Vessels have announced UK tour dates ahead of the release of their debut album, White Fields and Open Devices, which is due out in June this year. The Leeds-based five-piece recorded their album at Pachyderrm Studios in Minneapolis in December last year under the stewardship of John Congleton (Explosions in the Sky/Black Mountain).
The album will be preceded by the release of the digitally-exclusive single, 'One Hundred Times in Every Direction', which will be backed up by a rework of live favourite, 'The Beast', which originally appeared on the self-released Vessels EP.
The live dates, including support slots with Congleton's own band The Paper Chase, Black Mountain and This Will Destroy You plus an appearance at this summer's Bestival can be seen in full below:
Friday 28 March
The Library, Leeds (with The Twilight Sad, I Concur and Wintermute )
229 Woodhouse Lane, LS2 3AP
Wednesday 2 April
The Vine, Sowerby Bridge (with I Concur)
HX6 2AA
Friday 4 April
Escobar, Wakefield (with I Concur)
11-13 Queen Street, WF1 1JR
Saturday 5 April
Notting Hill Arts Club, London (with The Monroe Transfer, Broken Records & Drowned in Sound djs)
19 Notting Hill Gate, W11 3JQ
Doors 4pm
Tickets Free
Sunday 6 April
Corporation, Sheffield (with This Will Destroy You)
Trafalgar Court, S2 4JU
Doors 7pm
Tickets £6 adv
http://www.corporation.org.uk
Monday 7 April
Frog & Frigate, Southampton
22 Canute Road, SO14 3FJ
Tuesday 8 April
The Cavern Club, Exeter (with This Will Destroy You)
83-84 Queen Street, EX4 3RP
Wednesday 9 April
George II, Luton
70 Bute Street, LU1 2EY
Saturday 12 April
Water Rats, London (with Pure Reason Revolution)
328 Grays Inn Road, WC1X 8BZ
http://www.themonto.com/listings_detail.php?listings_id=398
Friday 18 April
Cafe Saki, Manchester (with Laymar)
2 Wilmslow Road, M14 5TP
Friday 25 April
Kolor Bar, Preston (with Spokes, Her Name is Calla, Elohymn & Charlies Hero)
Church Street, PR1 3BU
http://www.myspace.com/hedmagazine
Tickets Free
Tuesday 6 May
Bardens Boudoir, London (with Glissando)
38-44 Stoke Newington Road, N16 7XJ
http://www.bardensbar.co.uk/events.htm
Thursday 15 May
The Cockpit, Leeds (with Black Mountain and The Paper Chase)
Swinegate, LS1 4AG
http://www.thecockpit.co.uk
Wednesday 21 May
The Ruby Lounge, Manchester (with Keith & Light Syndicate)
26-28 High Street, M4 1QB
http://www.myspace.com/wotgodforgot
Thursday 22 May
The Old Swan, Wrexham (with Spokes)
6 Abbott Street, LL11 1TA
01978 313039
http://www.myspace.com/oldswanmusic
Saturday 24 May
Tiggas Bar, Exeter
Magdalen Street, EX2 4HZ
Sunday 25 May
The Cooler, Bristol
48 Park Street, BS1 5JG
0117 9450999
http://www.clubcooler.com
Monday 26 May
Frog and Frigate, Southampton
33 Canute Rd, SO14 3FJ
023 80335959
Tuesday 27 May
Engine Room, Brighton
5 Preston Street, BN1 2HX
(01273) 728999
http://www.engineroomclub.com
Wednesday 28 May
10 Feet Tall, Cardiff (with Stray Borders and State the Obvious)
11a & 12 Church Street, CF10 1BG
02920 228883.
