4 August 2002by François Monti
Avantgarde Music is set to re-release the classic Ulver album Nattens Madrigal in september. The LP is currently unavailable since Century Media deleted it.
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Avantgarde Music is set to re-release the classic Ulver album Nattens Madrigal in september. The LP is currently unavailable since Century Media deleted it.
Cling Film has arranged a very special and free event in Brussels, Belgium during the last three weeks of August. 4 huge train wagons are placed in a square like-formation. These wagons (old transport train wagons) are filled with powerful amplifiers and speakers.A large number of international artists, within the field of experimental, electro-acoustic & noise music compose an exclusive piece for this installation. Within each of the 4 wagons a different speaker set is placed. It is the intention every artist composes a quadraphonic piece, so for every wagon one channel.All pieces are constantly played in a loop during these 3 weeks. For more information, check www.clingfilm.org
Ant-Zen has planned a Synapscape release for October. The disc, named Raw, will feature compilation tracks and unreleased material recorded between 1994 and 2001. A collaboration with Imminent is planned for 2003.
So we were right... New York hip-hop crew Anti-Pop Consortium announced that they've decided to part ways after five years together. According to a report from Billions.com, the trio featuring Beans, Priest and M. Sayyid have "grown in different directions musically and no longer feel the collaboration is artistically viable."
Musique Machine radio started broadcasting today. 20 songs, picked from artists featured on this site. Press the radio button in the menu, check the playlist and tune in. We hope to update the playlist every month.
Samael have been reported as working on Era One, the long awaited follow-up to 1999's Eternal. Meanwhile, guitarist Kaos has left the band.
John Zorn formed the New Electric Masada with: Marc Ribot (guitar), Jamie Saft (organs, piano), John Medeski (organs, piano), Cyro Baptista (percussion), Trevor Dunn (bass) and Kenny Wollesen (drums). They'll play their first gig tonight, of course in New York.
Elvis Costello has announced tons of new tour dates (Europe & America).
The legendary All Tommorow's Parties festival is to take place in London in april 2003. Curated by Autechre, the event will feature a.o Jim O'Rourke, Coil, El-P, Cannibal Ox and The Fall. More info on ATP's website.
The last ever Godflesh studio recording is now available for download here. Recorded during the Hymns sessions, If I could only be what you want is the final testimony from this groundbreaking act. RIP
Einstürzende Neubauten have started working on a new album scheduled for spring 2003. They do so without the support of any label and ask the fans to take part in the creative process. Check Neubauten's website to hear a special message by Blixa Bargeld regarding the album and some other projects.
Sign up for Rockstargame. Start a band, rehearse, write songs and try to get into the charts. It's fun!
According to the website from Dutch festival Lowlands, The Antipop Consortium split up. No further details are available at the moment. Keep in mind that this website also wrote lies about Mike Patton having a breakdown, after he cancelled the Tomahawk gig.
Mr. Bungle's live cover of DRI's I Don't Need Society will be on an upcoming DRI tribute album called We Don't Need Society. Mr. Bungle covered the song frequently during their 1992 North American tour. The album is to be released on Malt Soda Recordings later this year. No word yet on an a more specific release date, or from which show the recording to be used was taken.
Constellation Records will release Exhaust's new album Exregistreur on september 9. Recorded at a cabin in the country, all the original exhaust elements - ultra-low-end bass moan, loping breakbeat trapkit, live reel-to-reel tape scratch - remain at the core of this new studio work. The new Hangedup Kicker In Tow will be out in october. According to Constellation, "they prove themselves one of the most powerful, hypnotic and relentless duos currently mining the subterrain of avant rock" .
Solefald are in the final stages of preparation for their fourth full-length album, In Harmonia Universali. "Having recently received the rough mix of our new album", says Cornelius, "I can only say it sounds like Solefald! Positively, it does." The duo plan on mixing the album in late July, in the Top Room studio. The album will be out in late 2002, early 2003 through Century Media.
Go download those Mike Patton videos at http://v1p0n3.pt.vu before they are unavailable!
Virgin has delayed the gatefold re-releases of USA, Earthbound and THRAK by King Crimson to the 3rd of September. Discipline Global Mobile, their label and mailorder, will take pre-orders.
All you VST-compatible home-musicians: get the "Delay Lama" to sing lead vocals on your tracks!
Get the extremely limited Asnakjalkar I Apabuningum release from Múm here . Múm remixes Musikvatur and Musikvatur remixes Múm. Bad Taste now offer this CD again after a whole box of it was found. 20 minutes and it comes in a beautiful package with a cool 8-page comic. Released in 1999, limited to 500.
The Japanese Backstreet Boys.. or The Village People... or maybe the Chippendales? Well figure it out yourself, it's actually very funny! YATTA!
Kranky has posted dates for upcoming shows of Jessica Bailiff, Pan*American, and Stars of the Lid as well as some tentative dates for new releases by Jessica and Stars. More dates and more details should be worked out in the coming week.
Even more info about the three new Devin Townsend albums (see post below) can be found here.
During an interview with the Italian site Metallus, Devin Townsend made an update on the forthcoming Strapping Young Lad CD and his other projects, to be released next year. The third studio SYL album will be self-titled and released in january 2003 through Century Media. His next solo album will be called Relationship and will deal with love and relationships between men and women. The third project is called Eko and is described as "techno with strange melodies that your parents will enjoy."