discogs.com: "In later years Lasse Marhaug has almost become synonymous with Scandinavian Noise. From his "camp" in Trondhem, Norway, he's been launching release after release with brutal and often "witty" noise both under his real name and with groups such as DEL and parts of the Origami Republika projects. Lasse has also worked with some of the "legends" such as Merzbow and Aube, and played before Einstürzende Neubauten on his GB-tour"
dustedmagazine.com: "Six or seven years ago, Tape’s latest effort would have gotten slotted under the post-rock banner faster than some scrub could have written “They’re the Tortoise of Sweden.” Others might have drawn a parallel with the expansive melodic bathos of Sigur Ros. Such comparisons might have been within sniffing distance of the truth, but they would have missed the understated bliss this trio emanates. Recorded in glowing, fireside colors by the German producer Marcus Schmickler (a.k.a. Pluramon), Tomas Hallonsten with Johan and Andreas Berthling craft five somnambulant figurines that thrive on hypnotic repetition, tightly woven layers of melody and tasteful flecks of ambient noise. More
While surfing the webpage of Maja K. Ratkje, I came across POING:
"This unusual Norwegian trio is doing interesting work off the beaten track. The unusual begins with the instrumentation ...and display considerable technical depth and breadth, as well as strong ensemble identity."
-Julian Cowley, The Wire
Brian Eno in conversation with Chris Coco - everything from producing people like U2 and Bowie to making music that is 10 years in duration to the role of DJ's. <a href="www.bbc.co.uk"">Listen here
The art of Tara Donovan is clearly the most astonishing stuff I came across in a while. Her huge pieces are made of millions of smaller parts from eery day life like straws, pencils or sticky tape. Link
Bauern und Globalisierung in Indien
dradio.de: "Seit der Marktöffnung Anfang der 90er Jahre wächst Indiens Wirtschaft jährlich um mehr als sechs Prozent. Europäische und US-amerikanische Konzerne freuen sich über Millionen von neuen Konsumenten, die ihre Produkte kaufen, darunter die zahlreichen Bauern. Die Verkaufszahlen für Kunstdünger, Pestizide und kommerzielles Saatgut steigen immer weiter. Damit beginnt für viele Kleinbauern jedoch ein Teufelskreis aus Verschuldung und Abhängigkeit." Weiter Bauern und Globalisierung in Indien
Indien erwacht
dradio.de: "In Thane, einem Vorort Bombays, befindet sich die Produktionsstätte eines indischen Pharmaunternehmens, das mit einem deutschen Unternehmen kooperiert 18 Millionen Pillen werden hier pro Tag gedreht, die Hüllen für Arzneiprodukte aus Deutschland. Die indische Firma baut aber auch die dafür notwendigen Maschinen. Vorstandsmitglied Dande." Weiter Indien erwacht
dradio.de: "Ein Kinofilm sorgt in der Türkei für Diskussionen. "Tal der Wölfe" strotzt nach Ansicht vieler Kritiker vor Anti-Amerikanismus. Der Streifen beruht auf wahren Begebenheiten im Irak und lockt die Türken derzeit massenhaft ins Kino. Über den Film und seine politische Dimension berichtet Gunnar Köhne aus Istanbul." Weiter Tal der Wölfe
warprecords.com: "Warp is the first in a series of illustrated volumes under the title Labels Unlimited, surveying record labels whose innovative practices have stamped their identity on musical styles and shaken up the recording industry.
Warp is a full colour book featuring interviews, unseen photos, documents, press releases and artefacts from the label's lifespan. Also includes essays on Warp's artwork by Adrian Shaughnessy and a complete discography, 1989-2005.
Rob Young the author is editor at large at the Wire. He has also contributed to publications including The Guardian, Uncut, Frieze, Jazz Times, Gramaphone and the Independent on Sunday. In 2002 he edited the acclaimed book Undercurrents:The Hidden Wiring of Modern Music."
wikipedia.org: "Phill Niblock (born 2 October 1933, in Anderson, Indiana) is a minimalist composer, filmmaker, videographer, and director of Experimental Intermedia, a foundation for avant-garde music based in New York.
His music usually consists of simultaneous drones created from tape (later computer) manipulations of recorded pitches performed by instrumentalists such as Rafael Toral, David First, Lee Ranaldo, and Thurston Moore, on Guitar Too, for Four (G2,44+1x2); and Ulrich Krieger, on Touch Food. He was to curate the Experimental Intermedia Foundation's CD series, XI Records, with composers David Behrman and Lois V Vierk but wound up doing it alone.
