Hello there,
So much great news this month, I don't know if it will
all fit in one email! We've got new releases, lots of
shows, announcements, free downloads, funny cartoon
links (not work safe!) and erm, more!
Release News:::
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Bovaflux . Where There Was Nothing [hpll013]
album is now up and available at several places - you
can buy from Smallfish, Norman records, our online store
at posteverything.com, and also now available as
downloads from emusic.com and the itunes stores. Its
been delivered to our UK distributor, and should be in
most UK stores by the time you get the next newsletter.
Some wonderful feedback on the release so far ...
"Just listen as Bovaflux's laptop rocks into the future.
Hauntingly Beautiful" 4/5 Touch Magazine.
"..immersive sounds that marry compositional intricacy
with sparkling elegance. Remarkably poised for a first
full-length release." Textura.org
"a beautiful collection of music.. an excellent example
of how to do electronic music right. For fans of Seefeel,
etc." somewherecold.com
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The Village Orchestra . Et In Arcadia Ego [hpll014]
Ruaridh Law, one third of The Marcia Blaine School For
Girls, presents his debut solo album, wonderfully diverse
and everything you would expect from this scottish musical
phenom! Its been with the pressing plant for a week now,
and I expect it back by next Saturday, so more news on
this soon.
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RandomNumber . Golden Acre Sleeps [hpll015]
Mastered and now finishing up artwork, we expect to have
this sent off for pressing within the next few weeks and
scheduled for a November release date.
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Izu and Fisk Industries.
Both albums being sent off this weekend to Twerk for
mastering, expect more news soon..
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Fuck-Off Machete - If Silver Was Gold and Gold Was Silver [hpll016]
And.. our big news! - we're over the moon to be announcing
another exceptionally special project - very good friends
of ours from Glasgow - Fuck-Off Machete.
Formed by bassist Natasha Noramaly after the demise of
her previous band Ganger at the end of the ninties (
Ganger also featured Craig B who went on to form Aereogramme),
Fuck-Off Machete are a three piece experimental
noise-pop band who absolutely tear it up live with their
warped time signatures, pulverising hooks and breathy
vocals. Their debut album appeared on Lost Dog Recordings
in January of 2004, which they have followed with a year
of regular gigging.
The Machetes, Natasha, Callum and Paul, are fresh from a
stint in Chem19, recording their latest single, which is
scheduled for release on monday the 7th November, to be
followed by a full length in early 2006. The single will
feature three tracks - 'If Silver Was Gold and Gold Was
Silver', 'Copper And Lead Fight', and a reworked version
of 'Fall In Trust' plus a quicktime movie of the video
for 'Copper And Lead Fight'. They'll be doing a bunch of
live shows around the release date for the record. Check
back here for updates on shows and/or look at their website at:
http://fuck-offmachete.com
Live Shows::::::::::::
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3rd September / Bovaflux
This weekend sees the Foundry in London host a three day
mini-festival, by the very fine lads of Rehabilitation,
celebrating five years of most excellent events, and
featuring a whos who of almost everyone who has played
there before. Loads of highlights from Cursor Miner,
Rediffusion, Mothboy, The Doubtful Guest, and Saturday
evening sees our own Bovaflux bring the noise. Well
recommended and free event. More details of each day
are available at
http://www.foundry.tv/
4th September / The Mandelbrot Set
If you still have the energy on Sunday, head along to
the Bull And Gate in Kentish Town to catch The Mandelbrot
Set who are on top form, fresh from their recording
sessions at Southern (which you will be hearing the
fruits from very soon!).
25th September / Fuck-Off Machete
Fuck-Off Machete will be out in the Netherlands playing
at the ZXZW festival in Tilburg on the 25th of September,
and I believe also have a show in Birmingham towards the
end of the month. Check the Machete's own site or
highpointlowlife.com for more details, which I will
post, once confirmed.
28th September / Not Clickable
For the past couple of years since arriving in London,
we've been hosting occasional live events under the
banner of Not Clickable. Past shows have featured live
performances by the likes of Jason Forest/Donna Summer,
Leafcutter John, Cursor Miner, Timeblind, Rashamon, and
um, I don't remember them all! Well, anyhoo, we're now
taking the evening monthly . It's going to be the last
Wednesday of every month at the Legion on Old Street,
with the first one coming up on the 28th of September.
Its going to be a stormer, the line-up is absolutely
stunning and its also going to be our informal Bovaflux
album release party. If you only make it out to one show
this month, this should be it!:
Leafcutter John [ Planet Mu ]
Hands On Heads [ Upset The Rhythm ]
DJ Scotch Egg [ Adaadat ]
Bovaflux [ Highpoint Lowlife]
dj's Thorsten Sideb0ard and MissyK8
Wednesday 28th September. 8pm / 5pounds entry
The Legion, 348 Old Street, London EC1V 9NQ
30th Sepetember / The Marcia Blaine School For Girls
Another trip up to Glasgow this month, to check out a very
special Marcia Blaine live gig. Its an Eskrima vs. Number
evening at the Glasgow School Of Art. Lineup is
tremendous, with Modeselektor, Marcia Blaine, Jackmaster,
Pro Forma, Ego Spastachrist plus many more. 10pm till 3am.
Other bits and pieces:::::::::::
Phew, I'm tired out from all that typing, and theres still
a bit more!
I havent gotten round to setting up that podcast yet, so
heres another mp3 downloadable mix-tape thingie-bob:
http://highpointlowlife.com/downloads/hpll_podcast_two.mp3
This time the mix features:
The Village Orchestra - Many Rooms In My Fathers House
Marsen Jules - Tous Les Coeurs De Cette Terre
Isis - Carry (Tim Hecker First Version)
Animal Collective - Visiting Friends
Ezekiel Honig - A Lake Of Suggestions Pt. 1
Fisk Industries - Reflection
randomNumber - sleep
radian - helix
The Mandelbrot Set - untitled 1
Audioscrobbler / Last.FM
Our new favorite online time-waster!! Check out the
site and download your plugin from:
http://last.fm
Two amazingly good ideas/sites have come together.
Last.FM has been around for a few years now and has
been a personalized online radio, based upon your
own musical preferences. Audioscrobbler I have only
discovered in the past few months, and it's a plug
in for whichever media player you use, which will
report your listening habits to a central database,
where you can go an analyse all your charts and
playlists and favs. Combining the two means you now
have the plugin report to Last.fm so that your radio
preferences now include all your offline listening.
This may all sound confusing, and the only was to
really see what I.m talking about it to go have a
Look for yourself. You can find my page at:
http://www.last.fm/user/sideb0ard/
I've created a new Highpoint Lowlife group on there,
so if you do sign-up for an account (free), join our
group so we can end up with a group chart .
And, to close up our news letter this month, some
absolutely amazing web comics. Seriously, these
are the funniest things I have come across in ages!
First one up is called House Of Cosbys, which I
discovered via Boing Boing. Watch the first four
episodes at:
http://www.channel101.com/shows/show.php?show_id=121
and next one is called Princess (thanks to Mat/Fisk
Industries for pointing me to this one):
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/princess.html
No explantion needed, go check em out!
till next month!
cheers,
Thorsten
p.s. free music downloads.
Grab some Leafcutter John and Hands on Heads
downloads from their respective sites at:
http://leafcutter.33-rpm.net/
http://www.handsonheads.com/
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