Before you say I'm an elitist hipster who only listen to obscure acts, I must state that one of my favorite bands are The Beatles (some might say the most overrated band of all time, but certainly not myself). So calm down and accept the fact that the following bands are way too highly praised for what they really are. 

Pink Floyd

(yaaawwwnnn) I'm actually listening to them while writing this (yaaawwwnnn again), and not The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, but the other material they recorded; a tiresome display of "druggy" songs that certainly takes me on a trip... straight to Morpheusville. Some would say "you idiot, you have absolutely no idea of what trascendental and cosmic music is all about," I say,

 try this instead:

Twink
The United States Of America 
Silver Apples

Radiohead (post-OK Computer)

I never listened to Pablo Honey beyond Creep and Pop Is Dead. I LOVED (and still do) The Bends. I really liked (and still do) OK Computer. But then Yorke & Co. fell in a downward spiral of indulgence trying to reinvent the wheel with a series of pretentious and impossibly uptight albums that are praised as if they are the Qur'an.

try this instead:

Isan
Cex
Prefuse 73

Animal Collective

To make experimental music is easy, to make interesting experimental music is not. AC make easy experimental music overpraised by trendsetters like Pitchfork. Their indie folk-meets-random-blips are supposed to create a weird cocktail of a sound. Well, is not weird, guys, can get annoying, and not the kind of annoying you'd want, I think.

try this instead:

The Fiery Furnaces
Kevin Blechdom
Candie Hank

Frank Sinatra

Ok, this is not a band... but hey, the band was good indeed, but nobody gave a shit (at least consciously) about them but the singer; a guy with a standard voice who became a big phenomenon by being friend of the right people at the right time. Let's face it, if you're a man then probably you're able to imitate that voice since baritone "it is the most common male voice" (as read in Wikipedia).

try this instead:

Dean Martin
Nat King Cole 
Engelbert Humperdinck

The Black Keys

Listening to this duo is like having a piece of integral bread with a glass of water for a mid-afternoon snack... and the guy with the black frame glasses/idiot face ever complaining about everything in interviews is just insufferable.

try this instead:

Buffalo Killers
The Dirtbombs 
Black Lips

21 13 DISCOS DE 2012

arbitrariamente comentados

Mis reseñas de este año en Ladosis.

DAT Politics Blitz Gazer

Desde que comenzaron a abusar de la capacidad de sus laptops en 1999, el sonido de este dúo –antes trio- ha venido mutando de un infantil pero desafiante glitch con ásperos momentos de ruido digital, a la invitación expresa al baile con su anterior disco, Mad Kit (2009). Y cuando estábamos convencidos que para esa entrega los Politics habían atacado con su arsenal más accesible, sacan Blitz Gazer 4 años después. Si bien la experimentación cede terreno al pop de sintetizadores –y por supuesto, laptops-, la esencia de su sonido permanece intacta, conservando la característica diversión que los hace únicos y especiales. Por eso, para quien no los conoce, este puede ser el punto inicial de una exploración en reversa por el mundo de algodones de azúcar psicotrópicos que habitan estos franceses.  

http://www.datpolitics.com

K.Flay Eyes Shut EP

“Suddenly it’s my fucking job to bullshit on the mic all day”, así lo rapea con flow tóxico y adictivo esta psicóloga/socióloga de la Universidad de Stanford durante un pasaje de 10^th Ave., primera de las nuevas 5 canciones con las que sigue aumentando poco a poco su legión de seguidores -que al principio eran compañeros de clase y profesores. Lo que Kristine Flaherty comenzó parodiando por allá en 2004, se convirtió en una pasión que vino en combo junto a un talento para las rimas, beats y flow del que pocas raperas blancas pueden presumir. Eyes Shut, el más reciente en una serie de EPs, muestra a una K.Flay más headbanger que antes, pero con la producción austera de siempre. Hip-hop de sintetizadores vintage, distorsiones electrónicas, beats contagiosos y letras inteligentes que te deja pidiendo más.

