BOOKING OFFER: SPATIAL

Dear all,

I’m booking some dates for SPATIAL in March 2012.
I hope you quite enjoy his music.

Please find here a biography but a useful link:
http://soundcloud.com/schmorgasbord/spatial-corti-s-max-remix

Echoes of haunted dancehalls and distant raves in London town..

In late 2008 spatial subverted the UK bass scene by releasing a limited 10”
on his newly christened infrasonics imprint. The expansion of dubstep’s
horizon with a technoid garage hybrid combined with the minimal aesthetic
of the design and information reticence proved compelling in an age of
categorisation and communication overload. The release scored an instant
Boomkat single of the week and all but sold out inside two weeks.

spatial’s subsequent two 10”s were equally well received, allowing him to
expand the infrasonics output with a series of split 12”s by other artists
that challenged stylistic boundaries. Many reference points have been
drawn in reviews of his music but none confidently define a sound that
draws on a huge range of influences and continues to morph with each
release.
The consistencies are UK rave references, bass weight and an increasingly
prevalent focus on energy in the material – thus receiving solid support
in London, the UK and across the globe.

As an in-demand DJ, spatial’s sets traverse a breadth of bass centric
styles centered around rawkus energy with brief refrains into deeper, more
abstract material that play on tension and release.

He’s played a host of underground parties in the UK and Europe whilst
making appearances at festivals such as Club Transmediale, Freerotation
and Unsound. He recently made his debut appearance in the US tearing up
the revered Dubwar party in NYC.

Showcase mixes have appeared for FACT magazine, Samurai FM, Wefearsilence,
DJ Mag, Unsound and URB with label press from Wire, Resident Advisor,
Mixmag, FACT, IDJ, De:Bug and XLR8R.

I hope to hear from you asap.

Regards.

Alain

Some Noise asbl
C/O Alain Bolle
PO BOX 43
1050 Brussels 5
Belgium
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BOOKING OFFER: DIATRIBES

Hello,

I’m booking some gigs for the band DIATRIBES.

They are available between 23rd and 27th January.

Please click on this to listen to what they sound like:

http://www.insubordinations.net/releases.html

And also read this biography:

DIATRIBES:
Diatribes, a strongly libertarian ensemeble, began its existence in a
Geneva basement in Winter 2004. Their idea was to mix three distinct types
of sound (electronic, wind and percussion), in order to develop a
malleable musical mass. The saxophone and drums merge into each other in a
primary dance, where construction and deconstruction coexist, and envy and
disgust unite. There are no limits to their sound, where rhythms, melodies
and noise meet sporadically, merging into each other until they are almost
forgotten. Free jazz in its approach, acoustic and electronic in its
execution, the trio is capable of exploring the minute like the intense.
Their relationship with the public is intimate and profound. Dreams and
fears become noise and silence…

Initialy a trio with Gaël Riondel on saxophone, diatribes became a
polymorphous fromation, extending its spectrum to other musicians such as
the guitarist Christian Graf, the electroacoustician Nicolas Sordet, the
pianists Jacques Demierre and Johann Bourquenez.

I hope to hear bfrom you soon.

Alain

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Belgium
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BOOKING OFFER: OKKYUNG LEE

Dear all,

I’m booking some dates for OKKYUNG LEE.
She’s available between 18th and 25th April + between 5th and 12th April 2012.

Please read her biography here below and also click on:

http://www.okkyunglee.com
http://www.myspace.com/okkyunglee

 

After being in music schools from age of 3 to 25, korean cellist/improviser/composer okkyung lee finally found her artistic freedom in new york’s lower east side where she moved in 2000.

since then, she has performed and recorded with numerous artists such as laurie anderson, lotte anker, derek bailey, kjell bjørgeengen, carla bozulich, john butcher, nels cline, chris corsano, sylvie courvoisier, carlos giffoni, john hollenbeck, vijay iyer, lindha kallerdahl, andrew lampert, christian marclay, min xiao-fen, thurston moore, ikue mori, lawrence D. « butch » morris, jim o’rourke, evan parker, keith rowe, wadada leo smith, tyshawn sorey, skuli sverrisson, c spencer yeh and john zorn to name a few.

