Fraud Fix

Fraud Fix Single:: Lucid Lover::

2011-01-11T21:36:00.000-08:00

This is one is for lovers. Name your own price on Bandcamp and close your eyes, and just wander....

Fraud Fix::New Music

2011-01-11T09:55:00.000-08:00

So a lot has been going on this past few months. Holidays are a bitch. Because of this, I have been writing plenty of melodies to keep my mind limber. Everytime I get on this thing to post something, I always tell myself "I'm going to write something witty and interesting". Well, you just read it. Enjoy these new beats.

P.s. I'm full steam ahead on a new full-length album to be released sometime mid 2011. It's going to have some of my influential colleagues on it as well so keep yours eyes and ears alert~!

This one is a little different from what you normally get out of me. I am a guitarist at heart. It wasn't until later into my musical exploits that I discovered how much I love beat making. But my cousin and I, did a lot of this type of jamming. And from this jamming comes the fuel for my beats and compositions. I decided to just leave this one in its natural form.

Life is Living by Fraud Fix

I made this track 'olders' for my live set, and it morphed into another beast. You can sort of hear where ideas from the above track come into play in my beat/guitar tracks like this one.

Olders - teaser by Fraud Fix

Lil' WAYNE v FRAUD FIX

2010-12-05T22:40:00.000-08:00

fireman remix and beats for your enjoyment.. courtesy of stress and sacramento
FIREMAN feat. Lil' Wayne (Fraud Fix remix) by Fraud Fix

::NEW MUSIC::FRAUD FIX BEAT TAPE::

2010-12-05T22:33:00.000-08:00

The time has come. The long-awaited Well Is Sky Mixtape is out on IAMALASER.com. I threw together all of my latest and greatest beats for your ears. DoubleYou from IAMALASER was gracious enough to spread the word on this project. Download it and enjoy it.

::Were delighted to have our pal Fraud Fix create an original podcast, along with great cover art, for us of his tunes. A bundle of beats, sample cuts, layered synths and harmonic headphone noise emanating from his subconscious into your enjoyment. As we’ve said before about him (read our review of his Moontrapped album): It’s like someone took a razor blade to you favorite John Denver acoustic guitar album and spiced it up with heavy machinery, computer rhythms, and dirty warehouse bass… and we love it! Get more ofFraud Fix from Milled Pavement Records .::

I AM A LASER Podcast 3 :: Fraud Fix - Well Is Sky by iamalaser

VIDEO::FRAUD FIX BEAT TAPE TRAILER

2010-10-20T14:33:00.000-07:00

I know I have been aloof lately, but it has been for very good reason. I have been working hard to get my latest project finished and off to mastering. Done and Done! Since my album dropped on 4/20 of this year, I have been working hard to produce new sounds that better represent where I am at as a composer. Moontrapped, in all it's glory was a love/hate musical struggle that overwhelmed the better part of 3 years. As a result, much of it was made through younger, older stages of my musical developement. In short, I wanted to make some fresh, FREE shit for your ear holes. So I'm ironing out the release details, but I can say with certainty that it will be a free download, its going to feature some siiiiick artwork from my good friend and co-conspirator, Jephree and it's going to drop soon. For now, enjoy this teaser trailer my good friend Miles (goes by Agona) threw together for me. Super Nice. Talk to you all soon!

The Chin Fat: Spring Offensive, A fresh Look

2010-09-07T11:40:00.000-07:00

The Chin Fat: Spring Offensive, A fresh Look: "Spring Offensive, A fresh look Sole, founder of Denver based Black Canyon records, drops Nuclear Winter remix album.http://www.circleintosqu..."

NEW RELEASE ON MILLED PAVEMENT

2010-09-02T21:14:00.000-07:00

With 66 tracks from 96 artists, producers and performers from every obscure end of the earth, this one really tops any megamix of underground madness...not sure if that made sense. But its got noah23, k-the-i???, moshe, brzowski, me, and shit ton more. Support these dudes with your would-be starbucks purchase.

Buy it HERE

FREE DOWNLOAD: Fraud Fix APPEARANCE on Sole's Nuclear Winter Remix

2010-08-09T12:34:00.000-07:00

OK PEOPLE IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A GREAT MUSICAL INFLUENCE OF MINE, SOLE. PEEP MY REMIX OF HIS TRACK 'MY PRESIDENT' ON CIRCLEinTOSQUARE.

