============ VITAL WEEKLY ============ number 447 ------------ week 45 ------------ CDATAKILL - THE CURSED SPECIES (CD by Ad Noiseam) MOTHBOY - THE FEARS (CD by Ad Noiseam) REVERBAPHON - OUR HEART BEATS WITH JOY (CD by Benbecula) ANDREY KIRITCHENKO - INTERPLAYS, IN BETWEEN (CD by Ad Noiseam) KAINKWATTET (CD by Schraum) HINTERLANDT - NEW BELIEF SYSTEM (CD by Alias Frequencies) ATELEIA - SWIMMING AGAINST THE MOMENTS (CD by Antiopic) MUCK- ROC (CD by PAXRECORDINGS) IAN YEAGER - MUSIC FOR GUITAR + COMPUTER (CD by PAXRECORDINGS) ULTRA-RED - (JACK)(TACTIC) (LP by En/Of) MERZBOW - 1633 (LP by En/Of) MAJA RATKJE - ERWARTUNG (LP by En/Of) ROBOKONEKO - SHADES OF GENKI (CDR by Piehead Records) AIDAN BAKER - FIELD OF DRONES (CDR by Arcolepsy Records) FREIBAND - DRONE WORKS #5 (CDR by Twenty Hertz) KAN DAISUKE - DEMO (CDR self-released) SM (CDR self-released) P.S. STAMPS BACK - LIVE ACT MAY 04 (CDR by 1000+1 Tilt) SPARK - HARMONIC SEISMOLOGY (MP3 by En:peg Digital) KONRAD BAYER - SHALL WE GO TO THE PARK? (MP3 by Autoplate) CDATAKILL - THE CURSED SPECIES (CD by Ad Noiseam) MOTHBOY - THE FEARS (CD by Ad Noiseam) The Berlin based Ad Noiseam label specializes in various kinds of electronic dance related music, be it breakcore, be it hip hop or be it clicks and cuts. Their recent autumn campaign shows these various interests very well. Somehow I missed out the first CD by CDatakill, aka Zak Roberts, but 'The Crushed Species' leaves a good impression, even when I am not a lover of breakcore per se. If I decide I would like to hear breakcore it should be in a concert hall with the amps turned up in a way I can't do at home. Then it makes much more sense. But listening to Cdatakill on my set of simple speakers at home may not be the real thing, I did enjoy the broken drum & bass beats, but above the somewhat darker undertones, hoovering below this set of beats. As said, I haven't delved the genre to the bottom, so I couldn't possibly say wether this is an original set of breakcore, or following standards. Quite nice for a change. Also with trip hop I am only vaguely known, through a few CDs that I have of say DJ Shadow and a compilation on Ninja Tune. It's music that I like though. The slow beats, the psychedelic sounds in the background, musique concrete made into dance music. Mothboy is Simon Smerdon, formerly known as Ocosi. After splitting up, Smerdon continues solo as Mothboy. With guest musicians as Scorn's Mick Harris, Larvae's Matthew Jeanes, MC Akita The Don and Micheal Palace (Horchata), his debut album 'The Fears' is a combination of "50% live instruments and 50% electronics". The beats are of course fat and slow as ever, but it's the instrumental parts that are really nice here. Dark is the code-word in place here, with chords in the lower region of the synths. Once this music connects to rap, as in 'All The Wrong Places' I am not so much interested, as I simply don't have anything with rapmusic. Lucikly that's only one track, out of thirteen. The twelve other ones use occassionally vocal samples, which work quite well. It's music that works well at home and I assume it also works well on the dance floor. Great, hallucinating music. (FdW) Address: http://www.adnoiseam.net REVERBAPHON - OUR HEART BEATS WITH JOY (CD by Benbecula) This is the second release from Benbecula that I've had a possibility to listen. And as far as I can hear from this release they are still into some pop oriented music, mellow and calm. Despite that, there are some differences from their previous release. 