melvis tibet: guitars, kaoss pad I, casio vl-tone, contact mics, shouting shit, and a smorgasbord of quaint found sounds.
Influences
throbbing gristle, coil, current 93, nurse with wound, fad gadget, DAF, felix kubin, talk talk, blancmange, holger czukay, talking heads, bo diddley, vincent gallo, pj harvey, julian cope & the teardrop explodes, sigue sigue sputnik, yello, stereo total, motormark, xtc, tom waits, thighpaulsandra, talking heads, suicide, stereototal, drexciya, neu!, can, kraftwerk, cluster, moondog, ryoji ikeda, toshimaru nakamura, la monte young, john cage, robert ashley, david berhman, alvin lucier, christan wolff, morty feldman, kate bush, the fall, gang of four, devo, zappa, captain beefheart, dolly parton, battles, angelo bada(ss)lamenti, harry partch, anthony braxton, magazine, edison denisov, cornelius cardew, soft machine, AMM, MEV, paper lace, the music of chris morris ("terrorists are gay - it's obvious"), faltermeyer, raymond scott, stereolab, prince, gainsbourg, segal - mojo priest!, jean tinguely, bukowski, bauhaus architecture, 1960s bollywood rock n' roll, the eastern bloc, ed ball.
Jazz Trance (now have their ownspace, and) are a product of the "up and coming New Cross" band scene (well NME said it was up and coming, though I'm unsure of the impression this may instill...). Both alumni of Goldsmiths College, made friends through our somewhat rare fondness for what The Wire magazine terms as "outer limits" areas in music (no, I don't work in PR for loads of magazines but will make it a leitmotif of this passage to reference as many as possible. There was this guy outside Waterloo station yesterday giving away free copies of Country Life. Wonderful publication). We agreed that Throbbing Gristle were one of the most important bands from the last fifty years (to us, anyway!) and proceeded to start having impromptu improv sessions on whatever instruments/industrial artefacts, contact mics, synths etc. and it soon progressed to us getting gigs and the augmentation of instrumentation (guitars, casios, more synths, Max/MSP, sine tone oscillators...).
As for my own stuff (not reviewed in Mixmag), it's just mainly half-baked (in many senses) ideas that I may or may not complete. Perhaps instead of all this music malarkey I could just try and become a columnist for Horse and Hound.
I composed some original music for the introduction to accompany a documentary on the nature and wildlife on the Galapagos Islands...
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CALLING ALL OPEN MIC ARTISTS... NEWS...LAUNCH PARTY!!!
A BRAND NEW WEEKLY "OPEN MIC NIGHT" LAUNCHES THURSDAY 22ND OCTOBER AT THE GREEN ROOM / PORTMAN
HOSTED BY "NACHO JASE"
HOUSE GUITARS & INSTRUMENTS AVAILABLE TO PLAY RECORD YOUR LIVE PERFORMANCES ON TO A CD*
FREE NACHO'S @ LAUNCH PARTY
FREE ENTRY 8PM Please arrive early to get your name down on the chalkboard
It's my Birthday too so please bring expensive gifts & cakes...
Hope to see you...Keep It Sweet & Keep music live! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget "REVOLVING DOORS" Open Mic Night Every Tuesday @ O'Neill's, Bournemouth from 9pm : Free Entry
PLACTICIAN / THE McMASH CLAN / RAIDEN / A1 BASSLINE BROKEN NOTE / HIJACK / THE CORRESPONDENTS / DJ FLOORCLEARER MDS / BRUCE STALLION / AMEN-TAL / MR JOSEPH & MC DEEFA
DEATH DEFYING CHINESE POLE / PYROKINESIS UV CIRCUS ACROBATIC BREAKDANCE DUO / COMEDY STREET PERFORMER FULLY PLAYABLE 16-BIT ARCADE / SECRET DISCO / 80s HOUR
DnB / Bassline / Dubstep / Jungle / Techno / Breakcore / Reggae / House / Gabba / Hip Hop / Psytrance / Rave
Doors: 9pm - 6am Advance tickets: £12 www.ticketweb.co.uk On the door: £10 before 9.30pm/ £14 after Venue: Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9NL Nearest tube/overground: Kings Cross
Check www.braindrop.co.uk for photos, downloads and info, and join our facebook group here =D
Wooohaaaaa!!! Braindrop is throwing its very first boat party on Saturday 6 June.
The vessel is specially equipped to hold large groups of people (and all the extra bass bins we can squeeze on). Her name is The Dutch Master and she be a mighty fine boat too!
It's going to be ridiculously fun rinse up. However, if you think you can get away with being remotely serious and/or cool at this party - ye be mistaken. The Braindrop Boat Rave is fancy dress: Pirate's from the 80's. Arrgh...better get thinkin what ye gonna wear.
D&B / DUBSTEP / TECHNO / BREAKS / ELECTRO / HARDCORE / HIP HOP / GABBA / BREAKCORE / PSYTRANCE / RAVE... and lots more!
Tickets are £20 and you can get them from TICKETWEB.
SATURDAY MARCH 21st 9pm-5am @ Loft Spaces, Rich Mix, 35-47, Bethnal Green Road, London, E1 6LA
JAMES HOLDEN (DJ set) CLUSTER (live and in collaboration with) CHROME HOOF (full band) Matt Waites 20jazzfunkgreats Bi Bop (Bugged Out!) Jon Rust (Phonica)
***SET IN AN UNBELIEVABLE EAST LONDON LOFT SPACE***
The 2nd in a series, we invite a musical pioneer to collaborate live with a newer contemporary act taking that sound into the 21st century.
German Kosmiche legends CLUSTER jets in for a rare live set and exclusive collaboration with innovative 12 piece doom orchestra CHROME HOOF.
Border Community boss JAMES HOLDEN also DJs, while further support comes from MATT WAITES of NIGHTMOVES, Bi Bop (BUGGED OUT), Jon Rust (PHONICA) and best blog 20JAZZFUNKGREATS!
WHAT'S UP? 'SEASONING'S GREETING' CASSINGLE OUT NOW!
Get the debut single by Portland Acid/Skaters WHAT'S UP? on new budget mini-label CASS/FLICK for just £1. 50 (plus p&p)! Hit the image above for more info!
Record launch party for Agaskodo's second album Psycho Goulash at CATCH on Thursday September the 18th...
Live music from Agaskodo Teliverek, Le Couteau Jaune, Wang Wang Gou & DJ sets from Neon Skullz, Loves Tru Flavour, Barely Legal & Shintaro Taketani...
Entry is free, arrive early for stinky Hungarian sausage..
Psycho Goulash will be released on September the 29th & is available from our new digital distributer IODA, physical copies can be ordered at the ADAADAT SHOP, or through CARGO RECORDS.
Check out the latest review from Plan B magazine here.