http://www.kflay.com

Capitol K Andean Dub

Capitol K es el alias bajo el cual Kristian Craig canaliza las influencias musicales que ha adquirido en su recorrido por el mundo; nació en Malta, se crió en Brunéi y Dubai, luego se mudó a Londres. Absorbiendo desde niño tendencias que fueron desde el pop chino y la música militar árabe, pasando por el noise japonés y el punk vieja escuela, estaba listo para comenzar sus andanzas en el territorio del IDM, la folktrónica y mutaciones rockeras. Para esta ocasión se aventuró por Argentina, Perú y Colombia, viviendo en pequeños poblados y comprando discos folklóricos. El resultado queda perfectamente ilustrado con el nombre de la 3ra. canción: Cumbiatronic. Andean Dub está lleno de los compases 2/4 y 2/2 del género colombiano bailando con las particulares intervenciones electrónicas de Craig.

http://www.capitolk.com

Deerhoof Breakup Song

En la calcomanía pegada sobre su portada leemos: “Noise jingles for parties!”, lo que supone una manera optimista de afrontar momentos difíciles –tomando en cuenta el nombre del disco. Y es que la música hecha por estos personajes de San Francisco podrá ser demencialmente peculiar y experimental, pero siempre ha tenido un carácter cálido y alegre capaz de sacarle una sonrisa a cualquier entusiasta de la música -haya pasado por una ruptura o no. Con su 11vo. disco es obvio que siguen pasándola bien al tocar e incorporar elementos nuevos a su ya colorido sonido; algo de mambo y algunos beats bailables se unen a un paisaje que sólo Deerhoof sabe pintar, dando como resultado otra colección de canciones únicas cortesía de uno de los grupos más influyentes de la vanguardia musical contemporánea.

http://deerhoof.net

Hidrogenesse Un Dígito Binario Dudoso: Recital Para Alan Turing

Alan Turing fue un matemático y teórico informático inglés clave en la decodificación de mensajes navales alemanes durante la 2da. Guerra Mundial. 7 años después las circunstancias llevaron a desvelar su homosexualidad, orientación considerada ilegal para la época, por lo que fue sometido a castración química, situación que eventualmente lo condujo al suicidio. Hidrogenesse es un dúo catalán de electro-pop formado por el multi-instrumentalista Genís Segarra y su pareja, Carlos Ballesteros. Caracterizados por letras inteligentes con agudo sentido del humor, su 3er. disco  sigue basando su sonido en teclados y programaciones que acompañan la voz de un solo tono de Ballesteros, quien narra a manera de tragicomedia algunas incidencias en la vida de Turing. Todo un gusto adquirido.

http://www.austrohungaro.com/hidrogenesse

The Hives Lex Hives

Con la llegada del año 2000 vino la necesidad de establecer una identidad que marcara musicalmente la recién estrenada década. Por eso muchos medios especializados colocaron al revival del garage rock como el sabor del momento. Grupos como The Hives ocupaban titulares y tocaban en cuanta entrega de premios hubiese. Al pasar la euforia inicial, los encargados de generar matrices de opinión se decantaron por otras corrientes y el quinteto sueco desapareció del radar de muchos esnobistas sin haber disminuido la calidad de su trabajo. Lex Hives exuda energía desde Come On!, su prólogo y la mantiene durante los siguientes 11 temas; pasando por el new wave de Go Right Ahead, el pegajoso coro de Wait A Minute o el poder de Patrolling Days. Un regalo para amantes de la diversión y adrenalina sonora.

http://www.thehivesbroadcastingservice.com

Yasutaka Nakata Liar Game (Reborn): Original Soundtrack

Liar Game es un manga lanzado en 2005, su popularidad lo llevó a la televisión y luego a una franquicia cinematográfica que con Reborn, llega a su 2da. entrega. La trama gira en torno a un juego ficticio cuyos participantes son elegidos de manera involuntaria con el objetivo de ganar dinero mintiéndoles a los demás -también participantes impuestos. Como productor de renombre en la escena j-pop –comanda el explosivo dúo Capsule y ha producido exitosas artistas locales como Perfume, Meg y Ami Suzuki, Nakata presta su hiperactiva visión y talento técnico para crear un soundtrack donde su característico Hi-NRG, de tintes a veces industriales, comparte espacio con tracks más introspectivos que balancean el recorrido, dando respiros entre momentos frenéticos que serán agradecidos por tus cornetas.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasutaka_Nakata

