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Ah September, you busy month you. Luckily, there have been another round of great vids published across the web this week to give us all a bit of visual respite on this not-quite-the-weekend-yet-day, so sit back in your chair, and enjoy …

We loved this one from Kinyobi design – the ending especially!

Another spot of lols from Lush, this time spruiking the label, Read It & Weep that launched recently.

LUSH IS ICE T from Read It & Weep on Vimeo.

We saw a whole bunch of stuff on the BBQ Burners from Ironlak a few weeks ago, but as far as we know this is a new video from Cameron Parr of the event – checkit.

BBQ Burners from Cameron Parr on Vimeo.

Sirum has been getting up to all kinds of stuff lately, in this video he teams up with Singapore’s Mimer for a paint-up – nice!

MIMER X SIRUM from Sort Shoots on Vimeo.

I mean, really … its just a website, dudes, and its news thats over eight years old – pretty on the ball there, hey?

Great little process video featuring Salmonella Dub of some of the work that went into the Ill Logic live art event the other week in Fitzroy.

Last but certainly not least, and because we are huge, huge fans of Nawls, this video showcases the ground breaking interactive comic on just released on the iPad – massively awesome.

Nawlz Interactive Comic for Ipad from NAWLZ on Vimeo.

That’s it for this weeks Transmissions, it’s been a great week for it! We’ll catch you next week for more, and, in the meantime, if you have any videos you’d like to submit for the column, just contact us!

The sounds of bass and scattered breakbeats play an important part in the New Zealand electronic scene, and, more often than not, one of the common sounds heard emanating from clubs across the Islands is dubstep. Working at the forefront of this effusive culture, Olie Bassweight, or DJ Evil as he is otherwise known, is one of many talented individuals who have helped turn New Zealand into a virtual Mecca for the dub phenomenon. With his DJ sets, production releases and the success of his Bassweight label, home to popular artists such as Organikismness, Optimus Gryme and Consequence, he is consistently one of NZs busiest DJs, and, as such, is as good an envoy for his homelands music as any other. (more…)

Despite the heat, Chromeo absolutely killed it on the main stage. This duo proved that good things really do come in pairs. Covering a range of old and new tracks, with D-Thugg pumping out his vocoded lyrics via a talkbox, the pair had the crowd eating out of their hands. From Fancy Footwork, to You’re so Gangster and all their best in between, funked it up good and proper. As the set wound down, and the lads walked off stage, chants of “Chromeo! woah woah!” erupted, and they came back to with 100% for their finale, leaving a large number of people deeply satisfied. (more…)