The Thing: Great review of the London show in Jazzwise
November 30, 2010Comments Off
Intense young women, elaborately goateed blokes sporting the odd cap, old gents who might otherwise be out walking the dog or tucking into a real ale by a roaring fire, yes, they were all out in force last night despite the tube strike and the inevitably described “Arctic” conditions even ahead of today’s snow for The Thing. The who? You might well ask as the fearsome trio of Swede Mats Gustafsson and Norwegians Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Paal Nilssen-Love hadn’t played the UK in years but word had seeped out. The Vortex’s Oliver Weindling even had his decibel meter to hand, quietly amused following a blistering soundcheck that bled out on to the deserted square behind dark, blank blinds. But to the delighted faithful later on the sonic blitzing of Dalston could have been a lullaby. Fresh from playing with the daddy of the galeforce blast, Peter Brötzmann himself, a few nights before, Gustafsson laughed like a drain later in his dressing room at the suggestion that he had in the course of the extraordinary performance “shed a skin”. But nonetheless the band who Gustafsson earlier told the frankly shellshocked but enthralled audience had in a daring move all dispensed with the same t shirts they had been wearing for years in favour of shiny new apparel, just as well as they were all glazed in sweat such was the sheer physicality of their performance. Nilssen-Love’s multi-directional style hammered out on hard-as-nails-sounding Paiste cymbals rooted deep within the soundworld of the late Rashied Ali, coupled compellingly with the throbbing deeply infectious bass lines from Håker Flaten, simply tore up the room as Gustafsson’s mile-wide embouchure ate up their rhythms particularly as he wielded the baritone sax. A quite remarkable, outstanding gig, full of sound, fury, tenderness and just what the doctor ordered you suspect for the intense looking girls and the blokes who’ll have to walk Fido another night. They all came out in force and listened hard, a case if ever there was one of being in the right place at the right time as the thrill was definitely the thing. – Stephen Graham
The Thing European tour
November 30, 2010Comments Off
30/11/2010 Vortex, London
01/12/2010 Islington Mill, Manchester UK
02/12/2010 Next Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia
03/12/2010 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium The Thing + Mats/Paal duo
04/12/2010 dOeKfestival, Bimhuis, Amsterdam NL
05/12/2010 Jazz Sequenza, Madrid ES
06/12/2010 Jazz SigĂĽenza, SigĂĽenza, Spain
07/12/2010 A38, Budapest, Hungary
08/12/2010 venue tba, Oradea, Romania
09/12/2010 venue tba, Bucharest, Romania
10/12/2010 TBA
11/12/2010 venue tba, Zaporozhye, Ukraina
ARP: The Soft Wave on Piccadilly’s Best of 2010 list
November 30, 2010Comments Off
Darryl from Piccadilly says: Truly blissful krautrock/Balearic grooves that bring to mind the likes of Harmonia and Kraftwerk without actually copying them. Wonderful stuff!!
You can buy the album on CD and LP from Piccadilly here.
Bjørn Torske vinyl available from our mailorder now
November 29, 2010Comments Off
The Bjørn Torske vinyl is in stock. Double DJ friendly vinyl edition of 500 copies with artwork by Kim Hiorthoy. We are sold out already so to get a copy you should visit your local record dealer. Or you can buy it from our mailorder here.
Hear Bjørn Torske’s “Versjon Wolfenstein on Tiny Mixtapes
November 26, 2010Comments Off
Listen to Bjørn Torske’s Versjon Wolfenstein taken from the new Kokning album on Tiny Mixtapes here
Rune Lindbæk lost mixtape from the summer of 97
November 25, 2010 | 2 Comments
From Rune Lindbæk:
One hot night in Oslo during the summer of 1997 – resurfaced tonight!
I almost never make mixtapes but I made this one to my very good friend DJ Robin Jackson on a DAT in the legendary hot summer of 1997. We both had completely, utterly forgoten about this until it resurfaced tonight!
It’s a collection of some of the biggest tunes for me at that time, semi-sloppy and hazy ‘white widow’ mixed in the first take, containing a healty dose of Harvey, Idjuts and friends, Those Norwegians and my first solo 12″, that I often played at places like Skansen, Jazid and Headon etc. in Oslo but also when guesting Sankys Soap and Roundhouse in Manchester – and Plastic People in London. These kind of tunes was also the basis for Klubb Kebabb (1999-2001).
I’m really glad Robin found this mixtape. Please push in the loudness button and play it loud!!
Rune Lindbæk DJ mix from Oslo (1997) by smalltownsupersound
ARP on Mojo’s Top 10
November 25, 2010Comments Off
“Just missing our 2010 best-of list is this analogue beaut of kosmische flow motion from Alexis Georgopoulos. Despite nods to Eno, Rother and Riley his groove has a luminesence all of its own” (Mojo Magazine Top 10)
Paris DJs celebrate Bjørn Torske with a special mix of Bjørn Torske music only
November 23, 2010Comments Off
From Paris DJs website:
Norwegian producer and DJ Bjørn Torske has just released his 4th album, Kokning, on the Smalltown Supersound label. We’ve been listening to his avant-disco, weirdo-dub, post-punk, and quirky electronica for more than 10 years now, waiting for each new album with feverish expectaton of where he’ll be heading next. It was high time to share those deep scandinavian grooves with Paris DJs subscribers!!
Check out the mix here
Playlist: Mikal Telle – Primitive Records
November 21, 2010Comments Off
On the Primitive Rec. stereo November 2010:
Planes Mistaken For Stars – Rhythm Dies
Refused – The Deadly Rhythm
Blood Command – Red Ruin
Purified in Blood – Thunderheads
His Hero Is Gone – Surrender
Jr Ewing – Panic
Livstid – Krakilsk
Tragedy – The Point Of No Return
Kvelertak – Fossegrim
Lash Out – Winteryear
And if you`re on Spotify you can listen to the list here.
ARP on arp-driven songs
November 21, 2010Comments Off
From Self-Titled Magazine: Funny story: as cosmic and Kraut-y as Alexis Georgopoulos’ ARP project sounds, it isn’t actually named after the synth series that left its mark on classic albums by David Bowie, Depeche Mode and Klaus Schulze. That said, the multi-instrumentalist/composer had a lot to say when we asked him about his favorite ARP-driven tracks… Read the whole story on Self-Titled Magazine here