HEALTH Max Payne 3: The Official Soundtrack

La banda angelina de violentas percusiones tribales y momentos estruendosos ha cosechado una reputación dentro del mundo noise que ha afianzado con videos de violencia gráfica o gimmicks tales como regalar afiches firmados con su sangre, por ejemplo. Por eso no es de extrañar que la compañía desarrolladora de videojuegos Rockstar Games, igual de políticamente incorrectos, la haya elegido como creadora del soundtrack para las truculentas andanzas del atormentado Max Payne –cuya esposa y bebé fueron asesinados- quien ahora es escolta de un influyente personaje en São Paulo. Con una selección mayormente instrumental, la furia propia de HEALTH muta en una tensa colección de 26 tracks que mantienen el talante del grupo y complementan un juego aclamado por crítica especializada y gamers.

rockstargames.com

Django Django Django Django

Hay discos monumentales que no cautivan la primera vez que suenan, que exigen dedicación por parte del oyente para agarrarles el gusto mientras va descubriendo poco a poco su encanto. Ese, precisamente, no es el caso del debut de este cuarteto escocés radicado en Londres. A pesar de evitar fórmulas instantáneamente complacientes, el enganche de oyentes afectos a la psicodelia y el rock de tintes electrónicos, seguramente será inmediato. Eso no significa que no irán descubriendo cada vez nuevas razones para generar una dependencia aún más intensa por las pegajosas melodías vocales que flotan sobre guitarras sacadas de películas del oeste inexistentes, percusiones de lugares mucho más soleados que Londres y aderezos electrónicos que conforman el cocktail de este disco embriagador... y monumental.

http://www.djangodjango.co.uk

Nü Sensae Sundowning

Otra prueba que la gran mayoría de las tendencias son cíclicas. Cuando la voz de Andrea Lukic está en modo grave tiene la tensión del post-punk sombrío de los 80’s y cuando se convierte en gritos lo hace como las mejores riot grrls de los 90’s, década de la que también rescatan el grunge de tendencias más alzadas. Pero además, todo aquello viene envuelto en punk de garaje grasiento con un ataque masivo de 3 instrumentos -guitarra, bajo y batería- que parecieran 5. En su 1er. disco un dúo de bajo (Andrea Lukic) y batería (Daniel Pitout) que ya tenía un sonido poderoso, evoluciona ahora en trío y se repotencia añadiendo la guitarra de Brody McKnight para armar un caos donde la masividad, velocidad y oscuridad forman un ambiente explosivo que debe ser disfrutado al más alto volumen posible.

http://nusensae.tumblr.com

Ceremony Zoo

Ingredientes: Un sello disquero entre cuyos principales estandartes hay nombres como Belle & Sebastian, Yo La Tengo o Interpol, un productor reconocido por haber moldeado el sonido de algunos discos de Sleater-Kinney, Bikini Kill y The Blood Brothers -por citar sólo 3- y un grupo de hardcore que quiere bajar las revoluciones de su música para no ser encasillado en la escena denominada Powerviolence. El resultado: Una oda al punk de la vieja escuela, aquel de finales de los 70’s y principios de los 80’s, acompañada por algunas revisiones del post-punk en sus momentos menos experimentales y más crudos. Podrás decir que con Zoo estos californianos no descubren el agua tibia –y tendrás razón-, pero seguro nadie te va a escuchar desde el pogo.

http://www.ceremonyhc.com

Joseph Nothing Dear Valued Costumer

Lo que produce el japonés Tatsuya Yoshida –a.k.a. Joseph Nothing- puede ser traducido como el soundtrack de una inocencia maniática y cálidamente hiperactiva. Con más de un beat cuyas RPM son mezclables fácilmente con hip-hop –a veces acelerado- que le dan movilidad a otros cuantos ritmos rotos al estilo de un IDM que cubre sólo territorios divertidos, no cerebrales, este combo de sonidos es un festival tan alegre como bizarro y tan infantil como experimental. Todos los tracks se llaman My Little Effort, lo que puede llegar a ser una redundancia, no por la repetición de nombres, sino por lo obvio que resulta lo natural, satisfactorio y nada forzado que este artista transforma su creatividad en música. Ideal para quien le guste gente como DAT Politics, Dan Deacon o Max Tundra.

