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Paisley Babylon Video Mashup Installation at OhNo!Doom Gallery in August 2012

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Paisley Babylon continues doing creepy, awful and wonderful things with video. The next phase of Paisley Babylon appears at the OhNo!Doom Gallery group show, Adventure Time! which opens August 11.

The video installation is a collage/mashup/homage to Adventure Time, the popular Cartoon Network show. Paisley Babylon has in past video exhibitions, featured barrage-edited scenes of horror, human desecration, drive-in exploitation movie madness, ritual worship, and deviant behavior.

It seemed only right and good to continue in that fine tradition, albeit with less emphasis on the sinister and much more placed on bringing a long string of WTF moments to the screen, all connected and guided by Adventure Time show concepts and situations.

Paisley Babylon’s last public exhibition of video mashup and retina damage was featured in 2010 as part of the Beautiful Chaos “tour” which hit The Music Box Massacre, a Horror Society film festival, and the wonderful Chicago art/music/tech shop Transistor. The video, informally known as “Satan’s Greatest Hits” featured so much footage of blood and nudity that it was dubbed “Paisley Boobalon” by some bemused onlookers.

Adventure Time! has a different look and feel but contains the same barrage-edited aesthetic fans of other underground video phenomena such as Everything Is Terrible! and TV Carnage have grown to love. Come experience the Paisley Babylon video journey at OhNo!Doom Gallery on August 11 starting at 6PM:

OhNo!Doom Gallery
1800 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647 USA
Call: 773.698.8348

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DJ Paisley Babylon at OhNo!Doom Gallery July 7th 2012

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I’ll be spinning goth, industrial, and retro sounds for the OhNo!Doom Gallery opening Septenary, which happens from 6-10PM on Saturday, July 7th. OhNo!Doom Gallery’s flyers for this event don’t SAY the word “steampunk” but that’s the vibe I am definitely getting off the sculptures in this show.

My last set at OhNo!Doom Gallery was full of 80s horror soundtrack sounds, retro industrial and many related noises, but this set will be FAR more Batcave oriented than last time. Expect to hear quite an abundance of Sisters Of Mercy, Fields of the Nephilim, early doom-laden Cure, Banshees, Southern Death Cult, Bauhaus, Simon Boswell, Christian Death, Lydia Lunch, Phoetus, and some ultra-delicious obscurities on vinyl.

Join me at OhNo!Doom Gallery Saturday July 7th from 6-10PM:

1800 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647 USA
Call: 773.698.8348
hello@ohnodoom.com

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Theremin Vs. Turntable Part 2

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This is not a Paisley Babylon performance video as such, it’s more of a test of the stripped-down, lean and mean street performance setup for some shows I’ll be doing this year in and around Chicago. The setup includes a Moog Theremin, portable battery operated turntable with some vinyl DJ battle breaks, a MicroKorg, and a couple of echo boxes.

Paisley Babylon is available to do shows with this setup–get in touch by e-mail: jwallace (at) turntabling (dot) Net. Have gear, will travel.



The beats in this video are from DJ battle break beat vinyl LPs, but all other non-percussion sounds are generated by Paisley Babylon. I also have a collection of dub rhythms, reggae-inspired beats, and other sounds I sometimes use for the live performances. While I do enjoy creating and manipulating my own percussion, I love the idea of using the turntable as a live performance instrument and the DJ battle break LPS are perfect in this regard.

–Joe Wallace

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DJ Paisley Babylon Spins at A Walk Through The Dark, Friday April 13 2012 6-10PM

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I’m spinning, mashing up, and creating unique sound design for the OhNo!Doom Gallery opening A Walk Through The Dark on Friday, April 13 from 6 to 10 PM. Here is a pre-mix sampler of some of the things I’ll be doing at the event–this mix/mashup features Goblin, Ennio Morricone, the Rhythm Devils Apocalypse Now sessions, and a bit of original Paisley Babylon music written especially for this clip.

The gallery is located at 1800 N. Milwaukee in Chicago. Do not miss this unique event!



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DJ Paisley Babylon Spins at OhNo!Doom Gallery Friday April 13

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DJ Paisley Babylon provides music, soundscapes, and horror ambience at the opening of A Walk Through The Dark at OhNo!Doom Gallery in April on Friday the 13th starting at 6PM.

OhNo!Doom Gallery is located at 1800 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago. More details coming soon, but save the date as you should definitely not miss it…