Hip and Trippy Productions

Annabel Gillings’ Fukushima: Is Nuclear Power Safe? (2011) is a documentary that explores the aftermath of the “Core melt accident” at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. The program explores several topics while looking at the Fukushima meltdown, the majority of which focus on the effects of radiation nearby the plant.  More specifically the physical and psychological effects of a nuclear meltdown on a human population. This motif is further promoted through the evaluation of data from the survivors of the 1986 nuclear meltdown at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. The program uses these two events in specific to explore some of the risks associated with radiation exposure and the ailments that arise from it. However, the information provided is selective and therefore gives the impression that the documentary is subversive, or at least an unreliable analysis of the dangers associated with nuclear power.

Hip and Trippy is currently promoting four artists for TV/Film soundtracks.  They can be found under the artist roster at Reverbnation here.

Having lived in New Mexico for the last 14 years it’s safe to say it’s the state that Lonely Boy calls home. He was introduced by a friend to Electronic Music in late 1997, it quickly became a major part of his life changing his views on music forever.

PHJC (Psycho Homicidal Jungle Cat) AKA Boomkicker

AFFILIATIONS:  Hip And Trippy / Konkrete Jungle

STYLE OF MUSIC:  Drum And Bass / Experimental / Live PA

BOOKING:  phjc09@hipandtrippy.com

PHJC LINKS:  MySpace / Reverb Nation/Last FM /

BOOMKICKER LINKS:  Myspace /

New PHJC Bio Coming soon

Last Yakuza in the Universe

In the opening sequence of Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s Last Life in the Universe (2003) we see Kenji’s (Tadanobu Asano) imagined suicide.  We are shown his ‘attempt’ through the constricted lens of Kenji’s ordered and dull imagination.  These illusions are aesthetically reinforced in the scene through the use of surreal soundscapes, set design, and diffused color.  These elements work to force us further into Kenji’s subjective mind state and therefore into his filmic world; one of order and loneliness.  Moreover, these components also function to reinforce the iconic and emblematic lizard that is a fundamental aspect of Kenji’s character.  Therefore, in this analysis we will look specifically at how this sequence technically and symbolically functions in representing Kenji’s character.

-10/08/09 Happy Birthday Hip And Trippy. Your ten years old today!

-05/04/09 Jahkub aka Lonely Boy live May 12th with Vent and Imeh. No Cover! 21+ Show begins at 10 PM, Burt’s Tiki Lounge, Albuquerque NM.

-01/09/09 Happy belated New Year. Not a whole lot going on folks but there are a few projects in the works.

-11/09/08 Working on some new music, hopefully we will have it up by next month.

-7/16/08 Busy as of late but we do have some new content on the way and a expansion of the site. Hang in there with us as we expand.

Well, finally switching over the site to support some new media… Stay tuned!