Nwodtlem

Nwodtlem, or "meltdown” backwards, is Sean Marven, who is known in the plunderphonic breakcore world for his audio work. Marven’s latest project, piR8, is an excursion into the Jawa style of video editing, pioneered by Toronto artist Tasman Richardson and similar to the concept of Coldcut and Hexstatic’s "Timber” video, where video samples are sequenced for their audio and visual interaction. Jawa is distinct from traditional video editing because the audio and video segments are not separated, rather considered as a unit when editing and composing a visual song. Nwodtlem melted down a box of VHS tapes and cast them into frantic and funny broken beat compositions of "video concrete” from the detritus of pop culture. This is micro-cinema meets post-rave "mashdown” and the results are sensory overload detritus that begs to be played on a larger screen with the volume up all the way. Never has Schwarzenegger’s work been more captivating or Bryan Adams been more absurd than their appearances alongside vacant beauties jittering about in "Blondes Have More Coke.” True to sample culture, this work is available at archive.org, so download today and spread the love.