Parkside’s new album Cables is finally here! It is the first cd release on MOMI Recordings, a new label that sprung directly from a weblog about music, for which I also do some occasional writing: MOMI.
I’ve ordered Cables immediately and so can you! Just visit the brand new Parkside website and click ‘buy‘. When you do, you’re not just buying good music, but also supporting a great band (go see them live sometime!) and the start of a fresh friendly label.
Buying music online. Lots of people seem to do that nowadays, or so I’ve heard people say… haha.
And yes… finally esc.rec. is also making several releases available in a variety of high quality downloadable formats (flac, ogg and mp3). I guess it had to happen sooner or later. I personally enjoy physical releases so much more. Something I can touch and look at, even smell sometimes. But I can’t be blind to the convenience many people see in digital downloads. Even I can recognize that…
So here it is: esc.rec. teamed up with Sixmo.com to make several of it’s releases available as downloads. Not all of them (yet), mind you.
So far, I’m really pleased with Sixmo, the (Dutch) indie download service! Their system seems really easy to use and they have great service (thanks Yvo!). Also they seem to be really sympathetic and flexible towards ‘new’ directions in the music industry, Creative Commons and deviating business models in general. In other words, Sixmo fits esc.rec. like a glove. I’ll have to see if I’m going to look for any other additional download services later (like the iTunes and the Beatports out there) to reach out a bit further.
Yoshimi! also came out with more free stuff. Download ‘Remixed II‘ (with four remixes of II aka The Cheshire Rat) overhere. It includes the remix by Toxic Chicken I mentioned here earlier. Check out his website for more Yoshimi! goodies.
Kai Nobuko (Toxic Chicken) released two free ep’s through his brand new Very Nice Noise (VNN) thingy:
Kai Nobuko - Labofactry (VNN-001, download here)
Sampled kitchen items completly transformed and mixed into 5 experimental noise tracks, telling a story about the life in a factory.
Kai Nobuko - Psychomania (VNN-002, download here)
7 tracks of experimental glitch! The kind of noise that can give you loads of energy, or can make you completely insane!
Have fun!
Friday, March 7 in Havenkwartier Deventer
esc.rec. presents ass-crack stage-hack #2:
Eugene Chadbourne vs. Lukas Simonis vs. Gitbas Jodel
The second edition of ass-crack stage-hack consists of a duel/duet between three extraordinary guitarists. They will improvise several sessions in different collisions/collaborations.
Eugene Chadbourne (USA) is a composer, improviser, guitarist and banjoist with a impressing record of service. He collaborated with John Zorn, Fred Frith, Derek Bailey, Han Bennink, Jello Biafra, Zu and many others. Once starting out playing rock&roll, Dr. Chadbourne soon started studying other genres, like blues, country, bluegrass, free jazz and noise. He was influenced by the experimental output of Captain Beefheart and The Mothers of Invention early on. Eventually all these influences melted together in this unique Chadbourne style. Eugene Chadbourne is also known as inventor of the ‘electric rake’, an instrument made by attaching a microphone or guitar pick-up to an ordinary lawn rake.
Lukas Simonis (NL) performed at Havenkwartier Deventer twice before: solo and with the notorious formation Coolhaven. After having played in bands like Dull Schicksal, Trespassers W and Morzelpronk he began to focus more on improvisation, making use of all kinds of attributes, ranging from any kind of digital aids to archaic phone amplifiers and hairdryers. It crunches, squelches, squeeks, throbs, peeps, sucks, drills and drowns like no guitar ever sounded. Nowadays Simonis plays a.o. in Apricot My Lady (with Anne La Berge and the Bohman Brothers), Vril (with Bob Drake and Chris Cutler), Coolhaven, The Static Tics (with Henk Bakker) and Liana Flu Winks (with Wilf Plum and Nina Hitz).
Gitbas Jodel (NL), the emperor of the Tearloop a.k.a. the Fret dancer, also performed at Havenkwartier Deventer before: as the guitarplayer of De Bronstgieters, without a doubt the most peculiar band of rammelpoploving Holland. Besides De Bronstgieters, he also supplied the band Hanzasport with sublime guitarwork and subtle lyrics for quite a long time. For many years now this weird bird has been working in secret on perfecting his remarkable guitar technique, for which he once already won the title ‘Best Guitarist’ at the award ceremony of the Grote Prijs van Nederland.
Preceding this exciting spectacle you can enjoy a simple but nutricious meal in Havenkwartier Deventer. Don’t forget to make a reservation trough harco@escrec.com though! Dinner seats are limited.
Entrance: 5 euro (11 euro including dinner)
Start dinner: 19:00 hrs.
Start concert: 21:00 hrs.
Location: Havenkwartier Deventer
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