Vital Weekly 645

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VITAL WEEKLY
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number 645
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week 39
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CELER - DISCOURSES OF THE WITHERED (CD by Infraction Records) *
CELER - THE EVERYTHING AND THE NOTHING (CD by Infraction Records)
CELER - NACREOUS CLOUDS (CD by And/Oar)
PIERRE BASTIEN - VISIONS OF DOING (CD by Western Vinyl) *
"BLUE" GENE TYRANNY - THE SOMEWHERE SONGS (CD by Mutable Music)
NILS BULTMANN - TERMINALLY UNIQUE (CD by Mutable Music)
FULMINATE TRIO - SAME (CD by Generate Records)
DANIEL PADDEN - PAUSE FOR THE JET (CD by Dekorder)
AUDELA - NOW ALL IS SILENT / INITIATION (Double CDR by Plague Recordings)
MANIFESTO - CORE (CDR by Plague Recordings)
SWARMS - THE SILVER HOUR (CD by Vendlus Records)
PRONOUNCED "SEX" - XXX (CD by Interregnum Records)
STAG HARE - BLACK MEDICINE MUSIC (CD by A Star Records) *
WOO - COME BLUE (CDR by A Star Records)
WYLD WYZRDZ - WE ARE EVERYONE (CDR by A Star Records) *
ANDERS DAHL - RGB TAPES (CDR by Con-V) *
AMK/JEPH JERMAN - SPLIT (CDR by Cohort Records) *
LUGANO FELL - RUN TEENAGERS, RUN (CDR, private) *
DOORNEN - AIDS LOVES YOU TO DEATH (3"CDR by Scrape) *
XABIER ERKIZIA - [SPAM DETECT] (CDR by Hamaika) *
THE DEAR LISTENERS - VALLEN (3"CDR, private) *
.CUT & MAGGOT BREEDER - LA VOIE SACREE (3" CDR by Walnut + Locust) *

CELER - DISCOURSES OF THE WITHERED (CD by Infraction Records)
CELER - THE EVERYTHING AND THE NOTHING (CD by Infraction Records)
CELER - NACREOUS CLOUDS (CD by And/Oar)
On the risk of sounding like a real old man, I have this small story. When I
was young (yes, Granddaddy, go on), you'd save up all your money, bought the
first LP by The Undertones and listened to that single LP for weeks, until
you had enough money to buy something else. Years later I bought that
Undertones LP on CD and found out it was only twenty-eight minutes. Perhaps
that's why I could still sing along every song and knew which was the next
song in line, even when I hadn't heard it for years. That seems light years
away from say receiving promo's from Celer, the duo of duo of Danielle
Baquet-Long (pianos, words, custom electronics, tape-loops, theremin) and
Will Long (pianos, custom electronics, tape-loops, arrangement diagrams and
splicing), who just send me three CDs at once. I checked out wether they
were all in our six months range, and not trying to pass one new and two old
releases, but they are all indeed released in last two months. Beats me
where all the confidence
comes
from, or perhaps they have paid along with releasing this. The one time
before I heard of Celer, was when I reviewed their collaborative release
with Mathieu Ruhlmann (see Vital Weekly 628), but now, three more hours of
Celer, I know almost everything. By and large there are strong similarities
in these three releases, as well as some differences. The two albums for
Infraction reflect the first four years of Celer, and the (limited to 300
copies) 'The Everything And The Nothing' is the more experimental work, of
the 'Discourses Of The Withered' (which is limited to 500 copies).
Throughout both of these (earlier) works long, sustaining sounds play an
important role. Highly atmospheric, with deep shifts in sound, all built
around long, repeating loops. On 'The Everything And The Nothing' this is
sometimes interrupted by samples that are of an ethnic nature, apparently
field recordings from India and Nepal, or clearly instrumental breaks. That
may add to the more experimental tag, that
die hard ambient lovers would no doubt put on this, but I think it nicely
breaks with the tranquil character of the music.
In a way, music wise, its not much different with their 'latest' (released
one month after the previous two) release 'Nacreous Clouds': here too highly
ambient loops are created to make the music. Its played by cello, violin,
piano, bells but also household sounds, the wind, walking gravel streets and
such like, but if you wouldn't know this, you could as easily mistake this
for a bunch of slow arpeggio's played on an analogue synthesizer. But it's
not. Celer created loops of everything and playing three to six on their
reel-to-reel recorders, 'connected to both our laptops and channeled back
out into a Kaiser filter', they say. Perhaps the 'Kaiser filter' makes that
these thirty-seven (!!) tracks sound quite similar with sonic differences to
be spotted through a microscope. It moves like the clouds, like those
mentioned in the title, which occur in winter time. Not entirely winter time
here (will it ever be again?) yet, and not many clouds on a beautiful autumn
day (my kind of
weather), but if I would open up a window things would certainly get chilly
in here, and this could be a great sound track. I must admit that I thought
all three albums were beautiful examples of somewhat darker ambient music,
but after more than three hours I had a strong urgency to hear something
entirely different. Maybe The Undertones come in handy. (FdW)
Address: http://www.infractionrecords.com
Address: http://www.and-oar.org

