In the club, and on the street, I keep bangin' the beat

April 18, 2006 9:23 PM

DJ Assault is all up in your house. nsfw
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket (25 comments total)

As a long, long time Detroit techno fan, let me just say that DJ Assault sucks. It's a constant problem when you're looking for Detroit records around the country -- every now and then a clerk just looks at you funny and points you to the DJ Assault records. Sigh.

That said, the "Ass n' Titties" video is pretty fuckin' funny.
posted by rkent at 10:05 PM on April 18, 2006

The first flash animation was inspiring because I know I can do better than that.
posted by drezdn at 10:14 PM on April 18, 2006

From Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music (discussed here) :

Ghetto Tech will be the natural law of the new world order. God himself will come down, declare his kingdom on earth, and inscribe on two tablets for all the hoes to shake their multitude of titties. and it will be good.

ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS ASS
posted by suckerpunch at 10:24 PM on April 18, 2006

wow, alright, that was sufficiently mindless for the night before an exam. glad i can count on you mefi.
okay, now... nitrogen fixation... ummm...crap.
posted by wumpus at 10:26 PM on April 18, 2006

Can't say I thought too much of these myself. The first one seems like what Wesley Willis would have sounded like if he were trying to be Wesley Willis.

The second one reminds me of Azz & Tittiez by Three 6 Mafia, except Azz & Tittiez is about ten times better. Ask yo moms.
posted by rob paxon at 10:32 PM on April 18, 2006

the second one came out about 3 years before three 6 mafia existed.
posted by wakko at 10:46 PM on April 18, 2006

Your post, your moniker, your links suck. Suck suck suck suck suck suck suck. /jk
posted by Falconetti at 10:50 PM on April 18, 2006

um... is this for real?

i'm not going to say anything else, 'cause if i did it would be mean.
posted by ab3 at 11:20 PM on April 18, 2006

the animation is sort of charming in the ascii graphics are....
posted by gnutron at 11:31 PM on April 18, 2006

ab3- yes. yes it is. and there is so much more of it.

rkent, as a techno fan you should know ghettotech ain't techno.

it's still fun as hell
posted by flaterik at 1:21 AM on April 19, 2006

ass n. tities
posted by kermalou at 2:00 AM on April 19, 2006

Needs more Colin Mochrie.
posted by phirleh at 4:39 AM on April 19, 2006

Shit Sandwich.
posted by dbiedny at 4:43 AM on April 19, 2006

rkent, as a techno fan you should know ghettotech ain't techno.

Certainly. But for a disturbingly large portion of record store owners outside the midwest, they're interchangeable. Or they've never heard anything from Detroit but DJ Assault, or something.
posted by rkent at 5:14 AM on April 19, 2006

I lament that I am in a shared hotel room with no headphones. I would like to be punished with this Detroit techno you all speak of.

I look at electronic music in a certain way - each style can correspond to a language. House and Trance are forms of English - repetitive but occasionally lulling. Drum n Bass is like screaming in German, or occasionally Klingon. PsyTrance is like Swedish with an accent, and the style of music I actually like is Japanese. I don't actually like any Japanese bands, but the style I like is that which corresponds. Maybe Aphex Twin is closest.
posted by Clamwacker at 5:48 AM on April 19, 2006

Ass & Titties -- John B (Electropunknbass remix)
posted by empath at 6:06 AM on April 19, 2006

This is not Detroit techno. The end.

(I had a brief flirtation with Ghettotech thanks to a Muzik article about the phenom. I can still put on Straight Up Detroit Shit and get most of the way through it before declaring it to be the most truthful title ever put on a record.)
posted by beaucoupkevin at 6:12 AM on April 19, 2006

What a bunch of misery guts you lot are! Assault's a good laugh.

That flash video, on the other hand, is fucking apalling.
posted by jack_mo at 7:01 AM on April 19, 2006

It's either called Booty House or Ghetto Techno.
posted by empath at 7:23 AM on April 19, 2006

empath : "It's either called Booty House or Ghetto Techno."

...or Ghettotech.

When referring to genre names, the word "either" should probably be avoided, because there's always another name, especially with techno.
posted by Bugbread at 8:26 AM on April 19, 2006

I'm with you, jack_mo - relax and enjoy the soothing sounds, mefites! Assault is hi-larious.
posted by sluggo at 8:46 AM on April 19, 2006

Heh. Being from around Detroit, this is pretty old. But still kinda fun. I like the nihilism that ghettotech has. Ass and Titties? Yeah, let's just repeat that. It is the most present and self-evident music that exists.
posted by klangklangston at 9:23 AM on April 19, 2006

Also a Detroiter, and I LOVE GHETTOTECH. I miss DJ Assault. Thanks for the reminder.
posted by k8t at 12:41 PM on April 19, 2006

My opinions about this emerging musical culture make me feel like an old man.
posted by chudmonkey at 1:19 PM on April 19, 2006

chudmonkey : "My opinions about this emerging musical culture make me feel like an old man."

Get ready to feel older: it emerged 12 years ago.
posted by Bugbread at 1:33 PM on April 19, 2006