DOWNLOAD FREE: http://www.circleintosquare.com/item/spring-offensive-vol-1

"Spring Offensive Vol. 1 is a remix album, and an experiment in user submitted web 3.0 technology. It is also a phrase lifted from pedestrian's gmail status, which marks a new post modern high for the guerrilla rap artist sole. Many people were confused when sole droppedNuclear Winter Vol. 1 last year, and heard him making anarchy/worker anthems out of pop rap hits. A few people wanted to remix tracks, so a remix contest was opened up. The content rings as true today as it did a year ago when people exclaimed, "its too soon in Obama's presidency to criticize him." Today the American Empire crumbles all around us. The democrats show they are toothless and paralyzed, while bigots and nationalists have taken over the airwaves. HOPE is dead and the age old idiom rings true, "it doesn't matter who you vote for - the government always gets in." The world is burning, thankfully sole brought us all seitan recipes for The Last Great American Barbecue.

People donated money the first time, now sole is rich. This time you can pay for your download by sharing the remix with friends via a slick widget created by our comrades at Circle Into Square. If you enjoy this record, please send it to as many friends as possible, share it on your Facebook, tweet it up, email the link to your co-workers, its the best advertisement we have.

For more information visit soleone.org"

DOSH::AIRLIFT

2010-06-25T11:25:00.000-07:00

Sonic ambiance...amazing visuals

Dosh - "Airlift" from anticon. on Vimeo.

Fraud Fix vs. Rick Ross

2010-06-17T10:22:00.000-07:00

Download this free boom blap remix of Mr. Ross and the T-pain done by Yours Truly: Fraud Fix

Boss (Fraud Fix Remix) by Fraud Fix

2010-06-16T16:42:00.001-07:00

SQUAREPUSHER

2010-06-15T16:18:00.001-07:00

A truly great and accurate portrayal of the single most influential artist to me.

SQUAREPUSHER | DELTA-V from ZF FILMS on Vimeo.

Fraud Fix Sneak Peak!

2010-05-25T09:58:00.000-07:00

Here's a new track for you to get headphoned out to. More to come from "the tapes". I'll keep everyone updated. Peace!
Islands by Fraud Fix

Fraud Fix Updates: MUSIC/CONTACTS/RELEASES

2010-05-14T12:25:00.001-07:00

Hey guys just want to drop a quick update on what is going on in the world of Fraud Fix.

Recently (4.20.2010) I released my first LP on Milled Pavement Records' Emben Digital entitled "Moontrapped". It can be purchased through multiple distributors online. For purchasing info please visit the MP site directly and check out all the other artists featured on the label; it is quite the clusterfuck of international musical awesomeness. Some really talented dudes on there.

As a result I was fortunate enough to attract kind words from IAMALASER.COM and my buddies over at GnarlyArmy.com. Check out what they had to say and leave any feedback that you might have!

Music-Wise:
I want you all to know I am energized as hell and I'm working my ass off on some new mixes and tracks for a live set to take place hopefully soon. Nonetheless, I feel the blood flowing, and have so much new inspiration - going to release some new mixes via a mixtape with longtime friend and old flatmate Agona from the Valley. In addition, some tracks are going to be peppered online - more info to come. In the meantime, enjoy a little nugget of what is to come on my myspace player - "Islands"

Stay in touch:
I have gravitated towards facebook for most of my music-to-fan interactions but won't completely fall off the myspace boat.
Keep in touch with me many ways:
myspace.com/fraudfix
facebook.com/fraudfix
twitter.com/fraudfix
fraudfix@gmail.com

For up-to-date online releases and free downloads, check out my SoundCloud

That's all for now!

Bottoms up,
Fraud Fix

Message To Arizona

2010-05-05T10:04:00.001-07:00

2010-04-29T16:35:00.001-07:00

THIS IS YOUR BRAIN from Dugan O'Neal on Vimeo.

Hard.to.the.core. + MIA

2010-04-26T14:38:00.001-07:00

M.I.A, Born Free from ROMAIN-GAVRAS on Vimeo.

Fraud Fix on IAMALASER.COM!

