============ VITAL WEEKLY ============ number 407 ------------ week 4 ------------ contents: PHEEK - TABISURU KOKORO LP (MP3 by Thinner) UN CADDIE RENVERSE DANS L'HERBE - LIKE A PACKED CUPBOARD BUT QUITE... (CD by Dekorder) COCK E.S.P. & PANICSVILLE - LAST TRAIN TO COCKSVILLE (miniCD by Little Mafia Records) BRANDLMAYR/DAFELDECKER/NEMETH/SIEWERT - DIE INSTABILITAT DER SYMMETRIE (CD by Grob/Doc) FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER - PARTY OF TWO PARTS (10" by Underscan) MATEO MURPHY - THE RISING EP (MP3 by Thinner) ELOI BRUNELLE - MONTREAL NIGHT GROOVES EP (MP3 by Thinner) VICNET - VICLP (LP by Deco) ORIGAMI KLASSIKA - AKISSALK IMAGIRO (MP3 by Tibprod) KENNETH KIRSCHNER - 6 TRACK EP (MP3 by Tibprod) VARIOUS MP3 SINGLES (MP3 by Tibprod) KAI FAGASCHINSKI & MICHAEL RENKE L- REBECCA: TWO VARIATIONS (CD by Charhizma) DEAD LETTERS SPELL OUT DEAD WORDS (CD by Ideal Recordings) QUOTIDIAN ASSEMBLAGES VOLUME TWO (CDR by Haltapes) CAMPAU/MCGEE - HOAX (CDR by Haltapes) HART/GOFF/MCGEE - MESHED MIXAGES (CDR by Haltapes) TAKU UNAMI - INTRANSIGENT TOWARDS THE DETECTIVES OF CAPITAL (CDR by W.M.O/R) ERIC COOK & BEN BRACKEN - FRAMED/FROZEN (CDR by Simulated) ORPHAX - AS THE STONE FALLS IT WON'T COME UP AGAIN (MP3) COELACANTH - MUD WALL (CDR by Mystery Sea) DEAD LETTERS SPELL OUT DEAD WORDS / MODERNART (7" by Robot Riot) OK_01 - TO A.K. W/BEST WISHEZ (MP3 by Nexsound) PHEEK - TABISURU KOKORO LP (MP3 by Thinner) Here's another Mp3-Lp from Thinner, the net-label that (mostly, but not always) releases lots of dub and ambient influenced house music. Pheek operates in the 4/4 way (except in the first track), but it's not in-your-face house. On the contrary, this music is a very successful mix of house and ambient, it's fully present house music (dance-friendly) that you can easily hear as pure ambient (for listening). Three of the tracks are Pheek's music remixed by other artists: Taho (known from the fantastic Silent Season Dub compilation - see Vital 390), Jeff Bennett (offers a jump-upy-hakan-lidbo rmx) and Mateo Murphy. It's good that these remixes are added, they make the release more varied. The Mateo-remix is an epic and slowly developing 9-minute killer-track. Taho's remix is a nice example of this successful kind of dance&listening-friendly ambient-house music with a dubby feel, the beats in this track are very much in the background and that's how it achieves endlessnessism. There are constant dub surroundings in this music that give a relaxing flow to the house. (BR) Address: http://www.thinnerism.com UN CADDIE RENVERSE DANS L'HERBE - LIKE A PACKED CUPBOARD BUT QUITE... (CD by Dekorder) Apperentely Un Caddie Renverse Dans L'Herbe found his home in the Dekorder label, because this is already the second release he's doing there. Behind Un Caddie is Didac P. Lagarriga, fromerly from Brazil now in Spain and this new album is a deligtht. Lagarriga uses 'exotic' instruments such as the Balaphon, Mbira, Kalimba, Berimbau, but also piano, cello, guitar, bass and of course at the end of this chain we find the computer. That last thing is important to realize since there are traces here of laptopmusic, but Un Caddie opts for a far more natural sounding music. Building loops from the source material, but not extensively processing them, there is still an element of 'exotic' music to these pieces. More closely to the intimate home made music of Pascal Comelade or Sack & Blumm than to Oval or Fennesz. It makes this into quite a strong album of its own, rather than a copy of something else, but also avoiding the trap of a computer generated fourth world music. This album is digital but warm, intimate but with a wide view on the rest of world and a true joy for the ear. A fresh wind in the land of laptop. (FdW) Address: http://www.dekorder.com COCK E.S.P. & PANICSVILLE - LAST TRAIN TO COCKSVILLE (miniCD by Little Mafia Records) A short album (twenty-one minutes) that looks like a real CD of collaborations between the old brothers in noise: Cock E.S.P. and Panicsville (see also last week's issue for another recent album by Panicsville). This time they are taking the piss out of 'popmusic' in some way, mainly trough the titles of the tracks ('Theme From Cocksville', 'I Can't Get Her Off My Cock', 'Gonna Buy Me A Cock' etc.). Of course these two are in more noise territory than Panicsville would be on his own, but, it might be there years of experience, it's the kind of noise that is slightly more interesting than the average noise maker. Tracks are short, witty and to the point. In 'She' there is even a touch of popmusic to be noted, wacky of course and out of control, but it's a distinct break in the short album. Served a such a dose it becomes even accessible and enjoyable! (FdW) Address: http://www.littlemafia.com BRANDLMAYR/DAFELDECKER/NEMETH/SIEWERT - DIE INSTABILITAT DER SYMMETRIE (CD by Grob/Doc) The connections between these musicians are too much to mention: they play together in bands like Efzeg, SSSD, Trapist, Radian or in duos together. This album has tracks recorded in 2002 and one track without Werner Dafeldecker from 2001. Their instruments are drums, double bass, guitar and of course electronics and computers. The music is, I believe not the result of improvisation but guided along lines set out by the four players and is 'strongely connected to the visual part by video artist Micheala Grill' however it's not absolutely necessary to see this when hearing this CD. There is some careful playing going on here: sounds are brought delicately, almost in a shy way, but once they gain life of their own, they are firmly there and start breathing and grow like lively organisms. But do not confuse this album for a soft one, these four boys can burst out into a wall of noise, albeit in their usual careful fashion. They burst out suddenly, but pull back in volume while staying on a noisy edge. At every moment in time on this CD sometimes happens, and usually it's not something that lasts very long before going into a new territory. Digital sits next to analogue here and form a happy couple. Guitar strummings guide crackles and forms a fascinating journey. A carefull yet great work. (FdW) Address: http://www.churchofgrob.com FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER - PARTY OF TWO PARTS (10" by Underscan) From all the clicks and cuts artists, there is only a few whom I really follow to see what they are doing next, simply because they keep on moving about and do new things. Frank Bretschneider is one such guy. His music is always in development, always new ways and both his studio and live work are great. This 10" on Underscan has three tracks and again he took me by surprise. Three up tempo funky tracks, with a nice fat bass line in 'And It Comes Out There' and dubby elements in the title piece. It's minimalist music, oh yes it is, but it's at the same time vibrant, tight in structure, never too accessible, but at the same time never too easy or too experimental. Plus it shows him in a direction which I haven't heard of him before. And this makes him one of the best, for me. But I already told you that. (FdW) Address: http://www.underscan.de MATEO MURPHY - THE RISING EP (MP3 by Thinner) ELOI BRUNELLE - MONTREAL NIGHT GROOVES EP (MP3 by Thinner) It's really a pleasure listening to this music. I got interested in Mateo's music after hearing Pheek's mp3-release on Thinner. There's a great Mateo Murphy remix there. The Rising is an EP with 3 tracks, very much in a housey mood. Fully present music, clear and sharp 4/4 beats, warm bass lines and kinda liquid atmospheres. Mateo Murphy comes from Montreal/Canada, has a djing background and is producing music more seriously since 1998. All 3 tracks from this EP, especially the 1st and the 3rd, because they're the longest ones, are somehow graceful, slowly developing and setting up the atmosphere. Great dubby house from Thinner, chilled and relaxing sometimes. Eloi Brunelle is even more direct house music. Beats and background atmospheres again, but (also