============ VITAL WEEKLY ============ number 357 ------------ week 5 ------------ GEOFF DUGAN - ABERTO/FECHADO (CDR by GD Stereo) X+Y=XY 10 CITAS A CIEGAS (CDR by Alku) NATASHA BARRET - ISOSTASIE (CD by Empreintes Digitales) STEPHAN DUNKELMAN - RHIZOMES (CD by Empreintes Digitales) ARTURRO PARRA - PARR(A)COUSMATIQUE (CD by Empreintes Digitales) JIM O'ROURKE - HE WHO LAUGHS (LP by Neon Gallery Records) ANOFELE AND MAATH - ZYKLUS (CDR by Anomaal Prod) KAR - P.02 (CDR) AAL - IN LUCE (CDR by S'Agita Recordings) PUNCK - MU (CDR) PAOLO IPPOLITI & LAURA LOVEREGLIO & DAVIDE VALECCHI - A LIFETIME IN A BLINK (CDR by S'Agita Recordings) PAULO IPPOLITI - LIBERE UNA FALENA CAPODOGLIO INTAPPOLATA NELLA PLASTICS (CDR by S'Agita Recordings) BRENT GUTZEIT - FREEDOM FROM THE GREY CITY (CDR by Boxmedia) BRENT GUTZEIT - SOUL MUSIC (CDR by Boxmedia) THOMAS KONER - UNERFROSCHTES GEBIET (CD by Die Stadt) PAINTED BLACK (CD compilation by Tumult) HOWARD STELZER & JASON TALBOT - RECENT WORK (CDR by RRRecords) GEOFF DUGAN - ABERTO/FECHADO (CDR by GD Stereo) One may know Geoff Dugan for the two compilation CDs he has put with 'geographical' sounds on his GD Stereo label, but maybe also you know him from the Freebass monniker. Here however, under his own name, he takes us to a park in Oporto, Portugal. It's not very clear why this park, what's so special about it (I've never been there, so I can't tell you). From the call of the animals, I might think it's a pretty big park, including farms or a farmyard. This is however not a pure registration of sounds, Geoff actually composed using the recordings. Small layers of sound, like people talking in 'Percepcao', who get a tour around something (a musuem maybe), or animals om 'Derivar'. Dugan calls this 'psychogeography', but I find it hard to discover the nature of the park or the people in there by judging just these recordings, or the Portugese titles. But what I do know, is that the recordings are very nice and are brought to us in a highly intelligent way (it almost makes me wanting to go there and gaze some sun!) (FdW) Address: GD Stereo - P.O.box 1546 - New York, NY 10276 - USA X+Y=XY 10 CITAS A CIEGAS (CDR by Alku) Alku is a small CDR label which never cease to surprise the listener with new ideas. '10 Citas A Ciegas' means '10 Blind Dates'. Twenty artists were invited to send in a track of exactely two minutes, which was coupled to another one of two minutes. Alku made the selection for this combinations, so nobody knew what the final result would be. X+Y=XY indeed. It turned out to be strange combinations, like Needle & Thomas Dimuzio or Plank and Kubin & Garland. One of the great advantages of laptop musics is of course that the possibilities are unlimited and in the realms of digital sound anything sounds digital and most of the time good. If you ever saw some people improvising on a laptop, you know what I mean. Here the laptop crackles work in various directions, from technoid lounge (Beige/Mainpal) to noise (Errorsmith/Opopop) and a most curious piece between Kevin Drumm and Francisco Lopez - who incorporate the most of noise and a bit of silence... and Wobbly and Time's Up going for the real feedback noise. Curious meetings here in the world of blind dates. Worth checking out! (FdW) Address: http://personal.ilimit.es/principio NATASHA BARRET - ISOSTASIE (CD by Empreintes Digitales) STEPHAN DUNKELMAN - RHIZOMES (CD by Empreintes Digitales) ARTURRO PARRA - PARR(A)COUSMATIQUE (CD by Empreintes Digitales) It has been some time that I listened to a new release of electroacoustic music, so imagine I was anxious to hear some new ones that I found on my doormat. Empreintes Digitales releases the music of mostly classically trained electroacoustic composers. The music is well-produced, sounds perfect. The music is also well-documented and the sleeves are artful as well as tasteful. Very well balanced releases. Let's get on to the first release, Natasha Barrett's Isostasie. Of the three cd's reviewed here this cd breathes the most human atmosphere. Unlike a lot of acousmatic compositions there is room for rest here. Many acousmatic composers tend to create dense layers of complex sounds that whirl around each other like inside a maelstrom. Barrett allows for calmth