2010-04-25T11:23:00.001-07:00

In IAMALASER's words:
"Just got clued into Fraud Fix, a Los Angeles based producer and his latest releaseMootrapped that launched on Milled Pavement Records worldwide this week. Milled Pavement Records is an independent record label based out of Portland Maine with ties to the Anticon Record Label in Oakland CA.

Fraud Fix’s tracks are phenomenal. Like someone took a razor blade to you favorite John Denver acoustic guitar album and spiced it up with heavy machinery, computer rhythms, and dirty warehouse bass. I love it. There is a calm to these dreamy guitar melodies and then out of nowhere quantum dream fusions and cinematic glitch sequences appear. A welcome and innovative addition to the IDM and glitch-hop genera; but I don’t even want to peg it as that. It contains a freedom that I applaud not to mention great talent in its instrumentation. Meaning; Fraud Fix is playing them guitar parts ya’all – tight!"

get it here http://iamalaser.com/2010/04/23/fraud-fix-moontrapped/

Fraud Fix's Debut LP Moontrapped OUT NOW!

2010-04-19T20:24:00.000-07:00

Fraud Fix's sound focuses on rhythm development without looping any single drum break more than twice, and a myriad of colorful melodies, key changes and crescendo’s - all of which come together to create a story through his music. A narrative exists in each beat, and you feel as if you’re in the middle of a movie...a soundtrack to someone's salvia trip. These musical elements are clearly evident in Fraud Fix's debut solo album "Moontrapped". Available today on EmBen Digital! To purchase the album [click here].

Sole & The Skyrider Band - Battlefields (official music video by Ravi Zupa)

2010-04-16T11:07:00.000-07:00

2010-04-15T16:21:00.001-07:00

Generative Graphics Experiment. October 29th 2009. from Kieran Foster on Vimeo.

New Music

2010-04-13T11:15:00.001-07:00

hope you likey
Kinda Silly by Fraud Fix

Fraud Fix

2010-04-13T11:10:00.001-07:00

Fraud Fix – Kinda Silly

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Another from the Candid Ho collection

2010-04-06T09:30:00.000-07:00

Photo By Yuri Hasegawa

2010-03-31T15:35:00.001-07:00

Broken Fingaz -Graffiti Stop Motion from Broken Fingaz on Vimeo.

edIT resurrection

2010-03-30T16:01:00.001-07:00

peep this mashup (old)
The Hood Internet - Back 2 Da Ltlp (B.G. x edIT) by hoodinternet

Glitch Mob answers questions about live gigs

2010-03-25T16:45:00.001-07:00

Ripped from Create Digital Music:

"Free Single, Upcoming Album

“Drive It Like You Stole It,” the first single, is free, courtesy the band, so you can give it a listen and let us know what you think. (I am definitely pumping that track as I drive my Chevy Aveo out of the rental lot at LAX next time I’m in your town, guys. Nothing like ghetto-blasting in a crap GM rental car.) It’s just a taste of the album to come, but nicely wrangles some thickly-arrayed synth stacks and big percussion. Yes, this is American music in the triumphantly-proud Obama era.

driveitlikeyoustoleit.mp3

The band nods to the LA musical epicenter from which their work emanates. From the press release:

According to Boreta, Drink The Sea certainly reflects the pioneering, individualist spirit of their home base. “Everyone around us from the West Coast—Flying Lotus, Nosaj Thing, Daedelus, Eprom—has their own distinctive sound. We all seem to want to break boundaries, but everybody has their own lane, which is what makes it so exciting.”

They’re great, approachable guys, so I’ll be talking to them more.

I’ll be curious to hear the rest of the album, because the band seems like such an essentially live performance-based band, and it’s always tough to translate that experience. That is, it’s a challenge, but the kind of challenge worth exploring.

