History Music / BlixtySlycat

** "Someday in the Rain" is named after a HaruhiSuzumiya episode

** Shows up again in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smsHPf-p-jI&feature=player_embedded "Goin' Off (Blood Like Barbed Wire)"]] by way of [[{{NWA}} "Straight Outta Compton"]]

* "Lost at...." and its remix, with 0dd1 as Under the Volcano.

* "My Routine" by Tony Knocks, from his upcoming ''False Alarm'' EP.

* LostEpisode - Any and all work involving The Cult of the Ape (sometimes called just "The Cult of..." for an assortment of reasons), a rap group Blixty did some production for is now totally lost due to the extremely limited (cassette, even!) run their sole album had, after the group's [[hottip:former members: Blixty himself, who then went by Raregruve and El the Daze, Benny Dreadful (aka Benny Dreadz, Ben London, Big Ben or Ben the Brit), Minnie Gunn (aka Delinquent, Lain, The Goddess Turned Flesh, and Tsunami), Ray-Don (Ray Dawnz, Raze'Ems, El Rey da Don), and DJ Nailz (Knailz, Gnails, Nales, etc.). Blixty was more of a backup member than anything]] had a falling out.

Blixty Slycat is [[IHaveManyNames probably the best-known alias]] of an electronic artist who frequently releases a high quantity of computer-made home music for free. His music has a tiny following, and runs the gamut of music it is possible to make with only samples on a computer. He seems to have recently abandoned the Blixty Slycat name with the release of the ''How've You Been?'' EP.

''Known Unreleased Material''

* ''The New Dope Sound 4 tha Modern Era'' by Cult of the Ape, see LostEpisode below.
* ''The Lightex Tapes (Notes From Beneath the Stars)'' -- Described as an "instrumental pop album".
* ''The Outlands'' -- Psychadelia EP
* ''Sleeping Beneath the Turntable'' -- Beat Tape
* ''Blixty Slycat's Adventures in Gensokyo'' -- seems to have been a collection of ''Touhou'' remixes.
* ''The Rocksteady Vulture'' -- EP under that name, instrumental hip-hop
* ''Canvases'' -- Beat Tape
* ''a sepia empire'' -- PostRock album

* "Camels" by Blixty and Tre Stuck, from TS's first album ''District 76''.
* "Ghost Rifles" by Minnie Gunn & Badgurrl Cokephiend, on ''The Beat of the Drum''

* LostEpisode - Any and all work involving The Cult of the Ape (sometimes called just "The Cult of..." for an assortment of reasons), a rap group Blixty did some production for is now totally lost due to the extremely limited (cassette, even!) run their sole album had, after the group's [[hottip:former members: Blixty himself, who then went by Raregruve and El the Daze, Benny Dreadful (aka Benny Dreadz, Ben London, Big Ben or Ben the Brit), Minnie Gunn (aka Delinquent, [[SerialExperimentsLain Lain]], The Goddess Turned Flesh, and Tsunami), Ray-Don (Ray Dawnz, Raze'Ems, El Rey da Don), and DJ Nailz (SpellMyNameWithAnS Knailz, Gnails, Nales, etc.). Blixty was more of a backup member than anything]] had a falling out.

* LostEpisode - Any and all work involving The Cult of the Ape (sometimes called just "The Cult of..." for an assortment of reasons), a rap group Blixty did some production for is now totally lost due to the extremely limited (cassette, even!) run their sole album had, after the group's [[hottip:former members: Blixty himself, who then went by Raregruve and El the Daze, Benny Dreadful (aka Benny Dreadz, Ben London, Big Ben or Ben the Brit), Minnie Gunn (aka Delinquent, [[SerialExperimentsLain Lain]], The Goddess Turned Flesh, and Tsunami), Ray-Don (Ray Dawnz, Raze'Ems, El Rey da Don), and DJ Nailz ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS Knailz, Gnails, Nales]], etc.). Blixty was more of a backup member than anything]] ]] had a falling out.

* LostEpisode - Any and all work involving The Cult of the Ape (sometimes called just "The Cult of..." for an assortment of reasons), a rap group Blixty did some production for is now totally lost due to the extremely limited (cassette, even!) run their sole album had, after the group's [[hottip:former members: Blixty himself, who then went by Raregruve and El the Daze, Benny Dreadful (aka Benny Dreadz, Ben London, Big Ben or Ben the Brit), Minnie Gunn (aka Delinquent, [[SerialExperimentsLain Lain]], The Goddess Turned Flesh, and Tsunami), Ray-Don (Ray Dawnz, Raze'Ems, El Rey da Don), and DJ Nailz ([[SpellMyNameWithAnS Knailz, Gnails, Nales]], etc.). Blixty was more of a backup member than anything]] had a falling out.

* ''The Lightex Tapes'' -- January 2011, on currently infinite hold: Electronic, instrumental pop album.

* ''The Outlands!'' -- Psychadelia album later cut down to an EP.

*** Likewise, its remix "The Melody X From a Wandering Star" refers to Nue.

* ShoutOut - By way of sampling or song titles.

* SelfDepreciation - "Blixty Slycat is Dead" can be called self-parody, if anything.

* ShoutOut - A lot, and to various things by way of sampling them or song titles. Most commonly, The Bendix Corporation, local geography, and ''SerialExperimentsLain''. One of the most esoteric is the title of "[[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya Someday in]] [[ThomasChimes the Rain]]".

Blixty Slycat is [[IHaveManyNames the latest alias]] of an electronic artist who frequently releases a high quantity of computer-made home music for free. His music has a tiny following, and runs the gamut of music it is possible to make with only samples on a computer. He usually eschews a traditional sampler in favor of simply cut-and-pasting samples together in Digital Audio Workstations.