to get a place in the composition and we even hear a human voice. Sometimes she too uses the cliché of filtered basses to counteract with high pitched fluttering and her structures are not very original. Yet, in the best compositions (like Three Fictions, Industrial Revelations) a very personal style appears and I'd really like to hear more of that. In other compositions (like in Viva La Selva!) the mimicry of the real world is too obvious, though. I would advise against that. (as if my opinion matters..) Stephan Dunkelman's Rhizomes plays heavily with sound and speed. His sounds seem to flee away from the speakers turned acoustically into large halls (through loads of reverb). Only seldomly does a sound remain at its place. Dunkelman must be a restless person. The acousmatic aspect of his music is according to the book (I think; there must be a book of some sort...I always hear the same sounds and techniques applied to edit them.) but it fails to keep my attention. The soundsources, the treatments, the structure.. it's all too much of the same. Next Arturro Parra: this is a guitarist's view on acousmatic music. I really think that this is the most adventurous of the three releases. The coöperation between musical instrument and tape/computer is difficult because you can identify the instrument from the other sounds, which so easily results in a relation instrument-backdrop. And in a live setting there is the discrepancy between the sound source of the acoustic instrument and the sound from the speakers which separates the two even more. Parra somehow managed to create a very nice balance, though. Parra commissioned works from five composers: Gobeil, Roy, Dhomont, Bejarano and Normandeau. These compositions were each the basis for a composition of Parra. So the acousmatic composers didn't know what Parra was going to do with their piece and Parra composed the guitar on top of what was already there. That is interesting because the guitar is the least versatile instrument here and yet it has to interact with the most versatile abstract noises. Also interesting to know is that the guitar was recorded without any overdubs. In some cases the guitar is tormented and played in extraordinary way but you can also hear melodies, which is quite unusual in an ED-release. The result is a very dynamic and intense cooperation, very much worth listening to. I most liked the Dhomont cooperation. This eminence grise of the acousmatic society never misses a beat.(IS) Address: www.electrocd.com JIM O'ROURKE - HE WHO LAUGHS (LP by Neon Gallery Records) Jim O'Rourke is of course a busy bee, being a full time member of Sonic Youth, must asked producer and solo performer, which all leave very little time to create solo music. And when at that he may not produce the kind of thing you experimentalists want. Jim never likes to bet on the same horse, I guess. But every now and then he comes up with something experimental, like this. The soundtrack to a silent film, "He Who Laughs" by Herbert Brenon. I don't know when this film was made, but it was a long time ago. Brenon was born in 1880 and died in 1958, after retiring from filmmaking in 1940. He was known as one of the better filmmakers in the silent period, but me no coinnesseur, I can't judge. So I don't know know what "He Who Laughs" is about and if it's as long as this record (one side of music, around 20 minutes). Jim shifts through various passages, so it's most likely they run in order of the scenes. Here we find Jim in his more experimental days, like a totally screwed version of his latest effort in these realms, the Mego CD. One recognizes the use of found sound (wind instruments),_ which all get a max/msp (or maybe something alike that, who am I to tell about software) treatment. At one point a whole fanfare moves by and things seem to get out of control. But right after that follows a moment of quietness, a contemplative moment, may you call it like that. It turned out to be a strange record, one that is rapid in it's changes and movements, which is at one point totally like Jim O'Rourke, but on the other, maybe also quite a new thing. Surely one that pleases the old fans more then the new ones, but also one that will be hard to get: there are only 