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[chilli]

Interesting Music Promotions presents as part of Sound Festival
an evening of beautiful electronic music

featuring a superb line-up of:-

Random Number, Quip, Hands and Fingers and The_Cats

The Tunnels, Aberdeen
Phone (01224)21121
Friday 11th November.
Doors 8pm
Entry £5.

For more info on Sound festival go to www.sound-scotland.co.uk

Random Number (Rock Action/Catmobile/Rocket Racer/Irritant/Vacuous Pop/Highpoint Lowlife)

Based in Leeds, UK, Random Number is the name which Matt Robson goes under when he creates what has been described as Northern Wrongbeat', a mesh of emotive, brooding harmonies drawn and quartered by complex, beat-heavy rhythms. It's digital music with a human heart at its centre. Matt has cut his teeth in the past playing in bands like schizo-punks COPING SAW, and, most notably, Leeds' own pioneers of melancholy, HOOD. Throughout his time in all these bands, his Random Number alter-ego has taken shape. It's infancy as a vehicle for abstract noise-letting was premiered at shows where audiences were subjected to a torrent of sonic intensity. They were dirty, evil shows that hardened Random Number's countenance and tested the music's extremes. In it's adolescence it graduated to the beat-frenzy, power-tooled monster that recorded the infamous 'New Global Vulgar' CD on Leeds' premier experimental electronics label Fencing Flatworm. Although still as fierce as before, different shades and textures were beginning to form. This route was obviously one that Matt wanted to pursue, as by the time his 'The Fact That I Did' EP was released early in 2002, scoring itself the "Dance Music Single Of The Week" in the NME, his music had evolved into a much more controlled, economical beast. Still retaining plenty of the early energy, the EP, released on Mogwai's own Rock Action imprint, featured an emotional depth that before hadn't manifested itself so strongly. Releases on Irritant, Rocket Racer, Catmobile and Vacuous Pop have since followed. Matt has been touring the Random Number project extensively over the past six years, taking his twin laptop assault to Europe and the US on a number of occasions. He has done shows with likes of Kid 606, Cex, DJ Rupture and Hrvatski and ex Boards Of Canada synth-mangler, Christ, is a big fan. Matt‚s next release will be his fourth album, entitled Golden Acre Sleeps released through HighpointLowlife Records. The new album builds further on the trademark random sound of propulsive PhD level rhythm programming, clinical buzzsaw basses and melancholic epic melodies. It is perhaps his most accessible release since the acclaimed The Fact That I Did record, with it‚s reinforced concrete basslines, skippy beats and rustic melodies showing that even randomnumber has one eye on the dancefloor!

Quip
Quip is the alter ego of Ben Eyes, a software addict from Leeds. His interest in electronic music was sparked by a neighbour who, at the age of 10, played him Kraftwerk and told him his bedroom would look like Jean Michelle's studio when he grew up. Although this dream is yet to be realised Quip has found his niche in the moody, dark beats and gentle melodies that his guitars, found sounds and modular software yield. Having spurned recorded output for relentless gigging in squatted warehouses, forests and art galleries he is finally due to realease a split 10 with his peer Hands and Fingers. 2005 has also seen him release on the respected Hippocamp net label (www.hippocamp.net <http://www.hippocamp.net/> ) and play various festivals including the STFU collective electronica festival in Manchester and The Masterpiece Festival in the Yorkshire Dales.

Hands and Fingers
Hands & Fingers‚ is the half man/half robot boy known as Stephen Hitchen‚. He mixes Organic samples, acoustic guitars, Glockenspiel and ambient atmospheres into ŒBig Rock‚ drum Breaks that has been described as Tortoise having a fight with Four tet in the dark,
with John Bonham trying to split them up!‚ With a history of playing in Hardcore and Post-rock bands through the nineties, Hands & Fingers‚ started as a side project in his bedroom with a cheap computer and an even cheaper acoustic guitar. The live debut came when he was asked to open and apply a soundtrack to an independent art exhibition in Leeds back in 2004. Since then he has played many gigs with artists as diverse as Jeffrey Lewis‚ and Why?‚ whilst continuing to adapt and improve his live set. With a 4 track CDR only‚ release in 2004, Hands & Fingers‚ will soon team up with friend and drinking buddy Quip‚ to release a split 10 record. Which will be followed by an extensive tour of the UK with Quip‚ and Random Number‚

th_cats
local mystery artists are forced out of their cat nap to energise the start of proceedings
-expect a lively start to the night, before "the baton changes hands"!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dizzy Storm]

random number was amazing when i caught him in the 13th note

[chilli]

& we cauught half that set after the nick cave gig, really really excellent stuff
so we are chuffed to put him on in aberdeen with all his pals.

they are playing a really good glasgow electronic festival, the night after

[Graeme]

That was the night we met stalker Maxwell...and he's still doing it!

[chilli]

Originally Posted by Graeme

That was the night we met stalker Maxwell...and he's still doing it!

he maybe stalking people, but at least these message boards are in a peaceful state after he departed.

sounds worthy of my presence

[chilli]

Originally Posted by reject_monkey

sounds worthy of my presence

this will be part of your musical education, imp is particularly strong @ bringing
quality electrononic artists to aberdeen. also our away night to woodend barn banchory
(free return bus for tickets via 1UP). look out for some absolute cracking electronic events
being lined up for 2006.

[lowball]

Originally Posted by reject_monkey

sounds worthy of my presence

& mine, it will be great to hear some top notch electronica.

see they are all playing a festival in glasgow on Saturday & Random Number is
on the bill with 65daysofstatic in a sold out date in London a week on Saturday

[chilli]

Originally Posted by lowball

& mine, it will be great to hear some top notch electronica.

see they are all playing a festival in glasgow on Saturday & Random Number is
on the bill with 65daysofstatic in a sold out date in London a week on Saturday

top quality electronica from this touring party & the mysterious locals who warm your
whiskers......

[lowball]

Originally Posted by chilli

top quality electronica from this touring party & the mysterious locals who warm your whiskers......

not as much as the JACK DANIELS