THE BENGE AND JOHN FOXX CONNECTION

Benge is currently involved in a much talked about musical project together with John Foxx. The name of the project? John Foxx And The Maths and the debut album entitled ‘Interplay’ has since its release received nothing but critical acclaim.

The album release has been followed by a string of live performances, interviews as well as other productive artistic collaborations.

The latest being a visual collaboration with designer Jonathan Barnbrook. He was not only responsible for the artwork of the Interplay album but has also produced live visuals during John Foxx And The Maths’ many sets since the debut album release.

For more info: http://blog.johnfoxxandthemaths.com/

BENGE @ THE YOTA SPACE FESTIVAL IN ST PETERSBURG 12TH DECEMBER

Benge will be making a multimedia presentation of his Twenty Systems project at the Yota Space Festival in St Petersburg on the 12th of December 2010.

St Petersburg will be hosting the International Festival of Audiovisual Arts Yota Space, which has been designed to become an annual platform for the demonstration of the latest discoveries in the world of digital art.

For more info please go to: http://space.yota.ru/#/en

NEW RELEASE - AUGUST 23RD - TEHO TEARDO - SOUNDTRACK WORK 2004-2008

Teho Teardo is half of Modern Institute and with Martina Bertoni, they released the album 'Excellent Swimmer' on Expanding Records in 2006.

The album 'Soundtrack Works 2004-2008' is a selective compilation of Teho's film music, which has won him many major awards and much critical acclaim. The album includes incidental music from the international hit and Cannes jury prizewinner 'Il Divo' for which he also won the Ennio Morricone prize at the Italia film festival. Ennio Morricone himself presented the prize to Teho and the Il Divo soundtrack went on to win the David di Nonatello prize, the most important prize for music in Italian cinema.

We are really proud here at expanding to release this extraordinary record of the early work of an important new name in the world of film music.

"Experience tells me that sooner or later those who seek will find and in the passages between searching and finding there are important moments, moments such as the ones we hear on this beautiful album." - Ennio Morricone

For more info please go to:

http://www.tehoteardo.com
http://www.myspace.com/moderninstitute

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 their debut album. The album is due to be released 21st of June 2010 and it will be available on digipack cd from all good record shops including cargo and norman records.

pq in their own words...

"pq is a cinematic tapestry of lush ambient-acoustic melodies, merging endless layers of prepared guitars with crisp clouds of electronica. Propagating on - though not necessarily drawing from - influences ranging from Canadian apocalyptical post-rock to Nordic indietronica, and occasionally incorporating classical elements along the way, pq provides a most titillating soundtrack to any willing contemporary image."

More info: http://www.myspace.com/pqpoison

BENGE LIVE IN TOULOUSE 29TH APRIL

Benge will be playing a live version of his 20 Systems album in Toulouse, France.

The concert will be held at 20.30 hours, at The Centre Culturel Bellgarde, 17 rue Bellegarde, 3100 Toulouse, France. The event is organised by Les Siestes Electronique.

For more info:

http://www.les-siestes-electroniques.com/
http://www.bellegarde.toulouse.fr/evenements/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110987365580519

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 from www.cargorecords.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 from Cargo

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