* ''a sepia empire'' -- upcoming

* ''Adventures in Low Fidelity'' -- A series of four albums of different genres:

Blixty Slycat is [[IHaveManyNames the latest alias]] of an electronic artist (real name unknown, but frequently going by the alias of Nussen Bannikberg) who frequently releases a high quantity of computer-made home music for free. His music has a tiny following, and runs the gamut of music it is possible to make with only samples on a computer. He usually eschews a traditional sampler in favor of simply cut-and-pasting samples together in Digital Audio Workstations.

** ''Volume Two'' -- (to be announced) -- a hip-hop beat album, in the vein of ''The Beet Tape''

* ''Two Minute Miracle'' - One-off {{electro swing}} single, later rapped over by Babyfaced Illfigure (release forthcoming).

* IHaveManyNames - Known variously as El the Daze, DJ Daze, DJ Spain, Soter Omansky, Lightex, and The Ubiclex Calculus for different projects. Most recently, Blixty Slycat was added to this roster and has since become the default.

** ''Volume One'' -- May 2012: a "trippy" album;

* ''Two Minute Miracle'' - One-off {{electro swing}} single.

* ShoutOut - A lot, and to various things by way of sampling them or song titles. Most commonly, The Bendix Corporation, local geography, and ''SerialExperimentsLain''. One of the most esoteric is the title of "[[HaruhiSuzumiya Someday in]] [[ThomasChimes the Rain]]".

* WordSaladLyrics - Mike K's rapping on "The Funky Cow" off of ''Blix.trip''.

* ''The Outlands!'' -- Finished, Upcoming: Psychaedlia album

''With 0dd1 as Under the Volcano''

* ''currently untitled'' -- upcoming

Blix's most recent music can be streamed or downloaded from [[http://blixtyslycat.bandcamp.com/ his bandcamp page]]. Some of his older material can be found on [[http://lightworksmusic.webs.com/index.htm here]] (under "Lightex" then "Discography").

''With @/{{0dd1}} as Under the Volcano''

''As DJ Spain''

* ''This Too Is a Mystery'' -- 2010: Saw limited release on [=SectionZ=].com

''With @/{{SRC}} as The Fragmentation Collective

* ''Midnight Stories'' -- 2010: Saw limited release on [=SectionZ=].com

Also of note is the fact that Blix is a semi-retired troper (though he does not use that term). [[@/BlixtySlycat Here is his troper page]].

[[folder:Discography]]
[==]* indicates a nonreleased album. Bolded entries are mixtapes.

||'''''*James Blanche''''' || 2008 || ||
||'''''Galaxia Tapes''''' || 2009 || Released on Facebook under the name Raregruve. Terrible. ||
||'''''*Strange Signals Vol. 1 1967-2002''''' || 2009|| ||
||'''''*Skull Beats''''' || 2009 || Master tracks stolen. "Desert Thunderstorm" was reworked into ''Desert Burner''. ||
||''Volatile Mixture'' || 2009 || ||
||''Desert Burner'' || 2010 || ||
||''Kassettenacht'' || 2010 || ||
||'''''*A Sea of Dreams''''' || 2010 || Masters lost. ||
||'''''*Dada B''''' || 2010 || Most of the masters lost, the remainder released as ''From the Edge, W/ Love'' ||
||''Kassettejungl'' || 2010 || ||
||'''''The Chamber''''' || 2010 || Terrible, though not due to the guest stars, who actually did quite well. ||
||'''''Strange Signals Vol. 2 1971-2007''''' || || Integrated into the below. ||
||'''''This Too Is a Mystery''''' || 2010 || ||
||'''''Midnight Stories'''''|| 2010 || With @/{{SRC}} as The Fragmentation Collective. ||
||'''''Justifications'''''|| 2010 || Released through filesharing networks. ||
||'''''Halogen'''''|| 2010|| Released through filesharing networks ||
||'''''Oddeyenda'''''|| upcoming, tentative || Random Tidbits & Remixes collection. ||
||'''''Junkyard Jazz''''' || Dec. 2010 || retro electronic album. Under the alias of Post Human. ||
||'''''Distant Shores -- Mixtape''''' || Dec. 2010 || Finished ||
||'''''The Lightex Tapes'''''|| on infinite hold || Electronic, instrumental pop album.||
||'''''I Found Myself in a Dark Wood'''''|| March 2011|| ambient album||
||'''''float zombies'''''||May 2011|| sound collage album||
||'''''The Superdope Massive From Way-Out (Exile Over Blue Mountain)'''''|| May 2011|| Weird(er) album||
||'''''Blix.trip'''''|| August 2011 || as Blixt ||
||'''''The Outlands!'''''|| upcoming || as Blixty Slycat, psychadelia album||
[[/folder]]

!Tropes that apply to Lightex's music:

* DigitalPiracyIsEvil - Here inverted, Lightex refuses to sell the music he makes at all, giving it away instead, and thinks digital piracy is a ''good'' thing.
* GenreRoulette - While they are all electronic at their core, Lightex's albums' actual ''content'', both sonically and thematically, varies widely.
* IHaveManyNames - Since adopting the Lightex moniker (which itself is sometimes tailed with "The Tomorrow People") he was known variously as El the Daze, DJ Daze, DJ Spain, Soter Omansky, and The Ubiclex Calculus for different projects. Most recently, Blixty Slycat was added to this roster and has since become the default.

* ShoutOut - A lot, and to various things by way of sampling them or song titles. Most commonly, The Bendix Corporation, local geography, and ''SerialExperimentsLain''. One of the most esoteric is the title of "[[HaruhiSuzumiya Someday in the Rain]]".