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Radiograffiti presents:

RGV-007
Hexadeci - "Alone In The Dark E.P."

Radiograffiti release page: http://www.radiograffiti.org/hexadeci-alone-in-the-dark

A. Alone In The Dark
B. Swiss Yodelcore

Finally, a record we here at Radiograffiti think you will actually like - the 7" debut release from UK native Hexadeci, "The Alone In The Dark E.P."

Hexadeci (and, maybe you) has waited far longer than acceptable for this release. We've felt the wait, too. With an original release scheduled for summer 2010, the album is ready for presentation as a D.I.Y. kit that corners the aesthetics of Xerox-punk & high-art boutique.

In September 2010 (after a three-month round of pulling out our collective hair), Radiograffiti held an online poll to let you choose the artwork for "The Alone in the Dark E.P." The two staggeringly different options included an impressive sci-fi/horror scene from full-time animator Hexadeci and a fucking rush-job from Radiograffiti's resident artist Nova!Cain, drawn while his kid was at the babysitter for the afternoon. Poll results swung between the center labels from one artist and cover sleeve from the other, but in the end the Hexideci art won out.

Then everything went wrong all over again. Cue the sad trombones. We decided to scrap the poll, piss off Hexadeci and make everyone wait a few more weeks. We blew money we didn't have on ideas that didn't work - like rigging a spray gun to a spare tire for airbrushed artwork. Hardcore.

Eventually, Ty Stagediver managed to find the time to teach himself how to hand-screen envelopes in his livingroom (which is his bedroom) to complete the suite of artwork for "The Alone in the Dark E.P." D.I.Y. kit. It's a departure from the usual way we present our 7" releases, and it marks the debut of non-American talent on Radiograffiti. The kit includes all of the items needed to complete one full 7" but you decide what it will be ('cause we can't even decide what we want to eat). Will it be Hexadeci's version? Will it be Nova!Cain's version? Will you order three copies, make one of each, leave one sealed and hang them all on the wall with the rest of your Radiograffiti records? Like that bitch with the green mullet in the early 90's once said, "The power is yours!" Or something.

This music is some of the best Amigacore in the past 10 years - skirting between party music for the post-apocalyptic crowd and a nightmarish take on otherwise light-hearted themes. What's most remarkable about these tunes isn't necessarily Hexadeci's programming expertise (he's totally awesome), or the creative use of seemingly random samples (Shakira? A Swiss yodeler?). No, it's how he manages to effectively tear down dance music to shape his own tastes *AND* create tunes that are actually MUSICAL, instead of slipping into the same tired traps of hardcore posturing.

It's a fun record and we promise you'll get some seriously confused looks when you drop a Swiss Yodelcore track at your next house party. Try it. Film it. Send us the video.

It's exciting, it's loud, it's flawed, it's idea-driven and it's how we like it. We know you will too.

Ty Stagediver just sent this over to me. It seems he was busy making this instead of being productive/updating Radiograffiti/etc I thought there may be some interest in this.

From the description:

A useless proof-of-concept which took entirely way too much time to create. This is a very crude, monophonic drum machine idea using sounds taken from Hexadeci's http://www.radiograffiti.org/hexadeci original Amiga 1200 .mod files, which just saw a release on 7" vinyl. http://www.radiograffiti.org/hexadeci-a … -the-dark/ We're not completely sure but this may be the first You Tube "Drum Machine" in existence. If not, please send us a few links as we'd love to check them out.

Designed and created within 11 hours on Windows Movie Maker. Perhaps this concept can be improved upon next time by using legitimate, video editing software. Note: there is an added lag depending on video formats and playback resolution, so if you plan on wasting your time on something as ridiculous as this, be prepared to pull out your hair and kill some serious bandwidth.

Directions:

1. Load video in the 480p format. 360p should work too but there is a lag with 720 HD and don't even think about using 240p.

2. Expand the video. Embedded videos and full-screen will not work. (must be on the video's Youtube page)

3. Let the video load all the way through; play from the beginning.

4. Use the numeric keys to "trigger samples." See sample list next to "pads."

5. Buy the 7" vinyl D.I.Y. kit at http://www.radiograffiti.org/storefront

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So yeah, I'm not sure what sort of caffeine consumption is needed to waste this much time on something so ridiculous. I gotta give it to him though, it's a fun way to promote the new release. Even though this will not work unless you're on the video page, here's the embedded video anyway: