So, after four months of virtually non-stop global touring, this decade’s surprise reunion success story wrapped up at the weekend as the all-new Atari Teenage Riot closed 2011 with one final gig and festive party at Hamburg’s Gruenspan.

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Now bizarrely, the idea of ATR throwing a Christmas party was met with about the same level of criticism among online fandom as if Alec’s suggestion had been; „So the plan is to charge 80 bucks a ticket, play only two songs really badly and then go and push some orphan children into traffic.“ Clearly for some it’s impossible to have an opinion and celebrate Christmas and while many may have a glamourous idea in their heads that ATR spend the holidays smashing up toy stores and making kids cry, I suspect they do as we all do; lie around on the couch in pajamas watching dreadful TV and chain-eat chocolate.

Anyway, I thought it was a great idea and so I jumped at the chance to tag along and man the merch table for a couple of days.

I like doing merch primarily because you are in the position to be able to see and talk to virtually everyone who comes to the gig and watching the never-ending stream of motley characters arrive for the show is entertainment enough in itself before ATR even play a note.

It’s really fascinating what a diverse crowd the new ATR manages to draw. Sure, there are the hardcore fans who were scrawny teens jumping around and kicking fuck out of each other way back in 95 but you’ll also see cute goth chicks, anaemic boys with indie hair, guys in slick suits and even the occasional bearded hump-back mutant thrown in for good measure.

The festive bonanza started in Copenhagen where just about every ATR fan in Denmark was present. The show was great but this was probably the coldest club on the earth and my genitals had all but vanished before the promoter took pity on me and issued me with a chunky Scandinavian security jacket which was heavier than me to keep me warm (*Note: next time, steal the jacket).

It was in Copenhagen that one of fans asked the question which is rapdily passing into tour legend: “Are you always a Travelling Merchant?“ For a moment I had visions of myself wandering the deserts of the Middle East selling exotic fabrics and curious incense rather than just some freezing loser with a bunch of T-Shirts.

After Copenhagen we piled into the bus and set sail (Ahoy!) for Hamburg with CX educating me about the advantages of having a home popcorn maker (I guess he’ll be using the good ol’ Whirley-Pop to cook up Christmas lunch). After a couple of abortive attempts at listening to a podcast – the best we could do was some guy who sounded about as interesting as a fridge analysing the social effects of the i-Pod shuffle function – we settled for a disco playlist.

Before I go any further, fuck off with your snorting and sneering at disco, right? It’s probably been the most consistently excellent genre of music ever created and has been more influential to both mainstream and alternative forms of music since the 70s and any song that can make a lyric out of “Halston, Gucci, Fiorucci“ should get some sort of honour from the United Nations. Probably. And anyway we were on the way to a Christmas party. What were we supposed to do? Listen to Norwegian Death Metal and kick each other in the face?

Hamburg’s Gruenspan, a stone’s throw from the famous Reeperbahn and right next door to legendary club The Indra, is a fantastic venue. Apparently the first disco in Germany, it has a huge concert hall complete with roman pillars, upper gallery and a massive Buddha set into an alcove above the stage. It’s large and glamourous but with shabby, faded edges which dreary interior designers would no doubt helpfully label “character.“

Doors were at 10pm and no sooner did they open than a healthy supply of clubbers started to pile in. These were largely semi-drunken, rowdy party types who caused a rush at the merch table and so I thought to myself, “Yes, this is going to be good.“

But contrary to expectations it all fell a bit flat thanks to some rather silly internal office politics at the venue which I still don’t quite get to this day. Before I knew where I was, I heard Nic announce the start of the show without my ever having heard a note of the support show, Rowdy Superstar, who’d been flown in from London.

“Oh well,“ I thought, “I mustn’t have been listening properly.“

ATR were firing on all cylinders for their last gig of the year and the crowd in the sold-out venue were jumping around and generally making nuisances of themselves for the duration. They clicked into the rebellious nature of the music and at one point a spontaneous chant of “All Hamburg hates the police“ thundered through the Gruenspan which did rather make me wonder who on earth they’re going to call when crack addicts burgle their houses and steal all the Christmas presents.

So ATR finished, three quarters of the “party“ people promptly disappeared and THEN the support played for about 50 people. Yeah, yeah, don’t ask…only God knows why the main act warm up the crowd for the support. I’ll understand Steven Hawking’s Expanding Universe Theory before I figure that one out.

So that was that; a great show for a packed house, an unfortunate support band who play to a handful of people and a Christmas party that didn’t happen. The sense of despair and dejection I felt after packing up was quite handily visually summed up for me by the sight of some lonely, lumpen girl who look like she’d just wandered in from the Blair Witch Project stood in the corner next to the stage sadly picking her nose.

On the basis of the available evidence I can only surmise that Hamburgers are great at concerts and utterly rubbish at parties.

Perhaps we should’ve kicked kids in front of cars after all…

GAVIN BLACKBURN.

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The Killekill parties are already legendary! When people talk about Berlin being this great party city, they often talk about the Killekill series without even realizing it.

Just look at the line up… KilleKill also does cool 12″ vinyl series…limited editions only.

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click here to listen to Acid Junkies!

Live Friday Night from 22.00:

Warming Up Rave Party !!!!! => Spiral Stage aka Network 23 Tribe Stage
[wikipedia.org] // [spiral-tribe.org]
One of the most famous soundsystems in the world !!!!!

click here to watch 1994 reclaim the streets clip

Crystal Distortion alias Simon,
69db,
Ixindamix
Jeff 23 alias Dj Tal,
Meltdown Mickey
The Bad girls ( Ixindamix + MC Simsimmer)
Ixindamix

click here to watch original Spiral Tribe music video

Visuals: Feenix 13

Sunday From 14.00: Camping Afterparty until 22.00 !!!!

click here to watch cult 12″ clip of SP23

Some artist that have already confirmed:

Some artist that have already confirmed:

ALEC EMPIRE (Germany)

click here to listen to Alec Empire from 1994

ACID JUNKIES (Holland)
DJUMA SOUNDSYSTEM (Denmark)
DAZ BRIGADE (Germany)
KOZZ (Belgium)
ACID KIRK (Belgium)
TRISH VAN EYNDE (Belgium),
WHICKED HAYO (Belgium),
ENDUSER(Usa)

watch Eduser with Assasin
FFF (Holland)
JEROME HILL (UK)

Violet = Kong = Aether/ Void = Psychedelic
—————————————–
Whicked Hayo (Belgie)
Hishiryo (France),
Dennis The Menace (Sweden),
Pzyko (Belgium)
Phenotype (France),,
Psychoz ( Germany),
Kya (Germany),
Fraktophon (Belgium)
Syntrax Error (Belgium),

Wit = Mu = Wood = Hardcore // Breakcore // IDM
———————————————–
ALEC EMPIRE (Germany)
ENDUSER(Usa)
FFF (Holland)
K-os (Belgium)
Probex (Belgium)
Zeck (Belgium)
Mayhem (Belgium)
Terror (Belgium)
Droon (Belgium)
Wan bushi (Belgium)
Mr Bad Monkey (Belgium)

Yellow = Feng = Air = Rave// Acid
——————————–
ACID JUNKIES (Holland)
ACID KIRK (Belgium)
Nocid (Belgium)
Cthulhu 303 (Belgium)
Metamorph (Belgium)
Parazoid (Belgium)
Phobiak (Belgium)
Ralph Storm (Belgium)
Fritacid (Belgium)
L-Reak (Belgium)
The Fresh W (Belgium)

Brune = Tu = Earth = Ambient// Live // Chill Out
———————————————-
Seal Phüric (Belgium)
Palsembleu (Ucture + Bishop Dust) (Belgium)
Cnuff. I (Sheperd + Egon Fisk) (Belgium)
Biofix (Belgium)
Uriel (Belgium)
Dee Elfe (Belgium)
Fhex (Belgium)
Krasius (Belgium)
DJ Bassmati (France)
More chill-out artists TBC
SEOUL & T LINDER (Usa)
MASHED PAPER KLUB (Belgium),
MOONLIGHT MATTERS (Belgium)

Blue= Shui = Water = Minimal//House
———————————–
DJUMA SOUNDSYSTEM (Denmark)
Daz Brigade (Germany)
MOONLIGHT MATTERS (Belgium)
LouLou Players (Belgium)
Ishtar & La Maz (Belgium)
Robbyns & Markey (Belgium)
Don Santos (Belgium)
Ricardo (Belgium),
Voxter and Balance (Belgium)
Stevie P vs Gols (Belgium)
R’Deem (Belgium)
Massaar (Belgium)
Joey Payne & Jose Noventa
Mk Ultra (Belgium)

Red= Huo = Fire = Techno// Electro
———————————-
KOZZ (Belgium)
TRISH VAN EYNDE (Belgium),
JEROME HILL (UK)
SEOUL & T LINDER (Usa)
MASHED PAPER KLUB (Belgium),
Klaina (Belgium)
808 SNKRDZ (Belgium)
Celtric (Belgium),
Spastik (Belgium)
Jamie Behan (Ierland)
Jrd (Belgium)
Bumperfunk (Belgium)
X-Act (Belgium)

next days more news…. Chill Contact Shops: jamie.bell2009@gmail.com Deco Art:

Wrekon – Mutoid Waste Co. (Spiral Tribe, Italie)
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Global Village People (Fusion, Ozora, Rhakti Dei, UK)
[co.uk]/

More to be confirmed!!!!

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Mz SUNDAY LUV (Bar25) // CSD Special

Samstag, 03.07.10 // 23h // Subway

MZ SUNDAY LUV [Bar25 I Firm/Kompakt I Berlin]

Dirk Sid Eno [e. love I kommune]

Nikki Nice [3klang I located]

Gästelistenplätze gibt es hier.

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Samstag, 03.07.10 // 23h // Subway

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Every year, a handful of Berliners make their way to a deserted island in the Swedish archipelago for a weekend of partying.

This is Secret Island Nation.

At least on the surface of it, that’s what it’s all about; load a few boats with decks, lighting rigs, tents and food and head off to No Man’s Land to get wrecked without fear of disturbing the neighbours.