PIERRE BASTIEN - VISIONS OF DOING (CD by Western Vinyl)
Despite his releases on Rephlex, the Aphex Twin label, I must say I'm not
too familiar with the music of Pierre Bastien. I believe it was last year
when I first a concert by him, which was indeed very nice to watch the
interaction between the player of the trumpet (Bastien) and his mechanical
orchestra surrounding him. I think there was a visual component to it, but I
don't remember it very well. I usually tend to focus on the music itself.
Maybe the visuals were by Karel Doing, a dutch film maker. Bastien and Doing
have been working together since close to twenty years, both in the studio
and in concert, so Bastien wanted to say thanks by dedicating this record to
his friend. Nine pieces, created for films. There is indeed a strong, sound
track like quality to be spotted in these pieces. The trumpet plays an all
important role in the pieces, usually adding that lazy, jazzy texture to the
music, but whatever happens in the background is hardly jazz like. The
mechanical orchestra,
created with rotating devices and mecano, add a nice atmospheric texture,
like an early black and white film on industrial life. Relaxing music that
also without the visuals works rather nicely. Music to sit back and relax
and enjoy. Warm mechanics at work. (FdW)
Address: http://www.westernvinyl.com

"BLUE" GENE TYRANNY - THE SOMEWHERE SONGS (CD by Mutable Music)
NILS BULTMANN - TERMINALLY UNIQUE (CD by Mutable Music)
Two new CDs from the Mutable Music label of Thomas Buckner. One by veteran
'Blue, Gene Tyranny', the other one by the young talent of Nils Bultmann.
Tyranny is presented here by two of his compositions: 'The Somewhere Song'
(1987-2001) and 'The Invention of Memory' (2003-2005). The first one is
written for baritone (Thomas Buckner), environmental and electronic sounds
(Tyranny), plus wild sax played by Peter Gordon. The second work is again
for baritone (Thomas Buckner), and string ensemble, guitar and piano. Both
compositions have a strong narrative line. "The Somewhere Songs" concerns
friendships in or undergoing difficult circumstances" and "The Invention of
Memory" is about the behavior and physiology of the brain." Tyranny is a
typical american composer with an extensive output of tonal works, like so
many of the american minimal and post-minimal composers: Laurie Anderson,
Robert Ashley, and others. So these two works are very accessible and are
very close to popular american
music culture. In contrast Buckner sings intestering thought-provoking
texts, so that one could ask what is more important for Tyranny: music or
text. Music only as a vehicle for the text is far from the truth. But, on
the other hand, these works are fully appreciated only when you give full
attention to the texts that are sung/spoken by Buckner, as they make up the
starting point for the compositional work by Tyranny. Like in "The Invention
of Memory" that is divided into nine parts. "For each of the nine movements,
musical material heard in an initial Song is scanned to describe a specific
type of memory and its parallel musical procedure". So how accessible the
music may sound, it is the result of a complex search for transposing
non-musical ideas into music. The texts spoken by Buckner may remind you of
this. Both works are tastefully and effectively orchestrated.
With 'Terminally Unique' something else is going on. A series of
improvisations, compositional sketches and field recordings are the
constitutive parts of this music. Nils Bultmann is a classically trained
violist and composer, with roots in Germany. Besides playing classical
music, Bultmann engaged himself more and more in avant garde and improvised
music. His new CD is convincing proof of this. Bultmann presents 14 short
pieces, most of them played solo by Bultmann on viola, keyboards, Wurlitzer,
breath and vocals, with the help of multitracking. In four tracks Roscoe
Mitchell assists on tenor sax and flute. In three tracks we hear Parry Karp
on cello and Paddy Cassidy plays djembe on 'The Madness', the only tracks
where all three guest-musicians participate. In most pieces the viola is the
central instrument. Bultmann plays it with verve and soul. In the background
we often hear voices, undefined sounds, etc. It gives the effect of the
viola being located at a certain concrete
space. He creates in each composition a very strong atmosphere. This music
really goes deep, and deeper after each listening. The compositions are
accessible but far from superficial. At several moments I found his music
very comparable to the music of Iva Bittova: inspired on folk music and
played with great concentration by a gifted musician who knows what he wants
to tell. Fantastic! (DM)
Address: http://www.mutablemusic.com/

