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slight angle on above:- Kasule who are playing Drakes on 15th May (with Frogpocket, Chevron & Electric Tibet) are loosly described as Joy Division big chords; Ulrich Schnauss/ Slowdive/Elbow guitars/Slow-Faster-Harder -Louder type Spaceman3 & Mogwai They will impress anybody who was impressed by Explosions in the Sky. Come see, come believe this line up, Kasule must be something if they are headlining this amazing line up...........

Interesting Music Promotions are extremely chuffed to announce another event of superb eclectic music for your enjoyment. Saturday 15th May 04 Dr Drakes Doors 8pm Door Tax 5 Kasule Frogpocket (Benbecula/Planet Mu) Chevron (Planet Mu) Electric Tibet Full artist details to follow

also can't find any flexidiscs on his compilations, of which there are 20+ contributions including the wonderful Tribute to Tom Rapp, with contribtions from Thurston Moore, Bardo Pond, Kawabata Makoto (Acid Mothers), Fursaxa, BF/BS, Bevel amongst many luminaries. As you can see Kitchen Cynics is held in the highest esteem by open minded people abroad. His profile in his home city should be higher.......... best wishes & hopefully see some new faces tomorrow night

Black Forest Black Sea, Kitchen Cynics & 67 Dr Drakes Doors 8pm Door tax 5 Black Forest Black Sea (from Providence RI USA) are former members of of Idiitarod gtr, cello, electronics, 50/50 written/improv. Collaborators: Glenn Donaldson (Jewelled Antler),Christina Carter (Charalambides) & Fursaxa. They have been best described "glitchy improv - chamber - folk" & "new weird America psych folk". December's WIRE magazine described them as "genuinely strange". This is the UK leg of a three month European Tour www.secreteye.org/bfbs/ Kitchen Cynics Is local musician, wordsmith & all round good guy Alan Davidson & is currently a permanent fixture on WMFU's playlist . Known in many countries outwith the UK, he's relatively unknown in his home city, apart from those in the know. He's appeared on many compilations & has well in excess of a dozen CD's Alan is also inspiriation to a new generation to pick up an instrument & get playing. He's also friends with NY explorers Sonic Youth, ask him.......... 67 Are an enterprising new group, who are not afraid to experiment. They comprises the Guitar, Keyboard and Programming noises of Dave Falconer, the words and vocals of Kirsten Murray and the sounds of Flautist, Kat Parkin. The band's 4 track ep, I am as big as my hand was released in February of this year and the band are currently working on an album to follow. "We endeavour to make an audio pick'n mix of gummy bear beats, flying saucer synthesis, acoustic aniseed balls, mellow marshmallows and vanilla fudge vocals".

Pitchfork Review and here is the Pitchfork review Black Forest/Black Sea Forcefields and Constellations [blueSanct; 2004] Rating: 8.4 Kathy Acker wrote, "At night in every city I live in I walk down the streets to look for something that will mean something to me." At times, you can locate an inevitability by staying in one spot. To aid in the quest, Black Forest/Black Sea are making music for the roof and fire escape, helping you detail your view of the neighbor's tacky kitchen and your own obstructed portion of any already obstructed sky. Forcefields and Constellations, the Rhode Island duo's second dose of interstellar gazing, sets adrift with the dreamy "Orion", a milky moon-drop instrumental featuring the guitarwork of guest performer Christina Carter (Charalambides). Here, Carter's guitar lobs tremolo darts at the nighttime, too busy to notice the melancholic swarm of voices that flit around her. Despite lasting under four minutes, the song creates an air of languid eternity. This protracted time/space collusion is a constant on Jeffrey Alexander and Miriam Goldberg's follow-up to last year's eponymous (and now out-of-print) debut as Black Forest/Black Sea, and by patiently dismantling the chamber-folk that made that record such a treat, they've initiated a whirlybird gale that blows compositional constraints wide open. Chilly abstraction is an assured move for a sophomore record, but Alexander and Goldberg are seasoned psych-folk players: Alongside lyricist and multi-instrumentalist Carin Wagner, Alexander comprised the slowcore renaissance duo The Iditarod. Goldberg, though not a core member of that band, toured with them, and contributed cello, piano, and guitar to a number of their studio recordings. Packing this pedigree and collaborative dynamic into 13 tracks, Forcefields and Constellations creates a steely, diaphanous and fragile mass of delicate and complex instrumentation. Using voice sparingly, the focus falls on improvisation (or at least, something that sounds like improvisation). The duo also employs guest musicians-- including the aforementioned, freaked-out guitarwork of Christina Carter, and bouzouki from Jewelled Antler impresario Glenn Donaldson-- and samples the work of drone artists Frsaxa, as well as Black Forest/Black Sea's own past performances, which turns this album into something of a large-scale, open-door collaboration. As with most successful recordings in this genre, it might seem dodgy to remove individual tracks from their context within the album-- after all, the shifts in gradation are half the fun-- but here, it makes sense, because a few numbers do stand out. "...with a dead man I've never met" is, like the album's opener, a heady instrumental featuring modulated cello and plucked banjo. But where "Orion" coasts on a gentle wave, this track takes a darker turn halfway through, becoming a churning noise squall (though it does retain the banjo's soft undertow). "These Things" follows a less dramatic pace: Goldberg's wonderfully raw and ethereal voice-- backed by tone delays, ringing chimes, and buzzing flourishes-- creates a lo-fi, 4AD-esque transition into the reverberations of "Kyy Plays Perpetual Change", which swings along a snippet of Finnish psych-rocker Kemialliset Ystvt's song, "Lammikko", evoking a dewy forest populated by tiny glitches and sine waves. Violin, staccato cello, a malfunctioning player piano, and distorted bells drive "Hung Far Lowish", with strings keeping pace beneath. It ends with a drizzle of moody machines, a lone green kite amid the subtle deterioration of weather. Per psych's prescription, Forcefields and Constellations signs off with an even lengthier freakout, "Jamestown", which serves as a slow-built run-through of the band's strengths: Here, notes climb and shake and sustain themselves admirably, and Carter returns to add layers to the song's drift. Discordant air pockets and dyadic tone rings appear on occasion, but throughout its nine-minute run, the piece never commits to any one direction, ultimately flitting away as unprocessed as it arrived. Black Forest/Black Sea take their time telling a story, and they avoid definitive conclusions; rather, this album's strengths lie in its fragmented, molasses trajectory and overall expansiveness. But there's much more here for patient listeners-- those who allow the connections to emerge or build tiny bridges themselves. If you're into song-based atmospherics and fractured folk, Forcefields and Constellations should prove a gratifying jigsaw. Just sit still a while. -Brandon Stosuy, April 2nd, 2004

