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The Life & Times of Aphrodite, Queen of Beauty

WHAT IS THE STORY
In ‘The Life & Times of Aphrodite, Queen of Beauty’ we invoked the text-generating capabilities of contemporary AI to reflect on questions of beauty, art and materiality through a series of mythological genealogies, (anti-)humanist reflections and archetypal story-telling. The algorithm used to produce the text relies on a deep learning model called a recurrent neural network (RNN). This model is trained on a large corpus of text, and can generate new text that is similar to the training data - in this case we used Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3 aka GTP-3 which is trained on a vast amount of online conversations and millions of digitized books. The model is capable of learning the long-term dependencies in the text, and can generate coherent and realistic outputs. The language model we used is capable of generating long-form text with the assistance of a few user-inputed prompts. Our prompts of 10-15 words set the overall intention of the text, and the algorithm generated the different chapters based on them. We didn’t edit or intervene in any shape or form with the final output. 

In order to transcribe the text into sound we used a Generative Adversarial Network (GAN). With a GAN, you have two neural networks: a generator and a discriminator. The generator tries to create fake audio samples that sound realistic, while the discriminator tries to distinguish between real and fake samples. The two networks compete with each other, and as they do, the generator gets better and better at creating fake audio samples. Other audio inputs for this piece also included stock music, T-T-S (Ivy, child), special FX awards, field recordings, 8-bit music, happy hardcore, a song by Dana International, and YouTube extracts.

The resulting audioplay follows goddess Aphrodite through the millennia of her existence providing a philosophical account of the history of aesthetics. While story-driven and highly entertaining the work also explores questions around the nature of art, the concepts in art, and the experience of art. In our story, Aphrodite the goddess of love and beauty experiences multiple existential crises as historical definitions of both love and beauty shift and often collapse over time. In her attempt to keep up with times Aphrodite has to re-configure her subjectivity and belief systems, a process of evolutionary adaptations that mirrors the function of artificial intelligence. Both AI and our Aphrodite crave for a totalising comprehension of reality but always fails as we live in a world of absurdity and finitude. Our training data sets are as flawed as the subjects producing them; creativity (and even our understanding of beauty) spring out of unconscious processes in ways that can only be affectively effective when they ambush us. With this work we aspire to understand what the collective unconscious of the algorithmic abyss can teach us about the impossibility (and therefore freedom) of desire.

Part 1: The Beginning; The School of Wild Aesthetics

Part 2: Industrial Revolution & the Creation of Beauty 2.0

Part 3: Pikachu, the Beloved Slave

Part 4: The Plight of the Perverts

Part 5: Lena Kitsopoulou’s Heart

Part 6: Crime & Punishment; The Birth of the House of Love & Beauty

Part 7: Bio-Hacking Aristotle

Part 8: Aphrodite X: the Famous Widow

Part 9: Eternal Diva

The Life & Times Of Aphrodite, Queen Of Beauty

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Before MC

❤️ I wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone that has messaged me to tell me you've bought tickets for the 25th Anniversary next March.❤️

I literally cannot wait to spend the day and evening dancing with you all 💃🏻🕺🎶❤️.

In 2006 Kinky Malinki released Series 1. 

I bought my copy in HMV Oxford Street as I wanted to know how it felt to buy your own mix 😂

The 2 cd compilation was mixed by Grant Richards and Jay Friction & Dom Keenan, with Paul Crane dealing with the licensing of artists tracks. 

And while I'm here, here's another mix 😂.

A bit of a taster of what to expect with the Kinky Vibe. Kinky Malinki Part 4 - Kinky Uplifting House Music 🎶💃🏻🕺

This one has a bonafied Kinky Klassic on it, in Copyrights 'Essence of Life' released in 2005. I remember the Pacha roof literally lifting off to that one 🔥💃🏻🕺🎶.

Please feel free to share.

Kinky Malinki 
25th Anniversary
16.03.24 🥳
Tickets are on sale now
Click here https://bit.ly/BuyTicketsKinkyMalinki25

Tracklist - 

Kim English - Been so Long (Wamdue Project Remix)
The Layabouts and Portia - Do Better
Roy Davies Jnr - Magic (Andrew Emil Remix)
Wez Whynt and Hannah Kemoh - Vibe (Dub Mix)
Joey Youngman - Another Night
South Soul Symphoy - Not Enough (Jay Vegas Remix)
Rock the Party - In the House
Pinto (NYC) - Pain Reliever
Din Jay - Deep Inside (Marc Cottrell Remix)
Dick Johnson - Into the Groove (String Mix)
Trackheadz - Circus of Love (Jason Hodges Remix)
Tyler Stone - Don't Count me Out (David Harness Remix)
Peter Brown - Hang On
Scott Diaz - Love we Had (Feint Young Son Remix)
Roland Clark - Back Together
Rawdio and Brooklyn Baby - Blue Hearts
Copyright - One Track Minds
Underground System - Into the Fire

Kinky Malinki Part 3 - Kinky Uplifting House Music

Kinky malinki was like being a part of a huge family.  Almost everyone who attended had friends who knew a friend, who knew friends, who all came to every party. We never had a fight at our event. The crowd were far too happy and busy dancing for that nonsense. 

