Sound artist & noise designer Zviij plays... (music video).   Audiotrack recorded/mixed w/ Elektron Octatrack, Korg Kaoss Pad, Korg Kaoss quad, Korg Kaossilator Pro, Oto Biscuit. Video directed/produced by Rosebruit © 2011.  
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*Video viewable on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kkHd23o08U

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Music Performed by: Joey Valence, Brae
Music Written by: Joey Valence, Brae
Music Produced by: Joey Valence
Music Mixed and Mastered by: Joey Valence

Check out Joey Valence and Brae: 
Soundcloud  ► http://soundcloud.com/JoeyValence
Spotify  ► https://open.spotify.com/artist/6BkiL5nhcwWK6JqWbBjNgu
Joey Instagram  ► https://www.instagram.com/joeyvalence/
Brae Instagram  ► https://www.instagram.com/heyybrae/

Lyrics:

Yo, you want to see something cool?
No
Well Ima do it anyway

Running and running and running and running and
Running and running and running and running and
Running and running and running and running and
Running and running and running

Step in to the scene 
No, nobody can do it like me
Zoo pals plate with a kid cuisine
I was the blacktop king
360s in my green machine 

I was a kid and I was breaking down doors 
Listening to tribe now we on a world tour 
We gave em hell and now now we gonna give em more 
JVB Mighty morphin like megazord

Yo Power like ranger 
Range like rover, strong bulldozer 
Autobots roll out, hit the scene
Fresh wax on the paint, its clean 

Hooligang light up the tires 
The JZs poppin and spitin out fire 
Never retire, stare and admire, my drip don’t expire 
Oh my god that is fire

Running and running and running and running and
Running and running and running and running and
Running and running and running and running and
Running and running and running

Cause I’m shell shocked like a Koopa Troopa
Everybody knows that I’m super, super, super saiyan
I was born indestructible
Now I’m always going ham like Lunchable

Imma stay running, this view is stunning 
My blood is rushing, you got me blushing 
I must keep trucking, won’t catch me bugging 
I’m the Omega. End of discussion. 

Hooligang who?
Cozy Coupe, that’s the ticket
Shoes, reeboks in twos when I choose to kick it
Fenced like a pickit
Eyes stay glued and the style stay wicked

Swing through ya hood, Spider-Man 
Initial D, drift Japan 
Starving wolf, Duran Duran 
Green light red light
Won't stop when I’m running like

Running and running and running and running and
Running and running and running and running and
Running and running and running and running and
Running and running and running

Copyright © Joey Valence, TuneCore

HOOLIGANG

Sci-fi author William Gibson suggested that in the blackest depths of cyberspace, the line between rogue AIs and supernatural beings - for instance, the Loa of Haitian and Louisianan Voodoo - grows thin. 

This image appeared as the final iteration of the ‘negative space’ created by an AI art program prompted to produce ‘the opposite of Marlon Brando’. Wording in the scene apparently read ‘Loab.’ Repeated iterations took the image into ever darker scenes of gore and horror. Disturbingly, any sufficiently determined exploration of ‘negative space’, from *any* source, seemed always to arrive ultimately at ‘Loab’, in a scene of horror.  Researchers are at a loss to understand why the image recurs, or why it named itself ‘Loab’.

And thus, the first true demon of the AI age reveals itself to us, invoked through the incantatory magic of prompt engineering.

Loab

cover art from Scavengers reign
avalon bassline synthesizer
KORG EMX 1
live recording 2023

Rébenty tribe - Corrupted Circuit

A few weeks ago my music friend Soundpainter (aka Andrew Janik) got in touch about using one of my tracks from my Sound Installations album as he thought that it would work well with the track that he was producing. This is the result. It has been great fun going back and forth with Andrew exchaning ideas.

music community   The Far Tower In Fluorescence EP

The Far Tower In Fluorescence (with Soundpainter)

Set i played at the WeMe Records Birthday Party! Alongside RTR, Binary Digit, Chromedealer, Fred and Nidrev.