500 copies around. (FdW) Address: ANOFELE AND MAATH - ZYKLUS (CDR by Anomaal Prod) KAR - P.02 (CDR) AAL - IN LUCE (CDR by S'Agita Recordings) PUNCK - MU (CDR) PAOLO IPPOLITI & LAURA LOVEREGLIO & DAVIDE VALECCHI - A LIFETIME IN A BLINK (CDR by S'Agita Recordings) PAULO IPPOLITI - LIBERE UNA FALENA CAPODOGLIO INTAPPOLATA NELLA PLASTICS (CDR by S'Agita Recordings) Here are a bunch of new releases by the Italian S'Agita Recordings and some from the Italian underground which are currentely being distributed by them. They all come in that lovely explorer format of CDRs. Anofele and Maath are Adriano Scerna, who is mainly a field recordist and Maath is Marco Ramassotto, who released many things before on his own label. For the work 'Zyklus', which holds four tracks, they deleved the field recording archives of Scerna and added acoustic toys such as bull roarer and percussion. They load the sound with an large dose of reverb and every inch of this CD starts to vibrate. Especially in 'Sporesfecundground' there is a strong Organum influence apparent. Many layers of sound tumble over eachother in a scraping mood. Another lenghty piece 'Onanexudingfluid' is much more open and focusses on the use of small sounds. It shows the various possibilities of working with environmental sounds in a very nice way. Adriano Scerna is also part of Kar, another duo from Rome. I assume 'P.02' is their second release. Here too the use of field recordings is most present, but it seems to me that Kar use more cut up styled techniques and maybe the addition of computer sounds (or computer processed sounds might be a better word) in their work. This means that it's more open then the Anofele and Maath release and the works here shift back and forth between pure scraping metallic sounds and processed feedback hummings. An eerie, atmospheric release with interesting counterpoints. Punck is one Adriano Zanni from Ravenna, who also produces a webzine (Spectrum) and runs a MP3 label. From all of these releases, he might the most computerized person among the lot. Using synthesized sound and processing via software, he creates rhythmical, yet not danceable music. Short loops are created from say the sound of a xerox machine, but in general the digital area prevails and in a much more cut up style (this to avoid the rhythmical character I assume). The short CD (twenty minutes) is depsite it's brevity however is quite nice. Those who buy it from S'Agita get a free CDR with remixes of this release by Paolo Ippoliti. He opens in a true Lopezian style of silence and after a minute of six he starts slowly building up the piece by using samples of the original, which grow and grow layer-wise over the course of the piece. Quite an intense mix. Behind Aal we find Davide Valecchi, who presents his third release on S'agita (Vital Weekly 310 and 330). More then before Davide uses synthesizers and percussion to create his ambient inspired music. Like before he seems mostly interested in playing on the darker edge of sound, with droning synths and sound processing via the use of sound effects. The addition of concrete sound elements are kept to a minimum here. Maybe this kind of ambient has become too much of a cliche these days, and Aal doesn't necessarily add something entirely new to the roster, but it's a nice entertaining release anyway. S'agita Recordings started a sublabel, or a series of releases called 'A La Verticale De L'ete', which come in a black cover with a burned photograph. The first one is Paolo Ippoliti, Laura Lovreglio and Davide Valecchi. More from the world of field recordings. Five lenghty pieces of rain sounds, children playing, bird calls and on top a piano that improvises. The piano sounds like not a top notch recording, but rather with a cheap microphone in a different room then were they had the piano. I must admit it's not the best thing in the world, but the whole thing breaths an air of naivety, which is nice. The final disc is by Paolo Ippoliti, the guy that runs S'Agita Recordings. His 'Libere Una Falena Capodoglio Intappolata Nella Plastica' is quite a personal work, dealing with his social life. His day job until now was all about pushing heavy objects, until his body protested and his doctor advised him to