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Celldweller Wish Upon a Blackstar Chapter 2

2nd Dec 09 (Wed) 1 comment

The pre-order for Celldweller‘s Wish Upon a Blackstar: Chapter 2 went live yesterday. The second chapter (of five total) will feature the songs “The Best It’s Gonna Get” and “Eon.”

Chapter 2 will be available for download in several bundles (including a deluxe edition for $4.99) on December 8th from Celldweller’s FiXT store. The deluxe edition features a remix from chapter one, “So Long Sentiment” mixed by Toksin’s Anhedonia…

After all five chapters are released, I expect there will be a full-length album (and hopefully CD) issue.

~Dan – np: Celldweller – Wish Upon a Blackstar Ch 1 (coincidence, I swear)

Categories: Music News, New Sounds Tags: celldweller, circle of dust, criss angel, digital music, electronic, electronic music, industrial, klayton, mp3, remix, rock, scott albert, wish upon a blackstar

Goddamn Electric Bill “Ten Thousand Years”

23rd Nov 09 (Mon) Leave a comment

I’ve been a fan of Jason Torbert‘s pseudonym Goddamn Electric Bill and his organic, electronic one-man bandness for a while. I bought his EP, The Only Power to Please, from the musical social ghetto that is MySpace back in 2005. I’ve been a fan of his work ever since – it fits with a lot of the organic electronic that I dig: Chroma Key, Ken Andrew’s On, The Album Leaf, Tristeza, Frog Pocket, et cetera…

Well, his new video for “Ten Thousand Years” off of 2008’s Topics for Gossip is really creative and heart warming…

(click picture for video)

Written/Directed by Drake Doremus
Director of Photography: John Guleserian
Production Designer: Theresa Avram
Edited by Jason Stewart
Starring: Jason Torbert (aka GdEB) and Zibby Allen
Crew: Eli Berg, David Meador, Tyler Graim, Scott Uhlfelder,
Armando Ballesteros, Amelia Tabullo, James Obed,
Tommy Obed, Israel Unger, and Mark Schoening

Find out more about GdEB:

~Dan – np: Melt Banana – initial t.

Categories: New Sounds Tags: electronic, GdEB, goddamn electric bill, Jason Torbert, music video, organic, organic music

The Album Leaf’s new album…

12th Nov 09 (Thu) Leave a comment

The Album Leaf is done recording and mixing their record in Iceland. Now back in San Diego, they are getting ready for a winter tour in support of the album, A Chorus of Storytellers, that comes out on February 2nd (2010) on Sub Pop.

They’ll be at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland on Feb 5th (per the club’s mailer)!! I missed their show this past winter (Jan ’09) due to busy season at work. Same situation this year, but I’m planning on going regardless of it. :) More tour dates will follow when they’re announced…

~Dan – np: Galactic Cowboys – At the End of the Day

Categories: Music News Tags: A Chorus of Storytellers, album leaf, electronic, jimmy lavalle, new album, post-rock, sub pop, tal, the album leaf, tristeza

Sufjan Stevens & Celldweller news

12th Aug 09 (Wed) 1 comment

So, I’d have posted about this sooner (Monday), but I’m less enthused about it, as Sufjan Stevens is not making his way out of the East & Midwest… this were one of those times, I wish I lived in Cincinnati, as I’d hit 2-3 of these shows…

Oh, but wait, there’s a Portland date!!!

Damn… Portland, Maine… not Oregon… :(

Sufjan Stevens & Cryptacize Tourdates
(from Pollstar as of today)

Mon 09/21/09 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Tue 09/22/09 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
Wed 09/23/09 – Ithaca, NY – Castaways
Thu 09/24/09 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
Fri 09/25/09 – Pontiac, MI – Pike Room
Sat 09/26/09 – Champaign, IL – High Dive
Sun 09/27/09 – Minneapolis, MN – The 400 Bar
Mon 09/28/09 – Madison, WI – Majestic Theatre
Tue 09/29/09 – Bloomington, IN – Buskirk-Chumley Theater
Thu 10/01/09 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
Fri 10/02/09 – Montreal, QC – Scene Cabaret
Sat 10/03/09 – Portland, ME – Port City Music Hall
Sun 10/04/09 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Mon 10/05/09 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
Tue 10/06/09 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg
Wed 10/07/09 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall Of Williamsburg

So, I guess some Sufjan activity is better than no Sufjan activity. Also, over on blackbookmag, they received a pre-release copy of Sufjan’s The BQE CD/DVD package…

It’s out on October 20th. It’s not available for pre-order… yet…

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So, the other news…

Information on Celldweller‘s next album, Wish Upon a Blackstar, is being leaked purposefully by Klayton himself. Here’s the album cover for Chapter 1…

Over on Klayton’s blog, you can listen to a streaming sample of “Hit Me.” I like the cover. It kinda of reminds me of this, though…

~Dan – np: Dream Theater – Master of Puppets

Categories: Music News Tags: asthmatic kitty, celldweller, Cryptacize, electronic, fixt, folk, industrial, klayton, scott albert, singer-songwriter, sufjan stevens, the bqe, wish upon a blackstar

REVIEW: Zoë Jakes & Beats Antique @ Faerieworlds (Mt. Pisgah, OR – 7/31/09)

1st Aug 09 (Sat) 5 comments

FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM

We last saw Zoë Jakes dance with her troupe, Indigo Belly Dance Company with Rachel Brice & Mardi Love, at last year’s Oregon Country Fair. She has a fun American tribal style fusion mixed with some hip-hop pops & locks. Anyway, she’s fun, and a lot of her facial expressions remind me of one of our good friends in Ohio (who is now en route to South Carolina).

