The single like much of the new material, demonstrates a more playful, immediate side to the band, while clinging to the unpredictability and originality that defines their sound. The song is a razor-sharp satire of certain rock stars who purport to save the world with dubious, self-serving rhetoric.

The B-side comes in the form of 'Performance Evaluation Shuffle (Slow Version)’. This is a re-recording of the opening track on Paperwork, the original of which can be found on the Chicago trio's myspace.
http://www.myspace.com/volcanoisaband

To celebrate the album release, volcano! have announced a show in their home town at the end of August. The band are planning tours of America and Europe this autumn.

Thu 28 Aug 2008: The Hideout, Chicago, IL, USA

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Since the release of Parades last October, Efterklang have toured Europe and North America and have impressed and surprised audiences with their powerful, uplifting performances. The band have a busy tour schedule for the remainder of the year, details below.

On September 26 The Danish Radio Sinfonietta and Efterklang - in total more than 60 musicians - will join forces for a very special collaboration to re-interpret and perform Parades in full for the first time. The concert will be recorded in studio 2 of the newly built DR Byen, home of Danish Broadcasting Services in Copenhagen. The creative link between the two orchestras is the composer and arranger Karsten Fundal, who has scored Parades in a new arrangement using all the possibilities available to an experimental live rock band and a full classical orchestra.

PARADES in Concert
The Danish Radio Sinfonietta and Efterklang
Live at Koncerthuset, Studio 2, DR Byen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Friday 26 September 2008. Doors 7pm.
Tickets available from DR Butikken (+45 3520 6262)

Here are the rest of the dates:
Thu 3 Jul 2008: Arvika Festival, Arvika, SWEDEN
Thu 3-6 Jul 2008: Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, DENMARK
Sun 6 Jul 2008: Transmission Festival, Kufstein, AUSTRIA
Tue 8 Jul 2008: Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Copenhagen, DENMARK (with Under Byen)
Thu 10 Jul 2008: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK (with Bracken & James Yates)
Fri 11 Jul 2008: Big Day Out, Bracknell, UK
Sat 12 Jul 2008: Supersonic Festival, Birmingham, UK
Sun 13 Jul 2008: Bal de la Bastille, Paris, FRANCE
Mon 14 July 2008: Arts Centre, Norwich, UK
Sat 19 Jul 2008: Analog Festival, Dublin, IRELAND (with Tortoise)
Sun 20 Jul 2008: Dour Festival, Dour, BELGIUM
Fri 25 Jul 2008: Dancity Festival, Foligno, ITALY
Sun 27 Jul 2008: Expo Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SPAIN
Thu 31 Jul 2008: Storåsfestival, Meldal, NORWAY
Sat 9 Aug 2008: Field Day, Victoria Park, London, UK
Sun 10 Aug 2008: Summer Sundae, Leicester, UK
Tue 12 Aug 2008: Store Vega, Copenhagen, DENMARK (with The National)
Wed 13 Aug 2008: Train, Aarhus, DENMARK (with The National)
Wed 27 Aug 2008: Feeerieen, Warandepark, Brussels, BELGIUM (with Taxi Taxi! & DDA)

http://efterklang.net
http://myspace.com/efterklang

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EFTERKLANG

Thu 3 Jul 2008: Arvika Festival, Arvika, SWEDEN
Thu 3-6 Jul 2008: Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, DENMARK
Sun 6 Jul 2008: Transmission Festival, Kufstein, AUSTRIA
Tue 8 Jul 2008: Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Copenhagen, DENMARK (with Under Byen)
Thu 10 Jul 2008: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK (with Bracken & James Yates)
Fri 11 Jul 2008: Big Day Out, Bracknell, UK
Sat 12 Jul 2008: Supersonic Festival, Birmingham, UK
Sun 13 Jul 2008: Bal de la Bastille, Paris, FRANCE
Mon 14 July 2008: Arts Centre, Norwich, UK
Sat 19 Jul 2008: Analog Festival, Dublin, IRELAND (with Tortoise)
Sun 20 Jul 2008: Dour Festival, Dour, BELGIUM
Fri 25 Jul 2008: Dancity Festival, Foligno, ITALY
Sun 27 Jul 2008: Expo Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SPAIN
Thu 31 Jul 2008: Storåsfestival, Meldal, NORWAY
Sat 9 Aug 2008: Field Day, Victoria Park, London, UK
Sun 10 Aug 2008: Summer Sundae, Leicester, UK
Tue 12 Aug 2008: Store Vega, Copenhagen, DENMARK (with The National)
Wed 13 Aug 2008: Train, Aarhus, DENMARK (with The National)
Wed 27 Aug 2008: Feeerieen, Warandepark, Brussels, BELGIUM (with Taxi Taxi! & DDA)
Fri 26 Sep 2008: 'Parades in Concert', DR Byen, Copenhagen, DENMARK (feat. The Danish Radio Sinfonietta)

