Brace yourself, it’s a wild ride that the one on which you embark with Igorrr. The solo project of the young but still very experienced frenchman Gautier Serre has quickly shot to the pantheon of all things hard and electronic, and intends on staying there. A sound engineer by trade, Serre is the perfect example of a careful soundsmith working with his ears wide open and his tongue firmly planted in his cheeks. Citing 17th century classical music and death metal as his main influences, he insolently mixed the fastest of breakcore with the most elegant of baroque compositions, grindcore screams and absurd, everyday life samples. The best part? It all fits perfectly together, for a particularly exhilirating result. Crowds after crowds can not be wrong: since the release of “Nostril” on Ad Noiseam in 2010, Igorrr has become a very sought-after act, playing every week all across Europe.
Having taken his first steps in music as the bass player for various hardcore outfits, Frédéric Garcia AKA Niveau Zero has now become one of the frontrunners of France’s heavy electronic scene. With tastes and influences ranging from dubstep to breakcore or hip-hop to metal, he’s a relentless actor of this country’s underground scene.
Following his winning of the “best electronic newcomer” award at the Printemps De Bourges festival in 2008, Niveau Zero had his first releases on the Paris-based label Destpub (also the first label to discover the now widely acclaimed 16bit). In 2010 he releases his first full length album, “In_sect” on ADNOISEAM, a boundary-free wild ride through the many forms of modern bass music. Featuring collaborations with such artists as BenSharpa, Broken Note, Hecq and The Unik.
Beside having his own FM radio show, Niveau Zero is also the founder of Paris’s famous hard bass music parties, “F*** You I’m Furious”& “Still furious”, and is known for being one of the most sought-out French dubstep live act.
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Acousmatik System presents
►►DJ SPOOKY :: That Subliminal Kid Live In Beirut◄◄
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::Line Up::
DJ SPOOKY (USA)
Mocques
::Visuals::
XnX Glitterpill
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::Info::
Following an exceptional book launch / audiovisual talk at Papercup Bookstore on August 17, the infamous DJ SPOOKY will take to the decks later that same evening, for an impromptu live performance at EM Chill
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::About DJ SPOOKY::
Electronic and experimental hip hop musician PAUL MILLER, aka DJ SPOOKY, THAT SUBLIMINAL KID, is one of the most noted and notorious proponents of turntablism, an approach to hip-hop and DJing whose philosophy merges avant-garde theories of “musique concrete” with mixing techniques developed during the 1990s.
Influenced equally by John Cage, Sun Ra, Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash, DJ Spooky was a critical figure in the creation of the DJ-as- artist concept. He also played an important role in the development
of the musical genres known as ‘illbient’ and ‘trip hop’, thanks notably to albums such as “Songs of a Dead Dreamer” (1996) and “Riddim Warfare” (1998).
In 2008, Spooky edited “Sound Unbound”, a collection of essays on music and art. 2009 saw the release of “The Secret Song”, Spooky’s first new studio release of original material in a decade. Described as “a manifesto about our overloaded digital culture”, the album features collaborations with a host of artists, including a jazz quartet, a chamber ensemble, various rappers including members of the Jungle Brothers, and Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore.
Paul D. Miller known by his stage name DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid (born 1970), is a Washington DC-born electronic and experimental hip hop musician whose work is often called by critics or his fans as “illbient” or “trip hop”. He is aturntablist, a producer, a philosopher, and an author. He borrowed his stage name from the character The Subliminal Kid in the novel Nova Express by William S. Burroughs. He is a Professor of Music Mediated Art at the European Graduate School.
Spooky began writing science fiction and formed a collective called Soundlab with several other artists.
In the mid-1990s, Spooky began recording a series of singles and EPs. His debut LP, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, is now widely regarded as a formative influence on illbient. Spooky contributed to the AIDS benefit albumsOffbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip (1996) and Onda Sonora: Red Hot + Lisbon (1998) produced by the Red Hot Organization. Riddim Warfare (see 1998 in music) was an underground hit that include collaborations with Kool Keith and other cult figures in indie rock like Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore who also appears on DJ Spooky’s 2009 album release “The Secret Song.”