Behind the Scenes: Playing Together

If this were just a music blog, the story would end there, but of course the advantage we have on CDM – and the chance to go beyond our own tastes and stylistic differences as musicians – is that we’re all wrestling with the same technology. In case you’re wondering how these guys get three laptop artists playing together onstage, it’s a problem that poses its own challenges.

edIT and Boreta joined me onstage to talk about some of those challenges, and how their approach to simultaneous performance and sync have evolved. We got to look at the state of technology, warts and all. Here’s the full video (skip past the introductions for the bit where they talk about how they’ve managed to clear some technological hurdles involved with multiple people playing laptop music together):"

get the rest of the scoop here: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2010/03/25/the-glitch-mob-tour-free-single-download-multiple-laptops-lemurs/

tears make up the river, and i dont know my name

2010-03-25T12:05:00.001-07:00

Are we left all alone?
Mother has no time but she cares for me
and she cried all the tears
I am joining now the river flow
I am three days old
Now the time has come
You have to be man
I don't want to destroy
the only chance I have
to survive down here
The wind blows I'm so scared
and the waves so big, I'm not prepared
I will have to be strong
but for now I cry all the tears

Now enter the storm and feel electric sword
My entire life is about to burn
I am struggling, life is illusion
But I keep the dream of a better time

This secret knowledge
I receive from where I am
So precious the treasured icons
Extended to this point
Forget the ones that hurt
They all want, they struggle
They fight and try to dry their tears

We are all left on our own
We are bound yet by each others lives
Now I'm leaving this world
I will never forget the river flow

The pains and traps of life
I put my scars away and love

I have to face the truth of living
I left my boat behind
I am not taking it
Where I go I won't be crying
I die

Boreta is a favorite

2010-03-25T11:13:00.000-07:00

Not much known about this guy, except that he is 1/3 of LA's most sophistated electro trio 'The Glitch Mob'. They are always better when you don't know much about them.

http://soundcloud.com/boreta/nalepa-4th-of-july-slidecamp-remix - Nalepa -Fourth of July (Boreta/Slidecamp Remix)

2010-03-25T10:57:00.001-07:00

Fuzzy Ankles

2010-03-24T15:32:00.000-07:00

Fuzzy Ankles

My Album Due out 4/20

2010-03-24T15:15:00.000-07:00

Moontrapped due out on Milled Pavement next month!

More info: http://milledpavement.com/EMBEN0011.html

Track Listing

01. Sleep
02. Drone
03. Indifference
04. From Cataclysm
05. Instant Trip To The Cosmos Pt.2
06. Drunken Trees
07. Eaten By The Sun
08. Silver Buckshot
09. Serendipity
10. To Cataclysm
11. Comfortable Skin
12. The Pantomime Legacy
13. Synergy
14. Instant Trip To The Cosmos Pt.1
15. Lost Man
16. It
17. Moontrapped
18. For 13%

Credits

All songs written, recorded & produced by: Mike Dennis.
Additional lyrics on #8 by:
Leo (John Satter) & Dr.Willow (Vince Ayala).
Additional guitars on #13 by: Brad Didway.
Artwork by: Jeph Valenzuela.
Mastered by: Moshe.

George Bush apparently doesn't like Haitian sweat

2010-03-24T11:37:00.001-07:00

wait for the wipe.....

The backlash: Reform turns personal - Jake Sherman and Marin Cogan - POLITICO.com

2010-03-24T11:29:00.000-07:00

The backlash: Reform turns personal - Jake Sherman and Marin Cogan - POLITICO.com

Game your Hen

2010-03-24T11:14:00.001-07:00

Here's another one: Stuffed game hen!

What you need: 3 or 4 celery sticks, 3 or 4 carrots, acorn squash, cucumber, turkey stuffing (stovetop works), as many baby chickens as you can handle, red potatoes, butter, olive oil, seasoning (old bay, salt, pepper, cumin, red pepper), rosemary, balsamic vinegar, pure apple juice.

First, dice up carrots, cucumber, squash, onions into small squares. Sauté in pan with oil, add salt and fresh ground pepper - cook till carrots are almost soft. Add chopped rosemary.

Add breadcrumbs in pan, mix it all together.

Next, marinade hens in seasoning, olive oil, splash of balsamic vinegar, rosemary. Stuff them with your delicious veggie stuffing stoner madness. Tie up the little legs with phone cord...or string.

Place it all in a glass dish, pour in 2 cups of pure apple juice, add potatoes.

Preheat oven to 405 degrees. Place birds in the oven uncovered for 1 hour.

Enjoy with some steamed rice.

Salmon con Ziplock

2010-03-22T23:05:00.000-07:00

Dudes and Dudettes:
Here is a favorite, simple, and BOMB dish I make every once in a while. Everyone has to take a break from red meat at some point. This dish comes in clutch when that moment occurs.

