BENGE LIVE IN SEVILLE 4TH JUNE
Benge will be playing a live version of his Twenty Systems album on the 4th June at the Prensa Territorios in Seville.
The concert will take place at the The Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (The Museum of Modern Art) and is housed in the magnificent 15th-century Monasterio Santa Maria de las Cuevas on the island of La Cartuja.
Other artists taking part are Tim Exile, Richard Chartier, Tim Hecker, Kandang Ray, Ryoichi Kurokawa and more, for further information go to http://www.territoriossevilla.com/digitales.htm
NEW CATHODE ALBUM - SPARKLE PLENTY
Sparkle Plenty, the second album from Cathode – Steve Jefferis, from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, is out on 20th April 2009
Special Measures Cathode’s debut album, was released by Expanding Records in 2004, the album was acclaimed for its winning combination of precision-glitch electronics and a warm melodic sensibility, gaining the judgement of "first class" from John Peel.
Steve has been spending his time since the debut album working on other music and film projects. These include membership of The Matinee Orchestra, Tyneside’s pastoral-acoustic ensemble who released an acclaimed debut album on Isan’s Arable record label; and the Warm Digits, a guitar- noise/electronics/free-improvisation collaboration with the Matinee Orchestra’s Andrew Hodson.
Steve’s day job as a clinical psychologist has some oblique influences on the new record. The title 'Sparkle Plenty' comes from developmental psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist Daniel Stern’s work on infant development. "Sparkle Plenty" is his phrase for children whose way of coping with caregivers who are unresponsive or depressed is to sparkle – with lots of smiles, activity and excitement, that masks the child’s authentic (possibly much lonelier) emotional state. It’s an apposite title for the record; Cathode’s music has always been unashamedly about creating something beautiful, which acts to sweeten something that’s much more melancholy underneath.
More info: http://www.cathode.org.uk/
DEBUT ALBUM FROM PQ - "YOU'LL NEVER FIND US HERE"
Following on from their 7" single 'Louise on Earth', 'You'll never find us Here' is the debut album from them. The album is currently being mastered by Benge. We'll have more info/release dates soon.
pq in their own words.....
“pq represent a hybrid electronic/acoustic affair, integrating mellow-to-crispy beats, various string material and crunchy insects of all sorts. Propagating on influences ranging from late nineties post-rock to leftfield / IDM / indietronic-pastiche, they propose to canalize the all-reigning, all-consuming contemporary eclecticism in an effort to reinstall the inner health.”
More info: http://www.myspace.com/pqpoison
NEW ARTISTS - pq
Samir and Maarten from Belgium are currently in the countryside recording their debut album for expanding. In the meantime expanding are putting out a 7" of 2 tracks, the first vocal track on expanding, the 7" is available now from www.smallfish.co.uk
More info: http://www.myspace.com/pqpoison
NEW BENGE ALBUM/BOOK ‘TWENTY SYSTEMS’
Our latest release is the ambitious audio book project 'twenty systems' from Benge. This is his tenth album, a project linked to his love/obsession with analog and digital synthesisers. 20 tracks + a 60 page full colour book.... [more]
twenty systems is available now from Smallfish
There is also an article/interview in The Wire magazine this month about Benge and twenty systems.
Audio and more info: http://www.myspace.com/twentysystems