Essie Jain has just recorded a session for BBC 6 Music's Tom Robinson show. The session includes 'Glory’ and ‘Haze’ from recently released We Made This Ourselves as well as new track ‘Stop’ and was broadcast Tuesday 29 April but can be listened to online via the following link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/tom_robinson
Essie plays the first of two UK shows tonight at Bush Hall in London, with the second being at the Folk House in Bristol on Friday. She will return to Europe in late May for some more shows. All confirmed dates are below, with more to follow shortly:
Wed 30 Apr 2008: Bush Hall, London, UK (with Hush the Many, Madam & Turner Cody)
Fri 2 May 2008: The Folkhouse, Bristol, UK
Tues 27 May 2008: Hifi Club, Leeds, UK (with Vetiver)
Wed 28 May 2008: Taylor Johns House, Coventry, UK
Thu 29 May 2008: On The Up, Bar Academy Islington, London, UK (with Dawn Kinnard)
Sat 31 May 2008: Point Ephemere, Paris, FRANCE
http://www.essiejain.com
http://www.myspace.com/essiejain
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We are pleased to welcome Other Electricities to the shelves of PE.
Quoting from the label themselves "focusing on presenting experimental music from a varied sonic spectrum, Other Electricities releases boutique records without adhering to any particular style or genre. Their catalog features sounds created by a diverse range of artists whose unique grasp of subtleties, texture and instrumentation defy basic categorization. Bridging the gap between the immediate and emergent, O.E.'s records span deliberate, intriguing, personal and contemplative approaches to sound."
We have 5 releases ready to purchase or pre-order now. These include;
Baja - Wolfhour
Dot Tape Dot - Tomavistas: (selected rarities 2002-2007)
Fessenden - v1.1
Jatun - Jatun
Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love - Ends Of Love
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Last November Cock Rock Disco asked a bunch of producers to remix 'Rock Rock Rock' the first track from the new DJ Donna Summer album Panther Tracks. Now you can download the results for free by going to the Cock Rock Disco website. There are remixes ranging from dubstep to Punk to electro to Japanese Trancecore, but all with a touch of breakcore.
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Essie Jain has confirmed a set of European shows to promote her spellbinding debut album, We Made This Ourselves, which was released at the end of March. This will be Essie's first European appearances outside of the London and only her second set of dates in her native UK, having relocated to New York in 2001. Live, Essie's minimal, intimate and quietly powerful songs are illuminated by piano, guitar and her haunting voice.
Here are the dates in full, with more to be confirmed:
Thu 24 Apr 2008: Mattatoio Club, Carpi, ITALY (with Nancy Elizabeth)
Sat 26 Apr 2008: Ortosonico, Giussago, ITALY (with Nancy Elizabeth)
Mon 28 Apr 2008: Clandestino, Faenza, Ravenna, ITALY (with Nancy Elizabeth)
Wed 30 Apr 2008: Bush Hall, London, UK (with Hush the Many, Madam & Turner Cody)
Fri 2 May 2008: The Folkhouse, Bristol, UK
Sat 31 May 2008: Point Ephemere, Paris, FRANCE
http://myspace.com/essiejain
http://www.essiejain.com
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WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS SINGLE, VIDEO AND TOUR DATES
Wildbirds & Peacedrums debut album, Heartcore, hits the shelves very soon (but available now on PE), with a double-A sided digital single 'DoubtHope'/'I Can't Tell In His Eyes' (backed by a Hans Appelqvist remix of ‘The Battle In Water’) preceding this on April 21. The duo recently filmed 'Doubt/Hope' live in the studio, and you can see the results on YouTube
The 2008 Jazz in Sweden winners play a string of dates in Europe in May, travelling from their homeland to Spain and France. They then play support to A Hawk And A Hacksaw in Dublin, before UK dates with Caribou and an appearance at The Great Escape in Brighton, amongst others. You can hear tracks on the band’s myspace, link to be found below.
