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Hello Warpfriend, welcome to March’s newsletter. Thanks to everyone who came to the shows with the London Sinfonietta, and have helped make them such superb and memorable evenings. Brighton and Liverpool are still to roll this weekend, see ‘incoming’ below right for reviews, plus info on the repeat performance of Plaid’s 5.1 surround show.
We have loads of USA and European live action coming up in late March and April, all the details below.

(Image : Courtesy of La Fondation Vasarely - see above)

Bleep

After two months online, interest in Bleep has been phenomenal with many thousands of tracks and albums successfully downloaded so far. For the next stage, we are currently in the process of adding catalogue from a whole load of other labels, available very soon. We are pleased to say that Skam will be the first up on Bleep, with Ghostly, Merck, Planet Mu, Breakin' and more to come.. In time, Bleep will build into a place to access digital music and products from a wide spectrum of the best labels in the world.

Two Lone Swordsmen

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 Two Lone Swordsmen have completed their new album, entitled From The Double Gone Chapel. Scheduled for release on 19th May, the album will be followed later in 2004 with a single and TLS live shows. With a heavy dose of live influence, From The Double Gone Chapel features vocals by Andrew himself (and guests), Keith Tenniswood on bass, plus lots of live drums, keyboards and guitar. Revisiting the murky, seedy London underbelly evoked by classic Sabres like Haunted Dancehall , the album is full of the Swordsmen’s many influences - dub, goth, industrial, electro, punk psychobilly and more.
Since 2000's Tiny Reminders, Andrew Weatherall and Keith Tenniswood have been busy with their burgeoning Rotters Golf Club label and empire; DJing round the world (with Keith also releasing albums and playing live under his RadioactiveMan guise); and recently putting out Peppered with Spastic Magic, a selection of their remixes to date.

Boards Of Canada

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 Boards of Canada's debut album Music Has The Right to Children will be reissued worldwide on 5th April, featuring an extra track Happy Cycling (featured on Peel Session and the old US edition of "Music.."). The CD version will also be completely repackaged in a foldout cardboard Digipak sleeve. Having recently remixed Boom Bip and cLOUDDEAD, Boards of Canada will release a new album in 2004.

Prefuse 73




 Scott Herren now has a new website at Prefuse73.com, courtesy of Graphic Havoc and featuring news from the two worlds of Prefuse73 and Savath & Savalas, updated by Scott himself. See the Live Dates below for details of Prefuse73 and Savath & Savalas (8 piece band!) shows coming up this spring and summer. The Savath & Savalas Apropa’t album is beautiful! Read, look and listen on the S&S Page

 

Ether 2004 Rewind.

On 26th April Plaid and Bob Jaroc will repeat their sold-out ETHER festival show at the QE Hall, London. In full 5.1 surround sound and wide screen, the show presents some of the new pieces that Bob and Plaid have created for their forthcoming DVD album (including the fantastic Super Barrio, directed by Bob and Andy Ward) plus choice tracks from their live show, re-edited and remixed in 5.1 // Booking Info // Plaid and Bob take the surround show to the Brighton Festival on 10th May.

Reviews of the London Sinfonietta / Squarepusher / Jamie Lidell performance at the Royal Festival hall :
  • Telegraph
  • Sunday Telegraph
  • The Times
  • Pixelsurgeon


    • Vasarely 2004

    After a great weekend in 2003, Warp and friends take over the Vasarely Foundation in Aix-en-Provence, Southern France for 3 nights of music, film and art on 28-30th May.
    The lineup includes Rhythm and Sound, Boom Bip, Jamie Lidell, Pierre Bastien, Dabrye, Leila, Luke Vibert and more, plus film and animation from Pleix, Warp and Takeshi Murata
    For more info and email updates go Here

    !!!

    !!! have completed their album! Recorded bi-coastally between Sacramento and Brooklyn during late 2003/early 04, Louden Up Now is scheduled for release in June, in partnership with Touch and Go in the USA. Louden Up Now is a full-on blast of percussion, twisting basslines and octo-headed live energy that will be taken out on tour this summer.

    Team Shadetek

    We are pleased to announce that NYC-based duo Shadetek will release an 8 track mini album Burnerism in June. Having been fans of Shadetek’s music for a while, this is definitely their best to date - mashed up hip hop and electronics, to be released on fat cut double vinyl and CD.



    Warp Live
    More details in Warp live listings

    Elsewhere

    Beans USA Tour

    March
    (Supporting Unicorns)
    Thu 25 Los Angeles Spaceland
    Fri 26 Hollywood Knitting Factory
    Sat 27 San Francisco Café du Nord
    Sun 28 Portland Berbati's Pan
    Mon 29 Seattle Crocodile Café
    Wed 31 Salt Lake City Kilby Court

    April
    Thu 1 Denver Rocks Island
    Fri 2 Kansas City Spitfire
    Sat 3 Minneapolis Triple Rock Social Club
    Sun 4 Chicago Logan Square Auditorium
    Mon 5 Detroit Magic Stick

