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SOTTOVOCE - DAY FESTIVAL OF NOISE AND MUSIC

OVERVIEW
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SOTTO VOCE: a discrete DIY one-day festival of noise and music curated and self-produced by [no.signal]
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'SOTTO VOCE' ('whispering', or a dual reference to a 'discrete', 'underground' voice) as an attempt to reflect the ethos and the DIY nature of the event in all senses.

2 alternating spaces: one amplified and one 'self resonating' at the state51 warehouse (aka, 'the factory') in London's East End (off Bricklane yet off the Shoreditch path).

This event will include the first UK performances of AUFGEHOBEN and TESTICLE HAZARD (Lass Marhaug and Tommi Keranen), rare London appearances by GARY SMITH and ROGER TURNER, new projects by RHODRI DAVIES, and more.

full info: http://www.no-signal.net/sottovoce

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PROGRAM

Amplified Room
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5.15pm PORTABLE (Rhodri Davies, Ben Drew, Louisa Martin and Ivar Grydeland (UK/NO)
7.15pm BIRDS OF DELAY (UK)
9.00pm TESTICLE HAZARD (Lasse Marhaug and Tommi Keranen) (NO/FI)
10.30pm: AUFGEHOBEN (a/v) (UK)

Self-Resonant Room
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4.30pm Stefano TEDESCO, Roger TURNER & Joe WILLIAMSON (IT/UK/CA)
6.30pm GARY SMITH (UK)
8.15pm RHODRI DAVIES & ANGHARAD DAVIES (UK)
9.45pm JAMES BLACKSHAW (UK)
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BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL / PETER WRIGHT / ALEX MEIN SMITH - [no.zealand]

THURSDAY 04 January 07
[no.zealand] with

• BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL

• PETER WRIGHT

• ALEX MEIN SMITH

@ state51 warehouse
7.30pm / 8pm start
£6/£5 (adv. via booking form)
all details here: http://no-signal.net/nz/

Which includes a player with relevant sounds of each performer

[EXTENSION #5] PICASTRO | SANSO-XTRO | MANDELBROT SET....

The EXTENSIONS series is back at the state51 factory, home of great lower key gatherings such as the LONDON PLACARD Headphones Festival or regular DORKBOT Meetings.

Previous editions have included KAPITAL BAND 1, DEAN ROBERTS, LEAFCUTTER JOHN, TOPLAP showcases, MUGISON, THE CHAP, Alexis O'Hara and more.

This edition - SATURDAY 29 APRIL - will be dedicated to an 'experimental pop/rock' early evening with PICASTRO (CA) as special guests. Line-up details on the website, brief info below.

And a preview on KULTUREFLASH here:

http://www.kultureflash.net/current/#event3553

+ PICASTRO [CA / Monoteme Records]

+ SANSO-XTRO [AUS/UK/IT / TYPE Records]

+ THE MANDELBROT SET [UK / HIGHPOINTLOWLIFE Records]

+ VIXEN MEWS [IR/UK]

all info/picks/audio here: http://www.no-signal.net/xtns5/

Date: SATURDAY 29 April
Venue: state51 factory
8-10 Rhoda Street
E2 7EF / London
(off bricklane)

Doors open: 6.00 pm / Start 7.00 pm
End: 11.30 pm

Door Tax: 5GBP/4GBP in adv. via booking form on the website.
Check the site for competition.

STAUBGOLD: EKKEHARD EHLERS, LEAFCUTTER JOHN, JOSEPH SUCHY

>> http://www.no-signal.net/staubgold
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After almost two years after the first London Staubgold showcase organised by [no.signal] at the Deluxe Gallery (with Oren Ambarchi's SUN), the Berlin-based label is now supporting as live act two of the next forthcoming releases. Ekkehard Ehlers will be joined by Joseph Suchy and John Burton (aka, Leafcutter John) to present his forthcoming release in May. Leafcutter John will be presenting his new album - out on Staubgold in June - in collaboration with Leo Chadburn aka Simon Bookish and Alice Grant on vocals.