http://www.wildbirdsandpeacedrums.com
http://myspace.com/wildbirdsandpeacedrums
The full set of confirmed tour dates, including a load of festival appearances:
Sat 3 May 2008: Popadelica, Huskvarna, SWEDEN
Fri 9 May: EACC, Castellon, SPAIN
Sat 10 May: La Fleche d’Or, Paris, FRANCE
Sun 11 May 2008: Crawdaddy, Dublin, IRELAND (with A Hawk And A Hacksaw)
Wed 14 May 2008: Star of Bethnal Green, London, UK (with Magic Wands)
Thu 15 May 2008: Scala, London, UK (with Caribou & Born Ruffians)
Sat 17 May 2008: Great Escape Festival, Barfly, Brighton, UK (with Lightspeed Champion & Emmy The Great)
Sun 18 May 2008: Swedish Outsiders, Cafe Oto, London, UK (with Henrik Bylander & Matthew Bower and Hans Appelqvist)
Mon 19 May 2008: Academy 3, Manchester, UK (with Jens Lekman)
Tue 20 May 2008: The Cluny, Newcastle, UK
Wed 21 May 2008: The Georgian Theatre, Stockton-On-Tees, UK (with Suzy Mangion)
Thu 22 May 2008: Captains Rest, Glasgow, UK
Fri 23 May 2008: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK (with Caribou & Born Ruffians)
Fri 6 Jun 2008: Venn Festival, Bristol, UK (with Matmos)
Tue 17 Jun 2008: Rochester Jazz Festival, New York, USA
Wed 25 Jun 2008: Accelerator Festival, Stokholm, SWEDEN
Thu 3-6 Jul 2008: Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, DENMARK
Fri 4 Jul 2008: Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Kongsberg, NORWAY
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The video for Efterklang's new single, Caravan, taken from 2007's, Parades, is now up on YouTube. The explosive video was directed by Anders Morgenthaler and produced by CopenhagenBombay and can be seen here.
A hi-res version can be download from:
http://www.efterklang.net/vids/Efterklang_Caravan_35mb.mov
The single itself is out this week as a limited edition of 1,000 hand-numbered 7"s. It also features B-side ‘The Romance On Mammoth Hill’ (exclusive to this release), a brooding track recorded during the 'Parades' sessions that the band was unable to squeeze into the final album sequence.
A download-only EP is also available with two exclusive remixes: a stunning remix of ‘Caravan’ by the London-based multi-instrumentalist composer Max de Wardener, and a rework of previous single ‘Mirador’ by talented visual artist and self-taught musician Vincent Oliver.
http://efterklang.net
http://www.myspace.com/efterklang
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We've reduced the price on a large amount of Swim~ vinyl. We are literally giving it away with prices starting as low as £1.00!!
Here's whats on offer...
7 inches...
Rhodes - War Day / New
Silo - K2 / Prime Movers (Boss mix)
Symptoms - Versus / Bund
Silo - Templates / Stage Of Development
12" / 10" inches...
Immersion - Remixes Of Oracle
Resolution - The Ghostwriter
Various - Remixes Of Immersion Vol.1
Various - Remixes Of Immersion Vol.2
Plastic Venus - Steady
Lobe - Placebo
g-man - G-Man
Malka Spigel - Hide
Pablo's Eye - Prepare...(remixes)
Immersion - 2nd Immersion
Ronnie & Clyde - Last Hand
dol-lop - Cryptic Audio 1
dol-lop - Cryptic Audio 2
Ronnie & Clyde - Macro-Scopic
g...
g-man - g-man IV
Shoota - Shoota
DJ Falovoe - Clubsex EP
LPs...
g-man - Kushti vinyl
Ronnie & Clyde - In Glorious Black & Blue
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We've reduced the prices on a number of titles from the Highpoint Lowlife catalogue. CD albums down to £7, EPs and 10" vinyl at £4.00. They are;
The Marcia Blaine School For Girls - Halfway Into The Woods
Marshall Watson - Math And Other Word Problems
Mandelbrot Set - All Our Actions Are Constantly Repeated
Like A Stuntman - Stan Places
Fisk Industries - 77 and Rising
The Village Orchestra - Et In Arcadia Ego
Fuck-off Machete - If Gold Was Silver and Silver Was Gold
Bovaflux - Where There Was Nothing
Like A Stuntman - Fresh Air Is Not The Worst Thing In Town
Marshall Watson - The Time Was Later Than He Expected
Recon - White Label
Si-cut.db - Find Some Shade
Fisk Industries - The Isle Of Wight EP
DoF - If More Than Twenty People Laugh, It Wasn't Funny
randomNumber - Golden Number Sleeps
N.LN - Astronomy For Children
Various artists - Tired Of Standing Still
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From Russia with Love
Hello
The bugs continue to eat away at my health, so I’m back from traveling with another nasty virus, this time delivered fresh from Russia. March took me from a hurricane in Budapest where the windows in the hotel shook, the streets were paved with broken stone and glass and roads were closed due to damage, through Amsterdam, Moscow, St Petersburg and Eindhoven, and back to the rain and cold of London.