But there’s more to it than that. The settlers on Ulsholmen, 130km north of Gothenburg, have since founded their own micro-nation, Sweutschland, complete with democratic system which allows them to explore concepts of national identity and cross-border tolerance. Whether you go there to learn more about your fellow man or simply to get battered in a non-judgemental environment is entirely up to you. One thing is clear, it’s an unforgettable experience as DJ Jonty Skrufff explains: „Secret Island is unlike any other event, or gig, I’ve played at. Firstly you’re genuinely in the wilderness: they’re are literally no roads, no trees, no permanent infrastructure of any kind so there’s a feeling of being properly away from civilisation.“

„There are also no more than 500 people on the whole island and the vast bulk if those people are artistic, creative, alternative types, almost all of whom seem to drop their guards and Berlin/Stockholm personas for the whole three days, making the general vibe friendly.“

„On the one hand it’s a 72 hour, pretty much non-stop Berlin-style outdoor techno party then it’s also a gorgeous deserted island: kinda like Lost but in the North Sea! You can wander off and find deserted coves to swim in if you want privacy, or sun yourself on the rocks.“

„It’s an adventure, an experience, a step outside reality and an escape. A weekend you’ll never forget. And GREAT fun.“

The festival runs under the banner, „First we found a nation. Then we dance.“ It’s simple…and unmissable. There are still tickets available for this unique summer experience which takes place on Ulmsholmen from 29th July – 1 August.

For more information, to book tickets and to subscribe to the e-newsletter, visit the official Secret Island Nation website at:

www.secret-island.eu

Or join the Facebook group for regular updates at:

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000771691646#!/group.php?gid=89671637734&ref=ts

Confirmed artists:

Live:
22ROCKETS (4augenvoegeln, Wilde Renate, Berlin)
ALEX ESSER (HMWL, Malmö)
ANNA STEFFENS (Do or Don’t, Köln)
ANTE THE FOXX (Foxysound, Society, Werkstatt, Göteborg)
ALMEIDA live drumming (TronicYouth, Köln)
D. SNYDER (Bassy, Berlin)
DA BENNI (Schwedenparty, Berlin)
DAVID HASERT (like I e. love I kommune, Köln)
DIRK SID ENO (e. love I kommune, Köln)
DJ BACID aka BEHRANG KIANZADS
DJS WITH BAD HAIRCUTS (Keno Records, Do or Don’t, Schwedenparty, Berlin)
DJUMA SOUNDSYSTEM (Get Physical, Copenhagen)
ERIC D. CLARK (Subcurrent, Firm, Detroitwax, Adaptor, Bigcitybeats)
FIDELITY KASTROW (Flesh, Skrufff, Berlin/London)
FRANCO BIANCO live (Hypercolour, Dilek, Multivitamins, Buenos Aires)
GERMAN LACHS (Feinkost, Fortschritt3000, Rostock)
HYPNOREX (Sportbrigade Sparwasser, Frankfurt/Oder)
JAKE THE RAPPER (Combination, Bar25, Berlin)
JONTY SKRUFFF (Pacha Ibiza, Skrufff.com, London/Berlin)
JOEL ALTER (M_nus, Gigolo, Room With a View, Berlin/ Gothenborg)
KAMELKOLLEKTIVET (Oslo)
LINUS KOCKEN (Society, Göteborg)
LOCUS SOUNDSYSTEM (simply Locus, Göteborg)
MARC LANSLEY (Sub Static, Köln)
MIKAEL STAVÖSTRAND (Sunset Diskos, Kindisch, Adjunct, Lick My Deck, Los Angeles)
NOONCAT aka ALEX MESHKOV (Dilek, Trapez, Triebstoff, Moscow)
OLLE BJERKÅS (Society, Stockholm)
ÖZGÜR CAN (My Disco Preset, Save Me, Blufin, Stockholm)
RAZ OHARA (Get Physical, Shitkatapult, Kitty Yo, Apparat, Berlin)
RED JONES ( pulstar, Köln)
ROTZE VON BROTLAND (Berlin)
SAMUEL L. SESSION (Be as one, Soma, Figure, Göteborg)
SOMEONE ELSE (foundsound, unfoundsound, etc. Philadelphia)
VON FRÖHLING (Köln)

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ZAN LYONS PLAYS AT TRANSDUCERS PT.2 TONIGHT AT TRESOR – A GOOD REASON FOR US TO REPUBLISH ALEC EMPIRE’S INTERVIEW WITH HIM!

IT WAS TRUE PUNKROCK!

Alec Empire interviews London filmmaker and musician Zan Lyons

Alec: “I think most of our readers might only be aware of your music, but you
have been almost more active in making films in the last years. Could you
please give them a brief introduction to your work…”

Zan:

“When I started making music the thing that excited me most was that I could do it all at home with just a sampler and computer. It was true punk rock. I’d have an idea turn on my machines and Jam.
I wanted to bring the same energy to films and then combine it with my sound!
All my films are shot, lit and edited by my me on my laptop. I also do all of the visual effects and post production. This means I can take my camera, shoot something and start trying ideas immediately.
It’s a powerful and liberating experience!”

Alec:” Many people say that video games will replace film one day. Do you agree?
Can video games ever achieve the same effect that films can?
Does it even make sense to put both in relation to each other?”

Zan:

“From an industry standpoint video games have already replaced film. Even in our current economic climate video game sales keep growing while film sales are shrinking. I think the reason is a simple one. Value.
Even though games are significantly more expensive than films the experience is much more involved. What happens on the screen is happening to you, not a character you passively empathize with. Film distributors need to start giving audiences more with their DVDs. The same lack of value destroyed music – even though the industry blames downloads. When you buy a game you are buying something that will absorb you for days – even months.
From a personal perspective, nothing will ever replace the magic of cinema and although Games offer a truly interactive form of entertainment, they are not yet able to compete with film in terms of story. Games like Metal Gear Solid and the Final Fantasy series have scratched the surface. I think we’ll start to see the two worlds collaborating in the near future. Brilliant storytelling not better graphics will really take gaming to the next level.”

Alec: “How influential is Asian film right now? It seems that Hollywood steals
more ideas from there than from anywhere else…”

Zan:

“Asia is without a doubt leading the world of cinema. Films like ‘The Ring’ and ‘Oldboy’ have completely changed films and have left Hollywood playing catchup. South East Asia always gets mentioned but India is also producing thought-provoking dramas as well as the colorful entertainment of Bollywood. Also a lot of people don’t realize that Bollywood is the biggest film industry in the world with Hollywood coming second place.
People working in Asia really know their craft and as a result, they make better films for much, much less money than Hollywood. Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle has worked most of his life in South East Asia. He’s easily the greatest cinematographer working today but I doubt he would have reached this point if been swallowed up by Hollywood or even Europe.
Asian cinema keeps getting better and better and I think it will play a much greater role in years to come.”

Alec: “How important is authenticity or realism for you as a director ? Do they
both even matter?”

Zan:
“My films have lot’s of small details so realism is very important. I always use lighting to create a film’s atmosphere because it’s means the image comes to life in front of me and I can react to it. All of my effects are very simple and usually involve more camera work than computer effects. I want people to believe what’s on the screen.”

Alec: “Can you recommend 3 films to our readers? And explain why they should
watch them?”

Zan:

“The first is ‘In the Mood for Love‘. The way color and music are used to create atmosphere is amazing. It manages to feel like a classic 1960′s film and a modern one at the same time.

The second is ‘THX1138‘. I think this is one of the greatest science fiction films ever made. It has a sense of claustrophobia that I don’t think I’ve experienced since. There’s an impending doom from start to finish and it’s themes of government control feel more relevant today than ever before.

The final film is ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit‘. It’s a perfect example brilliant family cinema. Children will love the cute charater animation and adults will enjoy all of the film noir references. Most importantly though, it’s 90 minutes of pure mind-bending fun!”

Alec: “Has technology left human imagination behind? Anything can be created
with the help of computers these days, but still most films out there lack
ideas? Why do you think that is?”

Zan:

“Technology can be great when used well but too many people seem to use it to make short cuts and cover over weak ideas. Films like Star Wars and 2001 were at the cutting edge when they were released but the initial ideas were good in the first place so the effects were just enhancements. I think we need to return to this way of thinking and use new technology as a creative tool.”

Alec: “Or is the problem rooted in our society, in which everything , even art
itself, has to serve only one goal: profit making?”

Zan:

“When Hollywood gets it right the results can be amazing. but unfortunately money often gets in the way. There are too many people who see film making purely in financial terms and they are usually the reason for bad films.
I think this will change though. Audiences aren’t stupid, if a film isn’t good people can just download it!”

Alec: “Are you thinking of doing a full length film one day?”

Zan:

“My new album will be a collection of 9 songs with a short film for each one. It will flow together running at about 45 minutes so it’s actually a full-length film.
You’ll be able to either watch it as a complete film or select individual chapters – or just listen to the music. Each viewer will experience it differently.
The music is all instrumental and the films have no dialogue. The sounds and images are heavily synchronized – I wanted to create a world that people get can lost in.

I also have two story-based feature films that I plan on making at some point. I can’t say too much at the moment but they’ll be made in a similar way to my shorts.”

Alec: “You did visual remixes of some scenes of Blade Runner. How did the
audience react to that? This film is often seen as the masterpiece that
nobody is allowed to touch…”

Zan:

“There was a strong reaction to it here in the UK for that exact reason. Audiences loved it though! When it began they thought it was just a live soundtrack but quickly discovered I’d re-edited the film as well. I used heavy synchronization between my own music and various scenes. I remember BBC Radio interviewing me asking if I was trying to make Blade Runner better! I was never trying to improve the film – that would be impossible. It was more like my own version. I had some clips on youtube but was asked to take them down by Warner Brothers:)”

Alec: “Do you think that most film scores push the audience far enough?“

Zan:

“Not at all. The last good film score I heard was ‘There Will be Blood’ It created an almost unbearable tension throughout the whole film.
Otherwise Most film scores sound either made-to-order or like a cynical way to promote a bands music.
Film scores are in real need of a a change!”

Alec: “Where do you think films will be at in 10 years? The same stories told with
different/younger actors?”