He then worked with several other artists on various collaborations and mix CDs, returning in 2002 with Modern Mantra. That same year saw the release of Optometry, a widely acclaimed collaboration with avant-jazzplayers Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Guillermo E. Brown and Joe McPhee. (This album also features portions of a breaks record by Billy Martin of Medeski Martin & Wood.) In a classical vein, he has collaborated with the ST-X Ensemble in performances of the music of Iannis Xenakis. His film compositions have been performed by Kronos Quartet for the soundtrack to his remix of DW. Griffith’s 1915 film Birth of a Nation. Kronos Quartet also performed DJ Spooky’s remix of Steve Reich’s composition “City Life.”
DJ Spooky has collaborated with Ryuichi Sakamoto on several projects including The Discord Symphony which toured Japan extensively in 1997. The concert and album were released as an enhanced CD containing both a full audio program and multimedia computer files. It features spoken-word performances by Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Patti Smith, David Sylvian, DJ Spooky, David Torn, and Bernardo Bertolucci. Miller also participated on Ryuichi Sakamoto’s anti war project “Chain-Music” along with Towa Tei (formerly of Dee-Lite), Christian Fennesz, Carsten Nicolai, Pansonic, and Cornelius, in 2007. It is a concept project based on collage that makes an anti-war statement through music exchange.
Avant-garde music has been an influence on Miller, including artists such as Brian Eno, Kraftwerk, Can, Neu!, Tangerine Dream, Edgard Varèse, Olivier Messiaen, Iannis Xenakis, Terry Riley, Ornette Coleman, Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, and the French composer Erik Satie for his piano works and his ideas for furniture music. He collaborated with Iannis Xenakis on the recording of Kraanerg, with the STX-Ensemble in 1997, and he has since worked with another major influence on his work - Steve Reich.
The BBC Radiophonic Workshop has also been an influence on Miller, and he cites Delia Derbyshire as a major hero for women and people of color in electronic music. He’s called Music from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop released on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex Label, one of his favorite compilations.
2005 saw the release of “Drums of Death”, DJ Spooky’s CD based on sessions he recorded with Dave Lombardo of Slayer. Other guest artists include Chuck D. of Public Enemy and Vernon Reid of Living Colour. The record was co-produced by Jack Dangers of Meat Beat Manifesto.
In 2006, he produced two extensive compilations of classic Jamaican music from the archives of Trojan Records, the 40 year old Jamaican record label founded by Chris Blackwell and Lee Gopthal. The U.S. release, In Fine Style: DJ Spooky Presents 50,000 Volts of Trojan Records focused on “selections” from the archive, while the UK and worldwide release, Riddim Come Forward was a continuous mix. The compilation features a roster of Jamaica’s most renowned artists and producers like Lee “Scratch” Perry, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, U-Roy, King Tubby and Prince Jammy.
In 2008 his work Being Black (featuring Ursula Rucker) was included on the compilation album Crosstalk: American Speech Music (Bridge Records) produced by Mendi + Keith Obadike. He is just one of 9 artists who participated in thetruth.com’s Remix Project, where he remixed the Sunny Side song “Tough Love”.
DJ Spooky joined the 9th annual Independent Music Awards judging panel to assist independent musicians’ careers.[3][4][5] He was also a judge for the 3rd Independent Music Awards.[6]
DJ Spooky has said that much of his work “deals with the notion of the encoded gesture or the encrypted psychology of how music affects the whole framework of what the essence of ‘humaness’ [sic] is… To me at this point in the 21st century, the notion of the encoded sound is far more of a dynamic thing, especially when you have these kinds of infodispersion systems running, so I’m fascinated with the unconscious at this point.” [7]
DJ Spooky’s CD The Secret Song is slated for release October 6, 2009 on Thirsty Ear Records. It has guest appearances by Thurston Moore, The Coup, Mike G. of the Jungle Brothers, Rob Swift of the X-Ecutioners, Mike Ladd, Vijay Iyer, and many others. String arrangements for the album were done by film soundtrack composers Peter Stopschinski and Graham Reynolds with the Golden Hornet Project, and edited and sampled by DJ Spooky. The Secret Song is a manifesto about our overloaded digital culture.
