"...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: 11/15 Le Sonic, Lyon (F) - 11/14 Le Chiquito,Paris (F) - 11/13 Vechtclub, Utrecht (NL) - 11/12 TAClive, Eindhoven (NL) - 11/11 XT3, Praha (CR) - 11/10 Club Debil, Dresden (DE) - 11/9 Mdme Claude, Berlin (DE) - 11/6 Lab 30, Augsburg (DE) - 10/25 DOM, Moskva (RU) - 10/24 Open Space Gallery, Jaroslavl (RU) - 10/23 Manege Minor Hall, St. Petersburg (RU) - 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
I wish in you kind regards for your future to be shaped by positive change and awareness. Love and Light,
Teaadora
Je souhaite dans vous leségards de type pour votre avenir être formés par le changement et la conscience positives.
L'amour et Allume,
Teaadora
Here is the upcoming tour
with Bethany Dinsick
(myspace.com/bethanydinsick):
Baltimore/ Philly/ NYC/ Mass Tour
Voici la tournée suivante avec Bethany Dinsick (myspace.com/bethanydinsick):
Baltimore/Philly/NYC/la Tournée de Masse
Nov 23 @ 8 Baltimore
The Pet Cemetary w/ King Cloud, and Boy Ghost
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=204485969902
Nov 24 @ 7 Philadelphia
Germ Books (germbooks.com)
2005 Frankford Ave germbooks.com (215) 423-5002
Nov 25 @ 7 NYC (lower east side)
Recoup Lounge
210 Rivington between Pitt and Ridge Sts, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Nov 28 @ 7 Lowell, Massachusetts
Accidental Festival @ Gallery 119 (w/ Quilt, Ladderlegs, etc)
119 Chelmsford, Lowell Massachusetts
Nov 29 @ 8 Boston (Jamaica Plains)
The New Points North House (w/ Coyote Kolb)
14 Sunny Side, Jamaica Plains, Boston, Massachusetts
Nov 30 @ 10 Cambridge, Massachusetts
Middle East (ZuZu) (w/ Coyote Kolb)
474 Mass Ave, Central Square, Cambridge
Dec 1 @ TBA Northhampton, Massachussets
Dec 2 @ 8 Brooklyn, NY
Death by Audio w/ Invisible Circle and Toothache
49 South 2nd St between Wythe and Kent, Brooklyn NYC
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
cheers, b°tong! love your albums "Microsleep" & "Wider der Elektronik schlecht Gewissen", really interesting sound experiments, hope to hear more from you!!!
3 new tracks up...hope you like it...!? best regards from takelamagan shamo & have a noise week!!! -h.g.
hey, gern geschehen, ja ich glaub wir sind uns auch schon mal im realraum begegnet. du hattest auch letztes jahr in berlin gespielt, in der k77 oder? da war ich auch kurz reingeschneit. bestes, nicolas
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