Connexion Bizarre was updated on August 3rd with new content (new reviews, webcasts, interview and links). Also, this will be the only Connexion Bizarre update during the month of August as we'll be taking our yearly one-month vacation/break. We'll resume regular updating in the first week of September but should be sending a couple of event-related mailings in the meantime.
A quick overview of this week's update:
Webcast: "An evening by the beach" with music selection by DJ Istabmyhead, "The Heart of Organic Fissures" with music selection by James Hotate and "BBL KTHXBAI!" with music selection by M.
Reviews: Hecq "Steeltongued", T/M/K "Need the Needle", Fujako "Landform", Hyios "Consuetudines", Pandora's Black Book "Black Brothel", Tapage "Fallen Clouds", Tyske Ludder "Anonymous", Black Lung "Full Spectrum Dominance", Horchata "Acytota", LAN Formatique "The Sadness of Distances", Accomplice Affair "Samotny Horyzont", Exocet "Grotesque Consumer", Hyperdriver "Naked Aggression", Sleepchamber "Sorcery, Spells and Serpent Charms", Violet "Violet Ray Gas and the Playback Singers"
Best regards & until next month,
Miguel
(editor, etc @
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/)
Connexion Bizarre associated events
Swissport'092009/09/16-27, Porto (PT) + 2009/10/01-04, Lausanne (CH)The music programme of this multidisciplinary event will include live performances by Thermidor (PT), Stendeck (CH), Freimatic Twins (PT) + other TBA.
http://www.swissport2009.com/ - Swissport'09
Noxious Arts III2009/09/03-05, thursday to saturday, several locations, Paris (FR)See flyer for line-up. More details to be announced soon!
http://www.myspace.com/audiotraumarecords - Audiotrauma &
http://www.myspace.com/noxiousartfestival - Noxious Arts III
Webcast & Radio ShowPart 1 -
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/webcast/cb_20090803-0906_a.mp3("An evening by the beach" with music selection by DJ Istabmyhead)
Flint Glass - Connexion Bizarre Webcast identifier[exclusive]
Beefcake - Moondrops[
Drei - Ant Zen
Raoul Sinier- Huge Samurai Radish[
Brain Kitchen - Ad Noiseam]
Pivot - Epsilon[
O Soundtrack My Heart - Warp Records]
Bill Laswell - ER[
Broken Vessels - Koch International]
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Pearls Before Swine[
The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - Planet Mu]
Subheim - Howl[
Approach - Tympanik Audio]
Apparat - Limelight[
Walls - Shitkatapult]
Boxcutter - Tauhid[
Oneiric - Planet Mu]
iTAL tEK - Blood Line[
Blood Line - Planet Mu]
Various Production - Today[
The World Is Gone - XL Recordings]
Thom Yorke - Skip Divided (Modeselektor Remix)[
The Eraser Remix EP #3 - XL Recordings]
Burial - Ghost Hardware[
Untrue - Hyberdub]
Trifonic - Good Enough[
Emergence - Trifonic Music LLC]
Late- Saw, Sine, Square[
Watch The Ride - Harmless]
Proem - When Frailty Fails[
Socially Inept - Merck]
Talvekoidik - Silent Reflections[
Silent Reflections - Brume Records]
Part 2 -
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/webcast/cb_20090803-0906_b.mp3("The Heart of Organic Fissures" with music selection by James Hotate)
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Arcana - Abkrat (5:02)
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Raspail - Kalinkaland]
The Sisters of Mercy - Anaconda (4:07)
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Anaconda / Phantom - Merciful Release]
Clan of Xymox - 7th Time (4:40)
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Clan of Xymox - 4AD]
Genevieve Pasquier - Remember (5:28)
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Soap Bubble Factory - Ant-Zen]
Kirlian Camera - The Burning Sea (Original Re-Mix) (4:52)
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The Burning Sea - Triton]
Daybehavior - Carousel (4:47)
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Adored - North Of No South Records]
Peter Murphy - Deep Ocean Vast Sea (4:09)
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Wild Birds 1985-1995 - Beggars Banquet]
Lydia Lunch - Honeymoon In Red (4:54)
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Come Fall - Torso]
Crocodiles - Flash Of Light (5:07)
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Summer Of Hate - Fat Possum Records]
Kasabian - Underdog (4:38)
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West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum - Columbia]
Bloc Party - Ares (3:30)
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Intimacy - Wichita]
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head - Me + Yr Daughter (4:09)
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Glistening Pleasure - Team Swan Records]
Lush - Lovelife (3:56)
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Split - 4AD]
Part 3 -
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/webcast/cb_20090803-0906_c.mp3("BBL KTHXBAI!" with music selection by M.)
