Search and Destroy: Boredoms

Help: what was the name of Eye's hip-hop crew? Was that Audio Sports?

Love love love the Boredoms, the Best Band In The World to me right now. Super Ae and Super Roots 7 are the jewels in the crown for me, although I like VCN a lot.

What I have heard of the early stuff I don't like! This bothers me. Pop Tatari and the first Super Roots are OK but kind of bore me (pun intended.) What of all those early records (pre-Ae) has the power of the new stuff?! I need to know! I will probably go back through them all just to hear what is happening, but I'm wondering if I'm missing anything that will knock me on my ass.

So none of the early stuff is as heavy groove oriented as post Super Ae material? Is that what I'm understanding?

What happened to the band that they turned from humorous dadaist pranksters to neo-hippie spiritualists? I'm curous about this one. What early releases predicted the relatively serious direction of Super Ae? If any?

OOIOO is good, too. And seem tuned into the New Boredoms vibe. Also worth checking out is the first Shock City Shockers comp, curated by Eye. Good introduction to that scene, with a handful of over-the-top slamming tribal tracks.

The best of Super Ae and VCN, that's trancendental rock music par excellence. No competition that I know of.

http://members.xoom.virgilio.it/_XOOM/mikeattacks/bands/mypics/bore/photos/aa.jpg

Theres: maybe the inst on karera 9 is a form of hammered dulcimer?
Theresa: it says they are generally tuned diatonically... you could play pentatonic sounds on it but i feel like that'd be overly difficult
Theresa: well, not difficult as much as a pain in the ass
Jonathan C Williams: can you tell the tuning?
Theresa: in the piece?
Theresa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimbalom

So what's this then?:

YAMATAKA EYE
Re...Remix?
(Commons)

It's been a good year to be a Boredoms fan, though most wallets might feel differently, considering that most Bore-releases, including the ubiquitous numerous side projects that nearly always satisfy, have been costly import-only items these days. Well, prepare for another talking-to by your cashflow because this CD, a collection of remix and DJ work by Boredoms frontman Yamataka EYE, is all killer, no filler. EYE's been no stranger to the remix world -- he's been tearing tracks apart (mostly for Japanese indie, hip-hop, and dance artists, many unfamiliar to Western audiences) and rebuilding them as stomping tropical monsters since around the Super Ae period, turning anything he touches into jungle music in a quite literal sense (though not necessarily the drum-n-bass sense). There's very much a universal sound at work here, and those familiar with either the Boredoms Rebore Voluime 0 (Vision Creation Newsound) or his mix CD as DJ Pika Pika Pika will find themselves in a familiar territory: beats that sound like droplets of water, the chatter of Balinese gabber monkeys, snake charmer horns, didgeridoos, orchestras of tablas and kettle drums (often sped up into double-time or possibly even faster) that are often juxtaposed amid outbursts of electronics, solid house pulses, and yes, the occasional snippet of the artist's original track. When EYE remixes a song, he doesn't reshape it for the dance world, he shapes it for survival in HIS world, where pop hits are released on Sublime Frequencies and the world's best DJ is Mother Nature herself. If you're a Boredoms fan, you've probably already decided whether or not you're buying this. If you're still on the fence, give the sound samples a try and eat grilled cheese sandwiches for a week. Your wallet will forgive you for it, trust me.

also, what's the deal with the "Yoshimio" album listed on Amazon?

http://www.amazon.com/Yunnan-Colorfree-Yoshimio/dp/B000VT9BJQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1202360061&sr=1-1

it's a soundtrack to some kinda thing. i think a movie?...anyway, it's pretty good.

found the first boredoms EP the other night

bought it

just looked at receipt tonight - made me lol reading "anal by anal cd - $4.99"

cool man, its rly good

do u know if those vice reissues were on vinyl or just cd?