGBs.mp3 (about 30 Mb)or hear some of Shannon O'Neill's music, by gettting Wake Up & Listen's ep "Mustard Keanu", from the alias frequencies netlable here: http://www.archive.org/download/af001/af001_vbr_mp3.zip
(the whatnow?: http://thenownow.net/festival/default.asp )  
this shit: http://messandnoise.com/topics.asp?id=57210 , recently talked on the interweb by this dude: http://www.myspace.com/y35point3 in fact, several half/theory arists have shit talked about them in this post.  If you are wondering if Botborg talk shit as well as they get shit talked about them, here is an brief audio sample of Botborg talking shit, very drunkenly, with NZ's Pumice, at a gig by Lower Hutt's finest grindcore scum, Backyard Burial, in Auckland late last year: http://www.longdiv.com/audio/Botborg%20-%20Mark%20Esmith.mp3 (courtesy of NZ's fine long div site http://www.longdiv.com/ , bizzarely enough) Needless to say, fans of The Fall need to hear this.  The rest of you need to hear Backyard Burial.  This may be accomplished here: http://www.myspace.com/backyardburial or get bootlegged tracks from the above gig at which shit was talked by Botborg, also courtesy of longdiv here:
http://www.longdiv.com/audio/backyard%20burial%20-%20you%20sleep%20we%20creep.mp3
http://www.longdiv.com/audio/backyard%20burial%20-%20if%20it%20came%20down%20to%20it%20i%27d%20eat%20you.mp3
http://www.longdiv.com/audio/backyard%20burial%20-%20my%20drug%20my%20answer.mp3

keep talkin' shit motherfuckers!

Added by jpeatt on 13 April 2006