Dave Monolith - Milan (Madrid track- a Version)
Ceephax Acid Crew - Arachnid Acid
Useless Idea - Hero in Chic
Squarepusher - Snake Pass
EOD - □
Cignol - Amen323
Dave Monolith - Airbrite
Hyas - Fast Passing Train
EOD - Questionmark 6
+10 - Ava Acid
Volruptus - We Are the Cyborgs
Hermeth - Sitro
Ceephax Acid Crew - Grand Marniacid
Chaos A.D. - Thin Life

Krasius / 20 Years of WeMe Records with RTR, Binary Digit, Chromedealer..

OVERDUE

Zviij (born Franck Smith) is a French sound artist, active as a soloist. Also (un)known as Ijnveïq de Ernestine.&#13;
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— AUDIO RELEASES —&#13;
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* ‎"Mannequin shop" (Album/Digital). Real-time mixing &amp; sonic manipulations directly recorded on 1 stereo track and slightly edited before mastering. Featuring Zviij's "twin performance sampler" setup (made of two Elektron Octatrack units in chain plus a Moog Slim Phatty Analog synthesizer). Contents: alternative electronics, digital beat-making, analog synth sequencing, drum-synth playing, subtle glitches, electro-acoustic sampling, orchestral colours.... Available for download on <a href="http://zviij.bandcamp.com/album/mannequin-shop" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> [Published in 2013].&#13;
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* ‎"Empty chamber" (Album/Digital). Live recordings mixing instrumental chamber music, alternative electronics &amp; digital beat-making. Featuring electro-acoustic sampling, analog bass synth sequencing and subtle bitcrushing. Directly recorded in 2-stereo tracks and softly remastered before production. Available for download on <a href="http://zviij.bandcamp.com/album/empty-chamber" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> [Published in 2013].&#13;
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* ‎"Dust games and plastic doll" (Album/Digital). Hybrid electronic works between experimental digital beat-making, electro-acoustic sampling,&#13;
analog synth sequencing and discrete bitcrushing... Available for download on <a href="http://zviij.bandcamp.com/album/dust-games-and-plastic-doll" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> [Published in 2012].&#13;
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* ‎"Quadrifolium" (Album/Digital). Alternative ambient works and timbric studies featuring real-time manipulations of digital electronics, analog synths and electromechanical piano. A quiet and downtempo experience blending delicate repetitive music and colourful glitches.... Available for download on <a href="http://zviij.bandcamp.com/album/quadrifolium" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> [Published in 2012].&#13;
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* ‎"Sub-system design" (Album/CD) . A collection of noisy beats &amp; dark electronics" specially elaborated for Japanese label Full Volume Agency. The disc contains 39 tracks between weird beats and electronic soundscapes displayed like an electronic instrumental punk-puzzle. With a raw and direct sound, this is a full-length album of peculiar alternative beat-making and obscure electronics. CD available via <a href="http://www.odiolorgnette.com/discography.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Odiolorgnette</a> or <a href="http://www.fullvolumeagency.com/releases.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Full Volume Agency</a> [Published in 2012].&#13;
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* ‎"Naked flowers" (Album/Digital). A radical release between John Zorn's Naked City works (specifically the recording "Torture Garden") and Mike Patton's Fantômas project (the eponymous 1st album). A full album of alternative/metal electronics... available for download on <a href="http://zviij.bandcamp.com/album/naked-flowers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> [Published in 2011].&#13;
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* ‎"High heels failure" (5 'single' tracks). Fragmentary electronic studies inspired by Aphex Twin &amp; Venetian Snares productions... available for download on <a href="http://zviij.bandcamp.com/track/high-heels-failure-01" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a> [Published in 2011].&#13;
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→ Booking : zviij AT zviij DOT com&#13;

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