okkyung has released the following albums: her debut album as a leader, Nihm on Tzadik; a duo recording with christian marclay, Rubbings on My Cat is an Alien (LP)/A Silnet place (CD); solo cello album I saw the Ghost of an Unknown Soul and it Said… on thurston moore’s Ecstatic Peace!; Check for Monsters with steve beresford and peter evans on Emanem label. in 2011, her second album Noisy Love Songs on Tzadik will be released in march. followed by limited edition LP Anicca with phil minton on Dancing Wayang later in april. okkyung also recorded a trio album with evan parker and peter evans and also a duo with paul lytton to be released on psi later in 2011.

in 2009, Kisaeng Becomes You, a multi-media project co-produced and co-choreographed by dean moss and yoon-jin kim,based on the prose of korean courtesans from last centuries. saw its world premier at Dance Thater Workshop, which garnered rave reviews from New York Times and Village Voice and others.

she has received a composer commission from New York State Council on the Arts in 2007 and Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant in 2010.

okkyung holds dual bachelor’s degrees in Film Scoring/Contemporary Writing & Production from Berklee College of Music, and master’s degree in Contemporary Improvisation from New England Conservatory of Music.

Thanks for reading.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Alain

 

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BOOKING OFFER: RAFAEL TORAL

Dear all,

I’m booking some dates for RAFAEL TORAL end of May early June 2012.

Please find here a biography and also some links:

http://www.myspace.com/rafaeltoral
http://soundcloud.com/noise-precision

Rafael Toral plays experimental electronic instruments. Strongly
interested in phrasing, he calls his style « post-free jazz electronic
music », once described as « a brand of electronic music far more visceral
and emotive than that of his cerebral peers ». Toral’s Space Program, while
researching performance possibilities, delivers music that is full of
clarity, articulating silence and sound in a thoughtful, yet physical way.

Formerly known for his drone/ ambient work with guitar and electronics and
acclaimed records such as Wave Field (1994) or Violence of Discovery and
Calm of Acceptance (2000), he has radically renewed his approach to music,
launching the jazz-inspired and alien-sounding Space Program in 2004.

Toral’s long time connection with Sei Miguel is central to the development
of the Space Program. Other collaborations include Jim O’Rourke, Evan
Parker, John Edwards, Joe Morris, Tatsuya Nakatani, Manuel Mota, Roger
Turner, David Toop, Alvin Lucier, John Zorn, Phill Niblock, Christian
Marclay, Sonic Youth, João Paulo Feliciano, Rhys Chatham, Lee Ranaldo, C
Spencer Yeh, Trevor Tremaine, Dean Roberts… In 1998 he became a member
of MIMEO electronic orchestra. Its other members are Keith Rowe, Thomas
Lehn, Kaffe Matthews, Marcus Schmickler, Jérome Noetinger, Christian
Fennesz, Peter Rehberg, Gert-Jan Prins, Cor Fuhler and Phil Durrant. Since
2008 he directs the Space Collective, a slowly developing orchestral
group.

Also active in visual and spatial arts, Toral has produced video and
several installations from 1994 to 2003.

Rafael Toral has performed throughout Europe, Canada, USA, South Korea,
Japan, New Zealand and Australia.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Regards.

Alain

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1050 Brussels 5
Belgium
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BOOKING OFFER: JANEK SCHAEFER

Dear all,

I'm booking some selected dates for Janek Schaefer in 2012.
He's available either for performances and/or sound installations.

I will try and combine these dates together.

Please tell me when you could set up something for him.

