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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!
http://dropdeadfestival.com
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