The 25th Anniversary has inpsired me. I haven't stopped reminsicing about the amazing times I had with Paul Crane . Jay Friction was the silly name I decided to call myself at Kinky Malinki, and it does feel like something inside of me has just been shaken and stirred like a Martini, and I've just realised he's still there. I did once set the speakers on fire at Pacha. The tunes must have been scorching hot 😂. Or I got too excited with the levels 🤷.

I might even be back on the radio soon (Jay Friction used to have a Kinky Malinki show on House FM back then) 💃🏻🕺🔥.

This mix for me at least, encapsulates the sound of Kinky Malinki (at least from the years I was jointly running it with Paul). It was quality house music, big vocals, euphoric drops, heavenly choruses, beautiful piano keys and a happy, happy vibe.  Back then we were different to most other nights.  It might have been one of the reasons it was such a popular and talked about night. We got Time Out 'club of the week' almost every month. Thanks Dave 👍. I thought we had incredible musicality, but then I am  biased 🙄.

Can I ask my friends, and anyone who has bought a ticket already to share this to friends, and ask them to share it too, to give people who don't really know Kinky Malinki a bit of a little taster of what it's all about musically, and as a vibe ❤️.

That way, we can try to recreate that family feeling we always had, all those years ago. We would love your friends, and their friends to all come. But it will sell out next month as a huge amount of our original crowd are coming ❤️.

The extended early Bird tickets sold out completely within 48 hours, so those who know me, who bought tickets, again, I thank you from the bottom of my heart and I can't wait to see you all on the dancefloor ❤️💃🏻🕺. Love to you all. 

If you didn't get an early bird, 2nd release tickets will now go on sale on Thursday, 30th Novmber.

You must purchase an advance ticket if you want to attend the party. And a party and a half it will be!  

Sign up now to gain early access to our 2nd release tickets by clicking on this link:

 https://bit.ly/KM25_sign_up!

We hope to see all our partying friends from over the 25 years that Kinky Malinki has been a part of London's club culture. I think this will be a night we will all remember for a long time! Get a baby sitter and bring trainers and paracetomol. 

Mixed with love 💃🏻🕺🎶❤️. 22 beautiful tracks that give me Goosebumps as if from 2006/7 😊.

Tracks by -

Mark Knight and Beverley Knight - I Wanna be Your Lover
Yam Who? - Let's go Together
Tenobi - Sublime (Dr Packer Remix)
Benny Mussa - If you Want
DJ Meme - Any Love (Muthafunkerz Electrodisco Remix)
Joey Chicago - Bomb the Bass
Kiko Navarro and DJ Fudge - What you Love
Hotmood - I'm Talking to You
DJ Mooch and Ellis Miah - Send me Some Love (Jagg Mix)
Donna Allen - Joy (Alan Dixon Remix)
N.W.N - Sunshine
Emmaculate - Do it (Kenny Dope Mix)
DJ Pope Loving You (Jazz & Groove Mix)
Urban Blues Project - Deliver Me (DJ Meme Remix)
Crackazat - I'll be There
Dave Lee - Latican Boogie (Crackazat Remix)
Lynn Lockerby and Rhemi - Warning
The Sunburst Band - Garden of Eden (Dam Swindle Remix)
Tom Bug - Love Will Shine (Brian Tappert Remix)
Modaji - Things You Do 4 Me (Crackazat Remix)
Groove Addix and Annette Taylor - Faith (Rocco Rodamaal Remix)
Eric Kupper - Blissed

The Return of Jay Friction - The Sound of Kinky Malinki 🎶🔥

Kinky Disco Series 1 🕺💃🏻🎶❤️.

These mixes are a celebration of the fact under Pauls guidance, KM will reach its 25th Anniversary in March 2024.

2nd release tickets for Kinky Malinki’s 25th Anniversary will now go on sale on Thursday, 30th Novmber.

You MUST purchase an advance ticket if you want to attend the event. 

Sign up now to gain early access to our 2nd release tickets by clicking on this link: 

https://bit.ly/KM25_sign_up 🎫🔥😄

It was a popular night with the guys and girls in its heyday, and that was very likely because we played quality feel good house music pretty much all night long, with a disco, piano driven or vocal edge and a good beat 🕺💃🏻🎶❤️

These mixes are nothing more than my interpretation of the music policy from back then, and a mixture of new and old tracks, many that you'll likely hear at the Anniversary Party.

If you like the mix, please give it a share 🙏 

if you like what you hear and want to come to the 25th Anniversary, be sure to get a ticket on the 30th as the first release sold out in less than 48 hours.