Thursday 29 May
Moo Bar, Leamington Spa (with Keith)
24 Russell Street, CV32 5QB
01926 337763
Friday 30 May
Industry, London (with Eat Lights, Become Lights and Prego)
1-5 Curtain Rd, EC2A 3JX
020 7422 0950
http://www.industryec2.com
Saturday 31 May
Linnet & Lark, Hull
30-32 Princes Avenue, HU5 3QA
Monday 2 June
The Magnet, Liverpool (with The Laze, Metro Manila Aide, Your Daily Briefing)
45 Hardman St, L1 9AS
0151 709 6969
http://www.magnetliverpool.co.uk
Thursday 5 June
End Bar, Newcastle
78 Scotswood Road, NE4 7JH
Friday 6 June
13th Note, Glasgow
50-60 King Street, G1 5QT
http://www.13thnote.co.uk
Saturday 14 June
Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (with The Smokestacks)
Queens Road, LS6 1NY
http://www.myspace.com/brudenell
Thursday 19 June
Cave Fest, Hull
Friday 20 June
Bar 1:22, Huddersfield
120 New Street, HD1 2UD
http://www.myspace.com/huddsmusicscene
Friday 5-7 September
Bestival, Isle of Wight
http://www.bestival.net
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On Friday 4th April Not Applicable will be celebrating the release of two new records with performances by both groups upstairs at the Betsey Trotwood in Farringdon London.
Not Applicable Album Launch concert with Arthurs.Høiby.Ritchie and Lothar Ohlmeier / Isambard Khroustaliov, with lighting by Martin Hampton: Upstairs @ The Betsey Trotwood, 56 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3BL. Nearest tube: Farringdon. Cover charge: £5 (£4 concessions).
Lothar Ohlmeier / Isambard Khroustaliov - Nowhere
One of the most insightful and thought provoking electro-acousic duos to have appeared over the last few years, their debut release is the culmination of 3 years spent exploring the realms of improvised music and live electronics.
"The level of symbiosis between the two musicians is such that the boundaries of their respective interactions is at times blurred, but even when the roles are clearly defined, the work remains dense, coherent, and of very high standard, making this record an unmissable experience. Album of the month." The Milk Factory
"On the opening Haze, the bass clarinet is completely hidden, to begin, obscured by sonic transformation, frosted twists and clinging gauze-tones, with reed-matter gradually peeking through as the piece progresses. It’s a slow motion growth, with clicks and breath-wheezes magnified for a massive sound-stage. This music is always aurally compelling, but also has bonus aspects within the realms of tactile sensation and visual fantasy." BBC
"Excellent, like discovering new life in the back garden." Plan B Magazine
Arthurs.Høiby.Ritchie - Explications
This exciting trio features three of the UK’s most sought after musicians, Tom Arthurs, Jasper Høiby and Stuart Ritchie. All have their own separate projects but came together as Arthurs.Høiby.Ritchie in 2005. Their debut album, explications is simply one stage of what promises to be an exhilarating and ongoing journey for this fearsome trio.
"If there was ever any question that trumpeter Tom Arthurs was a world-class talent, then Explications leaves us in no doubt" Jazzwise
"tough discipline handled with verve and intelligence, most exciting record of the season." Jazz Review
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We've just got some re-stocks in of a few Leaf Label favourites, including A Hawk And A Hacksaw's CD/DVD release with The Hun Hangar Ensemble and Efterklangs Under Giant Trees on CD. Both of which have been unavailable for some time.
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Having gone down a storm at Norway’s by:Larm festival in February, as well as being named 2008’s Jazz in Sweden award winners, Wildbirds & Peacedrums will bring their powerful live show to the UK and Ireland this spring. They make their UK debut next week with two London performances, including one with labelmates Efterklang at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.