Zan:

“I think a revolution is coming! There will, of course be the same old money-making films but I think Digital Technology has put film making in the hands of everyone so I hope we’ll start to see new visions and different methods of storytelling.
There will definitely be less money to make films so people will have rely on ideas instead of funding to make good work. We’re already seeing this with people like Warp Films and Philip Virus.
I think we’ll also start seeing more films that take advantage of the internet rather than treating it as an enemy. Maybe interactive films where the viewer has a say in what happens next.
Like I said, tools that used to be exclusive to Hollywood are now in the hands of everybody. In ten years we’re going to see more films made faster, cheaper and for the RIGHT reasons!”

check out Zan’s films and infos here:

http://www.zanlyons.com
http://www.youtube.com/thisisourpunkrock
http://www.myspace.com/zanlyons

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A MASSIVE PARTY DURING BERLINALE FILM FESTIVAL AT TRESOR WITH ALEC EMPIRE, PATRICK PULSINGER, ZAN LYONS, DJ REZNIK!

click here to watch Zan Lyons trailer

Tresor Globus Floor 11 February 2010 @ 8pm:
ZAN LYONS’ Berlin Film Festival show. Zan will be performing a new A/V plus strings show and screening his Blade Runner Remix. Followed at midnight (12pm) by ALEC EMPIRE, Patrick Pulsinger and Reznik presenting Transducers Pt. 2 – a dynamite Thursday in Tresor!

Since Zan Lyons released “Desolate” in 2000, his reputation as a musician (violin, viola and cello) and electronic composer has blossomed. The London maverick combines an explosive audiovisual show with a live music performance that simply intoxicates. Heralded by the international press, tonight he will screen his own score for the celebrated, groundbreaking film “Blade Runner” and sharing his amazing work that breathes the dedication he affords his creations..

Tresor Globus Floor midnight-12pm:
Last February Alec Empire treated us to a special appearance to present Transducers, and tonight he is back to give it up with Part 2. With his latest EP “1000 Eyes” from his film “The Golden Foretaste of Heaven“, Alec Empire hasn’t stopped to enjoy the critical success of last year’s full-length album “Shivers“. A sonic terrorist with a mission, Alec Empire is a chameleon in his art, creating his own musical genre and the result is mesmerizing. With support from techno legend Patrick Pulsinger who intelligently weaves stabs of electro, minimal and jazz into passionate, experimental electronica; and steered way into metal-techno territories by Reznik – you haven’t had an evening of such eclectic music in years and yeah, it’s up with that.

JUST CONFIRMED! EUROPEAN PREMIERES OF GODKILLER Pt.1&2 AND POP SKULL! HALO8!

BERLINALE SPECIAL EVENT + TRANSDUCERS PT. 2
11 February, 2010 in Tresor Club

GLOBUS: (20:00 Uhr / 8pm)

- Godkiller Pt.1 (European Premiere!)

- Pop Skull (European Premiere!)

- Godkiller Pt.2 (European Premiere!)

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- Film Vertonung, Vorführung / Film soundtrack reworking, screening – LIVE!
- Zan Lyons Live A/V & Strings + Blade Runner RMX screening

GLOBUS: Transducers Pt. 2(23:59 Uhr / midnight)
- Alec Empire (Eat Your Heart Out/ London, Berlin)
- Patrick Pulsinger (Compost, Cheap/ Wien)
- Reznik (Keinemusik/ Berlin)

www.zanlyons.com
www.myspace.com/alecempire
www.myspace.com/patrickpulsinger
www.myspace.com/dancetoreznik

for more information go to Tresor’s official website

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click here to hear classic Ian Pooley track remixed by Daft Punk

we are telling you this guy is that good! click here

Ian Pooley has been pushing it since a long long time now. Went through many directions in his career. From breakbeat to house records that were sounding R A W . From Chicago to Brazil. One of the lead producers of the Force Inc label based in Frankfurt, Germany. Then he moved to the beach somewhere and became a happy man…but real happy, not fake happy…he earned it….

click here for summer beach track

The real disco from back in the day is for DJs and dance music producers what blues is for punkrockers…

One needs to get back to that every once in a while ….understand where it all started…
now he moved to Berlin! The greatest fucking city of all time

click here for the real thing, ignore the weird DJ pic…was that done at soundcheck WTF???

Let’s wipe the plate clean, ignore those who fucked the dance scene over the past ten years, and move into the future please.

We all owe it to those who go to night clubs every weekend and in between.

That’s we spread this info a few hours before doors open, just want those who come who KNOW…and that is YOU!

(And Alec, if you are not coming because you lock yourself into the studio again, you’re a pu-sseayyy)

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Watch Video Flyer here!

JONTE’ 1/28/2010 @ SANTOS PARTY HOUSE – VIDEO FLYER from Cherie Lily on Vimeo.

Jonte’ LIVE with Cherie Lily, Bad Brilliance, Roxy Cottontail, Narcissister, & DJ Andrew W.K. – THURSDAY, 1/28/2010 @ Santos Party House 7-10:30PM w/ food by DANTE FRIED CHICKEN & open bar 7-8PM. $10 www.ticketweb.com Ages 18+

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watch clip here
BERLIN-PARIS OPENING PARTY

FRIDAY, 15TH JANUARY 2010
RELAIS – K?PENICKER STR. 126
10179 BERLIN / DOORS 10:30PM
INFO: http://www.berlin-paris.fr

COOP & BERLIN-PARIS present: the official BERLIN-PARIS ART OPENING PARTY!

berlin-tokyo:
JEANS TEAM – LIVE! (galerie berlintokyo/spermania)
DJ SUPERMARKT (galerie berlintokyo/lhi/berlin battery)
JACK TENNIS (galerie berlintokyo/berlin battery)
MILCH DJ-SET (galerie berlintokyo/gigolo)
DJ OFFICER, OFFICER (galerie berlintokyo)

berlin-paris:
KOLKOZ DJ-SET (le baron/le regine/paris)
GREG BOUST (le baron/tete d’affiche/la clique/paris)
TODD HART (london)

salon de paris:
NITE SHININ (salon de paris/disco mystix)
COOP (club berlin/broken hearts club)
A-TEAM (coop/scala)

?BERLIN – PARIS? geht in die zweite Runde. Nach dem Erfolg des ersten Jahres findet der Galerientausch Berlin-Paris im Januar/Februar 2010 zum zweiten Mal statt. Vom 15. bis 23. Januar 2010 werden die ausgew?hlten Pariser Galerien bei ihren Gastgebern zeigen, vom 29. Januar bis zum 6. Februar beziehen die Berliner Galerien Stellung zum Kunstgeschehen in den R?umen ihrer Pariser Partner. Es darf also gefeiert werden…!

Zu diesem Anlass haben wir ein Lineup aus Pariser und Berliner Musikern und K?nstlern zusammengestellt! Nach dem gro?en Erfolg der BERLIN-PARIS Opening Party im letzten Jahr im alten SCALA, gibt es nun die zweite Auflage der Er?ffnungsparty! Aus Paris wird die Hipster Crew vom LE BARON anwesend sein. Namentlich die KOLKOZ brothers und GREG BOUST – Synonym f?r die perfekte Mischung aus Musik, Kunst & Coolness. Diesmal haben sie Ihren Blogger Freund TODD HART aus London mitgebracht.

Apropo Coolness: das Gleiche d?rfen wir selbstverst?ndlich auch von unserem Berliner Fraktion behaupten. Hier konnten wir keine geringeren als JEANS TEAM f?r eine exklusive Berlin Liveshow gewinnen! Doch es kommt noch besser: wir d?rfen diesen Floor unter dem Namen der legend?ren GALERIE BERLINTOKYO pr?sentieren! ?Synonym f?r das authentische Zusammenspiel von Galerie und Clubkultur, Kunst und Musik, urbanen Underground und bestem Pop Entertainment! Heimatst?dte von JEANS TEAM und unz?hligen anderen Berliner K?nstlern, die es zu Weltruhm geschafft haben…! Einfach unglaublich.

Neben dem original JEANS TEAM Konzert, konnten wir weitere Stars vom BERLINTOKYO f?r den Abend begeistern: DJ SUPERMARKT, der damals noch als Duo das LE HAMMOND INFERNO rockte, JACK TENNIS, der schon damals House und Disco Platten spielte, ARMIN VON MILCH, der sich um die letzte Platte im Berlintokyo pr?gelte und sie auch auflegte und ROSA aka. DJ OFFICER, OFFICER, auch bekannt als DJ SATAN. Und an der Bar gibt es ein eisgek?hltes SEXY ON ICE – is ja wohl logo…!

Dazu gibt es den kleinen SALON DE PARIS mit Discomystix Mastermind NITE SHININ, den A-TEAM Youngsters und dem Host of the Night, COOP himself…!

BERLIN – PARIS: Die teilnehmenden Berliner Galerien und ihre Pariser Partner: Johann K?nig und jousse entreprise, Neu und Balice Hertling, Mehdi Chouakri und Galerie 1900-2000, Croy Nielsen und Marcelle Alix, Wentrup und Emmanuel Perrotin, Konrad Fischer und Nelson-Freeman, Kamm und Gaudel de Stampa, Chert und Carlos Cardenas, carlier | gebauer mit Michel Rein und Natalie Seroussi, Esther Schipper und Nathalie Obadia, Gregor Podnar und schleicher+lange, neugerriemschneider und Kamel Mennour, Sommer&Kohl und Denise Ren?, rive gauche.

INFO:
http://www.berlin-paris.fr
http://www.myspace.com/coopclub
http://www.galerieberlintokyo.de
http://www.clublebaron.com
http://www.facebook.com/lesalon

K?NSTLER INFO:
http://www.myspace.com/jeansteam
http://www.kolkoz.org
http://www.myspace.com/greg_boust
http://www.myspace.com/jacktennis
http://www.myspace.com/djsupermarkt
http://www.myspace.com/milch
http://www.myspace.com/discomystix
http://www.myspace.com/groundcontrolakaateam

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ALEC EMPIRE TAKES A BREAK FROM HIS TOUR WITH NINE INCH NAILS AND TALKS WITH YIP YIP TALK ABOUT , SESAME STREET, MUSIC AND NOISE, INDUSTRY AND MORE…

click here to watch original TV Yip Yips

Alec Empire:

” Many of our readers might not know you guys yet…the two creatures from Sesame Street are quite famous out here. I remember driving my parents crazy by adapting the Yip Yip talking style for days, when I was a kid…they did almost turn me into that kid from The Shining…is that a dumb question that you get asked all the time? Or what’s the story behind the name?”