again) with all dance and up-beat rhythms, this Thinner-music still manages to be transparent, airy and thinner, for both listening and dancing. Eloi is another Montrealer. The atmosphere on his EP is quite allright in the first 2 tracks, but the last 2 tracks is where the real groove is happening. The third track, called Blackout (not radio:), has a distinctive bass line. Hakan Lidbo comes to mind (again), with a jump-up track like Natty Roots. The last track starts with some Motor-like samples in the first few seconds but very soon the beat starts. Some DJs would enjoy playing this music in different places, clubs, cafes... (BR) Address: http://www.thinnerism.com VICNET - VICLP (LP by Deco) This is the follow up of the album 'Vic CD', with three tracks of the CD and three new tracks. Vicnet is one French designer Vincent Tordjman. His music is made at home on a computer, but also on the train, waiting for a plane or on Japanese subway trains. It's entirely made on a laptop. Vicnet produces some clever kind of popmusic, totally electronic, loaded with samples and influences: funk, techno, electro and even a bit of experimentation. Quirky uptempo songs, that sound alright, but nothing special or shockingely new. A LP with six entertaining songs, of which the cover 'Top Of The World' was the most appealling one. Just very much ok, this one. (FdW) Address: http://www.w-deco.com ORIGAMI KLASSIKA - AKISSALK IMAGIRO (MP3 by Tibprod) KENNETH KIRSCHNER - 6 TRACK EP (MP3 by Tibprod) VARIOUS MP3 SINGLES (MP3 by Tibprod) From the Tibprod world of MP3, two new MP3 albums and they were also kind enough to send me a whole CDR of their Mp3 singles collection. The first is by Origami Klassika. As you may know using the word Origami means it's by a member of that big collective, and each member is free to use the name and put something behind it, to make clear what it is about. Here, Mr. Iversen, head honcho of Tibprod, reworks classical music in eight tracks. Using samples of classical music, bringing the sample conversion rate back to a mere 2K per sample, this is a rather lo-fi affair, in which even the trained devotee for classical music probably can't recognize that much. Quite rhythmical stuff, via the use of short loops. Nice stuff going on here. Kenneth Kirschner of course you may know from his more than excellent album for 12K and his participation to the 12K guitar compilation, here he offers six tracks of highly drone related music. Deep, deep, unearthly bass drones with an occassional piano tinkle coming in. It seems to me, but who I am, that much of this material comes from treated and processed piano sounds. In '012597', it is much more in a collage form. In '101301' it's the aforementioned deep drone business. In total these six tracks are very nice done and certainly match the other, 'normal' releases of Kenneth. Also on Tibprod you can find a whole bunch of singles, which were kindly burned to CDR for my digest. Highlights and highly recommended for download are the nice clicks and cut tracks by Christian Di Vito, Autistici, Iversen and the 80s retro tracks by Tib and Russian Computer Club or the more noisy outings by Ivan Bachev and Lasse Marhaug. Relaxing ambiences are provided by Mil.Org/Iversen and Hanhisuanto. Maybe not the most known names around here, but certainly worth investigating. (FdW) Address: http://www.tibprod.com KAI FAGASCHINSKI & MICHAEL RENKEL - REBECCA: TWO VARIATIONS (CD by Charhizma) These two german musicians started working as a duo in 2001. For this cd Kai Fagaschinski plays clarinet, Michael Renkel plays acoustic guitar, zither, preparations. Renkel studied classical guitar in Hamburg and also composes. He is influenced by 20th century composers like Cage, Feldman, Kagel and Berio, but also by old lute music. Also he interested in extending his guitar instrument with new computer technology and live electronics. Composer and improvisor Fagaschinski played in the duo-format already with Axel Dörner and with computer manipulator Christof