"...that is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die."
Influences
Lautréamont, H.P. Lovecraft, David Lynch, H.R. Giger, Jacques Cousteau, Willhelm Reich.
Sounds Like
...richly detailed stills sailing through gentle oceans of drony water... unheimliche, apokalyptische Horror-Reise durch düsterste elektronische Gefilde... truly bizarre, gorgeously freaky cinematic dronemusic...
Releases:
3"CD (Verato Project, 2005)
Wider der Elektronik schlecht Gewissen 7"/3"CD (P.B.B. 2005) MP3 (Clinical Archives, 2007).
Polar:is CD (1000+1 TiLt, 2006)
Nid: Plate Tectonics CD (Auf Abwegen, 2007)
Microsleep CD (Verato Project, 2007) MP3 (Clinical Archives, 2007)
El Inventor Del Schabernack CD (L.ike A.n E.verflowing S.tream, 2007)
Structures CD (Noecho Rec, 2008) MP3 (Noecho Rec, 2008)
Genetic Design Flaw CD (Ambolthue Rec, 2008)
Hysteria CD (Verato Project/Gears Of Sand, 2009) MP3 (Noecho Rec, 2009)
Compilations:
b°tong/F.T.B.P.D. 3" CD (L.ike A.n E.verflowing S.tream, 2007) "Feine Junge Brechbohnen" NTNS Radio MP3 (NTNS-03, 2007) "Brain Scan" Ten Seconds MP3 (Keep It Frozen, 2007) "Greed", "Groin", "Groove" & "Grump" Grindweh 7" (A Tree In A Field/Saeurefabrik, 2006) "Grindarsch" One Man Drone 12" (Mayo Rec/P.B.B. 2006) "To Raise A Thief In Your Midst" TiLt no.9 CD (1000+1 TiLt, 2006) "Waves To The Shore". 13. Bombardiranje Nju Jorka DVD (Slusaj Najglasnije, 2008) "Insomnia" & "Silkworm Clinical Anthology (2006-2009) 5CD (Clinical Archives, 2009) "Lunar Landing"
b°tong is Chris Sigdell, former member of NID (1995 - 2005), and guitarist/singer in Phased. b°tong reaches for the nether regions of experimental electronic sound but is never quite serious. Born in the winter of 2004, b°tong has since appeared at renowned music festivals (Sinus-Series, Ausklang, Shift, Lab 30), various radio-stations, and toured extensively throughout Europe, Russia, U.S.A. & Canada. b°tong sometimes likes to collaborate with like-minded spirits, doing installation ("Polarkreis" & "95°" with artists Gierlich/Schuler) and video projects ("Images" with Ulrich Fischer). The video to "Sphere II" (Polar:is CD) was shown at the 2007 Miami Art Fair as part of the Urban Nomad collective; the video to "Black Dog Dream" (Structures CD) was shown in Bejing 2008 and 2009 (along with a video of "95°").
b°tong's music varies from dark ambient layers of sound, brooding drones, itchy-scratchy tones to weird electronics and/or harsh noise. b°tong deconstructs and recycles samples from television, radio and/or films, he records natural and artificial sounds, and he processes and distorts his own voice. In a live situation, he uses microphones, sampler, and "instruments" such as: metal sheet and spring, various kitchen utensils and an orgon emitter. The sounds thus generated are run through various effects giving birth to images of darkness and tranquility, the solitude of icy polar night, or the equivalent of an underwater journey down a bottomless pit!