stop the work. On this CD you'll find eight pieces of simple scrapings with contact microphones upon surfaces of objects. It's unclear to me wether these objects were to be found in his work, or wether they are found objects for the recording of this release. The result is a strongely conceptual work that fits the best traditions of L. Chasse, Steve Roden or Brandon Labelle. (FdW) Address: http://sagitarecordings.vze.com BRENT GUTZEIT - FREEDOM FROM THE GREY CITY (CDR by Boxmedia) BRENT GUTZEIT - SOUL MUSIC (CDR by Boxmedia) Of course you know Brent Gutzeit. He is one third of TV Pow and runs the Boxmedia label. besides that he is also an active composer of solo works. These two CDrs are in a limited edition of 50, which by no means it is said that they aren't worthy to be heard. Two lost works. 'Freedom From The Grey City' has a cassette (two tracks) and a two compilation tracks for Freedom From label, which may have or have not released them - Brent never saw a copy. 'Soul Music' was to be his first major solo release on the Japanese Meme label, but that label seemed to stop out of the blue (and that was a great pity, since they had some very fine releases). Now both, archival works are available. The works on 'Freedom From The Grey City' were recorded in January 2000, plus a lenghty live cut from 1998. The main focuss in all these four pieces is minimalism. "Waning Cycle' for instance evolves around a spiralling loop that only gets a little bit shorter over the course it runs. 'Piano Motor Skills' is of equal length (twenty six minutes) and has the hasty sounds of small motor driven devices that play the strings of a piano. A jarring piece of disorienting sounds. Minimal at one point, but also quite complex on the other hand. 'Soul Music' has works that date from 1996 up to 2001 and contains for the bigger part high pitched tones and only in the fifth track 'Rice' low end bass sounds pop up. There is just middle for these sounds, it's either all the way up or all the way down. Together with the cut 'n paste method of laptop techniques, it's certainly not an easy work. One has to listen very carefully and preferable in considerable volume to catch the finer parts of this work, and the louder parts work like fragmenting bombs. Good to see it out, finally. (FdW) Address: www.boxmedia.com THOMAS KONER - UNERFROSCHTES GEBIET (CD by Die Stadt) It's a bit hard to review this, because I already wrote a review, less than six months ago. Somebody once said that you can review anything at anytime, because your perception changes over the course of time. He might be right. But in this case, he is also right because of another reason. This CD was previously available as a limited picture disc set. That looked great, like picture discs usually do. But Die Stadt found out, and I assume much to their regret, the sound quality of a picture disc is not that great. So maybe after all it's a wise thing to re-issue that LP on CD, because the work of Thomas Koner is, me humbly thinks, better off on CD then on vinyl. The two lengthy cuts from the LP are presented here in an unclicked, unscratched warm (and digital! - I am no vinyl fetishist) beauty. More so then on the vinyl, the music reveals depth beneath the rumbles of icy landmasses, moving slowly foreward. Apperentely the sound source Thomas uses on these two pieces was a dusty blank 16mm film played in a film projector - I couldn't tell really. As a bonus there is 'an extended soundtrack' for a video presentation by Karen Vanderborght. This piece is a very unlike Koner piece. We know his isolationist drones and his dance music, but here he incorporates a female voice inside his ambient works, and that works really fine. She sounds far away (and to be honest: I didn't pay that much attention to what she said), like a voice on the intercom in the room next to you. Although different then the Unerfroschtes Gebiet, I think it this new piece, may call it new direction, fit well together. It has a great radioplay like feeling to it, so it would be good to see the video that comes along with it. (FdW) Address: www.diestadtmusik.de PAINTED BLACK (CD compilation by Tumult) Of course I would never say this in public, but I think the Rolling Stones are a bunch of