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KIERAN
HEBDEN & STEVE REID LIVE TOUR
21 February
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Kieran
Hebden and legendary drummer Steve Reid will be supporting
the release of the first volume in the Exchange Sessions
series on Domino on 27 February with a series of concerts
in the US and Europe, as follow: Los Angeles, US (28/03),
San Francisco, US (30/03), New York, US (1 & 3/04),
Chicago, US (5/04), Brussels, BE (13/04), Amesterdam,
NL (14/04), Rotterdam, NL (15/04), Reggio Emilia, IT (22/04),
London, UK (26/04). Norwegian avant-garde jazz outfit
The Thing will be providing support for the London date.
For more information, check the Kieran
Hebden & Steve Reid website. |
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VIZIER
OF DAMASCUS AND ZAINETICA LIVE AT THE SOCIAL
21 february
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Vizier
Of Damascus will be showcasing the beautiful electronic
textures of his recent EP for Rednetic and forthcoming
releases for his own Tree Symmetry imprint and Clickclickdrone
at the next Projector event at the Social on Tuesday 28
February, with additional sets from Zoltan Kodaly School
For Girls, described as the world’s first all-female
post-modern recorder quartet, Neushul Avant Rural Sound
System and Zainetica.
Check the Social
website for further details. |
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TOUCH CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY
20 February 2006 |
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The ever-excellent Touch are celebrating 25 years at the forefront of contemporary music this year with a string of events including live dates across Europe, a series of promotional offers on the label’s website. The festivities will kick off with the following series of events: Label spotlight, Göteborg, Sweden (11/03), Touch Live with Fennesz and Philip Jeck, Prague, Czech Republic (13/04), label spotlight with Philip Jeck, London, UK (5/05), Spire live at St. Michael’s Cathedral as part of Les Nuits Botaniques festival, Brussels, Belgium (7/05), Spire live at Leeds Town Hall as part of Fuse Festival, Leeds, UK (12/05), Spire live as Jesmond Church, Newcastle, UK (13/05), Soire live at Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands (24/06). More events are expected to take place this year. For more information, visit the Touch
website. |
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NEW CHRIST. EP AND ALBUM ON BENBECULA
16 February 2006 |
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Details have been announced about Christ.’s forthcoming album and limited edition twelve inch EP, both due out on Benbecula. The album, Blue Shift Emissions, the follow-up to Christ.’s brilliant 2003 album Metamorphic Reproduction Miracle and 2005 EP Seeing & Doing, is due out late summer 2006 and will be preceded by a special limited twelve inch EP entitled Vernor Vinge, released on 3 April. This EP will feature exclusive tracks plus remixes from dDamage and Prhizzm. From more information, check the Benbecula website. |
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MARSHALL WATSON, CALIKA AND SENDEC LIVE IN LONDON
13 Fabruary 2006 |
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Marshall Watson, Calika and Sendec will be teaming up for Not Clickable v7.0 at the Old Blue Last in London on 7 March. The evening will feature live performances from Marshall Watson (Highpoint Lowlife), Calika (Audiobulb / Polyfusia) and Stendec (Expanding Records), with DJ set from Highpoint Lowlife DJs. From more information, check the Highpoint Lowlife website. |
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COLDCUT
TO TOUR THE UK IN FEBRUARY
9 February 2006 |
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Following
the release of Sound
Mirrors, their first album in ten years, Coldcut
will be playing a string of UK dates accompanied by vocalists
Mike Ladd, Robert Owen and Mpho Skeef. Dates as follow:
Oxford (17/02), Bexhill (18/02), Nottingham (19/02), Manchester
(22/02), Birmingham (23/02), London (25/02). The London
date will also feature special appearances from Roots
Manuva, Jon Spencer, Juice Aleem and Jon Matthias plus
a DJ set from Ross Allen. For more information, check
the Ninja
Tune and Coldcut
websites. |
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NEW ISAN SINGLE AND LIVE DATE ANNOUNCED
8 February 2006 |
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Isan have announced details of a new 7” single to be released on Morr Music. The single, a cover version of Erik Satie’s Trois Gymnopedies, will be the first new material from Robin Saville and Antony Ryan since their 2004 album Meet Next Life. The single will be released on 3 April and will be followed by an as-yet untitled new album. No date has been announced for the album. The band will also play live at the Loom Festival in Nottingham on Sunday 26 February alongside Ceephax Acid Crew, Geiom, Max Tundra and many more. For more information, visit the Loom Festival website. |
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THE ORB, BOOM BIP, DNTEL AND JOHN TEJADA LIVE IN LOS ANGELES
8 February 2006 |
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Los Angeles’s Walt Disney Concert Hall will play host to a dazzling event on Saturday 18 March, with live performances from The Orb, Dntel, John Tejada and Boom Bip. This concert, the opening event of the Phils Minimalist Jukebox, a three-week festival curated by composer John Adams, will kick off at 11.59pm on Saturday 18 March and will go on until 6am the next morning. While The Orb are set to play the main auditorium, Boom Bip, Dntel and John Tejada, plus visual artists yet to be confirmed, will perform in surrounding spaces at various times. For more information and booking details, visit the Walt Disney Concert Hall website. |
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CHRIS
CLARK UK TOUR AND EXCLUSIVE NEW MATERIAL
3 February 2006 |
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Chris
Clark will be touring the UK this February and March
with 65daysofstatic, and will be releasing an exclusive
3inch CD 5-track EP of brand new tracks to coincide with
the tour. The EP, entitled Throttle Furniture,
features one track, Herr Barr, taken from Clark’s
third album, due out later this year. The four other tracks
are exclusive to this limited edition release. The EP,
his first new material since 2003's Empty
The Bones Of You, will be made available from
Warpmart and Bleep
only from 25 February. Live dates as follow: Nottingham
(25/02), Newcastle (26/02), Edinburgh (27/02), Aberdeen
(28/02), Stoke (1/03), Leeds (2/03), Sheffield (3/03),
Manchester (4/03), Bristol (5/03), Birmingham (6/03),
London (7/03), Norwich (8/03), Oxford (9/03), Brighton
(10/03) and Bournemouth (11/03). For further information
and details on venues, check the Warp
Records website. |
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