Russia was an adventure in sub-zero temperatures whilst running workshops for Podstantsiya, which means “substation” in Russian. This project had nothing to do with power stations or emergency departments though, but working with professionals and non-professionals on development of alternative broadcasting, and creating radio shows and stories. Based around a text from a prominent Russian futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov written in 1921 entitled "The Radio of the Future" each participant created a sound piece in response. You can freely download the presentation and recordings from these sessions if you wish.
I then gave public presentations of my work at the Bilingua club and the legendary Theremin Centre in Moscow. I must confess that I’ve never been asked such blunt questions as on this occasion: ‘Scanner - which are your favourite drugs?’ (Answer: None, since I don’t even drink tea or coffee) and my personal favourite ‘Scanner- how old were you when you lost your virginity?’ (Answer: Aged seven to our Swedish au-pair). Well, how else could one respond?
Performances of Stockhausen with percussionist Chris Cutler and Belgian pianist Daan Vandewalle at the Luminaire in London confounded and entertained in equal measure, whilst attending the opening of the gallery show Popshop at MU in Eindhoven entertained viewers with work on show reflecting on Kiss (Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard), Kylie Minogue (Kathy Temin), Whitney Houston (Candice Breitz), Guns ‘n Roses (Cory Arcangel) and Michael Jackson (Mr Scanner) and many others. It was like an eighties musical festival in a contemporary art gallery.
I’m off in early April to participate in the Qwartz Music Awards, which celebrates diversity and creative dynamics within contemporary music. I’m taking the role of President of Honour, so remember to call me President Scanner in future now , and then I’m back to Paris the following week for the premiere of a new ballet piece, Mariam, with choreographer Christine Bastin, and then a live performance with Tez at the Nemo Festival as part of Arcadi. In the midst of this I’m performing at the Mapping Festival in Geneva, which lays claim to having the second-highest quality of living in the world. Hope I can get to appreciate this.
Later this month I’ll be chairing a forum discussion between musician and theorist Brian Eno, his former tutor Tom Philips RA and architect Vesna Petresin Robert at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Opening with a live performance of John Cage’s seminal work 4’ 33” we will hopefully expand upon ideas of intellect, intervals and liberty within our environment, and looking at the relationship between buildings, music and performance.
For those of still aching for some more rock and roll antics then tune in to Radio New Zealand National, where you can hear a live Githeadsession we recorded. It’s available here as audio on demand at under 'G' for Githead.
So, it’s back to the vitamins and medicine now.
Until next time
Robin
::: listen :::
The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent (2008)
Fourtet: Ringer (Domino)
Philip Jeck: Sand (Touch)
Efterklang: Caravan (Leaf)
::: read :::
Paul D Miller: Sound Unbound (MIT)
UOVO Magazine Issue 16 : Sound Postcards (Uovo)
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art (Merrell)
2 Kilo of Kesselskrammer (Pie Books)
::: film:::
The City Speaks, Peter Ackroyd, UK
Tell No One, Guillaume Canet,France
The Dewey Cox Story, USA
PU239, Scott K Burns, USA
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::: Diary Dates :::
2008
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
11 April-Mapping Festival Geneva CH
12 April-Mariam ballet le Café de la Danse Paris FR
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
21 April-Conversation with Brian Eno & Tom Philips Royal Academy London UK
23 April-Kirikou & Karaba Zenith de Strasbourg FR
23 April-Staging Sound talk Media Arts Bath UK
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
27 June-Performance & talk Sguardi Sonori Rome IT
02 Aug-BBC Proms talk on Stockhausen London UK
13 Sept-Deloitte Ignite Royal Opera House London UK
18-19 Sept-Presentation Bergen National Academy of Arts NO
30 Oct - 2 Nov-Imageradio Eindhoven NL
07 Nov-Gaida Festival Vilnius LT
2009
13 Feb-The Missing with Troy Barnarzi Somerset House London UK
07 March-Royce Hall UCLA with Manuel Gottsching LA USA
26 March-Derby dance premiere of new work UK
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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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