FONAL RECORDS: ES / ISLAJA / KIILA

[no.signal] presents - from the upper north of Finland - Fonal Records in London with:

+ ES [fi]
+ ISLAJA [fi]
+ KIILA [fi]

St Giles-in-the-Fields (60 St Giles High Street, off Denmark St.)
Tube: Tottenham Ct Rd
Buses: 1,25,38,55,149,242 [...]

info: http://www.no-signal.net/fonal

[overview]

"Via a Network of autonomous spaces and arcadian outposts located in and around Finland's major cities, a new generation of musicians has emerged to fuse the DIY aesthetic with traditional folk forms and the liberation theology of noise and improvisation."
The Wire magazine - 'Squaring the Circle: the Finnish Underground' (12.04 / issue 250)

[Fonal in London]

[no.signal] is presenting one of the most innovative and challenging label around with its first ever showcase in London after appearing at Scotland's Subcurrents in Glasgow last year. ES, ISLAJA and KIILA will be launching their European tour at St Giles-in-the-Fields, a parish church in the heart of London's West End built in the Palladian style in 1734.
As they defined the 'new weird Finlandia' sound, Sami Sänpäkkilä aka ES - the sole trader of Fonal - and friends are heading south to show us the warmth and simplicity of their unique musical approach clearly set as being the contemporary Finnish Free-Folk style.

[event details]

+ 7.00-7.45: refreshments & Fonal Records presentation
+ 8.00: KIILA
+ 9.00: ISLAJA
+ 10.00: ES
+ 11.00: Church closes

Note: each performance will have a 15 minutes intermission with classical music selection. There will be no smoking nor drinking inside the church but this will be possible during intervals.

DE SONIS VOL1: LEAFCUTTER JOHN Plays 'The Forest and The Sea'

[about DE SONIS]

DE SONIS - 'about sounds' - is a new monthly micro event curated and produced by london-based [no.signal] hosted by Columbia Road/Flower Market's beautiful space The FleaPit. De Sonis wishes to present an alternative space to live music where the performance room is separated from the social area, one not excluding but completing the other. Its principal aim is thus to invite audiences into limited "listening sessions" (maximum 50 people capacity) at The Pit while the lounge (FleatPit) will be defusing a pre-selected playlist curating by [no.signal] and the guest(s) artist (s). The music program will range from experimental electronics to field recordings passing through improvisation, avant-folk and more as it evolves.

[DE SONIS Volume 1]
To inaugurate and launch De Sonis, [no.signal] has invited long-time collaborator Leafcutter John to present his latest album. "The Forest and The Sea" is a dynamic hybrid of electronic and acoustic songs, it tells a true story through the use of haunting vocals, traditional instrumentation and field recordings. In this work, one can grasp the extent of Leafcutter John's musical kaleidoscope and his consolidated approach to folk music, processed field recordings and electronics.

John will be joined by guest vocal artists who appear on the album

More info and track previews: http://www.no-signal.net/leafcutter

CONSTRUCTION SONOR

complete info: http://nosignal.slab.org/cs/

[what]

- Construction Sonor is a conceptual album, a sonic journey beneath the Alps, taking us down into the tubes and shafts of the Gotthard and Lötschberg, along the rail link being built to connect north and south. 13 music projects created by composers, sonic inventors and programmers [more at http://nosignal.slab.org/cs/)

[program]

[ 6.00pm: introduction of the project ] - live talk (Bernd Schurer with Marco Paniz from Pro Helvetia Switzerland) - film projection of the actual tunnel construction - Ursula Palla's video selection

- [ 7.00 - 8.00: refreshments + video selection ] Swiss buffet in arrangement with the Swiss Embassy in London

- [ 8.30: start of live music performances ] with:

- 11.30: music selection

++ continuous screenings of films by:

[when]

Saturday 20 november 2004 The Horse Hospital

Colonnade, Bloomsbury London 6pm start contribution: £5

subscribe to mailing list at http://nosignal.sonomu.net for reduced price (£3) and to win FREE Construction Sonor CDs -

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