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Joke of the day

What did the Pacific Ocean say to the Atlantic Ocean?

Nothing; It just waved.

Artist of the Week

THE GLITCH MOB

http://www.theglitchmob.com/

Straight outta San Fransisco California this foursome has been creating quite a presence
in the Electronic dance music scene. The Glitch Mob consisting of edIT, Kraddy, Ooah and Boreta are taking electronic music to a whole new level with Glitch/Glitch Hop a relatively new genre of music.

Definition of Glitch (Taken from Wikipedia)

Glitch is a term used to describe a genre of experimental electronic music that emerged in the mid to late 1990s. The origins of the glitch aesthetic can be traced back to Luigi Russolo's Futurist manifesto The Art of Noises, the basis of noise music. In a Computer Music Journal article published in 2000, composer and writer Kim Cascone used the term post-digital to describe various experimentations associated with the glitch aesthetic. Glitch is characterized by a preoccupation with the sonic artifacts that can result from malfunctioning digital technology, such as those produced by bugs, crashes, system errors, hardware noise, CD skipping, and digital distortion.[2] Cascone considers glitch to be a sub-genre of electronica

Bio from Windish Agency

The Glitch Mob is a four man musical collaboration with roots from San Francisco and Los Angeles. What initially started as a joke/loose affiliation soon stuck as edIT, Boreta, Kraddy and Ooah found themselves frequently playing the same shows and eventually tag teaming during back to back time slots. This eventually led to the four man sonic onslaught of ferocious bass, head cracking drums and infinitely complex rhythms. A proverbial Voltron effect on stage. Taking influences from hip-hop, experimental, and dance genres, The Glitch Mob have crafted their own form of futuristic dance floor hip-hop that has been "slaying" audiences world wide. Their live sets reinvent the dj “tag-team” concept with four performers on stage at once, interacting like a jazz combo, each taking the lead at intuitive moments, interweaving theirown sounds, and remixing everything on the fly. The result is a sound distinctly their own, blending the deep head nod of hip-hop with serious bass music, throwing genre distinctions out the window. The Glitch Mob has been one of the cornerstones of this new electronic hip hop movement that has emerged from Glasgow to Montreal and back to Los Angeles. Taking a nod from the resurgence in the instrumentalhip-hop "beats" movement, the Glitch Mob has injected a great sense of dance floor sensibility into thescene and crafted their own niche as new school dance floor destroyers. Members of The Glitch Mobhave individually released music on their own imprint Glitch Mob Unlimited which is a subsidiary of LosAngeles' Alpha Pup Records. They plan to release their first full length album in 2009.

Videos of the Glitch Mob