I Dreamed I Dream [Sonic Youth cover|remold + VHS Tape Loop]

*All sounds made from analog synthesizer/drum machine, feedback loop, looper/effects processor, noises, and human voice. Recorded using digital multitrack recorder, arranged and mixdown using DAW.

- the video is a VHS tape loop from a broken VHS cassettes (we combine 3 tapes, cut and splice them together, no measurements at all, but a long loop). To make things worst, we draw some random shapes and figures on the reel to add effects. We help the player by pulling the reel to rotate the loop because it gets stuck from time to time, the result is really messed up :)

Probably we cover this song because we are so amazed that we think this track by Sonic Youth was ahead of its time, considering it was written in 1982, it felt like we're listening to some triphop song from the late 90's... Though the tuning of their guitar here is standard and the sounds really differs from their noise-lofi-punk-esque aesthetic which they've known for and we like, the dark-ish downtempo and experimentation here still mesmerizing.

Lyrics -

Note: The lyrics is slightly differs from original, we add some word and subtract a few phrases.

[Ego]

Look before you leap, okay?

Do you read me?

The day we spent, go on...

The dream...

Shit.

Shift...

Fucking youth, working youth

Fucking youth, working youth

Shift.

Do you read me? Do you read me?

The day go on, the dream

Shift.

Fucking youth, working youth

Fucking youth, working youth

Fucking youth, working youth

Fuck, work

Shift, shit

Fucking youth, working youth

Fucking youth, working youth

Shift, shit

May all your dreams come true

The day we spent go on and on

Shift.

May all your dreams come true

The day, go on

Shift.

Fucking youth, working youth

Shit.

[AlterEgo]

You slept

Did i drift?

Do i dream?

Do you read me?

I'm not speaking.

Do you read me?

I dream, i dream

Sound today are you sound today, are you sound today,

Are you sound today? Sound today, are you sound today,

Are you sound today, are you sound today?

Today.

Do you read me?

I dream, i dream

I dream, i dream

Do you read me?

I dream

Do you read me?

Fucking youth, working youth

Did i drift, do i dream?

Do you read me?

I'm not speaking.

These things don't happen automatically

I dream

Edith moves each step, fucking youth

The day we spent go on, i dream...

Do you read me?

Fucking youth, working youth

Fucking youth, working youth

Do you read me?

I dream, i dream.

White Rabbit [Jefferson Airplane cover|remold + Video Manipulation]

*All sounds made from analog synthesizer/drum machine, feedback loop, looper/effects processor, noises, and human voice. Recorded using digital multitrack recorder, arranged and mixdown using DAW

- additional sampled voice by Alice and Caterpillar from Alice and Wonderland animation.

- the visuals is a video bending that we made (Terence Mckenna speech - Shamans Among the Machines), original clip not ours.

Our second attempt to cover a song, this time by the great Ms. Grace Slick! And yes we sing, pardon for insisting ;) we just like the song and how she sang it and wrote the lyrics, as they all say - DOPE! But we first encounter this song while watching Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas starring Mr. Johnny Depp many years ago... and White Rabbit is a good ost for this movie.

Again the recording and vocals is not that good but we really enjoy the process so we hope you enjoy it too, thank you so much for viewing... :)

Lyrics -

Caterpillar: Why? (several times)

One pill makes you larger, one pill makes you small

And the ones that mother gives you don't do anything at all

Go Ask Alice! 

When she's ten feet tall...

(Alice coughing)

And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you're going to fall

Tell 'em a hookah-smoking caterpillar has given you the call

Call Alice... 

When she was just small...

(Alice coughing)

When the men on the chessboard get up and tell you where to go

And you just have some kind of mushroom

And your mind is moving slow

Go Ask Alice, i think she'll know!

When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead

And the White Knight's talking backwards

And the Red Queen's off with her head

Remember what the Doormouse said...

Feed you head... (several times)

(Alice coughing)

Caterpillar: By the way, I have a few more helpful hints. One side will make you grow taller... 

Alice: One side of what? 

Caterpillar: ...and the other side will make you grow shorter. 

Alice: The other side of what? 

Caterpillar: THE MUSHROOM, OF COURSE! 

(Alice continue to cough)

Random Sculptures [minimal]

The Looper

*made of VHS tape loop

Broken Loop

*made of VHS tape loop

Barring

*made of VHS tape reel

Cymatron

*from our last year experinment "Dance of the Frequencies"

Video Manipulation:::Still_Frames

Shaman Among the Machines

The Dark Priest

Bipolar

***still frames from a short video manipulation that we made. Original clip is not ours, it is Terence Mckenna talking about shamans among the machines...