NANCY ELIZABETH

Sat 12 Jul 2008: South Hill Arts Centre, Bracknell, UK
Sat 2 Aug 2008: 7 Songs Festival, Oldham, Manchester, UK

COLLEEN

Fri 18 Jul 2008: Expo Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SPAIN
Sat 19 Jul 2008: Expo Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SPAIN
Sun 20 Jul 2008: Expo Zaragoza, Zaragoza, SPAIN

MURCOF

Sat 5 Jul 2008: Transmission Festival, Tirol, AUSTRIA

WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS

Wed 2 July 2008: **CANCELLED**, Quart Festival, Kristiansand, NORWAY
Fri 4 Jul 2008: Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Kongsberg, NORWAY
Sat 5 Jul 2008: Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, DENMARK
Sun 6 Jul 2008: Bella Union Stage, Wireless Festival, London, UK
Sat 19 Jul 2008: Stockholm Jazz Festival, Stockholm, SWEDEN
Thu 24 Jul 2008: La Fortezza delle Donne Festival, Mirandola, ITALY
Sat 2 Aug 2008: Storsjöyran Festival, Östersund, SWEDEN
Fri 15 Aug 2008: Cafe Mono, Oslo, NORWAY
Sat 16 Aug 2008: Hot!Hot!Hot!, Bergen, NORWAY
Sun 17 Aug 2008: The Green Man Festival, Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons, UK
Sat 30 Aug 2008: Festival de Beschaving, Utrecht, NETHERLANDS
Mon 8 Sep 2008: Deaf & Dumb Institute, Manchester, UK
Tues 9 Sep 2008: The Pavilion, Belfast, UK
Wed 10 Sep 2008: Crawdaddy, Dublin, IRELAND
Thu 11 Sep 2008: Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
Fri 12 Sep 2008: Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK
Sat 13 Sep 2008: The Cube, Bristol, UK
Sun 14 Sep 2008: End of the Road Festival, Dorset, UK
Mon 15 Sep 2008: Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London, UK
Tue 16 Sep 2008: Prince Albert, Brighton, UK

A HAWK AND A HACKSAW

Sat 5 Jul 2008: Charivarue, Cherbourg, FRANCE
Sat 12 Jul 2008: Winnipeg Folk Festival, Winnipeg, MB, CANADA
Sun 13 Jul 2008: Winnipeg Folk Festival, Winnipeg, MB, CANADA
Mon 14 Jul 2008: Poisson Rouge, New York, NY, USA
Tue 15 Jul 2008: Club Lambi, Montreal, QC, CANADA
Wed 16 Jul 2008: El Mocambo, Toronto, ON, CANADA
Thu 17 Jul 2008: Music Without Borders, Pitchfork Music Festival, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago, IL, USA
Fri 18 Jul 2008: Memorial Union Terrace, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Sat 19 Jul 2008: Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, IL, USA
Sun 20 Jul 2008: Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Mon 21 Jul 2008: The Independent, Sand Francisco, CA, USA
Wed 23 Jul 2008: Doug Fir, Portland, OR, USA
Thu 24 Jul 2008: Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA, USA
Sat 26 Jul 2008: Calgary Folk Festival, Calgary, CANADA
Sun 27 Jul 2008: Calgary Folk Festival, Calgary, CANADA
Sat 23 Aug 2008: Godor Club, Budapest, HUNGARY
Fri 12-14 Sep 2008: End Of The Road Festival, Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset,
UK

ESSIE JAIN

Sat 9 Aug 2008: Summer Sundae, Leicester, UK
Wed 13 Aug 2008: The Freebutt, Brighton, UK (with Twenty-One Crows)
Fri 15-17 Aug 2008: The Green Man Festival, Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons, UK
Fri 12-14 Sep 2008: End of the Road Festival, Larmer Tree Gardens, Dorset, UK
Tue 16 Sep 2008: The Hope, Brighton, UK
Thu 18 Sep 2008: Green Note, London, UK (with Adam McBride-Smith & Bob Rafkin)

VOLCANO!

