Q: Desperate Bicycles = Amazing? A: Yes. (1 Viewer)

[zebra heart attack]

i could listen to these all day, and often do. some nice person put lots of mp3s up.

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that's about it really.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

yeah they're incredible

 

[M. Stratosphere]

Agreed. Love them. have the first 2 7"s, there pretty easy to find and pretty cheap too, usually about 15euro.

the "medium is tedium" should be changed to be the national anthem. when i started djing i used to end some nights with it.

on a side note, i promised ya, zha, a while back those articles on diy punk, must dig them up and scan them in here. have a great one about Kif Kif Le Batter and the whole Fuck Off Records thang, with Desperate Dicycles, The 012 et all
Some are from the defunct magazine Ugly Things, anyone ever read that? it stopped as far as i know. Johan Kugelberg collects hip hop now.

heres Johans top 100 diy punk records from the Hyped to Death site
http://www.hyped2death.com/Kugelberg100.html

my favourate diy punk band has to be The Homosexuals though

 

[MARYJANE]

i was listening to these a lot this time last year when i was fixing up my bike. i kind of stopped using my bike so much when i stopped listening to them.

the problem with bikes is that you can't/shouldn't listen to music while you're cycling. i'm thinking about getting driving lessons, is there any good pro-car bands?

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

is there any good pro-car bands?

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[skinny wolves]

i was listening to these a lot this time last year when i was fixing up my bike. i kind of stopped using my bike so much when i stopped listening to them.

the problem with bikes is that you can't/shouldn't listen to music while you're cycling. i'm thinking about getting driving lessons, is there any good pro-car bands?

get back on yr bike and listen to this!


V/A PROJECT: BICYCLE
ACHE025

Purchase:

Track Listing
1. Aelters - Roulé Brouillé
2. Jab Mica Och El - Side Car Bicycle (mp3)
3. Sun Ok Papi K.O. - Pizza Boy's Bike
4. Secret Mommy - Gas Prices
5. DJ Elephant Power - Bikebou
6. TU M' - Ladri Di Biciclette
7. Romanhead - Bicycle Work (mp3)
8. Uské Niko - Les Klaxons de Madame Dupont
9. Greg Davis - Sagres (v.6)
10. Wobbly - Flee You
11. Jason Forrest - Breaking Away
12. Original Sample

Pressed (LP)

Press 1: limited to 500 on green

Eleven electronic / electro-acoustic artists from eight countries unify to pay homage to what listeners of BBC Radio 4's You and Yours radio program have voted as the most significant invention since 1800, beating computers, the internet, and even the combustion engine with more then half the total votes. The concept is simple: Give a handful of today's most progressive sound designers only one sample to work with. They are able to manipulate this sample in any way they choose, but their entire song most be composed entirely from the single sound byte.

The supplied sample is a studio recording of a bicycle, recorded by Jesse Gander at The Hive Studios in Vancouver. This gives equal importance to the materials as well as the method used in PROJECT: BICYCLE. This, along with the beautifully written essay on bicycle riding and it’s social, environmental, and physical benefits by Green Party Candidate, Sean Orr, offers a deeper concept to the project. With the inevitable threat of peak oil in our not too distant future, it is time we opened the lines of communication to other forms of energy and transportation.

The incredibly international list of artists (USA, CANADA, FRANCE, BELGIUM, GERMANY, DENMARK, ENGLAND, and ITALY) also furthers the concept, illustrating that peak oil, and global warming is everyone’s concern, not just one country or region.

Each artist has chosen to tackle the project uniquely, embracing his own particular style. Whether it’s the playful, electrifying outburst’s of SUN O.K. PAPI KO’s ‘Pizza Boy's Bike’ (Belgium) and AELTERS’ ‘Roulé Brouillé’ (France), or the smoother approaches of WOBBLY’s ‘Flee You' (USA), and ROMANHEAD’s ‘Bicycle Work’ (UK), the various techniques in composition and style offer an incredibly dynamic listen, given PROJECT: BICYCLE’s strict guidelines.