FULMINATE TRIO - SAME (CD by Generate Records)
This New York-based trio features Anders Nilsson on electric guitar, Ken
Filiano on double bass and Michael Evans on drums. All three of them also
make use of some electronics.
First some words on the musicians. Andera Nilsson moved from Sweden to New
York eight years ago, and developed himself further in the world of free
improvised music. He played with Raoul Björkenheim, Matt Heyner, Kermit
Driscoll, Evan Gallagher, Jeff Arnal, William Parker, Eugene Chadbourne. In
the same time his continued his group Aorta in Europe. Bassplayer Ken
Filiano feels at home in the worlds of classical music, jazz, improvised
music, etc. He toured and played with Warne Marsh, Bobby Bradford, Vinny
Golia to name a few.
Michael Evans is a drummer and composer. He uses found objects, homemade
instruments, in order to create unusual sounds and music. He worked with God
is my Co-Pilot, Evan Parker, etc. All musical experience of these three
musicians now culminates in this new outfit. They choose in day in march
2007 to record their first cd. The cd opens with a composition by Carla Bley
called 'Floater'. A quiet, moody but fascinating piece that you
don't expect as an opening track. All four other compositions are composed
by Evans and/or Nilsson. Their music is very open and in an way laid-back,
how complex it may be on the other hand. It is difficult to say what use of
electronics they make, but it is a functional and modest one as they sound
above all as a trio of acoustic bass and drums plus electric guitar.
Like in the middle section of 'Tiger Variations' when they pull up the music
to more abstract heights, electronic means come in. Nilsson is an
interesting player, and he has a nice and very sharp sound on his guitar.
From time to time I wished Filiano and Evans would cross swords more
intensively with mister Nilsson. More energy and tension could be generated
if you ask me. (DM)
Address: http://www.generaterecords.net/