Tuesday 1 April - Betsey Trotwood, LONDON
Wednesday 2 April - Queen Elizabeth Hall, LONDON (with Efterklang and Our Broken Garden)
Wildbirds & Peacedrums are set to return to the UK in May and June for a full UK tour, including shows with Caribou, A Hawk And A Hacksaw and Matmos. Full tour announcement to come – in the meantime you can find info on all the group’s confirmed shows on The Leaf Label myspace here and the bands LastFM page.
http://wildbirdsandpeacedrums.com
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Hi Folks,
Apologies to non-London/UK folks, but wanted to give you an update from us. I've a broken wrist (yes, ouch!) so to make up for our own lack of playing, we're organising a show for our good friend Saya, vocalist and primary songwriter for Japan's Tenniscoats. It will be the first show at Dalston's latest live performance space Cafe Oto and is sure to be a memorable evening of inspired psychedelic avant-pop.
Saya (Tenniscoats)
Sunday, 13 April 2008
CAFE OTO
18 - 22 Ashwin street
Dalston, London, E8 3DL
£5
buy in advance from:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/28621
ABOUT SAYA/TENNISCOATS:
Tenniscoats celebrate all that makes song vital in our collective consciousness, matching emotive live performance against delicately psychedelic folk songs. As Johan Berthling of Swedish trio Tape commented:
"Their starting point is pop songs, but with a staggeringly free approach: psychedelic folk tunes, complex instrumentals and short pop jewels side by side, everything is possible. A song can be performed in a myriad ways. Their interplay is angular and at the same time the most sensitive one has heard. A feeling of a music that constantly goes on, whether Saya and Ueno are on stage or not. A music free of pretensions, but urgent as few things I have heard."
Saya is one of the key figures in the Tokyo underground pop scene, a catalyst and collaborator, organising shows and giving opportunities to younger musicians on the scene, whilst spreading her own wings with far-flung collaborations. Two are due later this year with The Pastels (on Geographic Domino) and Deerhoof's Satomi as OneOne - the name a sweet pun on the Japanese onomatopoeia for a dog's bark (i'm guessing!). These follow last year's two stunning records - Totemo Aimasho (trans. 'Lets meet very much' for the Australian ROOM40 label - both Carina & I played on this one and a good chunk of it was recorded at our place in London! Its Lovely!!!) and Tan-Tan Therapy (w/ Tape, for Häpna in Sweden).
Saya is also a member of Maher Shalal Hash Baz and runs the Majikick label with her partner Takashi Ueno (Tenniscoats' guitarist/saxophonist) from their base in Tokyo's outer suburbs.
ABOUT CAFE OTO:
Cafe OTO is a brand new venue based in Dalston, London presenting the most innovative artists working today with a particular focus on new music. The venue's aim is to support and foster a vibrant creative community rooted in their local surroundings whilst embracing the best new music and art from the U.K. and abroad.
Cafe OTO (meaning noise/sound/music in Japanese) comprises of one large café/performance space open during the day serving food and drink with an evening programme of live music, films, talks and discussions. Based on the ground floor of an old warehouse on Ashwin Street in Dalston.......
Hope you can make it and look forward to seeing you there!!!
All the best,
John.
(For Barry Ray / ROOM40)
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Spring is around the corner here in London town so now is the time to start looking at the contents of your summer wardrobe.
As well as plenty of fine music we also stock a small selection of t-shirts. Here's what we've got below and some are extremely limited with only a few left of each design.
ADAADAT
Agaskodo Teliverek shirt
Cutting Pink With Knives 'bump and grindcore' shirt
DJ Scotch Egg - Angry Egg shirt
CARIBOU
2005 Tour shirt
EFTERKLANG
Abstract Tripper t-shirt
Side Print shirt
Tripper t-shirt
GITHEAD
Git-shirt
ROOM40
Morse code shirt
Room40 t-shirt
RUMP RECORDINGS
Rump shirt
RUMRAKET
Rumraket shirt
TRIOSK
2007 Tour T-shirt
THE LEAF LABEL
Check The Water t-shirt
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Cecile Schott recorded a session for BBC 6 Music's Freak Zone when she visited the UK for shows in Bristol and London last weekend. The session will be broadcast on this week's show, which goes out between 1700-2000 on Sunday 23 March.
She recorded two new tracks for the session, and you will be able to stream the show for a week after the broadcast from the following link.