Kurzmann. He is interested in the sound and noisy aspects of the clarinet. His work often is an intertwining of composition, concept and improvisation. The concept behind this recording is interesting. "Rebecca exists since October 2002. Work began with improvisations. Over the cause of time the same piece was repeatedly "improvised" again, reducing the concept of improvisation to absurdity. Through repeated playing a musical piece, a composition come into being. The piece is not notated. Rebecca remembers, and forgets. It is not so much a matter of interpreting a preconceived idea but rather of continuously working on and within the piece. The musical work becomes practice, action." And so the work grew and developed over a period of one and a half year, as a process of memorizing and forgetting. In may 2003 it is played for the first time live at the 'Küche' in Berlin. The present recording is made in Fagaschinski's flat during four days in december. Two versions of 'Rebecca are on this cd, variation 5 and 6, both recorded in real time. Both versions offer a serene and meditatieve work with subtile and fragile sounds. The music slowly progresses and is almost static at moments. It's a very stripped down and minimalistic work. The playing is reductionist, with lots of long notes from the clarinet, and short attacks from the guitar. As background music it completely disappears. Listening intensively, the music often failed to keep and attrack my attention. So in the end I don't know what to do with it. Too much concept and much too less vibes in my experience. But that may be different for you (DM). Address: http://www.charhizma.com/ DEAD LETTERS SPELL OUT DEAD WORDS (CD by Ideal Recordings) The oddly named Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words I heard before and maybe even heard some of their/his music. Behind this band is one Thomas Ekelund from Gothenburg, Sweden, who is also a member of Normal Music (along with Jeff Surak), Dead+Hurt, Winquist/Virtanen and who also runs the Fukk God label (releasing CDRs, MP3s etc.). As DLSODW, Ekelund spells the book of ambient, but is most of the times much louder than the his ambient predecessors. Not a sea wash of analogue or digital synths at work here, but rather the laptop version thereof. His computer is a blender in which he throws all the elements - ambience, field recordings (some rumblings of contact microphones going on here), synths - and all of this is stirred well and together with a large dose of computer processing, it's music that is influenced by the ambience surrounding them. But all with more energy and power than a regular ambient music release. Ekelund sources are obvious Eno meeting Fennesz and minimal music meeting the ambient side of Oval. Maybe not the most innovative thing in this area, but still quite a nice release, that works overall quite good. (FdW) Address: http://www.idealrecordings.com QUOTIDIAN ASSEMBLAGES VOLUME TWO (CDR by Haltapes) CAMPAU/MCGEE - HOAX (CDR by Haltapes) HART/GOFF/MCGEE - MESHED MIXAGES (CDR by Haltapes) Following hot on the heels of Volume, there is now a second volume of Quotidian Assemblages, a compilation based on 'ordinary everyday sounds'. Many of these pieces are about 'sticking a microphone outside the window, picking up the signal' or in some other cases the plain recording of machines, such as the pieces by Copper Kung or Mac Of Bionight. This makes this series into more a mail-art music project than a pure musical thing. More so than the first volume, this contains music from people I never heard of such as Planetaldol, Binter Timbre, Part Of Me, The Serota Tendency, Dave Fuglewicz. In fact I just recognized the names of XV Paworek, Gintas K and Fever Spoor. Like with the first volume, I think the pieces that actually do something with the sound are the more interesting ones, such as Part Of Me or Bruce Beverlin II. This 'Quotidian Assemblages' grows into a nice series. And be sure: many more to come. And with this compilation there