Please read this biography and also visit:

http://www.audioh.com/directory.html

Sound Artist, Musician & Composer JANEK SCHAEFER was born in England to
Polish and Canadian parents in 1970. While studying architecture at the
Royal College of Art [RCA annual prize], he recorded the fragmented noises
of a sound activated dictaphone travelling overnight through the Post
Office. That work, titled ‘Recorded Delivery’ [1995] was made for the
‘Self Storage’ exhibition [Time Out critics choice] with one time postman
Brian Eno and Artangel. Since then the multiple aspects of sound became
his focus, resulting in many site-specific installations, exhibition &
dance soundtracks, albums and concerts using his self built record players
with manipulated found sound collage. The ‘Tri-phonic Turntable’ [1997] is
listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the ‘World’s Most Versatile
Record Player’. He has performed, lectured and exhibited widely throughout
Europe [Sonar, Tate Modern, ICA], USA/Canada, [The Walker, XI, Mutek,
Princeton], Japan, and Australia [Sydney Opera House]. In 2008 he won the
Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers Prize, and The British Composer of the
Year Award in Sonic Art. The Bluecoat Gallery exhibited a Retrospective of
his 20 year career in 2009.

The context of each idea is central to its development and resolution. His
concerts and installations explore the spatial and architectural aspect
that sound can evoke and the twisting of technology. Hybrid analogue and
digital techniques are used to manipulate field recordings with live
modified vinyl and found sound to create evocative and involving
environments. His CD 'Above Buildings' [2000] was released on Fat Cat to
considerable praise, [The Guardian CD of the week]. He plays in duos with
Philip Jeck (Songs for Europe CD), Robert Hampson  (Comae CD), and Stephan
Mathieu (Hidden Name CD). Janek runs his own label [audiOh!Recordings] and
web site [audiOh.com] as well as releasing work with Asphodel, Sub Rosa,
Hot Air, Sirr, Rhiz, [K-RAA-K]3, Alluvial, DSP, Diskono, BiP_HOp, Cronica,
LINE, ::Room40::, Fat Cat, and Staalplaat. He currently works as a full
time sound artist/sound designer/musician and composer from the audiOh!
Room in Walton-on-Thames.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Regards.

Alain

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PO BOX 43
1050 Brussels 5
Belgium
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BOOKING OFFER: SLUG GUTS

Dear all,

In March 2012 SLUG GUTS will leave the USA and establish themselves in Europe.
To welcome them over here I’m arranging a European tour starting in late March 2012.

Please find here a biography + a useful link:

http://soundcloud.com/sacredbones/slug-guts-howlin

Slug Guts hail from the baron, heat stricken confines of Brisbane, Australia, a town as desolate as it is depressing and suburban. Slug Guts began when four degenerates had little else to do but form a band in the tradition of Pussy Galore, X (Australia not L.A.), and Birthday Party. In the first four months of the band Slug Guts recorded their first LP Down on the Meat which was released on Stained Circles Records (Jay Reatard, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Dirtbombs).

After numerous Australian tours and one Japanese tour playing alongside Lightning Bolt, Dead Meadow, Primitive Calculators, Flipper, and Eddy Current amongst others, the band went back into the studio and recorded this thirteen-song sophomore album, Howlin’ Gang. The LP was recorded in a railway carriage on the outskirts of Ipswich. Taking partial influence from Christian Death, The Scientists and The Triffids, this new LP sought to take a different direction than the harsh swamp rock which characterized their first release. Howlin’ Gang LP features a duet with Angela Bermuda (Circle Pit) and guest appearances by Sarah Spencer (Blank Realm). In this recording session Slug Guts also finished a split 7-inch with iconic Australian 1980’s experimentalists Primitive Calculators, which features both bands doing Primitive Calculator’s single “Ugly Pumping Muscle” and a third rendition which is Stuart Grant (Primitive Calculators) singing “Ugly Pumping Muscle” with Slug Guts live in Brisbane. We are proud to announce the US debut release from Brisbane’s finest dirge-e-mites. Later this year, the Sacred Bones Australian love affair will continue with releases from Naked on the Vague and Circle Pit, in addition to a compilation of our favorite Australian contemporary artists. Slug Guts will embark on their first US tour in March of 2011, including the Sacred Bones showcase at SXSW.