Phill Niblock creates thick, loud, atonal drones of music, filled with microtones of instrumental timbres that generate many other overtones by pulsing against each other in the performance space. Simultaneously, he presents films/videos that look at the movement of people working, or computer-driven, black-and-white abstract images floating through time. Since the mid-1960s, he has been making music and intermedia performances that have been shown at numerous venues around the world. His musical works are notated as actual frequencies (cycles per second) and often transform slowly from consonance to dissonance or the reverse. " More
Junge arabische Regisseure über ihre Arbeit
Unter welchen Bedingungen Filmemacher in arabischen Ländern arbeiten, war das Thema einer Diskussion auf dem Talent Campus der Berlinale. Dabei wurde deutlich: Das eigentliche Problem ist nicht die staatliche Zensur, sondern die kulturellen Einschränkungen. Gerade in moralischen Fragen zeigen die Zuschauer sehr wenig Toleranz. Eine besondere Herausforderung für Filmemacher. Weiter Junge arabische Regisseure über ihre Arbeit
Syriana zeigt Verstrickungen von Ölgeschäft und Politik
Hollywoods Sexsymbol George Clooney unterstreicht mit seinem Auftritt in dem Film "Syriana", dass er nicht nur wegen seines Äußeren gecastet wird. Der Film zeigt die komplexen Verstrickungen zwischen Ölunternehmen und Politik und Geheimdiensten. Darin liegt aber auch sein Problem: zu viele Handlungsstränge, die Komplexität macht den Film unübersichtlich. Weiter Syriana
Pop Art in der DDR
Von den DDR-Offiziellen wurde das malerische und bildhauerische Werk von Willy Wolff missachtet. Die Elemente der Pop Art und des Surrealismus passten offenbar nicht in den staatlich gelenkten Kunstbetrieb. Anlässlich seines 100. Geburtstags würdigt die Städtische Galerie Dresden Wolf nun in einer Retrospektive und zeigt, dass auch in der DDR internationale Kunst gemacht wurde.Weiter Pop Art in der DDR
Porträt des Regisseurs Ang Lee
Nicht erst seit seiner Oscarnominierung für den Film "Brokeback Mountain" zählt der amerikanisch-taiwanesische Regisseur Ang Lee zu den bedeutendsten Regisseuren in Hollywood. Dabei ist der Filmemacher vom Genre her keineswegs festgelegt. Lee dreht Liebesfilme und Martial Arts Filme, ebenso wie Literaturverfilmungen oder Werke über die Kunst des Kochens. Die Schweizer Zeitschrift "Du" widmet sich dem außergewöhnlichen Künstler in ihrer neuesten Ausgabe. Weiter Porträt des Regisseurs Ang Lee #1 Porträt des Regisseurs Ang Lee #2
bidibop.com: "bidibop is Vincent Nicolas solo project. Playing music since the age of four, with various instruments such as violin, keyboards, guitar, drums... he launched and merged with many differnet music projects as a musician or as sound enginner, sometimes both. In 1998, he merged the post-rock band "un automne à Lob-Nor" as samplers and keyboards player, beside Sebastien Roux (Guitars - Rabbits|Sorrow). Then he brought pictures to band's music adding Super8 and slides projection to live performances, recorded main part of the band's production, and finally added a third guitar to very lasts compositions. Since the band splited, he dedicated to his own music project started in the mean time. Old synths sounds to earlies glitches, guitar and sound treatments, are part of the bidibop's textures glittering music which only aim is pop."
epitonic.com: "K.K. Null has always lived outside the boundaries of the ordinary and mundane. As a member of the heavy rock trio Zeni Geva he's built a reputation as an artist to be reckoned with, but it's his solo work that has earned him a devout following in avant-noise circles. Null has released records on labels like Charnel Music, NUX Organisation, Manifold, and Fourth Dimension and has played with Jim O'Rourke, Merzbow, John Zorn, Fred Frith and many more. He was also a member of the Sensurround Orchestra. GeV, Null's first release for Staalplaat, shows Null taking sampling to the extreme, either chopping up sounds beyond belief or looping them into a roller-coaster ride of noise and feedback. Like a roller-coaster, these songs are both fun and scary -- upon first listen the music seems harsh and overbearing, but the variety and range of sounds quickly becomes mesmerizing and entertaining."