are two further releases which involve Hal McGee (see also Vital Weekly 404). The first one is a duo recording with one Don Campau, of whom I know nothing. On their lenghty release (two tracks, seventy seven minutes of music), McGee and Campau do an extensive freakout in music. The music is made by the exchange of music via mail (one of the pieces is called 'Forward As An Attachment') with Campau delivering the sources of short samples and McGee adding his sounds later on the multi-track. There is an extensive use of electric piano sound, along with ebow-ed guitars, strummings and tons of sound effects. Not every moment of this work is done with great care, sometimes it's a great hit or miss here, but especially the quieter moments work quite well. I could have imagined a work that was a bit shorter and a bit more edited, would have doubled the impact. Also lenghty is the release by Hal McGee, Charles Rice Goff III and Bret Hart, but at least in these seventy minutes we get nineteen diverse tracks. Again nothing of any sort of instruments are listed, not any notes on the recordings, but the website learns us that this was made via the postal system. Bret Hart plays prepared guitar, a Pan-Jo and several toys. Goff III plays synths, guitar and various electronics, while McGee plays mostly things with keys. While this improvisational playing, it's quite a nice release, since the tracks are quite short. Not every track is great, but at least one can easily go zapping through this and go to the nicer tracks. Sometimes the playing is quite tight and close, but at other times things are too far away, like in 'The Alones'. But a piece like 'Throb & Throblette' is quite nice, and sounds a like good ol' Throbbing Gristle. As said a varied bunch of music, which like the Campau/McGee release is maybe a bit long. A critical ear is needed. (FdW) Address: http://www.hometown.aol.com/haltapes1/index.html TAKU UNAMI - INTRANSIGENT TOWARDS THE DETECTIVES OF CAPITAL (CDR by W.M.O/R) I have no idea who Taku Unami is, but on this limited CDR he is credited for playing 'computer'. While this being a release by W.M.O/R, the label of Basque native Mattin, I assume there would be a lot of computerized noise on this release. But it starts out with a lot of silent stuff. For seconds and seconds nothing seem to be happening, and then occassionally there is a few sounds. Slowly this piece builts up over the next half hour as more and more sounds drop in and at one point they start dropping out again. There are moments when maybe two or three sounds can be heard, which are the most active bits here. It's hard to tell which are the sound sources Unami uses, because the sound is highly fragmented. The second and final piece uses the same sort of structure as the first piece, but here the sounds are louder, of course when they do sound at all. This not an easy work of music, and might be best compared to Taku Sugimoto: what he does on the guitar, this guy does on the computer. If you like silent music, here is your thing. (FdW) Address: http://www.mattin.org ERIC COOK & BEN BRACKEN - FRAMED/FROZEN (CDR by Simulated) A quick second encounter with Eric Cook, the former drummer of Gravitar and Bantam Rooster, after his solo CD 'I Will Not Be Angry Anymore' (see Vital Weekly 389). Here he teams up with Ben Bracken, who is a composer and improviser, who plays in Flashpaper, The Remote Viewing Ensemble and Showdown At The Equator. As an improviser he played with Kevin Drumm, Fred van Hove, Brent Gutzeit, Gene Coleman and Wener Dafeldecker. Having written all that, I don't know what he actually plays. Eric Cook was a drummer, but now works on the computer. This joint work was made for a period of two years and uses, I think, the amplification of textured material, reworked or live processed using computers and is foremost a delicate matter. Despite the somewhat over extensive use of reverb, which add a somewhat esoteric feel to some of the pieces - and which is unnecessary, I think - they work