'Our Heart Beats with Joy' is a very calm release and it has more connections with the post rock sound. However I can't define it as pure post rock. First of all, because there is no such thing as post rock in its original meaning anymore, but also because there are more styles fusioned in its sound. It actually starts as pure post rock with folk elements, but already in next song the pop electronic influences can be heard. Still there is the guitar element which gives us that post rock feeling. The rest of the album is directed in same way: electronic construction, rhythm or melody with implemented guitar structures. There are also some pure folk moments, vocals and singing, peaceful atmosphere. that gives an impression of a neo country sound. Pure desert sound, very calm, relaxed and nice. (TD) Address: http://www.benbecula.com ANDREY KIRITCHENKO - INTERPLAYS, IN BETWEEN (CD by Ad Noiseam) Ad noiseam is one of the most interesting labels that are releasing experimental music nowadays. They are releasing various styles in electronic experimental music. From dark hop variations of Horchata, sound collages of Wilt, micronoise minimalistics of Cordell Klier, melodic and rhythmic electronics of Andrey Kiritchenko... After his first Ad Noiseam release in 2003, he is back with a new one. Kniga Skazok had a more rhythmic and melodic orientation with the concept of interpreting traditional fairy tales. This time he shows his sound and style interests in making a crossover with these two favorised styles. On one hand you can find microglitches, clicks, subtle melodies and controlled rhythmic clicks n cuts. And on the other hand more experimental sounds: from rough field recordings, noisy frequencies and distorted voices to sinewaves and continuous glitches. But the richness of sounds does not stop here. In all these electronic combinations you can also recognize acoustic instruments and use of strings which gives it another dimension, a human touch and emotion. The arrangements are repetitive and hypnotic giving the album trancey feeling. Although this is a quite dark release, it is also very subtle, calm and quiet. (TD) Address: http://www.adnoiseam.net KAINKWATTET (CD by Schraum) A new Berlin label, run by musicians Merle Ehlers, Axel Haller and Torsten Papenheim and their first release is by Kainkwattet - not kwartet of course as they are a trio: Antoine Chessex on saxophone, Axel Haller on bass and Torsten Papenheim on guitar. The label wishes to focuss on 'contemporary creative music', which can be improvised or composed. Kainkwattet falls clearly in the first category, that of free improvised music. The seven cuts on this CD were recorded in september 2003 during a session in a studio. Although noted as seven different cuts, the music comes to the listener as an endless stream of sound. The saxophone playing is that of the modern kind, the way Axel Dorner plays his trumpet or Alessandro Bosetti his clarinet: producing wind sound through the mouth. More soundpoetry than actual saxophone playing. Objects of all kind are placed on the bass and the guitar and one realises this is really free music. Although I must say I quite like this CD, I think there is one point of criticism to be made: the lack of dynamics. Everything seems to be made in one go, and while mixing it, not great care has been used to make a nice balance between the seperate instruments. It would have been nice to see some counterpoint, some crescendo or decresendo happening. Even when this CD is only some forty six minutes, it's not an easy thing to digest. There is a certain lack of tension that this music would need. Some more mixing would not be a bad idea. In smaller doses this is a nice CD anyway. (FdW) Address: http://www.schraum.de HINTERLANDT - NEW BELIEF SYSTEM (CD by Alias Frequencies) If the mailman arrives and I get my daily feed of new CDs for these lines, I never know where to start, but today the task was easy. Hinterlandt has already made some nice releases, including 'Poprekordt' (see Vital Weekly 404) as the highlight so far. But the main reason was of course seeing 'Making Plans For Nigel' on the cover, and that happens to be one of the first 7"s I bought