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Andrew King - The Good Luck Ship[
Thalassocracy - Epiphany]
Tzii - I Killed Her (rmx by Brandtalk)[
Rotten Friendship - V-Attak]
John Zorn - Witchfinder[
The Crucible - Tzadik]
Necrotek - Back To The Grave (Terror Punk Syndicate Remix)[
Menschenfeind - Vendetta Music]
Exocet - Narcoholica[
Grotesque Consumer - Ant-Zen]
Ad•ver•sary - Waiting for Gira (patience is a virtue perceived remix by ESA)[
A Bright Cut Accross Velvet Sky - Tympanik Audio]
Defrag - The Old Growth[
V/A - Miwak 12 - Hymen Records]
Synth-Etik - Where My Dreams Live[
Waiting For The Rapture - Hands Productions]
Tokee - Bk[
Plus - Dope Records]
Urceus Exit - The Worst That We've Become[
The Worst That We've Become - ArtoffactRecords]
IAMX - Night Life (People Theatre's Trip to Berlin Mix[
V/A - Orbital Electro - Major Records]
Calluloide - Dive[
V/A - Auto-Reverse - BOREDOMproduct]
Lowfish - Wreckage[
V/A - Miwak 12 - Hymen Records]
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/webcast.htm - Listen to the Webcast
Connexion Bizarre radio show @ Radio ZeroThe Connexion Bizarre radio show can be streamed every Friday at 23:00 GMT and Wednesdays at 10:00 GMT from
http://www.radiozero.pt/ - Radio Zero.
ReviewsHecq - Steeltongued"Steeltongued" is one hell of a release. Hecq has earned himself a place amongst the ranks of Autechre, Squarepusher and Boards of Canada, both in terms of ingenuity and songwriting skill.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_hecq_s.htmT/M/K - Need the NeedleFor a first contact with the music world of T/M/K (as Textbook of Modern Karate), this was a very unexpected and rather pleasant surprise. "Need the Needle" is one of those releases that in addition to sounding genuine are bound to have some sort of mainstream appeal as well. Easily one of the standout albums of 2009 and a project to keep an eye out for in the future.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_tmk_ntn.htmTapage - Fallen CloudsNo time is wasted, resulting in an absorbing listen that demands - and gets - your attention for the whole time. Not an album to buy for calming background music, as while on the surface it sounds like it would be, it is nothing of the sort. Instead it is worth investing hours in listening to this a few times to begin to reveal the delights contained within, as it certainly won't work its full magic the first time around.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_tapage_fc.htmFujako - LandformTogether, producers Jonathan Uliel Saldanha (a.k.a. HHY) and Nyko Esterle (a.k.a. Ripit), having purportedly sequestered themselves in a mountain studio in Portugal, engendered an unforgettable exegesis of post-hip hop norms (if such exist) and pushed the envelope for this genre with startling ferocity. "Landform" won't disappoint.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_fujako_l.htmHyios - ConsuetudinesOnce again, here rises a promising newcomer in the dark ambient/drone scene. With "Consuetudines", his debut album recently released on the US label Malignant Records, this artist from Leipzig, Germany, proves that Hyios is a name worth remembering.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_hyios_c.htmPandora's Black Book - Black BrothelUnmistakably urban, "Black Brothel" is an album with a story to tell, a story which takes place between dimly-lit, smoke-filled basements, littered with the remains of cigarette ash and last week's spilled whiskey, and the dark corners of a delirious mind plagued by creeping paranoia. It is the aural equivalent of a post-modern noir thriller.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_pandorasblackbook_bb.htmTyske Ludder - AnonymousWhile the "SCIENTific technOLOGY" EP was undeniably political in nature, "Anonymous" seems likely to tread on less toes - especially in non-German-speaking countries, where the majority of people won't have the faintest clue of what they're singing about... In all, it's a far more accessible album, and one that will undoubtedly garner further well-deserved recognition for Tyske Ludder.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_tyskeludder_a.htmBlack Lung - Full Spectrum DominancePerhaps what's most refreshing about Black Lung is Thrussell's lack of interest in following musical trends. He has always set his own agenda without any regard for what's zeitgeisty in the wider world of electronica, and that, along with the jaw-dropping clarity of production, gives Black Lung a certain timelessness.