my grandmother is my all time hero!...i am also blessed with having so many amazing friends i admire!
...people who are working on saving this planet...if we all lived like ben the world would be a better place: http://www.channel4.com/4homes/ontv/grand-designs/houses/S/sussex_woodman.html
bobby is my hair-hero:
galina:
delia:
About me:
icelandic gingertron lost in manchester...yes i like cod..."ragna- is the genitive plural of "regin" ("god" or "ruling power")"...i play organs in the sisters of transistors..."afslappað" is my favorite word..."such is life" is my favorite sentence...i love sundays...
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
Pay by Paypal to goldenlabrecordings@hotmail.co.uk
Tues 12th May 2009, The Klondyke Club, Burnage Range (off Albert Road), Levenshulme, Manchester, 8pm, £4
xNoBBQx (Australia) + Hathor Duo (UK) + Trinity (UK)
BACK ON!!!
We're absolutely delighted to say that, after much hassle at the airport and having to fly back to Berlin, xNoBBQx are now able to play the scheduled show at the Klondyke Club. The dude of can-do Chris Tipton has managed to sort out work permits for the band so it's all groovy. Yes! It's gonna be a really amazing show, so please come show some love to these weary travellers who, we promise, will give you a gig to remember.
JANEK SCHAEFER Janek Schaefer is a London based sound artist, musician, and composer. He is known for his innovative work with sound & installation art. He plays in duos with Philip Jeck (Songs for Europe CD), Robert Hampson (Comae CD), Stephan Mathieu (Hidden Name CD) and Charlemagne Palestine. Janek runs his own label [audiOh!Recordings] and web site: http://www.audioh.com
ILLUMINATI Music which serves up a dish of evocative noodles set in an electronic musical sauce. Illuminati has, so far, released 4 albums and various EP's as well as collaborative pieces and compilation appearances for other record labels. http://www.myspace.com/daveclarksonilluminati
JONATHAN FISHER Jonathan Fisher creates drones and soundscapes that will sound beautiful with the church acoustics at Burst Couch 27. He lives in Manchester and was a founder member of the Hippocamp netlabel, which celebrates it's 8th birthday in 2009.
COTTRELL, KOPECEK & HUNTER Improvisational trio featuring guitar/ effects, sax and electronics/ live sampling. Release and more information at http://www.concretemoniker.co.uk
+ NOISY TOYS Roadshow Come along to investigate the science of music through specialist electronic musical equipment. Workshop - open attendance between 2pm till 4pm. http://www.noisytoys.org
xNoBBQx Skewer 10" LP (Ltd to 300 copies) - Out May 12th
We first came across xNoBBQx (just call them No Barbeque, I guess) in Piccadilly Records last year when the Siltbreeze vinyl reissue of their first CD-r appeared on its shelves. The Siltbreeze label being a bastion of all that is great in terms of dirgy, lo-fi, transcendental unmusicality, we were thus intrigued to hear this slab. And, we have to say, it was one of the greatest shop-listening experiences of all time. Here was a duo, probably of fully grown men, bashing away at their instruments in a manner that suggested they had never really learned any 'proper' technique. We later read a review, in fact, that put it thus:
"So what exactly is the difference between an xNoBBQx recording and a couple of 14 year olds bashing instruments in the garage with record pressed down on one of their mum’s old tape recorders? Probably not a whole lot, actually, but I get the feeling that’s precisely the point. " (Cyclic Defrost)
Well, yes, that does largely seem to be the point. But it's a helluva point. The Australian duo, in spite of their unabashed simplicity, manage to create sounds that are warm as an old-fashioned blanket, each piece having the ability to induce a state of complete, dribbling mental stasis. It's disjointed, scratchy and 'difficult', yes. But it also manages to be completely absorbing. If you like your rock deconstructed to the nth degree, we highly recommend you dig this.
xNoBBQx will be touring the UK from 10th May 2009. We'll be putting them on in Manchester on 12th May (venue TBC), so keep yr eyes on this page.
Medium Wave is a very wrong underground weekly podcast delivering the unusual and edgy side of dub, broken soul, hip hop, space rock, post punk and all stops inbetween...Crass to Madlib via Gong and Mungos HiFi with a heavy dose of digitalism !!
Next episode features an interview with manc pioneers Mind on Fire wrapped around tunes from Quincy Bright, Four Tet/Sa Ra Collective, CHEAPSKATE, Thomas Dolby, Move D, Bauhaus, Super Furry Animals, the jaw-dropping new single by Tim Exile and many many more.
Always looking for the unusual, edgy and creative....
Vampire Blues is the duo of guitar player Jon Collin (Serfs, The Whole Voyald) and harmonium player Jon Marshall (The Hunter Gracchus, Peril Hill). They have a pretty special tape out on Blackest Rainbow. We can't recommend them highly enough.
The Fifth Band is the gobsmacking trio of Stephen Lawrie (The Telescopes), Bridget Hayden (Vibracathedral Orchestra) and Chris Hladowski (The Family Elan). Oof.
A Wake is the duo of Nick Mitchell and Fliss Horrocks who also play in Beach Fuzz. This will actually probably end-up being a Beach Fuzz performance - this incarnation's first inside the UK.
BURST COUCH #26 Experimental Music Event on Saturday 7th March. St Clement's Church, High Lane, Chorlton, Manchester Doors 6.30pm, 7 - 11pm. Licensed. £6 on door
Featuring:
the TWO GRAHAMS: Clark and Massey – whose musical collaborations go far back to schooldays – create abstract electronic soundscapes propelled along by uplifting melodic lines. GRAHAM CLARK – electric violin, electronics. GRAHAM MASSEY– analogue synths, electronics, sax, guitar
PARKING NON-STOP are a experimental music trio. Zo' Skoulding, Alan Holmes and Dewi Evans have built up a body of work that explores the sonic geography of a wider Europe within the context of north Wales, where they live.
DISCO OPERATING SYSTEM - solid chunks of electronic joy from random patterns of radiophonic detritus and partially melodic undertones.
J COLLIN is one half of the Manchester based surf/ psychedelic jam duo, Serfs.
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