Brian:

“It’s not a dumb question, because it would seem like we definitely got the name from that. In fact, even I thought Jason got the name from Sesame Street for the first few years of doing Yip-Yip with him, until we had one of our first real interviews and they asked if we got it from that. I said “Yes”, and Jason said “No, I didn’t”. I wish we did get it from that, because it would make the question a lot easier to answer. Even I don’t believe Jason’s answer.”

Jason:

“It’s just a stupid name i thought of. It doesn’t mean anything. We had an even worse name before this one and we knew we had to change it, but we couldn’t come up with anything good. Most band names that mean something end up sounding dumb after a while, so we just wanted a name that didn’t mean anything. Something totally nonsensical.”

Brian: “Calm down, Jason.”

click here for more

Alec Empire:

” I got introduced by Gabe from The Locust years ago, have been
listening to your music ever since. Are you part of a scene in the US?
Let us know where you are coming from…”

Brian:

“When we first started, we were really into that awesome wave of weird music from the late 90′s early 2000′s of The Locust, Lightning Bolt, Melt Banana, Arab On Radar, Crom-Tech, Neon Hunk, etc. I think we were really hoping to become part of that scene, and in a way, surprising to us, we kind of did. We were lucky to meet the people and bands that we did, and we are happy to have made it into a scene at all.”

Jason:

“We seem to not quite fit into any particular scene. I think we’re a little bit too happy or silly for the heavy experimental scene, but we seem to have some sort of foothold there anyways. Maybe we would fit better in the electronic/dance scene, but we see ourselves as more like a band and some of that stuff is more like deejays.”

Brian:

“Yeah, like we feel like we don’t fit in as well with the electronic scene, even though we actually probably fit in better there. But really it’s mostly who we’ve met, and who have met us, played with us, and liked us enough to be our friends and take us out on tour.”

Alec Empire:

” Why we love your stuff is because it sounds great, I mean the sound of the music is serious (as opposed to most of these rather stupid digital joke 8bit 2 piece bands in Europe). I find it very interesting
that there seems to be more cool analogue & weird shit coming from the US. Tell us about why you sound the way you do and if there is a philosophy behind it…you know…”

Brian:

“That’s awesome that you see that our music is serious. Not that we are a very serious band, or we want to be taken very seriously, but yeah, I think a lot of people kind of think of us as more of a joke, and we are lumped with that kind of stuff so much, and we never understand why. We are seriously trying to make really interesting and fun music, and we are seriously trying to be a great band, even though we are hardly know what we are doing. It’s been kind of hard, and it’s taken us a long time to get our stuff to what we are doing now. It’s very rewarding when we finish and we know that we have figured out this music that seems to be pretty original and might possibly break some new ground musically, especially when it feels like almost everything has already been done.”

Jason:

“There’s a fine line between fun music and funny joke music. We are trying to walk a few fine lines. We want to make music that is fun, but not a joke. Music that is challenging, but not not too heady. Noisy music that is more than just noise. I don’t know why there is more weird shit coming from the US. I think a lot of people from the US think it’s the other way around.”

http://soundcloud.com/yip-yip/yip-yip-gender-changers

Alec Empire:

” It looks from the outside like you’re doing everything by yourself…since years. You’re even documenting via Twitter when you are about to post new 7inches… and still you have your music up for
free download. Is that impression true, and what do you think about your way of doing things? Does it work as an example for other bands?
Tell us your view on the “business” side of your music…(mainstream bands get praised as revolutionary innovators while they just copy the ideas from bands in the “underground” who have been doing it since
years)”

Jason:

“Giving away free digital downloads is, I think, absolutely necessary in this day and age.
I don’t really want to have anything to do with the ‘business’ side of music but dealing with the business side is unfortunately a necessary part of it for a band at our level. We can’t afford to pay people to do that stuff for us. Lucky for me, Brian takes care of all of that stuff.”

Brian:

“We haven’t been very good with the “business” side of our band so far, and that’s probably why we’ve hardly made any money, and why we have to work at photo labs and deliver food to pay our bills. My view on the business side of music is I think the more people who hear of your music and hear of your live shows, the more money you make when you tour, and maybe you might even make some money off of albums you put out. So the most important thing to me, at least while we are still mostly unknown, is to get us heard.

Putting a price on every song you put out is not a great way of doing that, so we have put a lot of our stuff up online for people to check out and decide if they want to support us by buying our albums or t-shirts, or by coming to our shows. Maybe that kind of carefree idea of putting up one too many songs to download for free is why we are currently label less and wondering if anyone is going to actually put out this album we’ve been working on.”

Jason:

“As cheesey as it sounds, the more you think about the business side, the less you think about the music side. I’d like to say that it’s all about the music, but I’d also like to think that at some point in our lives this music could support us financially. We are nowhere close to that point right now and I don’t know if we ever will be.”

Alec Empire:

” What are your shows like? In what type of clubs do you guys play? And how is your crowd? (this might sound boring but I think more and more bands are just about pleasing the crowd while you don’t seem that kind of band)”

Jason:

“Since we don’t quite fit into a musical niche, we get to play with all sorts of bands in front of all sorts of audiences at all sorts of venues. Our ideal shows are in well-run, all ages, d.i.y. venues with good sound. Those places are few and far between, so we will play wherever we can. Mostly we just want it to be loud. If it’s loud and we can hear our music the way it should be heard, it is a good show for us. If the audience is having fun it’s definetly a bonus.”

Brian:

“The crowds are different depending on where we are playing, and who we are playing with. We we toured with The Locust, the crowds and shows were all awesome. People at the shows usually seemed to know who we were, and were excited to see us. The sound systems were almost always great and really loud, which also helps a lot. Some shows can be weird, like when the crowd isn’t familiar with us, so they just kid of stand there and stare. We will end our set and go backstage and think that we sucked, but then end up talking to a bunch of people who say they loved the show and buy our crap.”

Alec Empire:

” What is your favorite gear when you create new music? You are recording right now as I understand. A new record? Is this going to be different? How do you approach that process?”

Brian:

“Yes, we just finished writing our new album, “Bone Up”. We are going to start recording it very soon. The biggest thing that’s going to be different than our other albums is that this album is going to have us both doing vocals. This album is way more elaborate than anything we’ve ever done.”

Jason:

“In the beginning, we had more of that digital sound because all of those types of sounds were so accessible. We could get toy keyboards at thrift stores and digitally manipulate them with Sound Forge or some other software. But that got kind of boring and digital stuff always sounded sort of hokey to me. It was probably a year before I got my first serious synthesizer and since then I’ve liked analog over digital. Analog synths a lot more fun to play, there’s no programming and everything happens immediately.

And no matter how well you know your synths, there’s always a certain level of sonic unpredictability and slight variation. There are always graduations in digital knobs so you can hear the steps when you turn them. Analog knobs are just a clean sweep. Analog synths are more visually appealing, too. Lately, I’ve become more open to digital stuff. You can get so many sounds out of way smaller devices with digital.

We’ve been using this thing Simmons made called a Multi-Mallet a lot on the songs we’re writing now. It’s like a 90′s yamaha fm synthesis keyboard but with a xylophone-like controller. It has some interesting sounds, and looks cool. We use it on almost all of our new songs.”

Brian:

“Yeah, we like to think that we are using the best of both worlds. Jason uses all older analog synths, I use a mix of old and new analog and digital sounds from all sorts of different things we find, and I use them for the drums and backing sounds. I also use samplers to run everything live, and without that new stuff, we wouldn’t be able to perform this stuff we’re writing live.

Oh, and my favorite gear right now is my Moogerfooger trio (Freqbox, Ring Mod, & MURF), the Simmons Multimallet Jason already mentioned, my Casio CZ-101, and the Alesis D4 drum module.”

Alec Empire:

” What are 5 favorite records? And why?”

Brian:

“Devo – Oh No, It’s Devo – This was the first Devo record that I got, so I think that’s the best way I can pick a favorite Devo album. Devo is the band that got me into synthesizers. If I never got this record and got so into Devo, I probably would have never been so interested electronic music, or started this kind of band with Jason. Devo rules!

watch Devo here

Cardiacs – On Land And In The Sea – This is probably my favorite Cardiacs album because I love every song on the album. It basically has everything that I would ever look for in music in one album. Organs, synthesizers, horns, weird rhythms and rhythm/tempo changes, lots of percussion, a great vocalist, and amazing song writing.

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band – Doc At The Radar Station – The drumming on this album is insane. A lot of the time when I listen to it I try to only listen to the drums, and I try to think of how I could do anything at all like that with our rhythms. I also love how heavy it sounds without having anything really that heavy going on. The two guitarists are sick on this album. The horn, mellotron, marimba, and gong seal the deal for me. What a perfect combination of sounds. I wish there were more bands like this!

click here for BBC documentary on Beefheart

Nirvana – In Utero – I used to love Nirvana when I was a kid, and then I got back into it even more in the past few years. We started listening to it a lot on one of our tours and decided to try to do our first cover song when we got home. We wanted to do the song “Very Ape” because we thought it sounded strangely like some of the stuff we were writing. Doing that cover first as an instrumental made me appreciate the songwriting so much and helped me understand some better ways of approaching how we wrote our songs. Then a year later when we re-recorded the cover with vocals, that being my first real attempt at vocals in Yip-Yip, it made me see how great his vocals and lyrics are. But yeah, the whole rest of In Utero is awesome too, and has been a huge recent influence on us.

