Mochipet and Friends
what up peeps
last week at college i had to explain about glitch music as it is new to my class so i explain about the legendary purple dinosaur himself mochipet and how he’s one of the best beat makers i know that ever touch that music as explaining about another legend the crunk master himself edIT from the glitch mob
was very fun indeed
Subatomic Sound Radio focuses on all things dubwise and otherwise: dub reggae, dubstep, dancehall, and the many electronic sounds that forward on from there. For nearly a decade, its host, Emch, has been the producer, selector, musician and label head behind Subatomic Sound System, a Brooklyn, NYC based collective dedicated to preserving and extending the many roots and branches of Jamaican dubwise studio techniques and the sound system tradition. Its quite an honor to be added to this prestigious station.
Courtesy of Chrome Kids, the ghost of Eazy-E gets man-handled by Mochipet, DJ 0.000001 and Eprom by way of the free maxi-single “Eazy-E On Atari”.
Check out all the freaking reviews and features it has received from Money, Hoes, & Clothes, Bass Music, Rock The Dub, Noise Porn, White Folks Get Crunk for DJ’s, Boom Boom Chik, Goose Bumps Beatz, Ghetto Bazaar, Doktor Krank, My Morning After, and Faites La Fete Pas L’amour.
Get it here.
(And stay tuned for the free full-length DJ 0.000001 release, Racin’ Music, coming soon.)
Th’ Mole has been as busy as ever, recently touring Holland, Burning Man (pictured above), and southern Oregon, as well as working on numerous recording projects.
Check out this sneak peek of his new hit, “I Luv Unicornz”, live from Holland. Maxi-single coming soon…
youtube.com/watch?v=wqt7odXasiI
And due to a technical mishap the last Mole update was missing its intended music video, “I Hate You”. Lookie:
youtube.com/watch?v=HU32CU-7gpY
(Read Doktor Krank’s review of the video here.)
The hilarious ChickenHed collective has just released a new compilation, ChickenHed 3: Koo Koo Klusterkluck, featuring an exclusive mini-song from Th’ Mole as well as the classic “Brush ‘Em” track by Mole alter-ego Captain Daydream. Also including Foxdye and a grand assortment of other talents, the compilation is free to download here.
Promoter/director/producer Sean Carnage recently took some time off from booking and hosting his infamous “Sean Carnage Mondays” event, affording him the chance to put together a mixtape of some of his favorite current music, including Th’ Mole’s “Zombie Dance Mind Programme” off of his Greatest Hits (Ha Ha Ha) Vol. 1 album. Download the mix and read more here.
Bay Area folks, be on the lookout for Th’ Mole performing on October 9 (The Bordello) and 11 (The Knockout) in San Francisco. Check myspace.com/themole for details.
And finally, Th’ Mole has just announced plans for his fifth European tour in February 2010. Interested venues/bookers/agents can contact jonah.themole@gmail.com.
Meanwhile Mole’s alter-ego, DJ 0.000001, has been making his own noise, releasing a split single with Mochipet (“Eazy-E On Atari“) via Chrome Kids and a full-length “thrash-up” album (Racin’ Music) via Hectic Records (coming soon to a blog near you).
After finishing 3.5 months of touring across the US and Europe, Th’ Mole has been working on new material and getting set for more shows throughout August and September, including a 5-day stint in Holland (including shows with Curse Ov Dialect and DJ 0.000001) followed by Burning Man. He also found the time to make the silly music video for his bitter break-up song “I Hate You” from the Greatest Hits (Ha Ha Ha) Vol. 1 album:
Being the media-crazed attention whore that he is, Th’ Mole has continued to grace newspapers, radio, and magazines in the last few months. You can stream or download his live performance and interview on Capital Public Radio (here). Also, Kinki Mag has run a few stories on Th’ Mole, including one for its latest issue (free online – pg. 72).
While Th’ Mole continues to toil away, you crazy fans can expect two or three free maxi-singles in the next few months. Meanwhile, don’t forget about the two latest free maxi-singles, How 2 B Cool (ft. Robot Koch & Ladyscraper) and Jump Jack (ft. Warrior Queen and Mochipet).
Mochipet is in Berlin magazine, hhv.de to list is favorites of the moment. Check it all out here!
ARTIST: Mochipet, DJ Sep, Jason Short, DJ Collage, Juakali
TITLE: Get Your Dub Wet
LABEL: Daly City Records
CAT-NO: DCR143
FORMAT: Digital Single/Remixes
RELEASE DATE: 09/08/2009
COVER ART BY: Olivia Ting
When the long standing Dub Mission Resident DJ Sep first approached Mochipet to do a Dub rendition of his tune “Get Your Whistle Wet” off of his 2008 Release “Microphonepet” he was honored. But little did he know she would recruit the help of fellow artists Jason Short, DJ Collage, and Juakali. The result is a mending of both Dub and Techno pulling from both Sep and Short’s backgrounds. You add that with the vocal stylings of DJ Collage and Juakali and the end result is nothing short of Bass Heavy, Tech Bouncing Goodness. This is for the lovers of Dub and Glitch Basslines. Read more about DJ Sep, Jason Short, DJ Collage, and Juakali below.
Tracklisting:
01) Get Your Whistle Wet (DJ Sep & Jason Short Dub Mix Featuring DJ Collage)
02) Get Your Whistle Wet (DJ Sep & Jason Short Dub Mix Featuring Juakali)
The New York Times Reviews Alarm Will Sound Playing Mochipet : “SOMETHING odd and fascinating is happening at the borders of classical music and pop right now. Particularly in new-music circles young musicians are searching for repertory in the pop avant-garde. There were inklings of this in the early 1990s, when arrangements of Frank Zappa pieces turned up in programs by the Meridian Arts Ensemble, the American Composers Orchestra and, in Europe, Ensemble Modern and the Ensemble Intercontemporain. But that seemed only modestly remarkable. Zappa, after all, had been composing symphonic works since the late 1960s, and these transcriptions of his rock works shared the spirit of those scores. And transcriptions of Jimi Hendrix songs by the Kronos Quartet, and Nirvana tracks by the Bang on a Can All-Stars, seemed amusing stunts, offered as encores.” [ READ MORE__]