DANIEL PADDEN - PAUSE FOR THE JET (CD by Dekorder)
Daniel Padden is a member of Vulcano the Bear since 1995. After moving to
Glasgow in 2000 his solo-work became more prominent. First as The One
Ensemble of Daniel Padden with releases on Catsup Plate, Secret Eye and
Textile. As this ensemble became a real band, Padden decided to release his
solo-work simply under his own name. First result was 'The Isaac Storm' CD
on the Ultra Exzema label. With 'Pause For The Jet' we have his newest solo
effort on our hands. It is the first cd with Padden that enters my
CD-player. His music shows many influences: british folk and world music,
krautrock, collage techniques, etc. 17 short 'songs' pass along in these 36
minutes of Renaldo & The Loaf/Residents-inspired madness.
Also there is a echo of the experiments of the Homosexuals. Instrumental
soundscapes, improvised interludes, tape manipulations, strange sung
melodies, etc. are loosely pasted into one whole. Because of this procedure
you stay tuned to this CD. Padden takes continuously a different direction.
Just when you are used to a certain piece, a new totally different one
begins. This is surely the power of this music, because most of the
individual pieces don't have enough content to stand on their own feet. It
is difficult to trace how Padden chooses his fragments and combines them.
What 'laws' are working here? But for sure he understands his art and offers
a nice and diverse kaleidoscope of musical ideas. (DM)
Address: http://www.dekorder.com/

AUDELA - NOW ALL IS SILENT / INITIATION (Double CDR by Plague Recordings)
MANIFESTO - CORE (CDR by Plague Recordings)
Plague Recordings is a Belgian label that focuses on releases in the field
of ambient and abstract electronics. First release from the label came out
two years ago, since then the label has released a number of CDRs of limited
editions. Quite a few of the releases from the label have been released by
the project Audela. The name "Audela" refers to the French pronouncement of
"other world", Au-Delà. The name fits well to the expression of the two
present albums released as two-in-one album. First disc titled "Now all is
silent" is a dark hypnotic beast, that works well as atmospheric background
listening. Buzzing drones of deep rumbles create some trance-inducing
spheres saturating the five intersections on the album. Field recordings
recorded by Joos Carpentier assists in giving a great organic feel to the
drones of deep darkness. Second disc is the album titled "Initiation". As
was the case with aforementioned album "Now all is silent", "Initiation"
belongs to the ambient
territories, though "Initiation" has a more melodic approach to the
shimmering ambience. Choirish samples in combination with grandiose
dronescapes assist to create a beautiful expression sometimes turning
associations towards the ambient of Norwegian maestro Biosphere. Next
release from Plague Recordings is by the project Manifesto. Manifesto has a
number of releases in its catalogue but present release is the first on
Plague Recordings. Behind the project you find M. Zetterberg and Alex van
Heerden using among other things the sound of a trumpet and a theremin to
create ambient-spheres. Compared to first artist reviewed Audela, Manifesto
has a more cutting edge approach to the ambient scene, with a more frequent
use of noises and industrial sounds to create this slightly more harsh
approach to dark ambient. Still the album is chilled enough to let the
listener drift into a state of trance. Two quite interesting CDR-releases
from Plague Recordings that comes in a DVD sized cover of
tasty black art-design. (NM)
Address: http://www.plaguerecordings.com

SWARMS - THE SILVER HOUR (CD by Vendlus Records)
PRONOUNCED "SEX" - XXX (CD by Interregnum Records)
Norwegian artist Kim Sølve is the brain behind a number of visual artworks
within the black metal scene, counting cover arts for important bands such
as Darkthrone and Mayhem. Beside his working on visual artwork, Kim Sølve
also has a foot in the sonic arts. Two new albums demonstrate the musical
approach of the artist. First project is called Swarms. As the name
suggests, the style is drone ambient on this latest album titled "The silver
hour". Apart from Kim Sølve, Swarms consists of Peter Berntsen, Bjeima and
Qeriq. The expression is extremely dark turning associations towards
classics such as Lustmord's "The place where the black stars hang"
(Soleilmoon, 1994) and Inade's "Aldebaran" (Cold Spring, 1996). Five
intersections, with titles such as "Asleep in silver residue" and "Children
mimicking shadows", floats in atmospheres of deep rumbling drones sometimes
sounding like the buzzing of heavy bee swarms. With the addition of
Industrial noises and strange otherworldly sounds,
especially final track "He came as swarms" pulls the listener into an
hypnotic state of listening with its almost half hour runtime. Next project
PRONOUNCED "SEX" , is a joint venture between Kim Sølve and compatriot
artist Zweizz. Again the musical direction is pointed towards dark ambience.
Compared to the aforementioned, this album has more noisy interventions and
with more weight on field recordings. That part of the album has been used
as the soundtrack for underground zombie-flicks makes sense, since the
atmospheres invites the listener into soundscapes of creepy darkness. Two
interesting releases with Kim Sølve being part of the musical brain. (NM)
Address: http://www.vendlus.com
Address: http://interregnumrecords.com

