Online music zine Losing Today recently reviewed some of our tracks and had this to say about us...
"Alien Soundtracks - unsettlingly good and named after the Chrome album of the same name we wouldn’t wonder, from the grim imagery to the Dadaist chilled landscapes, there’s something unquestionably edgily austere about the aural wilderness that Alien Soundtracks navigate and explore, it’s a landscape similarly being plundered by the much admired Alrealon imprint at present, crafting out a psychotropic dub canvas that shares loosely an affinity with ’metal box’ era PiL albeit as though rewired by Cabaret Voltaire and admitted for further remoulds by a seriously out there 70 Gwen Party (the latter especially noted non more so than on mutoid drum n‘ bass styled ‘from here to infirmary‘ where to these ears it sounds like them crossing swords with Wagon Christ). Add to the equation a brandishing of titles such as the Fall-esque ‘opium den disco’ and ‘from here to infirmary’ then its easy to see why we just couldn’t resist. Mind you that said ’opium den disco’ is pretty much that - a seriously flipped and fried ’n’ wasted slab of dissipating nightmarish flashbacks of wailing guitars and ominous regimental marching treads. But then just like the name suggests Alien Soundtracks deal in a vaguely familiar though ostensibly fragmented and confused litany of sound collages, part ethnic / tribal - much drawing similarities at times with Muslim Gauze - though again abstract and part out there art rock in a skewed Henry Cow kind of way yet uttering a strange and discernible psyche dialect granted immersed in all manner of dismembered dislocated time signatures and squalling coils. Elsewhere ‘meet the new boss’ very much tunes into elements of early career Play Dead, the industrial intonations melded and moulded made more malleable by the curious appearance of reference markers nodding towards 23 Skidoo and Clock DVA (with a dollop of Muslim Gauze thrown in for good measure). All in all wonderfully wired and weirded out stuff and the kind of ear gear - had he been alive to hear it - that you could bet your arse a certain Mr Peel would have festooned amid his transmission play lists much to the annoyance of his ever receding in numbers ‘dandelion’ and flowers in their hair old time listening purists."
The review is featured under the April 16 edition of Mark's Tales . The link to the review is http://www.losingtoday.com/tales.php?id=254 . Check out his reviews of our good friends Halloween Swim Team and Sunken Landscapes. Thanks a lot Mark. =)
23rd November @ 13th Note, Glasgow with D Abraham Turner 24th November @ Kraak Gallery, Manchester with A Middle Sex - £4 26th November @ Tap, The Water Works, Southend with Lost Harbours - FREE 27th November @ Cafe Oto, London with Chora - £5
Being the Third Part to be collected in the film, TIME OUT OF MIND.
Starring: Isaac Takeuchi, Elizabeth Alvarado, Andrew Clarkson, and Lora Tortora w/ Brandi Hollandsworth.
“You hear one note of a Bach sonata, and it hangs there, glittering,
pulsating, for an endless length of time, while you slowly orbit around
it. Then hundreds of years later, comes the second note of the sonata,
and again, for hundreds of years, you slowly drift around the two
notes, observing the harmony and the discords, and reflecting on the
history of music.” Tim Leary.
Don has played with a great many musicians, covering a wide swath of music. In the 50's he played upright Bass with Elvin Jones, piano with Herbie Mann and Nate King Cole and bass with Tommy Flanagan, Yusef Lateef and Don Ellis. He also worked with Charlie Haden, Paul Bley and Carla Bley. In the 1960's, Don started experimenting with electronic and tape music and incorporating synthesizers into my music. He met Frank Zappa in 1966 and joined the Mothers of Invention. Also at this time, Don toured and recorded with Meredith Monk. In the 70's, he performed with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, appearing on 'Sometime in New York City'. From 1975 - 1995, his recorded projects included: "Escalator Over the Hill", with Michael Mantler and Carla Bley and "Fields" with John Carter. Don has worked on numerous film soundtracks, notably "Apocalypse Now". He co-founded the Grandmothers, with former Mothers of Inventio
...AVAILABLE NOW... Glass Coffin/Tombstalker split c-30.Kentucky Metal is invoked and recorded to cassette.Glass Coffin lays down 3 new hymns of raw one man bedroom heathen Black Metal.Tombstalker delivers 2 new songs that highlight their unique sound that combines crushing Death Metal,Black Thrash,Crust Punk,and War Metal.Full color artwork.Edition of 100 hand numbered copies.$6 ppd in the U.S./$10 world. Josh Lay/Jason Covelli split c-20.Josh Lay bleeds bleak vacant Death Industrial/Black Metal that focuses on loosing yourself in isolation and daydreams.Jason Covelli answers with a spoken word reading of a strange found family diary excerpt.Full color artwork.Edition of 50 hand numbered copies.$6 ppd in the U.S./$10 world.
Sci-Psych Spectrum Series Vol.7 Hosted by Tawee Kiva 10/31
HMS Studios Presents Pharaohs Den Halloween Haunted Mansion Sci-Psych Spectrum Series Hosted by Tawee Kiva.
Pharaohs Den Cultural Space Center is run entirely on donations and on the talents of volunteers. There is no cover charge - we simply ask you to fill out a membership form and pay a nominal fee ($5-$10or whatever is suggested at the Door) and then donate to help support the Den.Musicians get a free membership when they perform at Pharaohs Den.Thanks for your Support.
ABOUT US We're a DIY Spot that books all kinds genres of Music and Art at Pharaohs Den, in Downtown Riverside,Ca. 92501
ADDRESS: 3579 University Ave. Riverside, CA
MEMBERSHIPS: The Pharaoh's Den is now a "private" facility that requires you to be a member before attending any shows there, including our own. The membership is $5.00+ Donation fee and you only need to pay it once, in addition to our door price. This is because of threats from the city to shut down the Den, and is the only way they could keep their doors open. We've posted the Pharaoh's Den's rules for memberships in our blog at the top of the page if you'd like to read it.
RULES: NO alcohol in or around the venue NO vandalism in or around our neighborhood NO graffiti inside or outside the venue NO violence
Unless noted otherwise, all shows are $8 and begin at 7:30 pm.
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