overrated, over-aged money grabbers and their entire discography should be trashed immediately. But of course I would never say this in public, because of all their hidious music, there is one song I always like, which is 'Painted It Black'. But maybe because of the 7" by The Mo-Dettes from 1980 (I believe), an all female group who did a nice New Wavey version of it. Sadly that is not included on this compilation, which is an all cover thing of just 'Paint It Black'. Or maybe an all remix thing. Or maybe an all tribute thing. The original is not always recognizable so that certainly adds to the fun of it - at least if you like the Stones as much as I do. It's hard not to think that the idea for this was given by Fennesz, whose 'Play' 7" had a version of this song and which is now included also on this compilation. Maybe he started it all off, who knows? The range of artists on this compilation is quite diverse. I couldn't wait until the end of Acid Mother's Temple whose spacerock of ten or so minutes failed to keep my interest for very long. It's hard to say wether I like the ones that incoporate parts of the originals, like Stillupsteypa or Troum or the totally alienated ones like Kit Clayton's rather funky piece or Fennesz cable rumble. The ones that incorporate the original I liked Hrvatski's acoustic guitar playing with psyched out noise and Troum slowed down doodlings on the synth didn't catch me at all. Things like this always leave me with puzzled feelings. Some of these tracks are ok, but one may wonder if they are a 'Paint It Black' cover, and some that do sound like the originals aren't so my thing I guess. And the winner still is: Fennesz. (FdW) Address: www.tumult.net HOWARD STELZER & JASON TALBOT - RECENT WORK (CDR by RRRecords) It's good to see the return of a highly respectable label that brought us so many noise and related records, tapes and cd's. RRRecords are back! And they stepped into doing CDRRR's. One of the first is a lovely lovely recording of Jason Talbot and Howard Stelzer, taped during their April 2001 tour in the USA. Jason Talbot plays a turntable, sometimes conventionally spinning a record, scratching it, but he also uses the pick up to amplify a balloon or screwdrivers. Howard is also on the analogue music side playing cassettes through a whole bunch of old walkmans, upon sheets of metal and through a distortion pedal. Maybe you except a whole bunch of noise, but not so. Occassionally there are bursts of noise, oh yes, but these two guys play very well the dynamic card. Soft parts, loud parts, noise bursts and occassional sounds are presented here in this excellent live recording. I happen to see a couple of their shows, and everything they do is planned, these are real songs (despite the silly titles). I heard someone calling this analog glitch, might be so. I think it's musique concrete in a very pure form. And europeans around: they play on january 31st at Extrapool in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. (FdW) Address: www.rrrecords.com correction: KK Null's 'Helium Flash' is not released by Deison but by the label Loud! Deison is the name of the band behind the label. The e-mail address is the same. 1. From: Tesco-Organisation@t-online.de (Tesco/Joachim Kohl) White Rabbit Records presents JACK OR JIVE live in Germany date: 14.02.03 at: SCHICK UND SCHÖN Mainz/ Holzhofstr.3 door: 20:00 start: 22.00 9.- Euro before and after show WHITE RABBIT CLUB MUSIC till 6:00 info: art@white-rabbit-records.org und : www.schickundschoenclub.de 2. From: "s&t" SICK AND TWISTED gabba digital hardcore drill & bass industrial techno dark dnb eeeeeeevil noize FRIDAY 14 FEBUARY TOM MILLS live on stage 11.15 FRACTURE 4 ALEX B DJ BROKEN YOLK UPSTAIRS @ THE GARAGE 20 - 22 HIGHBURY CORNER LONDON OPP. HIGHBURY & ISLINGTON TUBE/BR £5/£4 cons 3. From: "Johan @ (K-RAA-K)3" (K-RAA-K)3 festival March 8, 2003 Zaal Belgie, Hasselt/Belgium Burgemeester Bollenstraat 54-56 3500 Hasselt reservations T. 0032-11-22 41 61 F. 0032-11-23 26 59 belgie@skynet.be http://users.skynet.be/kunstencentrumbelgie www.kraak.net The 5th edition of the (K-RAA-K)3 festival is, like previous years, an overview of exciting images and sound from around the globe. A kind of catalog for forgotten