As Heard From Mars

First of all, the whole As Heard team would like to wish you a happy 100 days. We all hope there will be a lot of 100 days to come!

The art piece above was created by Montrealer artist Jean-Pierre Seguin. While I do not know much, or at least as much as LB in terms of visual arts, I definitely recommend his work to anyone even slightly interested in this domain. To realize his work, Jean-Pierre Seguin uses various mediums, usually tiny objects, to create a feeling of pixelisation. For example, he has created a series of portraits using only small buttons of different colors, creating a pixelated portrait of his subjects. In annother case, the portraits were made solely of small marbles.  Jean-Pierre Seguin is regurlarly exposing in New York City at the OK Harris Gallery in Soho. Check it out.

Today is a double post on two, older, yet still very interesting tracks. The first one is a remix of John Dahlback’s Ooh Oh I E by Sebo K. While the original was released more than five years ago on Systematic Recordings, as part of Dalhback’s full-lenght album Man From The Fall, the remix offered here came out in 2006. The track is extremelly effective for what it is: a dark-ish techno/acid track with intense synth and neverending build-ups. Since then, Dalhback has gone on to do what we now know he is doing, but Sebo K has remained an extremelly talented producer. Expect a post on him very soon.

John Dahlback – Ooh Oh I E (Sebo K. Remix)

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The second track, which was released in August of 2008, is also a remix. The original, by Mark Romboy, is called Elif, and it is probably one of the cheesiest track I’ve heard in a while. The remix however, by Jimpster, does a pretty good job at minimizing the damages and can be a pretty good filler. That it, until you reach the point where the saxs come in. Worth a listen anyways.

Mark Romboy – Elif (Jimpster Remix)

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