when I was fourteen or fifteen. And a cover it is, because all the other songs are written by Jochen Gutsch, except 'Nigel' by Colin Moulding. Gutsch stays very close to the XTC original, except that everything is slowed down. Hinterlandt needs nine minutes to make plans for Nigel, but otherwise follows the song exactely. Unlike the stuff Hinterlandt released after 'Poprekordt', this new album is much alike that previous master piece. Five long tracks ('Making Plans For Nigel' being the shortest and 'Deckchair Anthem' with fifteen minutes the longest), which aren't exactely poplengths, but still Hinterlandt delivers a perfect blend of electronic popmusic, through synthpop, drum & bass, techno and ambient. Sometimes uptempo and then downtempo, melancholic and atmospheric, and all of this in one track of course. Singing is brought in of course, as should be in good popmusic. Hinterlandt doesn't surprise me as much as he did with 'Poprekordt' I must admit, but sitting next to that record is this one. It is a fine way to go, and only one step away from starting to write three minute popsongs. (FdW) Address: http://www.aliasfrequencies.org ATELEIA - SWIMMING AGAINST THE MOMENTS (CD by Antiopic) This is the debut album by one James Elliott, aka Ateleia and I don't know anything about him. Antiopic tries to sell this as a cross between 'pop', 'ambient' and 'electronica', but I am not convinced, most certainly not by the pop part of it. The fact that Ateleia keeps his tracks short doesn't mean it's popmusic. Rather in all of the eight tracks, Ateleia shows to have a keen ear for the world of glitch and microsound, and like with many other the work of Fennesz is never far. Slightly distorted organ sounds, fuzzy and grainy guitar processings and an occassional glitch rhythm. Don't get me wrong, I thought this was a nice album, but nothing I heard in here sounded really new or fresh. Nice, but already a well-covered area. (FdW) Address: http://www.antiopic.com MUCK- ROC (CD by PAXRECORDINGS) What to make of this one? A typical Pax Recording release, that=s for sure. Low profile, slow rock and soundscapes. Albert T.Carmichael (aka Ability to Communicate) whispers and murmurs the texts written by Tina in the microphone, like somebody who is daydreaming and who isn=t really speaking to someone. Sort of 'interior monologe'. Together with And Gnat Vomit, Albert uses a diversity of instruments and techniques: tape, guitars, keyboards, synths, electronic percussion, sequenced beats, 4-track manipulations, bass, 60hz, sampler, acoustic guitar, mic stand, vocal loops, sk-1 siren whistle, pitchpipe, turntable, drum machines. All these instruments are hard to identify in all 7 pieces. Both musicians built abstract sound environments around the lyrics, as if you are entering the inner world of someone. It's music - sometimes almost 'songs'- that comes directly from the subconsciousness level. Listening to this cd, my eye fell on another record here in my room: 'Vocoding Life/Psycho-Akustik' (1980) by german Maran Gosov. Yes, psycho-acustic music that?s the term I was looking for. This describes perfectly what we hear on this strange, but convincing cd. (DM) Address: http://www.paxrecordings.com/ IAN YEAGER - MUSIC FOR GUITAR + COMPUTER (CD by PAXRECORDINGS) For his debute release Ian Yeager choose a title that clearly and simply states what it has to offer: music for guitar plus computer . Yeager works in the Bay Area as a composer and performer. As an improvisor he played with many musicians including Ernesto Diaz-Infante, Bob Marsh, Joseph Zitt, Rent Romus, Phillip Everett, a.o. That?s about all I can tell about his whereabouts. On his solo-release Yeager shows another side of his musical identity. He offers a very ambient-like music. Friendly and gentle guitar melodies and riffs prevail. The computer is used in a more additional