I hope to hear from you asap.

Regards.

Alain

 

 
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BOOKING OFFER: ZOFT

Hi,

I’m booking some dates for the Belgian band ZOFT.
Availability is very open. Please just ask and they will rush to your club.
Here’s a short biography + http://soundcloud.com/humptydumptyrecords/zoft-shramana so that you know how they sound like.

 

Zoft is a duo formed in 2008 in Brussels by Damien Magnette and
Nicolas Gitto.\
After experimenting in trio versions with a singer, then electronics then a tuba
player, they decided to concentrate their work on a duo version oriented towards
home made instruments construction.\
Therefore, they builded sound sculptures working with small engine that each member
trigger while he plays. These sculptures are also producing light when they are
triggered, so the whole performance is exclusively lightened by the music.\
Zoft toured in France, Switserland, Germany, Czech Republic, Roumania, Slovenia,
Bosnia, Serbia, Austria, Hungary, Croatia and wishes to further!\
They are actually working on new projects around home made electro-acoustic
instruments.\
Their first album will be released on Humpty Dumpty records in June 2011.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Alain

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C/O Alain Bolle
PO BOX 43
1050 Brussels 5
Belgium
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BOOKING OFFER: ANLA COURTIS

Dear all,

I’m arranging very very last minute gigs for ANLA COURTIS.
He’s available on 1st and 2nd November.
Any offer will be considered by the artist.

Please find here a short biography and a couple of links to be clicked on:

http://soundcloud.com/pdis_inpartmaint/anla-courtis-the-torrid
http://www.videosurf.com/videos/Anla+Courtis?providers=2

Alan Courtis (a.k.a. Anla Courtis, Alna Courtis, Courtis, etc.) was born
in Buenos Aires, Argentina on February 22, 1972. He studied classical
guitar, piano, theory and composition. He holds a degree in Communication
Science from the University of Buenos Aires, where he currently runs an
annual music workshop. He played electric guitar in diverse bands and in
1993 he co-founded the group Reynols. With this group he has released more
than one hundred CDs and vinyls worldwide in labels like Trente Oiseaux,
Digital Narcis, Drone Records, Locust, Sedimental, Beta-Lactam Ring
Records, Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, RRR, Audiobot Records, Roaratorio, JDK,
Reverse, Matching Head, American Tapes, Last Visible Dog, Carbon Records,
Mikroton, etc.

I hope to hear from you very very very soon.

Regards.

Alain

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PO BOX 43
1050 Brussels 5
Belgium
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THIS WEEK END IN BRUSSELS

VENDREDI 7 OCTOBRE A RECYCLART

Le travail sonore de l’artiste italien Alessandro Bosetti (°1973) explore
la frontière entre les mots, la voix, la sémantique et la musique
électronique. Tant dans son dernier enregistrement ‘Royals’ (2011) qu’avec
‘Her Name’  (2007) et ‘Crouton’ (2007), il orchestre hauteur de ton et
rythme des voix qu’il fusionne avec des sons électroniques. Le sens, le
ton et la musique se rejoignent ; ce n’est pas pour rien qu’il cite les
portraits composites du peintre italien de la Renaissance Arcimboldo comme
influence majeure.
Bosetti est une figure clé dans l’art radiophonique contemporain ‘Ars
Acustica’ depuis 2000. Il a réalisé un travail captivant, notamment avec
des voix enregistrées en Afrique de l’Ouest ou des voix de personnes
intellectuellement mois douées. Le très recommandable ‘The Wire’ a classé
son cd ‘Zwölf Zungen’ (2010) parmi les 15 meilleurs enregistrements de
cette année.

doors 20:30 / concert 21:00 – 5 euro(s)
25 Rue des Ursulines, 1000 Bruxelles

DIMANCHE 9 OCTOBRE AUX ATELIERS CLAUS

LIMPE FUCHS est une compositrice et artiste allemande née en 1941 à
Munich. De 1962 à 1967 elle fait ses études à l’école supérieure de
musique de sa ville natale puis entame en 1968 sa carrière musicale en
effectuant plusieurs spectacles multimédias. Plus tard elle fonde divers
projets musicaux (Anima, Anima Musica, Anima Sound…), participe à nombre
d’autres projets et collabore notamment avec des artistes comme Friedrich
Gulda, Paul Fuchs ou le flûtiste américain R. Carlos Nakai. Utilisant de
nombreux instruments de façon plus ou moins conventionnelle, sa posture
artistique est toujours résolument tournée vers l’expérimentation.

