Paisley Babylon Preps for Live Video Shoot

The latest news from the Paisley Babylon camp is that there’s a live video in the works featuring a combination of the Paisley Babylon live music performance and the PB “Beautiful Chaos” concept which features turntables, live mashups and audio surrealism.

A shoot this weekend is the primary source for the new video which is part of a bizarre new PR campaign for Paisley Babylon, details to be announced soon. Selected clips from the shoot will be posted later while the full-length project is being edited.

Paisley Babylon Free MP3: Watching The Golden Girls On Ketamine

The latest strangeness from the studio of Paisley Babylon is a twisted mass of sound inspired by 3AM conversations and too much adlut beverage consumption. The resulting fever dream is brought to you now as PB gathers its forces to create a followup album to Songs From the Interstellar Hash Bar Jukebox.

Believe it or not, that followup is more than half finished already and there is much more to come. This project is more glitchy and noisy than with releases past…so much so that Paisley Babylon is considering a warning label which reads “All Sounds On This Release Are INTENTIONAL”. But it’s probably a bit of overreaction…then again, who knows? It could get worse as the recording sessions go on…and on…and on.

Brace yourself for this, the latest Paisley Babylon track, Watching The Golden Girls On Ketamine. Listen or download for free, gratis, on the house. It’s available at no charge until the band decides to release it as a single…

Paisley Babylon Songs From The Interstellar Hash Bar Jukebox Debuts

Turntabling Records is proud to present the latest CD by Paisley Babylon. Songs From the Interstellar Hash Bar Jukebox has been submitted to iTunes, Amazon.com, and plenty of other digital outlets.

The album is 17 tracks of electronic acid trips. Founder Joe Wallace is fond of referring to Paisley Babylon music as “double features at the chemical drive-in”. Listening to the new album it’s easy to hear what he means.

Songs From The Interstellar Hash Bar Jukebox continues in the same trippy, late-night altered states listening experience as the previous release, Midnight Hallucinations. Each of the seventeen tracks is a complete space journey. According to Joe Wallace, “This album is futuristic sex music for double-bed isolation tank lovers. Or maybe it’s the fever dreams of Hal 9000 before Dave pulled the plug. Either way, you are sure to have a long, strange trip.” Indeed.

You can get a preview all tracks via iTunes. The whole album is $9.99, quite a bargain compared to buying all 17 tracks individually over time as you get addicted to leaving your mind while listening.

Paisley Babylon Free MP3

Paisley Babylon kicks off the Music Box Massacre 2010 at Chicago’s legendary Music Box Theater at 3373 N. Southport on Saturday October 9th, 2010.  The set begins at 11AM and in preparation for the show, PB did a half-hour soundcheck.

That soundcheck was recorded and converted to MP3 and is now available for free download. Enjoy this half-hour set of mashed-up and mutilated tracks from Skinny Puppy side project Download, Ennio Morricone, Goblin, the Mister T Be Somebody album, and the Zombie soundtrack.

Some will cry blasphemy when they hear the section where  I mash up parts of the Suspiria soundtrack by Goblin with The Story of Star Wars. Yes, that’s probably evil and wrong, but I had SO much fun doing it…no apologies.

Download the Paisley Babylon Music Box Massacre soundcheck and be sure to come out and join me at the Music Box Massacre—come by early (11AM) to catch the set and be sure to drop by the Turntabling table and say hello.

–Joe Wallace

Heading Off To Cinema Wasteland

Far TOO early on Friday morning, I'm off to Ohio to attend Cinema Wasteland, help run the Kitley's Krypt booth and shamelessly self-promote Turntabling.net. Should be a great time and I'll be posting a few reports from the show both here and on Turntabling.net. Today I spent a good chunk of the day flyering for the Paisley Babylon show at Transistor on Clark Street in Chicago…most hilarious moment of the day was the look of utter disgust on the face of the gent behind the counter at Andersonville Wine And Spirits when I asked him if I could post a show flyer there. What's the matter, Bucky? Did I take the jam out of your jam roll somehow?

I tried not to laugh–the sneer of contempt on his face was comical–but I don't expect I'll ever purchase another bottle of decent Italian wine from THEM again. My next special occasion purchase will be from Trader Joe's, thanks. But I babble. There were plenty of nice, supportive Chicago merchants in the neighborhood of Transistor including the Women and Children First bookseller, The Brown Elephant, and The Chicago Filmmaker's Society. Thanks, all!