sense. Let this be my first compliment to Yeager, because the use of a computer often leads to meaningless complexity. As far as I can judge about it, I have the feeling Yeager uses only a limited range of computertechniques in order to give the pieces the finishing touch. Often he seems to seek a cascading effect. Most pieces are of a pretentiousless simplicity that make this one a nice ambient - absolutely non new age - cd. (DM) Address: http://www.paxrecordings.com/ ULTRA-RED - (JACK)(TACTIC) (LP by En/Of) MERZBOW - 1633 (LP by En/Of) MAJA RATKJE - ERWARTUNG (LP by En/Of) The En/Of label releases nine LP's a year, and everyone comes with a real work of art - with cataloguenumbers 024, 025 and 026 at hand here I don't think I really need to introduce the label anymore. Somehow En/Of brings out the better known artists to present a musical work, which is a surprise, since all the releases are limited to 100 copies only. Ultra-Red's LP comes with a work by Henrik Olesen, an 'inner record sleeve' (and like before I never get to see any of these artworks, sadly enough). It sounds like appropiate work, since on the A-side Ultra-Red spins records. Disco records from the period 1973 to 1983. Not just one or two or ten, but I am told there are about 700 records spinning at one point on this side. None of the usual protesting crowds here, even when the political message (here about Aids) is still a present feature on this record. A strong collage. On the b-side, Ultra-Red presents a likewise collage, with voices and rhythms. Quite disjointed an uneasy material going on here. But fascinating indeed. Slowly Ultra-Red becomes a more and more favourable act for me. Which Merzbow of course is since twenty years. I already forgot what I wrote about Merzbow a few weeks ago, but indeed there is no need to have all the Merzbow records, unless you are a true dedicated fan - like me. Merzbow, unlike on the recent Merzbird, is on common grounds here. '1633' is all about noise, a slight touch of rhythm (with some mean percussion on the b-side) and more noise through. Full speed, full blast ahead. A common, yet great Merzbow. I am biased. I know. The art with this record is by Kendell Geers and is a felt slipmat. Maja Ratkje can no longer be described as the upcoming lady of Norwegian Noise. After her work with Fe-Mail and Lasse Marhaug, aswell as her solo work, she's already the leading lady of Norwegian Noise. 'Erwartung' (a beautiful German word bytheway, meaning 'hope') has two LP sides of her voice improvisations. This is less about noise, I must warn the lovers of noise and more about sound poetry - but poetry of no words. She uses her voice to make breathing sounds and carefully plays around with silence. Electronics play only a small part in this particular work, and is only there to form an occassional backdrop which she uses to make her improvisations, with a growing intensity on the b-side. Nice record, even when it's a bit too much on the esoteric side for my taste. This LP comes with a broken glass plate by Monica Bonvicini. (FdW) Address: http://www.bottrop-boy.com ROBOKONEKO - SHADES OF GENKI (CDR by Piehead Records) Even when Melinda Taylor aka Robokoneko (which is Japanese for Robotic Kitten) started making music in 1996, she released her debut album in 2003. Maybe she is something of a slow worker, but her Piehead release consists of four of her own pieces and four remixes others did of her work. Under thirty-eight minutes this is a short album... In her own sound Taylor harks back, without trying to cover things up, to the artificial intelligence days of a decade ago. Melancholic keyboard work, a stuttery rhythm all embedded under a warm blanket. The remixes are made by artists from the Couchblip! label, a label run by Talor among others. Himuro, Disjunction Reunion, Bloq and Pellarin are the remixers