optic - Raymond Scott - The Paperwork Explosion

Raymond Scott - The Paperwork Explosion

Jul. 21st, 2008 at 11:32 PM

My remix of Scott's The Paperwork Explosion, from his album Manhattan Research, Inc., which is basically soundtracks from a bunch of commercials and "THE WORLD OF THE FUTURE!" type short films. There is some awesome stuff on there, and also some just weird (e.g. the track "Don't Beat Your Wife Every Night").

Also, by the way, I rerecorded Attack of the Tooth Fairies because the levels were too pegged. This one sounds a little better.

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chaircrusher wrote:

Jul. 22nd, 2008 03:12 pm (UTC)

The Paperwork Explosion is really good. You need a second version with a techno boom-chik, and it will acquire a Riccardo Villalobos vibe.

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optic wrote:

Jul. 22nd, 2008 03:15 pm (UTC)

and up to 132bpm or so from the current 113?

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bdu wrote:

Jul. 22nd, 2008 04:49 pm (UTC)

Re: paperwork explosion Jack Dangers' lawyer called, he's a bit worried ;0)

Not that that's a bad thing, mind you.

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optic wrote:

Jul. 22nd, 2008 04:51 pm (UTC)

I'm obviously missing something.. why jack danger?

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bdu wrote:

Jul. 22nd, 2008 05:12 pm (UTC)

The combination of old tape music-style synth work and breakbeats, with the occasional lo-fi vocal sample is fertile ground he's been sowing for the last few years, this has a similar stylistic feel to a lot of the stuff on RUOK and Autoimmune.

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optic wrote:

Jul. 22nd, 2008 05:33 pm (UTC)

oh cool, I'll have to check those out

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optic wrote:

Jul. 22nd, 2008 05:38 pm (UTC)

what it reminds me of, actually, is fortran 5. i used to have an album of theirs, and there were one or two tracks on there that sounded a lot like this. i should hunt that down again.

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