| Menhir de Kerloas | 21 04 2010 | |
| Encountered this 10m tall stone/crystal menhir near St Renan, Finistere, Bretagne. Its history rose it around 5000 years ago, at an original height of 12m!!! Reputably the most sky scraping stone in Bretagne, this giant was nevertheless it was beheaded by Tor with a bolt of lightning at some point in its long history. More details: http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/10163/kerloas.html | ||
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| Æthenor Oslo poster | 20 04 2010 | |
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| KILBI festival 2011 | 19 04 2010 | |
| Playing this as a duo with Maja Ratkje | ||
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| DOMAINE by Chiha | 19 04 2010 | |
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| Oneohtrix Point Never "Returnal" Gatefold Vinyl design | 13 04 2010 | |
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| Richard Kern in Köln | 08 04 2010 | |
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| SLAB! tshirts | 07 04 2010 | |
| A few of these were produced for the invariably obsessed few out there... god news is that SLAB! seems to be up and running again. News blog here: http://themosesman.blogspot.com/ | ||
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| SUNN 2009-2010 rare tour merch for sale | 06 04 2010 | |
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| KHANATE 2004 DVD | 05 04 2010 | |
| Buried by time & dust... from the dark past. Found these images on a doom spastics web forum... had forgotten about this one. Live vids via Plotkin's demented eye. Classic cover photo which was copied by a certain Swedish band (and other's in KHNTs wake), and brilliant (absolutely and incredibly astute) band portraiture by Dennis Tyfus. This piece was limited to 120 copies and sold on tours, took 2 tours to sell through completely if I recall correctly!
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| Wata | 04 04 2010 | |
| Working on some vinyl version of old Boris stuff... came across this classic WATA image. Hail! | ||
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| Julian Cope's JapRock Sampler Top 50 (updated links!) | 01 04 2010 | |
| We went through and found links that work on this incredible selection of music... please praise._S
Julian Cope's JapRock Sampler Top 50 10 03 2010 http://www.inthepines.org/blog/index.php?itemid=190 There's been mention of several JapRock bands on here recently most of which have sprung from the aforementioned book. I've been promising to compile/upload the top 50 list so as a festive treat to keep you busy over the holiday season here it is. (If anyone has any of the missing albums please do upload them). I've also uploaded a mix of some of my favourite tracks from the top 50, http://rapidshare.com/files/78293433/JapRock_Sampler_Podcast.m4a.zip Here's the listing for the mix: Pigmy Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes - Pigmy (Uganda) Magical Power Mako - Silk road (Super Record) Toshi Ichiyanagi - Electric Chant (Opera From The Works of Tadanori Yokoo) Far East Family Band - The Cave (Nipponjin) Tenjo Sajiki - Jihinshin Tori (Shintokumaru) Tokyo Kid Brothers - Chichioya nanka daikirai da no rokku (Throw Away the Books Lets Go Into The Streets) Shinki Chen - Freedom of A Mad Paper Lantern (Shinki Chen) Datetenryu - Harugeshiki (1971) Helpful Soul - Fire (First Album) Kuni Kawachi & Flower Travellin' Band - Works Composed Mainly By Humans (Kirikyogen) Blues Creation - Atomic Bombs Away (Demon & Eleven Children) Love Live Life + 1 - Love Will Make A Better You (Love Will Make A Better You) Flower Travellin' Band - Satori Part II (Satori) album cover jpegs http://www.hyperdelic.net/2008/11/japrocksampler-no-1-no-50.html MORE http://japaneserockforfuckssake.blogspot.com/2009/09/lists-best-japanese-rock-of-all-time.html http://cosmichearse.blogspot.com/search/label/Japanese%20Hardcore http://die-fremde.