their way nicely through the pieces, with the rumbling of bottles on concrete, wood being cracked with bare hands and more of somesuch. Microsound might indeed be an appropiate word for this music, but it's a kind of microsound that is firmly rooted in ambient industrial music of the mid-nineties. More Asmus Tietchens than Steve Roden I'd say, but hey, that's hardly an insult. Fine, carefully crafted work. (FdW) Address: http://www.simulated.net ORPHAX - AS THE STONE FALLS IT WON'T COME UP AGAIN (MP3) From the suburbs of Amsterdam comes Orphax, the soundproject of Sietse van Erve. He has released a couple of albums and was part of the 'We're Running Out Of West' compilation (see Vital Weekly 317). Here he offers one track, which lasts some eightteen minutes. I haven't heard much other music by Orphax, so I can't say wether this is typical or not, but this is quite an enjoyable effort. Orphax spreads out a bed of ambient synthesizers, far away tinkles a piano - maybe a recording from Orphax as a small child? - and a distant cry. Add some downtempo beats which tick time away. It's melancholical music, but somehow of a different kind that the whole Morr Music sound. Orphax is just a bit more dark edged in his use of synthesizers, and the sounds are more stretched out, as in real ambient music. Great final hour of the day music. (FdW) Address: http://www.orphax.cjb.net COELACANTH - MUD WALL (CDR by Mystery Sea) You may have never heard of Coelacanth, but it's the collaborative effort of Loren Chasse (whom you may know from the works in his own name) and Jim Haynes (who writes for The Wire and for Acqarius Records site). While this is released by Mystery Sea there is obviously some reference to the sea made. The band name is from a fish, a 400 million years old "living fossil" which mostly congregates in submarine caves. Loren and Jim collected a whole bunch of organic material in the studio, like wood and metal and started scraping them. The sounds are fed through a whole bunch of delay and reverb units, until a thick, waving pattern of sound started vibrating the studio walls. A careful rumbling of objects takes place over the course over forty minutes and off and on they seem to be using field recordings of water. Maybe not as peaceful as some of the other Mystery Sea releases: it seems that there is a darker edge about this release, a more unearthy machine-like deep end hum. Soundwise this gets quite close to the old Small Cruel Party sound, and since he's long gone, it's good to have something like that again. (FdW) Address: http://www.mysterysea.net DEAD LETTERS SPELL OUT DEAD WORDS / MODERNART (7" by Robot Riot) Two swedish projects split this 7" slab of vinyl. The glitch drone pop project Dead Letters graces the A side with a track that is split into 2 parts. "my heart is filled with darkness, but there's still disarray" sounds like the disarray trying to get out of a box wrapped in plastic. Or is one trying to bring order to the disarray by wrapping it up? The piece seques into the second part entitled "...is dark no more, the night is dark no more, the night." Here sounds of backwards guitars are added, creating a bleak drone. On the flipside Modern Art continues the feeling of desolation, but adds a sense of hope, yet it never overcomes the bleakness. A slow hymn-like accordian pad accompanies a panning drone as a distant train like sound echos in the distance. Great cover art as well. (JS) Address: http://www.robotriot.nu/ OK_01 - TO A.K. W/BEST WISHEZ (MP3 by Nexsound) This is the second mp3 release by this member of the Moglass on the Kharkov imprint, Nexsound. The ep is no doubt dedicated to the label boss Andrey Kiritchenko. It opens with a short prelude for loop and harmonica, which has the strange feel of something that Mark Twain might have heard going down the Mississippi on a steamboat. The second untitled track is based on a phasing loop with a synth melody on top. Too short i think, as the basic material could have been developed further. The