Manifest Jukebox Vol. 2

Manifest Jukebox Vol 2: Streets of Fire by Bluffs

Below is the original piece of artwork from which the cover was taken. Click to embiggen:

Dug Out

Scot dug this one out of digital closet last night, got some duster and gave this one a spray. I've always really liked this track, it's sci-fi-moshperic, like the start of a short film set in the oh so distant future of the west Texas desert at day break... yeah. This is actually constructed from the parts of another track of ours. I like to think of it as a reprise. Instead of using glitch style plug ins, or beat repeats, Scot does an awesome job of using micro-edits in this one. A note on the track image. It's a lofi combo! The interference pattern is a multi-long exposure I made with my Holga of traveling blinds shadows late late in the day. I actually really like it for some reason. It reminds me of a visual representation of a warm fuzzy 'wall' of electric sound. The positive letter space was taken with my Harinezumi. I actually really like this design. The inverse of the above image is the track image for the SoundCloud track below.
-Ben


Dug Out by Bluffs

What Hopper

Again with the stupid track names. This is another early Grackle Pop whirlymagig with a bit more of our industrial influences on deck. I suppose after saying there won't be any rules in posting these, it's only natural that I'm putting up our older pieces first.

What Hopper by Bluffs

Folded

This is one of the first pieces we worked on for the Grackle Pop project and remains a favorite of mine. Once every so often we will whisper about giving it a proper studio rebirth. As it is, I recorded the acoustic guitar through cheap headphones used as a microphone going straight into my computer's crappy soundcard, for those trying to glean my next-level studio techniques and gear. Much thanks to Spencer for playing the main guitar.

Folded by Bluffs

Don't get too Sentimetal

Just a little something I put together while trying various combinations of riffs and sequences to create a *gasp* unused intro to a track that will be coming out on our 1st EP. The video is from a delightfully saturated and grainy palm sized Japanese Harazumi camera. Which, upon searching Google for the site, I was sad to find Urban Outfitters is now selling. Good for superheadz I suppose.

PFHAAAHTUH

Track names. When you produce somewhat non-descript instrumental electronic music, they're mostly an arbitrary label given for pragmatic reference purposes (else this blog would be replete with things like "Beat #63"). Dealing with as many faceless pieces as we do, it really just comes down to whatever nonsense pops in our heads upon the first instance of hitting "Save As". Case in point: PFHAAAHTUH. I think Ben came up with this name. Was he eating toast with Jif while he named it? Why is it screaming at us? Given the dark recesses of Ben's psyche, they are questions probably best left unanswered.


PFHAAAHTUH by Bluffs

It's..!

Hi there. You can find background about this blog's inception by clicking the...wait for it...About The Blog tab (this message brought to you by the Dept. of Redundancy Dept.) and Ben's fine post below. Otherwise, here's the first track up to bat.

There won't be any rule set that we follow in posting these things (e.g. oldest to newest), so I thought it would be fitting to start with a piece that some have described as sounds for a sunrise. This is also a good example of the many works under our Grackle Pop project that set out to create computer/electronic-based songs which would eventually be augmented and translated by "real" musicians playing assorted instruments (another big reason a lot of these pieces have steeped in solitude).

What Hop Theme by Bluffs