vera chytilova, stan brakhage, brothers quay, jan svankmajer, alejandro jodorowsky, martin scorsese, cohen brothers, jeunet+caro, alfred hitchcock, aléx de la iglesia
louise bourgeois, alexander calder, lee bontecou, adolph gottlieb
Influences
Jamaican music, especially Studio One's 60s output: dub, rocksteady, reggae, ska, dancehall. Sly and Robbie, Augustus Pablo, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Scientist, Alton Ellis, Horace Andy, Sound Dimension, Heptones, Desmond Dekker, Burning Spear, Skatalites, Michigan and Smiley, Jackie Mittoo, Shinehead, etc. Dancehall: Lenky, Elephant Man, Sean Paul, Sizzla, Mr. Vegas, Tanya Stephens.
Electronic music. Kraftwerk, Art of Noise, Hashim (and other groundbreaking electro hip hop), Delia Derbyshire, Severed Heads, Iannis Xenakis (tape compositions), Negativland, Mouse on Mars, DJ Olive/Lloop, Prefuse 73/Savath y Savalas, DJ Pika Pika Pika, Boards of Canada, Plastikman, Atom Heart, H.A.T., Tetsu Inoue, Vilalobos, Akufen, (a)pendics.shuffle, Someone Else & Miskate, Onur Ozer, Daze Maxim, Trentemoller, Sutekh.
Artful/unusual pop music. Stevie Wonder, Motown, Talking Heads, Prince, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao/Astrud Gilberto, Radiohead, Devo, Bjork, YMO, Thomas Dolby, New Order, Depeche Mode, Wire, Zappa, Cornelius, Plus-Tech Squeeze Box, Milky Chu.
Psychedelic music. The Beatles, Haruomi Hosono, My Bloody Valentine, Flaming Lips, Circulatory System, Robyn Hitchcock, Early-mid Pink Floyd, Eno-era Talking Heads, Talking Heads-era Eno
Hip hop greats. Timbaland/Missy, Public Enemy/Bomb Squad, Pharcyde (Bizarre Ride), Antipop Consortium, Kool Keith, Nas, CX Kidfukkentronik, Run DMC
Jazz. McCoy, Monk, Herbie, Miles.
Traditional and modern pop music of India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Japan, Okinawa.
Modern classical and film scores. Xenakis, Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Arvo Pårt, Bernard Hermann, Miklos Rozsa, Lalo Schifrin, Raymond Scott
Mr. Last makes music, for a number of labels in the USA, Europe, and Japan. With Alka Rex, he is also a founder of the record label (and music project) "Konque."
The snowmans arrived a mile too late, the sell by date had been sold to a milliner in Grand Junction. "Why did they let it ride, why didn't they suture it in place, why didn't they know, why why why?" These were the prevailing sentiments looking backward on the vast expanse of technological warpage that led to the majorest of the minor relapses. Maybe they were busy computing new passwords that would be uncrackable by advertising clones. Maybe they were busy making the zeroes pop up another notch. Maybe they were busy partying in the desert with stag horns on their motorcycle. Maybe they were busy jumping on a motorboat and firing pistol shots at the coast guard. Maybe they were heartbroken, staying in and crying silently into the ribbon edge of their security blanket. Whatever the reason for the treason, they never saw it coming until it came. Oh well, she sighed, sitting up and hooking her oily brown hair behind her ear, time for pancakes.
Response by Yoko Solo:
through the winds that ground my face down to a flap of skin, through the stinking waters that made my hair smell of old leather and disease, through the miles of pointless travel, i held on to the vision of a man who would rule these sullen lands... that man is you, mr. last. your prophecy has been fulfilled, your unknown codes as transcribed in my holy comment box have unleashed the stream of numbers, the machines have risen, the bats squirm and peep, the earth steams, the brown okonomiyaki sauce may not be available in Western supermarkets; but you should be able to find it in Japanese grocery stores that exist in most large European and American cities.
