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breakdancing facial expressions 101

August 1, 2008 | abandonware, music, video

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August 1, 2008   No Comments

whats better than 1 disc?

July 17, 2008 | abandonware, video

6 discs…

July 17, 2008   1 Comment

faux pas live show

March 24, 2008 | abandonware, music, video

live on
“yourself presents!”

mike salud performs live with amiga desktop tracker software on san diego public access television.
i’m taking notes. via channel 53

March 24, 2008   3 Comments

labyrinth

March 9, 2008 | abandonware, childhood, freaky dreams, friends, video

it seems bob from zeal has been on a similar journey rediscovering old 8-bit video game themes recently. bob is currently digging the 1986 nintendo game labyrinth, which was of course based on the bowie-in-spandex movie of the same name. head to bob’s blog for a ridiculous 8-bit version of magic dance…

LUDO FRIEND

hey bob! check this out!

i myself grew up on the c64 version of labyrinth. i could never get very far in it though – this was a pretty recurring theme for me playing commodore 64 games. i was not a good gamer. i tended to give up when things got hard, which is a philosophy that i have tried hard to carry over into my adult life. things would be much easier if david bowie visited me in a freaky dream

March 9, 2008   2 Comments

going commando on youtube

March 5, 2008 | abandonware, childhood, video

last week, i talked about commando, my favourite commodore 64 video game theme… well here it is, as its meant to be heard:

one thing i had forgotten was how the melody of the track dropped out whenever you triggered a sound effect – ie by throwing a grenade, or powering up. so cool. i had also forgotten that the game had only, like, three levels. so it only takes 3 minutes to sit and watch reinhard blast the hell out of all the pixelated military sprite dudes..

March 5, 2008   1 Comment

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February 2010

/// The second Faux Pas full-length is called Noiseworks and will be released in April 2010. Its a joint release between Sensory Projects and Heroics.

/// See the awesome cover art (courtesy of New York artist Tomokazu Matsuyama) here.

/// The new record features extended versions of singles “Chasing Waterfalls” and “Silver Line” – the single edits however, are still available for free download.

/// Also, you can listen to four remixes of Silver Line (courtesy of Kharkov, Kane Ikin, Loopsnake and myself) here.

/// Lastly – I’ve started posting a demo or spontaneous jam once a week on my Facebook page. It has been going for a few weeks. Be warned: results may vary. Check it out – you don’t need to be a Facebook member to listen/download them.

Tim Shiel lives and in Melbourne. He makes music under the name FAUX PAS, and is also a broadcaster on public radio station 3RRR FM. This blog began in 2005.

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Tim’s SUPER RAD BIOGRAPHY

1981: Born in Melbourne Australia, life feels empty and without meaning

2005: FAUX PAS created – life still meaningless

2009: Tim writes brand new three-line biography

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Super awesome Press Quotes of the Ages

“Psychedelic. Balearic. Straight up pop. Call it what you want, this is memorable music.” keytarsandviolins

“Impressive elastic strands of plaited sense associations; extract of flashy disco, pastoral swoon and computer exploration.” threethousand

“A total cottage industry – one guy recording, pressing and releasing his own music – and it’s an example of how to do it right from the bottom up.” Stylus

“A manic journey of sounds, bound by neither genre nor era.” Beat

“Cuts-and-pastes big samples with delicately rendered instrumentation. A party jam. Four stars.” Pitchfork

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