Son of Night After Night

Out of the vast bounty that was the Ende Tymes Festival of Experimental Liberation, I only managed to catch a measly three sets last Thursday night. Mind you, they were damn good sets – by Lussuria, Husere Grav and Work/Death. But sadly, if this Vimeo clip is anything to judge by, I missed an epic performance by Grasshopper on Saturday night. You can see more clips from the same taper, (((unartig))), on the Vimeo website.

Update: Better still, go directly to the (((unartig))) website for a full list of taped shows… including the three sets I saw last Thursday, which I’ll be revisiting presently.

“Night of Sense” by Attenuated, newly released on Space Slave Editions and available here if you act fast.

Long Distance Poison part 1 @ Death By Audio Jan 9, 2012
Brooklyn NYC

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Violinist Hilary Hahn is full of surprises, and this one is as special as it is unexpected: Silfra, a beautiful, improvisatory new joint project created with Hauschka (German pianist-composer Volker Bertelmann) and produced by Valgeir Sigurðsson (partner to Björk, Nico Muhly and more), comes out May 22 on Deutsche Grammophon. To celebrate, Hahn and Hauschka will play together at City Winery on June 20, part of a five-date tour that includes stops in Los Angeles, Seattle, Washington, D.C. and Boston.

Grant Evans, co-proprietor of the consistently engaging Hooker Vision label and the artist formerly known as Nova Scotian Arms, created this new video for “Space Memory,” a track from Celestial Habitat, a new LP (yes, vinyl) by Brooklyn synth duo Afterlife (Franklin Teagle and Ryan McGill). The album is available on March 27 via the Hooker Vision website.

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King Crimson, Live 1974

The Red-era Crimson lays down an intense half hour of jams on French TV. Fripp seems to be engaging in a staring contest with one of the cameras, all the while playing some ridiculous riffs. A band at the top of its game! 

ZOMG I freakin’ love this band. Unveiled this AM on CVLT Nation and subsequently shared by East Village Radio, here’s “Analysis Paralysis” from Utilitarian, the new album by Napalm Death.

Koppklys Records, a newish tape label based in Oslo, Norway, has just released its second batch of tapes: three titles this time, one apiece from Sundrips (sample embedded above), Basic House and Phylum Child. I don’t know the latter two acts, but based on the quality of the first four titles from the label – brought to you by the same fine folks who run the tape blog Uaxuctum – I’ll happily recommend these. (Two titles from the previous four-tape batch are still available, as well.)

Having made an impressive first splash with its initial four-tape batch last August, the Oslo-based label Koppklys Records returns this month with three more tapes:

#005 SUNDRIPS - Dream Studies C40
#006 BASIC HOUSE - Ambrosias Vol. 1 C76
#007 PHYLUM CHILD - In the Sawdust Lobby C32

Anything by Sundrips, the blissful Montréal duo of Ryan Connolly and Nick Maturo heard in the embedded video, is worth checking out. But based on my satisfaction with the first Koppklys batch, I have no trouble with picking up the other two unheard.

Best advertisement for an electroacoustic ensemble’s long-delayed, newly released cassette tape release, ever? Watch this new clip from Hexbreaker Quintet, and you be the judge.