Thu 28 Aug 2008: The Hideout, Chicago, IL, USA

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http://www.wildbirdsandpeacedrums.com
http://www.myspace.com/wildbirdsandpeacedrums

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Sat 28th June @ The Glade Tent, Glastonbury [2pm]

Sun 29th June @ Nowa Musyka Festival, Cieszyn, poland [W/ Battles, Holy Fuck, Clark]

Snorkel will be playing alongside Rothko, Epic 45 + Junkboy

Sat 12th July @ The Hope, Brighton

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Consisting of Mariam Wallentin's stunning blues holler and Andreas Werllin's tribal rhythms, the transition to street performance works brilliantly as was seen earlier this year outside Oslo's by:Larm Festival. Take a look at these videos:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=q8B2NJOc6uU
http://youtube.com/watch?v=E3l2QK0ZJ88

Here is where you can catch Wildbirds & Peacedrums:

Sun June 15
Fort Greene, Corner of Lafayette and Vanderbilt Aves in front of the Brooklyn Flea (1pm)
http://www.brooklynflea.com

Sat June 21
Williamsburg:
Bedford Ave L Stop, in the station (12pm)
Lorimer St L Stop, in the station (1pm)
Graham Ave L Stop, in the station (2pm)
Bedford Ave and North 11th, in front of Sound Fix (3pm)

Cobble Hill:
Corner of Smith and Bergen Streets, outside of F, G Bergen Stop (5pm)

Here are the club/festival dates:

Tue 10 Jun 2008: Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY, USA (with Adem & Sharon Van Etten)
Thu 12 Jun 2008: House of Sweden, Swedish Embassy, Washington, DC, USA
Sun 15 Jun 2008: Joe's Pub, New York City, NY, USA
Tue 17 Jun 2008: Rochester Jazz Festival, New York, USA
Wed 18 Jun 2008: Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY, USA (with Jacob Golden & The Battle Of Land And Sea)
Fri 20 Jun 2008: Coco 66, Brooklyn, NY, USA

http://www.wildbirdsandpeacedrums.com
http://myspace.com/wildbirdsandpeacedrums

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Hello



Greetings from a hot and humid New York City, where I’m currently residing for the week. Exactly 38 minutes into my birthday last week the Phoenix landed on Mars beaming extraordinary pictures back to Earth of another magical place, whilst I spent my celebratory hours shielding from the London rain, with the city suffering from one months worth of rain in just one day.

New York has offered new friends, retail shopping with a weak dollar and a generous credit card, and chances to see inspirational art shows by the likes of Olafur Eliasson and Murakami, and live concerts by Danish wunder kids Efterklang and proto punks Wire storming a live set to several thousand keen listeners at Pier 17 at night.



International travel often brings memorable moments and this week was no disappointment. In passing through Customs Control at JFK I was routinely stopped and requested to open my suitcase. A stern and coarse Customs Officer then hammered his fist around the case, inside the case, over, under, checking for secret compartments. Seeing that I had very little attire with me for my stay he grew very suspicious why such few items of clothing for your stay here sir? and proceeded to pick up my socks, undies and shirts with rubber gloves, inspecting each and every item. You’ve carry a lot of makeup with you he continued. Explaining how old I was now and how this helped he almost broke a smile but couldn’t allow himself this momentary pleasure. The humiliation continued when he chose to stand and read my personal diary, something I’ve made a daily commitment to since the age of 12. I explained that this was private, but he continued to read my confidential exploits, closing with and what language is this written in sir?. Who was I meeting, what were their names, how long had I known them, what do they do, what do you do? It was a nightmare that I felt would never finish until I was allowed through after a 45-minute search.

 



Despite Albert Einstein once saying that education is what remains after one has forgotten everything one has learned in school, it’s just been announced that my collaboration with choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh, Faultline, will be included on the AQA GCSE Dance syllabus from 2009. It will remain one of six choices on the syllabus for 6-7 years. Students will have to study both the choreography and the production itself, including all collaborating elements, so presumably the suffering of my musical elements will have a profound effect on future generations!

I’ve just extensively updated the MP3 section of the website so there’s now an opportunity to listen and download a host of works, including a live recording from Philadelphia with violinist Todd Reynolds and our reworking of Gavin Bryars Sinking of the Titanic; a full length album, Publicphono, recorded live in Rimini Italy in 2000, and originally only available in an edition of 200 CD copies, and the results of my recording sessions in Moscow earlier this year.






I also recently contributed an essay for the new publication Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture (MIT) edited by Paul D Miller aka DJ Spooky, a collection of writings by a host of contributors. With topics are diverse as the contributors, you can read Brian Eno’s history of bells, Pierre Boulez interviewed, Bruce Sterling on dead media, Laurie Anderson and many others. I wrote about my personal interest in ghosts in sound, described by Bookforum as an ‘a contemplative mix of memoir, artistic philosophy, and technical practice’ which is touching.