Cecile embarks on tours of Portugal and Italy in April. The Lisbon date is at the marvellous Sé de Lisboa (Lisbon Cathedral) the San Mauro Pascoli gig in a 17th Century villa and the Bazzano show is in a castle, making them particularly special occasions!
Here are the dates in full:
Thu 3 Apr 2008: TAGV Theatre, Coimbra, PORTUGAL
Fri 4 Apr 2008: Theatro Circo, Braga, PORTUGAL
Sat 5 Apr 2008: CAE, Portalegre, PORTUGAL
Thu 10 Apr 2008: Sé de Lisboa, Lisbon, PORTUGAL
Fri 9 May 2008: Sound Forest Festival/Skanu Mezs, Riga, LATVIA
Wed 23 Apr 2008: Ex Chiesetta Delle Zitelle, Padova, ITALY
Thu 24 Apr 2008: Lomax, Catania, Siciliy, ITALY
Sat 26 Apr 2008: Rocca Dei Bentivoglio, Bazzano, ITALY
Sun 27 Apr 2008: Villa Torlonia, San Mauro Pascoli, ITALY
http://colleenplays.org
http://www.myspace.com/colleenmusique
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After a considerable absence from the live scene (the last show was at Benecassim, Spain in 2004), Wire is set to announce dates for new live shows this year. As yet unconfirmed dates will include European festivals during the summer season and a trip to North America in the autumn.
At this time, we are able to confirm the following early show dates:
April 29: Stuk, Leuven, Belgium
April 30: Ekko, Utrecht, Netherlands
May 01: 4AD, Diksmuide, Belgium - As part of their 50th Anniversary.
May 02: Hedon, Zwolle, Netherlands
May 03: Futuresonic Festival, Manchester, UK
May 07: Nuits Sonores Festival, Lyon, France
Wire is, of course, now well advanced in recording and mixing its 11th (as yet untitled) album, due for release later this year.
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Crackle have been asked to support Barry Adamson on his UK tour from 31 March to 10 April. The Slowfoot guys have also added a launch gig on the 11th April at The Adelaide, London aswell, with Viv Corringham/Peter Cusack duo supporting.
The Barry Adamson dates are;
31 March - Oxford Academy
4th April - The Lowry Theatre, Manchester
5th April - The Thekla, Bristol
6th April - The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
9th April - Pigalle Club, London
10th April - Komedia, Brighton
Crackle's new album Heavy Water is out now.
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Efterklang are celebrating their fifth year as a live band, and are giving away a live version of a brand new song, Mirror Mirror, which was recorded at their St Gallen show in Switzerland in February this year.
The band are currently playing shows in Scandanavia before coming over to the UK and Ireland in late March/early April. All the dates can be seen below.
You can see all of the videos made for tracks from Parades on our YouTube page. Very soon you will be able to view the video for new single ‘Caravan’, so watch this space...
