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HBO TV series Game of Thrones has rapidly grown into a cult status ever since its appearance on TV last year. The story is based on A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels by GRRM, one of America’s most influential authors.
But this post is dedicated to Andreas Kompositkrut: a die–hard Commodore 64 fan who remixed the opening tune of Game of Thrones and made it sound as if we had just waited 20 minutes in front of our good old brown computer box and datasette to play… a Game of Thrones. Half Man! Half Man!

Laibach will present a unique show at Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall on Saturday 14 April 2012. The Monumental Retro-avant-garde will feature both their early music and their latest tracks, the first part of the concert focusing on a period between 1980– 1983, the second relating to 1983 – 87 and the third associated with their IRON SKY film soundtrack, with tracks composed for the movie and music from the film teasers. Finally, the last part will present the WAT album and recent works.

And now the most important: ticket link! You can thanks us on the 14th!

Die Antwoord, South African rap/rave group from Cape Town has just released a new album entitled TEN$ION. It didn’t get much of great reviews, musically speaking, but who the fok cares anyway. The style is as ZEF as ever. And the “I fink u freeky” videoclip directed by Roger Ballen & Ninja is totally fokin’ fabulous! Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er & DJ Hi-Tek - we fink u freaky & we like u a lot!

Smart move from The Slow Readers Club, a Manchester based Indie/ Electro band! They contacted D.O. Roth, the German video director to shoot the video for their upcoming single ‘Feet on Fire’. The same director created a superb Playmobil version of Joy Division’s 1979 TV performance Transmission which got him over half a million views on YouTube and a well deserved 15 minutes of fame. Surprisingly, Roth has never met The Slow Readers Club either – he spent over 100 hours to construct a miniature stage set in his living room, based on footage of the band, in order to create this real-life experience.

Play here with the infographic to see how the music travels across the continents.
Nice interactive piece showing the evolution of western dance music over the last 100 years in under 20 seconds commissioned by Thomson, a UK-based travel company.
(HT @deafmetal)