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6 JUNE 2004 – SCALA | LONDON
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[no.signal] and Eat Your Own Ears present the unique UK date of:
M A T M O S ~ an exclusive ‘CIVIL WAR’ performance
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also performing:
SOFT PINK TRUTH
LEAFCUTTER JOHN
DICK SLESSING COMBO
YAXU PAXO
THE WIRE Sound System
Doors 7.00pm | Tickets: £13.50 (adv)
from:
www.ticketweb.co.uk |
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=uk&query=detail&event=95077
www.wayahead.com, T. 0870 120 1149 NME Ticket Line T. 0870 1 663 663
Rough Trade, Covent Gd (WC2H T. 0207 240 0105) and Talbot Road (T.
0207 229 85 41)
Scala, 275 Pentonville Road, Kings Cross, London, N1 9NL
Kings Cross Station/Buses: 30,73,214,10,17,45,46 |
www.scala-london.co.uk
Info:
http://nosignal.sonomu.net |
http://www.eatyourownears.com |
http://www.matadorrecords.com
nosignal@sonomu.net | info@eatyourownears.com | 0207 833 2022 |
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:: further info ::
MATMOS [matador | sf_us]
http://brainwashed.com/matmos/ |
http://www.matadorrecords.com/
rome performance @ dissonanze festival (www.dissonanze.it) october 03:
http://www.interactv.it/channels/5/399/default.asp?
content=%2Fchannels%2F5%2F399%2Fstream%2Easp&bhcp=1
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San Francisco-based electronic duo Matmos return to the UK for a rare
headline of The Civil War performance after its astonishing world
premiere at last October’s Dissonanze festival in Rome. The one-off
London appearance will showcase the ingenuity of M.C. Schmidt and Drew
Daniel, who have built up a reputation for transforming the sounds of
objects (ranging from plastic surgery, crayfish synapse and cat litter)
into some of the most adventurous and enjoyable music around. Their
most recent album, The Civil War, brought medieval instruments into the
mix, as well as the obscure samples (such as a rabbit pelt), creating a
mélange of traditional British music and 19th century Americana,
spliced together with crisp digital editing techniques. The performance
also includes video footage from the American Civil War.
Joining Matmos on stage at The Scala are several of the guest musicians
who appeared on The Civil War. Mark Lightcap and Steve Goodfriend will
swell the ranks to a four-piece, being on guitar/horn and drums
respectively. The two of them also will be appearing on the bill as
Dick Slessig Combo, along with bassist Carl Bronson. Drew Daniel will
also be treating us to a portion of his disco/funk/techno side-project
The Soft Pink Truth. The awesome, Planet-Mu signed, Leafcutter John
will be snipping his way onto the Scala stage, and with music from The
Wire Magazine’s very own sound system and a short set of Yaxu Paxo’s
live code-based techno, the night looks set to be legendary.
Matmos provide a unique and unusual stage performance, using live
samples, improvisation, props, and videos, plus whatever is at their
disposal, all manipulated in mesmerizing and mysterious ways. Matmos
have toured with Bjork, Lesser, The Rachel’s and Labradford, shared
stages with Terry Riley and Wire, and were invited to play the now
postponed Throbbing Gristle reunion shows at Camber Sands.
: press releases
“Matmos are probably the most resourceful sound sculptors in
contemporary music.” Philip Sherburne – The Wire
"By turns unsettling and funny, The Civil War is an album that defies
categorization. Few musicians can really claim to be seriously pushing
at the boundaries of modern music. To Matmos, however, it's second
nature." Fiona Sturges, The Independent
"Embarking on a joyous smash'n'grab across the last, er, 410 years of
popular music, 'The Civil War' overflows with humour and humanity" Tim
Jonze – NME
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Leafcutter John [planet-mu | london_uk]
Further info:
http://leafcutter.33-rpm.net
John Burton) has been defined as “one the bourgeoning stars of
post-electronica” (Tony Herrington, The Wire). ‘The Housebound Spirit’,
John’s 3rd and latest album released on Planet-Mu Records in 2003, was
featured in The Wire Magazine’s top 50 records of 2003.
John has played at festivals throughout Europe. Last year’s highlight
being headlining the dis.lab show (part of the dissonanze festival) in
Rome – where he premiered his ‘electric breasts’, a remarkable
performance interface.
: press releases
“Within the first 40 seconds of 'The Housebound Spirit', Leafcutter
John (Burton) manages to assemble the kind of complex, suggestive
soundscape that most producers working in the field struggle to deliver
once during an entire album’. [Chris Sharp - The Wire]
‘Fragments of sound hang together with the inviolable conviction of a
fine haiku’. Interview by Rob Young – [The Wire, September 2003]
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Yaxu Paxo [slub | london_uk]
http://slab.org
Gut-wrenching techno messing with a programmer's mind pre-occupied with
computer code. Somehow the music got messed up with the code, the
structure of the code describing the movement of sound. Yaxu (aka Alex
McLean) is one founder member of a new movement called TOPLAP, a crew
writing and manipulating code during live performance. You see the
programmer play live, the same as you see a guitarist play live – the
process is brought back to the fore. Must see experience. He has
performed in various electronic music and software art festival
including last year’s Rome’s dis.lab and dissonanze and at London’s
Planet-Mu night at Electrowerz alongside Leafcutter John. He has won
various software art prizes including the Transmediale prize in 2002.
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