Tour dates:
Thu 6 Mar 2008: Sønderborghus, Sønderborg, DENMARK
Fri 7 Mar 2008: Musikcafeen, Aarhus, DENMARK
Sat 8 Mar 2008: Pitstop, Kolding, DENMARK
Wed 12 Mar 2008: Pustervik, Gothenburg, SWEDEN
Thu 13 Mar 2008: John Dee, Oslo, NORWAY
Fri 14 Mar 2008: Store Vega, Copenhagen, DENMARK (with Lise Westzynthius)
Sat 15 Mar 2008: Mejeret, Lund, SWEDEN
Wed 26 Mar 2008: The Talking Heads, Southampton, UK (with Our Broken Garden)
Thu 27 Mar 2008: Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, UK (with Our Broken Garden)
Fri 28 Mar 2008: Corporation, Sheffield, UK (with Our Broken Garden)
Sat 29 Mar 2008: The Button Factory, Dublin, IRELAND (with Our Broken Garden)
Sun 30 Mar 2008: Cyprus Avenue, Cork, IRELAND (with Peter Broderick)
Mon 31 Mar 2008: The Point, Cardiff, UK (with Peter Broderick)
Tue 1 Apr 2008: The Ruby Lounge, Manchester, UK (with Our Broken Garden & Nancy Elizabeth)
Wed 2 Apr 2008: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, UK (with Our Broken Garden and Wildbirds & Peacedrums)
Thu 3 Apr 2008: Pressure Point, Brighton, UK (with Our Broken Garden)
Sat 5 Apr 2008: Grand Mix, Tourcoing, FRANCE
Mon 7 Apr 2008: Point Ephemere, Paris, FRANCE
Thu 10 Apr 2008: Domino Festival,. Brussels, BELGIUM (with Our Broken Garden & Peter Broderick)
Fri 11 Apr 2008: Vera, Groningen, NETHERLANDS
Sat 12 Apr 2008: Motel Mozaïque Festival, Binnenstad, NETHERLANDS
Sun 13 Apr 2008: Ekko, Utrecht, NETHERLANDS
Thu 3-6 Jul 2008: Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, DENMARK
Sat 12 Jul 2008: Supersonic Festival, Birmingham, UK
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A new Blurt single entitled ‘Cut It’, recorded and produced by Isambard Khroustaliov is available to download from their myspace page.
Go to myspace for this and information on Blurt's forthcoming European tour.
Isambard Khroustaliov's collaboration with Iothar Ohlmeier, entitled Nowhere is released on the 24th March, but is available to download now.
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APPLIANCES
Not Applicable hosts a monthly night; Appliances, on the first (or sometimes second) Thursday of every month at Scooterworks. Presenting new experiments in electronic and acoustic improvised music and inviting different guest performers each time. Scooterworks is an elegant secondhand moped dealer and cafe serving the finest coffee, cocktails and nibbles in the UK, for which you can thank Fifi.
Guests for Appliances #4 on March 6th 2008 are Matt Yee-King and Finn Peters. Matt is a really exciting electronic music producer and drummer who does awesome live interactive performance with Supercollider. You may have heard of him from his work on Rephlex. Finn is an equally excellent sax and flute player, and part of the F-IRE Collective. Its hoped that the third member of their trio, Tom Skinner, is available too, meaning you’ll hear the trio of Matt Yee-King, Finn Peters and Tom Skinner.
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Scooterworks uk
132 Lower Marsh, London, SE1 7AE
Tube: Waterloo, Lambeth North
Scooterworks is a cosy shop hidden just a walk away from Waterloo and Westminster Bridge. During the day they sell vintage Vespas and Vespa paraphernalia, and they serve arguably the most delicious espresso in town. On some evenings, in the knowledgeable hands of house mistress Fifi’s hands, it turns into a stylish lounge, where poetry reading, masterful cocktails, tapas and daring live music regularly attract a dainty selection of discerning Londoners.
On the Summer of 2006 some of the artists from the Not Applicable label joined forces with Fifi, and put together The Asymmetry of Three, an evening of electroacoustic improvised music that packed Scooterworks beyond expectation and left fond and long standing memories in everybody who was there.
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Scanner Newsletter March 2008
Travel Bug
Hello
Back to health and the only bug I’m submitting to is the travel bug, with the last month taking me from Amsterdam to Paris, to Berlin and Freiburg, Torino to Stockholm and even Derby and Cambridge in the fair old Great Britain.
The Githead tour on our little Gitmobile across Europe was mighty fun, driving an average of 1000 km a day slipping between city and city, rock and rolling to the very receptive crowds. Surviving on too little sleep, poor motorway food and free wi-fi whenever possible, we bonded through adversity, perversity and absurdity. People danced in Paris, headbanged in Koln and wouldn’t let us leave the stage in Amsterdam, so we intend to make this a regular punishment over the year!