The Beatles – Abbey Road – Believe it or not, I never really listened to this whole album until this year. With almost any Beatles album, you’ve basically heard every song somewhere before, but I never listened to the whole albums before. There are so many different kinds of songs on the album, and a lot of them are short and to the point. Every songs has this “thing” that happens that just totally makes the song. There’s a lot of great sounds and effects, and the recording is kind of perfect. The vocals are also really great, and with us trying to do vocals now, it’s interesting to listen to stuff with such great vocals and great vocal effects and harmonies, and try to some how apply it to the weird stuff we are doing.”

click here for Beatles – Abbey Road (all DHR records from 1994-2000 were mastered there by the way)

Jason:

“Emerson, Lake, and Palmer – Tarkus – The first side of this record kills. There’s a lot of crazy synth sounds and prog shredding.
Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66 – Equinox – Mostly I like this record because i bought it at a thrift store without hearing it. I bought it because it has an attractive cover with attractive people on it. The record is great and I wasn’t expecting that. I like the girls’ voices and the music is pretty. Accidently finding a great record is one of the best things in life.

click here for Sergio Mendes and Brasil ’66

Roger Miller – Dang Me – Simple, silly music. Most of the songs on this album are less than 2 minutes and none are longer than 2:30. They are all funny, silly, and/or endearing.
Devo – Duty Now for the Future – Devo is one of the best bands on the planet. I think this is my favorite album of theirs. I can’t say why, but i like it more than Q: Are We Not Men? A: We are Devo.? Like Brian, the first Devo album i purchased was Oh No, It’s Devo and that one will always be special to me because that’s how i got into them. But Duty Now has more interesting time signatures and real drums. They sound more like a punk rock band.
Todd Rundgren – A Wizard, a True Star – Great songwriting, great sounds. Todd Rundgren is a wizard.”

click here for Todd

Alec Empire:

” How do you see the future of music? I mean musically, not the “industry” -no one seems to think about the music anymore, everybody is just about how and why the industry is in a crisis. But what about the music itself though?”

Brian:

“I think there will be less and less full bands as people figure out neat ways of using electronics, samplers, or computers with what they are doing live as a band with just a couple of people. Not that a full band who is great is a ever bad thing, but it will be easier for kids to start bands and keep them going because they won’t have to work with so many people.

I don’t know how some of the full bands we know do it, everything would be so much harder if there were more people in our band. Musically, I think right now it seems like there is a huge merging of all music in popular music and a lot of indie music too. It’s all kind of coming together, which can be neat sometimes, but sometimes just bad.”

Jason:

“I think it’s about time for a musical revolution. With the physical and sonic limitations shrinking to almost nothing, it’s going to be more about songwriting and how people use the crazy sounds that can now be created so easily. Once people start to figure out how easy it is to start a band, there’s going to be a glut of mediocre bands. The next few years are going to be interesting. I think it’s starting already.”

Brian: “Calm down, Jason.”

Alec Empire:

” Who is responsible for your artwork, design?…everything also looks really cool. Is that an important part for you? When I talk to graphic designers or artists, they miss that challenge to make
something visual which represents the music.”

Jason:

“Brian does all of the illustrations, I do all of the digitizing and digital work on them. We design everything together. We come up with ideas for how things should look and I make them look that way.
Brian: Yeah, the art side has always been a big part of what we are doing. Before we started the band, I wanted to be an artist, but after we started the band, I realized that doing it with the band would be a better way to get my art out there anyways. We like bands who do their own artwork, it’s like an added bonus. Sometimes, like this past year, the art part calms down while we try to push the music stuff to a new level, but we always get back to it eventually, like when we finish recording. I’m sure we will start messing with art for the album, new music videos and maybe a zine/single thing. We are already working on new costumes for our next live shows.”

Alec Empire:

” What have you got coming up in the future? Tours? Different plans?”

Brian:

” We are about to start recording this album we’ve been working on, it will probably take us a couple months to finish that, and hopefully by then we will find a label to put it out. By the time we are done recording, we will be ready to start playing live again because we will have learned all the parts from recording it. We were hoping to do a tour in the fall. Maybe we will get to go back overseas like we did last year. I think a lot of this stuff will start coming up once we get this new stuff out there a little bit. We can’t wait to go on tour again!”

Jason:

” I’m ready to start playing shows again soon. I’m excited about bringing this new stuff out on the road. We still have a lot of writing, tweaking, practicing to do before we’re ready for a tour. We’ve been working on this set of songs for over a year now and it is leaps and bounds beyond anything we’ve written before. I want it to get out there as soon as possible, but i want it to be perfect when it does. We really need to bone up if we want to finish it this year.”

Brian:

“Nice call back.”

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ALEC EMPIRE WILL APPEAR AT BERLIN HARD-CORE GAY CLUB “SEARCH & DESTROY” FRIDAY! TODAY!

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ALSO WATCH NEW VIDEO OF MOTOR ” DEATH RAVE” !!!!
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MONDAY JULY 20TH! ALEC EMPIRE DOES A ONE AND ONLY “THE DESTROYER” PERFORMANCE AT NINE INCH NAILS SHOW IN ATHENS! By request! (yes, Janes Addiction also play this show…a must!)

and yes, latest tourdates up on www.alec-empire.com (more UK dates, more European dates. It just doesn’t stop)

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+++Breaking News:
ALEC EMPIRE joins NINE INCH NAILS on European dates!+++

+++Legendary band FAUST asks Alec to come out and rock the electronics at KLANGBAD FESTIVAL! (August 8th, alongside Dalek, Unit M?bius, Cluster, Harmonia and more!)+++

+++In case you have missed it:

Check out link for Alec Empire’s remix for Patrick Wolf single “Hard Times”
click here!

Alec Empire and Nic Endo did an exclusive performance at Artrocker Festival:
click here to listen to audio +++

After the exciting start in May “Past – Present -Future Tour 2009!” we announce new dates!

(Did you miss any of the May shows? Read review of London show here, Patrick Wolf came on stage during the set and Nic Alec went to play “Vultures” and ATR’s “Revolution Action” )

23 Jun 2009 Nine Inch Nails/ Alec Empire @ Malta // Poznan (PL)
24 Jun 2009 Nine Inch Nails/ Alec Empire @ O2 // Prague (CZ)
26 Jun 2009 Alec Empire @ Fusion Festival! // L?rz (D)
20 Jul 2009 Nine Inch Nails/ Alec Empire @ Vrahon Theatre // Athens (GR)
24 Jul 2009 Nine Inch Nails/ Alec Empire @ Syma Sport and Event Centr // Budapest (HUN)
28 Jul 2009 Nine Inch Nails/ Alec Empire @ Nimes Festival France // Nimes (F)
30 Jul 2009 Nine Inch Nails/ Alec Empire @ La Riviera // Madrid (ES)
31 Jul 2009 Alec Empire live @ BT 59 // Bordeaux (F)
08 Aug 2009 Special ALEC EMPIRE DJ performance @ Faust?s “Klangbad Festival”! // Scheer (D)
27 Aug 2009 Alec Empire DJ @ IKRA // Moscow (RUS)
10 Sep 2009 Alec Empire solo live @ GOGBOT and ATOMPUNK Festival // Enschede (NL)
26 Sep 2009 Alec Empire live @ Ososphere Festival // Strasbourg (F)
02 Oct 2009 Alec Empire solo live @ De:sonanz Festival // Skopje (EJRM)
15 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ La Faiencerie // la Tronche (F)
16 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Petrol // Antwerp (B)
17 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Indiego Glocksee // Hannover (D)
20 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Grend // Essen (D)
21 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Underground // Cologne (D) Tickets available at TICKET 69
22 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Logo // Hamburg (D) Tickets available at TICKET 69
23 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ K17 // Berlin (D)
24 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Gladhouse // Cottbus (D) Tickets availbale at EVENTIM
27 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Lucerna Music Bar // Prague (CZ)
28 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Stadtwerkstatt // Linz (A)
29 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Szene // Vienna (A)
30 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Paradox // Ingolstadt Tickets available at TICKET 69
31 Oct 2009 Alec Empire live @ Lagerhof // Leipzig Tickets available at TICKET 69

+++After getting really exciting reviews Alec Empire’s “Shivers” is out since a few weeks. (there are too many out there to link, but check NME, click here )

note: digital version on iTunes includes bonus concert release “Live At ?bel Gef?hrlich Club 2007, feat. Robbie Furze/The Big Pink on guitars”
Beatport version has all instrumentals for all DJs.

+++Click here for Hellish Vortex link to purchase limited edition physical copy :

+++Check out lead track “Control Drug” on Big Stereo

+++The Hellish Vortex in the studio right now:

Massive collaboration Nic Endo / Alec Empire and CX KIDTRONIK (DJ of Saul Williams and Kanye West!!!) http://www.myspace.com/cxkidtronik

+++Alec Empire collaborates with MOTOR!

http://www.myspace.com/motor66!

+++more news soon!+++

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Alec Empire interviews new New York based producer Bad Brilliance!

click here for QUACKHEAD

Alec Empire:

“Bad Brilliance – you are from New York, Brooklyn. Were you born there ?
tell us about the city. How is it these days? Is the energy back? Story over
here in Berlin goes that New York and L.A. are the cities of the next decade
(while London and Berlin will be crossed of the map)….”

Bad Brilliance:

“I was born in Brazil, raised in Rio de Janeiro until I was 9. Now I live as a full time artist in New York, i hate offices and jobs.
New York has a lot of energy, it just isn’t where you would expect to find it.? In the summer it’s kind of explosive, but it’s also important to ask a cab driver where he likes to party and not just rely on whatever activities are targeted at young people.

As far as the cities of the next decade i think they already are facebook, twitter, pitchfork, you tube.

People are not living in a physical location anymore, they are living on the internet.? Someone in New York would have gone out to an event on a tuesday night ten years ago, but this year they have the option of sitting at home on the internet and working on their fame.? It’s somewhat dark.”

Bad Brilliance with Sophia Lamar

Alec:

“Is there a genre definition for your sound? Is that Hip Hop? Do you even
care about genre definitions these days?”

Bad Brilliance:

“According to me the genre of my music is Rap – more of the fast and dirty version of hip-hop.? Whenever you hear someone say that they are interested in HIP HOP over Rap because it has more integrity, that is the opposite of what I am going for.? I am interested in that sound accompanied with the least integrity.? Just the pure syrup.

