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Graham Reznick

@grahamreznick.bsky.social

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filmmaker (DEADWAX, I CAN SEE YOU); game writer (UNTIL DAWN, THE QUARRY); sound (HOUSE OF THE DEVIL, RABBIT TRAP); Synthesizermanipulator linktr.ee/grahamreznick

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · Nov 24

my phone just reminded me that DEADWAX came out in November (2018) so this photo is here to remind you that if you like records and / or horror and / or psychedelic neo-noir then you should check it out on Shudder

B&W production still from DEADWAX (2018) featuring me and my good buddy “shriveled dead guy with headphones”

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MORE REALISTIC GOALS @morerealisticgoals.bsky.social · 4h

w/ @necrosferatul.bsky.social, @grahamreznick.bsky.social, @thirdkindrecords.bsky.social, @nadspiro.bsky.social, @confluxcoldwell.bsky.social & some others x

MORE REALISTIC GOALS @morerealisticgoals.bsky.social · 4h

While I’m in a motorway services somewhere between Manchester and Southampton you could be listening to MORE REALISTIC GOALS on Reform Radio - it’s on now.

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 5h

Ropin' in sunday morning with Perpetual Tunes from @slackeyeslim.bsky.social on @perpetualdoom.bsky.social

ultra grizzled low fi cowboy covers of perpetual classics. hot damn this tape is good

slackeyeslim.bandcamp.com/album/perpet...

Slackeye Slim cassette "Perpetual Tunes" in a transparent tape deck and the case to the side, on a marble table; headphone cable snaking towards camera

tracklist for Slackeye Slim cassette "Perpetual Tunes":
Perpetual Doom Presents: Perpetual Tunes
featuring Slackeye Slim
1. Cowboy Dan (Modest Mouse)
2. Cold Cold Ground (Tom Waits)
3. Heel On The Shovel (16 Horsepower)
4. Climbing Up The Walls (Radiohead)
5. Anthem (Leonard Cohen)
6. Mack The Knife (Kurt Weill via Louis Armstrong)

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Connor Ratliff @connorratliff.bsky.social · 22h

Re-posting my very long appreciation thread from 7 months ago about the episode of Twin Peaks that Diane Keaton directed.

Short version: I think her work on this episode is very underrated!

Connor Ratliff @connorratliff.bsky.social · Mar 12

February 9, 1991: Diane Keaton's episode of Twin Peaks airs. (S2E15)

It is often cited as one of the worst episodes of the entire series (I disagree -- I think S2E12 is the worst!) but I personally think Keaton's direction is fun.

I am gonna do a thread now of GIFs & clips, all from that episode.

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 21h

if you ever wanted to know what MGMT sorta covering Suicide's Ghost Rider then turning it into an epic MGMT song would be like, track 3 Destrokk is for you! (it's great)

didnt specify 45 anywhere on this guy so i listened to Time to Pretend at 33 out of spite (it was still great)

avocado green vinyl for MGMT Time to Pretend EP held up in front of pumpkins, vinyl, and cassettes

vinyl sleeve for MGMT Time to Pretend EP

Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 1d

an error screen:
"Oh no
Something went wrong
[OK]"

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Ned Raggett @nedraggett.bsky.social · 1d

A chat with @andyzax.bsky.social reminded me of a real late 1990s artifact, Vangelis's "Tegos Tapes," done for a Greek surgeon as background music for training videos because said surgeon figured just him talking would be boring as shit. 8 hours plus of spacelanes drift!

Vangelis - The Tegos Tapes (1998) : Annum Integrum : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Tegos Tapes is an interesting example of an obscure and heretofore unreleased Vangelis soundtrack unknown by many of even his most devoted fans.The...

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 2d

Hailu Mergia has been on constant rotation on my stereo for years but i finally snagged a tape of the eternal classic SHEMONMUANAYE

cassette case for Hailu Mergia - Shemonmuanaye on the dashboard of a car

Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 3d

!!! i've been surprised how good some tapes can sound, when made well. especially stuff with big impactful low end!

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 3d

not to mention that open quotation mark before "The [Dolby] mark...." that is never closed

guess it was anything goes with tapes in the 70s

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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 3d

Still think Antifa isn't violent? Here's bodycam footage of Antifa founder B.J. Blazkowicz shooting a heroic member of ICE who was just trying to protect this great nation. Thank God we have Blazkowicz's girlfriend in custody.

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 3d

hello mary lou

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 3d

also: "Dolbyized"?!!!

closeup of T Rex - Electric Warrior - says: "This tape is mastered to Dolby "B" standards for noise reduction. Decrease treble response when playing on non-Dolbyized equipment. "The mark and the word Dolby are trademarks of
DOLBY Laboratories Inc."

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 3d

ngl this tape sounds maybe even better than my OG vinyl

(in my car. where i can't play records)

cassette case for T Rex - Electric Warrior on the dashboard of a car

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 4d

responding only to your earlier post: no one in the history of nyc has ever had a whole pie delivered, and anchovies do not exist in real life

this is the final ruling on this matter

Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 4d

a stone cold classic from @stevemoore2600.bsky.social

cassette case for steve moore - primitive neural pathways on the dashboard of a car

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 5d

take a left at your intestine
take your second right past mars

cassette case for polygon window surfing on sine waves on the dashboard of a car

cassette side B of polygon window surfing on sine waves on the steering wheel of a car

Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 6d

i prefer a deaner filter or a gener filter

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 6d

this is terrifying but also

weiner filter

www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

The processing works like this: the raw audio data is run through digital signal processing using a Wiener Filter, where you can start to hear some information. This is then further cleared up through a neural model, giving the researchers clear audio.

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 6d

i came back as a bag of groceries

cassette case for they might be giants' Flood on the dashboard of a car

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 6d

I am rating x-files episodes by the caliber and performance of their hallway shots

s4e14 "Memento Mori"

10/10
RED LINES

#thexfiles #xfileshallwayshots

a man stands in a dark hallway, red lines on the floor

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 7d

every once in a while in Hades II you meet a cute little animal and give them a treat and then you're like

Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 7d

mid 70s LZII - real hissy and definitely duplicated LOUD, so it overmodulates (pleasantly) at times - but hot damn it sounds good. still beaten of course by the RL hot press but it's pretty up there!

alas, the tape is cursed and stopped running after one play through.

cassette case for Led Zeppelin II in front of an Akai deck

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Mack Hagood @mactra.bsky.social · 9d

Graham was such a blast to talk to—loved this conversation with a great multi-hyphenate artist!

Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 15d

A total honor to be a guest on @mactra.bsky.social ’s esteemed PHANTOM POWER podcast, going deep on RABBIT TRAP sound design process, DEADWAX, guitar pedals, and insidious audio. Phantom Power is essential listening for anyone into in sound, music, & audio theory!

www.mackhagood.com/podcast/insi...

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Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 8d

If there’s one album that’s helped me shake off the despair of this year so far, more than any other, it’s been this one. Favorite track of the year (for me; the album is from 2019) is EASY LEAVING, which hits me just as hard the 300th time as it did the 1st.

westirey.bandcamp.com/track/easy-l...

Easy Leaving, by Wes Tirey

from the album No Winners in the Blues

westirey.bandcamp.com

Graham Reznick @grahamreznick.bsky.social · 8d

Picked up this Wes Tirey album when the (great) experimental label Full Spectrum closed up shop earlier this year. Fingerpicked acoustic dueling with a verbed out, electric guitarscape, Tirey’s deep vibrato slicing across like a constant tiebreaker.

LP sleeve for Wes Tirey’s NO WINNERS IN THE BLUES