Burnlab Lab Report

Collapsing the space between design, art, music and culture.

[darklyeuphoric]

TBT: Hand-drawn poster for a showcase I organized at the Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit

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[theburnlab]

(Mike Burnlab)

Here be my Magnetic Fields compilation: ‘25 Les Champs Magnétiques Chansons’ on SoundCloud.

1. Living In An Abandoned Firehouse With You [1991] 2. 100,000 Fireflies [1991] 3. Take Ecstasy With Me [1994] 4. Deep Sea Diving Suit [1994] 5. Swinging London [1994] 6. Strange Powers [1994] 7. Smoke and Mirrors [1995] 8. You and Me and the Moon [1995] 9. All the Umbrellas in London [1995] 10. The Book of Love [1999] 11. I Think I Need a New Heart [1999] 12. Asleep and Dreaming [1999] 13. Long-Forgotten Fairytale [1999] 14. How to Say Goodbye [1999] 15. Washington, D.C. [1999] 16. Underwear [1999] 17. Epitaph For My Heart [1999] 18. Heather Heather [2003] 19. I Thought You Were My Boyfriend [2004] 20. I Don't Believe You [2004] 21. Please Stop Dancing [2008] 22. The Dada Polka [2010] 23. Andrew in Drag [2012] 24. All She Cares About is Mariachi [2012] 25. The Horrible Party [2012]

[theburnlab]

(Mike Burnlab)  *New mix is up!

This month, Mike of Burnlab, Dorkwave, Dethlab, Darkly Euphoric, The Satanic Temple, et al. brings a special hour of music to make terrorists, conservatives and all enemies of culture - from Kentucky to Syria - feel stupid and sexually confused. (And hopefully enjoyable and cleverly sequenced tunes for the rest of us.)

1. Solid Space - Destination Moon [1982] 2. Siouxsie and the Banshees - Tattoo [1983] 3. Cliff Martinez - Do You Smell That [2015] 4. Cliff Martinez - If Anyman Thirst [2015] 5. Klara Lewis - Untitled [2014] 6. Klara Lewis - Msuic I [2014] 7. The Horrors - No Love Lost [2007] 8. The Horrors - Hysteria [2007?] 9. Brainiac - Fresh New Eyes [1997] 10. Ideal - Erschießen [1981] 11. The Eccentronic Research Council - Welcome To Valhalla Dale [2015] 12. Grinderman - Evil (Factory Floor remix 2) [2012] 13. Bremen - Eclipsed [2015] 14. John Carpenter - Night [2015] 15. Bryan Ferry - Johnny and Mary [2015]

[darklyeuphoric]

Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay // Official Trailer

A film by Amélie Ravalec & Travis Collins

Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay is the first film to trace the origins of industrial music, taking you on a journey through the crumbling industrial cities of Europe to America’s thriving avant-garde scene.

Featuring Throbbing Gristle, Cabaret Voltaire, NON, SPK, Test Dept, Clock DVA, Re/Search - V Vale, Z'EV, Click Click, Sordide Sentimental, Hula, In The Nursery, Hands,The Klinik / Dive, Ant Zen, Orphx and Prima Linea.

The film Industrial Soundtrack For The Urban Decay is screening tonight only at MOCAD, in America’s cradle of industry and urban decay.

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT 4454 Woodward Ave Detroit MI, 48201 

Wednesday, November 11, 8pm Admission: $8 ($5 for MOCAD Members)

+ Interview with the filmmakers in the Detroit Free Press

+ Official afterparty at UFO Factory with DJ Marc Church - who’s encyclopedic knowledge of industrial and coldwave music history is matched only by his passion for the very latest and best music of today.

[theburnlab]

Phantasmagoric possibilities in a world collapsing. I've been known to write about design, music,...

Reminder that I only occasionally post here and my daily blog is Darkly Euphoric.

Love, -Mike

[liartownusa]

Blade Runner Voight-Kampff Tests Part II

[paulftompkins]

Still always the best.

[theburnlab]

They're just questions, Leon. In answer to your query, they're written down for me. It's a test, designed to provoke an emotional response... Shall we continue? 

[theburnlab]

Bringing back the charcoal hoodie under blazer, Morrissey meets Hitler haircut, and blue masking tape on glasses look for A/W 15.

