Yo! Some of you might have already noticed the little picture on the top right - Rotaug's very own CLRCDD and Gandl have just finished the first full-length video of Vertual Vertigo's Sparkies Bungalow LP called Wowzers and it's definitely worth watching. Check it out! Props go out to Mosch @ DuzzDown, Ben & 8Bit @ blncty, Thaiman, ...

If you want an HD version, head over to the project page or watch it at YouTube directly.

And here's another one for 'ya:
In March of 1980 two young rappers from los angeles appeared on the "Chikara Kurahashi Hit Station" variety show in Tokyo. It was the first time rap music had ever been performed in Asia and here is the lost tape of that performance. (text taken from youtube)

But I ain't stopping yet: Since I managed to experience two wicked audio-visual performances at Jazz Café London last night by Cheeba (Solid Steel) and Peanut Butter Wolf (Stones Throw) right after, both doing their Serato-Video thing (although PBW played 2 1/2 h straight with only one turntable due to technical *cough*serato*cough* difficulties), I thought I'd share these with you as well, although most of you will know them already since back in the days - anyways, brings back some good memories.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBoLUVLZHtI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP56Tf5fpjM

Long time no project I thought and got to renewing stuff you might already know and adding things you most definitely don't....

As you can see in the column above, I posted a project from 2008 called "Mode X", which is a 50 minute video installation playing with the concept of ripping the meaning from retro video games. Check it out here...

Also, I've finally updated the documentation of my 2007 gem "Yeah, Yeah, The Birds", an audio installation dealing with feedback and reflection in architectural space. Check it out here...

Last but not least, I've completed part of my photo series "This Is Tunnel Vision!", which, as the name already suggests deals with tunnel architecture and its decontextualisation. Part 2 here and Part 3 here...

Enjoy!

And don't forget to head out to Florido Independent Beach Today and Tomorrow for some action featuring Mr. Wisdom, Sweet Susie, Cut-ex, Lens J. and so forth....

As you might have noticed, Sonido Ojo Rojo hasn't been sleeping this year and put out 2 releases already with another one waiting to be dropped in August.

With a growing number of stores, both online and physical, we thought this might be the time to update you about the current situation:

Releases SOR002 DJ Kompact - Return Of July 7" and SOR003 Obahuba - Hart & Zart 12" can be found in these cities: Vienna, Graz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Munich, Berlin, Barcelona, London and New York City with an ever growing shop list. For further details head over to the corresponding release pages.

If you can't find your city or if you just don't want to leave home, SOR releases can be ordered online at HHV.de (Germany) or at .

I'm going for a swim and don't forget: ROTAUG GOES FLORIDO TONITE!

out.

last week the Sonar festival 2009 took place in barcelona. the most obvious trend to observe was that there are much more live performances going on rather than simply djing, so lets summarize. Day 1 featured Tim Exile with a show entitled "we are the robots", where the musician was accompanied by an essemble of 4 robotic instruments.(video) later that day we watched french experimental hiphop producer Debruit who is also worth mentioning for his fine cut-up sound.

the second day got interesting when viennas Dorian Concept rocked the stage and got wobbly with Bombsquad (listern here) who in my opinion played the best dubstep-set at sonar... and it got really interesting when Ryoichi Kurokawa (video) performed an eclectic audio/visual show using four laptops.

the third and last day was one of the electronic performers. The Raster Noton showcase, featuring SND, Byetone, Atom™ and especially Alva Noto, who performed using a gigantic audiovisual live patch(max msp or homebrew i guess), was nothing less than cutting edge (video1-interface / video2). Furthermore you should check the sound of Lukid, who kept the dub-heads knodding in the dome.

At night the Animal Collective turned the stage into a big playground and brought psychedelic overkill. Followed by Beardyman (video), whose very unique way of performing is worth watching. Props also to Sinden form the UK for bringing some oldskool jungle to the sonar night.

listen:
dorian concept - sonar set
debruit - sonar set
lukid - sonar set

peaceout