Over to Stockholm with Sukhdev Sandhu for a rather extraordinary performance of our Night Haunts project, where Färgfabriken hosted our presentation in almost total darkness. Home to a terrifying installation by artist John Duncan during the daytime, we sat at one end of a gigantic industrial warehouse, in total darkness but for the reflection from a dim light bulb and monitor screen in the far distance where we were placed. The audience had to maneuver their way, as if blind, through the space towards us, with only the sound of amplified dripping water to entice and guide them. The restlessness of the night provided the inspiration for the words and sounds that they then experienced.
This month I’ll be participating in SPNM’s experimental music night, The Sound Source, at London’s Luminaire on 12th March. It will be an unusual and creative response to the work of the late Karlheinz Stockhausen. Headlining the event are Belgian pianist Daan Vandewalle, who will perform Klavierstücke I-IV, and drummer and percussionist Chris Cutler, who will join him for a version of Kontakte. I will then complete the line-up premiering a new work, Retuning Stockhausen, where I’ll be performing live on guitar solo with electronics for the first time in my life in front of an audience. It’s one thing to play guitar with a band, hiding in the ranks, it’s quite another to stand there alone, vulnerable and afraid!. Rounding off the evening we will team up to perform a newly commissioned tribute to one of Stockhausen’s hidden gems, Stockhoven/Beethausen. Should be a fun night out for all!
A free London show for anyone can be shared at the Barbican Centre on 8th March as part of Late Night Do Something Different, with a late bar for any fair drinkers and music, short films, workshops and live performances. I’ll be on stage live at 23.20 (well past my bed-time), after writer Julian Fox, comedy and sonnets from Ken Campbell and Pippa Evans, and my personal favourite - glow in the dark knitting –how can one resist attending?
I am soon off to Amsterdam to present my work as part of a series of lectures around the subject of Amateurism. We are submerged in slick, beautiful, highly produced creative work - in fashion, design and the arts. But perhaps even more inspirational than this are examples of ordinary people's creativity, which abounds in pieces ranging from cafe menus to flea-market brick-a-brack to funny emails. In fact, amateurism’s naïve passion often makes it of greater interest than “professional” work. I’ll be sharing some amusing stories and minor words of wisdom on this subject at the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture.
Also over in The Netherlands I will be showing a new film work at MU Gallery in Eindhoven NL this month too for a group show, Popshop. The show looks at the icons of mass culture in pop music, with artists Kathy Temin, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Cory Arcangel, Ho Tzu Nyen presenting works that riff on ideas of popular music. I will be premiering Soul in Reverse, a new audio/video work that explores the image of Michael Jackson in popular culture, reversing his public image so that he begins as a white soul singer and ends up as a black artist.
The month concludes in Moscow running creative workshops for sound enthusiasts and radio producers from all over Russia, and hopefully cakes at the Kremlin for tea.
Yes, it’s exhausting just thinking about it all.
