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!

GOOD LSD IS HARD TO FIND THESE DAYS

Do you sometimes wish pop music would be more like this? Do you?

Maybe it is and we fail to see it. Or maybe it is us and that how the CEOs see us?

Or maybe this is how god created us before computers messed up his creation?

Or maybe the vatican could not have been more wrong about the holocaust statements (at least they are getting shit for it)?

I was going to the zoo and I had this feeling that all the animals were looking at me…on which side of the cage are we? Seriously…. they enslaved us to provide food for them, keep them at perfect temperature all the time…

you know fuck it….

This week is all about Transducers! Festival we are throwing together with Think Sync in Berlin. 12th of February. Look forward to an exclusive interview with Miron Zownir who directed “Phantomanie” which is being screened at Transducers!

http://www.transducers.the-hellish-vortex.com/

DJ Andrew Weatherall has done a special Mix for us/you ! This will be coming up very soon!

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

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Party Link!

HAVE A GREAT NEW YEAR!

While music journalists in Germany are wondering what happened to pop music (yes, we said it years ago. In a globalized economy national pop music is becoming less relevant every year. Music , after all, is not that different to the rest of the economy.) , we continue our path into the future.

Just got back from Portugal, crazy New Years Eve rave with 2000+ kids going mental (we know this term is totally British and a taboo term in modern Indie music, that’s why it has to be used again from now on. Creds to Garagem to make it happen!). Hardcore, hardcore hardcore. Drug music, dangerous and without any context to what we used to call western pop music.

People are angry, that’s why.

Gone is the decade of whiny upper class kids who pay their way into the music scene (because nobody else can afford it any longer). People feel and know that middle and working class have been pushed down by the super rich over the past decade, and now the dream of the rising working class rock’n'roll band has been lost…maybe forever.

(Remember, mostly, these images were marketing campaigns to sell a “product” to us. “These guys are like you, now go buy it.” We were never into buying music that reminds us of our neighbors…why? Because we hate them as much as they hate us.)

Now is the time for a new underground to emerge. NOW!

We want music which is exciting, thrilling, passionate, dangerous and unpredictable. The minds of the new generation are open and ready for change. It won’t happen in one day, but the door is open and it will stay open… for a while.

Those who sit back, those who are passive and expect corporations to deliver everything to them, will be left behind.

The new listener is active, is searching the internet for new music, the new listener is questioning any written information about music (yes, you, you journalists who have become the little finger of the corporates. You lost your integrity, once lost, no way to get it back…that’s part of the game.), the new listener is making up his/her own mind, creating his/her own taste. The new listener is thinking, because knowledge and ideas are gold in this era.

The old way of capitalism has failed. Even many conservatives are waking up now. In Paris we have seen more burning cars on New Years Eve than ever before.

We don’t need guns, our weapon is the mind…and we are ready to riot at any time.

I don’t need to say that our solidarity is with those who supported, lost and loved Alexandros Grigoropoulos.
(I didn’t want to say anything right away, because too many bands try to sell something on the back of those tragedies. And I hate that. But we received so many emails asking where we stand, I wanted to get it out. This is where we stand!)

The super rich are not paying taxes, why does the police protect them? They should protect the people. Us.

In 2008 we started and finished many new things : New music, films scores and more.

Thank you all for your ongoing loyalty and support!

In 2009 many of the projects we were working on are being released and premiered.

In a minute I’ll give you an update on shows and live events that we’ll do over the coming months, but 3 concerts need to be mentioned now:
Alec Empire is playing 3 exclusive shows in Great Britain. London , Manchester and Glasgow.

Alec and his band (yes, including Nic Endo) will play material from following albums: Generation Star Wars, The Destroyer, Miss Black America, Intelligence & Sacrifice, Futurist, Atari Teenage Riot (plus special guests!), The Golden Foretaste of Heaven and present new songs from the upcoming album to be released later this year.

As you might know, the shows are happening around Alec’s birthday (2nd of May) and the anniversary of ATR’s legendary show on May 1st 1999

This will be a huge party and ticket sales are super limited.