Real Simple- all you need is 1 large ziplock, 1 Atlantic salmon filet, season-all, salt, extra virgin olive oil, 1 lemon squeezed, 2 handfulls of spinach, 1/4 butter, 1-2 garlic cloves minced.
Cook Time: 30 Min

In your ziplock combined your salmon filet(s), seasoning, squeezed lemon, and a democratic amount of olive oil.

Next, you close up the zippitydodah bag, shake it all around, and store it in the fridge to marinade for about 3 hours or less.
Pull it out, put it on a flat foil bed-Pull both sides of foil up and towards the center, and create a capsule for the fish to steam (going to steam this in the oven at 350 degrees for 15 Min).

While the salmon is cooking, chop up washed spinach, minced garlic cloves, butter.

Saute garlic in pan, add butter, then spinach. Saute everything for 3 min or until the spinach is totally wilted.

Combine your bomb ass cooked salmon with steamed white rice and spinach for a great pre-drinking meal.

BOOYYAAHH

Drive It Like You Stole It | XLR8R

2010-03-22T15:36:00.000-07:00

Drive It Like You Stole It | XLR8R
Taken from XLR8R's site:
"Together, edIT, Boreta, and Ooah have amassed a large number of remixes, singles, and mixtapes, but May 25 will mark the release of Drink the Sea, the debut full-length from LA's veteran blap collective. The Glitch Mob opted to drop the album on its own imprint, Glass Air, and has also given us the premiere of the album's first single, "Drive It Like You Stole It." If this track is anything, it's an anthem. Amidst a trademark head-nodding beat heavy with slap, a number of synths vie for the forefront position—like a team of buglers announcing the coming of the beat scene's heroes—before giving way to an arsenal of heavy percussion and reverberated vocal samples."

GOP Fantasy

2010-03-22T10:08:00.001-07:00

from Candid Ho

2010-03-21T23:28:00.000-07:00

Artwork By Jephree Valenzuela

Wonkette : Victory Party To-Nite, Obama Bringing Limo Full of Nurses/Hookers

2010-03-21T23:22:00.001-07:00

Wonkette : Victory Party To-Nite, Obama Bringing Limo Full of Nurses/Hookers & Blow

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Sites Recommended for Boredom

2010-03-21T23:19:00.000-07:00

LA Stoner Blog: Resources for LA Stoners
-This site includes strain test reviews, bomb places to grub, great locations to chill, etc.
http://lastonerblog.wordpress.com/

I AM A LASER!
Laser's got all the news you need on some of LA's tightest producers, artists, and musicians.
Dope video on Deru courtesy of IAMALAZER
http://www.youtube.com/user/iamalaser#p/a/u/0/tE8hv33xG98

Healthcare passes, not sure if anything changes

2010-03-21T22:46:00.000-07:00

While I and shit ton of other people sit and wait for the Senate to pass the last piece to the healthcare puzzle, I wonder if anything good will ever come of it. I'm real disappointed that the GOP is so disingenuous and misleading on the whole debate. I'm disappointed that the Democrats can't be as shameless as the Republicans sometimes. I guess that's why I'm a decline-to-state.

Dr. Douche of the House seems to have forgotten how he and his colleagues got bills passed when the entire country opposed them.

Check out Candid Ho

2010-03-19T15:26:00.000-07:00

Yuri Hasegawa's art is effing amazing. I'll let it speak for itself. Check out her blog, Candid Ho @ http://candidho.blogspot.com

get her art all up in yo face face with this ish right here - http://yurihasegawa.com/index2.php

Peace for now.

First blog post evverrrrrr

2010-03-19T14:45:00.000-07:00

Dudes and Dudettes:

I am pleased to announce that I gots another form of internetcomm with everyone in the world.

Quick shit about me:

I'm a music producer. I write and record electronica/triphop/IDM. I have a couple of unofficial releases but have been fortunate enough to get picked up by my friends at Milled Pavement Records. My first full-length releases worldwide on 4/20/2010 wooohooo!

Get info on my album "moontrapped" over derrrrr http://milledpavement.com/EMBEN0011.html

Will have some more cool photos from my shoot with Jephree and Yuri Hasegawa very soon!