The Berlin based Ad Noiseam label was born in early 2001 as a creative output for the Recycle Your Ears web magazine, which has been active between 1998 and 2003. Focusing mostly on electronic music, Ad Noiseam is however not restricted to any genres. From the club to the bedroom, from the breakcore of Enduser to the jazz of The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, from the raging beats of Bong-Ra to the dubstep of Matta, Ad Noiseam’s aim is to offer to the biggest possible audience a wide array of genres in electronic music. It should also be added that Ad Noiseam artist come from all over the world, with musicians on this label living in such places as Sweden, Ukraine, the USA, the UK or Germany.
In order to reach this goal, Ad Noiseam is a clearly audience oriented label. Concentrating a lot more on making its releases available all over the world, this label is putting its strength on building a bridge between the artists and their audience, with the help of many live shows, diverse distribution channels and a very intensive promotion. While some other label might work on creating a corporate image, Ad Noiseam’s face to the world is a more varied one, and one which constantly try to present in the best possible way the music at the heart of the label.
Active on its own since 2001, and without the support of any major distributor or media, Ad Noiseam has been growing steadily, becoming a full range label, online mail order and distributor. Ad Noiseam has worked with recognized artists such as Enduser, Bong-Ra, Drumcorps or Panacea, but is also giving a lot of care in bringing exposure to young acts, such as Matta, Niveau Zero, Igorrr or Mothboy. The Ad Noiseam CD and vinyl release are widely reviewed in publications such as The Wire (UK), Grooves (USA), De:bug (Germany), Trax (France), Rock A Rolla (UK), Go Magazine (Spain) as well as countless online publications.
Ad Noiseam acts are performing live all year round, and have taken part in numerous festivals, including the Transmediale, the Dretroit Electronic Music Festival in Chicago, Sweden’s Norbergfestival, Dour, Glade, Bangface, Fusion in Germany or Le Printemps de Bourge in France. Having reached the (for an underground label venerable) age of 10 years in 2011, Ad Noiseam is celebrating with label-oriented festivals in several countries accross the world. Presenting the wide musical array of the label in high profile locations in a variety of countries, these parties should be both a coming- together for the fans and a way for others to discover the many sides of Ad Noiseam. These parties will happen in the Spring and the Autumn of 2011, the confirmed dates so far being:
-May 6th in Berlin (DE) at Berghain
-May 14th in Luzern (CH) at Südpol
-May 28th in Utrecht (NL) at Tivoli de Helling
-June 1st in Paris (FR) at Batofar
-July 9th in Beirut (LB)
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::About Broken Note::
The project of two young and particularly angry Britons (one of which later went to act as 16 Bit), Broken Note shattered doors, ears and subwoofers in 2008 with a salvo of records on Ad Noiseam, Peace Off and Ruff. Their mixture of high definition sound, punk attitude, sheer energy and (let’s face it), freshness propelled this duo in no time to the forefront of both the dubstep and the hard drum’n’bass scene.
A couple of years later, Broken Note has kept on releasing on Ad Noiseam, but has also collaborated with high names of the current electronic music world, such as Amon Tobin, Cooh or Machine Code. Very prolific in the studio, Broken Note have also been relentlessly touring, playing myriads of shows in the UK, continental Europe and both Americas, and participating to many festivals, such as Glastonbury, Bangface or Maschinenfest. Judging from the impressive feedback and recognition gathered in only a couple of years by Broken Note, it has become very clear that this act is one to be counted on, and one of the major players of tomorrow (if not today) for anybody into hard, punk-ridden electronic music.
