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Nov 16 2009 8:00P
ICA - Calling Out Of Context London
Nov 27 2009 8:00P
Cafe Oto w/ Temperatures London and South East
Dec 9 2009 8:00P
Albero Rovesciato, Whole Voyald Infinte Light, Chora @ The Cross Kings London

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   About Chora
PhotobucketPSYKICK DANCEHALL RECORDINGS... 4 discs featuring Blood Stereo Towering Breaker PartWildHorsesManeOnBothSides Nackt Insecten Helhesten Chora Divine Coils Usurper. Psykick Dancehall present music from some of the most exciting and innovative groups currently working in the UK. The bands represented here have all honed an improvisatory method based less on performance artifice and ecstatic submission than attention to a multi-faceted, reciprocal and open dynamic in which a love for original audio articulation engenders an artistry wholly connected with the “liveness” of collective improvisation, one fully engaged with the spaces between listening and spontaneous composition. The variety of approach in this collective enterprise is a testament to the fertility of the ideas being exchanged, with avant-mong practitioners Blood Stereo blurring the line between human/animal utterance and Chora revelling in the shatter of exponential resonance alongside the explicitly spatial & tonal hocquets of Parting Wild Horse’s Mane and Divine Coils, Helhesten and Towering Breaker’s beautiful loci of bodily abstraction, Nackt Insecten’s beams of cosmic beard and Usurper’s joyously luddite expedition to the limits of wilful ambiguity and the corners of improvised deconstruction. Four 3-inch cds packaged in a 7-inch slipcase with artwork from each band holds all this joy together. NEW RELEASES OUT NOW: slates 'SLATES' 12" AVAILABLE NOW from SERGENT MASSACRE: First vinyl outing for Peckham based Chora, compiling out of print tracks from cdr albums released between 07 & 08. All the tracks were conceived in Sheffield as a trio of Ben Morris, Rob Lye and Chris Boyd at the furniture makers workshop/ Chora practise space, culled from long nights of jamming, eating house special fried rice and drinking wheat beer. The record displays the bands revolving approach to composing, improvising & recording, with sounds moving between shingled skeletal percussion & kitchen sink gamelan to electronic attack & ecstatic vocalisation. Photobucket 'GOAT LINES' cdr SEVENHARES01... AVAILABLE THROUGH US: Four tracks recorded April 08 on tour in Europe with our friends Helhesten & The Hunter Gracchus. 3 tracks recorded in collaboration with Pascal Nichols (Stuckometer, Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides, Neon Temple…) & 1 duo jam of mainstays Rob Lye and Ben Morris. Instrumentation including: violin/ Shaahi Baaja/drums/percussion/vocals/sax:::::::www.sevenhares-chora.blogspot.com/ 'A wave of releases is available for your eager ears from Peckham’s very own Chora. To begin with I’ll look at the strongest and most clear release from this junk-drone-gamelan improve unit - “Goat Lines”. The record is comprised of four tracks, each documenting a live session from French/Spanish cities. Chora’s evolving line up comprises of core members Rob Lye and Ben Morris, this time joined by Pascal Nichols, from the sublime Part Wild Horses Mane On Both Sides. The CD is packaged with Chora’s trademark black ink illustrations. It is divided into two single folds of rich textured card, wrapping the CDR in a robust skin. The album begins in Paris with eerie string drones contrived with loose plucks and scrapes. Immediate alien geometry is apparent through murky primal human groans; that feel like early man in puzzled communication with the monolith. The aches and scrapes loom with a wheeze that twitters with high pitched squeaks creating a theatrical foreboding. There is an underlying element of tranquillity that remains soothing beneath the din. The loose-knit improv reminds me of brothers Opalio, but we are soon directed into a surreal blues territory with patterns that remind me of Loren Connors avant-garde group work. The percussive element creeps forth with strangled dogs and jabberwocky steps. The shortest of the quartet finishes as we arrive in Barcelona. The distance feels like a brief excursion making way as exhalation might to an impending gasp. Slow creeping fumbling like a pack of inquisitive wolves investigating abandoned instruments that lay strewn in some moonlit clearing. Violin and blissful strumming sing over Nichols kinetic percussion. Taught country and blues can be deciphered through a haze of improvised clutter. The organic nature of the performance, the intricate solos and brave juxtapositions versus sweet coherence forms some of the most rewarding sounds Chora have ever laid down. The story unfolds and enters brooding bass-leaden territory letting fear seep in with transparent fingers. There is a real horrorshow aesthetic that I’d happily compare to Dream/Aktion Unit’s frightening free-jazz. Just northward we arrive in Bilboa. This is a very loose, percussive session, that feels like the locust buzz so pronounced on their Singing Knives record – only this time comprised of hitting instruments. Imagine the ethic of Clogs wonderful Stick Music project, projected with the audacity and playfulness of Lauhkeat Lampaat. As the rain pours down with relentless determination, and the wind howls through my frail slat-windows, I feel like this heavy bombardment of clattering instruments issues with perfect symmetry. Midway as the jumbled percussion escalates, strings are introduced like the inevitable digestion after a fearsome chewing session – I am the antelope in the gullet of the lioness. Final destination. Full circuit. Paris Again. Slower exploration evolves over 23minutes, beginning with a strange resonance that brings to mind unusual Japanese warbling via mentalist throat-singing (i.e. Sitaar-tah!). This is a far more drone-centric effort that builds with a skewed Taj Mahal Travellers narrative. Some low bowing and high strings drill until met with soothing low tones. Screeches and lush string play (think C. Spencer Yeh) creep into action forging a solid canopy above a timid base. This develops further incorporating what sounds like howling vocals – wind caught in the hallways of antiquated dwellings.' 8/10 -- Peter Taylor (11 March, 2009) Photobucket 'FROM THE SHAPE AND CONTENTS OF A SHEEPS STOMACH' cdr AVAILABLE FROM CHOCOLATE MONK: Unveil the long pipes, shrouded in cloud comes this monster of a disarranging dripper. I am truly all over the shop with this fucker, hear a totally different disk everytime I spin it. So from my yellowed note book I give you ...gamelan in the spit ward.. an unearthed organist... tape loops chiseled from stone... an ale soaked amulet... the warm howling of the deaf... radio broadcast of early torture devices made from seashell... the hydrophonic tongue. But forget my rambling, dear reader, just come smell the warm confusion of these amazing young South Yorkshire cavemen for yrself - Dylan Nyoukis