http://josephnothing.com/index.html

Tyme. x Tujiko GYU

Las habilidades del compositor/productor musical Tatsuya Yamada –Tyme.- y el enigmático pop abstracto de Tujiko Noriko, convergen en un camino para ofrecernos este disco, donde el baile comedido y la contemplación estática se funden en 11 temas cubiertos por capas sonoras llenas de programaciones, sampleos y demás sonidos generados por máquinas a las que el dúo otorga alma. Inicialmente concebido como pacientes y esporádicas sesiones en las que, durante sus respectivos tiempos libres, se juntaban para unir retazos producidos por separado y completar una canción por año, decidieron –luego de 6 canciones, 6 años- acelerar la marcha y terminarlo durante 2011. Personalmente les agradezco que no nos hayan hecho esperar hasta 2017 para escuchar la versión más movida de la sublime y talentosa Noriko.

http://editionsmego.com/release/eMEGO+139

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21 DISCOS DE 2011

 21 DISCOS DE 2010

21 DISCOS DE 2009

21 DISCOS DE 2008

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6 R E A L L Y  S C A R Y  F I L M S 

Last Halloween I picked some scary album covers, now is time for some scary films. The Exorcist, The Omen or Hellraiser are way too predictable choices to make this kind of list. Bloodsucking Freaks, Dead Alive or Re-Animator are gore movies made for laughs (out loud). There's also a lot of vile artless crap out there unworthy of mention. So what to expect here? 6 non-obvious, non-hysterical, state-of-the-art scary and shocking movies. 

Tras El Cristal
Agustí Villaronga. 1987

Forget about Inglorious Basterds, Tras El Cristal offers a really twisted revenge against nazi atrocities. After WWII a sadistic german doctor settles in some place at Catalonia to resume his activities (which include torture and abuse against children) until he tries, unsuccesfully, to commit suicide jumping from a window. The failed attempt leaves him quadriplegic and connected to an iron lung, so the family hires a male nurse to take care of him. But, guess who the nurse turns out to be; a former victim of the doctor. At this point the revenge begins. Beautifully photographed and artfully crafted, this film is nonetheless a ride into human's scary depths.

Nekromantik
Jörg Buttgereit. 1987

¿A visceral -literally-, metaphor of society's degradation? -read reviews like this one in allmovie to get the point-, ¿Or just a fucked up joke?, this movie can bring the chills even to the most Halloween enthusiasts because on the surface it deals with one of the most decaying -again, literally- taboos, just look at the cover and the pun-intended title to figure it out. At least some of this flick's most creepy scenes are shot in a psychedelic way with a romanti(k) piano soundtrack.

Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma
Pier Paolo Pasolini. 1975

This film portrays some of the scariest monsters ever to hit the screen. But this ones are well-educated, suit-wearing human aristocrats. An adaptation of Marquis De Sade's book 120 Days in Sodom, Salò takes place in a 1944's fascist Italy mansion, where the aforementioned aristocrats decided to have some fun with a group of kidnapped young boys and girls. But their concept of fun is everybody else's concept of terrifying attitudes and hardcore perversion. 

Singapore Sling
Nikos Nikolaidis. 1990

An unfortunate detective is investigating a crime when he get stucked in the middle of nowhere at night, it's raining, but soon a lady and her daughter will take him to their house.  Mother-daughter relationship has never been so close. Living in a distant house somewhere in Greece both of them are like any other family; kill people for fun, bury them in the backyard, mummified their dad so they can have sex with him in a bondage fashion, practice cannibalism, get sexual aroused by puking and like to make jokes, because after all this movie has elements of...  comedy. This black and white feature from greek director Nikolaidis is a film noir -very noir- with high artistic values despite the mayhem it depicts, actors break the fourth wall talking direct to the camera in a comedic manner, the classic music are tastefully placed between raining and storms sounds and you get the feeling -if you're a film aficionado, of course- that you just watched a twisted, nihilistic piece of art, as shocking as it may be. 

Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Shinya Tsukamoto. 1989

In this surreal industrial/apocalyptic movie's first scene we see a guy in a desolate factory cutting his right thigh with a knife to insert a rusty piece of metal in the wound, just to discover there's a lot of moving maggots inside of him. That's when you realize you're into something different, but you know, this is a Japanese movie, you were totally expecting something like that. Our maggot-infested-leg friend is the Metal Fetishist and is later accidentaly killed by an innocent couple in the streets who then get rid of the body and continue with their lives as if nothing had ever happened... but the man isn't dead, not in spirit. Soon the fetishist tries to make a comeback via the body of his killer, who begins to experiment a creepy mutation into a flesh and metal creature. Another scene includes that dude trying to penetrate his girlfriend with a giant drill/penis, until he finally manages to do it. The use of industrial music, stop-motion and flashbacks adds tension to an already stressing movie like this. A classic.

