What was that crazy carnival music on the playa this year?

TheCookieMonster · Post by **TheCookieMonster** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:42 am

I heard it at my base camp (Big Puffy Yellow). I heard it from an art car or two. I heard it playing other places on the playa... I need to find my playa soundtrack!

I heard someone refer to it as "Carnival-House," but have not found anything using that search anywhere (google, last.fm, beatport, etc.).

I don't know music terms, but it was almost like a gypsy/carnival/circus house or dub (of some kind) music....

USE THIS TOPIC TO POST ANY OTHER PLAYA FAVORITES YOU HEARD THIS YEAR... there was so much great music out there and it is impossible to find it all by myself!

Much love....

Stitch · Post by **Stitch** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:15 am

For a second there, I thought you meant the calliope. Somebody was definitely playing a calliope over by 2:30 and A one day and it was absolutely magical.

SnowBlind · Post by **SnowBlind** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:19 am

Stitch wrote:For a second there, I thought you meant the calliope. Somebody was definitely playing a calliope over by 2:30 and A one day and it was absolutely magical.

That might have been Satan's Calliope, which is a mutant vehicle. Not only is it a Calliope, but it's a Burning Calliope.

http://www.leonardo.info/gallery/burnin ... sking.html
http://valleywag.gawker.com/295789/sata ... the-desert

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 10:12 am

It's not this track? It's pretty popular among the Carnival House crowd...
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Gage · Post by **Gage** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 1:04 pm

Not sure if this is the same thing, but I could swear I heard old video game sounds while out in deep playa. I think it was coming from the 10:00 side...

C.f.M. · Post by **C.f.M.** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:45 am

Beats Antique sometimes fits that description.

sputnik · Post by **sputnik** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 7:28 am

The calliope I heard at 2:30 and A was most definitely not Satan's Calliope. It was the normal kind.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Wed Sep 15, 2010 12:25 pm

So someone had an honest to god calliope, like they used to make with carasols, on the playa?
Those automatic things. Lovely if true.
Well, I've had a mini-learning experience on calliopes.
This is what I thought they were:
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Turns out they are this as well:
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TheCookieMonster · Post by **TheCookieMonster** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:50 am

SO... got in touch with some people from my camp, the name of the DJ was DJ Starseed... given name: Michel Reynolds.

Problem is... I still can't find this carnival-house-music! Next option is to send campmates a thumb drive to get some tracks.

Anyone else heard of this playa DJ and know where I can get some tracks?!?

Thanks... 2 months on the look-out!

CM

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:36 am

theCryptofishist wrote:Those automatic things. Lovely if true.

Fishy, I adore vintage music machines!!!

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theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 6:37 pm

Ugly Dougly wrote:
theCryptofishist wrote:Those automatic things. Lovely if true.
Fishy, I adore vintage music machines!!!

They are really something. We are used to recorded music, but that technology recreates the sound on instruments. Is it different? Is the difference important? I don't know. I do know that a lot of composers made piano rolls of their music so we can play those and know how they thought their pieces should go, even if they never recorded a note.

It's its own kind of magic.

drucake · Post by **drucake** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:16 pm

if your looking for carnival house music look up- happy happy james world in austin tx. he spins it and will point you in the right direction. hope that helps.

Miles · Post by **Miles** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 9:21 am

carnival-house.......

sounds like a nightmare

What was that crazy carnival music on the playa this year?

What was that crazy carnival music on the playa this year?

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