Perhaps the most interesting piece, GREG DAVIS’ ‘Sagres' (USA) is a collection of manipulations of the original sample played back threw a handheld tape player while he rides around town on his own bicycle, pushing the boundaries of music, as well as this project.

PROJECT: BICYCLE is open sourced, meaning the original sample appears untouched at the end of the compilation. This gives the listener a point of reference for each artists song, offering an inside perspective on what each musician chose to do with the supplied sound. It also encourages the listener to get involved on more then an audience level, offering the means to create a song themselves, removing the hierarchal relationship between artist and fan.

Overall, PROJECT: BICYCLE is an important compilation that unifies several ideas about politics and art, activism and creativity. Yet, these ideas are presented modestly and open for interpretation, not relying on a ‘beat you over the head’ approach that can be intimidating. On the most basic level, it is simply a collection of wonderful music by some of the world’s most creative people, with a simple message: have fun riding your bike.

 

[Pantone247]

Madness - Like Driving In My Car

The Beach Boys - I Get Around

The Cars - uh... everything they did...

 

[tim]

Or get a motorbike and listen to Ghost Rider by Suicide. Easier to get a license ........but deathly.......but cool.

 

[MARYJANE]

Mike Jones!

haha. and clipse on repeat for 2 months, yeah?

 

[MARYJANE]

Overall, PROJECT: BICYCLE is an important compilation that unifies several ideas about politics and art, activism and creativity. Yet, these ideas are presented modestly and open for interpretation, not relying on a ‘beat you over the head’ approach that can be intimidating. On the most basic level, it is simply a collection of wonderful music by some of the world’s most creative people, with a simple message: have fun riding your bike.

i think i prefer the "beat you over the head" approach

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

haha. and clipse on repeat for 2 months, yeah?

'the nightvision - chopped and screwed' is coming out on swishahouse in a couple of months

 

[mamul]

Mike Jones!

two eight one three three oh eight zero zero fo

ever give him a bell?

 

[mamul]

more pro car shit

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[SONYMEGADRIVE]

two eight one three three oh eight zero zero fo

ever give him a bell?

haha - one of the sea dogs gave it a ring on sunday night! no answer...

 

[Charlie Bucket]

i

gettin some props cos of these books?!

 

[zebra heart attack]

on a side note, i promised ya, zha, a while back those articles on diy punk, must dig them up and scan them in here.

...heres Johans top 100 diy punk records from the Hyped to Death site.

i've long given up any hope of seeing those magazines

the hyped2death homework and messthetics cds are goldmines of obscurity. i only have a couple. i should have really bought the full sets to begin with. nearly time to go shopping again.

 

[zebra heart attack]

gettin some props cos of these books

rip it up is a good read alright. is the rough trade one worth a gander?

 

[magnetize]

i thought the rough trade one was pretty bad, loads of BIG pictures.....the warp one is shit too.

 

[M. Stratosphere]

i've long given up any hope of seeing those magazines

the hyped2death homework and messthetics cds are goldmines of obscurity. i only have a couple. i should have really bought the full sets to begin with. nearly time to go shopping again.

right dude, finally did this.
i'm cleaning up the shizz at home at the moment and found them so i scanned those articles.

i have an interview with Chuck Warner of Hyped2Death from about 2002, its really top about 6 pages. they have an image of one of the early cdr's called Bad Teeth#1, its Irish and UK punk its really great, pitty they only did one. totally forgot about it.

i also scanned in an article about Fuck Off Records ( about 7 pages) with an interview with Kif Kif LeBatter and it also has there full Discgraphy (well an attempt) plus an article on Danny and the Dressmakers, which was Graham Massey of 808 State first band. don't have much by them as most of it was cassette but the Weird Noise EP is one of my priced and favourate records.

so if anyone is at all interested just pm me and i'll send them on.