-Mr O. Hyper modern, deeply textured and exotic melodic-glitch from South London based Mr O. Having been slowly building up a bit of a back catalogue of material and live dates over the last few years, Bit-P's ears were pricked up by the talents of this guy and quickly coaxed him in for a serious of live dates. Bit-P is pleased and proud to officially welcome Mr O under our umbrella.
THE VETERANS:
-Jilk.
Domestic folk-tronic ambience... with balls. Bristol based, but Midland born Jilk fuses a bewildering collage of homefound sounds with the ambient sound scapes of washy synths, insect-like clicks & cuts, and basslines to get any heads-a-bobbing. Frequently joined live with an Accompanying fairy-princess live electro/acoustic Violinist (The one and only Tulin-Fée), Jilk's live sound has developed in to a warm womb of something very special. The sound of Jellybabies in Tin-wellington boots at an arctic rave, you might say!? Crowds at line-up appearances with the likes of Luke Vibert, Shitmat and headlining slots at 93Ft East & 333 in Shoreditch, may also agree.
-T-toe.
The heart of a D'n'B raver, youth of a marching band and classically training, and the greatest lost pop melodies have all brewed together to form T-toe, your friendly local, electro-Breakcore/Dubstep-Trombonist! (Yes, ANOTHER one! ;-D) Expertly produced but with his tongue firmly in cheek (when not down the trombone), T-toe has been solidifying his reputation as a future force to be reckoned with thanks to some amazing support slots with the likes of Plaid, Radioactive Man and Si Begg and many other memorable gigs in 2007.
-IJO.
Lithuania's finest export, and something of an upcoming legend back in his home country, IJO (pronounced: "Ee-yo") planted lasting impressions on his home turf with his brooding Acid-Jazz, dark ambiance and spiralling, killer Drill & Bass, partly thanks to several digital-label releases in Europe and support slots with legends like Ceephax Acid Crew, Murcof, Funkstörung, and The Doubtful Guest. In 2006, IJO decided to give London a try, and thus very competantly brings a welcome injection of balls & courage the Bit-P line-up.
-Tulin-Fée.
Classical solo violin squares up to cut'n'paste-tronica. A formal, musical education clashing with the rebelion & freedom of modern electronic textures which form Echoes of Steve Reich, but in an undeniably unqiue form. As a frequenting guest of a certain Mr Jilk, our dear Tulin-Fée ("Tulin" like Tulip. "Fée" like "Fay" or, more specifically like the "Feh-" in "Ferry" - It's French for "Fairy"!) supplies a charmingly "plugged" injection of acoustic classical/folk to his soundscapes, but her time to go solo is now.
-Portmanteau.
Two men in the form of a blur of clashing neon electro dittos of Oxfordshire heritage but current Bristol dwellings. Having come to Bit-P's attention courtesy of a bewildering set at Clean 3, we swiftly kidnapped Portmanteau, squeezed them on to bills with A Guy Called Gerald and Kid Carpet amongst others, and moulded them as one of our own.
-Hector Osbert.
The sonic equivilant of a cute kitten with ADD pissing around with a ball of wool. Possibly Egypts only electronic export... Punk-at-heart Hector Osbert scratches, crawls, licks and oozes his way through a sonic rainbow, aided with *gasp* a guitar!
-Black Victory. He comes from a future were Michael J Fox races Robocop on hoverboards, and where a car is simply not-pimped unless it has a chrome finished flux-capacator with embossed logoing... Or, err... a little north of Manchester. Where ever he is from... the beats are dirty, the drops are sexy and the kicks are charged with more volts than aforementioned flux-capacator! Bit-P is proud to have Black Victory as our honorary Northener!
Bit-Phalanx Resident DJ:
-DJ star delta. With a deep passion for djing vinyl, star delta has developed his own style of mixing electronica. Not happy with blending or cutting the tracks like most other electronica djs he has taken many hours working out a system where every tune can be beat matched perfectly staying true to his roots as a dj opposed to a selector. Though loving electronica in all its forms star delta describes his sound as melodic electronic, playing tunes that are crunchy, off beat, quirky, tuneful and still large enough to be played in night clubs.
Bit-P Resident VJ:
-VJ ODL. After coming on-board last minute for Bit-P's debut London showcase, ODL left all awestruck with a stunning array or mind-melting acidic visuals that flew us over city-scapes, warped squirrels beyond recognition, made Elephants dance to breakcore and everything in between. West London's very own premier VJ found a rightful Umbrella to perch under as Bit-P's latest recruit and very own resident VJ.
As well as giving artists a platform individually, Bit-Phalanx also has a base in the midlands in Browns Independent Bar, and together form Clean, a bi-monthly, non-profit night of Live music by specially invited, local (and sometimes not-so-local) unsigned Electronic talent.
Clean also gives an oppertunity for artists of a more visual sense a platform to co-incide with the live brouhaha... Infact, almost anything goes!
HK119 vs. Bit-Phalanx - C'est La Vie - Bonus Remix EP. (BITPEP001DL)
1. C'est La Vie (Jash's Mushroom Brew Remix)
2. C'est La Vie (Mr O's Tyrant Load Remix)
3. C'est La Vie (Douce Angoisse's Barbu Girl Remix)
4. C'est La Vie (Topher's Life And Everything Therein Remix)
5. C'est La Vie (Martin Phone's Ten Hertz Snare Remix)
6. C'est La Vie (T-toe's Dub)
7. C'est La Vie (K21's Masters Of The World Remix)
Brand new free remix EP available to download now from HERE!
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Woot!