I am also fascinated by Hyphy and other variations of rap/hip hop.? I think that genre’s have a place in the discussion of music because all of these obsessions have to be organized.? People have to be funneled into their obsessions with certain sounds.? It’s intense how there are extreme reactions for or against certain genres.? To me it’s like saying that you hate dinosaurs because they are too trendy.? It’s just a specie or creature with certain properties based on a previous creature.

At the same time, i think that the genre of POP is the most powerful and it’s intense how it changes and also amazing the effect that subgenres have on it.”

Alec:

“The image many Europeans get from the US is that all genres are very
divided and don’t really cross. Many wouldn’t never believe that a guy like
Andrew WK would appear on a track like “Quackhead”. Please describe your
scene.”

Bad Brilliance:

“The thing that everyone has to understand is that people are more complex than you would imagine.? I’m obsessed with rap, but when I hear Brazilian music from my childhood it makes me want to cry with joy and love.? If you feel like you have Andrew W.K. figured out based on his product then you would never know how excited he is about Baby Birdman, or Gucci Mane.? Genres are only divided in Middle Schools where music is an intense reality for the inexperienced.? That might also be the best time in someone’s life to enjoy music.? The strange thing about Hip Hop or Rap is that it has transcended it’s own genre by being a complete lifestyle, clothing, speech, if you are African American it’s impossible to avoid it.

click here for BB on YouTube
My scene… is me in the shower blasting HOT 97 every day before i get started with my work – I am often photographing fashion shoots and album artwork, that is how Andrew W.K. met me. You can roughly see my work at www.andrewstrasser.com .? It’s very heavy on the lighting.

There are also other artists that I work with, I do album art for Girl Talk, he is also obsessed with rap/hip hop, and when I go on tour with him to do stage visuals the tour bus is always blaring rap and hip hop.? Essentially it’s white people who are jealous of rap.”

Alec:

“Santos Party House – a new club…how is it? Are you playing there as
well? Andrew posted us the link….what do you think of the New York club
scene?”

Bad Brilliance:

“Santos Party House for me is a club and also a home. ? I can land form a flight and immediately head to Santos.? If it’s a friday night things can get very intense, I have seen P Diddy and Ciara there before, and my sister saw Busta’ Rhymes and LL Cool J.? Also you can totally run into Bjork or Thurston Moore on a Tuesday.? I designed the website for Santos, so it’s pretty easy for me to walk to the front of an extremely long line and get in.? Also in costume I have great success getting into the most exclusive clubs in New York – there might be someone in a suit begging to pay 10,000 G’s for bottle service and they will let Bad Brilliance float through the door.

The New York club scene is very exciting if you are visiting.? Otherwise it’s all about specific weeklies etc. There is an entire economy around weekly events in the gay world, I call it the Gay Economy, and I have sent you a design for that term that I created”

Alec:

“You mentioned to me via Twitter that one of your first shows was with
Digital Hardcore underdogs Ec8or years back. How was that? What did you
think of this sound back then?”

Bad Brilliance:

“I was obsessed with DHR in high school, I wanted to be on <20, and I made little songs here and there.? My favorite was Bomb 20.? I remember there were other people floating around that had a similar style, this one guy TRS-80 had? a website and the shit he did was amazing,? prank phone calls.? Anyone who tried to contact him got a very cruel treatment from him. He was not interested in scenes.? Also there was another guy Combat Drug.

There were many people that were circling around the DHR style and vibe, and it was one of the more intense times in my life, and it was all on the internet.? I remember installing a red light bulb in my room so i could live in a DHR music video that I had seen on AMP on mtv at 3 AM and my mother came crying and screaming to take it down.

When I was in Cleveland going to Art School, I found out that I could open for Ec8or at a strange place called Speak In Tongues, sort of a bombed out hole in the wall.? This was amazing news for me, it was like opening for the Smashing Pumpkins in my mind.? The other band that played was Black Dice, they saw my show.? It was just a fat little boy sitting behind a computer playing music that sounded like this http://www.imeem.com/badbrilliance/music/zWlJ-rjj/andriu-ill-never-forget-cherry-cherry-island/
It was a combination fo DHR and being completely bored in the American suburbs.? I was living in Poughkeepsie, NY at the time. It is a totally fucked place, very trailer park oriented.? The mall is a way of life, with coffee and grease stains on everything.”
click to watch pioneer duo Ec8or

Alec:

“How do you record your music? Is that a bedroom thing or what is going on?”

Bad Brilliance:

“I record most of my music on my laptop on my stomach laying in bed.? My goal is to have the most portable set up. I want to have an entire studio in a bag.? All I need is my laptop, soundcard and microphone and I can make radio hits if needed.? The only thing stopping me is my mind. “

click for BAD BANK

Alec:

“What’s the idea behind Bad Brilliance? On your website there are many
pictures showing you in your outfit harrassing people at the New York
Fashion week haha…Do you perform in these clothes? Do you walk around in
the street of Brooklyn like that? Do you ever get in trouble?”

Bad Brilliance:

” Bad Brilliance began as a reaction to my work in the field of New York society photography.? I was an underpaid worker labeling names on the photos of New York society people for a website, so that magazines could pick them up.? It was a wonderful time but at the same time I learned a lot about the business, it was a big McDonalds to me.? So I created a conceptual society person.? He has his name on his face so you know who he is.? That is the Bad Brilliance of it.

As soon as I began photographing myself I was flown out to Amsterdam, that’s when I knew I had created the ultimate socialite.? An evolution.? I was invited to fashion week once, but was not allowed to wear my costume. I was invited as Bad Brilliance and received a call to attend in normal clothing.? It was a Diesel runway show, I brought Andrew W.K. along to that and it was quite wonderful.? I get dragged about, one time I witnessed a porno shoot in my costume.? I took my little red wind up toy car and let it drive under the bed where people were boning.? Also I attend different society events. I am greeted with love and hate, some people are so excited and I am asked to take a photograph with someone every 30 seconds, otherwise someone comes up to me and whispers something very dark and hurtful into my costume.
I never get in trouble, but often I am escorted out of an event by the PR people and their goons.”

Alec:

“What are your next plans?”

Bad Brilliance:

“My next plans are to get the music rolling along.? I need to start recording seriously on microphone.? I have an EP planned out with Andrew W.K.’s Skyscraper Music Maker, and with his partnership with Cargo Records.? It will be 6 songs and the goal is get every moment of it to sound as heavy as possible.? I’m very excited to be working with Andrew, he is one of the most amazing people you will meet.

Aside from that I am working on doing a residency in Miami as Bad Brilliance.? Miami is a great place for my costume.? All the rappers live there or have summer homes there, and also the women are beautiful and I relate to any city that reminds me of Rio in it’s superficiality and beach culture.”

red carpet to nowhere is his upcoming ep on andrew wk’s record label

GET IT!

check out Bad Brilliance on Myspace!

official website! click here!

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CLICK HERE FOR EXCLUSIVE PERFORMANCE!!!!!!

VAGABONDO 2009

Over 4 virtual stages will run a program on the magazine’s website www.artrocker.tv from May 25.

Artrocker magazine invited a selection of bands to a studio to create original recordings for the festival.

The sessions can be streamed or downloaded for one week. Ambient, Spoken Word, Noise and Experimental pieces are performed by participants like

New York’s Suicide, Alec Empire & Nic Endo, The Aliens , Art Brut, The Dandy Warhols, Everything Everything, Violet Violet, Televised Crimewave and others.

Artrocker Magazine is really pushing boundaries with this projects, forcing the artists to leave their comfort zones and express themselves in ways they’d normally not do!

MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN!

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Alec: “Let’s not beat around the bush…you are our favorite “new” band. Every time we mention it to the German audience, they respond that they only know Ed Banger and Justice. Which is depressing. We feel that your are changing the perception of French music. How do you feel about music in France? Do you even associate yourself to what the media calls the “French music scene”?”

Caroline:” Thank you.

I don’t know what is French music scene, and sure they don’t know we exist too.
we don’t feel to be a part of a family or something…we just try to be and stay bastards in the middle of nowhere.

we dont run after a stamp.”

click here to watch

Alec: “ For those who cannot understand your lyrics. What are your songs about and why do you choose to express yourself this way?”

Caroline:” if you cant understand me, its cause of my strong French accent.
its not a way or a concept…but one thing is sure, I don’t wanna sing like a pop singer.
i prefer my voice was mixed in the music, cause the music is more important, I’m just another instrument in it.

On the new album i gonna put my lyrics for the first time.
All our songs speak about so many different things, my lyrics comes when we create a song,

each tracks give me different feelings, they are like weird poems,for example i speak about: Animals, Ghosts, stupid things, Blond Roses, Acid eyes, Mess in the ruins, Dead lazers, love, unpaid bills, regrets, Blue Screen…”

Alec: “ Your live performance seems to be a very important part of your concept. Do you feel you are able to capture this energy in your recordings? Can you quickly describe how you work on your music? How do you develop your songs?”

Caroline:” no concept.
in live, i just give the human warm side of Kap Bambino, I am the same in the life and Orion too, no theater, hate artschool concept,
i come from the street.
We recording music at home,with the same spontaneous energy of the stage…we do music everyday? (when we aren’t on tour)
we are both sick hyperactive,i hope you can feel this on our records.”

Alec: “ Tell us about your new single! Tell us about your new album! The single sounds a lot more powerful than your previous recordings! When was it recorded, where? What were your influences? It sounds like nothing else!”

Caroline:”? ACID EYES / RED SIGN single , be recording (like usual) at home in our bedroom between July 2008 until December 2008,
in the middle of plastic dinosaurs, pics of cats, real fat cat, dead beers, full ashtray, videos K7, guitars and zombies posters.
in this second album call “BLACKLIST”, we have try to push the limits of our quality sound, but we haven’t buy new stuff,the only thing we have do for the first time is a real mastering.
its a new inspiration, its a new evolution, its a very exciting time for us.
we were influenced by all things we have live in 2008, travels, friends, dead rats, crackers.
For the voice we have decide to stop to use crap effects,we have do this on 2 lp and one EP, and now just need new things for ourself.”

Alec: “ What is the future of electronic rock’n'roll if there is such a thing?”

Caroline:” Born and die.”

click here to watch
Alec: “ Our blog features a lot about films. Do you watch films? and if so, can you name your 5 favorite films? And tell us in one sentence for each one why you made the choice?”

