Tags: 2010's psychedelia, 2013, Animal Collective, Jack Kubizine
Here we go: the inevitable acid trip scene in the latest installation of the GTA franchise.
“Let’s Talk About Gender Baby, Let’s Talk About You and Me” is a rework of The Knife’s “Full of Fire”by Planningtorock.
Dancing by Jason Hull.
Psychedelic visuals by Dan Tombs.
“Psyché Rock” (from Messe pour le temps présent) by musique concrète master Pierre Henry is a true classic of psychedelic culture. It moves effortlessly between popular material (Louie Louie, the fuzzy sound of psychedelic rock, etc.) and avant-garde techniques of sound manipulation.
You can find all kinds of remixes and versions of the influential track for example by Fatboy Slim, Coldcut, Stereolab, Moog Cookbook, etc. and of course probably the most popular: the Futurama theme.
(You can find a longer version of the video here)
This is NOT a mod or a glitched or otherwise altered game. It is actually an arcade game known as PuLiRuLa or Pu-Li-Ru-La Arcade Gears that was released by the Japanese video game publisher TAITO (of Space Invaders and Bubble Bobble fame) in 1991. Believe it or not – it was even brought to North America in the same year.
The video above shows only the game’s 3rd round which is of a “lysergic” madness I would not have expected from an officially released video game. But the rest of the game is also crazy psychedelic and very beautiful, so I have included the first part of a playthrough underneath.
This one is a real gem! I am getting a strong Jodorowsky vibe here. Hope you enjoy it, too!
You can check out part 2 here.