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HK119 vs. PORTMANTEAU
With i's finally dotted, and t's finally crossed, we are happy to state that Bit-Phalanx's venture in taking the 2008 work of HK119 on a 2009 electronica detour will FINALLY land in your laps December.
Following Martin Phone's beautiful crash of a remix, Portmanteau shameless wiggle a camp disco glowstick in your face with a throbbing Electro stomper. Harvested from HK's original video, as well as Portmanteau's own visuals, here is the 2nd video to be taken from 'Fast And Cheap Mixes'...
HK119 - WHAT AM I (PORTMANTEAU REMIX)
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HK119 vs. MARTIN PHONE
HK119 - MIND (MARTIN PHONE'S BAD TEMPERED KLAVIER REXIM)
WATCH THIS SPACE... More coming very soon indeed.
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PREVIEW OF THE NEW HK119 REMIX ALBUM ON CENTRIFUGE RADIO TONIGHT!!
Tonight, the good people of the Centrifuge will be playing an exclusive mix of our entire collaborative remix album with Finnish electro pop minx, HK119 on their weekly online radio show.
All 11 mixes have been expertly cut and paste into an exclusive mini-mix by our in-house DJ star delta, in order to wet your appetite for the full album, which will be available to download through One Little Indian Records soon.
- Bit: Dictionary definitions:
1. A short time: Wait a bit.
2. Stereotypic or habitual set of behaviors, attitudes, or styles associated with an individual, role, situation, etc.: the whole Wall Street bit.
3. Anything that curbs or restrains.
4. Also called binary digit. A single, basic unit of information, used in connection with computers and information theory.
- Phalanx: Dictionary definitions:
1. Any body of troops in close array.
2. A number of individuals, esp. persons united for a common purpose.
Bit-Phalanx brings together unsigned recording / live artists who have their feet firmly rooted in electronic sounds. The direction their branches grow in though is entirely their own, and unique to each and every one of them.
Folk. Breakcore. Classical. Drum&Bass. Whatever - The directions vary extremely...
It is our aim to give unsigned talent that adheres to the above formula a platform for their work, and an umbrella-group to be part of, to hopefully get them where they so rightly deserve.
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Bit-Phalanx Discography:
T-toe - 'We Were Happy' (IDEA008)
1. We Were Happy (as we were)
2. Gonna Rob Me a Truly Great Soul
3. I Can See Right Thru You
4. Big Girls
5. Empty Treat After Empty Threat, And The One That Stuck
6. What’s Gibe?
7. ’til Next Time…
FREE Download EP, available through Ideation RecordsHERE.
FREE Download EP, available through Resting Bell RecordsHERE.
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Jilk - 'A Plot To Place Bits' (IDEA005)
1. Little Bear Lash (Feat. Tulin-Fée)
2. Kats Not Kids
3. Nibo Clay
4. Little Bear Tail (Feat. Tulin-Fée)
5. In The Hall Of The Mountain Jilk (Feat. Tulin-Fée)
FREE Download EP, available through Ideation RecordsHERE.
Ltd Ed, Privately pressed Red-White label 12" mini album by IJO, available directly from IJO's Myspace.
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Clean - 'Vestige - The Clan of Clean 3 & 4)' (CLNNGTCD2) (Compilation)
1. I Am Gargamel Calculator, Private Detective! - The Man From Uncle Sam (Bongs for Browns Mix)
2. Hot Roddy - Magnum Please
3. VagrantGenius - Redder Than You
4. Black Victory - Yours, Panther
5. ViraCocha - Fist Of Fury
6. Edd Keene - Quercus
7. Fields Of Barley - Little Fellows
8. A Broken Frame - Qiyamat
9. star delta - Deep and Meaningless
10. Portmanteau - Air Into Thin Air
CD Compilation released in conjuction with the 'Clean' live events. Available through Bit-Phalanx/CleanHERE.
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Clean 1 - 'Momento - The Clan Of Clean 1 & 2' (CLNNGTCD1) (Compilation)
1. T-toe - Le Beau Gateaux
2. AmpUT - Talk Is Cheap (Blazing Swords Remix)
3. IJO - Sypmo
4. Hector Osbert - Xzeta
5. Jilk - My Techno Heart Melts Your Emo Dribble
6. Tuln-Fée - Avaloliteshrava (Demo)
7. Most Valuable Mono - Burial At Sea
8. Minuek - My Eyes Hurt
9. Arctic Sunrise - A23
10. Model Fighter - A Small Pod Of Birds
CD Compilation released in conjuction with the 'Clean' live events. Available through Bit-Phalanx/CleanHERE.
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Bit-P Vids:
- IJO - 'Lituanian Pop Fiesta Vol. 1'.
- Portmanteau - 'Skyline'.
- T-toe - 'Mushot' (Live @ Spirit Of Gravity, Brighton. Mar '08.)
In other Jilk related news... Our clicks & cuts boy was featured as Bristol based net-Radio station Skip To The End special guest for the evening, where he was fully grilled about all things "Jilk", past, present and forthcoming future, and as well as featuring several classic Jilk tracks, also featured a specially composed 30minute DJ mix, exclusive to Skip To The End.
Head HERE!! and scroll down to the 27th November show for full setlist and downloads. Or, click HERE for the direct MP3 of the show.
Out now for a limited time http://www.juno.co.uk/labels/Toxemia/download/ , once christmas is gone is gone "The Merry X-Mazz DNB E.P." , get it while it last , merry christmas and a happy new years to everyone.
The Long Awaited Tracks Of Release 001 & 002 Are Out Now To The World!!! , Respect To All The Junglist Still Holding Down The Scene , And Respect To All Crews Keeping The Music Alive , Without You All There Wont Be No Scene.
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