and their remixes stay close to the same genre (the originals were not heard by me), so that one could easily be mistaken to hear the originals - or easily assume all eight tracks are by Robokoneko. Pleasent afternoon home disco music. (FdW) Address: http://www.pieheadrecords.com AIDAN BAKER - FIELD OF DRONES (CDR by Arcolepsy Records) 'Field of drones' is one of the releases by Aidan Baker in 2004 and it's a part of a live recording from a performance that, as it's explained in the info that goes with the nice looking self-designed cardboard cover, lasted 3 hours and was a part of a festival in 2003. It also says that all sounds are created by electric guitar (it's known from the previous releases that Aidan Baker uses electric guitar as a main instrument to create his drone oriented music) and no computer was used in the making of the sounds on this release. It's a very calmed down elementary drone ambient music with a dominant guitar bass sound. All 3 pieces on this release are quite long, all more than 20 minutes, the first and the last are 27 minutes. Not too many things are changing during the tracks and they're developing very subtle and slowly. That's maybe reasonable having in mind that they were performed live and if the artist wanted to be more safe controling the sound. I found this to be a nice release, well thought-out, well executed and recorded. I don't remember these 3 tracks ('twilight', 'darkness encroaching' and 'shadows') from Aidan Baker's other releases I've heard, maybe they're only here or maybe I don't have the album versions. However, they suit well for playing live and this is a very nice album with live music in Aidan Baker's terms. (BR) Address: http://www.turn.to/arcolepsy and http://www.listen.to/aidan FREIBAND - DRONE WORKS #5 (CDR by Twenty Hertz) Some time ago, in Vital 433, Frans de Waard reviewed some releases from the label Twenty Hertz (including 'Drone Works #3'). Now here he is with a Freiband EP on the same label. Though it's not written on the cover or on the CDR which is the label, I found that out from the envelope in which this release arrived. 'Drone Works #5' is a drone piece of exactly 20 minutes, number 5 in the ongoing series of drone works in the label's catalogue. It starts with a longer fade-in of few minutes, when the few layers of the track show up, slowly and patient, but present enough to keep the attention. As the music unfolds sinewave sounds appear, bordering the high end of the sound spectrum. While there's always the low end present, later with more bass from the background. It's a nice track, with carefully balanced sounds and a certain harmony. At the end it fades out slowly with only small microsounds for about 2 minutes. Drone music seems to be one of the most potentially creative musical expressions today and other artists could join the series of 'drone works' on Twenty Hertz. (BR) Address: http://www.twentyhertz.co.uk KAN DAISUKE - DEMO (CDR self-released) Longer time ago I reviewed a CDR by Kan Daisuke, in Vital 397. I told you he's a friend of Aoki Takamasa (they sometimes play live together). Recently I got another new CDR from Kan with 8 tracks. The first CDR had 5 and all of them are included here too, plus 3 more. Listening to the same music now again, about one year later, it still sounds interesting and very nice to hear again. And the new tracks are also good. It'a a very very laid-back music, kinda zen-absent Japanese post-rock with the acoustic side pointed out. Equally good as Mimi Secue that I heard recently (Vital Weekly 440), or Town & Country or Sigur Ros, only stylisticaly different, more elementary, simple and not so dramatic this time. I think Kan is looking for a label for his music. Contact him if that's your job and if Aerial/Papa M is your thing. (BR) Address: http://homepage.mac.com/gumcum and SM (CDR self-released) Under