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Noise du Jour: “Alice” by Pogo

Posted by Eliza Gauger

In an upcoming NdJ post, I’m going to take a huge shit all over the practice of sampling. Specifically, the over-sampling of certain films in certain genres. Until then, I offer this as an example of sampling done right: sampling for the betterment of mankind.

Artist Pogo has a four-track album of Wonderlandian downtempo. Individual tracks are available for download from Last.fm, and the album “Wonderland” is on iTunes and Amazon.

Download “Alice” mp3 [Last.fm : thanks Intoner]

Categories: Noise du Jour, Music
Posted at 9:45 pm on July 10, 2008
25 Comments -

25 COMMENTS ARE NOT ENOUGH

I pulled down three of his songs off Last.fm after BoingBoing featured him. His work is perfect BGM for pretty much every kind of activity.

Comment by racerabbit — July 10, 2008 @ 10:07 pm

I saw this going the rounds a while ago but never bothered to watch it. So, it made it here, and I finally listened, and I’m really glad I did. That was awesome.

Comment by twokurts — July 10, 2008 @ 10:40 pm

That is pretty kewl, but it does go on longer than it has to.

Comment by jackdorf — July 11, 2008 @ 12:56 am

It’s beautiful. Thanks so much!

Comment by Rachel — July 11, 2008 @ 1:19 am

His album is perfect snoozing music. Really tranquil, but also kind of weird.

Comment by Daria — July 11, 2008 @ 4:43 am

This is definitely sampling done well. Thanks for the heads up.

Comment by Gestalt — July 11, 2008 @ 12:05 pm

Oh come on people, this is way longer and more repetitive than it had to be. Just because its popular on youtube at the moment does not make it worth mentioning.
Are you all just that nostalgic for a Disney movie? If so, maybe it would pay to remember that they can be rented and watched at will.
And why has noone brought up the Avalanches? Frontier Psychiatrist has a terrific video, and last I checked they were the obvious kings of [good] sampling.
Even Aphex Twin’s (under some other name I think) R2D2 is alot more fun than this.

SHAME

Comment by The angriest duncan in the world — July 11, 2008 @ 2:12 pm

I agree with the angry guy. Stop enjoying the video! It’s already mainstream (youtube) and it’s made from mainstream parts, therefore not cool!
And almost 3 minutes? Come on, nobody can sit still for that long!
Now excuse me while I drink my coffee and exercise my perfect musical taste.

Comment by Teutates — July 11, 2008 @ 6:53 pm

rrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Comment by The angriest duncan in the world — July 11, 2008 @ 7:55 pm

Yea, it’s rather lame. It was interesting until it hit the… i guess you could call it chorus… then it goes downhill.

Comment by Chiablo — July 11, 2008 @ 11:24 pm

I’ve just listened to it about 10 times in a row, and I’m going to listen to it some more. This is too hypnotically beautiful for its own good.

Comment by Spartacus Morbidia — July 11, 2008 @ 11:39 pm

He’s one of my favorite new artists. His other album, “Table Scraps,” also has some brilliant tracks on it.

Comment by Evan J. Peterson — July 12, 2008 @ 1:19 am

I got the video some time ago and got the mp3 for my phone and it’s still on heavy rotation. There’s something perversely catchy in that track.
What puzzles me is: shouldn’t he alreday be a rotting corpse, drying in Disney’s fence by now, by courtesy of their lawyers?

And ApexTwin’s ‘PacMan’ sampled tune is great.

Comment by Optical — July 12, 2008 @ 3:41 am

go fuck yourselves

Comment by The angriest duncan in the world — July 12, 2008 @ 10:15 pm

I question your credentials as the angriest Duncan in the world sir! In all honesty, I would have thought that Duncan II of Scotland would have been more pissed off than you. I mean look at him. No one really liked him.

Comment by oldhat — July 12, 2008 @ 10:57 pm

Witty rejoinder!

Comment by Rob Beschizza — July 12, 2008 @ 10:59 pm

INTERNET ARGUMENT!

Fight, fight, fight!

Comment by Oni — July 13, 2008 @ 12:48 pm

Duncan II is certainly a valid candidate, but historians are divided on whether he was truly angry, or merely sullen to a remarkable degree.

Comment by etho — July 13, 2008 @ 1:06 pm

Perhaps he was the precursor to ‘emo’ or ‘goth’? Did anybody really, truly understand him?

Comment by Oni — July 13, 2008 @ 5:13 pm

I enjoyed it. A lot. And that’s what matters.

The first two minutes are the best parts, though. I’m vaguely interested in seeing this movie for the first time.

Comment by Epicurus — July 13, 2008 @ 5:58 pm

So completely wouldn’t have bothered listening to this had the post about the angriness not shown up. Good thing I went back to see what the hubbub was about. That was trippily neato.

Comment by scott — July 13, 2008 @ 7:02 pm