Dr. Tsoikkenstein

Here is a friend of mine that I've known since I was 15. He bought his first bass from TJ who bought his first bass from me. So the EVOLUTION is pretty clear. Super sperm.

Dr. Tsoikkenstein will have a gig on 22nd of September @ Pop & Jazz school in Helsinki. I'm going to go check that one out. It's kinda like checking your sperm under a microscope.

Just kidding.

Dr. Tsoikkenstein is God and we all must obey his rules... why?

Because he RULES!

And yes... that Jazz Bass is from the early 70's.

Let's Dance

You don't want to hear my David Bowie imitation.

Please don't make me do it.

Meshuggah With Keyboard

Meanwhile in Finland.

I'm Back

Episode 001 New Season 17082010 by Shakkirules on Mixcloud

Here's my last week's show! Enjoy. I have new powers and as you listen to my new show, You probably will hear my new power of amazing radio hosting.

Enjoy.

Thomas McCord's house "The Grange," built in 1819 and situated opposite Black's Bridge, at the first lock of the Lachine Canal, Nazareth Fief, Montreal, QC, 1872

Thomas McCord's house "The Grange," built in 1819 and situated opposite Black's Bridge, at the first lock of the Lachine Canal, Nazareth Fief, Montreal, QC, 1872
Originally uploaded by Musée McCord Museum

I Shit Blood

Here's another band from my school-buddy.

They rule. All of them.

When We Kiss

When we kiss by Tummen Upp

My new school-buddy is a bass-player superior and plays bass in many amazing projects. This is one of those. A "therapy" group as he told me. Ultra-positive pop.

Please listen.

Open Letter To Debbie

My Swedish friends The Faux Noise have uploaded a beautiful ambient song. I'm not quite sure but I believe it is made using only with guitar? Right? Do you agree? Do you hear it like I do?

I also had a new radio-show episode on Tuesday, I will upload it soon.

Soundcloud Rules

The SoundCloud Sessions with Ian Hooper "Untitled" from SoundCloud TV on Vimeo.

That's just beautiful.

Also on a side-note: Berlin rules.

Oh and my school started today. That place is paradise (there is no such thing as paradise... but let's not think about that now).

I will get my hands on stuff I would only dream of before. Pro-tools... Final Cut... Studios... Green-Screens.... Sound-effects... Animations.... Mics... Cameras... People... Oh man the list is endless. Also in Finland it doesn't cost anything to be in school. It's the last good thing in this society... I think things are getting worse and many things are under the carpet. How about our "Superior social-care"? Compared to what? Go to Denmark if you want perfect society... there is no such thing... anyway. I don't want to speak about that in this bastard blog. There are happier things! Like what? well...

I asked my girlfriend to marry me on top of a mountain in a castle over Barcelona... she said:"Yes".

I'm happy.

2026 III Robotin Sammumispiste

"Heinz von Foerster's predicted technological (or rather demographic) singularity occurs."

This is the new Vanhainkoti 2026 EP part 3 of 5. It is a 1 song cut into 3 pieces. I hope you enjoy it. It's about a robot with a mind and death.

ZonneBankToerist - Lady

Lady by ZonneBankToerist

I saw this guy playing in a small and sweaty bar in Berlin. Really great waltz song from Belgium! ZBT Rules!

We No Speak Americano

I usually don't like these type of songs, mostly because they are boring to my ears... well when I heard this in Berlin my dancing feet started to vibrate. What can you do in a situation like that? Fight against it? No way! You can get a heart-attack trying to do something like that.

Still waiting for the next Britney dance hit.

This Is Heaven

"The Chipophone is a homemade 8-bit synthesizer, especially suited for live chiptune playing. It has been built inside an old electronic organ.

All the original tone-generating parts have been disconnected, and the keys, pedals, knobs and switches rerouted to a microcontroller which transforms them into MIDI signals. Those are then parsed by a second microcontroller, which acts as a synthesizer."

The Chipophone (more info)

DAY - I'm Back

Well... I'm back in Helsinki Finland now. Feeling good. Our trip was amazing and the amount of sitting in trains was huge... We came back with 7 different trains from Amsterdam to Stockholm in 24 hours, no sleep. I feel tired. Sauna is heating up. I need now coffee, good music and bed. A real fucking bed. You know those things where you sleep. With a pillow?! Wow man!

Our trip was something like this:

Helsinki
Stockholm
Berlin
Paris
Bordeaux
Barcelona
Luxembourg
Amsterdam
Stockholm
Helsinki

All in three and half weeks! All through with many trains. I have lots of pictures to post. And oh man do I have new fantastic ideas for recording new songs...

Next Monday my school starts and then I will study to be the guy with the mic, mixing board and wires. This has to be the best summer ever.

Even better than 1998 when I saw Primus and lost my virginity.

DAY "lost the sense of time" - In Barcelona

We are right now in Barcelona, we came here from Paris in a 24 hour train ride straight.... on last Friday. In our hostel there is a Parrot called "Federico". This is a fantastic city and drinking beer on the Barcelona beach is pretty amazing... still 1 week and half to go.

Europe is the best.