Connexion Bizarre News 20080922

 

Greetings, Connexion Bizarre was updated on 2008-09-22 with new content. New reviews, new installment of the "Business Traveller" ongoing fiction series and new links. A quick overview of this week's updates: Webcast: "Smear (aka Element Abuse) @ Connexion Bizarre" with music selection by Smear/Element Abuse and "Invisible War: September @ Connexion Bizarre" with music selection by Invisible War Reviews: VortexSoundTech "Fiery Silence", Mangadrive "These.Blades.Will.Never.Rust , Faux Pride "Slapstick Bitch" Media: a new installments of Business Traveller Store: be the envy of your peers by getting a set of exclusive Connexion Bizarre badges! Also this week, we conclude a give-away courtesy of the Norwegian label Zang: (see below for details). All the best, Connexion Bizarre (www.connexionbizarre.net) Zang: giveaway We had a set of three releases from the Norwegian label Zang: (www.zang.no) to give away: one copy of the "Broken Line Remixes" remix compilation and of Norwegian artist HOH's album "Bestemor" and the single "We Can Work It Out". Additionally, we have as 'runner-up' prizes, one copy of "Broken Line Remixes" and one copy of "We Can Work It Out". "Broken Line Remixes" has been reviewed in Connexion Bizarre. You may read the review here. To be elegible for this give-away, competitors had to mail us the correct answer to the question "What is the title of the latest HOH release on Zang:?" (answer: "We Can Work It Out") The 'grand prize' winner was Steve K. (uk) with runner-ups Alberto M. (pt) and Raquel H. (pt)
Connexion Bizarre events Bodypop @ "Era Uma Vez No Porto" bar (1st floor) 19/10, saturday, 11pm-2.30am; Rua do Passeio Alegre 550, Porto (Portugal) - map location. The "usual selection and latest news" of synthpop, electropop, robotpop, 8bitpop and bodypop!
Webcast & Radio Show Part 1 - Click here to stream or right-click to download ("Smear (aka Element Abuse) @ Connexion Bizarre" with music selection by Smear/Element Abuse) Flint Glass - Connexion Bizarre Webcast identifier [exclusive] Dome - Virtual Sweden (V.S #1) [Yclept - WMO] Pan Sonic - Koneistaja [Katodivaihe - Blast First Petite] Iesope Drift - Vamasi [Sulkek - Seico Corp Recordings] Thighpaulsandra - Optical Black [I, Thighpaulsandra - Eskaton] Flint Glass & Telepherique - Magnetic Migration [Information Gigabyte - Angle Rec.] Luka Baumann feat. Massplanck - Non Serviam! [Non Serviam! - Emergence] Chrome - Jonestown [Red Exposure - Beggars Banquet] Concrete Cookie & The Maggot Farmer - Book Of Margins [Mondegreen - Force of Nature] P'o - Back To Back [Whilst Climbing Thieves Vie For Attention - WMO] Savage Republic - Real Men [Tragic Figues - Fundamental] Forward Strategy Group - Applied Generics [Applied Generics - Forward Strategy Group] Helicopterface - Positive Collide [Get A:Head - Mashup Soundsystem] La Peste - Jubilation Des Rustiques [Astrophysique Des Entonnoirs - Hangars Liquides] Oliver Ho - Here [Light & Dark Eight - Light & Dark] Part 2 - Click here to stream or right-click to download ("Invisible War: September @ Connexion Bizarre" with music selection by Invisible War) Flint Glass - Connexion Bizarre Webcast identifier [exclusive] A Murder Of Angels - Suspended In Frozen Misery [While You Sleep - Middle Pillar Presents] Predominance - Quantum Statics [Incendium II - Loki Foundation] Lustmord - Dark Awakening [[Other] - Hydra Head Records] ISIS - Not In Rivers, But In Drops (Remix By Melvins / Lustmord) [Holy Tears - Ipecac] Illusion Of Safety - Fondness Makes The Heart Grow Absent [Fifteen/Finite Material Context - Tesco Functional Organisation] Godflesh - Dream Long Dead [Streetcleaner - Earache] Haus Arafna - Blot Out Your Soul [Trilogie Des Blutes - Galakthorro] Foresta Di Ferro - Harmony Of Pen And Sword [Bury Me Standing - Hau Ruck!] Psychic TV - Southern Comfort [Live in Glasgow Plus - Temple Records] Antlers Mulm - End of Words [Of Withered Sparks - Loki Foundation] Robert Rich - A Point Of No Return [Stalker - Fathom] Listen to the Webcast Subscribe the Webcast - http://feeds.feedburner.com/connexionbizarre 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
	VortexSoundTech - Fiery Silence Throughout the entire album, the listener is presented with introverse, rich, textured industrial soundscapes that mutate and narrow into upbeat electro melodies - only to be blown out into heavy, suppressing basslines, accompanied by atmospheric, minimalistic orchestral pieces that further evolve into dark, psychadelic, multilayered and slightly off-kilter synthlines. Read more
	Mangadrive - These.Blades.Will.Never.Rust Unapologetic, hi-energy dance music, pure, simple and unadulterated by lofty ideals and messages. Mangadrive bangs out a blistering rhythmic tattoo into the unsuspecting skulls of its listeners, an aural shot of espresso that has the potential to kickstart any dancefloor. And that includes the mainstream. Read more
	Faux Pride - Slapstick Bitch Despite a few ear-grabbing moments "Slapstick Bitch" is not a thrilling listen. While the artist seems quite at ease and competent at creating intense hardcore tracks, that clearly isn't the case when he tries his hand at creating material on a more experimental style; perhaps he should concentrate and develop what he does best before moving on to territory where he is clearly less at ease. Read more
Media
	Carlos Ferrão - Business Traveller Chapter 24 of the ongoing suspense/bizarro fiction series Business Traveller". Read more
Store
	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. Price: 6.00 Euro (worldwide shipping included) Read more
Links
Recently added SoundCloud, an online audio platform for music professionals (found via Keef Baker) Netlabel releases spotlight Blaerg "Auspices & Vagaries" (Bottle Imp) Recommended Crash Frequency, Australian artist collective (updated and revamped) Zeller The US election nightmare scenario (BBC) Alan Moore on 'Watchmen' movie: 'I will be spitting venom all over it' (LA Times)