EP
(* = vinyl)
*Musically Massive EP | David Last vs. Zulu | Staubgold 2008
BounKs EP | David Last | Konque 2008
Sinking Basement EP (As Konque) | Konque | Konque 2008
Bubble Tea EP | David Last | Dope Recordings 2007
Krust EP | Pocket Pet | Geometric Deck 2007
The Itchy Family | David Last | W+L Music 2007
Bubble Tea EP | David Last | Dope Recordings 2007
Narrabeen Darjeeling | David Last | W+L Music 2007
WhatWhat? EP | David Last | Unfoundsound 2006
*WeSendIt | Pocket Pet | Goosehound 2006
*Posca Kid | David Last | The Agriculture 2005
*Badlands | David Last | The Agriculture 2005
FULL LENGTH CD
Musically Massive | David Last vs. Zulu | Staubgold 2009
The Push Pull | David Last | The Agriculture 2005
Vari-Speed Error King | Plazm | Plasmalab 2001
The Golden Age of Home Computing | Cave | Elemo 2000
REMIX
Sad Livin in the (New York) City | Time for Trees | Sad Livin in the City | Dope 2009
Prologuing the Inevitable (David Last Mix) | Ezekiel Honig | Konque 2009
Under Control (David Last vs Zulu Remix) | ApSci | Best Crisis Ever Remixes | 2009
Embers (David Last Remix) | Praveen & Benoit | Simla Remixes | Moodgadget 2009
A Side of Penis | Smirk & W+L | Bear Valley EP | W+L Music 2008
Funky Fromage (David Last's Cheezwiz) | Someone Else | Pencaps Remixed | Foundsound 2007
Falling (David Last remix) | Royale/Attentat | Falling | Dope Recordings 2007
Stucco (David Last remix) | Flacker | Stucco | Dope Recordings 2007
Throbbing Madness Remix | Isomer Transition | Space Madness EP | Moodgadget 2007
*Re: (Re:rechord David Last remix) | Various | Audio.NL 2006
*Matt (David Last's Doki Doki Rock Mix) | Kammerflimmer Kollektief Remixed | Staubgold 2005
*Lazarus (Pocket Pet remix) | Antfactor | WaveTek 2005
COMPILATION
Snails | Pocket Pet | Thoughtless Times Volume 2 | Thoughtless Music 2008
Bubble Tea (Royale's Fenyan Mix) | David Last | Incite CD (XLR8R)
Noctiluca Falls | Pocket Pet | Minlove06 | Minlove/Goosehound 2006
Secret Society | David Last | BBQ Beats 2 | The Agriculture 2004
Vausu | Handheld Soundsystem | Fuzzy Boombox | Fuzzy Box 2002
hola david, here a new benton's edition of brother islands, much better btw... http://vimeo. com/3560102 hope you like i want you keep updated ;) best ~minou
1st release of the year for Mattb with the Tokyo based crew Made In GlitchI.Includes a lazery remix by Lunice from the Montreal based TurboCrunk crew. Stay Gold folks!
1. Mattb feat. Salva - 'Cars Go Boom'
2. Mattb feat. Salva - 'Cars Go Boom' (Lunice RMX)
I would like to personally invite you to our first Tricycle party. Your support would mean the world to us, as we begin our efforts to create a new and exciting event. Happy Spring!!! -jordan and the all Tricycle Gang
Supported by : Andrea Roma , Kevin Over , Pablo Rez , Tony Vallini , Hugo Rizzo , Sire_g ,Claudio PRC ,Mindhacker , Oblivion , Conrado Moreno and many many more .
Oozing sensuality and provocative energy, Risqué emerge from the erotic underworld with their debut album, Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down Release date 6th July listening is a seductive and sensual experience. I Want Your Number is a futuristic combination of pure dancefloor energy and the confused mathematics of love: ‘6% pneumatic 60% politic 20% chemistry, 90% destiny’
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