Coming up next: Nape Neck & Maraudeur LPs – Current releases: Howie Reeve ‘Leaf in Fog’ (Nov 1, w/Bar Mafil, Innis Orr and UR Audio Visual) (reviewed at aural aggravation), Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp ‘Ventre Unique‘ (Nov 1, w/Bongo Joe), Howrah ‘Ends and Means’ LP (w/Subroutine, Nov 22) and Ur! Geller ‘Sans Swing’ (December 21, with Anesthetic), all this, well, fall and winter. PLEASE GO TO THE SHOPPING SECTION >>>.
Über Ur! Gellers ‘Sans Swing’ schreibt das Jazz Podium (2-3 2025): Den Plattentitel sollte man schon ernst nehmen. Das hübsche Cover-Artwork im Fifties-Style ist allerdings ein guter Witz. Denn wer hier Lounge-Jazz zum Entspannen erwartet, wird nach wenigen Takten mit Sicherheit vom Designer-Sessel kippen. »Sans Swing«, das erste Studio-Album des vor 25 Jahren gegründeten Hamburger Quartetts UR! Geller (früher Uri Geller Fry), klingt wie in Musik gegossene Aufgekratzheit der überdrehtesten Sorte. 16 Stücke voller rhythmischer Verrenkungen, kranker Punk-Funk, mathy Art-Rock, im hohen Tempo runtergehauene Komplexität, zickig-aggressive Synkopen in Ekstase. Und wenn Michel Chevalier seine Klarinette überbläst oder ins Mikro schimpf- schreit »Frightened liberals coming out of the mouse-holes of reaction? Step! Outside! Charming asshole«, dann ist Hysteria sowieso nicht mehr weit. Die New Yorker No Wave der Endsiebziger, die Errungenschaften der Knitting Factory zehn Jahre später, der konsequente Wahnsinn des Chicagoer Skin-Graft-Labels – das alles steckt in diesem kurzweiligen High-Energy-Trip mit drin. Swingt tatsächlich überhaupt nicht, ist aber unglaublich eigenwillig, stilistisch konkurrenzlos und irgendwie genial. MICHELE AVANTARIO
L’Etrangleuse ‘Ambiance Argile’, Lyons two piece turned quartet’s fourth LP releases on the 7th of June via Compagnie 4000, La Curieuse and red wig, details here. Reviews: Klofmag
Out as of today (Mar 31): RAOUL EDEN ‘Incarnation’ LP on red wig. Great review at The Quietus (here)!
Also just out: API UIZ ‘SM’ 2LP ! Ce disque a été enregistré par Tony Geranno, mixé par César Amarante et masterisé à Estudio Sur (Argentine), pressé en France à 400 exemplaires par VRM, avec un insert sérigraphié par Mehdi Beneitez. Édité par nos soins (Au9, Bordeaux/Paris) en co-prod avec les labels Attila Tralala (atra82, Bruxelles), Red Wig (rw 065, Berlin), Permafrost (perma 13, Lisle), Do It Youssef! et Les Clampins D’Abord (Lille).
https://apiuiz.bandcamp.com/album/sm-12-double-lp-2024-2
HYPERCULTE ‘La Pangée’ LP out on Bongo Joe / red wig, get a copy here.
Bands in town
Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp
SUNDAY 2 FEBRUARY 7:00 PM
London, UK Hootananny Brixton
MONDAY 3 FEBRUARY
Leeds, UK Old Woolen
TUESDAY 4 FEBRUARY
Glasgow, UK The Hug and Pint
WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY
Manchester, UK Carlton Club
THURSDAY 6 FEBRUARY
Bristol, UK The Jam Jar
SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY
Falmouth, UK The Cornish Bank
SUNDAY 9 FEBRUARY
Lewes, UK Lewes Con Club
THURSDAY 20 MARCH
Macerata, Italy Mount Echo’
FRIDAY 21 MARCH 9:00 PM
Ravenna, Italy Bronson
SATURDAY 22 MARCH 9:00 PM
Milan, Italy Spazio Teatro 89
SUNDAY 23 MARCH
Brescia, Italy Teatro Borsoni
New LP ‘Ventre Unique’ out 1 November – Bandcamp
HYPERCULTE
11. Jan. Brasserie Lorraine, Bern, CH
Current LP: La Pangee
ZEA live
18.03. Wohl oder Übel, Hamburg
‘Wat Ik Dacht Toen Ik Lag’ LP Zea reimagined in dub: Bandcamp
HOWRAH live
30.01. Vera, Groningen
08.02. Schuit, Katwijk
New LP ‘Ends And Means out now. Bandcamp
HOWIE REEVE SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Wednesday 5th February Málaga, CSA Las Vegas,
Thursday 6th Zaragoza, Arrebato
Friday February 7th Benicarló, Plug in the Gear,
Sat Feb 8th Barcelona, La Torna
Sun Feb 9th Madrid El Nido (1pm show)
Mon Feb 10th Guadalajara, Arcadia
Weds 12th Vigo, A Casa de Arriba
Thurs 13th Lisbon, Paragem Cultural (Bus)
Sat 15th Don Benito, The Rincón Pío Sound
Sun 16th Don Benito, This Aint Vegas Bar
UK tour with Cod O’Donnell
Tuesday 4th March GLASGOW The Glad Cafe (with Nev Clay)
Wednesday 5th March EDINBURGH Home Bar (with Nev Clay)
Thursday 20th March NEWCASTLE Cobalt Studio
Friday 21st March GLOSSOP The Globe
Saturday 22nd March BIRMINGHAM Centrala
Sunday 23rd March LIVERPOOL Arc (5pm doors, 6pm start)
Thursday 27th March LOWICK GREEN The Farmer’s Arms
Friday 28th March HEREFORD The Jam Factory
Saturday 29th March STROUD Klang Tone Records
Sunday 30th March FALMOUTH The Cornish Bank
Tuesday 1st April WESTON-SUPER-MARE The Sunfold
Wednesday 2nd April WIRKSWORTH The Feather Star
UR! GELLER
20.12. Schokoladen, Berlin, w/Space Siren
21.12. Centro Sociale, Hamburg, w/Howrah
LP ‘Sans Swing’ out 20./21.12.24
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distributors
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clear spot, BENELUX
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sellers
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(record) stores
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Berlin: static shock
Amsterdam: het fort van sjakoo
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