the monniker of SM is a group of audio and visual producers from Lithuania. They are Gytis Skudzinskas, V. Manomaitis and Donis. The latter was also in Wejdas, a known ambient band from Lithuania. I am not sure if SM is just an one-off project or ongoing. The recordings on this CDR were made during the Baltic & Adriatic Seas country Contemporary Arts Festival, in july of this year. The three lengthy electronic improvisations are only vaguely connected to the world of ambient music, via some synth parts, but the major thing here are the processed acoustic sounds via means of computer treatments. Only partly interested, as the recording sometimes falls back in just a few looped sounds and some distortion, but which seems to be lacking tension or structure. The final piece is the most ambient one, and when no new paths are walked here either, it feels nice: a walk on a sunny autumn day. On the CDR is also a film of the entire event, so you can see what it looked it. A pity that they used the microphone sound here, instead of the mixing board sound, as on the audio part of the CD. (FdW) Address: http://www.autarkeia.org P.S. STAMPS BACK - LIVE ACT MAY 04 (CDR by 1000+1 Tilt) The name of this band reminded me of the old days when we was poor and treated the stamps on the enveloppes so that the sender could re-use them - it's the economy, stupid. I am clueless as to who P.S. Stamps Back are but the release at hand is a live recordings made at the Mechanorgy DIY fest in Athens in May 2004. The musical territory P.S. Stamps Back cover is best described as 'rhythmical industrial'. Mechanical, machine like rhythms are used as a firm backbone in the music, and everything else that goes along with this is the icing on the cake. Analog synths are triggered with the rhythms and spacey, ebowed guitars form a solid wall around it. Even when not every moment is great - I assume this release appears in it's unedited form - throughout it's an enjoyable release. Less enjoyable I thought was the double 3"CDR by Sindre Bjerga and Jan M. Iversen. On these two discs they layer a very thick pattern of sounds over which they perform mutations, adding more sound effects or plug ins, but somehow the material fails to grab me very much. It drags on and there is not an interesting point in sight. I heard much better material from these two. (FdW) Address: http://www.geocities.com/tiltrecordings SPARK - HARMONIC SEISMOLOGY (MP3 by En:peg Digital) Here's something that would fit nicely in the catalogue of Zod Records or any other label supporting inventive and lighter breakcore music today (Mirex and Adaadat are perhaps even harsher). I don't know who Spark is, but there's a Spark CD release on n5MD (see Vital 446) and this new net-label En:peg Digital (the mp3s are not free, you should buy them) is set up not long time ago this year by the same people from n5MD. All that's said for Spark's CD release (which I haven't heard) can be said for this release too: melodies in the background hidden by the abrasive noisy rhythms, mostly controled but sometimes too harsh, like in 'Plastic People', disturbing or absorbing you, depends on what you like or dislike. Spark's music can hardly function as a background (maybe only the calmer tracks, which are rare), so you have to take a side, like it or not. This is not a kind of music I listen too often, but I can enjoy it when it's done as good as this. I better burn the En:peg mp3s on CDs soon. (BR) Address: http://www.enpeg.com KONRAD BAYER - SHALL WE GO TO THE PARK? (MP3 by Autoplate) Konrad Bayer is a German artist from Munich who have released a CD album before on a less known German label Genesungswerk, a nice album with very decent personal ambient music and a good cover design. Now this year the net-label Autoplate released 8 mp3 tracks by Konrad Bayer, a release called 'Shall we go