STAG HARE - BLACK MEDICINE MUSIC (CD by A Star Records)
WOO - COME BLUE (CDR by A Star Records)
WYLD WYZRDZ - WE ARE EVERYONE (CDR by A Star Records)
Looking at the website of A Star Records, it seems to me one big family,
over there in Utah. A community of musicians playing together in various
combinations, silk screening covers and such like. There is a strong sense
of unification among these three releases, certainly musicwise.
The first is a real CD by Stag Hare. I tried deciphering the handwritten
cover to see who is a member of this band, but I failed. But unlike the
other two releases, this a group. Judging by the music and the cover it
seems to me that these are, how to put this nicely, hippies. Their music is
raga drone rock. Rattling percussion in 'Holy Quinn', mumbling voices on
top, and a wailing drone sound from sources unknown. I normally would start
off by ranting something about hippies not being cups and tea, but I won't.
I don't know for a fact that they are hippies, but perhaps more important: I
really liked what I hear. The monotonous, mechanic rhythms, the whispering
voices, the reverb (yes yes) on the harmonica in 'Crystal Dust Dream' or the
triumphant finale of 'Oz'. This might very sixties in musical approach and
perhaps even in execution (quite direct in your face recording), but perhaps
I'm getting now old enough to enough such things. Stag Hare is a great place
to do such discoveries
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WoO is perhaps a one-man band, playing electric guitar, mobile phones,
remote control and effects. Here too the drones prevail, but WoO plays them
a little bit more sweeter, softer, maybe even more melodic. Things meander
nicely about, in weightless space. The guitar doesn't sound like a guitar in
say 'Sky Over Oslo', but it sounds more like a synthesizer. Maybe
occasionally things may sound a bit too sweet here, but the balance is still
positive. Light shades of dark colors, clouds passing - all the usual images
that one can have with music like come around. A sweet, sugary release.
The perfect antidote to this is Braden J McKenna's Wyld Wyzrdz release. His
'Slope'will put you back to earth, with grainy textured guitars. Don't get
me wrong. McKenna doesn't play a noise tune. Its just that after WoO his
music is a bit louder on the drone hill, playing more angular tunes. Here
the guitar is a guitar, even when he plays it with an e-bow. But strumming
it is his favorite tool. The magnum opus here, the eighteen minute 'I Am
Ocean' is quite a psychedelic journey of the endless strum. Three different
sides of the drone coin. Three times lovely at that. (FdW)
Address: http://www.astar-recs.net

ANDERS DAHL - RGB TAPES (CDR by Con-V)
Hot on the heels of his album on Bombax Bombax, which was reviewed here last
week, there is now a new album, again with three pieces. Like the press text
doesn't explain, I too have no idea what RGB Tapes are, but in his usual
style, Dahl tells us per track what he does: in track one on its RGB Tapes
plus Tape Rewinder and Electronics, in number added with springs, spokes,
electronics, tapes and tape rewinder and in third one plus electronics,
tapes, guitar and clarinet. So we don't know what RGB Tapes are, but they
are surely tools that have possibilities. The first track is mechanically
rotating, moving about, vibrating and alive, like a bunch of insects eating
away the hard disc of a computer. The second piece sounds alike, but is more
raw, with improvised elements of the springs and spokes as elemental
percussion on the floor. For what things are worth, the last track seems the
most quiet one, with soft parts being bombed by short loud parts. This makes
three pretty strong and
varied pieces of vibrating matter, bouncing and jumping about. An excellent
ride. (FdW)
Address: http://www.con-v.org