June brings with it some curious possibilities, focusing mostly on words and ideas. A trip to Vilnius Lithuania to speak about sound at the Contemporary Art Centre, followed by a very exploratory talk at the Purcell Room London entitled Harmonography about the meeting point of architecture and music, space and sound. Then speaking at the 176 Gallery London in respect to the show Past-Forward, about work that focuses on borrowing, manipulating and referencing everything from artworks, architecture, advertising, design, film and philosophy amongst others, and closing the month with a show in Rome with Kim Cascone colliding digital technology with future ideas.

In the meanwhile I’ll buy a few more clothes for my suitcase!

Robin





::: listen :::

Arca: On Ne Distinguait Plus Les Têtes (Ici d'Ailleurs)

SND: 4,5,6 (SND)

Nurse with Wound: Images Zero Mix (Beta-Lactam Ring)

Sylvain Chauveau: Nuage (Type)

::: read ::: 

Branden W Joseph: Beyond the Dream Syndicate (Zone)

Daniel J Levitin: This is Your Brain on Music (Atlantic)

Marcel Dzama: Berliner Ensemble Thanks you All (McSweeney)

Peter Biskind: Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (Bloomsbury)

::: film::: 

Joy Division, Grant Gee, UK

Iron Man, Jon Favreau, USA

Sigur Ros: Heima, Dean Debois, Iceland

The Savages, Tamara Jenkins, USA



Waves-The Art of the Electromagnetic Society
Phoenix Halle Dortmund
Germany
10 May – 29 June 2008

Wireless communication is, in this day and age, a given in all realms of society. Yet what manner of artistic potential is presented by the electromagnetic waves perpetually enveloping us today? And how might these influence our psyche?
The exhibition brings together works of (media) art that deal with properties of waves in imaginative ways, exploring, making visible or making us feel waves on a host of different bands of the spectrum. In this exhibition electromagnetic waves are not just seen as carriers of information, but as the material and/or theme of the artwork. Featuring Breakthrough by Scanner, and works by Anthony McCall, Paul de Marinis, Marko Peljhan, Radioqualia, Farmersmanual, Jacob Kirkegaard and many others.
www.hmkv.de

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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02/06 - Icarus @ Parco Fistomba, Padua - IT.
06/06 - Snöleoparden & Karsten Pflum @ Spot Festival, Århus - DK.
08/06 - System @ Distortion Festival, Copenhagen - DK.

07/06 - Badun @ ChillPark (Vennelyst Parken), Århus - DK.
08/06 - Snöleoparden @ New Pudel in The Park, Hamburg - DE.
13/06 - Badun @ Jazzhouse, Copenhagen - DK.
21/06 - Rumpistol & Karsten Pflum @ Lab, Copenhagen - DK.
23/06 - Icarus @ Viral Festival, Amsterdam - NL.
27/06 - Karsten Pflum + Danish Dubstep Design @ Café Lobby, Århus - DK.

11/07 - Badun @ Copenhagen Jazz Festival, Copenhagen - DK.
12/07 - Svartbag, Rumpistol & Badun @ Copenhagen Jazzfestival, Copenhagen - DK.
13/07 - Badun @ Psycrowdelica Festival, Berlin - DE

18/07 - Elektronisk JazzJuice Day 1, Århus - DK.
19/07 - Elektronisk JazzJuice Day 1, Århus - DK.
20/07 - Elektronisk JazzJuice Day 2, Århus - DK.

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The new shows include a headline appearance in London at The Luminaire on June 5 and the Swedish duo’s second visit to the United States. All the confirmed dates can be seen below, with more to be added very soon.

Fri 9 May 2008: EACC, Castellon, SPAIN
Sat 10 May 2008: 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 and Bombay Bicycle Club)
Sun 18 May 2008: Cafe Oto, London, UK
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)
Thu 5 Jun 2008: The Luminaire, London, UK (with Joe Gideon & The Shark)
Fri 6 Jun 2008: Venn Festival, Bristol, UK (with Matmos)
Thu 12 Jun 2008: House of Sweden, Swedish Embassy, Washington, DC, USA
Sun 15 Jun 2008: Joe's Pub, New York City, NY, USA
Tue 17 Jun 2008: Rochester Jazz Festival, New York, USA
Thu 19 Jun 2008: Union Hall, Brookly, NY, USA
Fri 20 Jun 2008: Coco 66, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Wed 25 Jun 2008: Accelerator Festival, Stokholm, SWEDEN
Thu 3 July 2008: Quart Festival, Kristiansand, NORWAY
Fri 4 Jul 2008: Kongsberg Jazz Festival, Kongsberg, NORWAY
Sat 5 Jul 2008: Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, DENMARK
Sat 2 Aug 2008: Storsjöyran Festival, Östersund, SWEDEN
Fri 15 Aug 2008: Cafe Mono, Oslo, NORWAY

http://wildbirdsandpeacedrums.com
http://www.myspace.com/wildbirdsandpeacedrums

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