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DANCE TO ZE BEAT 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY & FIST OF FACTS RELEASE PARTY @ THE KNOCK OUT MAY 14.

Ken Man, not only a legendary post punk member of Liquid Idiot, the predecessor to Liquid Liquid who penned what would later become a smash hit repackaged as “White Lines”, but also a member of Fist of Facts, an early 1980s Balearic-dub-punk fusion group in the PiL vein which is finally getting a rerelease & Mudd edit treatment on the disco edits label Claremont 56. For the “Dance to ZE Beat” 1 year anniversary party Ken will be banging out some unreleased FoF jams along with some other classics from his no wave and post punk past! Also dj sets by Pam (Sugar and Gold), Rob (Bronze), & Tristes Tropiques.



Fist Of Facts began life in a basement studio on Ludlow Street, downtown Manhattan, in the mid-80s. The bastard child of Liquid Liquid’s Salvatore Prinicipato & Ken Man Caldeira (part of the Liquid Liquid extended family and original Liquid Idiot member) the band lasted nearly a decade during which they created a uniquely downtown New York sound evoking a musical, cultural and political construct that could only have evolved at that particular time in that particular place.

The Fist Of Facts sound was mostly captured on a 4-track recorder synched to some long expired sequencing software, however, in performance the band could consist of Sal, Ken Man Caldeira and a computer or a nine piece ensemble replete with a horn section. Never standing still long enough to be defined, Fist Of Facts defied any attempt to stifle the spirit of their music and strove to avoid compromise, digging deep into the idiosyncracies of their personal experiences, political understandings and musical sensibilities.

The band developed through it’s ever changing lineup of significant contributors who passed through the studio or took to the stage to help decorate the sound and make their mark. Amongst those who contributed to this evolution were Mark Cunningham, Felice Rosser, Don Dowdye, Carlos Vivanco, Genevieve Boulet De Monvel and many more. Fist Of Facts strived to evoke the philosophy of the early Soviet film-maker Dziga Vertov who, in his cinematic manifesto, stated:

Simply: the factory of facts. Filming facts. Sorting facts. Disseminating facts. Agitating facts. Fists made of facts. Mountains of facts. Hurricanes of facts and individual little factlets.

http://claremont56.oki-ni.com/2009/03/fist-of-facts-unreleased-tracks/

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DANCE TO ZE BEAT SO FAR...

Dance to ZE Beat 8: 12/31/08
Sal Principato (DFA/Liquid Liquid, NYC)
DJ Spun (Rong, NYC)
Nate B (Tussle, SF)
Conor (Red Dot, SF)

Dance to ZE Beat 7: 11/21/08
Moe! Staiano (Mute Socialite/Sleepytime Gorilla Museum)
Jason P (Nary Guman)
Screening: Amos Poe's "Unmade Beds"

Dance to ZE Beat 6: Out Come ZE Freaks. 11/1/08
Cole Palme (Factrix)
Goutroy(A Viable Commercial)
Josh Cheon(WAR/Honey Snd Systm)
Screening: Tsukerman's "Liquid Sky"

Dance to ZE Beat 5: 9/13/08
Kim West (Death Sentence: Panda)
Alona (West Add Radio)
Rob Spector (Bronze)
Screening: Roberto Faenza's "Copkiller"

Dance to ZE Beat 4: 8/15/08
Ellie Erickson (Erase Errata)
Weasel Walter ("No Wave" book/XbXrX/Flying Luttenbachers)
Screening: James Nares' "Rome '78"

Dance to ZE Beat 3: 7/19/08
Josh Cheon (West Add Radio/Honey Soundsystem)
Nicole Ginelli (KUSF)
Screening: Kiki Smith's "Cave Girls" & Eric Mitchell's "Red Italy"

Dance to ZE Beat 2: 6/14/08
Weasel Walter ("No Wave" book/XbXrX/Flying Luttenbachers)
Screening: Amos Poe's "The Foreigner"

Dance to ZE Beat: 5/17/08
Ellie Erickson (Erase Errata/Kill Rock Stars)
Pickpocket (Donuts/West Add Radio)
Damon P & Daniel M-M (Mi Ami)
Screening: Bertoglio's "Downtown '81"