01.05.2009 London (GB) – The Underworld (doors 7pm) tickets available through www.flagpromotions.com & www.ticketweb.co.uk
02.05.2009 Manchester (GB) – Satan?s Hollow (doors 6pm) tickets available through www.flagpromotions.com & www.ticketweb.co.uk
03.05.2009 Glasgow (GB) – Ivory Blacks (doors 7pm) tickets available through www.tickets-scotland.com / www.seetickets.com / www.ticketweb.co.uk

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!the_future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jan 10th Alec Empire & T Raumschmiere & Aux Raus! in Paris at SCANDALE!

Jan 15th Alec Empire & The Hellish Vortex in Budapest!

Jan 31st Alec Empire spinning at Chaostage Screening Saarbr?cken Film Festival

Feb 12th Alec Empire, Tresor & Think Sync present huge Berlinale Party in Berlin:

Line Up includes Andrew Weatherall, David Holmes (soundtracks for Ocean 11-13), Zan Lyons, Alec Empire, T Raumschmiere, DJ Reznik and more!
You will have the chance to see films involving Alec Empire’s music for the first time in public. (a sci-fi animation film directed by Richard Wilhelmer “The Golden Foretaste of Heaven” staring Robert Stadlober! Then Miron Zownir’s masterpiece “Phantomanie” staring Natalia Avelon, Bruno S, and more! Alec has written the score for this Berlin noir thriller. And the “Chaostage” gang will show exclusive material from the soon to be released film …but there will be lots more. We will post details over the coming weeks.)

Feb 21st Alec Empire & The Hellish Vortex live Barcelona/ Spain

THE GLOVES ARE OFF! THE BUBBLE HAS BURST!

Bass Terror 2xCD is available as CD only release next week (January 5th).
please note: only 3 copies of limited edition package left. (thanks for all your emails asking to repress, but we feel that the idea of a limited collectors release is that it stays limited, even if there is more demand. It would be unfair for those who supported the release so far.)

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ThinkSync Films launches its 4th annual short film competition on 1st December 2008

ThinkSync Films has established itself as bringing together the independent film and music industries in a unique and innovative way and after three successful years, it now launches its short film competition for the fourth time. Fifty tracks drawn from the catalogues of top independent labels and publishers such as 4AD, Asthmatic Kitty, Bella Union, Big Dada, Digital Hardcore, Catskills Records, Chemikal Underground, Mute Song, Ninja Tune, Rough Trade, Rotters? Golf Club, Saddlecreek, The Leaf Label, and Wichita are all made available to filmmakers from www.thinksyncfilms.com to use in their short films.

Filmmakers are asked to produce a film less than ten minutes long incorporating only music from the website. The competition is designed to search out, celebrate and reward creative new independent filmmaking talent, with particular attention to the role music plays. The music, detailed rules and FAQ’s are all available on the website, along with previous years’ shortlisted films.

The winning film is decided by a panel of renowned judges, all experts in their respective fields. Previous judges have included Iain Smith (Chairman of the Edinburgh International Film Festival), film director and producer team Anton Corbijn and Todd Eckert (Control), musicians Nitin Sawhney and Andrew Weatherall, and journalists of the calibre of Turner Prize judge Miranda Sawyer.

Previous winning and short-listed entries have featured luminaries such as Danny Dyer (Human Traffic, The Football Factory, The Business), Jo Hartley (This Is England), Joe Absolom (Eastenders), and Stirling Gallacher (The Office). ThinkSync?s winning films have gone on to win awards as diverse as the BBC3 Comedy Short and Film of the Year in the Milwaukee Film Festival. Winning directors have recently nominations and awards at the Raindance Film Festival, Channel Four and this year?s British Independent Film Awards.

Last year?s competition culminated in an event held during the 10th Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival and was attended by over seven hundred professionals from the worlds of music, film, print, broadcast and advertising, who watched a screening of five finalists (selected from over 200 entries) before networking late into the night fuelled by the generosity of Budweiser and Gaymers.

This year ThinkSync Films enjoys the support of MySpace, Little White Lies, Shooting People, MTV2, Rushes Soho Shorts and The New Producer?s Alliance, along with many other esteemed media partners to be found on our website.

Closing date for entries to the 2009 Competition is 26th June 2009.

