Gorillaz Beware...

Now that YouTube is owning the personal video sites, there is no reason why anyone could not post whetever they felt was necessary for others to watch. Even nerds like this teen mocking girls who flaunt him online gets 140,000 plays. Although that was totally irrelevant, I thought it was funny.

Somehow on YouTube I found a Japanese DJ/VJ called Hifana making rediculous breakbeat, high intensity, tech-house beats on a sampler, with a puppet and crazy hallucinogenic videos including childrens shows. I can't imagine not one Japanese teen who would go crazy if they heard these electric rythmns on the radio or TV. Click the title link to see one of many videos. I do give Hifan credit for a tight website, including a flash page of an MPC layout with a beat to practice with. In the abstract music video below is a alot of shots (filmed ipod style) of their gear, some of which I have made out. Alongside the old MPC is the Korg Kaoss Pad 2, a hand percussion controller like the Roland hansonic series, various cymbals and toms, a turntable, PIoneer CDJ1000 with a mixer with built in Kaoss Pad?!?, vestax PMC mixer...wow this is serious. All for a track called Flash Push Breaking, with last but not least Texas Instruments' Speak and Spell samples. Only in Japan.