or neglected artistic pearls. We do not aim to "know" about all this stuff. Every year it just happens we like lots of artists whom skills are only noticed by just a few. Often it comes down to lack of promotion if you try to find a reason why some of these artists aren't appealing a bigger crowd. The combination of legendary names, European premieres and much anticipated hopes proved to be the right match to make the festival a place to be. Not only for artistic matters but also to an atmosphere where communication between artist and audience isn't an empty word. We invite you all to this 12 hour extravaganza to discover some talent, support bands you never thaught to be seeing, or witness a band whom will be on larger stages in the future. (K-RAA-K)3 festival is still made possible by and through fans worldwide. Enjoy!!! Start: 14h End: 02h Lodging: try www.hasselt.be Transport: www.nmbs.be www.mappy.be An alphabetical journey through the fest BLUTCH (b) Joe Cocksucker (lie) Tony Conrad (usa) Denzel + Huhn (ger) Hangedup (Can) Hellfire (Ger) Kiila (Fin) Lowfish (can) Numbers (usa) Sunroof! (uk) Tuk (b) Un Caddie Renversé dans l'Herbe (es) Greg Weeks (usa) plus films.... 4. From: LAMPO Friends ... LAMPO is pleased to announce its winter 2003 season ... SAT, FEB 15 - KEVIN DRUMM SAT, MAR 1 - DROR FEILER (Chicago debut) FRI, MAR 21 - PITA All events 9PM at 6ODUM - 2116 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, Ill. Admission open to all ages. QUESTIONS? http://www.lampo.org 5. From: "acourtis@cvtci.com.ar" ---------------------------------------------------------- REYNOLS EUROPE TOUR 2003 Jan 31st- Norway. Oslo. BAR MOSKVA Contact: bobilia@frisurf.no feb 01-Norway. Trondheim BLAEST CLUB www.blaest.no for info: lmarhaug@online.no feb 02-Norway. Trondheim (as Origami South America) Innherredsveien 100, Trondheim lmarhaug@online.no feb 03-Norway. Trondheim *lmarhaug@online.no feb 04-Norway. Trondheim * " feb 05-Norway. Trondheim * " feb 06-Norway. Trondheim * " feb 07-Norway. Stavanger. TOU Contact: paal.asle@c2i.net feb 08-Norway. Stavanger* feb 09-Norway. Bergen. BERGMARK Contact: Nicholas Mollerhaug: nikko@bek.no feb 10-Norway. Bergen (possible workshop) " feb 11-Norway. Bergen ( " " ) " feb 12-Norway. Bergen ( " " ) " feb 13-Norway. Oslo. RADIO NOVA. For info: postmaster@looop.no feb 14-Norway. Oslo. NYX (as Origami South Amerika) postmaster@looop.no feb 15-Sweden. Malmo. ROOSEUM-Center for Contemporary Art ("Trente oiseaux gig" w/Roel Meelkop & Johannes Hellden) www.rooseum.se for info: ronnie@ronsun.net feb 16-Sweden. Stockholm. KULTURHUSET (w/Michel Waisvisz & Barry Guy) www.kulturhuset.stockholm.se/ Tel: +46 8 5083 1508/ christian.pallin@kulturhuset.stockholm.se feb 17- Sweden. Stockholm.* (possible workshop) christian.pallin@kulturhuset.stockholm.se feb 18-Denmark.Copenhaguen.THE CHURCH (w/F.L.O.W.E.R.) Møllegade7,Copenhaguen. for info: expressway_3000@hotmail.com feb 19-Denmark. Aahrus/Copenhaguen* (w/ F.L.O.W.E.R) expressway_3000@hotmail.com feb 20-Germany. Bremen. ZAKK CLUB Sielpfad 11/ 28203 Bremen/GERMANY tel: 0421-76113 michael@twistedknister.de feb 21-Germany. Muenster. CUBA (w/Stilluppsteypa) Achtermannstr. 12/ 48143 Muenster/Germany www.cuba-cultur.de info for tickets & Workshop: www.geraeuschwelten.de www.aufabwegen.com tickets@geraeuschwelten.de zipo@aufabwegen.com feb 22-Germany. Berlin. AUSLAND (w/Stilluppsteypa) Lychener Str. 80/10437 Berlin/Germany Tel: 030-4477008 uebungen@ausland-berlin.de www.ausland-berlin.de feb 23-Germany. Koln. (workshop & concert) KULTURBUNKER MÜLHEIM e.V.. Berliner Str. 20/ 51063 Köln Tel.: 0221-616926/ Fax.: 0221-6160796 www.kulturbunker-muelheim.de till.kniola@kulturbunker-muelheim.de feb 24-Netherlands. Amsterdam* for info: jdk@jdkproductions.com feb 25-Netherlands. Amsterdam* for info: jdk@jdkproductions.com feb 26-Netherlands. Rotterdam. WORM www.wormweb.nl sound@wormweb.nl feb 27-France. Lille. LA MALTERIE 42, rue Kuhlmann, Lille (0)3 20 78 28 72 (0)3 20 15 13 21 ymiossec@nordnet.fr feb 28-Belgium. Lovain-la-Nouve. CHEZ ZELLE 1, Chemin de la Bardane/ B1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Tél./fax: 010.45.54.35 http://users.skynet.be/chezzelle/ for info: veg18@hotmail.com mar 01-Belgium. Antwerp. STEREOPHONIC audiobot2000@yahoo.com mar 02-Belgium. Hoegaerden. PAENHUYS(workshop & concert) For info: (+32) 486 100558 veg18@hotmail.com mar 03-Switzerland. Zurich. EGO-CITY Badenerstrasse 97/ Zurich www.egocity.net guerteltiertapes@gmx.net mar 04-Switzerland.