Eraserhead
David Lynch. 1977

A nightmarish journey involving a dark city, a non-stop-crying deformed baby, gallons of blood and a decapitated body whose head are taken to a pencil's factory and turned into... yes, erasers. For those with a sensibility towards cinema the experience of watching this could be compared with a masochistic enjoying some kidney stones, while the visuals and sounds are certainly disturbing one could only admire the work of a rising talent. As a pretentious neophyte I must state that, along with The Elephant Man, this is Lynch at his finest.

15 BANDS/ARTISTS 
MISSING IN ACTION

There are some bands/artists who seem to create music for your very own pleasure, translating some of your most cryptic states of mind and complex emotions into sounds that take you to an endless trip in which you find yourself behind the wheel. No passengers. Eventually you give a ride to some hitchhikers that are not aware of their hitchhiking condition until they get into your sound vehicle. Many of them will want to get their asses off almost immediately, while others would probably enjoy your driving. 

Turns out that some of those bands/artists of mine faded into Nowhereland without asking my permission to, and while I'm certainly pissed off about that, I'm also grateful that they stepped into the way to give my trip a soundtrack that will last until my car collide into heaven's door sending me to fly through the windshield.

1. Add N To (X)

They used to spend time between collecting vintage synths/analog equipment and doing many kinds of drugs while producing a sound that became a landmark all of their own. Their live shows were a perfect chaos where bodily fluids and music filled some of the coolest clubs in Europe, Asia, America and Oceania. If loving a band like this is wrong, I don't give a fuck about being right.

2. Plone

Rob Mitchell, one of the founders of Warp Records, signed the Birmingham trio Plone; an oddity in the label's roster by then (along with fellow brummies, Broadcast). It was around 1998, a time when Warp's warhorses were names such as Aphex Twin or Squarepusher, which Plone had absolutely nothing to do with, they were one of the prettiest sounding bands I've ever heard. When Mitchell died of cancer, the band were dropped from the label and subsequently dissolved. We miss you, a lot. One of Plone founders, Billy Bainbridge went on to form Seeland with Tim Felton (former Broadcast guitarist).

3. Komeda

"The best kept secret in music industry", that's what it used to be written in this impossibly good swedish band's website -now sadly extinct as the band itself-. Producing some of the finest jazz-inflected indie-pop with a scandinavian touch -their sublime first album was entirely sung in swedish-, this quartet soon became a trio and then a zero-member unit, which is a total bummer. Some people tend to compare them with Stereolab, which isn't an absurd thing since both bands are somehow informed by vintage sounds and krautrock. Komeda's music is more playful and colorful though -and if you ask me, I'd say is way more fun too-.

4. Takako Minekawa

Beginning as a child actress in some japanese TV shows -you know, that ones with extra use of captions and pop-up images, which japanese call waipu-, Mrs. Minekawa soon find her way into music borrowing elements from french pop, experimental electronics -frequently inspired by the likes of Kraftwerk or Stereolab- and even exotica -Esquivel anyone?-. Her music life made her cross paths with fellow japanese sound artist Cornelius, whom she married and had his child. Now she's a full-time mom and wife with no time to produce music, and that's sad news for me and long-time fans. 

2014 UPDATE: She's back! A couple of albums in collaboration with Dustin Wong -of Ponytail fame-; Toropical Circle -2013- and Savage Imagination -2014-, are the reason of some of my occasional smiles now.

5. eX-Girl

Don't be fooled by their Japanese faces, Japanese language or Japanese music's uniqueness, they didn't come from Japan but from Kero Kero, a distant planet dominated by frogs. Blending noise-rock, psycho-choral -psychoral?- and electronics into a beautiful mess of a sound, this girls became darlings of Mike Patton, Jello Biafra -who signed them to his Alternative Tentacles label- and... me, before returning to their planet leaving no trace at all. 

