Friday, December 16, 2011
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Hugo the Boss

Zdaj visoko v zraku, drugič v jami v mraku.
Družino išče.
Zlobna sila ugrabila.
Mi hitimo mu na pomoč.
Vse skrbi so zdaj odveč.
Hugo, s tabo smo.
V tvoje učke spet sijaj.
Nazaj-aj-aj.

Čuki – Hugo (rmx)

P. S. Vsa kompleksnost političnih razmerij zajeta v bebasti pesmici, ki je Telekomu nabijala impulze še v času stacionarne telefonije. Jože Potrebuješ je brez dvoma vodilni politični analitik na Slovenskem, katerega delovna metoda ne skriva vplivov situacionista Guyja Deborda. Najpregnantnejši rezultat te afinitete so Kavbojci in indijanci, ki divjajo v isto smer, v smer družbe integriranega spektakla. V isto smer, v začaranem, a tudi čarobnem krogu. Čisto nazadnje se jim je reklo krščanarji in trenirkarji. In ne pozabimo, spot je posnel Hugov najboljš prjatu Đuro.



Tuesday, December 13, 2011
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The Three of 2011

John Maus: We Must Become The Pitiless Censors of Ourselves
This sound is really not necessarily about the eighties: the employment of the old church modes recalls Walter Benjamin’s wager on the small and ugly puppet of theology in the name of historical materialism. The art of purification that is closest to a formula, a materialist incantation in the world of slogans, the renewal of Pascalian gestus: Kneel down, move your lips in prayer, and you will believe.

Kanye West and Jay-Z: Watch the Throne
Afro-Americans living the dream – Obama being JFK, the now being the reenactment of Space Age -, willingly becoming the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world, the space monkeys, the money monkeys (it would be absurd, even racist, if one could call a monkey only a Caucasian). That does not preclude the brilliance of the sound as Photoshop canvas, the pixelization of the sound. It’s the seduction of the so-called 1 percent.

PJ Harvey: Let England Shake
All great art on war is never (merely) against it. War is a classic text that keeps on updating itself by fresh blood (or – rather – fresh red on the screen), a history, a narration, an account, a fable, a lullaby. The grace of “Cruel nature has won again” that closes On Battleship Hill puts one to sleep in every sense of the word. All this is done by a voice, a female voice that is not lamenting, crying or far from just that. A female voice that sees. Endures the gaze into the abyss of war.

The politics of pop. We want nothing less.



Tags: Muzika, Pod črto
Friday, December 9, 2011
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Bedžarije

Biti bedast ni dovolj, bedastoča mora biti primerno označena. Bedž bedast alkimistično pretvori v bedžast, iz gnoja nastane zlato. Kar je mimogrede anagram veleuspelega neologizma džabest, ki ga je v nadaljevanju doletelo neljubo senilno staranje, da se zdi, kot da namesto operaterja oglašuje jamajško turistično zvezo oziroma the jah flava, tisto nekaj, kar je docela v duhu one druge skovanke: kulptimizem.

Skratka: danes, od 23h naprej, v K4 delimo brand new Smetnjakove bedže. Let’s be zombies and retards, it’s a win-win situation.

Ob tej priložnosti se opravičujemo, če se kdaj zdi, da smo tako silly, da smo pozabili na silliness. As the sages say: we’re just bitter – like chocolate.

The Tough Alliance – Silly Crimes



Thursday, December 8, 2011
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SMETNJAKOVIH 12: Zombie Nation

1. Who are you, what do you do and where do you do it?
I am Florian aka Splank aka John Starlight aka Zombie Nation, I make music all over the world, my homebase is munich, germany

2. Describe your sound in 12 words!
Energetic groovy organic electronic supersonic acid futuristic retrophonic sexologic intense house music

3. Which musician/music act did most significantly influence your music taste?
Quite a few from Slayer to Curtis Mayfield

4. Blue pill or red pill?
Half of each, let’s see where that gets us

5. Which are your superpowers?
Survival mode

6. Which song should have been on every CD recorded for the loved one?
Cds are out. I think you give a USB stick now, or just links to youtube.

7. Who is DJ Umek?
He is the man Uroš from Ljubljana, a techno icon, I met him a few times and it was a pleasure.

8. Why do they put round pizza in a square box?
Best question ever, i have no idea.

9. What do you do, when you are not occupied with music?
Sleeping. Emails, business.

10. Who is your favourite Game Over member?
Whas dat??

11. Current top 4 for the dancefloor and top 3 for the car?
ZN – ZZT – ZN -ZZT (sorry i am typing this on the airport, it’s boarding now)

12. Last pearls of wisdom?
Don’t linger in the past or the future. Continue to follow your inner clock. Be where you are!

Zombie Nation – Kernkraft 400

The Presets – This Boy’s In Love (Zombie Nation remiks)

John Starlight – Shadowbreaker (Boys Noize Mix No.1)



Wednesday, December 7, 2011
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SMETNJAKOVIH 12: N’toko


1. Kdo si, kaj počneš in kje to počneš?
Sem N’toko, delam muziko, rapam, produciram, rolam in špilam pri Moveknowledgement. Kjerkoli pač lahko.

2.Povzemi svoj zvok v 12 besedah.
Trajekt, ringelšpil, stolpnica, sodišče, gozd, klub, nlp, karaoke, kombi, bar, tokio, nova zelandija.

3.Kateri glasbeniki so najbolj izoblikovali tvoj glasbeni okus?
12-14 let: Bon Jovi, Aerosmith, Poison…
14-16 let: Guns and Roses, Metallica, Nirvana…
16-18 let: 2pac, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg…
18-20 let: Fugees, Mos Def, The Roots…
20-22 let: Hendrix, The Doors, Miles Davis…
22-24 let: Sage Francis, Aesop Rock, Dose One…
24-26 let: The Boredoms, Otomo Yoshihide, Shibusa Shirazu Orchestra…
26-28 let: Tom Waits, Björk, more Boredoms…
28-30 let: LCD Soundsystem, Justice, Soulwax…
30-do danes: Nakata Yasutaka, Lil Wayne, Lady Gaga…

Kot vidite, gre moja glasbena evolucija nekako takole:
Še malo pa bom nazaj na Bon Joviju!

4. Modra ali rdeča tableta?
Obe ali pa nobena!

5. Katere so tvoje super moči?
Dobro so dokumentirane v videospotu “Listen to Nebukadnezar”:

6. Kateri komad bi moral biti na vsakem CDju, posnetem za ljubljeno entiteto?
Kyu Sakamoto-Sukiyaki

7. Kdo je DJ Umek?
DJ z razlogom

8. Zakaj je okrogla pica vedno v kvadratni škatli?
Zakon zlatega reza

9. Kaj počneš, ko se ne ukvarjaš z glasbo?
Ukvarjam se s promocijo glasbe.

10. Kdo je tvoj najljubši Game Over član?
Štefan

11. Trenutni naj 4 za na plesišče in naj 3 za v avto?
plesišče: The Subs-Vomit in Style, Mattie Safer-Is that your girl?, Felix Cartal-The Joker, Zombie Nation-Squeek (Bart B More rmx)
avto: Klemen Klemen-Keš Pičke, The Rej3cts-Cat Daddy, Moveknowledgement-La Droga e Il Buio

12. Zadnji biseri modrosti?
Modri molčijo, N’toko pa govori in govori in govori…