Caroline:” Carnival of Souls – Herk Harvey’s

Aguirre der zone Gotter – Werner Herzog

Dupont La Joie – Yves Boisset

Mondo Cane – Gualtiero Jacopetti

Escape From New York – John Carpenter

and no comment.”

Alec: “ What is your opinion on drugs? Do you think they should be legal? Do you even care about that?”

Caroline:” We don’t do drugs.
its so easy.
we prefer keep open eyes on all.”

Alec: “ How do you define “underground”? Do you think it is important to be “underground”, to be a part of an underground scene? In our opinion underground music must be a threat to society, to the accepted norm. Underground always includes change and innovation? Please discuss!”

Caroline:” When we have created WWilko, or own label in 2001, the “underground” way was just the only road, cause at this period nobody care about our music and artists….and just independent distributors was up for deal our releases.
I’m not sure we have innovated something,
we have just try to release our shit, but for sure we aren’t in the “norm” ahahah
with Kap Bambino in 2003 we haven’t other choices to be underground, especially in France,at the start and maybe again now,they think we are fucking aliens…
we have put blood, arms, sweat, heart, smiles, energy, nerves, joy
go to the post office everyday…all that dedicate to this scene before 8 years,
just for do beautiful vinyls limited edition and promoting artists we like,
and take care to distribute in tiny best records shops in the world..
and you know what?
after all, i think now for me underground mean nothing special…sometimes i ask myself if this scene really exist?or if its a dream?
the most important thing for us, is people get into our music,and artist we promoted.
just try to exist in a simple way and stay wild.
we are in 2009 and its the future !
don’t wanna be a part of a tiny ghetto, underground or not, i don’t care about codes,
with this style of music, for sure we don’t take the risk to be one day in the mainstream industry.
or own revolution its in the music, is our? message,she need to travel with no limits.
i mean a lots of kids,and people around the world need to be involved by underground music artists scene,
and they dont have the money or possibility to buy vinyls,or found stuff in the middle of nowhere in Mexico or in South Africa for example…
just i wanna say,
thanks to the internet, they give us the most beautiful gift ever, the big chance to have a window open on the world.
Before Kap Bambino, Orion and me, never have the opportunity to travel…
we hope flying cars arrive soon,and we wanna go on the moon too.”

click here

Alec: “ Have you seen your music change people? Your audience? Your fans? What feedback do you usually get from them?”

Caroline:” euh i don t know….but sometimes They look very happy.”

Alec: “ I mean you know who we are so it’s probably no surprise to you that I see similarities to visionary German band Ec8or from back in the 90ties? Is that correct or am I completely wrong? In our opinion too many people did miss this band in the past. Do you think they should tour again?”

Caroline:” yes we know you,and have lots of respect for all your stuff
We really love EC8OR, Patric Catani and Gina D Orio are genius, and they are good friends of us too.
they are one of the first duet electronic in the 90′
i have missed them when i was teen,and discovered very late.
Patric Catani is a really really brilliant artist he have so many good side projects, Candy Hank, V.I.P,I’ll till,A*Class…
and Gina have an amazing voice, she’s beautiful.
Of course the world need to know better who they are..they are a lots of fans everywhere in the world.
for sure good people with good taste know already them.

we dont come from hardcore digital scene,
they are nothing sounds like this style in our Bambino music, i mean the drums or synths.
maybe just the energy can be compared ?
we come from Noise, pop, and rock, and put a lots of melody in our sound.
the set up with the laptop on stage,was just a good solution for travel easy.
we recording all tracks with real instruments, broken synths, guitar, drums, and digital keyboards.

you know the problem when your are a duet like us ( girl singer and a boy at the laptop ) journalist or people try to put you in family music….or do comparison with others duet every time.
I’m really happy and proud you compare us with EC8OR, ( but i cant see the link anyway) cause rest of time is really shitty bands.

Orion have start alone Kap Bambino in 2002, and actually dickheads think we are a copycat of Crystal Castle, ahhahah WTF!?
its the joy to be underground,
when your music start to come to the light,people think you are born yesterday…whatever!”

Alec: “ It looks like you release most of your songs on vinyl? Do you think it’s worth keeping vinyl as a format? Is there more to it than just get the songs out? ( I know simple question but so many people don’t get it)”

Caroline:” honestly its just cause we think vinyls are the best format ever !we heart this format for all reasons you know not sure actually is the best way for put the songs out…”

Alec: “ Apart from touring and touring and touring, what are your next plans? Where do you see yourself in the next decade (from 2010 onwards) ?”

Caroline:” Next plans are:
try to survive,
dont forget to kill the beast,
continued to do music every days,
work on a new record,
smoke cigarettes
and wait the death.”

click here to watch

Kap Bambino on myspace
check out the label website of wwilko

“THE WHOLE WORLD SEEMS TO BE ON A BAD DRUG”

Alec Empire , taken from Control Drug of SHIVERS

Hey!

It’s spring 2009! flowers start to grow…slowly but surely!

The Golden Foretaste of Heaven Film by Richard Wilhelmer went down like a storm at Los Angeles David Lynch screening “Engine Collision Fest” and Austria’s “Diagonale” Film Festival.
watch the trailer here

While Alec’s DJ Mix album “Rauschgold” for Staubgold Records gets great reviews (a small selection of online reviews which you might not come across that easily)
digitalisindustries.com
digitalmcd.com
thesilentballet.com
hairentertainment.com

ALEC AND NIC HAVE PRODUCED NEW RECORD CALLED “SHIVERS”, a 7 track mini album (estimated playing time over 30min though). Release Date May 8th.

tracklist

Control Drug

Shivers

Baby Skull

Vampire State

t.o.t.

If You Live Or Die (2009 version feat. Robbie Furze/Big Pink on guitars)

1000 Eyes (The Golden Foretaste of Heaven Film version 2009)

Note: iTunes will have a full concert as a bonus available. (more infos soon)

Watch first part of making of series. in these videos Alec is recording weird synths which will then later make it into the songs. He also gives a quick run down on what’s happening (the films etc.).

Click here to watch

Click here to watch interview

With “Shivers” and the 2009 tour “Past -Present- Future” the Hellish Vortex launches completely redesigned Alec Empire website.
www.alec-empire.com

Make sure you click through the history section. We think the website has been long overdue. It was about time that a site explains Empire’s spider web of productions and projects…. venom

Follow Alec on twitter http://twitter.com/ALEC_EMPIRE
Join Alec on facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alec-Empire/10224966919
Alec’s myspace http://www.myspace.com/alecempire

DATES!!!!!

18th of April Bass Terror official release via iTunes, Beatport and over 60 other online music stores.

20th of April Patrick Wolf/Alec Empire collaboration hits stores. “Vultures” will be available as 7 inch vinyl and digital. Patrick Wolf – Vulture

Click here to watch

ALEC EMPIRE & NIC ENDO

THE PAST – THE PRESENT – THE FUTURE TOUR 2009

Presented by Sonic Seducer Magazine

30.04.2009 Vorselaar (B) – Edma

01.05.2009 London (GB) – The Underworld / get tickets here or here
02.05.2009 Manchester (GB) – Satan?s Hollow / get tickets here or here
03.05.2009 Glasgow (GB) – Ivory Blacks / get tickets here or here Or here
05.05.2009 Norwich (GB) – The Waterfront
06.05.2009 Amsterdam (NL) – Paradiso
07.05.2009 Hengelo (NL) – Metropool
08.05.2009 Reutlingen – franz.K
09.05.2009 Jena – Kassablanca
23.10.2009 Berlin – K17
24.10.2009 Cottbus – Gladhouse / get tickets here
28.10.2009 Linz (A) – Stadtwerkstatt
29.10.2009 Wien (A) – Szene
30.10.2009 Ingolstadt – Paradox / get tickets here
31.10.2009 Leipzig – Lagerhof / get tickets here
more dates added soon.

What else is hot right now?
Alec Empire remixing next Patrick Wolf single “Hard Times”.
Nic Endo officially writing music for David Mack’s Kabuki. (more news soon!)

Film Chaostage (with Alec’s music) starts in German cinemas this month.
click here for full list of showtimes and locations!

DIGITAL HARDCORE UK OPENS FULL ON WEBSTORE!

You requested Flac? You got it!

Make sure you check out completely new digital store at Digital Hardcore Recordings UK

http://digitalhardcore.greedbag.com/

It’s ALL up there.

Support independent artists you like, don’t support hypocrites like Pirate Bay who make millions of advertising and who are financed by right wing business men (to then point the finger at their own users in court, claiming that they do the crime. not cool! Liars!).

Click here to watch

We hope to see you at the shows or parties! Keep thinking about news ways to think! Stay awake!

Best wishes from Berlin,

EYHO Team

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Visit The Hellish Vortex store : many rare items up for sale this month

JESSIE EVANS

live with

TOBY DAMMIT
(Iggy Pop, Swans)

& special guest
BUDGIE
(Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Creatures)

plus DJs

KHAN
GLORIA VIAGRA
NIKOLAJ TANGE LANGE

13.03.2009

Doors 21:00
Concert 22:00

SO36
Oranienstr.190
Berlin X-Berg

EUR 10

?

Freitag der 13., der perfekte Anlass f?r ein au?ergew?hnliches Spektakel. Nach der letzten Jessie Evans Performance im ausverkauften SO36 im letzten Herbst setzen wir dem noch eine Krone auf. Here comes the brainchild of NEON RAIDERS and Hypnotease!

NEON RAIDERS pr?sentiert Jessie Evans, mit gerade in Mexiko fertig gestelltem neuen Album unter dem Arm, zusammen mit Toby Dammit und als very special guest den legend?ren Budgie auf der B?hne des SO36, der ?brigens am neuen Album nicht unma?geblich beteiligt war. Jessie Evans war Gr?nderin und Frontfrau der grandiosen Deathrock/Electro-Formation The Vanishing und formte au?erdem zusammen mit Bettina K?ster das Projekt Autnervous. Toby Dammit war langj?hriges Mitglied bei Iggy Pop und den Swans, um nur einige seiner Kollaborationen zu nennen. Und Budgie …. muss ich es wirklich erw?hnen?? Nur der Vollst?ndigkeit halber und unter lautem Protest: Nat?rlich Siouxsie & the Banshees und The Creatures. Eine einmalige Konstellation dreier kongenialer Musiker zusammen auf einer B?hne.