    (Supporting Tortoise)
    Wed 14 Detroit Majestic Theater
    Thu 15 Toronto Phoenix Concert Theatre
    Fri 16 Ottawa The Capitol Music Hall
    Sat 17 Montreal Club Soda
    Sun 18 Winooski Higher Ground
    Mon 19 New Haven Toad's Place
    Tue 20 Boston The Roxy
    Wed 21 New York Bowery Ballroom
    Thu 22 New York Bowery Ballroom
    Fri 23 Philadelphia Theatre of Living Arts
    Sat 24 Washington 9:30 Club
    Tue 27 Asheville Orange Peel
    Wed 28 Atlanta Variety Playhouse

    Squarepusher USA Tour

    March (Tour with London Sinfonietta )
    Fri 26 BRIGHTON Dome 01273 709709 7.30
    Sat 27 LIVERPOOL Philharmonic 0151 709 3789 8.00

    April
    Fri 2 Brooklyn/NY South Paw
    Sat 3 Boston Paradise
    Sun 4 Montreal Club Soda
    Tue 6 Toronto Phoenix
    Wed 7 Columbus Wexner Center
    Fri 9 Chicago Metro
    Sat 10 Minneapolis Ascot Room
    Tue 13 Seattle Showbox
    Wed 14 Vancouver Richards on richards
    Fri 16 San Francisco Avalon Ballroom
    Sat 17 Los angeles El Rey theater
    Sun 18 Phoenix Old Brickhouse
    Tue 20 Dallas Trees
    Wed 21 Austin Antone's
    Thu 22 New Orleans The Parish
    Sat 24 Atlanta Echo Lounge
    Sun 25 Asheville Orange Peel
    Tue 27 Washington Black Cat
    Wed 28 New York Irving Plaza

    Jamie Lidell

    March ( Tour with London Sinfonietta )
    Fri 26 BRIGHTON Dome 01273 709709 7.30
    Sat 27 LIVERPOOL Philharmonic 0151 709 3789 8.00

    April
    08 Turin cafè procope / teatro juvarra
    09 Brussels Halles de schaerbeek
    16 Athens BIOS festival
    23 Madrid Festival Electronic Music
    28 Belfast Radio 3 mixing it showcase

    May
    29 Lisbon, Lux (+ Gonzales)
    06 Dublin, The Sugar Club
    28/30 France Vasarely Festival

    Plaid

    Full live AV Shows with Bob Jaroc

    Mar
    Thu 18 Athens Bios
    Fri 19 Rome Brancaleona
    Sat 20 Bologna Link
    Fri 26 Amiens New Dreams
    Sat 27 Belfast Visonic AV Festival

    April
    Fri 02 Cork Half Moon Theatre
    Sat 03 Dublin Static @ The Shelter
    Sat 24 Norfolk Dedbeat

    May
    Fri 14 Brighton Garnier Art Centre (Surround Show)
    Sat 15 Ljubljana Festival Pomladi

     

    Dedbeat Festival

    'The UK spring festival returns on 23-25th April, taking place at Pontins holiday park, Hemsby On Sea, Norfolk and featuring Plaid, Luke Vibert, Beans, Radiactiveman, Drexciyan DJ Stingray, MF Doom, Edan, Atmosphere, plus the Lex Tour (see Elsewhere) and Showcases from Ghostly, Clone and much more.


    Lex Records

    Boom Bip releases Corymb on April 19th, a CD compendium featuring remixes from Boards of Canada, Venetian Snares, Lali Puna, Mogwai, Four Tet and cLOUDDEAD as well as the latest peel sessions Boom Bip did with his band and a few new tracks.

    DJ Dangermouse’s Jay-Z-vs-The Beatles opus The Grey Album has been one of the biggest stories of the year so far, getting props and coverage everywhere from CNN and The Sun to Jay Z himself… Read the latest on the Lex Site

    Danger Mouse headlines a Lex Tour of France, England and Scotland during April, stopping at London’s Scala on Weds 28th April, also on the bill are Prince Paul, Non Prophets Live (Sage Francis + Joe Beats) and Prince Po. Tour Dates and info

    DJ Signify's concept album Sleep No More is soon to be released. In a
    pre-release premiere show in New York on 29th March for his forthcoming Sleep No More album, DJ Signify joins forces with STEINSKI, BUCK65 and SAGE FRANCIS to bring the album to life. Plus Buck65 and Sage Francis solo sets. All Info

    ATP Festival and RE~TG

    One of the very best UK festivals, ATP this year is spread over two weekends, and features the usual impeccable lineups (Sonic Youth, Mogwai, Shellac, Prefuse 73, Broadcast, Boredoms, LCD Soundsystem… ) It is practically sold out, but some tickets remain.
    weekend 1, weekend2

    ATP is followed in May by RE~TG, a mega weekend celebration of industrial influenced music curated by Throbbing Gristle and Foundation, also at Camber Sands. Throbbing Gristle play live, plus Coil, Andy Weatherall, Matmos, Richard H Kirk, Mego ( with Jim O’ Rourke, Russell Haswell, Pita) and much more.

    Two Big Parties in London

    Eat Your Own Ears all-nighter at The Coronet feat, Four Tet, Dabrye, Fennesz, Manitoba, Icarus. April 30th, 9-6 Flyer / Ticketweb / Wayahead

    Rephlex Presents: Grime @ The End, 23 April.