CouchPotatoes profile picture

CouchPotatoes

South African LoungeHop Extraordinaire

About Me


Take one Drum n Bass DJ, add an MC with roots in hardcore and punk, have a few tokes, mix in some acoustic blues and jazz and sew it all together with some seriously sweet beats....you're starting to get an idea.
Now, add a seriously twisted designer with dangerous skills, and the CouchPotatoes are ready for the next level of auditory and visual illness!
Get back on the Couch where you belong!
~*LATEST NEWS FROM THE COUCH!*~
NEW! "Baby Please" track posted!
I am please to announce the completion of Baby Please, featuring the sultry tones of MissMills on female vocals....The song deals with the age-old concept of calling in a final favour with someone you've shared a history with, before never speaking to them ever again...i figure everyone can relate to this....:)checkit! get it while it's HOT!NEW! Blues For The Dying Sun track posted!
For a limited time only the track NEW track Blues For The Dying Sun is available for download HERE . Get it while it's Hot!
I am pleased to announce the addition of another killer track, Blues For The Dying Sun, to our portfolio; this time featuring my good friend Emperor Zoloft, a.k.a. Waldo Alexander, of 3 Bored White Guys and previously of the Sontonga Quartet.
The Emperor is one of the finest violinists in South Africa today, and has more world-touring experience than most muso’s could shake a stick at. We recorded this a few days before the end of last year, and I think the results speak for themselves…a soothing, yet mournful ode to the end of the day (and a celebration of the beginning of another night!)
Feel free to check the track out and leave a comment, I’m still trying to decide whether to add vocals to it, so any comments in this vein will be very helpful.
Enjoy it, and remember, Keep it on the Couch!
Tim - SKiZM
NEW! Download the CouchPotatoes track from DJ REDWOOD's debut album "REDRUM"
For a limited time only the track Mellow D featured on DJ Redwood's debut album is available for download HERE . Get it while it's Hot!
CouchPotatoes feature on Jozi scratch master DJ REDWOOD's debut album "REDRUM"
"Mellow D" by the CouchPotatoes is to be featured on DJ Redwood's debut album "RedRum". Featuring various home-made instruments and some traditional african ones, this song is one of the first we ever put together.
Featuring Glynn on vox and Chris's brother Dom on a host of sound-generators, this song will sooth a busy mind and calm even the wildest of beasts....Click on the link below to visit Redwood's site
*NEW!* 3 Kick-Ass tracks posted!
Hela hela!
After toiling till all hours of the morning for the last week, I am uberpleased to announce that there are 3 All-New Ass-Kicking tracks posted for your enjoyment...
These songs will be posted for one week to enable you all to get a sneak peek at the latest we have to offer....we're pretty impressed at the way they turned out, and have a sinking feeling you guys might be too...
The three songs posted are:
* Plastic Wrapper - a dark and subversive ode to stalking, abduction, fast cars and faceless paranoia...
* In a Can, Man - we all live in boxes....the thing is, only some of us realise this and try to do something about it...the rest just sit back and try to find a corner that doesn't hurt their backs too much.
* 21 Bong Salute - a paean to the joys of bong hitting - without them the CouchPotatoes would not be here....or we might have taken over the world already...hehe
We think that these tracks represent the next step in the CouchPotatoes' development - the tracks are rich, multi-layered compositions with even a *Gasp!* vocal harmony or 2 thrown in to add to the sickness...Let us know what you think.
C'mon. Do it!
Regards, SKiZM
These shoes were made for stalking....
*NEW!* CouchPotatoes/JimmyTwoTone TRACK AVAILABLE AT JimmyTwoTone's Myspace page.
Click on the shoes to visit the site
Hey all,
We finally have a version of JimmyTwoTone's Part 1: The Father recorded and ready for your own personal audiophilic appreciation...swing by JimmyTwoTone and have a listen - the beats are sick, but the story's SICKER...
Leave a comment, lambaste the story, tell me how much you hate it, or how much you like it.
I don't care.
Neither does Jimmy.
(Although you never know with that mofo...)
There are about 10 more in various stages of recording, all to follow soon, so watch this space.
JimmyTwoTone - SkeleText Stories for the Attention Defecit Generation

SKiZM THE DIRTY OLD MAN!


SKiZM recently had a cameo appearance in Misled's "Words That Pave Your Way" music video, a banger of a track from one of Johannesburg's finest hardcore bands - click on the Misled banner below to download.
And while you're about it, appreciate the body padding and litres of fake sweat i had to endure....yumm...
Misled : Words that pave your way

Add to My Profile | More Videos
(7.5MB)
JIMMY TWOTONE COMES TO LIFE!!
I have been messing around with this character for a while now... and have just uploaded the latest compliation for your brain-frying pleasure...
Click HERE to read 'em!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/10/2005
Band Members:

Cap'Tim VandenBland / SKiZM (BlandTim) - Vox, Guitars, Bass, beats, samples, engineering

Kommandant Kartoffelkopf / ORG@NIC (Chris) - Keys, beats, samples, engineering, bass, Vox

PHOENIX (Scott) - Visuals, logos, design, general sickness

MissMills - Female vocals on "Baby Please"

Influences:
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Long Beach Dub Allstars
Future Sound Of London
Thievery Corporation
Immortal Technique
Dan the Automator
Chemical Brothers
Marianne Faithfull
John Lee Hooker
Louis Armstrong
Death In Vegas
Secret Chiefs 3
JimmyTwoTone
Alice In Chains
Nine Inch Nails
Duke Ellington
Ella Fitzgerald
John Coltrane
SquarePusher
House of Pain
Faith No More
Red Snapper
Orange 9mm
Red Snapper
Sick Of It All
Frank Zappa
Sage Francis
Cannibal Ox
Atmosphere
Jimi Hendrix
Ninja Tunes
Non Phixion
Mike Patton
Aphex Twin
Aesop Rock
Amon Tobin
King Kooba
Miles Davis
MethodMan
Morcheeba
DJ Shadow
Prince Paul
Tomahawk
Kool Keith
Neil Young
Authechre
Mudvayne
Mr Bungle
Dieselboy
Mastodon
Fantomas
Kid Koala
Speedy J
DJ Vadim
DoseOne
Evil Nine
Redman
Buck 65
Slipknot
Sublime
DJ Food
Gorillaz
Kid 606
JJ Cale
Helmet
Pixies
Kyuss
Ill Bill
Bjork
Necro
Down
Qwel
Korn
Beck
Sole
Tool
Pot
Jel

Sounds Like: Lovage
Flipsyde
Everlast
Morcheeba
Red Snapper
Peeping Tom
Massive Attack
Long Beach Dub Allstars
Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Handsome Boy Modeling School

Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Jimmy TwoTone

  Jimmy TwoTone is a character I've been writing about for a while now. The style is quite progressive and the content quite graphic. About 2 weeks ago a friend of mine and I decided to start pri...
Posted by CouchPotatoes on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 02:22:00 PST