03(042)03(043)what of <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>rs, <strong>the</strong> humans with <strong>the</strong>ir almostnon-existent tolerance for po<strong>in</strong> and <strong>the</strong>ir totally<strong>in</strong>adequate mental discipl<strong>in</strong>e?Sir "'enelikThe Me Is a Parallel ProcessorAt this level of m<strong>in</strong>dstress, syntax becomes a rapattack which strobes<strong>the</strong> bra<strong>in</strong>, impact<strong>in</strong>g with <strong>the</strong> remorseless frequency of measuredvoltage. As attention drags fur<strong>the</strong>r beh<strong>in</strong>d <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>exorable <strong>in</strong>formationflow, <strong>the</strong> gap between attention lag and <strong>in</strong>fovelocity is phaseshifted,pass<strong>in</strong>g from sensations of stupidity <strong>in</strong>to an itch <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> bra<strong>in</strong>.On Production triggers an acutely tactile mental irritation thatsimultaneously beg<strong>in</strong>s crawl<strong>in</strong>g over <strong>the</strong> s~<strong>in</strong> . Your bra<strong>in</strong> feels fat andflabby, a torpid muscle dragg<strong>in</strong>g its bulk after this rap that just won't stop.This is not science <strong>fiction</strong> but New Sc ence, function<strong>in</strong>g from <strong>the</strong> year4001 , from '<strong>the</strong> time when <strong>the</strong> human bra<strong>in</strong> has reached <strong>the</strong> era of fullemployment.' Chris Marker's film Sans soleil announces this era, when'everyth<strong>in</strong>g works to perfection, all that "'Ie allow to slumber, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>gmemory. Logical consequence: total recall is memory anaes<strong>the</strong>tized.After so many stories of men who had l05t <strong>the</strong>ir memory, here is <strong>the</strong>story of one who has lost forgett<strong>in</strong>g.'On Production shifts from a report from <strong>the</strong> f1ightdeck to <strong>in</strong>structionsfrom a navigation manual, to report of immune system breakdown, toemergency broadcast, to a lecture on chaos <strong>the</strong>ory from a future versionof <strong>the</strong> Santa Fe Institute: 'Does science achieve a unified <strong>the</strong>ory ofcomplex systems? Completely chaotic systems, such as turbulent fluids,heated gases appear on <strong>the</strong> borders between rigid order and poetryamong a list of <strong>the</strong> 31 ways to def<strong>in</strong>e "nomadical".' Sir Menelik switchesaddress aga<strong>in</strong>, broadcast<strong>in</strong>g a warn<strong>in</strong>g that turns you <strong>in</strong>to anechochamber: 'All mank<strong>in</strong>d must submit to genetic test<strong>in</strong>g, Diseasecontam<strong>in</strong>ates every transmission of unawareness.' Terror resoundsthrough <strong>the</strong> dome of your head.As Sir Menelik <strong>the</strong> Emperor General emerges from No Awareness, <strong>the</strong>synth's dy<strong>in</strong>g arc and electric piano drop away, leav<strong>in</strong>g an om<strong>in</strong>oustexturedrift, a vapourmoan. Drum mach<strong>in</strong>e stilts, its <strong>in</strong>expressive pulsesstutter. WordObjects whaaAAm across <strong>the</strong> stereoperceptual fie ld. SirMenelik leaves sequential monorational flow for a new mode ofrationality. Not verbal flow but ra<strong>the</strong>r a parallel-systems ma<strong>in</strong>tenancecheck, a specifications warn<strong>in</strong>g report read out really fast, to <strong>in</strong>duce<strong>in</strong>foverload of 'Acoustic death by analysis. 'Which generates a disconnected multirational Sonic Fiction, <strong>in</strong> whichconcepts jump, thought leapfrogs, m<strong>in</strong>d zigzags from clause to clause, aperceptual current transmits between each <strong>in</strong>tervals, ripples acrossgaps. Concepts are electrified <strong>in</strong>to pararational military <strong>in</strong>structions to'<strong>in</strong>crease magnetic fields, Electro-liquid expands, critical procedurescool 77 Kelv<strong>in</strong>s by submerg<strong>in</strong>g.'Each track <strong>in</strong>duces a feel<strong>in</strong>g of perpetual dysphoria, unty<strong>in</strong>g andrearrang<strong>in</strong>g your nerves, dis-ease triggered by sampladelia before <strong>the</strong>lyrics ever start. This verbal verbosity, this <strong>in</strong>fo-expansion turns you<strong>in</strong>to a decoder perpetually