Anyway… my wife and I got free tickets to last night’s Faerieworlds 2009 festival. My wife’s working the fest Sat & Sun, but Friday’s Zoë Jakes & Beats Antique show was the main thing I wanted to see. They started right on time, 7:30pm, and played for 75 minutes. Beats Antique is comprised of David Satori (Zoë’s squeeze) & Tommy Chappel. David & Tommy both manned laptops with electronics beats and loops. Tommy also played some hand drums, and David played violin, guitar, and provided horseback rides. Zoë danced with 5 or 6 tunes, taking breaks to change and breathe. :)

The crowd was really into the band and Zoë, and were dancing all around us. Near the end, David brought up a friend who was up front, and she got to dance on stage for a bit (while Zoë was off). As the band was ending their set, the sun was going down. It was really a great scene.

The band has a new digital -EP- out called Contraption Vol 1, and can be gotten via their webpage (not on iTunes, yet). Check it out… it’s got some rad electronic, glitch-rock & dub mixed with world music.

Many pics are below (with a ZIP file with all of the pictures fit to print, but too many to actually post).

The Appropriate Linkage:

~Dan – np: downset. – Code Blue Coma -EP- no free download or torrent available, sorry.

ZOË JAKES &
BEATS ANTIQUE PHOTOS
all pictures (cc) 2009 Daniel Temmesfeld,
you may use freely under a creative commons attribution

(click for larger)

Higher Resolution (13 pics)

Limited to 1200 pixels wide or tall (10 pics)

and this fuzzy one, because of its funny face…

Large ZIP file with more pictures (47.7Megs)
69 pictures, includes the 23 above

CLICK HERE FOR ZIP FILE (right click, save as)

Zoe

Categories: Concert Photos, Hip-hop, Indie Rock, World Music Tags: american tribal style, beats antique, concert photos, concert review, contraption, electronic, eugene, Faerieworlds, indigo, indigo belly dance, mt pisgah, oregon, tribal fusion, zoe jakes

REVIEW: Holy Fuck @ Doug Fir Lounge (Portland, OR – 6/4/09)

5th Jun 09 (Fri) 4 comments

FYI… PHOTOS of the SHOW at the BOTTOM

I love my job. I get to be in towns that quite often host artists I like to see… so I don’t have to drive up to make a special trip. Well, this time, it was for my second time seeing the instrumental, avant-groove, live electronic band from Toronto – – Holy Fuck. While their name may be offensive to some, their music is delicious. I tried to make the “gotta eat there while in Portland” stop at Blossoming Lotus, but downtown was PACKED – no parking to be found; so I crossed the River and checked out The Farm instead. Then I scuttled off to the venue to meet some Eugene friends and take in some great music.

Crocodiles went on first, and they played about a half hour. It was a singer & guitarist playing to a drum machine or tape. It wasn’t too shabby. Two man bands are usually more miss than hit, but these guys had some good songs and rocked out fairly well.

Holy Fuck took the stage around 10:15 and played a jam-packed hour or so. I forget how infectious these guys are, even when not playing something all that melodic (though they had plenty of groove last night as well). We got right up front, and I was able to snap some pics and a video or two (see below). I was glad to see the audience show up, too… at first, it was looking grim, like a 10 person crowd. By HF show time, the MFDF was filling up quite nicely. Much groove, much film scratchin’, oft screamin’ and looping, with a thumping rhythm section…

Songs are harder to distinguish when there are no vocals (i.e.- no official “setlist” here). I know they played The Pulse, Super Inuit, and Lovely Allen, and I’m pretty sure they played Milkshake, Safari, Frenchy’s, Jungle, maybe Royal Gregory. Those last five are just a guess, though. I do know that it was a bitchin’ show!! It’s great to see them in progressively bigger venues. First Newport, KY’s Southgate House “parlor” (i.e.- the very small room upstairs) to the real venue of Doug Fir Lounge as the headliner. A+… and I hope it’s not another 2+ years until I get to see them again.

Holy Fuck “The Pulse” @ Doug Fir Lounge, 6/4/2009

Holy Fuck “Lovely Allen” @ Doug Fir Lounge, 6/4/2009

The videos are just “OK,” but not too shabby for a digital camera (not a digital video camera), if I do say so myself. Regardless of the video quality, quite frankly, this show is probably one of my favorite shows this year so far.

The Appropriate Linkage: