about contact
Explorer's Club: 6. Stockholm-Belfast by Mint Julep and Janek SchaeferWell Done Europe by The ChapRecursion Tribute by Joshua CollinsThe Fat Kid EP by Mischief and MayhemTape Loops Vol.1 by Tape LoopsExplorer's Club: 5. Berlin-Stockholm by David Kitt and MontagOut of order EP by LejakRandom by BleupulpIts Deep Inside You 2 by PhukoDigital Solutions Volume 2 by Various ArtistsActivate by Atari Teenage RiotMuscle Memory/Holy Goodnight by The VibrationRefried by Various ArtistsTape Loops Vol.1 by Tape LoopsI Don't Wanna Dance by StarmanTape Loops Vol.2 by Tape LoopsI Think You Love Me Plus by Anthony TeasdaleIts Deep Inside You by PhukoSoft Return by GrovesnorWild Wife by Bonkrooger and DJ WestyNarrow Roads by R.I.OI Don't Wanna Dance (The Remixes) by StarmanChant No. 1 (I Can't Keep This Pressure On) by Flash Atkins and Danielle MooreUnseen Rain by Medicine SundayUncut Volume Two by HarambeLanguid Velvet Goddess by Jazza DictionE For Effort A For Attainment by SuperElectricUncut Volume One by HarambeNorthern Comfort by Dr Rubberfunk and TurrellThe Hiding Place by Lost Aura

imax

mailing list

sign up to imax's "slow sound system":

a walk on the mild side. the slow sound system is a collective of artists, djs and producers exploring ambient listening, new electronica and pixel manipulation. sign up for details of irregular live sessions, online mixes, photography and downloads ... happy listening.
you need to join sonomu or log in before you can subscribe

texts

read imax's texts:

slow sound system

[ text about: slow sound system ]

SLOW SOUND SYSTEM
LIE DOWN AND BE COUNTED

THE FOUNDRY : 17 APRIL 2005 : 3-8PM

-------
'Quality avant chillage' BBCi
'Unadulterated bliss' RESONANCE FM
-------

AUDIO

John Chantler (Fat Cat / Room40 / Piehead / Hello Square) (aus/uk) : non-place guitar, drums + laptop excursions

'Melody on hammered strings . robust and driven' THE WIRE
'Monoke is the first in a series of essential recordings' THE MILK FACTORY
'Intelligent and subtle . maybe think Tortoise jamming with the Black Dog?' SMALLFISH
'Nice slice of post-millennial electronica' PITCHFORKMEDIA
'Utterly absorbing and resonant work' FIRST PAST THE POST

------

Function / Matt Nicholson (Fat Cat / Hello Square / Wonderground) (aus / uk) : mutant pop, microsonics + sleepy drone

'One of this year's most intriguing releases' DEEP END, ABC
'The finest album to emerge from Australia this year. this is magical music, hot shit, serious, suffocating and sparse, and aesthetically exquisite.' ADEQUACY.NET
'A stunning masterwork of intriguing musical delights' MONO.NET
'A subtle eclectic expansive epic' SCENE

------

RESIDENTS

iMax, Albert (Grain Of Sound, 8Bitrecs, KabukiKore) (uk/fr) : decks + FX
Janek Ropinsky (Hardman Bros, Pop-Up Recs) (d) : flashwerks, digital sublime

------

DETAILS

Sunday 17 April, 3-8pm, free admission
The Foundry, 84-86 Great Eastern St, London, ec2 : 0207 739 6900 : info@foundry.tv : http://www.foundry.tv

info@slowsound.net
http://www.slowsound.net

------

CHECK

http://www.inventingzero.net
http://www.functionensemble.com
http://www.room40.org
http://www.kabukikore.net
http://www.8bitrecs.com
http://www.hardmanbros.com
http://www.jayropinsky.kliklak.net

-----

Ends


Posted by imax at 23:15, 11 Apr 2005

slow sound system : we're breaking up, cheapmachines, 13 february, the foundry

[ text about: http://sonomu.net/event/~6-1033/ ]

SLOW SOUND SYSTEM
LIE DOWN AND BE COUNTED

THE FOUNDRY : 13 FEBRUARY 2005 : 3-8PM

‘Quality avant chillage’ BBCi
‘Unadulterated bliss …’ RESONANCE FM

----------

The slow sound system explores ambient listening, new electronica and pixel manipulation … we return for 2005 with the first of our free listening sessions.

Lining up at The Foundry on 13 February are two of London’s brightest stars of electronica, last encountered at the London Headphones Festival last year. We’re Breaking Up lay down delicate shortwave experiments and electronic snap, crackle & pop. Meanwhile Cheapmachines explores warm noise, field recordings and tape loops.

On the bench: digitals, soundscaping and audiocollage from resident djs iMax and Albert, plus digital artworks and flash workouts from Janek Ropinsky.

----------

WE'RE BREAKING UP (TWOTHOUSANDAND, ANTIOPIC) (US / UK) (LIVE)
shortwave electronica, snap crackle and pop

‘Restless, shifting drones … a really epic feel. Excellent’ SMALLFISH
‘Takes the improvisation of electronics to a barren wasteland, it glows and flashes and fizzes to the end’ IGLOOMAG
‘Yet another fine, fine release from this superb label. Check it out’ BAGATELLEN

----------

CHEAPMACHINES (KABUKIKORE, NID NOD) (UK) (LIVE)
drones, tape loops, field recordings

‘… some fine examples of extreme manipulation …’ VITAL

----------

iMAX, ALBERT (FR / UK) (DECKS + FX)
collage, soundscaping, digitals

JAY ROPINSKY (d) (VJ)
flashwerks, digital sublime

----------

Sunday 13 February, 3-8pm, free admission

The Foundry, 84-86 Great Eastern St, London, ec2
0207 739 6900 : http://www.foundry.tv

----------

ends

----------

slow sound system
a walk on the mild side

info@slowsound.net
http://www.slowsound.net


Posted by imax at 21:28, 30 Jan 2005

unslow sound system

[ text about: unslow sound system ]

UNSLOW SOUND SYSTEM @ FOUNDRY, 10 JULY, 5-11PM
the evil twin of slow sound system returns to the foundry:

RECON + THORSTEN SIDEB0ARD (highpoint lowlife, 12k, fatcat) (uk) (live)
dubbed out, broken techno – 'mesmeric' BBCi

iBOARD (laptop + decks set) (uk) (live)
hiphop, crunch, whiteout

iMAX, ALBERT (uk, fr) (dj)
soundscaping, bass, beats, noise and electro

JAYROPE (d) (vj)
microvisuals and flashwerks

praise for Recon:

“glimpses into infinite rhythms that will go on reverberating long after we're redirected our ears." Philip Sherburne, The Wire, June 2004
“stripped-down minimalism ... detailed, marshal and mesmeric." BBCi

it will be loud. bring earplugs!


Posted by imax at 16:34, 06 Jul 2004

more texts by imax