Until next month
Robin
::: listen :::
Steve Roden: A Christmas Play (Ltd Edition)
Aleph-1: Aleph 1 (Ideal)
Autechre: Quaristice (Warp)
Ricardo Villalobos: Enfants (Sei Es Drum)
::: read :::
David Lynch: Catching the Big Fish (Tarcher)
Drew Daniel: 20 Jazz Funk Greats (Continuum)
City Slivers & Fresh Kills: Films of Gordon Matta-Clark (SF Cinematheque)
Aleksandar Dundjerovic: Cinema of Robert Lepage (Wallflower)
::: film:::
Lonesome Jim, Steve Buscemi, USA
There Will be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson, USA
Be Kind Rewind, Michel Gondry, USA
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon, Julian Schnabel, FR
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::: Diary Dates :::
2008
01 March-Kirikou & Karaba Ampithea 4000 Angers FR
02 March-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith Rouen FR
05 March-Kirikou & Karaba Docks Oceane Le Havre FR
07 March-Dancers Cut Guildhall Arts Centre UK
09 March-Kirikou & Karaba Le Zenith Caen FR
12 March-Stockhausen show Luminaire London UK
13 March-Dancers' Cut Leap Festival Liverpool UK
13 March-Lecture Academy of Architecture
 Amsterdam NL
16 March-Kirikou & Karaba Antares Le Mans FR
17-19 March-Workshops Moscow RU
20 March-Faultline dance Peepel Centre Leicester UK
22 March-Kirikou & Karaba Galaxie Amneville FR
26 March-Kirikou & Karaba Le Zenith Nancy FR
27 March-Dancers' Cut Deda Derby UK
29-30 March-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith Arean Lille FR
03 April-Barbican talk Instructions for Modern Living London UK
04 April-President of Honneur Qwatz Music Awards Paris FR
10 April-Faultline dance Junction Cambridge UK
13 April-Blindscape with Tez Nemo Festival Paris FR
19 April-Kirikou & Karaba Arena de Geneve CH
19-20 April-Future of Sound Valencia SP
23 April-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith de Strasbourg FR
24 April-Dancers' Cut Bridgwater Arts Centre Devon UK
30 April-Kirikou & Karaba Palais Nikaia Nice FR
03 May-May Ball Belfast N.Ireland
08 May-Future of Sound 11 Amsterdam NL
10 May-BFI Film event London UK
14 May-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith de Dijon FR
17 May-Kirikou & Karaba Summum Grenoble FR
24 May-Kirikou & Karaba Le Dome Marseille FR
28 May-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith Sud Montpelier FR
01 June-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith D’Auvergne Toulouse FR
04 June-Kirikou & Karaba Le Zenith Toulouse FR
07 June-Kirikou & Karaba Patinoire Meriadeck Bordeaux FR
11 June-Kirikou & Karaba Le Zenith Pau FR
12 June-Blindscape Slovenia
02 Aug-BBC Proms talk on Stockhausen London UK
2009
07 March-Royce Hall UCLA with Manuel Gottsching LA USA
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Exhibitions
Popshop
MU Gallery
Eindhoven NL
28 March - 04 May 2008
Group show of work that looks at the icons of mass culture in pop music, debuting Soul in Reverse, a new video work by Scanner that explores the image of Michael Jackson in popular culture, reversing his public image so that he begins as a white soul singer and ends up as a black artist. Other artists include Kathy Temin, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Cory Arcangel, Ho Tzu Nyen.
www.mu.nl
Night Haunts
By Sukhdev Sandhu
Design Mind Unit
Sound Design Scanner
Artangel Interaction invited writer and historian Sukhdev Sandhu to write a nocturnal journal unfolding over the course of 2006. His postings will appear sequentially at this microsite specially designed by Mind Unit. Sandhu's forays see him prospecting in the London night with the people who drive its pulse, from the avian police to security guards, zookeepers and exorcists. Acclaimed artist and musician Scanner has collaborated with Sukhdev and Ian Budden of Mind Unit to compose the sound for the site.
www.nighthaunts.org.uk
www.artangel.org.uk
Bittersweet Songs for the Sleepless City
Artangel Interaction
NightJam is the latest project in Artangel Interaction’s Nights of London series of artist-led collaborations with people who have a special view on a hidden side of the nocturnal city. Scanner invited young people at New Horizon Youth Centre in King’s Cross to collaborate on a creative project that expresses how the city at night looks and sounds to their ears and eyes. Through music and voice workshops they explored the sense of freedom and fear, celebration and solitude of the concealing darkness. Meanwhile, they captured their nights on disposable cameras, taking images that are at times eerie, startling, contemplative and funny. NightJam presents two elusive visual and musical journeys through the city’s ‘quiet’ hours.
NightJam presents two music tracks, a film, photographs, that can be experienced and freely downloaded. A limited edition CD is also being distributed for free through the website. Now featuring remixes of NightJam by Stephen Vitiello, Hakan Lidbo, Troy Banarzi, Si-cut.db and Pete Lockett.
www.nightjam.org.uk
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