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Improvisation

Composer Lea Bertucci's collaborative works and solos for saxophone and bass clarinet are often layered and processed through unusual methods, including archaic tape recorders and multichannel configurations. Fascinated by acoustic phenomenon, Bertucci is as likely to perform in a club as in a cave or handball court. Solo and ensemble works are explored in this program, with comments from the artist on technique, technology, and adventurism. Bertucci’s 2022 album, Murmurations, is on Bandcamp.

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Lea Bertucci: Trespassing

PITCHSHIFTER 'Peel Sessions 1991-93' CD / LP / Ltd LP

We're extremely proud to announce the first ever release of PITCHSHIFTER's legendary BBC sessions for the late, great John Peel. 

These ultra heavy industrial metal tracks were recorded over two sessions at the iconic Maida Vale studios: 28th April 1991 and 30th March 1993 and were sourced directly from the BBC Archives (with thanks), with careful remastering for CD and vinyl.

The 1991 session was recorded during the same period as "Industrial" (Deaf Records / Peaceville), with the 1993 session recorded around the time of "Desensitized" (Earache).

Out 22nd November 2024: CD / LP Black / Ltd 500 White LP / Ltd 100 Black/White Swirl LP - Pitchshifter UK tour only - dates below!

"If you look on your PITCHSHIFTER albums you will see that we always credit John Peel. He was instrumental in getting the band out there and often played our music on the radio when no one else dared. The 'Peel Sessions' we did were a great honour and every time I met John he was always such a great guy... a legend" (JS).

Founded in Nottingham in 1989, PITCHSHIFTER's early style was heavy industrial metal, being cited as one of the originators of the genre along with Godflesh - a style which they termed "Death Industrial". These sessions and albums mark the end of that classic period, before a shift towards the more commercial, beat-driven Industrial style from the mid-90's onward that they are still known for.

Tracklisting: 1. Gritter, 2. Tendrill, 3. Dry Riser Inlet, 4. (A Higher Form Of) Killing (Radio Phuque Edit), 5. Diable (Wayco Survival Mix), 6. Deconstruction (Reconstruction).

Line-up: Jon Clayden, Mark Clayden and Jonny Carter, with Stu Toolin ('91), and Dave Walters ('93).
 
• CD in matt-laminate 6-panel digipak.
https://coldspring.co.uk/csr344cd

• Black heavyweight 180g vinyl in matt-laminate sleeve.
https://coldspring.co.uk/csr344lp

• Ltd Ed 500 copies on white heavyweight 180g vinyl in a matt-laminate sleeve.
https://coldspring.co.uk/csr344lp-white

• Ltd 100 copies on Black & White swirl heavyweight 180g vinyl in a matt-laminate sleeve. Only available at Pitchshifter UK tour.

https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/peel-sessions-1991-93-csr344cd-lp

Listen: https://soundcloud.com/coldspring/sets/pitchshifter-peel-sessions

Digital: https://orcd.co/csr344cd

PITCHSHIFTER UK TOUR 2024:

26th Nov: Thekla, Bristol
27th Nov: Gorilla, Manchester
28th Nov: The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
29th Nov: The Garage, London (sold out)
30th Nov: Rock City, Nottingham

Tickets: https://linktr.ee/pitchshifter


PITCHSHIFTER - Tendrill

Ain't no grave (can hold my body down)

Slow Agony Of A Dying Orgasm

Taxídi Saránta Tría

Sawt Out is a German-Lebanese "percussion trio" with:
Burkhard Beins: percussion 
Mazen Kerbaj: trumpet
Michael Vorfeld: percussion

Sawt Out – Live in Munich (2016)

A COLLABORATION ITALY ▼ ENGLAND 2016
Dedicated to Syrio

REMIX OF THIS SONG: https://soundcloud.com/ekatecollective/altersiriusremix
A COLLABORATION ITALY ▼ FRANCE 2016

