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Greetings, Connexion Bizarre was updated on 2008-02-25 with new webcasts, new reviews, new interviews, updated fiction content, new recommended events and links. In addition, this week we continue the giveaway courtesy of newcomer project Das Gritli Moser (see below for details). Reviewed this week were Punch Inc. "Fight Club", Yuki Tendo "Saturnine", Emmon "The Art & The Evil". Interviewed were Eric Oehler of Null Device and Mirko Hentrich and Carsten Stiller of the Audiophob record label. In the media section, a new installment of "Business Traveller" This week's webcast features "Carolina's hybrid twins - soundtrack for a tecnosexual intercourse" with music selection by :JW: and "20080225-0302" with music selection by M. Regards, Connexion Bizarre (www.connexionbizarre.net) Das Gritli Moser "Cha-Cha-Cha With The Devil" giveaway We have 5 "artist's edition" copies of Das Gritli Moser's debut album "Cha-Cha-Cha With The Devil", courtesy of the artist. Das Gritli Moser is a side project of Herwig Holzmann, the artist better known as Photophob and "Cha-Cha-Cha With The Devil" is available as a FREE download from the netlabel Laridae. Herwig Holzmann himself propsed this give-away for 5 superb hand-crafted (and hence quite rare) copies of "Cha-Cha-Cha With The Devil". To be elegible to win a copy of this release please answer the question "From what novel was the name 'Das Gritli Moser' taken from?" Yes, it's a difficult one but this object is well worth the effort. Mail us the answer at info[at]connexionbizarre[dot]net with your full name and street address. The deadline for this giveaway is March 2nd, 2008 and winners will be selected from the correct entries at random on that day. Not valid for current Connexion Bizarre staff members.
Webcast & Radio Show Part 1 - Click here to stream or right-click to download ("Carolina's hybrid twins - soundtrack for a tecnosexual intercourse" with music selection by :JW:) Lusine Zakarian - Sourd-Sourd (XI-XIII) (4:05) [Armenian Medieval Spiritual Music - OCTA Records] Covenant - Unforgiven (4:45) [United States of Mind - Dependent Records] Ashbury Heights - Ilusion (3:44) [Three Cheers For The Newlydeads - Out of Line] Kirlian Camera - Dead Zone in the Sky (vintage solution mix) (6:37) [Invisible Front - Trisol] Die Form - Masochist II (4:55) [Histories Volume 2 - Trinity] Front Line Assembly - Sado-Masochist (6:24) [Flavour Of The Weak - Off Beat] Lords of Acid - Drink My Honey (4:01) [Voodoo-U - Never Records] Laibach - Tanz Mit Laibach (4:19) [Tanz Mit Laibach - Mute Records] Hybryds - Schreie (5:53) [Electric Voodoo - Trisol] Angelspit - Vena Cava (3:30) [Krankhaus - Dancing Ferret Discs] Ministry - What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong) (7:01) [Cover Up - 13th Planet Records] Part 2 - Click here to stream or right-click to download ("20080225-0302" with music selection by M.) Trajedesaliva & Chaos Condensed - Pequeño Relato De Un Cuerpo Descompensado [Ciertos Animales De Costumbres Discretas - Caustic Records] NoN Ethos - Syk Asfalt [Sky Asfalt - Afe Recrods] Ahnst Anders - District [Dialog - Pflichtkauf] Andrew King - Cruel Lincoln [The Amfortas Wound - Athanor] Sleep Research Facility - 86ºS 115ºW [Deep_Frieze - Cold Spring] Kenji Siratori - Narcolepsy Suicide (feat. Djet) [Epidemic Animals - Old Europa Café] Kadaver feat. Refuse To Die - Funerals Of Tomorrow [...Where Tattered Clouds Are Stranding - The Eastern Front] Hecate vs. Lustmord - Megavoid [The Law Of The Battle Of Conquest - Hymen Records] The [Law-Rah] Collective - Heaven [...As It Is... - Spectre] Listen to the Webcast Connexion Bizarre radio show @ Radio Zero The Connexion Bizarre radio show can be streamed every Friday at 23:00 GMT and Wednesdays at 10:00 GMT from Radio Zero.
Reviews
	Punch Inc. - Fight Club The only real requirement when listening to Punch Inc. is a simple one: volume, and lots of it. Crank those speakers as far as they can go and, if possible, do so within an enclosed space. The resulting reverberations and noise cross-contamination interferences that build up are spectacular: truly the only way to fully appreciate this recording. Read more
	Yuki Tendo - Saturnine Crystal clear, yet terrifyingly complex beats coupled with mechanised atmospherics. Haunting sound effects echoing over repetitive melodies. Exciting, sensitively structured sequencing that builds beautifully before floating back down to the grim inter-track silence. Read more
	Emmon - The Art & The Evil If you like your electro poppy, upbeat and catchy, Emmon is the thing for you. Not really retro but more an updating and reinterpretation of the classic electro and synthpop sound. All the hooks and coolness are intact but redefined for a new generation. Read more
Interviews
	Eric Oehler - Null Device Started well over a decade ago by Oehler and college friend/main lyricist Eric Goedken, Null Device has gone from a slightly askew synthpop/EBM hybrid and evolved to a completely askew creative endeavor that combines so many styles of music and lyrical invention whose musis is, to say the least, exhilarating. Read more
	Mirko Hentrich and Carsten Stiller - Audiophob "Serving you with best industrial-ambient music since 2004." is the motto of this small experimental music label founded by Mirko Hentrich (of Spherical Disrupted) and Carsten Stiller (of Alarmen). For four years they have worked to do just that, both as a 'conventional' record label as well as, more recently, a netlabel. Read more
Media
	Carlos Ferrão - Business Traveller "As agreed, I will begin sending you copies of the documentation we have been compiling. Once again I apologize for the piecemeal nature of these deliveries but I know you are eager to start your work. I am starting today with the first e-mail of many." Read more
Connexion Bizarre events status: XeHz @ "Era Uma Vez No Porto" bar (map location) 28/02, thursday, 11 pm-2 am; Rua do Passeio Alegre 550, Porto (Portugal). M. (Connexion Bizarre) and PS (Enough Records netlabel) present a showcase of experimental electronics: ambient, breakbeats, idm, trip-hop, 8bit, glitch and others. Bodypop @ "Era Uma Vez No Porto" bar (map location) 15/03, saturday, 11pm-2.30am; Rua do Passeio Alegre 550, Porto (Portugal). The "usual selection and latest news" of synthpop, electropop, robotpop, 8bitpop and bodypop! Recommended Events: Note: we are not directly involved in the organization of these events. Sick Disko 2008-03-22, Branx, Portland OR (US) Live performances by PS and Sektor 304 and after-party with spinning by M. (Connexion Bizarre) Please check the Sick Disko site for more information.
Recently added links Modulate Sick Disko (us), club event Netlabel releases spotlight: Andre Vida "I dont know whats wrong with me, my computer eyes or my internet knees" (Insubordinations) Phllox "Minimal" (Last.FM) Latest recommended links WikiLeaks, still online... Internet Censorship: A Comparative Study "When Change Is Not Enough: Seven Steps To Revolution" (from AlterNet) Feynman's Appendix to the Rogers Commission Report on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident Obsolete Skills Constantly updated links Connexion Bizarre @ del.icio.us, also available as  RSS
Merchandise
	Connexion Bizarre Pins State your indivuality and rhythmical reverberation with this set of five one-inch Connexion Bizarre buttons! One featuring the main C.B. logo, three featuring the alternative mascots/logos and one featuring the Connexion Bizarre "reverberate rhythmically" motto. Read more
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