41 Strings @ Good Units 05/11/11

I went in to this thinking it would be an experimental, abstraction of string based sound but it was hardly that. The performance consisted of around 30 minutes (split up into maybe 5 pieces) of emotive violin/cello/viola sections, upright base, churning electric base and steady drum lines. Nice space, good stuff.

Spike Jonze: "I'm Here"

This is great. Today I stumbled upon Spike Jonze's new short, I'm Here, which premiered at Sundance this year. It's fantastic. According to the film's blog: I’m Here is a 30-minute love story about the relationship between two robots living in L.A...which is exactly what it is. I've always had a soft spot for stories that use inhuman characters and pair those characters with very human emotions (yes, that does sound like some subversive fetish, but I truly feel it's a powerful device...and it's weird).

Bonus points go to Spike here for sprinkling Of Montreal, Girls, Animal Collective and Nick Zinner among others into the soundtrack. L.A. based sound artist Aska Matsumiya as well as Sam Spiegel contribute original music.

You can view I'm Here online (limited to 12,000 views a day). Watch it HERE.