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html 1. Flower Travellin’ Band “Satori” http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6OMQOI8D 2. Speed, Glue & Shinki “Eve” http://www.mediafire.com/?tznlycheumm 3. Les Rallizes Denudés “Heavier Than a Death in the Family” http://www.mediafire.com/?ccwcgwb0ejn 4. Far East Family Band “Parallel World” http://rs115.rapidshare.com/files/103989508/FEFB76PW.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/103990116/FEFB76PW.part2.rar 5. J.A. Caesar “Kokkyou Junreika” http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4UBY4XCH 6. Love Live Life + 1 “Love Will Make a Better You” http://rapidshare.com/files/20468985/love_live_life___one.rar/ password:ezhevika.blogspot.com 7. Masahiko Satoh & Soundbreakers “Amalgamation” http://rapidshare.com/files/72402540/Masaiko_Satoh_-_Amalgamation.rar 8. Geino Yamashirogumi “Osorezan” http://rapidshare.com/files/31437023/Osorezan-Dou_no_Kenbai1976.zip password:poluxrules 9. Takehisa Kosugi “Catch-Wave” http://www.mediafire.com/?6njmdumfvoi 10. J.A. Caesar “Jasumon” http://mutant-sounds.blogspot.com/2007/03/j-seazer-retrospective-9lps1971.html (9 lps) 11. Far Out “Nihonjin” http://rs107.rapidshare.com/files/67354003/Far_Out.rar (no bonus tracks) http://earlspsychedelicgarden.blogspot.com/2008/10/far-out-nihonjin.html (with bonus tracks--7z file) 12. Les Rallizes Denudés “Blind Baby Has its Mothers Eyes” http://www.divshare.com/download/4873703-730 X 13. Tokyo Kid Brothers “Throw Away the Books, We’re Going Out in the Streets” http://massmirror.com/f3dc5312045fb6f4f8fa186baf6a7d84.html 14. Far East Family Band “Nipponjin” http://rapidshare.com/files/41533669/Far_East_Family_Band_-_Nipponjin.rar http://www.divshare.com/download/3683036-15f (only 1 track) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JTEYFM30 (7z file) 15. Speed, Glue & Shinki “Speed, Glue & Shinki” http://rapidshare.com/files/78211313/S_T.zip 16. People “ Ceremony- Buddha Meets Rock” http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WLYMPFIW 17. Blues Creation “Demon & Eleven Children” http://rapidshare.com/files/34591622/BLUES_CREATION.rar 18. Flower Travellin’ Band “Made In Japan” http://www.mediafire.com/?5hb9dy0ow4o 19. Karuna Khyal “Alomoni 1985” http://www.mediafire.com/?fzttzwomuk2 20. Les Rallizes Denudés "Flightless Bird (Yodo-Go-A-Go)" http://www.megaupload.com/pt/?d=YE5YOS3K 21. Masahiko Satoh & New Herd Orchestra “Yamatai-Fu” http://www.mediafire.com/?oyh2dytayiu 22. Magical Power Mako “Magical Power” http://rapidshare.com/files/78263398/Magical_Power.zip 23. Taj Mahal Travellers “Live Stockholm July, 1971” (improvisation) http://www.sendspace.com/file/s7p6o5 24. Magical Power Mako “Jump” http://rapidshare.com/files/179999166/Magical_Power_Mako_-_Jump.rar 25. Kuni Kawachi & Friends “Kirikyogen” http://rapidshare.com/files/54281753/Kuni_Kawachi___FTB_-_Kirikyogen.rar 26. Brast Burn “Debon" http://www.mediafire.com/?f43xmtcjdci 27. Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffaloes “Uganda” http://rapidshare.com/files/78273558/Uganda.zip 28. Flower Travellin’ Band “Anywhere” http://www.mediafire.com/?mqnmyzmgt3y 29. J.A. Caesar & Shirubu “Shin Toku Maru” Tenjo Sajiki - Shintokumaru http://rapidshare.com/files/78279478/Shintokumaru.zip 30. Gedo “Gedo” http://japaneserockforfuckssake.blogspot.com/2009/10/gedo-1974-256kbps.html 31. Les Rallizes Denudés “December’s Black Children” http://rapidshare.com/files/67224054/Les_Rallizes_D_nud_s_-_December_s_Black_Children.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/67241755/Les_Rallizes_D_nud_s_-_December_s_Black_Children.part2.rar 32. Datetenryu “1971” http://rapidshare.com/files/12597769/Datetenryu__1971_.rar 33. East Bionic Symphonia “East Bionic Symphonia” http://rapidshare.com/files/29758122/east_bionic_symphonia_-_live_-1976.rar 34. Stomu Yamashita & Masahiko Satoh “Metempsychosis” http://www.mediafire.com/?dmmmgxjyvuz 35. Taj Mahal Travellers “July 15, 1972” http://www.mediafire.com/?bjk6n5qj1gz 36. Toshi Ichiyanagi “Opera Inspired By The Works Of Tadanori Yoko’o” http://rapidshare.com/files/64798175/Toshi_Ichiyanagi_-_Opera__From_The_Works_Of_Tadanori_Yokoo_.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/64802427/Toshi_Ichiyanagi_-_Opera__From_The_Works_Of_Tadanori_Yokoo_.part2.rar 37. Taj Mahal Travellers “August 1974” http://www.mediafire.com/?e2vnusm3my9 38. Seishokki “Organs of Blue Eclipse (1975-77) http://rapidshare.com/files/180192066/Seishokki_-_1975-1977.rar 39. Joji Yuasa “Music For Theatrical Drama” http://rapidshare.com/files/68507478/Obscure_Tape_Music_of_Japan__Vol._4_-_Joji_Yuasa_-_Music_for_Theatrical_Drama.rar 40. Group Ongaku “Music of Group Ongaku” http://rapidshare.com/files/79102586/GroupOngaku.rar 41. Far East Family Band “The Cave Down to Earth” http://rapidshare.com/files/111356087/Far_East_Family_Band_-___The_Cave___Down_To_Earth.rar.html 42. The Jacks “Vacant World” http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O1Y8CA9Q 43. 3/3 “Sanbun No San” http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3AQU88U1 44. Blues Creation “Live” http://rapidshare.com/files/77055095/Blues_Creation_-_Live_pt.1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/77064424/Blues_Creation_-_Live_pt.2.rar 45. Various Artists “Genya Concert” http://rapidshare.com/files/74504733/V-A_-_Genya_Concert_CD1_pt.1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/74522404/V-A_-_Genya_Concert_CD1_pt.2.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/74963342/V-A_-_Genya_Concert_CD2_pt.1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/74981020/V-A_-_Genya_Concert_CD2_pt.2.rar 46. Toshi Ichiyanagi/ Michael Ranta/ Takehisa Kosugi “Improvisation Sep. 1975” http://www.sendspace.com/file/okqlr2 X 47. Itsutsu no Akai Fusen «Flight 1& 2” 48. (Maru Sankaku Shikaku) “Complete Works (1970-73)” http://rapidshare.com/files/19612315/maru_sankaku-shikaku_-_same__3_lp_set__1971_japan_.part1.rar http://rapidshare.com/files/19621513/maru_sankaku-shikaku_-_same__3_lp_set__1971_japan_.part2.rar 49. Yonin Bayashi “Isshoku Sokuhatsu” http://rapidshare.com/files/5687261/Yonin73L.zip 50. The Helpful Soul “First Album” http://rs452.rapidshare.com/files/228091038/Helpful_Soul.rar password:sam1957 | ||
| FutureEverything 2010: Ryoji Ikeda + Mika Vainio | 30 March 2010 | |
| Wednesday, May 12, 2010