AMK/JEPH JERMAN - SPLIT (CDR by Cohort Records)
For the latest installment in the Split series, Cohort asked two veterans
from the world of experimental music. Both Jeph Jerman and AMK have been
around since many, many moons in the musical underground and both run/ran
cassette labels, released limited vinyl, CDs and CDRs and still operate in
the same world of do-it-yourself. AMK has two tracks here of skipping vinyl.
Originally the Split series started out as a drone series, but these two
tracks aren't anywhere close to drone music. A collage of vinyl sounds,
weird music, off centre spinning and such like. It seems that time stood
still in the work of AMK. I must admit it sounded nice to me, but I failed
to see much difference from work I heard from him twenty years ago. Jerman
is much closer to the world of drone music with his piece for a 22inch wind
gong, played by a small fan and amplified with cheap mic and battery powered
amp. It doesn't sound like the old Hands To work, nor his recent
electro-acoustic work, but deeply
resonating sounds. Vibration music of an easy kind, but humming oh so
nicely. Perhaps also nothing new under the mighty drone moon, but this space
is a great place. (FdW)
Address: http://cohortrecords.0catch.com

LUGANO FELL - RUN TEENAGERS, RUN (CDR, private)
Earlier this year, in Vital Weekly 622, I reviewed Lugano Fell, also known
as James Taylor, for the first time. I was pleasantly surprised by his
music, which sounded like shoegazing meets glitch. Back then I thought that
whatever instruments were used, they were well covered in the dust of the
computer. On 'Run Teenagers, Run' however it says 'seems to be kind some
kind of a guitar record, though deeply buried in drones, skipping CDs and
hiss', which seems like a highly accurate statement. The shoegazing effect
is a bit less than on the previous release, but it still firmly fits the
world of microsound, ambient glitch but as before always just a bit louder
and with more bite than what the usual suspects have on offer in this field
and that's what makes this release probably more attractive to me. The organ
like drones are just a bit louder than with others, the skipping make nice
sine wave rhythms and every now and then one can hear the guitar, in
whatever form it has been morphed
into. Its not by any standard new or innovative what he does here, but like
before (again) what he does is very nice. I'd say this guy should stop doing
these things as private CDRs but rather try and find labels and get some
recognition. (FdW)
Address: http://www.myspace.com/luganofell

DOORNEN - AIDS LOVES YOU TO DEATH (3"CDR by Scrape)
XABIER ERKIZIA - [SPAM DETECT] (CDR by Hamaika)
This weekend I had some time to think about the subject of noise. Because of
my persistence in filling these pages with words about music, and sometimes
even noise, one can all to easily assume that I do have an opinion about
music, sometimes even noise. As such I was asked to be the judge in the
Eurovision Noise Contest in Tilburg, The Netherlands. My job was to judge
the music, and not the performance or the 'fashion', as they called it.
Which was quite nice, because it turned out that those who have a great
performance, usually don't have that much time for some solid music, and
vice versa. The sixteen (or so, or so) acts all played about ten to twelve
minutes, which in some cases was too long anyway, but the variety was big,
although one perhaps need to be an insider to spot the finer differences.
Sheik Anorak from France was the winner, and his CDR for Vatican Analog will
no doubt be reviewed one day. Doornen was also part of the action, when we
were all quite fresh, at the
beginning, and he was the only one to try and bribe me with handing this
CDR. I don't quite get the title and cover of this, but sex and noise have
been connected since Throbbing Gristle played the 'Prostitution' at the ICA.
Two long pieces here of straight noise, but with enough things happening
inside to make things interesting enough. A bit less than his concert, which
I ranked with a seven (on a scale to ten), but perhaps the deafening volume
in concert and the controllable volume at home marks the difference. So, I'd
say, still a seven.
There was no entry for the Basque country, which is perhaps odd, since the
country has a lively noise scene. More than Doornen, it seems to me that
Xabier Erkizia deals with a conceptual approach to the noise at hand. I must
say 'seems', since I can't read any of the liner notes. So my best guess is
that spam, in whatever form, is the basic material to generate the sounds
here. Loud noise, lots of earpiercing feedback, dirty and gritty, but
occasionally Erzikia takes back 'control' and things move into an area which
is less 'noise' - tranquility even? Whatever it is that he does - opening
spam in a sound editor seems one logical starting point - he does it with
great style. Tracks ranging from a handful of seconds to eight minutes with
enough variation and speed keeps things going. Think Mattin meeting Ikeda -
if that would make any sense at all. For me it does. (FdW)
Address: http://www.myspace.com/doornen
Address: http://www.gatza.org/hamaika.html