* guerteltiertapes@gmx.net mar 05-Switzerland. Geneve. CAVE 12 12, bd de la Tour --- Geneva --- phone (talk to Manuel): +41.(0)78.841.16.63 fsixto@hotmail.com www.geocities.com/cave_12 mar 06-France. Grenoble. LE 102 102 rue d'Alembert – Grenoble- France tel: 04 76 70 12 00 fax: 04 38 12 09 79 le102@caramail.com mar 07-France. Nantes. APO 33 12 rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau/ 44000 Nantes Phone : +(33)2 40 69 00 60 apo33@free.fr / http://mireapo.nerim.net mar 08-France. Paris. INSTANTS CHAVIRÉS: 7 Rue Richard Lenoir/93100. Montreuill, France www.instantchavires.fr.st for info: bimbo.tower@free.fr mar 09-UK. Brighton. CINEMATHEQUE (w/ Dylan Nyoukis & Milch Grande) 9-12 Middle Street, Brighton East Sussex BN1 1AL Tel: 01273 384300 Fax: 01273 739970 Cinematheque@yahoo.com www.cinematheque.org for info: dylan_nyoukis@hotmail.com mar 10-UK. London (night show to be confirmed) for info: mattin13@hotmail.com mar 11 UK. Newcastle. THE TYNE (w/Jazzfinger & Culver) Maling Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. telephone: 0191 265 2550. No-Fi: nofigigs@aol.com mar 12 UK (Scotland). Glasgow. STEREO 12-14 Kelvinhaugh Street Finnieston/Glasgow/G3 8NU phone: (0141) 576 5018 isla@nyc.com liamstefani@hotmail.com www.stereomono.co.uk mar 13 UK Leicester THE LAMPLIGHTERS (upstairs), ( w/Volcano The Bear & Jeremy Barnes) Millstone Lane, Leicester telephone 0116 255 1288 all enquiries to: volcanothebear@hotmail.com mar14 UK. London. RESONANCE FM (Radio Show) "One Hour as the Megamind-Wig of God's Chihuahua" 16:00 - 17:00 h (UK) / 15:00 - 16:00 h (CET) real media/mp3 streams: http://www.resonancefm.com b@estsoks.demon.co.uk (21 hs.) DARK WHALES INSTITUTE (w/ Deflag Haemorrage/Haien Kontra ) Silesia Buildings no. 3 Tel: 07931537717. mattin13@hotmail.com activities for dates with * are still in the works 6. From: "rob forman" The Non-Event Music Series presents An evening of experimental music and dance, featuring: Keith Rowe and Toshimaru Nakamura nmperign with Le Quan Ninh, Yukiko Nakamura and Pascal Delhay Sunday, February 9th at 8:00pm Durrell Hall at the Cambridge Family YMCA 820 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge (Central Square) MBTA Red Line: Central Square Admission is $12/$10 students and YMCA members Tickets are available at Twisted Village and Cambridge Family YMCA Please call (617) 354-6898 or (617) 661-9622 Keith Rowe and Toshimura Nakamura Keith Rowe, table top guitar/electronics; Toshimaru Nakamura, no-input mixing board nmperign, Le Quan Ninh, Yukiko Nakamura and Pascal Delhay Greg Kelley, trumpet; Bhob Rainey, soprano saxophone; Le Quan Ninh, percussion; Yukiko Nakamura, dance; Pascal Delhay, dance The Non-Event Music Series, presenters of Boston performances by world-renowned experimental musicians since May 2000, is proud to announce its first Winter/Spring 2003 season concert featuring heralded improvisers and dancers from Boston, the UK, France, and Japan. For more information about this concert, contact: non_event@hotmail.com This concert is sponsored in part by 90.3 FM, WZBC 7. From: martijn Sandberg presents Grand Opening 1st exhibition in the chapel of the Sandberg Institute 31st of January, 1st & 2nd of February -In the Chapel- Performances (31st of January, 20:00): Sagi Groner -Lisoarmonium- Guy Bahir -Electronic soundscapes- Martijn Tellinga -Boca Raton- Future Dub -Hissing crackles- Installations, drawings, sculptures (all weekend, from 13:00-20:00): James Beckett Chloe Morrison Stefano Tsivopoulos -Plucking off the down- Gunver Helbo -I just want to spread my legs for you- Wouter Kalis Gerben Hermanus -The patterns of your behaviour reveal my methods- Kris Hymøller -Barb's Wire- Helgi Thorsson Meeuw the Chapel: Prinses Irene straat 19, Amsterdam -- Vital Weekly is published by Frans de Waard and submitted for free to anybody with an e-mail address. If you don't wish to receive this, then let us know. Any feedback is welcome . 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