For more information please contact ThinkSync Films, 2 Prowse Place, London, NW1 9PH
e: press@thinksyncfilms.com t: +44 (0) 20 7485 5077 f: +44 (0) 20 7485 5088

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To celebrate the release of the long player, ‘Andrew Weatherall Vs The Boardroom’ (Rotters Golf Club Records), The Boardroom will host a series of FREE monthly meetings, on the first Saturday of the month,

starting Saturday November 1st, with a warm-up DJ throw-down in the heart of The City @ The Griffin (Ravey Street, EC2, 8pm-11pm), before heading to the fabulously renovated pastoral oasis, The Britannia (360
Victoria Park Road (cnr of Gascoigne Rd), E9 7BT, 9pm – 2am),

Boardroom live set & DJ sets from those involved including:

Sidney Le Sarge (Le Sarge en Board.) James Moss (E.S.C./Racetrax.) Rad Rice (Radical Majik.)
Tim Fairplay (Battant/BoredPlay.) Sean Johnston (Hardway Bros/Beard Science) PingMonster (E.S.C.)

Playing electronic funk & dubbed-out balearical disco.

The first 50 guests will receive a FREE mix CD.

There will, of course, be the customary debauchery of the after-party – details to be announced on the night.

‘Andrew Weatherall Vs The Boardroom’ Album launch party, released on Rotters Golf Club Records (Vinyl, CD, Digital), 10.11.08.

The 8-track album features 3 new Boardroom tracks from Radical Majik, Le Sarge en Board & ESC, plus remixes by Weatherall & Boardroom remixes of 2 Two Lone Swordsmen tracks, (Patient Saints & Shack 54).

About The Boardroom:
2007 saw The Boardroom release a series of four 12′s on Frankfurt’s pioneering KLANG Elektronik label & play live @ Berlin’s electronic music mecca Berghain, Frankfurt’s Robert Johnson, Copenhagen’s Culturebox, Reading’s perrenial acid-house Checkpoint Charlie, London’s WANG, as well as 4 bank-holiday all-dayers & NYE @ King’s Cross’s Canal125.

So far in 2008, The Boardroom have enjoyed a 6 month all-night Saturday residency @ Shoreditch’s Platinum (Paul St.) & performances @ East Village & The Star of Bethnal Green, while writing & recording new
artist-album material and remixing for various labels, including Playhouse, Virgin (Germany), Leftroom, KLANG Elektronic, Process, etc.

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LATEST RELEASE FROM OUR FAVORITE UK ELECTRONIC LABEL! ROTTERS GOLF CLUB!

(The others might as well shut down over there and leave the knob action to Grundig, Siemens and Doepfer.)

This is unfiltered info from Andrew and The Boardroom….read it, and watch out for more info over the coming weeks. There will be parties and more…..

“The Boardroom is a group of dapper men about town who spend their leisure hours haunting the Boardroom Studios producing aural delights for fans of electronically informed dance floor beats. Mr. Weatherall dropped in and inspired by the tunes he heard twiddled a knob or two and, aided and abetted by the Boardroom?s resident guru, Steve Boardman came up with this marvelous collection. Mr. W enjoyed himself so much he invited Mr. B to collaborate on his upcoming solo album ?A Pox on the Pioneers.?

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More about the Boardroom can be found at www.theboardroom.ath.cx click here to go to the boardroom

The Boardroom members present, correct and up for being interfered with are:

Rad Rice: aka Radical Majik – A DJ and remixer of twenty years standing. His most recent outing was ?Dubrider? (Klang Elektronik) which appears on Sven Vath?s ?Cocoon ? Sound of Ibiza Vol. 8?.
www.myspace.com/radicalmajik click

James Moss: AKA E.S.C. aka Sterling Moss – Mr Moss has DJed, produced and run labels on the UK and international techno scene and represented Roland via live events.
www.myspace.com/pressescape click here

Dave Congreve: AKA Conman aka Repeat Repeat – One time Two Lone Swordsman tour DJ and current resident at Nottingham?s Stealth and Dig Your Own Rave in London.
www.myspace.com/conmanuk and check this as well

Sidney Le Sarge: AKA Le Sarge En Board - Debonair and distinguished DJ for Lower Than I Can Remember and familiar face on many a film set.”
www.myspace.com/lesargeenboard and finally click here