9:00pm - 11:00pm BBC Studio 7 Oxford Road Manchester, United Kingdom FutureEverything 2010 steve @ futureeverything.org +44 (0)161 8341300 Ryoji Ikeda - test pattern [live set] Mika Vainio [live] 9 - 11pm Pounds14 advance BBC Studio 7, Oxford Road BUY TICKETS HERE: http://futureeverything.org/festival2010/ryojiikeda_mikavainio An opportunity to see two of the world's leading sound artists perform on the same stage. The challenging output of Japanese composer Ryoji Ikeda places emphasis on complex A/V terrain, with compositions deriving from a fascination with data, sound and light. Mika Vainio is best known as one half of the Finnish electronic duo Pan Sonic, and through his connections to the pioneering Sähkö record label he co-founded in 1993. Produced in association with the BBC. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - RYOJI IKEDA The award winning work of Japanese electronic composer and visual artist, Ryoji Ikeda, is highly imaginative, challenging and innovative - concerned primarily with the manipulation of noise and tone in a variety of 'raw' states and working with frequencies at the edges of human hearing as well as intense visual representation. Aside from his work as a solo artist, Ikeda has also collaborated with others including Carsten Nicolai and art collective Dumb Type. test pattern [live set], the latest audiovisual work in Ikeda's datamatics series, presents intense flickering black and white imagery, which floats and convulses in darkness to a stark and powerful, highly synchronised soundtrack. Through a real–time computer programme, test pattern converts Ikeda's audio signal patterns into tightly synchronised barcode patterns on screen. The velocity of the moving images is ultra–fast, some hundreds of frames per second, so that the work provides a performance test for the audio and visual devices, as well as a response test for the audience's perceptions. Ryoji Ikeda - test pattern [live set] Produced by Forma: http://forma.org.uk Conception & Composition: Ryoji Ikeda Visual Programming: Tomonaga Tokuyama http://ryojiikeda.com MIKA VAINIO Mika Vainio has long been considered to be one of the leading lights of the Finnish music scene, inspiring a new generation of electronic music producers and helping to shape the sound of contemporary techno music. The highly influential producer's input has been extensive - co-founding the pioneering Sähkö label in 1992, working with Ilpo Väisänen as Pan Sonic, releasing his music on labels including Touch and Wavetrap and producing music with the likes of Björk, Chicks on Speed and Suicide's Alan Vega. http://phinnweb.org/vainio | ||
| Thorr's Hammer flyer 1994 | 29 March 2010 | |
| Bill Herzog dug this up, flyer from the first ever Thorr's Hammer concerts in Seattle way back in 1994...
The power of Kinkos on the old US underground cannot be understated. No that wasnt the Graveland side project playing. In fact Capricornus (who played all of the instruments in the Polish TH) didnt release anything until later. At some point in this murky primordial age we decided to add a second R to our moniker to get closer to UR and MJOLNIR, but also to make a further differentiation from their band's strong political agenda. But, seems like the name was spelled different back then. And photoshop was obviously a new toy too.... Ah, the good old days. | ||
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| TKDS artwork exhibition during the Inferno festival | 25 March 2010 | |
| TRINE + KIM DESIGN STUDIO (www.trineogkim.no) have been making album artwork since 1999, and during the Inferno festival in Oslo they are exhibiting a selection of their designs for Black Metal and Neo-Black Metal artists, including coverart for MAYHEM, DARKTHRONE, ULVER, DØDHEIMSGARD, IHSAHN, SHINING, SOLEFALD, ARCTURUS, VED BUENS ENDE, MANES, VIRUS and many more. The pieces are displayed in large format, mounted on wooden boards, and are for sale in extremely limited editions.