JUNKO est connue pour sa participation avec le trio Hijokaidan. Sa voix
est absolument unique et ne fait penser à rien de connu. Une voix
ressemblant à un cri dont la hauteur fait penser à un hurlement atteignant
des fréqunces jamias atteintes par un être humain.

MICHEL HENRITZI vit et travaille à Metz. Il a participé à divers groupes
industriel et rock au début des années 80, fondé le label cassette AKT, en
collaboration avec le collectif NOX. Il a joué avec Tetuzi Akiyama, Tamio
Shiraishi, Michiko Takahashi, Ami Yoshida, Masafumi Ezaki, Taku Sugimoto
et Toshimaru Nakamura. Depuis 2001, il dirige le label A Bruit Secret. Il
fait également partie du groupe Dustbreeders et du label Elevage de
Poussière avec Thierry Delles et Yves Botz. Depuis quelques années il
s’est aussi spécialisé dans ‘l’importation’ d’artistes exclusivement
japonais.

JACQUES FOSCHIA pratique l’improvisation libre à la clarinette, mais aussi
avec de vieilles radios à lampes. Il y a quelques années étonnement était
marqué à l’écoute de son cd ‘Radio Griffe’. Improvisation aléatoire au gré
des caprices des ondes courtes que d’une manière plus ou moins heureuse il
parvient à capter en fonction des caprices du temps ou des champs
magnétiques. Ses radios sont de véritables bijoux. Celles-ci sont
manipulées, trafiquées avec plus ou moins de ménagement.

PASSAGE CHARLES ROGIER A 15h à 1210 Bruxelles
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PO BOX 43
1050 Brussels 5
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BOOKING OFFER: NEIL LANDSTRUMM

Hello,

I'm booking some dates for NEIL LANDSTRUMM.
He's available in December 2011 and in February 2012.

Please read this biography and also click on this:

http://soundcloud.com/neil-landstrumm

Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, Neil Landstrumm has played upon the verge of
experimental techno music, a form no less innovative though its steady
beat has been perceived as having little room for intelligent musicians.
Influenced by the Sheffield school of industrial bleep techno pioneered by
LFO, Landstrumm is also respectful of colleague Cristian Vogel, who more
than shares his tendencies toward the obtuse. Landstrumm began producing
in the early '90s within a variety of groups, but began solo production in
1993. He met Vogel one year later while DJing at Edinburgh's Sativa club,
and released a single for Vogel's Mosquito label; the duo also combined
for several EPs recorded as Blue Arsed Fly. Landstrumm began recording for
Peacefrog Records through Vogel's connection to Luke Slater, and released
his first album Brown for August on Peacefrog in 1995. Increasingly
splitting production chores with occasional partner Tobias Schmidt -- who
records on his own as well -- he released his second LP, Understanding
Disinformation, in 1996 for Berlin's sympathetic Tresor label.
Landstrumm's formation of the Scandinavia label that year took up much of
his time, with the release of solid singles by Adam X, Stephen Brown and
others; nevertheless, in 1997 he managed to issue another full-length,
Bedrooms and Cities. Though Pro Audio followed just one year later,
Landstrumm took some time off to work on his own label (Scandinavia) and
on a series of projects with MTV and video-game developers. Finally, 2001
brought another Tresor LP, She Took a Bullet Meant for Me. ~ John Bush,
All Music Guide

I hope to hear from you soon.

Regards.

Alain
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C/O Alain Bolle
PO BOX 43
1050 Brussels 5
Belgium
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