switch<strong>in</strong>g routes between Marvel cosmologyand cosmetic surgery, transpecies organ transplantation andastrophysics, alien sex and medicopathology.We th<strong>in</strong>k as <strong>in</strong>struments/l/ixmaster "'ikeThe Deck Magus Turns <strong>the</strong> Tables on TimeTurntablist Q Bert's skratchadelic solos are <strong>the</strong> <strong>sonic</strong> parallel of <strong>the</strong>sf/horror transformation scene. Already effected sounds becomeunrecognizable textureffects, spongy blocs phaseshift<strong>in</strong>g through aseries of unknown audio states. Squeals modulate <strong>in</strong>to whistles andscreeches, decay <strong>in</strong>to astonish<strong>in</strong>gly susta<strong>in</strong>ed wh<strong>in</strong>ny which revertsbriefly back <strong>in</strong>to a recognizably male scream before fad<strong>in</strong>g out entirely.Skratchadelia is mutantexture generated by turntabilization, by us<strong>in</strong>g<strong>the</strong> turntables as universal tone generators. Disk of turntable ensembleInvisibl Skratch Picklz: ' It's <strong>the</strong> only <strong>in</strong>strument that can be any<strong>in</strong>strument. When you have a gu!tar, you're limited to how <strong>the</strong> guitarsounds. But when you have a turntable, you can take a guitar, you cantake a drum sound, you can take a dog bark<strong>in</strong>g, you can take any soundand manipulate it <strong>in</strong>to your own.'Q Bert hooks <strong>the</strong> decks up to guitar-pedals, drastically effect<strong>in</strong>gskratchadelic textures, immediately open<strong>in</strong>g up an entirely newspectrum of altered beats and mutantextures.
03(044)03(045)Identification Code unidentified, Press a button,Change my faceDr OctagonThe InhumanDr Octagon isn't human. Ra<strong>the</strong>r it < .he is a n <strong>in</strong>human that slips and slidesacross <strong>the</strong> alien human discont<strong>in</strong>uum. Its his 'sk<strong>in</strong> is green and silver',morphable to any chromatic situation by 'chang<strong>in</strong>g blue sk<strong>in</strong>' until its'brown colour's com<strong>in</strong>g back'. It < . he is an alien adapt<strong>in</strong>g to its WestCoast environment, look<strong>in</strong>g like a Caucasian peoploid <strong>the</strong>n 'a paramedicfetus of <strong>the</strong> east'. He 's prepped with unknown medical tech: 'cyberneticmicroscopes'; '2 telescopes that magnify <strong>the</strong> eye of a roach'. BlueFlowers is a psychopastoral set <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> 'C hurch of <strong>the</strong> Operat<strong>in</strong>g Room ',delivered <strong>in</strong> a bedside manner of frighten<strong>in</strong>g reassurance. Un-EZlisten<strong>in</strong>g Sirens circle through EEG bleeps, susta<strong>in</strong>ed cymballic hiss andradioactive bass generat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> hover<strong>in</strong>g tension of jerry Goldsmith'sComa soundtrack.Psychopa thogeneticsThe uneasy <strong>in</strong>timacy of a gloat<strong>in</strong>g gynaecologist meets <strong>the</strong> misanthropicglare of a rabid ecologist to form Dr Octagon <strong>the</strong> Gynechologist, <strong>the</strong>planetary psychopathogen. David Cronen berg diagnoses Gynechology as'a future pathological psychology. It's develop<strong>in</strong>g now but he anticipatesit be<strong>in</strong>g even <strong>more</strong> developed <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> future. He <strong>the</strong>n br<strong>in</strong>gs it back to <strong>the</strong>past-now and applies it as though it exists completely formed . Thesecharacters are exhibit<strong>in</strong>g a psychology of <strong>the</strong> future.'Gynechology slashes and hacks <strong>the</strong> organism, pull<strong>in</strong>g 'out <strong>the</strong> skull',chisell<strong>in</strong>g 'necks for <strong>the</strong> answer' to <strong>the</strong> body whose map puzzles andbaffles aliens everywhere. The body is <strong>the</strong> question. Surgery provides<strong>the</strong> answer to this cellular planet which still mystifies <strong>the</strong> a lien surgeon.For aeons, <strong>the</strong> bad doctor observes humans with a compound eye. 'Istudy and <strong>in</strong>spect people': Kool Keith and The Automator use HipHop toput humans under <strong>the</strong> macroscope. HipHop becomes a reversemicroscope, a speculative imag<strong>in</strong>g system <strong>in</strong>vented by Cyclops 4000
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