Also available for purchase is their book DECADE, celebrating their first 10 years of making art together. This self-published book is limited to 150 copies worldwide, and presents an eclectic selection of their work for both the above mentioned artists and many others, enclosed in a silver debossed hardback cover. After searching the darkest corners of Oslo for a suitable location for the exhibition, they finally settled on the former location of the legendary record shop HELVETE, known for its pivotal role in the earliest ages of Norwegian Black Metal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What: Metal themed art exhibition When: March 31 to April 4. 12 am to 6 pm. / Kl. 12.00 til kl. 18.00 Where: Schweigaardsgate 56, former location of Helvete. How: Take bus 37 (eastbound) from downtown (Oslo City) to Oslo gate. The bus stop is right outside of the exhibition space. Travel time is 10 minutes or less. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- WEBSITE: http://www.trineogkim.no/ FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=354273101246&ref=ts FACEBOOK GROUP: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=359579868733&ref=ts ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
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| SUNN O))) & BORIS present ALTAR @ ATP NY Sept 2010 | 24 March 2010 | |
| Sunn O))) & Boris present ALTAR, Tortoise, Hope Sandoval and more
confirmed for ATP New York 2010! All Tomorrow's Parties will return to Kutsher's Country Club, Monticello for the third ATP New York festival over Labor Day weekend, running from Friday 3rd September – Sunday 5th September. We recently announced that legendary film-maker Jim Jarmusch, well known for his fantastic collaborations and documentaries with musicians will be the guest curator on Sunday 5th. Today we are happy to announce a new batch of artists, see below for full info... As previously announced, Friday 3rd September features these performances as part of our Don't Look Back day: IGGY & THE STOOGES performing Raw Power SLEEP performing Holy Mountain MUDHONEY performing Superfuzz Bigmuff + Early Singles THE SCIENTISTS performing Blood Red River (first ever U.S. Show) + more to be confirmed! Friday will also feature a Comedy Stage, details of which are to be announced soon. ATP celebrate 10 years with a birthday party on Sat 4th September hosting a day of past ATP curators, ATP Recordings artists and friends. Our new additions are one of the first ATP curators TORTOISE, psych rock luminaries BARDO POND, BEAK> featuring Geoff Barrow of Portishead, one of ATP Recordings' latest signings in the form of SLEEPY SUN, and newcomers AVI BUFFALO. Here's that day's line-up so far... SONIC YOUTH EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY THE BREEDERS TORTOISE F**K BUTTONS BARDO POND BEAK> (featuring Geoff Barrow of Portishead) THE BOOKS PAPA M SLEEPY SUN APSE AVI BUFFALO + more to be confirmed! Jim Jarmusch will curate Sunday 5th September and new additions to his previously announced choices are headed by SUNN O))) and BORIS performing material from their mindblowing collaborative album ALTAR, HOPE SANDOVAL of Mazzy Star performing from her stunning new LP, cult Swedish psychedelic rockers DUNGEN and New York space-rock from WHITE HILLS. Here's how the day is looking so far... SUNN O))) and BORIS present ALTAR THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE HOPE SANDOVAL AND THE WARM INVENTIONS RAEKWON GIRLS DUNGEN F*CKED UP WOODEN SHJIPS THE BLACK ANGELS VIVIAN GIRLS WHITE HILLS + more to be confirmed! All three days will also feature DJs and Cinema presented by Criterion. We can also confirm that this year the bars, food vendors and Djs will continue until 6pm on Monday 6th September so that all guests can enjoy a more relaxing start to their post-ATP week. Festival Tickets are priced at $250 + booking fee for the weekend. Friday day tickets are priced at $110 + booking fee. Saturday day tickets are priced at $120 + booking fee. Sunday day tickets will be available soon. Weekend Bus travel is available between Brooklyn or Manhattan and the festival. Day Bus travel is available between Manhattan and the festival. Accommodation at Kutshers is now sold out. Rooms for groups of 3 or 4 are available at the nearby Raleigh hotel (we operate a free shuttle bus between the hotel and festival site all weekend). Rooms are priced at $150 + room tax per person, full information available at atpfestival.com. Weekend and Day Tickets, Accommodation and Bus Travel from Manhattan and Brooklyn are available now via www.atpfestival.com Tickets are also available now in person from Other Music in New York City and Aquarius Records in San Francisco. Selected press from 2008: “An unforgettable end to the summer festival season.” – Spin “ATP NY was the most enjoyable festival experience I’ve ever had in my life.” – Pitchfork “Most of the bands seem to be strolling the grounds with the fans, unlike most festivals, where the stars seem to hide in their trailers...it’s quaint, unique location has provided the event an easy-going summer camp vibe...ATP was a great example of what a festival should be- manageable, full of cool people and boasting a solid line-up...it was a pretty perfect weekend.” - Billboard Selected press from 2009: "ATP is an animal all of its own. There is an energy that is positive, creative and palpable. Musicians wander about the grounds, checking out the bands. The sound system is killer. " - Brooklyn Vegan "ATP is, in short, what indie rock was always supposed to be...ATP is indie rock at it's best." - The New Yorker "A weekend of musical delights. ATP remains by far the best organised, friendliest festival around." - Rolling Stone "Essentially a perfect weekend...Well done, ATP." - Entertainment Weekly "A festival experience like no other...Lines are non-existent; it's easy to find a spot up-close to the stage to watch your favourite band; beer is plentiful; there's seating outside by the lake; and artists wander about with the normal folk." - Spin "The year's finest festival. If anything, this year felt more celebratory than 2008." - Stereogum "The most focused music festival on the planet. The line-up is unique, the atmosphere is crazily mellow...Not many festivals are interested in making diehard music fans feel appreciated, or even necessary, and ATP makes that its whole point." - Fader "Nothing like your normal three day music fest. Artistic integrity is the word of the day." - ABC News "Felt a little like the coolest prom ever...an all-out sensory overload...we'll be down for it again this time next year." - GQ "A kind of utopia was successfully brought off last weekend at ATP...an incredible adventure in cultural escapism." - New York magazine ABOUT THE VENUE Kutshers is a country club based in upstate New York, less than 2 hours drive from New York City. The club is set in 1200 acres of beautiful countryside in the magnificent Catskills mountains. The resort comprises of a hotel with several bars/nightclubs and cafes/restaurants. Plus various other amenities including a swimming pool, golf course, tennis courts, health spa and much much more. The event takes place over 3 days, from Friday 3rd September to Sunday 5th September 2009 inclusive at Kutshers. Performances starting in the mid-afternoon, with around 35 acts set to play live across the weekend with DJ sets until late into the night, comedy, movies and more. There is dining, bars and other amenities onsite. Performances all take place indoors at the intimate venues within the complex, so you have no need to fear about the weather! ABOUT ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES All Tomorrow's Parties has been promoting festivals and concerts throughout the world for the last ten years. It was founded in the wake of Belle and Sebastian’s Bowlie Weekender, with Mogwai curating in the unusual setting of Pontins Holiday Camp, Camber Sands. Since then the festival has appeared every year and has expanded across the globe continuing to set itself apart from large scale corporate festivals by staying intimate and fan-friendly. The line-ups are chosen by significant bands or artists which results in eclectic events that combine performances by legendary and influential acts with appearances by the latest crop of experimental artists from any (and every) musical genre. The festival has become more successful with every passing year, and ATP events have taken place in the UK, USA, Europe and Australia, with past curators including Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Mike Patton, My Bloody Valentine, Portishead, Sonic Youth, Slint, and Tortoise. For ten years ATP has set itself apart from other festivals by embracing seemingly disparate artistic genres, with events featuring art exhibitions, cinema programmes, spoken word performances and stand up comedy. It has spawned an acclaimed concert series (Don't Look Back), a record label (ATP Recordings), and a feature length documentary about the festivals from Warp X, titled All Tomorrow’s Parties, out now on DVD. For more information visit www.ourtrueintent.com 3 day line-up so far: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3rd: IGGY & THE STOOGES performing Raw Power, SLEEP performing Holy Mountain, MUDHONEY performing Superfuzz Bigmuff + Early Singles, THE SCIENTISTS performing Blood Red River (first ever U.S. Show) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th ATP 10th Birthday: SONIC YOUTH, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, THE BREEDERS, TORTOISE, F**K BUTTONS, BEAK>, BARDO POND, THE BOOKS, PAPA M, SLEEPY SUN, APSE, AVI BUFFALO SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th curated by Jim Jarmusch: SUNN O))) AND BORIS PRESENT ALTAR, THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, HOPE SANDOVAL AND THE WARM INVENTIONS, RAEKWON, GIRLS, DUNGEN, F*CKED UP, WOODEN SHJIPS, THE BLACK ANGELS, VIVIAN GIRLS, WHITE HILLS + more to be confirmed! | ||
