The deadline to pledge and help Deceptikon press Mythology of the Metropolis onto 12″ vinyl is quickly approaching!

We are 7 days from the deadline, and have amazingly funded $1036 of the total goal of $1500! We still need a couple hundred dollars in order to make this happen. If you’ve thought about it, now is the time to pledge your support! Help us out! Tell your friends!

There are tons of cool rewards, including vinyl test pressings, free CDs, and even private concerts and remix commissions.

Check it out for full details..

We can do it!

Kickstarter.com project page

I’m happy to announce that I’ve teamed up with Kickstarter.com to press a limited edition Mythology of the Metropolis 12″.

Basically, Kickstarter is a project funding platform. I set a goal amount ($1500) to cover the costs of pressing 300 12″ records, and have until July 1st to reach the goal. If you would like to buy a copy of the 12″, simply visit the Kickstarter project page and pledge the lowest amount. If you want to help me even more and get some even cooler rewards, there are many options available.

We can do it!

Dave Segal of The Stranger in Seattle wrote a very complementary article about Mythology of the Metropolis.

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Former Seattle denizen Deceptikon (aka Zack Wright) now dwells in San Francisco, but he remains a well-liked figure in the Emerald City and often returns here to ply his finely crafted cuts. His new album, Mythology of the Metropolis (Daly City Records; www.dalycityrecords.com), is now available on the major digital retail sites and is selling like proverbial hot bytes.

Mythology of the Metropolis consists of 14 examples of crisp, vibrant, post-Dilla instrumental hiphop, with flashes of pretty IDM melodies and late-’00s bass wobble. Deceptikon keeps the head-nod factor high while wrenching out some interesting, exotic melodies. “Echolocation” genuflects to the Far East with its fluttering, quasi-Zen garden motif (à la Philip Glass in his Mishima soundtrack) set amid splatting, stalwart funk beats. “Indo Loops” also is riveting, with its distorted (presumably Indian) chant warbling over a sinuous synth drone, staunch Madlib-elous clapper beats, and furious, pitch-shifted tabla slaps. “The Fall of Humanity” majestically glides like 1977 Kraftwerk, while “Dissolving in Acid” lives up to its title, running crinkly Roland 303 squiggles through a dense thicket of kick-drum thump and toxic squalls of low-end pressure. “Broken Synthesizers” growls and bristles like a peak-time Cannibal Ox/El-P joint.

Along with similar works like Flying Lotus’s Los Angeles, Mux Mool’s Skulltaste, Nosaj Thing’s Drift, and Free the Robots’ Ctrl Alt Delete, Mythology of the Metropolis is mapping out a fertile field where IDM and dubstep’s textural playfulness and extremity tampers with hiphop’s rhythmic parameters, but without causing fissures in its essential funkiness. Exciting times, indeed.

I’m happy to announce that my new album is out now! It was a long work in progress and I’m very satisfied with the result.

Download on:
iTunes | Addictech | Amazon | eMusic | Boomkat | Juno | Bandcamp

Check out the free single, Kinyoubi:

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Petnation III!

Saturday Night 3/20/2010
10pm-6am

With Also Resident Pets:

Mochipet

The Slayers Club

Preshish Moments (Daly City Records)

Bloodysnowman

Memes

Lippe

And more TBA!

At a special San Francisco SOMA location!

* This is a private party so you must register to get in *
* Email Your Full Name To *
petnationparty@gmail.com

We will email you with info and directions before the party!

Only $10 Donation

Cover for Mythology of the Metropolis, out March 16 on Daly City Records!
Painting & design by the very talented Proem.

Stop Biting: Deceptikon

(Lo-Fi) Former Seattle producer Deceptikon (Zack Wright) has been living in Japan and San Francisco for the last few years or so. Now he’s back for the holidays, in time to liven up that dull week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve with a date at the hiphop/B-boy-friendly weekly Stop Biting. Should be interesting to witness how Deceptikon’s geekily funked-up IDM—his sprightly tracks bump, bleep, and shimmer somewhere between Dabrye and Scientific American—will go down with the breakdancers. He will likely bust out some tracks from his forthcoming album,Mythology of the Metropolis (out February 16 on Daly City Records). DAVE SEGAL

Check track 11 for my remix of Mochipet’s “Master P On Atari”! Out now exclusively on Addictech, worldwide (iTunes, etc) on February 2nd.

1. John Coltrane on Atari (Daniel Day Trio Remix)
2. Marshall Bass Smacks (Kraddy Remix)
3. Robot Dunk Juice (ill.gates vs. Little John Remix)
4. Master P on Obe One Kenobi (Matt B Remix)
5. Master P on Versace (Memory 9 Remix)
6. Vermin Bass Stacks (Vinyl Blight Remix)
7. Anticon on Atari (Restiform Bodies Remix)
8. Robot Basslab Juice (S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Remix)
9. Alien Crunk Dub (Audiovoid Remix)
10. Complex Cumbia Dub (Sub Swara Remix)
11. Master P on Chords and Coffee (Deceptikon Remix)

Listen and buy @ Addictech

Deceptikon, Mochipet & Slayers Club, Mux Mool, Epcot, and surprise special guests! (!?)

More info at: Petnation Crunksgiving.

Deceptikon on a bus with Mochipet & The Flying Skulls!

A mobile party on board a biodiesel powered bus with 3 great DJs/Producers? Damn Straight. With couches lining the sides, a great sound system, and a dancefloor in the back this is no ordinary bus. We stop at 2-3 beautiful outdoor locations over the course of our ride for dancing and merriment.

We are very excited to present a special night with Daly City Records artists. Featuring head honcho Mochipet, up and comer Deceptikon and J. Tonal of The Flying Skulls this night is guaranteed to be off the chain! Seriously, DO NOT SLEEP on this one amigos.

TransportedSF

Now all I need to do is play on a boat, a train, and a plane. And possibly a hydrofoil.