[theburnlab]

Download the October '15 edition of The Space Museum: From Wolfe’s Abyss to Eno’s Another Green World

1. Chelsea Wolfe: Survive - 2015 2. The Fall: R.O.D. - 1986 3. Siouxsie and the Banshees: Red Over White (The Thorn EP version) - 1984 4. Brian Eno: Golden Hours - 1975 5. The Eccentronic Research Council: Ay Up Spider - 2013 6. S.C.U.M - Whitechapel (Carter Tutti remix) - 2011 7. Police Des Moeurs: Première Neige - 2015 8. Revenge: Bleachman - 1990 9. James Murphy: We Used to Dance - 2015 10. Pink Industry: Don't Let Go (12" remix by Ian Broudie) - 1987 11. Boy Harsher: Pain - 2014 12. The Haxan Cloak: The Drop - 2013 13. Loscil: Bleeding Ink - 2014 14. Brian Eno: The Big Ship - 1975

(via https://soundcloud.com/michael-doyle-6/space-museum-102015?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=tumblr)

[theburnlab]

My research project mix is done. Please enjoy!

Big (Bang) in Japan: A survey of music created by members of the Liverpudlian punk "reverse supergroup" Big in Japan.

Compiled by Michael Doyle, September 2015

01. Williams Fairey Brass Band: What Time Is Love? (Acid Brass, Version K) - 1997 02. Spitfire Boys: British Refugee - 1977 03. The Birth of Punk in Sixty Seconds: Bill Drummond - 2012 04. Big in Japan: Big in Japan - 1977 05. Big in Japan: Suicide A Go Go - 1978 06. Big in Japan: Society For Cutting Up Men - 1978 07. The Death of Punk in Sixty Seconds: Bill Drummond - 2012 08. Lori and the Chameleons: Touch - 1979 09. Nightmares in Wax: Black Leather - 1979 10. The Teardrop Explodes: Bouncing Babies - 1979 11. Siouxsie and the Banshees: Spellbound - 1981 12. The Creatures: Mad Eyed Screamer - 1981 13. Pink Military: Degenerated Man - 1980 14. Pink Industry: Time For Change - 1983 15. Ambrose Reynolds: Holy Mackerel - Lee Harvey Oswald - 1982 16. Pink Industry: Don't Let Go (12" Mix) - 1987 17. The Lightning Seeds: All I Want - 1989 18. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes (John Peel Session) - 1982 19. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Two Tribes (Album Version) - 1984 20. Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Born to Run (Live on The Tube) - 1985 21. The Timelords: Doctorin' the Tardis - 1988 22. The JAMs: All You Need is Love - 1987 23. The JAMs: It's Grim Up North (Part 1) - 1990 24. The KLF: America No More - 1991 25. Deaf School: What A Way To End It All (BBC Session) - 1976 26: Ian Broudie: Super Cinema - 2004

Big in Japan band members 1977-1979:

Jayne Casey: vocals [Pink Military / Pink Industry] Bill Drummond: guitar [Zoo Records co-founder / Lori & The Chameleons / The KLF / The JAMs / The Timelords] Clive Langer: guitar [Deaf School / Clive Langer and the Boxes] Ian Broudie: guitar [Original Mirrors / Care / The Lightning Seeds] Budgie: drums [Spitfire Boys / The Slits / Siouxise and the Banshees / The Creatures] Phil Allen: drums Holly Johnson: bass [Frankie Goes to Hollywood] David Balfe: bass [Zoo Records co-founder / Lori & the Chameleons / The Teardrop Explodes / Dalek I Love You] Kevin Ward: bass [artwork and design for Deaf School and others] Ambrose Reynolds: bass [Nightmares In Wax / Pink Industry] Steve Lindsey: bass [Deaf School/The Planets]

(via https://soundcloud.com/michael-doyle-6/big-bang-in-japan?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=tumblr)

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(via https://soundcloud.com/michael-doyle-6/space-museum-092015?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=tumblr)

Fall is the best time for mixtapes. My first mixtape of the fall is now up on the cloud of sounds!

1. Ministry: Same Old Madness (Live, Chicago 1982) 2. Death In June: Fields 3. Boy Harsher: Modulations 4. The Fall: Riddler! 5. Sextile: Into The Unknown 6. The Eccentronic Research Council: Another Witch Is Dead (Traditional) 7. Anita Lane: The World's A Girl 8. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness: You Are Dead To Me 9. Tropic of Cancer: Stop Suffering 10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Push The Sky Away 11. F ingers: Under The House Hard To Breathe 12. The Fall: Gross Chapel - British Grenadiers 13. 800beloved: Die Slow

[darklyeuphoric]

Listen/purchase: Some Kind of Distortion by 800beloved

Released this week, Some Kind of Distortion is the third LP by Michigan’s darkly dreaming purveyors of painterly post-punk that hangs in the air and subconscious - like the smell of freshly baked cherry pie and scorched engine oil does in the town of Twin Peaks.

I noted on first listen a few months ago, “The songs, although still meticulously crafted, seem to breathe and wander more on their own. Especially with Dent on Hill, I feel a move from renderings of specific moments or feelings… to embodiments of distorted memories and emotional residue, like a ghost ship in the subconscious.”