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| Richard Serra @ Galerie Lelong | 24 March 2010 | |
| 01/04 - 15/05/2010
Richard Serra Weight and Level Grandes estampes Vernissage le jeudi 1er avril à partir de 18 h Richard Serra, né en 1939, est une figure centrale de la sculpture contemporaine. Depuis ses premières œuvres en acier des années soixante-dix qui jouaient déjà sur des notions d’équilibre et de masse (tel One Ton Prop - House of Cards, constitué de quatre plaques de métal posées en équilibre les unes contre les autres), il a en 2008 relevé le défi de Monumenta dans la nef du Grand Palais à Paris. Plus que le gigantisme des dimensions, ce sont les proportions harmonieuses et parfaitement adaptées au site des quatre plaques d'acier corten qui en ont fait la réussite et la justesse. Serra a toujours travaillé l’encre et le papier en parallèle de ses sculptures, renouvelant régulièrement ses techniques d’impression pour obtenir une matière forte en accord avec ses formes monumentales. Après avoir utilisé la lithographie puis le paintstick en sérigraphie, il a mis au point au début des années 90 un procédé de gravure par lequel du papier est mélangé à l'encre lors de l'impression. La matière ainsi obtenue, d'un noir profond, goudronneux, est celle que l'on retrouve dans les estampes récentes, réalisées sur les presses de Gemini G.E.L. à Los Angeles. Ces œuvres de grand format sont montrées pour la première fois en France. Leurs titres évocateurs Weight (poids) et Level (niveau) disent bien la volonté de l'artiste de conférer aux deux dimensions du papier des valeurs sculpturales. La série de cinq petites gravures Promenade Notebook, également exposée, rappelle l'exposition du Grand Palais. La Galerie Lelong avait présenté en 1987 un ensemble de sérigraphies de Richard Serra. Elle a publié un recueil de textes de l'artiste sous le titre Ecrits et entretiens 1970-1989. ISBN 2-86882-008-5 Galerie Lelong 13 rue de Téhéran F - 75008 Paris tél +33 1 45 63 13 19 fax +33 1 42 89 34 33 info@galerie-lelong.com www.galerie-lelong.com Untitled RS07-3431, 2008. Gravure, 38 exemplaires. 121 x 182 cm. 2008 Richard Serra & Gemini G.E.L. © Adagp, Paris | ||
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| Russell Haswell live at Machine/Moulin Rouge, Paris 20th March 2010 | 22 March 2010 | |
| Russell Haswell live at Machine, venue underneath the world famous Moulin Rouge cabaret in Paris, supporting Autechre on their 2010 "Oversteps" european tour.
Haswell has a great new 2CD out on No Fun titled "Value+Bonus". Recorded on iPhone 3GS by SOMA. 1st part of set 2nd part of set 1st encore 2nd encore | ||
| Simona Barbera in Bergamo | 19 March 2010 | |
| Temporary Black Space presents
SATURN OVER SUNSET Saturn over Sunset is configured in the artistic evolution of Simona Barbera, as the possible relationship between her research and a space, TBS, strongly structural in its connotation. The artist reintroduces the necessity of the sound element in art, getting to create complex experiences through connections between sounds and images. The sound-light, or setting-sound, interactions originate in the investigation of, for example, La Monte Young and his “Dream Houses”. These concepts are put into concrete form through acoustic and environmental installations, with a very strong physical value. In joining the visual with the sonic an interdependence appears and it couldn’t be otherwise. Even though the wall drawings are pictorial, their nature has to be sought in the ritual dimension they obtein in the whole and in the act of production. The corporeal participation impacts on both who enters in the setting and the artist in the act of composing and it’s translatable in terms of conversion or progress. This is the key of the entire project: a route or motion towards an elsewhere, somehow enlightening. The order of the spaces suggests indeed the presence of levels or states flowing together towards extremes such as light and fade or panic darkness. The movement from dimness to light or vice versa is one of the topics of the various drawings; recurring in the luciferous figures and in the Vapori(Vapours), as a sort of fading images. Also in the music there are intimations to this kind of motion: through feedbacks described as total blindnesses or the reading of text-descriptions in a voice-over. The first visual impact provided by the exhibition correspond with the metaphorical incarnation of a presence that introduces the whole pathway: a sort of manifesto. Consecutively, pictures evolve this concept through figural quotations and allusions or traces. In the following room, the production of wall paintings on scraped surfaces implied a tecnique different from that of previous interventions. The process and the result depend on the dialogue with the space and they have unexpected effects. Last but not the least: DARK AMBIENT. The pure sound, without visual clues. Its power allows a purely corporal perception through the application of low frequencies, creating real vibrations of the space in the evolution of drones. * FRIDAY 19 MARZO OPENING with LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCE from 19:00 TEMPORARY BLACK SPACE Via Mayr 2, Bergamo (Città Alta) Italy TEL/ FAX +39 035-216193 www.t-blackspace.com *Info Emma Panza/ +393348646255 Mail/ emma@t-blackspace.com pic: Simona Barbera, Vapour 2010 | ||