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_blacklung_fsd.htmHorchata - AcytotaA sixty minute powerhouse fashioned from juxtaposed synthetic and organic sounds that don't fall prey to the clichés commonly associated with field recording. Horchata might not be the easiest flavor for your aural palate to digest, yet it's precisely what differentiates it from the artists that suffer from terminal blandness.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_horchata_a.htmLAN Formatique - The Sadness of DistancesDefinitely not the music for the impatient, but for those who see themselves on a journey after a magic stone that will save the civilisation from the creatures that hunt them day and night, desiring their souls. A word could describe the whole of this album: epic.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_lanformatique_tsod.htmAccomplice Affair - Samotny HoryzontIf you are into ambient textures, nice and lightweight sounds that could actually lift you from the ground if you get into it for too long, then it's great stuff. My suggestion is to turn on the Discovery channel and watch the fish swim through the sea, sit back, put Accomplice Affair on the headphones and enjoy total bliss as it drives your mind into the ocean.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_accompliceaffair_sh.htmExocet - Grotesque ConsumerIn terms of genre, Exocet operates a subtle blend between rhythmic industrial/power noise and electronica. One could say this has been done many times before by other acts in this scene, but Exocet can be said to really have a trademark sound of its own.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_exocet_gc.htmHyperdriver - Naked AggressionIn spite of the angry, unapproachable name of the album, there is nothing here that doesn't cause a minor fit of the giggles. More often than not, it's a case of you going, "What the hell am I listening to?", but it's all entertainment in the purest sense, distracting you momentarily from the drab mediocrity of everyday existence.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_hyperdriver_na.htmSleepchamber - Sorcery, Spells and Serpent CharmsWhere the music is left to find its own way, to focus on the disorientating swirl of layered sounds that radiate and evolve out of each other, Zewizz's weird but intriguing music style comes into its own. Remove the loops and his music is as dark, ritualistic and unnerving as it comes.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_sleepchamber_sssc.htmViolet - Violet Ray Gas and the Playback SingersUtilizing the requisite field recordings, found sounds, CD/tape/vinyl manipulations, etc., Violet presents listeners with an album both disquieting in its peacefulness and jarring in its white noise banality. It is not so much mentally invasive as vaguely irritating, lacking the essential cohesion necessary in an experimental/drone record and likely far more interesting in terms of creative process than actual listenability.
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(worldwide shipping included)http://www.connexionbizarre.net/store/s_cbpin001.htmLinksRecently addedhttp://www.doperec.com/ - DOPE Records
http://www.firstfallenstar.com/ - First Fallen Star
http://www.auflegware.de/ - Auflegware
http://www.bitcrusher.co.uk/ - Bitcrusher
http://www.electricsheepcomix.com/ - Electric Sheep Comix
Net releases spotlightSick To The Back Teeth
http://www.noechorecords.com/www/releases/sick-to-the-back-teeth - "I Hate Your Happiness" (NOECHO Records)
Various
http://www.bitcrusher.co.uk/release/7 - "Bitcrusher - Pixelation" (Bitcrusher)
Various
http://blocsonic.com/releases/show/netbloc-volume-22-life-on-ceres - "netBloc Volume 22 (Life on Ceres)" (Bloc Sonic)
Recommendedhttp://www.nodirtygold.org/ - No Dirty Gold
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/opinion/01blow.html?_r=3 - Swan Songs? The music industry’s deathwatch kicked off about a decade ago, but it seems the vigil could soon be over.
(NY Times)http://forum.nin.com/bb/read.php?30,767183 - Trent Reznor "my thoughts on what to do as a new / unknown artist"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/science/space/04collide.html?em - Large Hadron Collider Struggles
(NY Times)http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/22/destination_moon/ - To the Moon - with extreme engineering - Spontaneous, improvised - would it be allowed to happen now?
(The Register)http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/28/aldrin_space_vision/ - Buzz Aldrin weighs into NASA - Cancel Ares, reprieve shuttle, colonise Mars
(The Register)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8174516.stm - Dancing with the Devil in Africa
(BBC)http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8181192.stm - Rough Justice - Victorian style
(BBC)