☾H▲N K▲L▲GON☽ vs N#27 - SIRIUS [6]

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New !!! CD available FRAGMENT FACTORY : http://store.fragmentfactory.com/products/677806-eryck-abecassis-siamoises-cd-fragment-factory
SIAMOISES is my new project for twin-necked bass//guitar and synthesizer, soon to be release  at Fragment Factory on a ten tracks CD . A powerful hybridation exploring the state of beeing double in one body. For infos, booking, tech rider please contact : eryckabecassis@gmail.com
check video demo here : https://vimeo.com/288745730

CASCADES (uncutted version)

In the first time collaboration between innovative sound artists Todd Barton, Rachelle Rahmé, and Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, the trio tonally sculpts a hypnotic sci-fi dreamscape.

Roulette Concert Archive // roulette.org

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe 12 Jan 2020

A stunning open improv matching of John Zorn on alto sax and game calls with shamisen master Masahiro Sato.

John Zorn & Masahiro Sato 4 Oct 1985

KK NULL (real name : KAZUYUKI KISHINO) was born in Tokyo, Japan. Composer, guitarist, singer, mastermind of ZENI GEVA. One of the top names in Japanese noise music and in a larger context, one of the great cult artists in experimental music since the early 80′s.

In 1981 KK NULL studied at Butoh dancer, Min Tanaka’s “Mai-Juku” workshop and started his career by performing guitar improvisations in the clubs in Tokyo. He continued by collaborating with MERZBOW for two years, and joining the band YBO2 (with Masashi Kitamura, the chief editer of “Fool’s Mate” magazine and Tatsuya Yoshida, the drummer of RUINS) and starting the improvised noise/rock trio ABSOLUT NULL PUNKT (with Seijiro Murayama, the original drummer of Keiji Haino’s FUSHITSUSHA), and also GEVA2 (GEVA GEVA) with Tatsuya Yoshida (RUINS) and Eye Yamatsuka (BOREDOMS)

In 1985 he established his own label NUX ORGANIZATION to produce & release his own works and subsequently the bands such as MELT-BANANA and SPACE STREAKINGS. He also produced the series of “Dead Tech” (compilation albums by Japanese bands) which heralded Japanese alternative music boom internationally from the early 90′s to date.

In the early 90′s he gained world-wide recognition as the mastermind, guitarist and singer of the progressive hardcore band ZENI GEVA, releasing five albums produced by STEVE ALBINI (two on Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles label) and a few more on other labels such as NEUROSIS’s Neurot Recordings. Also ZENI GEVA recorded twice for JOHN PEEL SESSION on BBC, and immensely toured throughout Europe, USA, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, playing hundreds of concerts.

All the while, KK NULL has worked on his solo career and collaborated with other musical innovators such as Z’EV, CHRIS WATSON, KEIJI HAINO, JON ROSE, MATMOS, FRED FRITH to name a few, and has been invited to perform at international festivals such as “Presences Électronique” in Paris (France), “Sonar” in Barcelona (Spain), “All Tomorrow’s Parties UK“, “Radar” in Mexico City (Mexico), “International Sound Art Festival” in Mexico City (Mexico), “Sergey Kuryokhin International Festival (SKIF-6 & 8)” in St.Petersburg & Moscow (Russia), “Elevate” in Graz (Austria), “X-peripheria” in Budapest (Hungary), “Liquid Architecture” in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane (Australia), “Totally Huge New Music Festival” in Perth (Australia), “Avanto Helsinki Media Art Festival” in Helsinki (Finland), “Roadburn” in Tilburg (Holland), “International Festival Musique Actuelle” in Victoriaville (Canada), “Electron” in Geneve (Switzerland), and more.

After playing the guitar as his main instrument for nearly thirty years, KK NULL has gradually moved towards a more electronic approach. Since the late 90′s he has concentrated his efforts on his solo & collaborative recordings, exploring the outer territories of electronica, creating intense clashing wave of noise, structured electro-acoustic ambience, broken down rhythmics, scattered pitch sculptures, droning isolationist material which could be described “cosmic noise maximal/minimalism”.

