Paisley Babylon Single: The Phoenix Lights

Written as a soundtrack piece (hence the repetitive theme that basically tries to pummel you into submission as you listen), the new Paisley Babylon MP3 THE PHOENIX LIGHTS, is a SkinnyPuppy-inspired track which does not yet have a home.

But there is some video work being shot in the Paisley Babylon studio that could act as a vehicle for it soon unless someone scoops it up in the meantime.

This track was inspired by a conversation with Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy at a recent horror movie convention (Horror Hound Weekend in Columbus, Ohio) about the nature and origin of the infamous Phoenix Lights unidentified flying object phenomena. After a couple of good chats with Ogre, it seemed like a good time to write something aggressive, analog, and old-school.

This track also marks the first with the new Paisley Babylon theremin, which was added to the gear roster earlier this week.

A video sculpture or similarly-intentioned visuals are pending for this track, it will be posted here when it’s ready…if you’re interested in licensing this track for a film project or other visual art, please feel free to get in touch: jwallace(at) turntabling (dot) net.

–Joe Wallace

Paisley Babylon Video: “French Kissing Jack Kervorkian”

On the Chicago electronic/experimental/noise/ambient music compilation, Electronic Sadism, there’s a track featuring Paisley Babylon VS. Auditorture called French Kissing Jack Kervorkian. Strangely, it’s credited only to Auditorture at Amazon.com, but no matter.

What counts here is that this lovely experimental video sculpture is the official music video for French Kissing Jack Kervorkian. Shot and edited by Joe Wallace, this YouTube clip puts a bit of semi-abstract light sculpture to the Paisley Babylon/Auditorture track to good effect.

Fans of Coil, Nurse With Wound, Stephen Stapleton, Throbbing Gristle, SPK and other early electronic/industrial/ambient and noise should definitely have a listen to the samples from the album there.

Buy Paisley Babylon MP3s

The latest unusual electronica from Paisley Babylon and related projects–now available for download as MP3s here. If you are a fan of Coil, Stereolab, Nurse With Wound, Brian Eno, Perry & Kingsley, KLF or The Orb, these are sounds you definitely need to hear. Some darkly humorous electronica is at work here, with spacey atmospheres and midnight hallucinations.

Paisley Babylon is working on yet another studio album, but in the meantime there is PLENTY to keep your ears occupied here.

The Exotic World of Paisley Babylon DJ Mix

I love all sorts of sounds, and the more exotic ones rarely get a look in by typical DJs unless there’s a special night going on somewhere or private party in need of a worldly mash-up of Stereolab, Bossa Nova, dub reggae, Theivery Corporation, Chris Joss, disco, Piero Piccioni, Alan Hackshaw, Gorillaz, Gerard Heinz, Can, and many others. I decided it was high time this kind of listening experience got its due on the DJ decks and I’m making the journey available for parties, clubs and events.

I present to you a very heady cocktail of classy, exotic and easy-on-the-ears sounds in this mix, The Exotic World of DJ Paisley Babylon. Please feel free to click the image or the text to begin your listening experience.

Once upon a time, some of this music was the soundtrack for the international jet set, at work and at play on board the Concorde, at the clothes-optional beaches in Europe, and the martini parties of the NYC art crowd. Some of it brings back a feeling of cool tropical breezes, other tunes remove you to the balcony of a high-rise condo overlooking the New York skyline or the disco parapets of Italy. This is fantasy music–created especially to make us forget about whatever mundane things clouded our day when the sun was still shining. This is nighttime music.

I am taking gigs–both club nights and private events–featuring these sounds and much more. If you like what you hear in this collection, please get in touch to arrange an event or party. I’d be happy to create sonic atmospheres like these for you.

I also spin other genres and soundscapes; stay tuned for The Strange World of DJ Paisley Babylon featuring Coil, Nurse With Wound, Current 93 and related artists, plus an all horror-related collection of soundtrack sounds from the great Italian fright films of the 60s, 70s and 80s.

Contact me for bookings, reasonable rates and more information:

jwallace(at)turntabling (dot) net

or call me at

(312) 504-1264.

LISTEN TO THE EXOTIC WORLD OF DJ PAISLEY BABYLON

Download Paisley Babylon Midnight Hallucinations

Paisley Babylon’s Midnight Hallucinations is a trippy journey through the dark underbrush of the subconscious. Founding member Joe Wallace says the new CD is full of strange vibrations–the sort of feelings you get in fever dreams and chemically altered states of mind.