chilli Posted November 16, 2003 Report Share Posted November 16, 2003 Interesting Music Promotions are exceedingly chuft to announce:-Monday 8th December 2003Dr DrakesDoors 8.00pmEntry 6.00The line upSchneider TMChristScientific Support DeptNow read on SCHNEIDER TMIt's time to blast preconceptions of electronica as cold, minimal, distantknob twiddling to oblivion once and for all, and Dirk Dresselhaus, akaSchneider TM, is just the man to do it. His second full length album,Zoomer, harnesses a sublimely modern depth of musical vision to the hard wonwisdom of life experience. A proper album, developed over the course ofthree years, Zoomer is the sound of electronica, at last, with something tosay.What about genuinely crafted songwriting? Check. Pop hooks? Check. Catchyvocal melodies? Check. Wry humor? Check. Schneider TM brings asinger-songwriter sensibility for words and music to the ambitions of asonic explorer. He calls it "chemical listening", being able to hear layersof ear-teasing, soul tickling sounds, threaded personal beliefs and hopes.The more you listen, the more you discover. It's hard to think of anotherartist in the field of electronica who has yet done come up with the goodsas he does with blinding success.Last year's 'Binokular' split mini album with long time musical foil KPT.Michi.Gan paved the way. Its stellar track was the stunning, and ubiquitous,'The Light 3000', a breath-catching cover of The Smiths' 'There Is A LightThat Never Goes Out'. Perfectly pitched, its nave, coolly glisteningelectronica deftly counterpoints the yearning, emotional recklessness ofMorrissey's lyrics. 'The Light 3000' inadvertently gatecrashed the trashybootleg / bastard-pop scene and offered something beating with sincerity. Itspread virus-like to everyone from Desperate Soundsystem DJ Jarvis Cocker(who was quoted as saying he always used to it open his sets) to RoughTrade's genre-defining Electronica 01 compilation, came in at number 8 inJohn Peel's Festive 50, (that's as voted by listeners), and was embraced byeveryone from die-hard indie fans to dance music softies and anyone who everhad a heart.Over the past three years, Schneider TM has remixed in inimitable style thelikes of Lambchop, Labradford, High Llamas, Quarks and Ruby among others. Anoise-record with Pansonic's Ilpo Vaisanen is in the can and Norwegianfolkster Erlend Oye (Kings of Convenience) has asked him to collaborate onhis forthcoming solo project.With Zoomer, Schneider TM defies expectations of aural wallpaper electronicawith a grace, passion, & wit that are the mark of a songwriter whose talentsare in full bloom.Right now, Schneider TM has just detonated an electronic pop bomb. Watch it explode.CHRISTMuch like his namesake, Christ has been shrouded with the kind of mysteryand rumour mongering that's worthy of the richest biblical mythology.Christ has been one of the most revolutionary figures within the Scottishelectronic music scene since the mid 90's with his appearance on Boards ofCanada's classic 'Twoism' EP. After a prolonged absence whiled awayrebuilding his studio, Christ returned to the fray with his 7-track minialbum 'Pylonesque'. The album gained instant critical acclaim and was soonheralded as a classic.2002 saw Christ headline Japan's 'Metamorphose' festival playing to over30,000 people alongside Green Velvet. He performed at this year's Sonar andwas hailed as the highlight of the festival.Influenced by the sound of contemporaries and colleagues, Christ continuesthe theme of nostalgic and psychedelic structures within the looseboundaries of electronic music. Distancing himself from the 'do it bynumbers' IDM handbook, Christ washes his ideas with a haze of atmosphere andlayers of emotive, evocative sound.Much that has come to be regarded as clich within the electronic musicscene finds at its root an association with the music that Christ helpedvisualise in the first place all those years ago.Christ's full-length album 'Metamorphic Reproduction Miracle' is nowavailable on Benbecula.The album has also already received airplay on John Peel, Breezeblock, Radio1 'Session in Scotland', Radio Magnetic, Resonance FM to name a few.SCIENTIFIC SUPPORT DEPT.Scientific Support Dept. is an electronic dub collective led by Docherty.Though "Cabbageneck" is their debut album, their music has been slippinginto the Scottish sub-conscience over the last few years, with a series ofcompilation appearances, gigs, theatre and film scores and remixes. SSD haveappeared on Creeping Bent compilation albums "Bentism," "ElectronicLullabies" and "Bent Boutique" and on instalments 6 and 12 of the CreepingBent singles club. Docherty has also written the music for two TAGProductions "Othello" (199, "Stroma" (2000) and more recently for "AmongBroken Hearts" (Traverse Theatre Company, 2000), MacBeth (Awarehaus TheatreCompany, 2001) and "Helmet" (Paines Plough Theatre, 2002). He has alsocompleted work on music for short films, "Clingfilm" (1999) and "Jura Dub"(2000). SSD have remixed artists as diverse as Alan Vega, DJ Harri, MountVernon Arts Lab and Adventures in Stereo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted December 7, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2003 Monday night doors 8pm some changes to line-up but for the bettersurprises in store Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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