Hi there. I'm an actor/writer/remixer-type. Available for hire. I run a recording outfit called Rural War Room Records International Online featuring out-of-the-ordinary performers - mostly from Arkansas.
I am also known as DJ ApeShit. Recently informed that I'm a remix pioneer. Yay! Thanks BPS, DBS and Steph. All this time I was just quietly doing my DJ ApeShit music thing thinking it wouldn't have an audience... who knew?
The music playing on this page is from extensive Mash-Up archives, which date back to 1985. More mixes posted soon.
Half of a duo, the world's first cyberband called RURAL WAR ROOM since January 2005.
–> Check us out at the International iTunes Store here.
RURAL WAR ROOM is proud to be part of the global Songcast family.
–> Find the RWR page at Songcast International here.
–> Buy RWR music on Amazon here.
–> Buy RWR products at Cafe Press here.
-> Listen to/bookmark the KABF 88.3 FM Radio Little Rock live link.
–> To near my cuts from NYC, Japan and Italy click here.
Began creating audio and video remixes, now known as Mash-Ups, in 1985 with a pair of dual-cassette jam-boxes from Sears and a couple of VHS machines. That same year began VHS video experiments with two recorders, one of which had a "hi-fi stereo" overdub feature allowing for sound to be added in "post." Got a Juno 106 and a Clarion 5 cassette 4-track studio in 1987 and began blending similar popular songs into single cuts (Mash-Ups) adding keyboard, bass and sometimes vocal or guitar parts. Recorded throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, incorporating more unusual sounds - toys, micro-cassette noise, skipping vinyl, cassette sync effects and nature to expand the sound spectrum. Continues mashing today with vinyl and tape. A student of Japanese Mutant New Wave music and films that played on The Forty Deuce or "Deuce" in NYC from the late 1950s to the late 1970s aka "grindhouse" films. Collects vinyl, musical toys and vintage films.
Has run an independent production company, Closecut Mediaworks since 1997. Just finished remastering audio depositions from Little Rock's bizarre McKool Murder case for a 2009 Lifetime made-for-TV movie. Closecut has also had video features on ABC's 20/20 in the now-famous Cooper Tire cast of 2000.
Closecut Mediaworks has included partnerships such as First Strike Records, and No Outlet Productions. Releases from both are now available as products published by Rural War Room ASCAP. Upcoming CD releases include Johnny Future, RURAL WAR ROOM, Tammy Loretta Judd, Bob Wall, The Real Jonzes, Mr. Santa, Red Octopus Theater, Kold'n Hostile and others. All are linked below.
Upcoming releases on Rural War Room Records from long-forgotten artists include compilations of 78rpm and 33rpm vinyl records. These recordings are from lost genres such as "Audio Stag", "Heavy Breathing", as well as rare "Black Party Records" and other lost recordings from the 1940s to the 1960s.
Here is a list of direct links for Rural War Room Records Recording Artists. More Artist Web Pages Soon:
• Elton and Betty White <– New Official Page!
• Johnny Future
• Bob Wall and the Wall-Notes
• Tammy Loretta Judd
• Red Octopus Theater
• Mr. Santa
• The Real Jonzes
• Vanity Release
- and the band that started it all -
• RURAL WAR ROOM
Also, watch for the lost gem, The New World of Stainless Steel (2009) and a compilation of lost records, 78 Party! (2009).
Recently produced and directed the first music video for "Last Train" by The Transistors Roma, Italy. This song is the first single from the international release, Modern Landscape (2008 Funky Juice) in March.
Produces an two-hour weekly online radio show with "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music" collage artist Byron Werner. This most adventurous broadcast is syndicated in the US, Switzerland and Japan. Schedules for all events can be found through the links below.
>>> -> Rural War Room Radio - Every Tuesday Night, 10pm - 12am Midnight CST
Suitt and Werner together (with others in other countries recording online) are the band
>>> RURAL WAR ROOM
The debut CD has been well received among psychedelic music fans.
>>> Listen to Ring-A-Ding Orangutan here.
This double-length album has received airplay in markets all over the world, spawning a remix EP with bonus live cuts. The title cut is to be featured on an upcoming Bob Moog tribute record by Cherry Red Records UK. Click the EP for more information.
Artwork ©2008 by Byron Werner
ORDER THE INTERNATIONAL HIT the Rural War Room EP, featuring Moog remixes from Rome, Italy and club cuts from NYC, USA.
Currently working on a third RURAL WAR ROOM release. This new full-length album, The Flaming Yawn (2007 RWRR) consists of live music with real-time hand-spun vinyl, secret micro-cassette recordings with found sounds and vocals edited into unusually-structured songs. Currently at the mic: The Handband, Robot Bank, The SRM Power Gear Voice Changer, Mattel's The Farmer Says, Little Play-A-Song's Jesus Loves Me book (with a low battery) The Simpson's Official Burger King Talking Watches, The SRM Power Gear Space Fazer and the Colour Echo Killer.
Also writes and produces with
>>>RED OCTOPUS THEATER
>>>VIEW ACTING RESUME HERE
Is also half of the DEVO-approved, space-age duo
>>>JOHNNY FUTURE
Visit and befriend these links! Thanks for stopping by!
All material ©2008 Donavan Suitt and RURAL WAR ROOM.