to the park?' with a length of almost 28 minutes. It's quite personal music, similar to Manual's sensibility, or Pub, although different in sound. The mellow guitar sound is often present here, mixed with well chosen other electronic sounds, soften beats sometimes, chimes more often, blurred voice samples... Looped little melodies, catching the attention repeating through the tracks, which are like sketches, catching a moment to present it through sound. Some tracks are a bit stripped down and don't have the full sound of some previous Bayer's releases. Very good intimate music with sketch and ambience qualities. (BR) Address: http://www.autoplate.org 1. From: amplexus@amplexus.it ;3rd WROCLAW INDUSTRIAL FESTIVAL WROCLAW POLAND 12-13.11.2004 SONG OF THE GOAT THEATRE - GOTHIC HALL 1 Purkyniego street concerts 1st day /12.11.2004/: DEUTSCH NEPAL (S) SIEBEN (UK) KRATONG (RU) AGHIATRIAS (CZ) JOB KARMA (PL) 2nd day /13.11.2004/: HAWTHORN (ony Wakeford / Matt Howden) (UK) RAPOON (Robin Storey + Mark Spybey) (UK) THE MAGIC CARPATHIANS PROJECT (PL) INSTITUTION D.O.L. (A) GIRNU GIESMES (LT) movie projections from OKULTURA collection - 'Entropia gallery' performances: Arek BaginskiHydroxizinum city Jolanta Ponton dj's sets after all shows in Manana Club - DJ's: LIL & EM, WIKTOR SKOK, MarKucH, BLACHA Amplexus rec. will release compilation CD called: A RAINY NOVEMBER DAY IN WROCLAW, containing unpublished tracks of all artists performing during the festival. The CD will be ready to buy at the festival Tickets: /11,5 euro/ for one day MORE INFO: www.jobkarma.pl/festival 2. From: denzler --- November 7 . 2004 . 6 pm Bertrand Denzler . Saxophone Dante Feijoo . Saxophone 92 Avenue P.V. Couturier . 93120 La Courneuve . France --- November 17 . 2004 . 8.30 pm TRIO SOWARI Phil Durrant . Laptop Bertrand Denzler . Saxophone Burkhard Beins . Percussion Centre Culturel André Malraux 1 Place de l'Hôtel de Ville . 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy . France --- November 18 . 2004 . 8.30 pm TRIO SOWARI Phil Durrant . Laptop Bertrand Denzler . Saxophone Burkhard Beins . Percussion Atelier du Marchand de Sables 41 Rue de la Fontaine au Roi . 75011 Paris . France --- November 19 . 2004 . 9 pm TRIO SOWARI Phil Durrant . Laptop Bertrand Denzler . Saxophone Burkhard Beins . Percussion Abattoirs de Billière Allée Montesquieu . 64140 Billière (Pau) . France --- November 25 . 2004 . 9 pm HUBBUB Frédéric Blondy . Piano Bertrand Denzler . Saxophone Jean-Luc Guionnet . Saxophone Jean-Sébastien Mariage . Electric Guitar Edward Perraud . Percussion Péniche K-Lounge . Quai de Montebello . 75005 Paris . France --- November 26 . 2004 . 9 pm Marc Baron . Saxophone Bertrand Denzler . Saxophone Jean-Luc Guionnet . Saxophone Stéphane Rives . Saxophone Atelier Tampon 14 Rue Jules Vallès . 75011 Paris . France --- December 4 . 2004 . 8.30 pm 2 SAXOPHONE SOLOS Bertrand Denzler . Saxophone Jean-Luc Guionnet . Saxophone Atelier du Marchand de Sables 41 Rue de la Fontaine au Roi . 75011 Paris . France --- December 5 . 2004 . 5 pm Bertrand Denzler . Saxophone Bunsho Nisikawa . Guitar . Turntable Tim Olive . Guitar Sharif Sehnaoui . Guitar La Guillotine 24 Rue Robespierre . 93100 Montreuil . France --- December 9 . 2004 . 8.30 pm Bertrand Denzler . Saxophone 2:13 Festival Small Music Theatre 33 Veikou Street . Athens . Greece --- bertrand denzler denzler@club-internet.fr http://bdenzler.free.fr 3. From: Sietse Van Erve Lab 30 Festival, Thursday November 4th until Sunday November 7th At Abraxas theater, Augsburg, Germany. Ticket for all days: ?15,00 Everyday start at 7.30pm with installations and an electroconference. More info: www.lab30.de From 11.00am there will be netlabels festival with the following line up thursday: 11:00pm: lomov & martin donath 01:00am: benfay 02:00am: inanace friday: 11:00pm: isocore jaques malchance pierlooqup