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1. 150 days of kracfive + april 2002
From: christopher <gravavarez@yahoo.com>
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Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 16:36:12 -0800 (PST)
From: christopher <gravavarez@yahoo.com>
Subject: 150 days of kracfive + april 2002
HELLO kracfive kin,
We can offer you some notifications about what we have been doing for a
measly five months. Oh what! We didn't update you for that much time? you
might have grown 120% taller. as a result, there is a lot of information
here. you may wish to print it out and read it during drink breaks from the
spring rototilling of your gardens.
quoted 1 line SONIC GIGS
>> SONIC GIGS
April 3 NYC @ Andrew Kreps Gallery afternoon
516A West 20th Street, btw. 10th & 11th in Chelsea. gallery hours: Tues -
Sat, 11 - 6:30pm. Colongib & Octopus Inc are playing as Original Instrument.
"Perfect if On" green-house exhibit by Peter Coffin. He has invited friends &
musicians to play to the plants. Here is schedule
(
http://www.kracfive.com/content/coffin_sched.txt) of the series of small
gigs, including DJ Olive, Marumari, etc.
April 4 NYC @ NEU big event. night. FUN, 130 Madison St. look at flyer:
(
http://www.kracfive.com/content/neu_flyer.gif). summary:
sound: Simplex, Moniker feat. 73(0)N (wordsmith friend of our's), Colongib &
Miragliuolo, Stewart Walker, Indolering... video: Institute for Applied
Autonomy, Crimethinc, Critical Art Ensemble performance artists, dancers,
beatboxing segment... organized by James Knopf.
April 19 Pittsburgh @ Masonic Temple theater at Univ of Pittsburgh 7th Floor.
8pm. Colongib & Intergalapagos (on violin) following screening of performance
video artist Miranda July. Organized by Melissa Ragona.
Hey. these shows- expect to seehear live improvisational songs where computer
is not the one in control. we'll remix our songs sometimes. exciting _yes_
quoted 1 line LATEST RELEASE
>> LATEST RELEASE
KFAT009CD 'Original Instrument' came out on 15 Jan 2002. it's a collaboration
by Colongib, Kettel, Miragliuolo, and Octopus Inc. the human vocal tracts are
utilized and tampered with. There are reviews around
(
http://www.kracfive.com/content/reviews.htm#009cd). If you need a copy, you
can order (
http://www.kracfive.com/content/order.htm) it right this minute if
you want! or if you think you'll help us sell copies, you can ask us for a
promo by way of credentials or at least a clever ploy.
quoted 1 line NEXT RELEASES
>> NEXT RELEASES
KFAT012.12" 'Octopus Inc & Colongib' 12". 33 minute EP. our first vinyl.
coming soon. mp3 clips up at kracfive.com now.
KFAT011CD 'Octopus Inc & Kettel' CD album. (3 collabs in a row!)
KFAT014CD 'Vincent Bergeron: Celebral Divisions' CD album.
quoted 1 line NON K5 RELEASES BY OR INVOLVING US THOUGH
>> NON K5 RELEASES BY OR INVOLVING US THOUGH
OBTAIN FREEDOM (Japan) -
http://www.obtainfreedom.net
obfm001 'Shaman Efforts - Dedicated to all Pioneers' compilation includes
exclusive tracks by Colongib and Octopus Inc (along with others you may care
about). out now.
obfm002 'Pacman|Colongib 2' re-vamped re-release of kfat001cd, includes songs
from that, Colongib's first album KFAT002CD, and Pacman's first double-CD
album KFAT005CD, plus one unreleased collaborative track from that era
(95-98). let's thank our Japanese friends, Haruo at Obtain Freedom, and
Masakatsu at Breakcore/Electro-violence. if you see them treat them to
milkshakes.
PHTHALO -
http://www.phthalo.com
'Ocean Man: Evil Live'. the evil half of live sessions by kracfive peoples
and mates. these improvs have been intensely edited down from hours of
material into the most intense + cohesive 51 minutes. participants: Zaha,
Miragliuolo, Colongib, Octopus Inc, Intergalapagos, Shiv. coming out in some
months thru dimitri (phthalocyanine)'s label Phthalo.
QUATERMASS/SUB ROSA -
http://www.quatermass.net
The followup to Freeform's 'Audio Tourism: Vietnam & China' album is 'Audio
Tourism Vol 2 - Remixes & Sources'. A double album, one containing a collage
of sound recordings made on the journey and the other reinterpretations of
the sources and tracks by Autechre, Atom(tm), Bisk, Tal, Colongib & Octopus
Inc, Bill Laswell, Masht'a, Kid606... out in 2 weeks (April 14 or so)
CARPARK -
http://www.carparkrecords.com
Colongib, Octopus Inc, Kettel each have a track on Marumari's remix album
'The Remixes', along with some of his other comrades: casino vs. japan,
lackluster, greg davis, electric company, robert lippok, l'usine, stars as
eyes, vim, thug... will be released on May 22.
NEO OUIJA, DUB, CIVIK, PLANET-MU
our busy busy dutch friend Kettel has out a 7" and 12" on Planet Mu some time
ago, a recent Neo 12", an upcoming album on Neo, and upcoming album on DUB,
and an upcoming 12" on Civik Records. he keeps track of these at his gnome
home
http://www.kracfive.com/kettel/
SSS RECORDS
Circuits of Steel: a new double-CD compilation of 30 Pittsburgh electronic
artists, coming out April 19 featuring an exclusive Colongib track.
NO TYPE -
http://www.notype.com
No Type: The Freest of Radicals compilation includes an exclusive Octopus Inc
track "Knife Takes Blood". Out now (since Jan 2002).
SCRATCH THE NEEDLE
Octopus Inc remix of Books on Tape for the Books on Tape 'Bossy Cow' remix
EP. out soon.
quoted 1 line WWWWW
>> WWWWW
We've added an mp3-rotator robot to kracfive.com. she changes which free song
you can download each month. snag the one that's up right now before it
changes in the next few days. Otto's keeping things together. www.tpolm.org
birth made more wwww progress than us :D
quoted 1 line SOME OF THE REST
>> SOME OF THE REST
XY could be seen attending a glorious international symposium, the highlight
of which was her yelling at the senior economist of the World Bank.
Zaha is still running
http://www.thestudentunderground.org .
Dop is still designing functional emergency escape routes for large
buildings.
Cgib celebrated day of his own birth a few days ago whereupon someone built
him a cake to eat, with red icing, not unlike the blood-filled egg (ketchup)
trick invented by the same someone (ipagos you little..).
Hope things are going well with you
christopho & noah
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