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| Triptykon | 17 March 2010 | |
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| Alan Moore & Stephen O'Malley | 16 March 2010 | |
| 14th March 2010
Alan Moore & Stephen O'Malley "Simultaneous conjugation of four spirits in a room" Laing Art gallery, Newcastle Photos: Chris Walton Cheers to all who came out for this last weekend (and the "English Journey Revisited" on Sunday at The Sage, Gateshead). One of the most fulfilling personal performance experiences for me in years. | ||
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| BAMBI O))) | 16 March 2010 | |
| email of the week
Dear Mr Stephen O'Malley I'm a 26 Paris based French "artist" ?, working with photographs & video, & I have recently discover "Bambi", the famous Walt Disney production directed by David D. Hand. As I was enjoying these amazing 1940's drawings by Disney, I was in the same time disturbed by the dialogs, & the fact that Bambi and his boring mother were both talking like humans. So I first thought it should be intersting to watch it again with the sound shut off. I almost did this, but during the first part of the film, this new Bambi without the sound reminded me of Fantasia, wich is also a damned film. And I started to listen Monoliths & Dimensions as I was watching Bambi. I've been so surprised by the coherence of the ensemble that I've decided (without any authorisation) to re-edit the movie, keeping the principal scenes so that my cut is 40 minutes shorter than the original version, without any original sounds but only your music, very long extracts from Monoliths & Dimensions. I am absolutely not trying to ask you for any authorisation to uses your sounds ! I just did this because I was curious to see what could happened : I think it's kind of troubling, how the Disney masks disappears and the animals are revealing themselves, wilds again. As a "disantropomorphisation" comes out of this. And because Bambi is a really sad and dark film who fear human presence (hunters), and more than this, absolutely focused on nature, I think the music fit increadibly well to the film. I know it is impossible for me to use both formats (Disney & Sunn O))) ) together, to do what I want & furthermore that you may not be interested in watching this proposition for some good reason like you don't want any images added to your sounds (And I understand this pretty well, don't worry, I already had to remove Aethenor sounds of a Diaporama a few month ago). So I'm just telling you, if you just want to see the film , I can send you a dvd so that you can tell me if you liked the proposition or not. Anyway, I'd be crazy someday to see you at "La Cinemathèque Française" performing music for "Bambi", or any other films like George Melies ones, or even more those from Segundo de Chomon, wich are way more drone than Melies... Thank you very much for reading this/ Hope you'll find it interesting to watch... Kindest Regards, Thomas James Pictures from the film as an example of what it feel / Renamed "L'Histoire d'une Vie dans Les Bois" as the first novel of Felix Salten was in 1923 : Bambi, Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde. | ||
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| Now playing 100310 | 11 March 2010 | |
| Great great beautiful works.
Norbert Möslang header_change CD Capture CD | ||
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| Seldon Hunt vs Helmut Lang | 11 March 2010 | |
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| SUNN O)))/KHANATE/BURNING WITCH shirts/hoods | 04 March 2010 | |
| Our Czech friends at Day After have launched a small merch company... you can buy some new and archival SUNN O))), KHANATE and BURNING WITCH designs online directly from them here. They are also selling off some rare left over tour designs from the 2010 Monoliths & Dimensions UK & EU if you've been looking for one of those...
www.dayafterprints.com 
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| EMS 1974-6 | 02 March 2010 | |
| Professional (3 made) 1974
Speech Synthesizer 1974 Vocoder 1976 | ||
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