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AP Contest: Drop Dead
By BlurredWorld

Mon 17 Oct 2005

 

Drop Dead.. It’s not just a blunt message to those you wish were departed, but it’s also a music festival.

Really, it’s true. This year marks the 3rd Drop Dead Festival taking place in New York city at the Knitting Factory from October 28-30 and then at Avalon/Old Limelight on October 31st.

With a name like Drop Dead and scheduled dates including Halloween, it’s really no suprise to find Nina Hagen as a headlining act. The music varies from Horror Punk to Rockabilly and Psychopunk (or other combinations of punk, goth, rock, death and abilly) and include such acts as Blitzkid, The Coffin Nails, Cult of the Psychic Fetus, Flesh, ah hell, just check out this lineup for yourself.

I do have to mention at this point that this is the first time that I’ve come across the terms ‘Horror Punk’, ‘Gothabilly’ and ‘Psychobilly’. Seriously.

Now, I’ve gone through the entire lineup three times and I can say with confidence that AP artists Flat Atom are not performing at Drop Dead this year. Due to this, I shall not be attending. I mean, really, Drop Dead without FA is like a music festival without.. uhm, FA.. so ta hell wit’ ‘em. But don’t let me get you down, if you want to go, be my guest.. just be sure that you shout out “I WANT MY FLAT ATOM!” often during every performance.

Oh crap.. yeah, totally forgot.. contest.

Only at ACIDplanet will you find a contest as uniquely unique as this one.. your goal here is to mashup Nina Hagen with any and/or all of 6 other Drop Dead artists (files are provided on the contest page). Yeah, you’re kinda restricted to the selected material, but hell, it’s still a contest and one that presents a bit of a challenge at that.

Yep, I said challenge. Unlike prior mixups, you are not restricted to mashing two songs. The more you can mash together and make something worth listening to, the better. Hey.. if you can get all seven songs to go together and sound great you get major cool points, although, it’s likely it won’t increase your odds of winning.

You want to go to the festival? You’ll have to head on to New York.

You want to get in on this mashup? Head on over to the contest page at ACIDplanet.com and get all the info, loops and other neat stuff to get you going.

MAKE ME WANT TO SMASH THINGS.. SMASHSMASH!

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