Connexion Bizarre was updated on 2008-05-12 with new webcasts, reviews, interviews, media featureas as well as new recommended events and links.

Reviewed this week: Troum "Darvê sh/Ajin", Sunao Inami "LaidBack Computing", Francisco López "Live In Auckland", V/A "Hyperreality".
Interviewed this week: br0d, MAB and Blimpcaptain of Boole (part 1), Oleg Smenovykh of Dars Records.
In the Media section: another installment of Business Traveller.
This week's webcast features "Something For The Ladies..." with music selection by DJ Istabmyhead and "Steelwool Q-tips" with music selection by M.
This week, we continue a giveaway of three copies of Subheim's excellent debut album "Approach" (see below for details).



Subheim "Approach" giveaway

We have three copies of "Approach" the debut album of Greek project Subheim (www.subheim.com) to give away, courtesy of the Tympanik Audio record label (www.tympanikaudio.com). "Approach" was recently reviewed in Connexion Bizarre and you may read the review here.
To be elegible to win a copy of this release please mail us info[at]connexionbizarre[dot]net with your full name and street address. The deadline for this giveaway is May 18th, 2008 and winners will be selected at random on that day.
Not valid for current Connexion Bizarre staff members.


Webcast & Radio Show

Part 1 - Click here to stream or right-click to download
("Something For The Ladies..." with music selection by DJ Istabmyhead)
Amon Tobin - Bloodstone
[The Foley Room - Ninja Tune]
Drop The Lime - Glock Box
[Sky City Rising - Brooklyn Beats]
Ital Tek - Weave (feat. Anneka)
[Deep Pools - Square Records]
Macabre Unit - Ghost
[Ghost - Boka Records]
Milanese - Billy Hologram
[1 Up - Warp Records]
Psion - Subterrainean
[Subterrainean / Tyrant EP - Audio Blueprint]
Apex - Space Between (feat Ayah)
[Weapons of Mass Creation 3 - Hospital Records]
Magus - God of War
[God of War - ADHD Recordings]
Black Sun Empire - Arrakis
[Driving Insane - Black Sun Empire]
SPL & T.Z.A - Violation
[Freak Family Drum Circle Explosion - Freak Recordings]
The Panacea - Evil Seed (Limewax Remix)
[Anokhin & Mootz EP - Position Chrome]


Part 2 - Click here to stream or right-click to download
("Steelwool Q-tips" with music selection by M.)
Muckrackers - ! Aktion !
[[Uckange_4] - Les Forces Alliées]
Absent - Dark Corridor (Ten Data Keshin remix)
[Absent's Children - self-released]
To Mega Therion - The Sermon Of Setekh
[The Blood Rituals EP - Sistinas (unreleased: grab it legally, courtesy of the artist, here and artwork here)]
Hansel - Generate Humans (Evestus - General Nonhuman Remix)
[Reshaping Linear Formulai - D-trash Records]
S?x Only - Psykick Idiotz
[Unknown Sound Object - 9t9]
Sunao Inami - The Man Who Sold The Calculator
[Laid Back Computing - Electr-Ohm]
Stpocold - Sick In Your Mind (orig. by Klinik)
[What Happened Outside - Cold Graey]
Cruise [Ctrl] - Two Men Getting Sick
[I Heard It! - Divine Comedy Records]
Eye8soccer - Sporting Thiscovered Eusebio
[V/A - Thisagree & Shadow - Thisco/Underworld]
Emdy - Mirror
[V/A - ReSSonus Net Vol.1 - ReSSonus]
Monokrom - The Carrots Sweep
[Tales Of Rabbits And Hares - Ant-Zen]

Listen to the Webcast

Connexion Bizarre radio show @ Radio Zero
The Connexion Bizarre radio show can be streamed every Friday at 23:00 GMT and Wednesdays at 10:00 GMT from Radio Zero.


Interviews



Br0d, the MAB & Blimpcaptain - Boole (part 1)
Boole are many things to many people, but mostly unheard from the last half a decade until the release of "The Vital Few" this year. What transpired from a conversation with the band is as weird and varied as Boole's music is. Read and be educated, entertained, and most likely mildly confused. They would have it no other way.
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Oleg Semenovykh - Dars Records
An independent expanding Russian label dedicated to the new intelligent music (post-IDM and new intelligent electronica, glitch, abstract, ambient, electroacoustic music) and other "pushing boundaries" styles.
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Reviews



Troum - Darvê sh/Ajin
Jaroslaw Szeliga from the Polish label Nefryt probably offered Stefan Knappe from Troum to re-release two older vinyl releases on one CD, and from the full discography from Troum it's doubtful if any other two releases would fit a CD this well.
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Sunao Inami - LaidBack Computing
Somewhat ceremonial in some points, and never quite organic, the compositions are ostensibly relaxing or relaxed, making its title a rather adequate one. "LaidBack Computing" is as good as one would expect from an artist like Sunao Inami, sure to please his fans and appeal to appreciators of abstract electronic music.
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Francisco López - Live In Auckland
A worthwhile piece of sound art for the initiated, but perhaps a little too challenging/pretentious for the newcomer.
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V/A - Hyperreality
It is no surprise that a lot of what's on offer here is similar, as it is after all a label sampler rather than a stand-alone compilation, and unfortunately some less than inspired tracks do tend to blur at the borders while other genuinely good (if a little generic) offerings are overshadowed by their placement alongside superior artists.
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Media



Carlos Ferrão - Business Traveller
"As agreed, I will begin sending you copies of the documentation we have been compiling. Once again I apologize for the piecemeal nature of these deliveries but I know you are eager to start your work. I am starting today with the first e-mail of many."
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Connexion Bizarre events


Bodypop @ "Era Uma Vez No Porto" bar (map location)
17/05, saturday, 11pm-2.30am; Rua do Passeio Alegre 550, Porto (Portugal).
The "usual selection and latest news" of synthpop, electropop, robotpop, 8bitpop and bodypop!

Bodypop @ "Era Uma Vez No Porto" bar (map location)
21/06, saturday, 11pm-2.30am; Rua do Passeio Alegre 550, Porto (Portugal).
The "usual selection and latest news" of synthpop, electropop, robotpop, 8bitpop and bodypop!


Recently added links
Mauin, Japanese experimental electronic/idm
To Mega Therion, noise/industrial/black metal fusion project
Bleepstreet, 8bit/chiptune music record label
Pulsations For You, netlabel
Neurobeat Radio
Sleeveface

Netlabel releases spotlight:
To Mega Therion "The Bood Rituals EP" (artist-authorized distribution of the unreleased EP, originally scheduled to be released by Sistinas Music; .WAV files, full album artwork here)

Latest recommended links
Lexxe Machina
Iron Sky, the new movie project of the Finnish "Star Wreck" crew.
Watchful Eyes - A modern British Poster to make Orwell blush
The Free Network Project


Merchandise



Connexion Bizarre Pins
State your individuality and rhythmical reverberation with this set of five one-inch Connexion Bizarre buttons! One featuring the main C.B. logo, three featuring the alternative mascots/logos and one featuring the Connexion Bizarre "reverberate rhythmically" motto.
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