Past dates:
2009: 05/30 Electronic Church, Berlin (DE) - 05/16 Strom & Rausch, Mainz (DE) - 04/23 Oxfam Café, Medford (USA) - 04/22 Il Motore, Montreal (CDN) - 04/21 The Boat, Toronto (CDN) - 04/20 The Belmont, Detroit (USA) - 04/19 The Creephole, Michigan City (USA) - 04/18 Village Green Open Air, Muncie (USA) - 04/17 Bela Dubby, Lakewood (USA) - 04/16 The Hexagon, Baltimore (USA) - 04/15 The Velvet Lounge, Washington (USA) - 04/14 The Model Home, Philadelphia (USA) - 04/13 Goodbye Blue Monday, New York (USA) - 04/12 Monkey Town, New York - 03/02 Radio Bronka, Barcelona (ES) - 03/01 Kasa Jove de Roquetas, Barcelona (ES) - 02/02 Hirscheneck, Basel (CH)
2008: 12/08 Villa Rosenau, Basel (CH) - 11/08 Subterrarium, Vienna (A) - 11/08 Fluc (Club Moozak), Vienna (A) - 10/08 SHIFT: Festival der elektronischen Künste, Basel (CH) headphone concert - 10/08 Queen Kong Club, Neuchatel (CH) - 10/08 Mala Scena at Centra Za Kulturu, Cakovec (CRO) - 09/08 Gödör Club, Budapest (HU) - 09/08 Klupce, Zrenjanin (RS) - 09/08 Cultural Center REX, Belgrade (RS) - 09/08 Tovaro Rog, Ljubljana (SI) - 09/08 MKSC/DPZN, Koper (SI) - 09/08 Gustaf-Pekarna, Maribor (SI) - 09/08 La Locanda, Piacenca (IT) - 09/08 Le Lounge, Marseille (F) - 08/08 Lustwerkstatt, Burgdorf (CH) - 05/08 Cave 12, Geneva (CH) - 05/08 Cinema Oblo, Lausanne (CH) - 04/08 MS Stubnitz, Rostock (DE) - 03/08 Kasal Jove de Roquetas, Barcelona (ES) - 03/08 Casa de Los Jacintos, Madrid (ES) - 03/08 Convivio, Guimaraes (P) - 03/08 Maus Habitos, Porto (P) - 03/08 Oremus Gothic Bar, Gijon (ES) - 03/08 Antzoki, Bilbao (ES) - 03/08 Noiznahi, Getaria (ES) - 03/08 Le Bokal, Bordeaux (F) - 03/08 La Jungla, Barcelona (ES) - 03/08 L’Assomoir, St. Etienne (F) - 03/08 Echokammer, Augsburg (DE) - 03/08 Kalkbreite, Zürich (CH) - 03/08 Schlachthof, Basel (CH) - 03/08 White Rabbit, Freiburg (DE) - 02/08 AZ Conni, Dresden (DE) - 01/08 Hirscheneck, Basel (CH)
2007: 10/07 - SHIFT: Festival der elektronischen Künste, Basel (CH) headphone concert - 10/07 Studio, Athens (GR) - 10/07 Platformes, Athens (GR) - 10/07 VM Radio, Athens (GR) - 09/07 Salon Bruit, Berlin (DE) - 07/07 Kiosk Feldbergstrasse, Basel (CH) - 06/07 Cargo Bar, Basel (CH) - 06/07 Keller 264, Freiburg (DE) - 06/07 Friends Bar, Basel (CH) - 04/07 Centre Culturel CROUS, Reims (F) - 04/07 Envers Swa, Antwerpen (BE) - 04/07 Driest HQ, Gent (BE) - 04/07 Astra Stube, Hamburg (DE) - 04/07 Raum ()()(), Berlin, (DE) - 04/07 Salon Bruit, Berlin (DE)< - 04/07 Carlo Lévi, Liége (BE) - 04/07 Raststaette, Aachen (DE) - 04/07 TAC, Eindhoven (NL) - 04/07 Living Room, Tienen (BE) - 04/07 Le Hanger, Lille (F) - 04/07 Atelier Mommen, Brussels (BE) - 04/07 Le Zorba, Paris (F) - 01/07 Wagenmeister, Basel (CH)
2006: 12/06 Ausklang Festival, B-Movie/Hoerbar, Hamburg (DE) - 11/06 Hirscheneck, Basel (CH) - 10/06 Beam On, Kult Kino Camera, Basel (CH) sounds to images of U. Fischer - 10/06 Portes Ouvertes, Reichensteinerstr, Basel (CH) sound installation by C. Schuler & B. Gierlich - 10/06 Sinus-Series Festival, Basel (CH) headphone concert - 09/06 Radio Dio, St. Etienne (F) - 09/06 Le Sonic, Lyon (F) - 09/06 Raymonds Bar, Clermont Ferrand (F) - 09/06 El Inca, Bordeaux (F) - 09/06 Noiznahi, Getaria (SP) - 09/06 Los Pulimentos, Bilbao (SP) - 09/06 Le Klan D, Toulouse (F) ex-Bordello - 09/06 Aux Musicos, St. Etienne (F) - 09/06 La Gambetta, Paris (F) - 8/06 Metropoly Festival 3spitz, Basel (CH) - 08/06 Gaertnerstrasse, Basel (CH) - 07/06 Galerie Raumausstatter, Berlin (DE) - 07/06 Galerie Scherer 8, Berlin (DE) - 01/06 Un/Real Festival, Basel (CH) L.S.D. Symposium
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alas i cant be there in eindhoven. i am in Portugal that day...wish you good luck.
By the Way. I just started to download hysteria, and I am eager to listen to it and give you some feedback, as I am a fan of your work, structures being one of my favorite drone/dark ambient releases. : )
Hi thanks for the proposition for the moment it is too early to plan anything caus we are working on gae bolg concert for next week ..then we will see. All the best
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