Im Anschluss werden Khan, Gloria Viagra & Nikolaj Tange Lange den Sound spielen, den sie als passend f?r dieses Event betrachten. Es erwartet Euch eine wahrlich wilde und einzigartige Nacht, die es in dieser Form sicher nicht so bald wieder geben wird.

Stay tuned for more of the wicked…

Best
Eigk*XX

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Check out Philipp Virus screening “Drones and Queenbees” The Generation take-over! at Studio 1636 in Wilcox Ave, Los Angeles . from 8.15pm -10.15pm

Monitor Pop presents:

Trailer US-Premiere: “On/Off – Mark Stewart Documentary” directed by Toeni Schiffer

“Loner” Mark Stewart video 2008 by Angie Reed

US DEBUT OF RICHARD WILHELMERS “THE GOLDEN FORETASTE OF HEAVEN” , Music by Alec Empire & Nic Endo , 2009 www.richardwilhelmer.com

Shorts from Miron Zownir:

US Trailer Premiere “Phantomanie” featuring Bruno S and many more, Music by Alec Empire, 2009

“Valuev vs Violence” 2007

“Skinhead Lane”

“Now Or Never”

Shorts and Philipp Virus Videos:

World Premieres:

“Almost Ready” by Dinosaur Jr , 2008

“Free Kitten On The Mountain” by Free Kitten, 2008

Music Videos of Atari Teenage Riot, Iggy & The Stooges, Thurston Moore, Alec Empire, Nic Endo, Hanin Elias

Virus Short Films:

“Civilization Virus” 1994

“The Report” 1996

“Death Zone” 2004

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Hi here is *X____X* again !

Double XX the all SHE-MALE DJ collective that organizes
the club night with live gigs on a monthly basis.Take-ing turns DJing, so you can never tell what style or genre is BOMB in next.
Everything Goes !! XX DJs are RAW-King Queens
behind their Turntables, till the Speakers are Burning
and ur Hearts and Feets a Stomping.

If you like what you hear and see at XX, buy the album from your local Vinyl dealer. Or better yet, head to a live show @ XX, have a few drinks and do something crazy and make some bad decisions, do something you?ll regret.Who knows, you might have a good time and meet some new people.

XX Club @ Hafenklang
Presentiert Italys STROBO MONSTERS !!!
06.03.09

The Big Pink 2009 UK Tour:

April:
15 – Leadmill, Sheffield
16 – King Tuts, Glasgow
17 – Ruby Lounge, Manchester
18 – Crawdaddy, Dublin
20 – Cockpit, Leeds
21 – Academy, Birmingham
22 – Academy 3, Bristol
23 – ICA, London

go there and while you do that, throw a Molotov cocktail at any at any Fratellis fan you run into….for f?$% sake… Britain, how could you buy Prodigy’s new album and shift it to the number one slot??? The next you’ll probably do is to let Goodwin run away…. Good save the queen…and we mean it…

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click here
check out awesome new video for The Big Pink…. !

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ANDREW WEATHERALL DELIVERS 2 EXCLUSIVE DJ MIXES

Andrew Weatherall gave us these two exclusive DJ mixes as a gift, k? There are for you only! We will throw the most insane party on February 12th in Berlin at Tresor Club – where it ALL started!

to me this is important as Andrew’s mix of guitar music and beats back then in the early 90ties created RAVE in Manchester. Who knows where we all would have been without his mixes for Primal Scream, Happy Mondays, That Petrol Emotion, Jah Wobble, James, The Grid, New Order, Saint Etienne, Meat Beat Manifesto, Finitribe, S’Express, A Man Called Adam, Future Sound of London, Galliano, Stereo MC’s, Leftfield, Johnny Lydon, The Wolfgang Press, Psychic TV, Orb & My Bloody Valentine ! (yes, in the gutter! you are right about that)

So Andrew’s mixes are pure education (this is not what he’ll spin that night though). Enjoy them while you can!

Transducers! starts at 21:00 CET on Thursday 12th during Berlinale Film Festival.

Warning: This will be full of actors and film people! (uh yeah baby)

for more info go to:

Official TRANSDUCERS! Website

or

Tresor Berlin!

CLICK HERE!

Tresor pr?sentiert in Zusammenarbeit mit Alec Empire, Think Sync und Shooting People:

“TRANSDUCERS!”

BERLIN – LONDON – WIEN

Europ?ischer Film trifft auf Elektronische Musik
Am 12. Februar im Tresor! (German version)

Musikproduzent Alec Empire stellt in Zusammenarbeit mit Tresor und der Britischen Firma Think Sync und Shooting People ein besonderes Programm zusammen, um den Europ?ischen Film zu feiern!

Genauer gesagt geht es nicht nur darum, spannende neue Filme zu pr?sentieren, die sich jenseits der ?blichen Fahrbahn bewegen und dennoch Pop Appeal besitzen, sondern auch die elektronische Musikszene mit der Filmbranche zusammenzubringen.

Alec Empire arbeitet parallel zum ?blichen DJ/Produzenten “Tagesgesch?ft” mit Film.
(Eine Auswahl ist bei Wikipedia zu finden http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec_Empire )
In den letzten Monaten schrieb er die Soundtracks f?r 3 spannende Projekte:

“The Golden Foretaste of Heaven”: Der ?sterreichische Regisseur Richard Wilhelmer scharte Schauspieler der jungen Generation (Robert Stadlober und Friederike Kempter in den Hauptrollen) f?r einen Animation Sci-Fi (,welcher nat?rlich in einem fiktiven Berlin der Zukunft spielt: Der Klimawandel hat die einst gr?nste Stadt Europa’s zur Plattenbaumetropole in mitten einer W?ste gemacht. Eine wundervolle Parodie auf den g?ngigen Hollywoodaufgu?.) um sich. Im Tresor findet die offizielle Premieren Party mit Screening statt.

“Phantomanie”: Regisseur Miron Zownir gelang es den unberechenbaren Kultdarsteller Bruno S, der “Kaspar Hauser” aus Werner Herzog’s Filmen, nach 30 Jahren das erste Mal vor die Kamera zu bekommen!

(link zu aktuellen New York Times Artikel ?ber Bruno S. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/arts/design/25abroad.html?_r=1)

Dabei ist einer der aussergew?hnlichsten Filme gelungen, die das deutsche Kino so lange vermisst hat! Schauspieler wie George Nickel, Vivien Bullert, Natalia Avelon und Geno Lechner steigen in die Rollen bizarrer Figuren, die sich in der “selbstgezimmerten H?lle der Reichen” voller Paranoia ihre eigene Wirklichkeit stricken. Die Russenmafia, verr?ckte Sektenf?hrer, Drogen und Waffendealer, alles ist dabei. Zownir schafft es ein Berlin einzufangen, welches Kurzaufenhalt-Regisseure oft verpassen. Gro?artiges und wahnsinniges Autorenkino! Und am 12. Februar wird es im Tresor mit der offiziellen Premieren Party mit Screening und allem drum und dran gefeiert!

“Chaostage”, ein Film von Regisseur Tarek Ehlail, bei dem unter anderem deutsche Gr??en wie Helge Schneider, Stipe Erceg, Claude Oliver Rudolph, Martin Semmelrogge, Henriette M?ller und Ralf Richter mitspielen. Der Film sorgte seid seiner Vorpremiere vor allem in der Boulevard Presse f?r gro?es Aufsehen, da er kontrovers mit der Geschichte der Chaostage in Hannover umgeht. Bevor der Film im Fr?hling ins Kino kommt, werden Teaser, Trailer und sehr unterhaltsames Material der Deutsch Stars w?hrend der Dreharbeiten gezeigt.
(http://www.chaostage-film.de/new/presse.html)

Ausserdem: Die Londoner Firma Think Sync , die auch eng mit Empire und dem Raindance Festival verkn?pft ist, stellt ein spannendes Programm aus Kurzfilmen zusammen. Zum gr??ten Teil ungesehenes, teilweise die Gewinner des j?hrlichen Think Sync Wettbewerbs, der jeden Sommer in London stattfindet, in dessen Jury unter anderem Fifth Element Regisseur Iain Smith und weitere Gr??en des Britischen Films sitzen.
(link http://www.thinksyncfilms.com/)

Und jetzt zur Party! (Das Line Up sagt alles: Andrew Weatherall, die Legende aus UK, der den britischen Dance Sound wie kein anderer gepr?gt hat. David Holmes, der David Holmes, der die Soundtracks f?r die Ocean 11-13 Filme mit Brad Pitt, George Clooney usw, gemacht hat! )

Alec Empire (DE)
Andrew Weatherall (UK)
David Holmes (UK)
T Raumschmiere (DE)

Nic Endo (US)
Reznik (DE)
Fidelity Kastrow (DE)

special guests: Rummelsnuff

Start 21 Uhr

Party Link!

CHAOSTAGE FILM – ENDSPURT ZUR GROSSEN PREMIERE BEIM MAX OPH?LS FESTIVAL!

Hallo Leute,

am Freitag ist es endlich soweit. Der Film CHAOSTAGE-We are Punks ! sucht
Saarbr?cken heim.

Zwar gibt es momentan keine Karten mehr, aber f?r jeden noch die Chance
reinzukommen ! Dazu: Freibier ohne Ende und die Aftershowparty mit DJ ALEC
EMPIRE. EINTRITT FREI !

P?nktlich um 20 Uhr vor dem Cinestar Saarbr?cken geht es los.

Presse und Polizei stimmen sich auch schon auf die heisse Nacht ein.Das
seht ihr hier :

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=3FKOwiydzS0

Fliegen wieder Steine ?

Hi Alec, how’s going?
Here the opening title for Future Film Festival (Bologna, 27th January – 1st February), the most important event in Italy dedicated to animation, fantasy and sci-fi cinema.
Music by Kumisolo (France, Japan). Sometimes painting becomes too real!

Enjoy it,

Marco

http://www.futurefilmfestival.org/intl/index.php