And please, please do give it share.  Much love ❤️ 

Tracklisting - 

Hot Toddy feat Karen Harding - So Good
Aline Rocha - WTF
Re-Tide - Deep in my Soul
Sonic Soul Orchestra feat Kathy Brown - Good Inside
DJ Duke - Can you Feel it (Roy Davis Jnr Mix)
Funkybeat feat Angela Johnson - Waiting on a Love
Sgt Slick feat Karina Chavez - I Thank You
The Agenda - Versatile (Jay Vegas Remix)
Tertulien Thomas - Hide your Love (Shane D Remix)
The BC Crew - Grace (Young Pulse Full Journey Mix)
Steve Silk Hurley - The Word is Love
Illyus and Barrientos - Wait
Emiliano 90 - Love Undefined
Mike Millrain - A new Dawn
Tom Novy - My Loving
Din Jay - Deep Inside (Marc Cottrell Jacked Mix)
Niles Cooper - Lead me Home
Melba Moore - My Heart Belongs to You (Ferreck Dawn Remix)
Donna Allen - He is my Joy (T.Markakis Remix)
Urban Blues Project  - Your Heaven (I Can Feel It) (Micky More and Andy Tee Remix).

Kinky Disco Series 1 - A New Dawn (Kinky Uplifting House Music)

ART GILL MELODIC FRIDAYZ 10 NOV 2023

It is what it is ft. Ro (prod by Ahram)

005 (155 BPM)

Dream lifeK

Track list:

1 - Marc Houle & Miss Kittin - Where Is Kittin  (Dubfire Remix)
2 - Citizen Kain - Low Blow (Original Mix)
3 - Borderline - Never Know
4 - Kiko - Apollo (Original Mix)
5 - A.Balter & Eitan Reiter - E0E (Da Fresh Remix)
6 - Dave Seaman - Dance in Tongues
7 - Kiko - Black Dahlia
8 - Mijk Van Dijk - Boa Ramon (Zenker Remix)
9 - Gregor Tresher - Permafrost
10 - Benjamin Fehr (aka_ffwd)- Do What You Lie

E-ChoRD - Minimal / Techno

It all started for me at around 13 years old as a secondary school boy, when I became fascinated with Electronic Music. I was a big Depeche Mode, Yazzo and Tears for Fears fan, so I liked modern bands using technology. I used to go to Trax Records in Greek Street with my best pal at the time Charlie,  and we'd spend the day in Soho Record shops, and listen to the music they played. One of the first tracks I bought was the beautiful Balaeric classic, 'Song for Denise' by Piano Fantasia in 86' when I was just 13 years old. From then I was hooked and passionately in love with this new electronic sound with a beat.

I'd scraped money working in the school holidays to buy my 1210's and a vinyl addiction continued.

I got my first DJ residency in 93' at Labrynth,which was all down to my new friend at the time Vinyl Matt (a redident at the club). It was filled to capacity every Friday and Saturday at the infamous Four Aces club (orignally a Reggae venue) in Dalston Lane and ran by the enigmatic Joe Wieczorek & lovely Sue, who I idolised at the time. 

A rave club at heart, however having house music secondary rooms where I played my first sets. I used to also visit all the record stores within the M25 making sure Joe's Labrynth flyers were stocked up. and giving out the free comps he'd give me for store managers and owners, picking up obscure but brilliant music along the way.  I was in heaven during this period of my life!

After finishing at Labrynth, and missing DJ'ing to a crowd badly, I started putting on my own parties in 95'. These were small local nights, hiring restuarants and bars and filling them up with friends and their friends. some of my pas played at various London nights such as Release the Pressure and Just Can't Get Enough. I also managed to get CJ Mackintosh play for me as he was a lifetime friend of a pal of mine ar the time. 

After moving upwards with bigger venues, I took the plunge in 98' and hired a proper club with a bigger capacity, Imperial Gardens, and Kinky Malinki was born. 

I had to lie blatantly to Raymond at Imperial to even hire the club as I had no big venue history at all.  These were the days before social media existed.  It was sacks and sacks of letters getting franked at the post office and lots of weekends without much sleep giving out the 60,000 flyers we'd had printed.

Together with co-promoter Paul, we put on nights at Imperial Gardens., The Glasshouse, Aquarium, The Ministry of Sound, The Cross, Turnmills, El Divino and my favourite parties at our monthly residency at Pacha London (where we were the longest running residency). 

We were also guests around the UK at some of the most popular nights of that era, such as Ultra Vegas, Eye Candy, Hotdog and many, many others.

I stepped away from running the parties years ago for personal reasons, but the passion for house music never, ever fades. 

I'm still as in love with the music 35 years later, as I ever have been ❤️

Kinky Malinki 25th Anniversary Part 2 30.11.2024 at 93 Feet East 

Details of all Kinky Malinki events at www.kinkymalinki.com


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