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Nov 6 2009 6:44 PM

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produções Ganza

produções Ganza



Oct 30 2009 9:33 PM

The Heads

The Heads



Oct 30 2009 7:10 PM

Thanks for the add. Hope you enjoy our psyche rock.
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Oct 30 2009 1:21 PM

Golden Lab Records

Nick Mitchell



Oct 20 2009 2:11 PM

Beach Fuzz - untitled c54 tape (ROWF 17)

Ltd to 70 copies

Out now

This is the first set from the slightly tweaked Beach Fuzz line-up with Fliss Horrocks now playing guitar alongside Tom Settle and Nick Mitchell. Seven tracks of clattering drums, chugging and wailing guitars, screaming keyboards, mellow, lilting pastoral improv and moaned vocals.

Pay by Paypal to goldenlabrecordings@hotmail.co.uk

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Oct 19 2009 9:15 AM

New release on Yaizekletka Records.
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Noise Riders

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Oct 17 2009 6:21 PM

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Oct 17 2009 1:16 PM

Golden Lab Records

Nick Mitchell



Oct 8 2009 10:33 AM

Bridget Hayden CDR (ROWF16) out now

Recorded at The Bowling Green pub in Manchester on 17th November 2008, when Bridget was on tour with Marcia Bassett, this is a maximal 25-minute set of epic guitar brutalising and deep, moaned vocal incantations. Employing a bow and 'metal' effects pedals, the resulting cacophony is orchestral in scope, rendering almost unreliable the memory of one woman and her instrument. Somewhat akin to Bassett's duo with Matthew Bower, Hototogisu, the deeply layered tones created by Hayden offer, upon first exposure, a somewhat icy auditory experience, but as the recording settles in, the richness and sheer breadth of sound wraps around you like a feather quilt and shifts your perception almost 180 degrees. A truly magnificent set from this former Vibracathedral Orchestra member.

Limited to 80 copies with sleeves printed on recycled paper using soya based ink

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TRYGGHET

TRYGGHET



Oct 5 2009 10:34 AM

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We Are Change

We Are Change



Oct 3 2009 9:08 PM

Charlie Sheen's Video Message to President Obama





Read Charlie Sheen's "Twenty Minutes with the President":


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Bearcraft

Bearcraft



Oct 1 2009 5:29 PM

Hello Chora
The Werewolf E.P. is out now on Hottwerk Records.
Golden Cranes (Records)

Golden Cranes (Records)



Sep 28 2009 6:50 PM

TOMORROW
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bjerga / iversen

bjerga / iversen



Sep 22 2009 11:22 AM



LONDON OCT 5TH - PEBBLEDASH GALLERY, STOKE NEWINGTON, 8PM, £3
Lucy Railton (cello)

Lucy Railton (cello)



Sep 22 2009 9:01 AM

Hey! COME AND CELEBRATE OUR 1ST BIRTHDAY!!
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makrame records

makrame records



Sep 14 2009 6:59 AM

hey,
i like the sound of your stuff!

best
emboe

emboe



Sep 12 2009 11:16 AM

 
hello !

emboe
New album out on sept 10th / free download
colita de rana-soundtrack

download link on my page

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Landcrash

Landcrash



Sep 11 2009 3:04 PM

Just sailed in beautiful textured music as ever. Real inspiration.
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colour ride



Sep 10 2009 12:12 PM

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COSMOS RECORDINGS

COSMOS RECORDINGS



Sep 7 2009 5:41 PM

Buy the CD Exclusively from Cosmos Now!!!

“A little like David Crosby fronting a
tranquilised British Invasion band, that
sets alarm bells ringing in the heart.”
7/10 NME


Chora

Chora



Sep 5 2009 12:47 PM

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HORSE GIVES BIRTH TO FLY

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Aug 24 2009 3:20 PM

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