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Commissioned works （主な委嘱作品） :

- "Cryptozoon" surround composition for "Festival Presences Électronique 2013" by Ina GRM | Paris, FRANCE

- "Edging" music for dance theatre by Tazcorp | Paris, FRANCE

- "Visiting Tarab" live performance piece by Sharjah Art Foundation | Sharjah, U.A.E.

- "Aria, Acqua, Fuoco, Terra" sound for exhibition "Andar Par Stelle" by Cesare Berlingeri | Padova, ITALY

- "A Page Of Madness" soundtrack for a Japanese silent film "Krutta Ichipeiji" (directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa 1926) by Buda Arts Centre | Kortrijk, BELGIUM

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本名：岸野一之（キシノ カズユキ）。東京生まれ。プログレッシヴ・ハードコア・ロックバンド ZENI GEVA（ゼニゲバ）のリーダー、ヴォーカリスト、ギタリストにして作曲家、エレクトロニクス他マルチ楽器奏者。1980年代初期より活動を始め、日本のノイズ・ミュージック・シーンのみならず、世界屈指のカルト的なアーティストのひとりである。

1981年、舞踏家田中泯が主宰する舞踏ワークショップ「舞塾」修了後、ギター・インプロヴァイザーとして活動を始め、ソロ活動と並行してメルツバウとのコラボレーション、ハナタラシへのライヴ参加、YBO2のギタリストやインプロヴァイズド・ロックトリオ ANPのリーダーとして活躍。また吉田達也（ルインズ）、山塚アイ（ボアダムス）と’87-’88年の間結成していた伝説のバンドGEVA2（ゲバゲバ）での活動もある。

1985年、レーベルNUXオーガニゼーションを設立し、自作のみならずメルトバナナやスペースストリーキングス等バンドのプロデュース、さらには日本のオルタナティヴバンドを初めて海外へ紹介したオムニバスレコード『DEAD TECH』シリーズをプロデュースし、アメリカとドイツのレーベルより共同リリースする等、早くより海外を視野に入れた活動を展開する。

1987年、ZENI GEVA（ゼニゲバ）を結成、90年には初のUSAツアーを行い、スティーヴ・アルビニをプロデューサーに迎えてアルバム『全体去勢』を制作。その後アルビニと共同制作したZENI GEVAのアルバムは5枚を数え、アメリカとヨーロッパを中心に精力的に海外コンサート・ツアーを行ない、イギリスBBCの「ジョン・ピール・セッション」にも2回出演。

バンド活動と同様ソロおよびコラボレーションも活発で、KK NULL個人としてこれまでにライヴ共演またはレコーディングを行なった主要なアーティストは、スティーヴ・アルビニ、フレッド・フリス、ジョン・ローズ、アレクセイ・ボリソフ、ビル・ホリスト、ゼヴ、クリス・ワトソン、ダニエル・メンシェ、ジョン・ウィーズ、マトモス、秋田昌美（メルツバウ）、吉田達也（ルインズ）、灰野敬二、山本精一等枚挙にいとまがない。

近年はギター中心の音創りからより純粋なエレクトロニック・サウンドへと移行し、いわゆるノイズという一言では括りきれない多角的かつ重層的アプローチで深遠な電子音響世界を創造し、そのユニークなサウンドは、「ミクロ宇宙からマクロ宇宙までを網羅し、銀河の果てからはらわたの中までをリンクする」と形容され、「コスミック・ノイズ・ミニマリズム」等とも表現されている。海外の音楽及びアート・フェステイバルへの出演も多く、国際的評価は高まる一方である。またこれまでにリリースされた作品は（バンド、コラボレーションも含め）100タイトル以上に及ぶ。

Extropy

KK NULL / NUX ORG