THE DEAR LISTENERS - VALLEN (3"CDR, private)
The new name The Dear Listeners is a tale of two cities - Nijmegen (Vital HQ
main stay) and the close by city of Arnhem, and marks the meeting of two
busy bees from the respective local scenes. On one hand there is Robert
Deters, from the now defunct Vance Orchestra and occasional Machinefabriek
collaborator, and from around my corner Martin Luiten, former guitarist of
Girlfriends, these days of Uw Hypotheekadvies, Pick-up and various impromptu
collaborations. Together they now give birth to The Dear Listeners via this
first release, 'Vallen' ('falling' or 'fallen'). Deters plays a blend of
electronic devices and Luiten picks up his guitar and feeds it through a
string of devices and amplifiers. 'Vallen' is one, nineteen minute of
concentrated drone music with a nice live feel to it - even when it is
recorded in the studio - building up from what seems to be some electrical
currents into a dense pattern of swirling sounds, with minor details popping
in and out of the mix. When the
proceedings are coming towards a halt, things hum like a choir in a wide
open space. This a very nice start indeed. The Dear Listeners have plenty
more material recorded, and no doubt they are open for your offers.
Address: http://www.myspace.com/thedearlisteners

.CUT & MAGGOT BREEDER - LA VOIE SACREE (3" CDR by Walnut + Locust)
One Aberick (laptop, effects) is behind .Cut and Reuel Ordonez (guitar) is
Maggot Breeder. Both live in Montreal and both have released before on
Walnut + Locust. Together they played some music in April 2008 on a four
track machine, which, melted together, makes up 'La Voie Sacree'. They like
their drones to rough and unshaped, like a diamond waiting to be polished.
The guitar wails about, and below and above things rumble like there is no
tomorrow. Somewhere after two-third of the twenty-one minutes things turn
around and all of sudden we find ourselves in a much more mellow field.
Humming voices, mildly distorted guitars, hiss amplified. Whereas the first
was o.k., I thought this last part was the way to go, roads to explore. More
depth and composition. A promise for the future it seems to me. (FdW)
Address: http://www.walnutlocust.com

1. From: Martijn <Martijn@universaal.nl>

Saturday september 27 2008

GELUIDPOST 2008 - curated by Martijn Hohmann.

Third installation: "Untitled 0908" by Francisco López.

incl. Live performance by Francisco López @ 20:00 sharp.
admittance: free

Lokaal01
Kloosterlaan 138
Breda The Netherlands
http://www.lokaal01.org

2. From: incite@gmx.de

Hoerbar Hamburg presents:
September 26
Hati (PL)
Renoise (DE)
21:00 Hoerbar (5?)
Brigittenstr. 5
Hamburg, St. Pauli
http://www.hoerbar-ev.de

3. From: zeromoon <zeromoon@gmail.com>

September 26th, 8pm
dub-ber-vie - Bernhard Gal with Jennifer Walshe
Dead Violets
(Thomas Ekelund / Jeff Surak / Bethany Moore)
Diapason Gallery, New York City
882 Third Avenue, between 32nd and 33rd Streets BROOKLYN (Sunset Park)
10th floor
http://diapasongallery.org

bernhardgal.com
deadviolets.org

SONIC CIRCUITS FESTIVAL 2008, September 28 - October 5
WASHINGTON DC
COMPELLING, UNEXPECTED MUSIC.THE PERFECT ANTIDOTE TO FORMULA ENTERTAINMENT!
http://www.dc-soniccircuits.org

