If you've tried searching for Rainbo Video mp3s on the internet, you probably haven't come up with much. Well, I'm here to fix that. Here, at long last, are four of my favorite tracks, as well as some accompanying background info.
I'm releasing them on the eve of a show this Wednesday, September 17th at Liar's Club in Chicago. If you're here, stop by and check it out. No cover!
The tracks:
Rainbo Video - Colors
Rainbo Video - Xenoglossy 17
Rainbo Video - TT
Rainbo Video - Tapes for Live Performance
"Colors" and "Xenoglossy 17" are quintessential examples of my interest in "moments of pop bliss." I extracted many of these moments from varied sources, then chopped and edited as I saw fit. The intent, especially with "Colors," was to create what sounded like automated process music - as if I had just fed a lot of samples into a machine that ran a program and then spit something out. Both songs have a driving momentum that I think achieves this effect. Also, in case you forgot my stance on music, none of these samples were used ironically. I really do love Duncan Sheik.
"TT" is a refix of a song by Breakfast Club called "Tongue Tied." (Breakfast Club is one of my favorite 80s bands and certainly one of the most underrated. They only put out one album, but it's amazing. I'll post some tracks up here soon.) It's a good example of my interest in destroying the comprehensibility of language, so that whole words are broken down into their component syllables and become either sharp staccato stabs of pop, or soft, flowing pads of pop. This interest in deconstruction is made explicit in the song title itself. There's also a narrative that connects the male and female verses, even though they're from different songs, which is fun.
"Tapes for Live Performance" is the most conceptual of the bunch. It had two original purposes: to incorporate samples from 20th-century avant-garde compositions into a pop track, and in turn, to highlight how live performance in both the context of "serious" music and dance music can be quite similar.
Live performance of avant-garde tape music often consists of little more than the composer literally pressing play on a CD player or sound file, and sitting back and listening with the audience. But no one who goes to these "performances" are upset by the fact that there's no intervention or real-time creation.
And yet, in the realm of DJing and laptop music, there's often a hierarchy of credibility related to the level of activeness a performer has in the real-time creation of a set. DJs see themselves as special because they have to read the crowd and figure out on the spot what track would work best given the room's vibe. Live electronic performers see themselves as special because they are real-time composers, tweaking and changing sounds on the spot.
But remember, no matter how someone creates a live show, whether it's simple playback of a composition, a setlist prepared and practiced in advance, or stitched together on the spot in real-time, unless you're playing an instrument, everyone is relying on prerecorded sound files. These files are the Tapes for Live Performance.
Lastly, before I get off of my stump, in case you missed it the first time, here again is a Rainbo Video live set from June 2007, called Dulcet Wreckage.
Rainbo Video - Dulcet Wreckage (Live - June 2007)
http://rainbovideo.com/music/Rainbo_Video-Dulcet_Wreckage_Live.zip
More sweet, sweet pop music to come this week. Be prepared!
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