and is our EE reporter going to be attending this Intertesting Music event what say u Del? ps ta vm

no u haven't its this sunday night, the 18th April, see u there, we can discuss the merits of the Big Chill further?

Bring your own cushions & joss sticks, we'll supply the candle light talking of chill out anybody seen the Big Chill line up this year? (pretty damn fantastic)

The sound effect revese guitar neck tapping was too prolonged, but all in all the number expanded well and really enjoyed the rest of the mamouth track. Couln't help but thinking of Merzbow wall of sound with guitars. Power to Dr Darkes for putting on these events two nights running

very sweet of u to say so, but alas no its not moi, i'll stick to co-promoting IMP events, bringing eclectica to the wise & few. think i better reregister under a new & more appropriate handle..............

sometimes, but esp after a good nights music & a couple of beers........

YES

We aim to please, so u wil have to pull out all the stops & make it down to Dr Drakes.... tell your pals

try 1UP look for the hooker guy with glasses

The detail:- Interesting Music Promotions are delighted to announce:- Sunday 18th April 04 Dr Drakes Doors 8pm Door tax 5 Black Forest Black Sea (from Providence RI USA) are former members of of Idiitarod gtr, cello, electronics, 50/50 written/improv. Collaborators: Glenn Donaldson (Jewelled Antler),Christina Carter (Charalambides) & Fursaxa. They have been best described "glitchy improv - chamber - folk" & "new weird America psych folk". December's WIRE magazine described them as "genuinely strange". This is the UK leg of a three month European Tour www.secreteye.org/bfbs/ Kitchen Cynics Is local musician, wordsmith & all round good guy Alan Davidson & is currently a permanent fixture on WMFU's playlist . Known in many countries outwith the UK, he's relatively unknown in his home city, apart from those in the know. He's appeared on many compilations & has well in excess of a dozen CD's Alan is also inspiriation to a new generation to pick up an instrument & get playing. He's also friends with NY explorers Sonic Youth, ask him.......... 67 Are an enterprising new group, who are not afraid to experiment. They comprises the Guitar, Keyboard and Programming noises of Dave Falconer, the words and vocals of Kirsten Murray and the sounds of Flautist, Kat Parkin. The band's 4 track ep, I am as big as my hand was released in February of this year and the band are currently working on an album to follow. "We endeavour to make an audio pick'n mix of gummy bear beats, flying saucer synthesis, acoustic aniseed balls, mellow marshmallows and vanilla fudge vocals". Interesting Music diary dates Sat 15th May Sun 30th May Wed 2nd June Frid 4th June Look out for the newsletter

& so you should, esp as their sound check sounded soooooo good My Tiny Robot have an african djembe & huge bongos's all very strange & wonderful I think a night of excellence & eclectic genious awaits

our main man has defected, will u ever turn up for an Interesting Music event? Lots of ecelectic goodies in the pipeline

cheers Well if u don't have a position how come u gave our gig tomorrow night top billing in the EE tonight. Ta very mucho kindly, especially as Dr Drakes are putting on some cracking gigs this week & for the whole of April. Very strong line up artists & TWO Wire magazine entries in one month.

does this mean u want us to provide u with free beer as well as an amaxing evenings entertainment? Some people may think u are using your position.............

nice one Thank u very mucho Interesting Music appreciate the publicity, we have some cracking events coming up, between now & the end of June. Our newsletter will be thrust upon your presence.

u are slipping apologies in advance Del??? Hen has given your pints to soundian ha ha u know the might MAPLE & our friends from burgh is at Dr Drakes. Will you turn up?

of course they are, but they will have to be on fire to measure upto the gear shifting 55's who sources tell me are on top form. Other Edinburgh outfit my tiny robot will be a delightful mystery.

not good news Very sorry to hear that confirmed, far too much talent within all the muscians of Delicate AWOL to let that hinder your new goals. Whatever you do Ben, keep us posted............ Mike

vinyl/cd is one thing, seeing tortoise live is amazing, esp with two orchestral sized xylophones.

Thanks to everyone for the amazing reception he received on his 1 st visit to Aberdeen; he will return sometme to Aberdeen, hopefully the next time he's in the UK. PASS the WORD. Big thanks to Kitchen Cynics who opened & was tremendous, catch him again @ Dr Drakes on Sun18th April with the amazingly strange Black Forest/Black Sea & local rising upstarts 67. See this months Wire magazine for BF/BS's full uk tour which is part of a three month European tour. next IMP event Frid 2nd April Dr Drakes Maple the 55's (sl records) my tiny robot(sl records) part of Dr Drakes 2nd year celebrations Congrats Jim, Sharon, Ziggy & the crew