“Do you need a ride? I got nowhere to go. We could kill a little time…”

Dent on Hill, Cicadas and the propulsive closer Die Slow hook me on repeated listens the most. The latter paints a scene where 800beloved’s music is best listened to: in a moving car on a deserted stretch of road. In this scenario though, something ominous is growing over the hypnotic throb of the engine, and it becomes apparent that things are unlikely to end well.

800beloved main man Sean Lynch commented, “Getting some distance from it now, sort of reminds me what would happen if you opened up some CAN, added a dash of early [Sonic Youth] guitar and flew in John Carpenter to creep all the bitches out before throwing the whole rendezvous into a vacuum.”

As Lynch’s studio prowess and songwriting skills have grown since 2009′s Bouquet, so has his frame of reference and ability to create new ways of making music that lingers with you long after the engine is turned off.

[theburnlab]

*My brand new industrial mix is up!

More post-industrial musick for life during wartime.

Tracklist: 1. Einstürzende Neubauten: Das Europa der Frau 2. Prurient: Many Jewels Surround the Crown 3. Thomas Brinkmann: Ziegelrot 4. Chelsea Wolfe: Carrion Flowers 5. Moin: Elsie 6. Herz Jühning: To the Stars 7. Haus Arafna: You Know How to Destroy Me / Give the Strength 8. Asss: Taxi Helms 9. Circa Tapes: So Cold 10. T.G.T.: Revo (The Eon Mix) 11. Youth Code: Destroy, Said She 12. Black Asteroid: Metal (Pinion Version) 13: Ancient Methods x Black Egg: Ohne Hände (Maschinendub) 14. Violetshaped: The Lord Won't Forget 15. Powell: Club Music (Ancient Methods 'Körpersäure91' Mix)

(via https://soundcloud.com/michael-doyle-6/orcbgb-mix?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=tumblr)

[theburnlab]

The art of the remix by Chris & Cosey.

(via Soundcloud)

[theburnlab]

NØDISKØ: Post-industrial musick for post-industrial people, on Mixcloud. (Possibly my best, and likely least popular mix to date.)

Tracklist: 1. Black Egg: Willpower On Earth 2. The Itzamna Collective: Monolithic Architecture (Y.O.T.A. Werner Herzog Version) 3. Concrete Fence (Regis & Russell Haswell): Caulk 4. Violetshaped: Black Wisdom, White Witch 5. Witch: Vent (Truss Remix) 6. Author & Punisher: Body Dome Light 7. Samuel Kerridge: Paint it Black (Reprise) 8. Samuel Kerridge: Death Is Upon Us 9. Kaitie Gately: I Appreciate Your Fear of Being Pigeonholed by the Masses 10. Talker: Frame Capture 11. OAKE: Sechstes Buch: Rehmin Sicht 12. Haus Arafna: All I Can Give 13: Grouper: Disengaged 14: OAKE: Tenoun Rah Zan

[theburnlab]

Post-industrial musick for post-industrial people. (My best, and likely least popular mix to date.)

Tracklist: 1. Black Egg: Willpower On Earth 2. The Itzamna Collective: Monolithic Architecture (Y.O.T.A. Werner Herzog Version) 3. Concrete Fence (Regis & Russell Haswell): Caulk 4. Violetshaped: Black Wisdom, White Witch 5. Witch: Vent (Truss Remix) 6. Author & Punisher: Body Dome Light 7. Samuel Kerridge: Paint it Black (Reprise) 8. Samuel Kerridge: Death Is Upon Us 9. Kaitie Gately: I Appreciate Your Fear of Being Pigeonholed by the Masses 10. Talker: Frame Capture 11. OAKE: Sechstes Buch: Rehmin Sicht 12. Haus Arafna: All I Can Give 13: Grouper: Disengaged 14: OAKE: Tenoun Rah Zan

(via https://soundcloud.com/michael-doyle-6/nodisko?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=tumblr)

[theburnlab]

The second installment of my New Phantoms mix series is now on both SoundCloud and Mixcloud, for your saturnine, post-rave listening pleasure.

Track list:

1. Author & Punisher: Throttle and Hymn 2. Cut Hands: Witness the Spread of the Dream 3. Wovenhand: Slota Prow - Full Armor 4. Machinegewehr: Antikopf (2006 & 2012) 5. Simian Ghost: Echoes of Songs (Luke Abbott Remix) 6. 800beloved: Nicole Dreams of Ponies 7. Noveller: Fighting Sleep 8. Peter Gabriel: In the Sun 9. Beacon: Anthem 10. Raica: Tiwie 11. C.A.R. Idle Eyes (Roman Fluegel Remix) 12. The Soft Moon: Far 13: Nite Fields: Prescription 14: Rob: Wedding Maze 15: Noveller: No Dreams