KILL SCREEN

Title of a college thesis?  Two people tagged in a photo?  Two cyborgs programmed to play sweet jams?

Perhaps a Nugget fan and a Laker fan?  Does Chauncey Billups deserve to be in the hall of fame?  According to Wikipedia, Angola is “nearly twice the size of the US state of Texas, or five times the area of the United Kingdom”.  But not both.

Disk Jockey Angola

Recording at a little place called Hope tonight …

Big-time house party on Wednesday at Sin Sin.  Captured in high fidelity sound on the trusty MicroTrack II.

This was posted on Friday, rather than Thursday, because all I was really capable of yeseterday was a lengthy lie-down shower.  Which is similar to a traditional shower.  The primary difference being, during a lie-down shower, the showerer lies down.

The Kill Screen mobile audio recording unit rolls on this weekend.  We’ll be recording DJ Reborn‘s set at Deity on Saturday.  If all goes according to plan, we’ll also have the pleasure of taping DJ Smasherelly.

Frankly, I’ve never been to this club before, but I’ve heard good things.  Plus, it looks cool in the pictures.  You can’t go wrong with the subterranean / no windows combo.

Please reply with referrals or suggestions regarding pending Kill Screen mixtape manufacturing.

Parameters:

• assume small batches at outset – 100 copies per order
• eco-friendly – Brightblack Morning Light cases are a good example, I think, of balancing form, function and environment
• assuming we go the cardboard route, rather than plastic, I think we should avoid inserts and just silk screen images and copy onto the folds

Ideas:

• I like the idea of the mixtape documenting a time and place.  To that end, Kill Screen mixtapes ideally would be recorded live for the most part.  Maybe some touch-up work afterward, but it would be preferable if the bulk of a mix was recorded in one session
• For album art, I think it would be cool to borrow heavily from existing NYC-area surveillance camera footage.  City Drive Live on TWC’s channel 93 is mezmerizing.  We should record CDL and then use a video still that’s concurrent with a given mixtape recording session for the album cover
  • Front cover – video still from City Drive Live with Kill Screen, DJ Name, Date & Time, Venue, Mix Name overlays
  • Binder – Kill Screen, DJ Name, Mix Name, CD Number
  • Inside – track artists, track songs, URL
  • Back cover – photo of DJ, preferably an action shot taken during applicable recording session