third piece is a happy little melodic loop that repeats and goes through different variations moving from a synth to xylophone type sound all the while being destroyed by various effects with a good dose of electronic noises thrown in the mix. The final track is again based on a swirling loop, with the addition of drum machine. In a strange way it recalls the old S.F. band Breather with the distant droning vocals and a hit of piano. There are alot of ideas crammed into this 10 minute ep so there is plenty to enjoy despite the short length. Very different from the first ok_01 release and a lot of fun. (JS) Address: http://www.nexsound.org/ok_01_2ak.html 1. From: "Martin Hilker" North Atlantic Electronica Tour de Force in the North Atlantic House in Copenhagen, DK. January 23. in Hal D by the North Atlantic House at 9 p.m. (address: Strandgade 100 D, 1401 Copenhagen K, Denmark) Admission: 50 d.kr. (6,70 Euro) Tickets bought at the entrance Experience: The Vacuum Boys (IS/NL) a.o. Heimir Bjorgulfsson (ex.-Stilliupsteypa). Humor and ironi is distinctive for their experimental laptop electronica. The Vacuum Boys produce inspiring and challenging laptop grooves. Ozy (IS) One of the most interesting names on the Icelandic electro scene. Ozy's fruity offbeat swing and extraordinary rhythm structures are the heart and soul of his compositions. Ozy represents the nu-breed of fine electronic music coming out of Iceland. Vindva Mei (IS) Since day one in 1994 Vindva Mei has been confusing its audience with its at times quite challenging schizophrenica. It is dark, minimal, deeply absorbing sounds with an almost old school ambient feel at times. ixi (IS) ixi software is a network of experimentalists in the field of computer music and computer music software. Produces various types of work in the studio but are mainly concerned with producing small prototypes or applications concentrating on new modes of interactivity in music software. Pixel (DK) Pixel has an unconventional approach to modern electronic music. He mixes swing and complex polyrhythmic structures, employing Indian metres like the "Konnakol" and creates correlations to tightly quantized music. Thomas Knak (DK) Thomas Knak has struck us all with a perfectly balanced relation of organic sounds, sampled instruments like acoustic guitars, flutes and a piano as well as subtle digital manipulations and intricate beat programming. Martin Hilker 0045 3283 3700 Visit us at www.bryggen.dk 2. From: "Claudio Parodi" Amy Knoles computer assisted live electronics, percussion controllers, linear/interactive video Claudio Parodi feedback (self-modified electronics) available for European tour from April the 23rd to May the 3rd program 1st set: Amy Knoles in - 2 x 10 x 10 x 10 +1 (Amy Knoles) - Men in the Cities (Amy Knoles) - Imobiles Re-mix (Amy Knoles) - Fear of Heights/Lying to Birds 2001-present (Amy Knoles, music; Richard Hines, video) - Tricomatic (Clay Chaplin) 2nd set: - Amy Knoles/Claudio Parodi impro contacts: Claudio Parodi Via Trieste 46/23 16043 Chiavari (GE) Italia tel. +39 0185307740 mobile +39 3290276077 e-mail: 3. From: mattin@mattin.org gigs: 18 th January Bera soundcheck, Iñigo, Mattin for info about the place contact: xabierk@ertza.net 26th January Gallery Iteza (Kyoto) Axel Dörner / Mattin / Taku Unami 27th January FUTURO (Osaka) Axel Dörner / Mattin / Masafumi Ezaki / Taku Unami 28th January Kouhei Matsunaga/Mattin. Cafe Q.Osaka. 