Brace yourself, it’s a wild ride that the one on which you embark with Igorrr. The solo project of the young but still very experienced frenchman Gautier Serre has quickly shot to the pantheon of all things hard and electronic, and intends on staying there. A sound engineer by trade, Serre is the perfect example of a careful soundsmith working with his ears wide open and his tongue firmly planted in his cheeks. Citing 17th century classical music and death metal as his main influences, he insolently mixed the fastest of breakcore with the most elegant of baroque compositions, grindcore screams and absurd, everyday life samples. The best part? It all fits perfectly together, for a particularly exhilirating result. Crowds after crowds can not be wrong: since the release of “Nostril” on Ad Noiseam in 2010, Igorrr has become a very sought-after act, playing every week all across Europe.
Known for his over-the-top live performances, his audio excesses and his relentless touring, Manchester’s Miike Hayward has been shattering his audience’s eardrums since the early of 2000’s. Not a man to waste any minute, he released his very first record on none other than Deatchant, then moving on to other prestigious labels as Planet Mu, Peace Off or Cock Rock Disco, before joining forces with Ad Noiseam in 2008 with both a split 12” with Eustachian (the “Pillaged and Plundered” EP) and his first full length album, “…Like A Hurricane Made Of Zombies”.
Over the years, The Teknoist has become one of the leading names of the breakcore scene, with residences in several clubs in the UK and the Netherlands, tours all over the world and collaborations with many high profile producers (such as King Cannibal, Drumcorps or Mu-Ziq), several of which were presented as part of his second full length album, “Trainwreck Magnetism”, released on Ad Noiseam in 2011. An essential figure of the British hardcore scene, Miike Hayward is also a regular contributor to Core Magazine, as well as an event promoter, throwing parties in Manchester and having made name for himself by helping newcomers get shows and records out.
The founder of the Ad Noiseam label, Nicolas Chevreux has been active promoting music since the mid 90’s, when he ran a weekly radio show on his home-town of Grenoble, France before relocating to Berlin and creating the Recycle Your Ears web-zine, which pioneered the genre of music blogs before the turn of the century.
Spawning from a one-off experiment, Ad Noiseam became a full fledged label in 2001, and has ever since became one of the longest running and most productive house for challenging, left-of-center electronic music worldwide. Bringing such acts as Bong-Ra, Enduser, Broken Note or Larvae to the front stage, Ad Noiseam strives to produce and promote a wide array of quality-controlled electronic music.
In parallel to his activities as a label manager, Nicolas Chevreux has been DJ-ing regularly since the mid-90’s, often touring with bands from Ad Noiseam and performing at festival worldwide DJ sets, interviews and profiles about him and Ad Noiseam have appeared on RFI, Arte, TV Berlin, ResonanceFM, BBC1, Electronic Explorations and countless magazines.
Brace yourself, it’s a wild ride that the one on which you embark with Igorrr. The solo project of the young but still very experienced frenchman Gautier Serre has quickly shot to the pantheon of all things hard and electronic, and intends on staying there. A sound engineer by trade, Serre is the perfect example of a careful soundsmith working with his ears wide open and his tongue firmly planted in his cheeks. Citing 17th century classical music and death metal as his main influences, he insolently mixed the fastest of breakcore with the most elegant of baroque compositions, grindcore screams and absurd, everyday life samples. The best part? It all fits perfectly together, for a particularly exhilirating result. Crowds after crowds can not be wrong: since the release of “Nostril” on Ad Noiseam in 2010, Igorrr has become a very sought-after act, playing every week all across Europe.
Acousmatik System And Irtijal Presents:
Spooky began writing science fiction and formed a collective called Soundlab with several other artists.
::About Broken Note::
Known for his over-the-top live performances, his audio excesses and his relentless touring, Manchester’s Miike Hayward has been shattering his audience’s eardrums since the early of 2000’s. Not a man to waste any minute, he released his very first record on none other than Deatchant, then moving on to other prestigious labels as Planet Mu, Peace Off or Cock Rock Disco, before joining forces with Ad Noiseam in 2008 with both a split 12” with Eustachian (the “Pillaged and Plundered” EP) and his first full length album, “…Like A Hurricane Made Of Zombies”.
