Brainfeeder presents a discussion with Kode 9 this Sunday March 28th in Downtown LA! Kode 9 (real name: Steve Goodman) owns and operates the much-lauded Hyperdub label and has also recently published a book on MIT Press called Sonic Warfare: Sound, Affect, and the Ecology of Fear. From what I understand, Kode 9′s presentation at Brainfeeder Sessions will mostly focus on the ideas he puts forth in the book. From the book jacket:

Sound can be deployed to produce discomfort, express a threat, or create an ambiance of fear or dread—to produce a bad vibe. Sonic weapons of this sort include the “psychoacoustic correction” aimed at Panama strongman Manuel Noriega by the U.S. Army and at the Branch Davidians in Waco by the FBI, sonic booms (or “sound bombs”) over the Gaza Strip, and high-frequency rat repellents used against teenagers in malls. At the same time, artists and musicians generate intense frequencies in the search for new aesthetic experiences and new ways of mobilizing bodies in rhythm. In Sonic Warfare, Steve Goodman explores these uses of acoustic force and how they affect populations.

Most theoretical discussions of sound and music cultures in relationship to power, Goodman argues, have a missing dimension: the politics of frequency. Goodman supplies this by drawing a speculative diagram of sonic forces, investigating the deployment of sound systems in the modulation of affect. Traversing philosophy, science, fiction, aesthetics, and popular culture, he maps a (dis)continuum of vibrational force, encompassing police and military research into acoustic means of crowd control, the corporate deployment of sonic branding, and the intense sonic encounters of sound art and music culture.

Absolutely stunning visuals courtesy of Destroy Rock Music Inc accompany music from the new Daedelus album in this promo video. The album, titled Righteous Fists of Harmony, is set for release on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label on March 23rd 2010.

Daedelus “Righteous Fists of Harmony” from DestroyRockMusic Inc. on Vimeo.

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Daedelus a couple times over the years and it’s always a great experience. He showed me one of my favorite record stores in Los Angeles when I first moved here several years ago (Record Surplus on Pico Blvd. in West LA), a favor I don’t take lightly since I know how closely some people guard their digging locations. I recently ran into him in Boulder, CO where he performed alongside Evol Intent during the Unconditional Evol tour last year and we were able to geek out on music for a bit before he had to depart the venue to catch an early flight.

I wish him the best of luck with the new album and his ongoing Magical Properties Tour, which has some of the best poster art I’ve seen lately: