Electronic & Dance Music: drum n bass/ jungle, electro, breakbeat/ nu skool breaks, industrial/ electro-industrial/ ebm, synth pop/ electroclash, techno/tech house/deep house/progressive house, psychedelic trance, IDM/ experimental electronics/ ambient/ glitch sounds/ folktronica/ downbeat, jazztronica/ electro-jazz, leftfield/ instrumental/ electronified hip-hop/trip-hop. Rock Music: art-rock/ avant-prog/ avant rock, electro-rock/ epic alt-rock, experimental rock, jazz-rock, kraut rock/ math rock/ post-hardcore/ post-rock/ space-rock, darkwave/ gothic/ ethereal, dark metal, hardcore/ metalcore/ noisecore, post punk and shoegazer/dream pop sounds. Other Orbits:Kozmigroov, avant / free jazz, dub, modern composition, improvised music and many other hybrids and musical mutations.
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2008 ALBUM RELEASES: 2008 FORTHCOMING ALBUMS
using rateyourmusic.com: 2008 Album Releases [Updated Regularly]
This information is updated on a continual basis.
[These dates apply to the UK and can change as record companies/distributors do have a habit of messing us around!]
A comparison of the most popular artists listened to by Audioscrobbler users from the US and the UK.
It's strange to be reminded that people in the UK haven't heard so much of the biggest indie bands from the US, like Modest Mouse, The Postal Service, Death Cab For Cutie, The Shins and Bright Eyes .
From a UK perspective all those bands are/ have been played on daytime & evening on 6 Music and Xfm and probably on the specialist new rock programmes of conformist trad songs rock station Virgin. None of those artists appeal to me, but I am hardly a typical UK music listener.
Naturally both sides of the Atlantic demonstrate that mediocre, mainstream and mostly boring trad songs rock is predominately listened to. With some artists on both lists that I would moan or switch the radio off if played.
This US list looks like a combo of Rolling Stone/Spin and the UK list looks like a combination of Q/NME/ Kerrang. # posted by DJ Martian 12:27 AM
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Encompass London - April 29 - May 1, Bank Holiday weekend
More info on Encompass London is emerging. However the website is built using the ghastly and inappropriate Macromedia Flash !
Navigating the Business and Art of Cutting Edge Music and with 100 DJs and live bands playing across six London venues based around the day time location of the Old Truman Brewery, Encompass announces its first release of artists and labels playing from April 29 – May 1, Bank Holiday weekend. Expecting 1500 industry delegates and 6000 fans over 3 days and 3 nights, Encompass is an event that commands exploration.
During the daytime there will be eight hours of music on the main stage, whilst the night time venues of neighbouring clubs Cargo, 93 Feet East, Spitz, Vibe Bar and Herbal will host nightly label showcases bringing a further five hours of cutting edge music per day from around the world to the heart of London’s Brick Lane and vibrant Hoxton area.
With confirmed artists such as Goldie (UK), Speedy J (NL), Hacker live (FR), 20:20Soundsystem live (UK), Billy Nasty (UK), Vitalic live (FR), Cristian Vogel (UK), Ralph Lawson (UK), T.Raumschmiere (GER), Sons of Slough live (UK), The Electric Press Boogie Corporation live (UK), Maximilian Hecker live (GER), Tristan Da Cunha (UK), Kitty Yo DJs (GER), and Raconteur live (JP) to name but a few this is sure to be an annual event to rival Barcelona’s Sonar Festival. With more artists still to be announced RA is sure you’ll agree that’s already a mouth-watering proposition over 3 glorious days and nights of unrivalled musical excellence.
Reflecting the truly international and multi-cultural, genre-spanning nature of the event labels confirmed to play at Encompass so far already include some of the most revered labels in their respective fields. Goldie’s pioneering drum n bass imprint Metalheadz, the jazzier edged sounds of Jazzanova’s Sonar Kollektiv, Novamute’s futuristic techno, Kitty Yo’s live eclecticism, 20:20 Vision’s sublime house, Nasha’s Asian style breaks and even Lex’s alternative and progressive take on hip hop to name but a few lead the way in contemporary electronic music.
Sounds interesting? You can now register for tickets and stalls at www.encompass-london.com. # posted by DJ Martian 11:38 PM
Tennent's Lager is delighted to announce that this year's most exciting and incendiary sonic trailblazers - LCD Soundsystem - are set to play Triptych 05, which runs from April 27 to May 1.
The full programme of events, spanning Edinburgh , Glasgow and Aberdeen, will be revealed on March 1 st 2005. # posted by DJ Martian 11:17 PM
ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Hrvatski - Irrevocably Overdriven Break Freakout Megamix Entschuldigen
One we've all been waiting for for an absolute age - Keith Fullerton Whitman returns with the first release on his brand new Entschuldigen imprint and an absolutely headmashin, genius-tinged megamix of classic Hrvatski material old and new. Widely known throughout sentient populations for ruthlessly eclectic music, Keith Fullerton Whitman and his alter ego have released on scores of tastemaking labels. He has collaborated with and/or remixed a who's who of contemporary music and sound production. His last two released albums were voted to the top of many year-end lists. Recorded live at San Francisco's RX Gallery (as part of the Jiffy Scutler series curated by Blevin Blectum, J. Lesser, Lance Grabmiller and Sean Rooney), this incredible set disfunctionally contains a wide selection of material from Hrvatski's vast repertoire, including a majority of otherwise unreleased tracks and reworkings of some of his now classic anthems. Rather than a neatly beat-matched piece, Hrvatski opts to tear his work apart in a depraved manner, eviscerating themes and passages with coatings of found sounds, instrumentals, layers of digital bleeps and coatings of additional breaks and beats. A more apt title you could not wish to find. For a decimated post-junglist deathcore ambient bezerkerist party for inspiration - look no further! Awesome....
ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Masha Qrella - Unsolved Remained Morr Music
First off we'll start by saying that Masha Qrella's debut album "Luck" from a couple of years back has been one of the most overlooked albums we've ever stocked - and yet every single time we play it in the office or the shop people stop to ask what on earth it is and how they go about getting their hands on it. Perhaps Masha qrella's unusual name goes some way to explain why her miraculous, addictive debut album didn't quite become the crossover hit so many tastemakers expected it to be, despite it being regarded by many as the most refined and timeless indie-pop albums of the last few years - a constant favourite with virtually anyone who's heard it including some of the bands that Masha Qrella has recently supported : sonic youth and calexico amongst others. For us, their new album "unsolved remained" is one of the most anticipated releases of the year - masha's songs remain more important than any obvious demonstration of (plentifully available) production skills. The key here is her incredible songwriting and perfectly judged delivery - distinctions between electronic and acoustic elements scarcely trouble the listener as you realise you've barely had a chance to absorb each of these songs before they become an entrenched part of the psyche. But some room on this record was handed over to other musical voices as well. The snapping and crackling rhythm track on "vertical destination" was programmed by Berlin sound/visual-collective Rechenzentrum. Similarly, the laconically dragged-out backing track of "I can't tell" was created in the laboratory of Swedish Henrik Johansson - better known as smyglyssna. Finally in the four-and-a-half minute long "C.Bones" a sample of ISO 68 finds itself respectfully integrated into the logic of Qrella's songwriting. "Unsolved Remained" individually and uniquely continues to formulate Masha Qrella`s world of sound, warmer, more confident and multi-layered than its predecessor, with a production that gives these 11 songs, written by one of the most interesting songwriters of her genre, proper density as well as space. We implore you all to check out this incredible album, melancholy yet feelgood in the most contagious sense, surely one of the records of the year. ..
Mental Overdrive - 083 Smalltown Supersound
Per Martinsen has been tweaking his icy norwegian knobs since his debut for the legendary R&S imprint all the way back in 1990. Since then he's had a plethora of releases on all manner of labels including a short spat with Virgin, although this is his first release since 1999. In sharp contrast to the heavy jazz and abstract leanings of most of his Norwegian compatriots, Per Martinsen's electronic tinkering takes him to a much more accesible plane, brandishing the kind of tweaked electronica that often dips into electroid and even broken house frames, bringing to mind a less glitter-strewn version of Lucien N Luciano. This makes for a refreshing listen on smalltown supersound, a label that often does its best to unhinge, with the closing track `Ases Tod' in particular pushing all the right spacious buttons. Well worth checking out....
Hp Stonji - Melaina Chloe Spezialmaterial
Hans Platzgumer and E Stonji return as HP Stonji to deliver this mighty, complementary album to their well received 6-track EP for the SpezialMaterial collective. 14 tracks in all, and with ten exclusive to this release, this cd encompasses fully the collective's penchant for digital artistic and musical exploration, with some additional features for MAC & PC. Stonji are of course at home in the warehouse or arthouse, but the dirty fat breaks, whomping basslines and dark atmospheres align them most accurately with the former. 'Errorbeauty' lashes benign waves of melody to a tuff bass drum which guarantees devastation for the brave, and sounding more deadly than ever in digital format. 'Metic' operates from a giddy height, classic style eighties electro-funk drums, topped with the most dramatic, mind altering waves of sound, crazy noises set to dose digital block parties everywhere - it's just one of those massive sub-breaking cuts you just cannot mess with...at all. Awesome. 'Mith' again enjoys a crystalline production, synapse impulses cut to wax, rolling stuff to be sure - proper club tackle for biggest systems only. 'Hagry' harks back to a golden era - simplifying matters into a miami infused glide-out, then lulled into a complacent sense of security - proceeds to dismantle and fully decimate the whole thing, totally and utterly. Probably the definitive Spezialmaterial release so far....
Various / Bpitch Control - Camping Bpitch Control
Budget-priced compilation from Ellen Allien's Bpitch imprint, celebrating the label's 100th release and featuring classics from Modeselektor, Apparat, Kiki, Ellen Allien, Sylvie Marks & Hal9000, Paul Kalkbrenner, Sascha Funke, Kiki & Silversurfer, Housemeister, Timtim, Feadz, Tomas Andersson, Smash TV, Sascha Funke and more. 20 tracks wide for £5.99 - nice!...
The Gasman - The Grand Electric Palace Of Variety Planet Mu
Massive double-cd set from Portsmouth's Chris Reeves for Planet Mu, once again pairing his love of Aphex-style playful intricacies with a harrowing line in abandoned dancehall instrumentals. The opening of this album defies expectations with its dense splice-up of choral phrases and ghostly ice-rink vibes, seemingly influenced by VVM's Caretaker and Akira Rabelais' haunting choir re-arrangements. `Imodium' does this particularly well, you don't quite now what you're listening to as the dis-assembled choir start to sound like they're building themselves up for an Amen tumble that never arrives - brilliant stuff. Elsewhere the beautiful piano cascades and breaks of "Fridge" illustrate Gasman's lilting hardcore sensibilities at their best - some choice cuts across this album's mammoth 34 tracks. Recommended....
Busdriver - Fear Of A black Tangent Big Dada
Avant rap is back in scorching effect! As previous noted we'd grown a little tired of indulgent leftfield hip hop these last few months but in only the last two weeks our heads and hearts have been retuned by the back on form Antipop alias Airborn Audio and Anticon as a whole. Now add to that list the Busdriver and Mush label who via this licensed album to Ninja Tune and the incredible Lab Waste CD (also out this week) complete the circle. Backed by an awesome array of beat smith's Busdriver turns down the insanity for a moment and turns on the originality humour in his unique rhyme style. The producers on serious form count Daedelus (whose unreal 'Exquisite Corpse' is due soon on Mush/Ninja), Paris Zax, Thavius Beck, Omid and even Danger Mouse. Daedelus's tracks steer clear of the leftfield freeform jumble that hung round 'The Weather' - proof, just listen to 'Wormholes' and feel the tweaking freshness. 'Map Your Psyche' samples cello/strings, Robert De Niro, killer beats and guest raps from Abstract Rude and Ellay Khule - a dope jam. 'Cool Band Buzz' dives into Bus' self depreciating ego over a wicked and new styled Danger Mouse production. His Project Blowed cousins Mikah 9 and 2-Mex guest on the world weary 808 beats, and guitar jam 'Sphinx's Coonery' and Daedelus returns on the dusted driftbeat lament with the best lyrics called 'Lofty's Lament'. As a bonus you get three semi hidden remixes from D-Styles (bruising cut n' paste digi scratch pimpin'), Nobody (psych hop beauty) and Prefuse 73 (chopped up hard beat waltzing with a serious bump). The best Busdriver album yet by quite a distance so if you've been a little wary before then drop your fear and check this out. Hopefully (distribution pending) the US vinyl 2LP and 12" on Mush will be here next week. Highly recommended. ..
Harris Newman - Accidents With Nature And Each Other Strange Attractors
This beautiful album from Harris Newman experiments with the raw sounds of the naked steel string guitar and a wider palette of instrumentation augmented beautifully in his particular brand of guitar soundscaping . The result is a rather diverse array of sounds and structures, all centered on the acoustic guitar. languid, gorgeous melodies and hefty fingerpicking workouts bump up against ghostly harmonics and acoustic drones. The album is made vibrant by contributions from sandro perri (polmo polpo) and bruce cawdron (godspeed you black emperor), making for a record that acts both as an audio tribute to the great John Fahey and as a furthering of his legacy. Beautiful music....
Alex Smoke - Incommunicado Soma
Already garnering much attention for a handful of releases on Soma and the Vakant imprint, Alex Smoke's debut album has been much anticipated by lovers of the dancefloor's deeper edges. Finding a point where electronic traditions intersect with Techno and House structures, "Incommunicado" veers from bass-heavy trawls through slow motion techno through to string-laden slivers of ambience, dubwise steppas and all-round microscopic house hiccups. Smoke cites his influences as Matthew Dear, Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano and Lawrence - if you're into their sound you'll no doubt find this a worthy addition to an ever growing cannon of solid glitched-up tools for the floor. Good stuff....
Mu - Out Of Breach Output
The malladjusted pairing of Maurice Fulton and the bonkers Mutsumi Kanamori has always straddled the zeitgeist with ease, but it's at this juncture that their deliriously silly sounds will hit a wider cultural significance than followers might have previously imagined. Taking elements of smudged-mascara disco posturing and screeching punkfunk rebellion, Mutsumi's hillarious messed-up narration is both in awe of and in spite of a world of fashionistas and vacuous it-girls. You get the feeling that the brilliantly giddy `Paris Hilton' is in tribute to, rather than in spite of the girating heiress, while tracks like "Stop Bothering Michael Jackson" never make it too clear where their allegiances truly lie, although the overall presentation seems ironic from the outset. "Out Of Berach" is one of those deliciously hard to find albums - funny and fashionable without all the self-conscious accessories that are so often part of such endavours. Exceedingly good fun....
Various / Volga Select - So Young But So Cold - Underground French Music 1977-1983 Tigersushi
Compiled by the people behind the awesome Nouvelle Vague album, Black Strobe's Ivan Smagghe and Marc Colin have managed to unearth these intriguing gems of icy parisian proto-electronics from the late 70's / early 80's. In a time when French real-tv bores from "popstars" milk the nostalgia tip with `Taxi Girl' covers and whilst the audience is exposed, for good (Liquid, Liquid, Métal Urbain) or worse (Jean Luc Lahaie...) to the resurgence of all sort of forgotten haircuts from twenty years ago, well, in such time, it is only salutary and sound that what was first devised as a geeky musical indulgence, circumscribed to the acquired tastes of a few die-hard record zealots, is finally reaching out to a broader scope on a Tigersushi release. Very entertaining!... # posted by DJ Martian 10:57 PM
This is music for the head and the heart in all its simple/complex conundrums. It’s rare to find a techno album that can withstand the length of an album but with Incommunicado Alex Smoke has served up an album which will repay return visits # posted by DJ Martian 10:18 PM
Roy Davis Jr presents 6 Mix on 6 Music today betwen 8-10pm - expect deep house.
Also: Coming up: 06 03 05: Nick Luscombe
Double Dose of Luscombe !
So next Sunday between 8-10 Nick Luscombe will be 6 Music ! whilst his regularly Xfm Flo-Motion show broadcasts between 9-12. Obviously the 6 Mix is recorded in advance. # posted by DJ Martian 6:22 PM
Chris Hakius and Al Cineros – two-thirds of San Jose’s legendary Sleep - are finally back from the dead after over half a decade. # posted by DJ Martian 5:49 PM
Eternal Fusion - New Show Online [dated: Feb 27th]
The moment that the Mars Volta's new album Frances the Mute leaked, listeners began reacting strongly to it. PopMatters writers Justin Cober-Lake and Adrien Begrand responded in polarized ways, and their initial e-mail discussions became the basis for a joint review. After many listens, much thought, and careful discussion, they each think the other one is wrong # posted by DJ Martian 7:45 PM
Next week's releases are reviewed @ Norman Records # posted by DJ Martian 7:24 PM
Grungemodel is Not the most inspiring / interesting nickname, however this RYM user is tracking 2005 releases with summary reviews. # posted by DJ Martian 4:35 PM
Friday, February 25, 2005
indieworkshop.com review Dälek - Absence # posted by DJ Martian 11:57 AM
The Manchester that Doves grew up in has disappeared. They take Dave Simpson on a guided tour of the city - and show him the changes that inspired their acclaimed new album # posted by DJ Martian 11:25 AM
IN CIRCULATION ISSUE #004 CONTENTS ISSUE 004 - ONSALE 28-02-05 Cover price £3.00 - 80 Pages Available from all good newsagents: Larger WHSmiths, Dawsons News, John Menzies and Independent retailers and online by clicking Enlist
FREE CD - ZTAUDIO001 This issue comes complete with a free compilation CD featuring 16 extreme tracks. Striking a balance between artists you know and those you could be soon hearing more of, the compilation ties in with many of this issue's featured bands, and makes a perfect and exclusive accompaniment to issue 004.
STRAPPING YOUNG LAD, BLOOD RED THRONE, CROWBAR, SOILWORK, IMMOLATION, DEFEATED SANITY, KOREISCH, IMPALED, THUS DEFILED, DIAMANTHIAN, YYRKOON, CRUEL HUMANITY, DEATH DU JOUR, COMMUNIC, MAZE OF TORMENT, SEPIA DREAMER. # posted by DJ Martian 2:44 PM
This is an interesting insight into what one of the leaders of black metal listens to:
Fenriz: In the last enquete that I took part in, I answered last years best electronica was M83 and SOLVENT. Also mix albums from Funk D’void and Steve Bug's BUGNOLOGY was fantastic. I buy a couple of hundred electronic releases every year. For beat madness and bass hell get SOUNDMURDERER “wired for sound” and DJ RUPTURES magnificent MINESWEEPER SUITE. I worship dj Sneak, Claude Young and Carl Craig to mention a few from your country..
This will shock and inform some of the rather narrow-minded Black Metal purists !
Another [via Lowtones] on a roll this week ! # posted by DJ Martian 12:22 AM
In the magazine, Next week's issue is previewed: New Order are featured with the strapline:
From Joy Division to Godlike Genius
Their astonishing secret history
It needs mentioning that NME's mostly teenager readership were not even born when New Order's Brotherhood album was released in 1986. So much for the words: "Secret history" more like history lesson. # posted by DJ Martian 9:07 PM
indieworkshop.com interview Alexandre Vaudin the man behind (Supercilious) # posted by DJ Martian 7:49 PM
Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 by Simon Reynolds
It's the most anticipated music book of the year/ decade/ century/ this millenium. Simon Reynolds post punk history book is now available for pre-ordering on various UK e-commerce websites.
Author: Simon Reynolds Title: Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 Publisher: Faber Due: 01-04-2005 Notes: Following the fervour of punk, a new generation of bands took up the challenge that had been laid down, experimenting with electronics and absorbing the influence of reggae and disco into their music. Reynolds's book celebrates the bands (Cabaret Voltaire, Talking Heads, The Fall, Joy Division) and the independent labels (Rough Trade, Factory, Mute) that made it happen, setting the story in the turbulent political context of the time
However more update info on the web states a April 21st release date:
Product Details Paperback Published: 21 April, 2005 Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd ISBN: 0571215696 RRP: £12.99 Average Rating:
The cheapest inclusive price [i.e including delivery] at the mo is £9.99 at play.com [includes free delivery to UK buyers] # posted by DJ Martian 4:13 PM
KultureFlash is a free, weekly newsletter covering contemporary culture in and around London. Each week we track down some of the more unusual and interesting events taking place in the Capital and deliver them straight to your inbox. Featuring art, gigs, films, talks, clubs and more -- we are committed to bringing you an eclectic mix of the most stimulating events in London. # posted by DJ Martian 1:48 PM
Steve Lamacq is to front a brand new afternoon show on BBC 6 Music starting on Monday 4 April (weekdays 1600-1900) and Andrew Collins is to present a new Sunday show starting on the 10 April (1400-1700) and will also take over the 6 Music Chart show on Saturdays from 9 April (1600-1800). # posted by DJ Martian 9:48 PM
New Saturnus Track
scandinavianmetal.info alert to a new download mp3 track [Murky Waters] from Denmark's Saturnus: New Saturnus track!
Danish melodic doomsters Saturnus have made a track from the upcoming available to download at their site.
The song is called "Murky Waters" and may be downloaded from this link.
I found this song to be really atmospheric and beautiful, finally some new stuff from this band.
Saturnus last release was in 1999.
Saturnus are aiming to record the album with producer Flemming Rasmussen [ex Metallica producer] and are currently looking for the right label deal.
Saturnus have been compared to Denmark's answer to My Dying Bride, this new track also has that sublime churning atmospheric guitar sound of Katatonia or Opeth. Massive arcs of stretched out glacial guitar work, this A + material.
Official website: Saturnus # posted by DJ Martian 8:59 PM
Domino Festival 05 - Belgium - April 6th - 14th
Details of a another European music festival: Domino Festival held in Brussels over 9 days in April.
Best looking line up yet for the wide-ranging Brussels festival that this year includes a 25th anniversary show by Einsturzende Neubauten, plus Prefuse 73, Jamie Lidell, Boom Bip, Subtle, Fog, Rhythm & Sound 45 Session with Paul St Hilaire, Sunn O))), Hood, Joanna Newsom, Six Organs Of Admittance, Alasdair Roberts, Jaga Jazzist and LCD Soundsystem as well as an alt.film programme and an exhibition of artwork drawn from the UK Touch label curated by the label's designer Jon Wozencroft. Brussels Anciennes Belgique, 6-14 April. [Source: The Wire]
06 avril : FEIST + HOOD .
07 avril : EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN (25th Anniversary Show !!)
08 avril : WARP VS LEX PRESENTS => PREFUSE 73 (with 5 piece band) + JAMIE LIDELL + BOOM BIP + SUBTLE + FOG + RHYTHM & SOUND 45 SESSION with PAUL ST. HILAIRE ON THE MIC.
08 avril : SUNN O))) + JOHN WIESE.
09avril : DRAG CITY LABEL NIGHT FEAT => JOANNA NEWSOM + SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE + ALASDAIR ROBERTS .
10 avril : JAGA JAZZIST + FRANCO SAINT DE BAKKER + SHINING + TRIOSK.
10 avril : THE BLOOD BROTHERS + WHITE CIRCLE CRIME CLUB.
11 avril : EFTERKLANG + TIMESBOLD + MONADE + PATRICK WOLF .
12 avril : MILLIONAIRE (date supplémentaire !!)
13 avril : MILLIONAIRE + THE LOVE SUBSTITUTES. (déjà complet !!)
13 avril : LEMON JELLY.
14 avril : LCD SOUNDSYSTEM + AIRBORN AUDIO (EX-ANTI POP CONSORTIUM).
Meat Beat Manifesto will release a new album on THIRSTY EAR
Meat Beat Manifesto is set to make his Blue Series debut with “At the Center” on May 24, 2005. Featuring tracks from Craig Taborn on keyboards, Bad Plus drummer Dave King and Peter Gordon on flute, this record offers a fresh take on Meat Beat Manifesto’s unique style.
Capitol K announce a forthcoming Album scheduled for mid 2005 titled: Nomad Junk
16 tracks running time 1hr 7min
recorded over 2004 in london with sound samples
and location recordings collected from Malta, Barcelona,
Tokyo, Taipei and Hong Kong. # posted by DJ Martian 3:23 PM
This week's flavourpill LONDONan email magazine covering music, art, and cultural events # posted by DJ Martian 3:15 PM
Terrorizer - March 2005 Issue
New issue of Terrorizer magazine on sale this Thursday, strangely Metallica are on the front cover.
Features:
BLACK METAL SPECIAL II:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF BM
GLOBAL BLACK METAL: SOUTH AMERICA
BLACK METAL LABELS & STRATEGIES
TOP TWENTY PROGRESSION ALBUMS
BLACK METAL NOW: THE OVERGROUND
GLOBAL BLACK METAL: NORTH AMERICA
STUDIO REPORT: OVERKILL
METALLICA / JOE BERLINGER
JUDAS PRIEST
PRIMORDIAL
CROWBAR
HIGH ON FIRE
SOILWORK
PENTAGRAM
HAMMERFALL
IMMOLATION
BENIGHTED LEAMS
GREEN CARNATION
HARD OF HEARING: JESU
EDEN MAINE
INCLUDES FREE COVERMOUNT CD 'FEAR CANDY' 13 - featuring TWO exclusive new tracks from Strapping Young Lad and High On Fire PLUS new tracks from Crowbar, Primordial, Six Feet Under, Soilwork, Jesu, Blood Red Throne and many more!! # posted by DJ Martian 12:45 AM
Jackson Signs to Warp ?
You may remember in January I mentioned an artist from France named: Jackson
Jackson is a handsome 25-year-old producer from Paris who’ll be a household name this time next year. His debut album is already being described by those lucky enough to have heard it as the next step for electronic music. It’s a beautiful, soulful, fucked-up masterpiece that scrunches Aphex into Hendrix, Boards of Canada into Bowie and beyond, and is the freshest, heaviest long-player you can’t even begin to imagine.
The album will be released in the US on April 26th via Atlantic Records
The album tracklisting: ‘Deadwing’, ‘Shallow’, ‘Lazarus’, ‘Halo’, ‘Arriving Somewhere But Not Here’, ‘Mellotron Scratch’, ‘Open Car’, ‘The Start Of Something Beautiful’, ‘Glass Arm Shattering’ and ‘She's Moved On’ (hidden track). # posted by DJ Martian 12:05 AM
Stylus review Patrick Wolf - Wind in the Wires this is [STYLUSMAGAZINE.COM'S ALBUM OF THE WEEK: FEBRUARY 20 - FEBRUARY 26, 2005] # posted by DJ Martian 11:32 PM
Primavera Sound 2005 Festival
Primavera Sound 2005 Festival in Barcelona, Spain on May 26/27/29 has been announced today......
Including: Isis, Jesu, M83, New Order, Vitalic and The Human League.
The Line Up:
Alter Ego · American Music Club · Antony & The Johnsons · Art Brut · Astrud · Bertrand Betsch · Brigitte Fontaine · Broken Social Scene · Christina Rosenvinge · Coralie Clément · Daniel Darc · David Thomas & Two Pale Boys · Destroyer · Dogs Die in Hot Cars · Dominique A · Don Nino · Erase Errata · Erlend Øye · Experience · Françoiz Breut · Gang of Four · Grabba Grabba Tape · Gravenhurst · Helena · Iggy & The Stooges · Isis · Jesu · Jr. · Kompakt Sound System · Kristin Hersh · Les Georges Leningrad · Los Planetas · M83 · Maximo Park · Mercury Rev · Micah P. Hinson · Nacho Vegas · New Order · Nouvelle Vague · Oslø Telescopic · Parker & Lily · Piano Magic · Polysics · Psychic TV · Radio 4 · Ron Sexsmith · Sammy Jo DJ · Sondre Lerche · Sonic Youth · Sons & Daughters · Sophia · Sr. Chinarro · Steve Earle & The Dukes · Television Personalities · The Arcade Fire · The Czars · The Dirtbombs · The Go! Team · The Human League · The Married Monk · The Wedding Present · They Might Be Giants · Tim Hecker · Tortoise · Vetiver · Vic Chesnutt · Vitalic · Whignomy Brothers · Whitey · Wiley
Barely 6 weeks into the new year and already we've been graced with at least two life-changing albums - last week's incredible trip through dense classical structures offered up by Marsen Jules, and this week by the deeply moving solitary clarity of this Piano-based classic from Goldmund on the Type imprint. Boston-based multi instrumentalist Keith Kenniff has already released music under the Helios moniker - but this debut Goldmund album is little short of a magical experience - scarcely more than the sound of a piano, played softly and with immense passion, with restrained arrangements and accompaniment. This is a sound at once antique and very very modern, american civil war tunes, songsreminiscent of Ryuchi Sakamoto's piano work: even admirers of Mark Hollis, Keith Jarrett or Gonzales' amazing solo piano album from 2004 should pay direct attention - this is a record of rare and unusual beauty, Keith has scant concern for these matters - simply the sound of his fingers on the keys and the tread of his feet on the pedals is enough. As Goldmund, Kenniff has disregarded the electronic elements of his music almost entirely in favour of just a piano, a microphone and occasionally a guitar. `Corduroy Road' is thirteen tracks of pure recording, the sound of the piano being opened and the feet on the pedals, the sound of fingers pressing lovingly onto the keys. This is a record of rare and unusual beauty, so shocking and yet unpretentious in its simplicity. When the guitar does emerge from beside the delicately touched piano, it serves as a balancing point for the record. Weaving in and out of the melodies, it adds another layer to what is already incredibly moving music. It is no surprise that Kenniff's passion for cinema shines through so strongly. Even when the brush of a cymbal and the gentle thrum of standup bass is added to this spellbinding album, there remains no doubt - Goldmund has produced a keeper - rare, evocative music from beginning to end. An absolutely essential purchase..
ALBUM OF THE WEEK! Gavouna - Stings & Dum Machines Arable
Sublime follow-up to the immensely loved debut album from Psapp, also on Robin Isan's perfectly formed Arable imprint. Gavouna is the alias of Athens-born, London based Athanasios Argianas, who studied under a pupil of Xenakis and Berio. A fine artist and musician, Gavouna released his debut EP, `Warm Industry' on Manchester's Melodic label in 2003, the original homebase to Nine Black Alps, Pedro, Lucky Pierre and Minotaur shock. "Stings & Dum Machines" features 12 tracks of delicious honeycomb noise, pianos and strings - the sound of your favourite musical tastes thrown together and assembled into one gorgeous mess. For `Stings...', there's a far greater sense of organisation and an emphasis on song-based forms. In fact, some of the elements and riffs from the ep have been remade, revitalised and actually subjected to total metamorphosis. There's a cinematic swagger to this music for sure and ample evidence of Gavouna's progression as composer. Argianas has developed significantly on this debut LP - combining traditional instrumentation, built-up rhythms, heavy percussion and sparing, contemporary electronic influences. There's some parallels in the heart wrenching orchestral settings and blends of live and analogue instruments to the works of the Earlies, yet this album is completely instrumental and really takes flight on its beautifully measured yet profoudly emotional compositions. Lovely music. ..
Various / Progressive Form - Mix Form Progressive Form
Asked to survey four years of cutting edge material from Japan's leading label for new electronic music, Haruomi Hasono once of "japan's Kraftwerk" the Yellow Magic Orchestra, now founder member of the equally innovative Sketch Show is the right man for the job. Perhaps the closest point of reference for this fabulous mix might be Scion's seminal "Arrange and Process Basic Channel" album, where Rene and Pete layered BC classics, with elements from as many as three, or sometimes four tunes running simultaneously. "Mix Form" is technological jockeying at its best - layering tunes from the likes of AOKI takamasa, Yoshihiro Hanno, Nao Tokui, Ryoichi Kurosawa and even special CCO guest, Static. Seventeen "tracks", but of course much more music is employed, pride of place going to Haruomi's two indented megamixes. Special sounds from the east - killer....
Double cd edition featuring originals and remixes for Hans Joachim Rodelius and Tim Story's Lunz project. The first cd features the 12-track original album, while the second cd collects remixes from Ulrich Schnauss, Alias, Faultline, Elbow, Adem, Half Cousin, Munk and more. Tim Story was nominated for a Grammy award and a NAIRD Album of the Year award while Hans-Joachim Roedelius is equally accomplished and perhaps most well-known for being a founder member of one of the most pioneering German bands of the 70s, Kluster. Nice pacakge - nice, cinematic music. Check....
Miss Kittin / Lfo / Marco Passarani / Michael Mayer - Happy Violentine - Remix EP Novamute
Featuring the remixes from both vinyl EP's on one handy cd. Mark Bell deconstructs Kittin's yelping styles with a long track of warehouse ferocity, dipping into industrial looped mayhem for the floor. Marco Passarani delivers another jacking electro-house number while Michael Mayer unwrapps the floating kompakt presets in sweet style and, oddly enough, Mad Proffesor twiddles his knobs in a suitably heavy, dubwise styleee ee ee e e. Check....
Albert Ayler - Spirits Get Back
After touring scandinavia with the cecil taylor jazz unit in 1962-1963, ayler began imposing his style - which was still considered odd and too innovative by the always conservative purists of jazz of the time - through a number of records of his own. one of the most interesting among them is `spirits', which was recorded in his then classic quintet line up at atlantic studios in new york city, february 1964. For the occasion, ayler recruited some of the finest jazz giants: the album, originally released on debut, features norman howard - a cleveland based trumpeter who ayler grew up with - and henry grimes and sunny murray as a potent rhythm section, with an appearance on bass by earle henderson, unknown at the time. ("if you don't dig the music on this album, you should maybe blame yourself as being behind the time" from the original liner notes by ole vestergaard jensen)....
Aesop Rock - Fast Cars, Danger, Fire And Knives Def Jux CD/BOOK //
Insane new mini album from Aes Rock clocking in at 30 mins and seven tracks offering his best work since 'Labor Days'. This is helped by the range of production talent on display - four of the seven tracks handled by Blockhead on ill form - three tracks from Aes himself and the one by Rob Sonic. Check the amped to the max title track with next level lyrics and then 'Number 9' - a sick track with wigged synth bass, chopped drums and Popol Vuh styled melodies, both are Blockhead bombs. 'Rickety Rack' is the most immediate of Aesop's productions a truly insane posse cut with El-P and Camo Tao rapid fire dropping lyrics in a freestyle fashion over some skittish beats and textures - you'll need a oxygen blast after hearing this. Another ill Blockhead production 'Holy Smokes' drops rustic african blues and pure poeticsl and Rob Sonic's track 'Winners Takes All' keeps the flow of his killer 2004 album 'Telicatesen'. This album also features an amazing 91 page book of every lyric Aesop and friends have dropped from his 'Float' album on Mush all the way to this CD. Def Jux continue their revival. Buy!...
Boom Bip - Blue Eyed In The Red Room Lex
*** Special limited edition version, comes with an exclusive bonus 3" cd *** `Blue Eyed In The Red Room' is Boom Bip's second album for Lex after `Seed To Sun' from 2002. This is his first album that claims to use no samples at all, quite a leap forward in confidence if you recall the patchwork sample masterpiece that backed Dose One on `Circle'. The first two tracks `Cimple' and `The Move' feature extra lushed out Morr Music styled indietronic instrumentals with a hip hop production nack - piano's, guitars and synths can all be heard. The first of two vocal guest spots comes from Gruff Rhys - `Do's & Don'ts' is a blissful song with top lyrics atop Boom Bip's ambient tones and hand percussion, making for initially startling but ultimately mesmerising music `Girl Toy' is a nice Eno/Fripp inspired track while the slightly offkey `Dumb Day' develops an eye opening choral quality. `Eyelashings' uptempo movements cloak a fine sweetened MBV styled drone. The final track `Matter (Of Our Discussion)' features the beuatiful vocals of Nina Nastasia giving the album a perfect glistening finale. An advancement from `Seed To Sun', an album for summer evenings and autumn mornings. Oh, and if you thought that Lex's packaging has been luxurious so far.....you ain't seen nothing yet. Recommended....
Pedestrian - Vol.1 - Unindian Songs Anticon
"Anticon are making power moves" was an early press quote lavished on the Anticon collective around the time of the release of their first three artist albums by Sole, Deep Puddle Dynamics and Them. Now in 2005 Anticon return with even stronger power moves, this album, the upcoming Sole and the 13+God album will ensure that 2005 is Anticon's finest year to date. Long time crouching in the background the Pedestrian's character is pure early school Anticon fully drenched in hip hop's history, highly intelligent but angry at the world. Very long awaited 'Unindian Songs Vol 1' is a cLOUDDEAD inspired raw symphonic patchwork of related themes and moods with blasts of focused experimentation, pure political hip hop poetics and fun with it. All Anticon crew collaborate on guest vocals and production. Launch at track 14, the amazing 'Blind Dates' then work backwards. Fourteen tracks, 42 mins - pretty much essential for Anticon heads both vintage and brand new. Killaslant surprise Anticon really loves hip hop!...
Airborn Audio - Good Fortune Ninja Tune
The week of glorious returns (see Pedestrian on Anticon) continues with that other collective who last year fully fell off my axis - Antipop Consortium. In 2005 High Priest and M.Sayyid return with a fresh, uncluttered and directly dope album for Ninja Tune America. A massively welcome surprise, fifteen tracks that bring back all the hype buzz that surrounded APC's initial hard to obtain releases and lead to the still classic 'Tragic Epilogue'. The tongue twisting lyrics are still in effect, the sometimes worrying subject matter is on point but importantly it flows effortlessly. Equal to 'Tragic Epilogue' and the jap only 'Shopping Carts Crashing' CD. Weirdly wonderful and very highly recommended....
Cover stars : comets on fire, and plush, features on: plush. comets on fire. part chimp. blood brothers. thalia zedek. hot snakes. diplo. conway savage. ken stringfellow. cee lo green. magic numbers. martyn ware. ...bender. eugene robinson. big joan. six organs of admittance. as well as reviews, columns lush photography and more....
AMP - US Very Friendly
If you're fed up with the myriad US bands currently rallying against the Bush administration, led by the likes of Green Day with their faux-punk hissy fit, and would prefer an intelligent UK based response to Dubya's re-election then look no further than the new album, 'US', from British based AMP. Although not a political record in the traditional sense, 'US' has a seam of discontent running throughout that mixes their attitude towards the current occupier of the White House with issues of an individual nature, thereby rendering it searingly cathartic as well as gracefully belligerent. The album comes out of the blocks with 'Opening', a psychedelic driven fog of bass and dingy guitars that is beautifully nocturnal while 'Get Here' is a glorious blunderbuss of post-punk guitars and Karine Chraff's staccato vocals which resemble the Yeah Yeah Yeahs but minus the bleach enema, whilst 'Yousay' gives a glimpse of what Mum would sound like backed by the Mogwai boys. Proving that the 21st Century is quite able to produce its own crop of languid torch-songs, 'Implosion' in particular delivers a dreamy, acoustic strewn landscape of delicate instrumentation, with diet-strings and pulses of farfisa organ perfectly complimenting Charff's breathy, Badmarsh and Shri vocals. Gloriously discordant....
Patrick Wolf - Wind In The Wires Tomlab
There's been much written in the press about how Patrick Wolf is more in keeping with what The Libertines are about than the actual rabble of smack urchins comprised of Doherty et al themselves. Don't believe a word of it. Wolf is in fact a purveyor of crisp and dry folktronica which wears its heart firmly on its sleeve and sees him more than willing to give a Marc Almond style vocal performance if the song dictates it. Wolf takes bubbling electronica then turns it into a stew of romanticised, impassioned journeys which dip and rise like a rollercoaster. Album opener and lead single 'The Libertine' (you see where they got the comparison from...) is a rollicking collision of strings, beats that crackle like a greasy spoon at capacity and Wolf's overblown vocals that are somewhere between a stadium rocker and The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon. The tethering of disparate auditory fragments continues on 'Teignmouth' where Telefon Tel Aviv strings and a stuttering digital beat allows Wolf to go all Soft Cell on us, but Soft Cell with Nick Cave impersonating Marc Almond, and somehow pull it off. Elsewhere Wolf samples birdsong on the clattering folk of 'Ghost Song', whilst on 'Tristan' he sticks on his leathers, downs a bottle of sour mash then gets down to a grunting performance worthy of The 80's Matchbox B-Line Disaster or florescent fetishist Julian Cope. The Libertines this ain't....
Mogwai - Government Comissions Pias
Dedicated to the memory of John Peel, this collection of BBC recordings features eight tracks originally recorded by Mogwai at Maida Vale for the legendary Peel Sessions (bolstered by two further additions) with the man himself even popping up to introduce the band on the album's opening track. Representative of the kind of ethics Peel held dear, Mogwai are one of those bands which seem to effortlessly combine uncompromising, intellectually motivated intent with eminently listenable output that manages to be both blindingly raw and heart wrenchingly delicate all within the same song. Opening with the Quixotic and enigmatically arranged vocoder epic of 'Hunted', Mogwai consummately prove that having your music co-opted by advertisers (in this case the current FilmFour trailer) doesn't mean it has to lose any of it's force or potency. The song which elevated Mogwai to notoriety, 'King Herod', is here as presented as a blistering, ferocious nineteen minute Beowulf-saga and proves the quiet-loud-quiet-loud-quiet formulae with which they are often mocked does still have the ability to knock you clean out with both it's immutable rage and breathtaking simplicity. Just awesome. Elsewhere, 'New Paths to Helicon PT1' takes shimmering electronic daybreaks and tethers them to axe-wielding guitars and bass which prove Mogwai are still several thousand streets ahead of all immitators while 'Secret Pint' takes the electronica tinged original and bolsters the mournful stings and death-beetle knocks to icy effect. Absolutely killer music - buy without delay....
Ana Da Silva - The Lighthouse Chicks On Speed
Ana Da Silva was once the lead singer in grunge frontrunners The Raincoats and saw herself getting referenced as inspiration by everyone from laughing boy Kurt Cobain through to Sonic Youth. Thankfully for us she's decided to leave her baggy jumper days behind her and instead focus the creative energies on a fusion of folk, elecro(nica) and multi instrumentation which is both digitally smooth and wonkily organic without any of the contradictions that should imply. 'The Lighthouse' opens with 'Friend', a beautifully choral combination of Da Silva's breathy, multi-tracked echoing vocals and rustic electronica which coalesces to create an ineluctable declaration that is further reinforced through the etiolated longuers of 'Two Windows Over the Wings'. With a vocal style that bears obvious comparisons with Björk ('Hospital Window') and The Concrete's Victoria Bergsman ('The Lighthouse'), Da Silva has a light and breezy voice which belies it's ability to soar when the subject matter requires or, as on 'In Awe of a Painting', take on a dead-pan urgency. The inclusion of the previously released 'In Awe of a Painting' shows that Da Silva has no intention of being lumped in with the folktronica movement, as a pulsing electronic rattle that could quite reasonably be from a Tigerbeat compilation pounds over her intonation of "all I want to do is dream" and, barring one near miss in terms of sounding like Enya ('Climbing Walls'), it would be a dream worth having....
Dublee - Echo Euphoria Mule Electronic
Fine debut album from Dublee on this new japanese label, hot on the heels of a very accomplished single and bearing superior, minimal dub-techno the vibes are right, most definitely. Dublee is scarcely 24, and having attempted to sever links with external musical influence since 2000, the natural pull to the inviting warmth and open spaces of minimal dubbing proved irresistible. The music of Dublee retains all necessary killer beats with a feelgood sound, with space as the foundation. Having shared stages with Monolake, richard devine, kit clayton, pole, kid606, arovane, andy vaz and contributed to Traum's "elektronische musik interkontinental 2" , his work has also brought him under the umbrella of quality, Japan's finest electronic label, Progressive Form. Excellent. As ever you`ll find the beauty of Dublee in the details. Dub and techno are finally only tiny little memories floating in the background, the structures of deep house and minimal electronica simply deliver the skeleton for a genuine idea of emotional, soulful, modern and mature moments in music. Pure jewels.... # posted by DJ Martian 11:48 PM
This week's 6 Mix on 6 Music features Bugz In The Attic # posted by DJ Martian 7:58 PM
This list traces the developments of Gothic Metal from the Mid 80s to 2004. Some interesting selections plus a few rather naff / rubbish albums as well. # posted by DJ Martian 7:12 PM
(K-RAA-K)3 FESTIVAL 2005 - psychedelic rock music festival happening in Hasselt, Belgium on March 12th. # posted by DJ Martian 7:04 PM
Aversionline.com review Jesu - Jesu with a top 10/10 rating. # posted by DJ Martian 7:02 PM
This list charts Norwegian albums making it to the "VG lista", the national Top 40 album list of international releases ("VG" being the name of a Norwegian tabloid). # posted by DJ Martian 7:00 PM
How US West Coast Independent music retailer Amoeba has achieved success from niche specialism, diverse choice of mostly independent music and motivated knowledgeable staff. # posted by DJ Martian 7:13 PM
The latest Mixing It show on Radio 3: Mixing It - 18 February 2005 includes a Max de Wardener session. # posted by DJ Martian 7:07 PM
The Wire - March 2005 Issue
The new issue of The Wire has MF Doom on the front cover. # posted by DJ Martian 7:00 PM
BBC collective interview Boom Bip # posted by DJ Martian 6:57 PM
Friday, February 18, 2005
Manual - Azure Vista
Darla provide info on the forthcoming album from Denmark's Manual: Manual - Azure Vista due for release May 3rd.
It has been three years since Jonas Munk's last solo album – 2002’s classic Ascend. Jonas has been quite busy during though; not only has he been occupied with perfecting the sound he gave birth to in his late teens - he has also released a number of collaborative efforts: the celestial Into Forever in 2002 with New York's Icebreaker International, the almost completely overlooked old school ambient masterpiece The North Shore with longtime friend and Limp bandmate Jess Kahr, and most recently the sublime psych-hip-hop-dream-pop epic Golden Sun with Syntaks aka Jakob Skøtt, also a friend and bandmate. While these collaborations can be considered explorations of the outer aspects of the Manual sound, Jonas now returns with an album that, in his own words "constitute the core of the Manual sound". In some way Azure Vista emerges from the same place as Ascend, where layers of cascading guitars, swirling synths and old school drum machine sounds rose adventurous compositions to dizzying heights. But with Azure Vista Jonas' music reaches new, almost religious, heights. As if it has come to it's logical conclusion - reaching it's full bloom. Azure Vista’s foundation is built on Jonas' trademark songwriting that, while being highly complex and always moving in surprising and unpredictable ways, still maintains a refreshing pop feel and an undeniable flow that makes it seem like the most natural thing in the world. But whereas Jonas' music has always been epic this new album is epic in a way that almost completely redefines the word. Jonas' songwriting has been taken to the extreme - but so has every other aspect of his music.
The sound on Azure Vista is BIG. Not just big like Cocteau Twins or Slowdive, but BIG like Van Halen, in scale, not sound, or Simple Minds, very much in both scale and sound. Numerous layers of dreamy guitars blaze back and forth in the mix like shimmering waves rolling in on Californian shores, and countless other sounds, both deriving from electronic and organic sources, saturates the enormous sonic picture: bells, female vocals, old school drum machine sounds, field recordings and majestic synths all play a part in the sonic palette Jonas used in constructing these six sonic tales of summer ambrosia. In Jonas' world there's no line between dream pop and stadium rock, between new romantic and ambient, between shoegazer and modern electronica. This is music that neither fits with any of the current trends, nor falls into category with the many retro-fetishist pranksters out there. These glorious pieces display a true love for the music Jonas grew up with while, most importantly, using those influences to create something distinctly new and timeless. Music this compositional, narrative, and explosive is unheard of in the world of electronic music where Manual resides. Fans of The Cure, Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, Simple Minds and Japan will love this. But there really are no clear reference points for music this unique. Essential summer listening. # posted by DJ Martian 7:30 PM
Teebee - The Legacy
Norwegian drum n bass artist Teebee will finally release the CD version of his album: The Legacy in April 2005. Source: Godbrain Teebee - The Legacy
The vinyl version of the album was released in October, the CD version now due in April will include an additional 17 track bonus mix CD.
TEEBEE
'THE LEGACY'
SUBTITLES
4LP/2CD
(OCTOBER 2004; APRIL 2005)
Norwegian DJ/producer Teebee unleashes his third artist album ‘The Legacy’ on his own Subtitles label at long last.
This album will finally put Teebee (born Torgeir Byrknes) into the big league of producers, a coming of age as a producer and a definition of development to a point where he has his own distinct style. Teebee’s new album delivers the promise he has shown with his countless releases on Certificate 18, Moving Shadow, Photek Prods and his own Subtitles imprint – a deep, cinematic, tight beats and understanding of dancefloor dynamics, and shows a massive step on from his previous albums.
‘The Legacy’ features the most sought-after Teebee tune ever ‘Liquid Light’ and also includes the upfront future funk gems ‘Padwan’, ‘Vengeance’, ‘Sick’, and ‘Tsunami’.
Definitely Teebee’s most outstanding work to date, he manages to retain his trademark soundcape vibes whilst retaining a tough dancefloor cutting edge.
The album comes with a free bonus CD featuring a 17-track mix by Teebee to boot. # posted by DJ Martian 4:43 PM
Apart from New Order winning that award, John Peel was was rightly recognised: The Special Award For Lifelong Service To New Music
The NME are hypocrites, before John Peel's passing away they didn't list his show in their weekly listings guide and ignored much of the music that John Peel supported.
The rest of the award winners are not worth a mention. However from a sociological viewpoint these awards do mark a mainstream acceptance of the NME. The media coverage/ profile of these awards is definately at a decade high point not seen since the ghastly days of britpop and Oasis in 1995. # posted by DJ Martian 2:05 PM
Next week's releases reviewed @ Norman Records # posted by DJ Martian 1:26 PM
21-23 April 2005 Subcurrent Festival at CCA, Glasgow, Scotland confirmed acts: Avarus, Tony Conrad, Cul De Sac, Decaer Pinga vs Smack Music 7, Double Leopards, Es, Family Underground, Fursaxa, Hototogisu, Kemialliset Ystävät, Kiila, Virgin Eye Blood Brothers, Wolf Eyes # posted by DJ Martian 10:31 PM
UH Fest 2005 - Budapest - March 24-27
Hungary holds an experimental music festival: UH Fest 2005 in Budapest, March 24-27
24th - 27th March
UH FEST
TIM HECKER / JEROME NOETINGER/ERIK M / KAFFE MATTHEWS / SOPHIE RIMHEDEN / LOUIE AUSTEN / KEVIN BLECHDOM / SIGTRYGGUR BERG SIGMARSSON / PITA / RADBOUD MENS / BJ NILSEN / FENNESZ / RADIAN / THILGES3 AND ASIM AL CHALABI feat. ZOHREH JOOYA / FOLIE / ANDREAS TILLIANDER / MIKAEL STAVÖSTRAND / STAALPLAAT / HANS APPELQVIST / MINIMALISTIC SWEDEN / KHAN / VIOLET / JESU BOHREN UND DER CLUB OF GORE / PLURAMON WITH JULEE CRUISE / ANTONY PHILIPP QUEHENBERGER / JAN JELINEK / KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAS / INSTITUTE FÜR FEINMOTORIK / EKKEHARD EHLERS / FLYING LUTTENBACHERS / THIGHPAULSANDRA / LEAFCUTTER JOHN / NOXAGT / DALEK
@ Tilos Klub
IX.ker. Kinizsi u. 28
Budapest
KultureFlash is a free, weekly newsletter covering contemporary culture in and around London. Each week we track down some of the more unusual and interesting events taking place in the Capital and deliver them straight to your inbox. Featuring art, gigs, films, talks, clubs and more -- we are committed to bringing you an eclectic mix of the most stimulating events in London. # posted by DJ Martian 12:35 AM
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
This week's flavourpill LONDONan email magazine covering music, art, and cultural events # posted by DJ Martian 5:39 PM
Forthcoming Albums listed @ PROM-O-RAMA
Italy's equivalent of Forced Exposure promotions: PROM-O-RAMA. music promotion services lists forthcoming albums from Marc Leclair [Akufen], Deadbeat, The Remote Viewer, DJ Kose, Mugison, Cyne, Dntel, Pluramon, Bikini Atoll, Colleen and Porn Sword Tobacco and more...
TBA = [the Title of the album] To Be Announced
Highlighted:
March 21 - mar - MARC LECLAIR - MUSIQUE POUR 3 FEMMES ENCEINTES - MUTEK - CD
Other March MARZO - DEADBEAT - NEW WORLD OBSERVER - SCAPE - 2LP/CD
April 18 - apr - REMOTE VIEWER - LET YOUR HEART DRAW A LINE - CITY CENTRE OFFICES - LP/CD
25 - apr - DJ KOZE - ALBUM - KOMPAKT - CD
25 - apr - MUGISON - MUGIMAMA IS THIS MONKEY MUSIC - ACCIDENTAL - CD
Other April APRILE - CYNE - TBA - CITY CENTRE OFFICES - 2LP/CD
APRILE - DNTEL - TBA - PLUG RESEARCH - 2LP/CD
APRILE - PLURAMON - TBA - KARAOKE KALK - LP/CD
May 16 - mag - BIKINI ATOLL - LIAR'S EXIT - BELLA UNION - CD
23 - mag - COLLEEN - THE GOLDEN MORNING BREAKS - LEAF - LP/CD
Other May MAGGIO - PORN SWORD TOBACCO - TBA - CITY CENTRE OFFICES - LP/CD