Sunday Sept 28
Velvet Lounge
7pm | $8
DC CD release party
The deep end ensemble
Ben Miller
Blue Sausage Infant
Corpus Callosum
Hume
Tone Ghosting
Cutest Puppy in the World
Janel & Anthony
Echolalia
Insect Factory
Twilight Memories of the Three Suns
This bag is not a toy
Kohoutek
Bonnie Jones
Chris Grier

Monday Sept 29
Pyramid Atlantic
7pm doors | $6
Mieke Lambrigts
id m thef table
Jeroen Vandesande
BLK w/ BEAR + VJ Poppins
DC Listening Lounge Installations

Tuesday Sept 30
Pyramid Atlantic
7pm doors | $6
Pauwel De Buck
Bernhard Gal
Ginger Wagg Dance Ensemble
Jeff Carey
DC Listening Lounge Installations

Wednesday Oct 1
Velvet Lounge
9pm | $8
Paul Flaherty/Randall Colbourne
Elliott Levin/Dan Scofield/Aaron Martin/Britton Powell/Scott Verrastro
ride the big bull w/ marty mccavitt
KBD

Thursday Oct 2
Velvet Lounge
9pm | $8
Pacific 231
thenumber46 (Suzanne Thorpe & Philip White)
el mapi+matterlink
Northern Machine
Worms in Dirt

Friday Oct 3
Velvet Lounge
9pm | $8
Dead Science
Food for Animals
ok|ok
Equinox
Mind Over Matter Music Over Mind

Saturday Oct 4
Velvet Lounge
3pm doors-2am | $10
Jason Kahn + Jon Mueller
Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words
Mattin
Matmos
Haptic
Andrea Parkins
David Watson
Trio Chroch
Jozef Van Wissem
Phog Masheeen
RDK
Second Land
Caustic Castle
Myo
Polyphasic
Soft Pieces

Sunday Oct 5
National Museum of Women in the Arts
3-5pm | $10
Baby Dee
Burbuja
Michael Oliva & Carla Rees

Velvet Lounge
9pm | $8
Skull Defekts
Preliminary Saturation
Talk Normal
Silvum

4. From: itah <itah@o2.pl>

HATI :EUROPEAN TOUR:

-24.09: Pila (PL) - NOVA CLUB, ul. Kossaka 16, door: 8 zl, 7:00 PM

-25.09: Berlin (D) - O TANNENBAUM, Pflügerstrasse 79a, door: 3 euro, 9:00 PM

-26.09: Hamburg (D) - HOERBAR, Brigittenstrasse 5, door: 5 euro, 9:00 PM +
RENOISED (D)

-27.09: Leiden (NL) - tba (!!!)

-28.09: Utrecht (NL) - DE VECHTCLUB, Brailledreeft 9, door: 5 euro, 8:30 PM
+ Robert Curgenven (AUS)

-30.09: Brussels (BE) - INFORMATION OFFICE, Avenue de Tervuren 84, 7:30 PM
+ R.Curgenven
(please send the confirmation of your attendance on e-mail address:
a.marecka@um.torun.pl)

-01.10: Brussels (BE) - SOUNDS AND EMOTIONS (live in the radio), no audience
+ R. Curgenven

-02.10: Liege (BE) - L'AN VERT, 4 Rue Mathieu Polain, door: 5euro, 8:00 PM +
IDIOSYNCRASIA (BE)+ R. Curgenven

-03.10: Gent (BE) - CROXHAPOX, Lucas Munichstraat 76/82, door: 5 euro, 8:00
PM + R. Curgenven + Peter Puype

-04.10: Berlin (D) - GALLERY WALLYWOODS, Berliner Allee 125, Weissensee,
door: 5 euro, 8:00 PM + LAMPLIGHT (AUS)

HATI :trans-gong-drone-muzik:
www.myspace.com/hatitah

Robert Curgenven:
www.myspace.com/recordefieldslabel

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