Event: [KONTROL] presents Bruchstuecke Records (Zurich, Switzerland)
Style: LIVE PA, minimal techno and avant-house
Location: Rx Gallery / 132 Eddy St, San Francisco / 415.474.7973
Date: Saturday, June 18
Info: 9pm – 2am, 21+, $10
Website:
http://www.KONTROLsf.com/
Contact: info@KONTROLsf.com
Artists:
Galoppierende Zuversicht LIVE (Bruchstuecke artists Bang Goes + Styro2000)
DJ Fragment (Markus Unterfinger, Bruchstuecke label-owner)
Bang Goes (DJ set)
Styro2000 (DJ set)
plus [KONTROL] residents:
Sammy D (Classic, Dirty Bird),
Alland Byallo (Nightlight Music, Comfort Sessions)
Brian Walls (AC Stylus, Econspiracy)
In a nutshell:
Coming to SF hot off of a Saturday night headlining slot at Montreal's
MUTEK Festival, KONTROL is proud to kick off our new monthly party
with the exhilarating duo from Zurich that has minimal god Ricardo
Villalobos calling them the best live techno act in the world right
now. Galoppierende Zuversicht (which means "Galloping Confidence" in
Swiss) use no laptops in their in their performances, opting instead
for spontaneity, collaboration, and self-made gear. Don't miss this
special chance to witness them in action, joined by Bruchstuecke
label-owner DJ Fragment, in their first ever West Coast performance.
http://www.KONTROLsf.com/
http://www.bruchstuecke.com/
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Music links:
Gallopierende Zuversicht – Pro-Shuto
http://www.bruchstuecke.com/mp3/b34_pro-shuto.mp3
Bang Goes - Dreipunkter
http://www.bruchstuecke.com/mp3/a5_Dreipunkter.mp3
(featured on "Fabric 15 - Mixed by Tyrant")
Styro2000 – Pelati
http://www.bruchstuecke.com/mp3/a9_Tiefsee.mp3
(featured on "Swayzak – Groovetechnology v1.3")
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That's the basics…but if you're interested, read on.
From the MUTEK website:
http://www.mutek.ca/2005/event.php?lang=en&event_id=43
(On their Saturday night Metropolis event): "This year, for the
ongoing event night that MUTEK stages at Metropolis, artists known for
delivering vibrant performances will be in control. Traditionally a
prized evening for festivalgoers, this occasion will allow the
audience to discover Gallopierende Zuversicht. Renowned for their rare
yet highly memorable live performances, this Swiss group will be
making their North American debut."
(On Galoppierende Zuversicht): "The Galoppierende Zuversicht project
was established, for all intents and purposes, as a strong stage
performance. Consequently, no computers and Styro (Marcel Ackerknecht)
and Bang Goes' (Roland Widmer) stubborn disposition regarding
recording in the studio are a direct result of their goal of achieving
the "livest" conditions possible for their sound. With their
exhilarating performance, these celebrated producers from Zurich send
a message to the detractors of an electronic genre described
principally as static. Galoppierende Zuversicht employs only
sequencers and other homemade instruments in their performances, which
for three years now has excited audiences at numerous European
festivals. Now it's your turn to feel the effects of this performance
and 'Gallop Confidently' with them."
A personal email from Marcel Ackerknecht, aka Styro2000:
"We (Galoppierende Zuversicht) would play live, that would look a bit
like the photos attached; they were taken during an open air last
summer. Our thing is to not use laptops, we perform our music in a way
of improvisation and conversation between our machines (some of them
are selfmade) and the audience. its sort of exciting, communicating
with the people, and letting things happen. The style is more a bit of
minimal-tricky techno, good suitable for the late hour. Our latest
record, the Basta EP, was also produced at this way, and is now
licensed for the next Richie Hawtin MixCompilation, coming out soon.
Mathew Dear seemed to like it (he wrote a nice email), and Miss Kittin
can also act as point of reference."
From music journalist Philip Sherburne's weblog in April:
"I know it sounds like I'm shilling for my friends up north, but
that's not the case — I just love 'em to minimalistic bits. And so I
can't resist passing on the news that both Luciano and Ricardo
Villalobos have been added to this year's [Mutek] lineup. They play
together as Sense Club on Saturday, June 4 — right before
Bruchstuecke's Galoppierende Zuversicht, who Villalobos singled out as
the highlight of a recent 50-hour fest in Switzerland"
From "The Bunker" website, NYC:
Bruchstuecke is a very weird outsider minimal techno label from
Switzerland. We have been huge fans of pretty much every release,
starting with the first one in 1999. These guys show very little
interest in following trends and have been blazing their own path from
the start. Luckily for us, some of the Bruchstuecke posse is on the
continent to do a gig at Mutek in Montreal and were very keen to come
down to NYC to play with us. DJ Fragment is Markus Unterfinger, who
runs the label. We've never heard him DJ, but have total faith in
anyone with good enough taste to put out so many amazing records.
Galoppierende Zuversicht…is the live project of Bruchstuecke artists
Styro2000 and Bang Goes. Their live set incorporates self built
samplers and hardware instead of laptops. They recently released their
debut 12" on Bruchstuecke. Ricardo Villalobos is calling them the best
live techno act in the world right now ... do you really need to know
more than that?"