moiex 02:00am: toyzRme saturday: 11:30pm: ears akimbo 00:30am: the marcia blaine school for girls 02:00am: new delhi fm sunday (the unofficial after party): 08:00pm: sondenkind & toyzRme 08:30pm: Orphax 09:15pm: the village orchestra 10:15pm: psy-psi & toyzRme 11:00pm: stratum 00:00am: KiloWatts Can't be there? Check the live stream at www.soulseekrecords.com or www.soulseekrecords.net www.orphax.tk 4. From: "Till Kniola" 06.11.2004, 20.00h BIOSPHERE & TERRE THAEMLITZ live at Kulturbunker Muelheim Berliner Str.20 51063 Cologne Germany Info: http://www.kulturbunker-muelheim.de 5. From: suddeninfant@gmx.net 06/November/2004 20.15h MUSCLE MEMORY Joke Lanz: turntables, electronics Martin Gantenbein: drums, electronics Salome Schneebeli: dance Niki Good: dance @ Jazzclub Allmend, Oberengstingen (CH) www.jazzclub-allmend.ch 26/November/2004 24h CutUps and Noise JOKE LANZ: turntables TONIO KRÜGER: visuals @ Bar Adriano's, Theaterplatz 2, Bern (CH) 27/November/2004 15h ROOT DOWN feat: Tommy Meier, Christoph Gantert, Hans Anliker, Jürg Wickihalder, Co Streiff, Hans Koch, Peter Landis, Stephan Thelen, Irène Schweizer, Chris Wiesendanger, Christian Weber, Jan Schlegel, Fredi Flückiger, Marco Käppeli, Chris Jäger, Joke Lanz @ Jazzfestival unerhört, Rote Fabrik, Seestr. 395, Zurich (CH) 10/December/2004 22h OPPOSITE OPPONENTS Joke Lanz: turntables Charlotte Hug: viola, electronics @ Toni Molkerei, Zurich (CH) 15/December/2004 20.30h TOURETTE Joke Lanz: turntables Martin Baumgartner: powerbook Lionel Friedli: drums Urban Lienert: bass @ Jazzclub Moods, Zurich (CH) www.moods.ch 16/December/2004 22h THE EYE OF ARGHHHHHH Joke Lanz: turntables Roger Rotor: electronics Christian Weber: bass Simon Berz: drums Francois Chalet: visuals Andrew Phillips: mixing desk @ Dachkantine, Zurich (CH) 25/December/2004 23h CATHOLIC BOYS IN HEAVY LEATHER Joke Stryker: vocals, noise Rotor Siffredi: electronics, noise JESUS & THE GURUS @ Dynamo, Werk 21, Wasserwerkstr. 21, Zurich (CH) www.suddeninfant.com 6. From: "dennis faes" AUGSBURGER TAFELCONFECT ( Nneon - Berlin / Germany ) Wednesday November 10th Freaks End Future Pieter Van Hobokenstraat 12 2000 Antwerpen Showtime = 19.30 ( near Ossenmarkt - Café Kassa 4 ) Limited Capacity - Bring The Family More Details freaksendfuture@skynet.be www.augsburg.tk www.nneon.com 7. From: as ...as... airs: every SATURDAY midnight 104.4FM [london, uk] live streams: http://www.resonancefm.com other places/times: http://www.worldtimeserver.com contribute: b[at]estsoks.demon.co.uk ........ 30.10.04 Jliat: one hour as radio 1: shining 1. 2 samples @ 1/367 2. 4 samples @ 1/367 - phased 3. 4 samples @ 1/73 www.jliat.com ........ 06.11.04 [no program] ........ 8. From: paulo raposo||sirr|| To: closefocus002 Paulo Raposo/Janek Schaefer Thurs 4 Nov | 7.30 pm Atlantic Waves Festival Spitz, London , UK 109 Commercial st Old spitalfields Market, London E1 6BG In the same night: Autodigest vs 3 sax players Lol Coxhill, Rob Mills< Alan Wilkinson http://www.atlanticwaves.org.uk 9. From: Joe Gilmore rand()%news ---| INFO rand()% is an automated net.radio station, streaming generative music by sound artists + programmers. ---| SCHEDULE The rand()% schedule is now generated randomly each day beginning 00:00 (GMT). ---| EXHIBITIONS rand()%lab - 01.11.01 The Media Centre, Huddersfield. Featuring audio installations by Joe Gilmore, Tom Betts, Alku and audiovisual works by Lia + Carvalhais, Steinbrüchel + Brusa, Thor + Runar Magnusson, Thor Magnusson + Birta Thrastardottir. http://www.r4nd.org/lab/ Microwave - 30.10.04: net art exhibition curated by Casey Reas, Exhibition Hall, Low Block, Hong Kong, China http://www.microwavefest.net/2004/ ---| NEW WORKS rand()% is pleased to announce the inclusion of the following new works: +. Douglas Repetto: SineClock +. Elektronengehirn: Broadcast Engine +. Jason Kahn: Brown White Blue Pink