6. Erase Errata

No Wave vibe almost three decades later and coming from the opposite coast: San Francisco. What does that means? well, it means that this three girls incorporate fresh elements to the noisy cocktail with a "sucka-free" attitude. Their harsh and powerful sound is truly missed, but at least Jenny Hoyston -singer/trumpetist/guitarist/keyboardist came out with a side-project called Paradise Island, a little more claustrophobic and introspective, but equally interesting. But, wait... it's been like, 4 years since the last PI album, right? so, do I have to add it to this list? 

2015 UPDATE: They're back...! well, not anymore, I mean, they released and album, Lost Weekend, after an 8-plus year hiatus, but a couple of months later, they said, fuck it, we have family, jobs and other personal projects to do. It was fun while it lasted, guys. 

7. Metalchicks

Yes, another girl band, and yes, another japanese one. This one's a side-project from Buffalo Daughter's suGar Yoshinaga and former OOIOO's Yuka Yoshimura. By the name you can tell there's a metallish sound in their music, but what the name doesn't reveal is that there's a highly techno influence too, so you can dance while playing your air guitar -which is a pretty cringeworthy thing to do-. Their last album so far, has been 2006's St. Wonder, which serve as a soundtrack for the japanese film Warau Michael. Hey chicks, we're still waiting for your next release as you state in your website a couple of years ago!

8. Epo-555

Danish shoegazers with beautiful electronic arrangements, Epo-555 released two albums before evaporating like their melodies six years ago, leaving us waiting for more and whining about it. At least we have Mew, some may say.

9. Shitake Monkey

If pop music in general were like Shitake Monkey's we'd live in a perfectly fun world. Make no mistake, these guys were all pop, infectious like a cold coming from your girlfriend's mouth -just to mention a suitable body part... and a suitable virus-. The reggae/pop/rock/joy coming from their instruments are perfect for a beach trip, a night out or a workout session. 

10. Clockcleaner

Sludgy, dense and noisy. Hailing from Philadelphia the three-piece goth-punk-rockers of Clockcleaner -a type of powerful heroin sold in the Philly streets around the 80's-, left a trace of chaos and disdain for other bands like Nirvana -whom they refer to as "dogshit"- and fellow Philadelphian's Man Man or Dr. Dog. If you're looking for a bloody-sounding hell of a band, look no further and go for your Clockcleaner fix as soon as possible.

11. Dealership

I was in Berkeley twice last year and let me tell you it was rather boring, little did I know by then that Dealership hail from there -I thought they were from San Francisco-. The standard indie-rock band with two-part vocal harmonies and sugary sound which after two albums and one EP disappeared in the silent and near-empty streets of that city, maybe they took the BART to a livelier place.

12. pApAs fritAs

Reaching extreme levels of cuteness, this trio from Boston share the two-part vocal harmonies and sugary sound of Dealership, but used to add some serious amount of groove to the mix, everybody loved the Indian drummer-vocalist Shivika Asthana and her sweet voice along with the neverending happy/sad vibe of the whole band's sound. For those who don't know, pApAs fritAs is the spanish-sounding pronunciation of the phrase: Pop Has Freed Us.

13. Out Hud

Incredibly fun band Out Hud hail from the not-so-incredibly-fun city of Sacramento. After two albums and a lot of sweat coming from all the dancefloors that played their music, these guys split and went on to become !!!, a band that comes nowhere close to the awesomeness of Out Hud, so I'm still waiting !!! to split and become Out Hud again. 

14. Queen Of Japan

This was an electro band from Munich whose album Headrush, a compilation of covers from Soft Cell, Rod Stewart, Duran Duran, Kiss, etc, became one of my favourites of the genre. One can't say that they faded into obscurity because they've always lived there.

15. Adult Rodeo

Anyone who knows me are aware of my Kevin Blechdom's fanaticism. What does it have to do with Adult Rodeo? well, it was the first band she was in. Her brother, Rob Erickson -Lumberbob- started the band with his girlfriend to produce an alternative-country sound and called his sister Kristin Erickson -Kevin Blechdom- to join in and play keyboards. They released two albums -The Kissyface (1999) and Texxxas (2000)- before Blechdom hooked up with fellow electronic experimentalist Bevin Kelley to create the duo bLectum from bLechdom -which later split, leaving both of them to pursue separate careers-. Adult Rodeo released one more album -Tough Titty (2004)- before disappearing from the face of the earth -or say, the web-.