30th January Kid Airack Art Hall (Tokyo) Anette Krebs / Andrea Neumann duo Tetuzi Akiyama / Otomo Yoshihide duo Mattin / Taku Unami duo 3th Feb. ENBAN (Koenji, Tokyo) mattin / Yasuo Totsuka (mixer) / Taku Sugimoto (guitar) What is Music Festival. Australia SYDNEY 8.00, Thursday 12th February, The Gaelic Club 64 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills Matthew Chaumont Matthew Earle / Mattin (Basque Country) James Heighway Scott group Merzbow (Japan) Noriko Tujiko (Japan) ________ 8.00, Saturday 14th February, Valentines Day with Whitehouse Candy's Apartment 22 Bayswater Rd, Kings Cross Fahalim Ooshcasky (from Samarkand, Uzbekistan) Eric Mitsak / Robbie Avenaim Mattin (Basque Country) Rizili Whitehouse (England) __________ Melbourne 8.00, Sunday 14th February, Revolver 229 Chapel St, Prahan Merzbow (Japan) Mattin (Basque Country) / Matthew Sanders Robin Fox / Jon Rose Martin Tetreault (Canada) Tony Buck / Axel Dorner (Germany _______ 7.30, Friday 20th February, Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre Newton Armstrong / Tim O'Dwyer / Anthony Pateras Annette Krebs (Germany) / Adam Sussmann Ernie Altoff / Werner Dafeldecker (Austria) Robbie Avenaim / Andrea Neumann (Germany) Mattin (Basque Country)-- what is music? february 2004 http://whatismusic.com IMPROVISATIONS FESTIVAL, ADELAIDE all performances and workshops take place in: North-South Dining Room, Union House, University of Adelaide, North Tce., Adelaide SUNDAY 22 February 13:00-15:00 Annette Krebs & Andrea Neumann (workshop) 21:45-23:45 Annette Krebs & Andrea Neumann Werner Dafeldecker & Dean Roberts MONDAY 23 February 13:00-15:00 Werner Dafeldecker & Dean Roberts (workshop) 22:45-24:15 Oren Ambarchi Werner Dafeldecker & Arek Gulbenkoglu Mattin TUESDAY 24 February 13:00-15:00 Oren Ambarchi & Mattin (workshop) 22:45-24:15 Dean Roberts Oren Ambarchi & Mattin Arek Gulbenkoglu NZ tour: 26th Feb physics Room. Christchurch Joel Stern/Anthony Guerra Rosy Parlane Rubbernecks Bruce Russell/Mattin 4th March Happy. Wellington Joel Stern/Anthony Guerra Rosy Parlane Rubbernecks Mattin NZ tour. dates to be confirmed www.mattin.org 4. From: "Bernhard Gal" uh-jeh-gal January 24 20.00 Konzerthaus, Vienna For Sheng, Zheng and Live Electronics. Yeh Jiuan-Reng: Zheng, Wu Wei: Sheng, Bernhard Gal: Powerbook. Part of the project 'Singing Dragons'. http://www.generator.at/ tea kettles, sound buoys, billiard balls, mobile phones February 2 19.00 filesharing, Berlin Presentation of recent sound art projects at the monthly 'Jour Fixe' of BGNM. Location: filesharing (Raumerstr. 40, Prenzlauer Berg) http://www.filesharing.de/ (fa)ga(l) February 14 21.30 Ausland, Berlin Premiere of Bernhard Gal's collaborational project with Berlin-based clarinetist/composer Kai Fagaschinski. http://www.ausland-berlin.de/ tunGal April 3 19.00 Alte Schmiede, Vienna Duo concert in collaboration with Chao-Ming Tung. (Gal: Powerbook, Mozarellacutter; Tung: Zheng, Electronics) http://www.alte-schmiede.at/ (fa)ga(l) April 8 19.00 Alte Schmiede, Vienna Duo concert in collaboration with clarinetist/composer Kai Fagaschinski. http://www.alte-schmiede.at/ Rock's Role May 15 - July 3 Art in General, NYC Participation in the group exhibition 'Rock's Role (After Ryoanji)", curated by Ron Kuivila. May 15 to July 3, 2004. http://www.artingeneral.org/ Night Pulses May 28 - July 25 O.K. Center for Contemporary Art, Linz (Austria) Intermedia installation. Part of the 'O.K. spektral' series. Opening: May 27, details tba. http://www.ok-centrum.at 5. From: heimir "Karibu Hatari! The Vacuum Boys Safari Adventure." friday 23.01. Nordatlantens Brygge Strandgade 91 1401 Copenhagen K 20:00 http://www.bryggen.dk saturday 24.01. Stubnitz Stadthafen Rostock 21:00 http://www.stubnitz.com sunday 25.01. Ausland Lychener Str. 60 10437 Berlin 21:00 http://www.ausland-berlin.de 6. From: Consumer Consume's favourite noize boyz OPAQUE play their first gig of 2004 this Thursday at The Halt bar in Glasgow! Also playing are: MUSIC FOR ONE - 1 grrrl, her guitar and a whole lot of manipulation TAPE - 3 lovely laydess who play sellotape Thursday 22nd Jan Halt Bar 160 Woodlands Rd Glasgow 8pm 3 pounds only For basically no more info check out the CONSUME website.. Consumer CONSUME modern muzak of the more awkward kind http://www.consume.freeserve.co.uk 7. From: onoff@digitalkranky.de THE PEAKS spielen live GOLDMUND im Exil prasentiert THE APOCALYPTIC DISCO 24.01.04 BASTARD (Kastanie 7-9 / Berlin) -- 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 . Forward to your allies. 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