allmusic.com: "Mike Kivits, the man behind Aardvarck, is but one of several respected artists on the Amsterdam-based Delsin label. The producer's material largely consists of lush, melodic broken beat with the warmth of Detroit techno firmly in mind. Four 12" releases spread across 2000 and 2001 (Non Spoken, Ludiek, Re Spoken, and Nozum) set the table for 2002's Find the Cow, a 23-track gem of a full-length that vacillates between minute-long interludes and extended mood pieces" More
wnyc.org: "There are a lot of different stories out there floating around about the mysterious band Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice. Are they really carnival refugees, former denizens of a toxic dump, or child prodigies, as their website (woodenwand.net) suggests? One thing for sure is that they are a band with powerful songs and a knack for improvising musical incantations. Host David Garland invites WWVV into the WNYC studio to dim the lights and play for a full hour, mixing blues, folk, psychedelia, home-made electronics, chants and chance." Listen here
"On the Wire is a UK radio programme broadcasting on Saturday 10pm BBC Radio Lancashire 103.9, 95.5 and 104.5 FM. It can also be heard via podcast"
Sample Playlist:
"Pigmeat Markham - Here comes the judge - Chess
Geraldo Pino & the Heartbeats - Let them talk - Retro Afric
Tom Ze - Gloria - Soul Jazz Records
Sargento Garcia - A cabal mal - Trikont
AFX - Laughable Butane Bob - Warp
Lady Sovereign - Ch'ching - Mental Groove
The Orb - LunikTM - Kompakt
DJ Koze - Barock am ring - Kompakt
American Analog Set - Immaculate
Kinski - Hot stenographer - Sub Pop
EchoBoy - 43 - enraptured
Mogwai - Friend of the Night"
[...]
Hotguitars are Jyrki Laiho and T-mu Korpipää from Finland. kevytnostalgia.org: "Most of the music—invented on the spot, then manipulated on a computer—features two loud electric or acoustic guitars, which are liable to explode into screaming, distorted miasmas or to blur together in an ethereal fog with the help of Korpipää's laptop and the pulse of old-school electro-beats."
alien8recordings.com: Shalabi Effect is the most difficult band to characterize in the Montreal’s vibrant music scene. Since their inception in the late 90’s, the band, consisting of Sam Shalabi, Alexandre St. Onge, Anthony Seck and Will Eizlini, has managed to keep their sound fresh and exciting. They rarely play previously released material and they never repeat themselves live, giving each performance an unpredictable edge.
This fourth and latest offering was recorded over three consecutive evenings during the band’s recent residency at the Montreal Arts Interculturels institute in Montreal, Quebec. The band practiced throughout the day and recorded each evening’s performance in front of a live audience. They then harvested a selection of the best material to create an album of unbelievable improv. The result is a record that truly represents the band’s appetite for experimentation and their desire to keep things interesting for their loyal following as well as for themselves. More info and MP3 downloads
forcedexposure.com: "The debut full-length from Coptic Light (NYC) is a massive piece of music. Consisting of three epic, dark, and moody instrumentals -- these musicians have been around the block and their expertise shows. They've created a truly unique album with atmosphere (which can't be said for everything that comes out these days). Sure, some of the riffs could be considered 'mathy' but the songs don't stay in that territory long before stretching out into vast, expansive, visceral meditations." More
Ein Drittel aller Windräder der Erde und die Hälfte der europäischen Windräder stehen in Deutschland. So viele wie in keinem anderen Land der Welt. Insgesamt erzeugen sie genug Strom für mehr als acht Millionen Haushalte im Jahr. Damit könnte man zum Beispiel Berlin und Brandenburg versorgen. Über 16.000 sind es und alle stehen auf dem Trockenen - die ersten im Meer sollen in den nächsten zwei Jahren in der südlichen Nordsee gebaut werden. Weiter
Sam Davies / The Wire: "his voice - when it intermittently appears - is disembodied by distance, by distortion and by echo. Its reedy quaver sounds barely conscious of its own presence, let alone an audience. it recall ths lo-fi contrainess of Alastair Galbraith and even the inscrutable shadings of Mississippi John Hurt or Bascorn Lamer Lunsford on Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music"
More info and "Rebound from the cliff" as a mp3 file
dradio.de: "2006 ist Sigmund Freud-Jahr. Der Begründer der theoretischen und praktischen Psychoanalyse wurde vor 150 Jahren geboren, am 6. Mai 1856. Der Essay in drei Teilen behandelt Sigmund Freuds Traumdeutung, den theoretischen und den gesellschaftlichen Ort der Psychoanalyse und die Lesarten des Unbewussten."
dradio.de: "Der Umweltschutz wird im öffentlichen Meinungsbild der USA immer wichtiger. Viele Städte und US-Bundesstaaten fordern von der Industrie strengere Klimaschutzregeln. Unterstützt werden sie von Wirtschaft und Hochfinanz. Großkonzerne gehen mit gutem Beispiel voran und senken ihre Emmissionen. Bürgermeister unterzeichnen das Kyoto-Protokoll, um politischen Druck auszuüben."
