Connexion Bizarre was updated on 2008-06-16 with new webcasts, reviews and media feature as well as new recommended events and links.

Reviewed this week: Feu Follet "Fogbank", Oxygenfad "Oxygenfad", Autopsia "The Berlin Requiem", Disharmony "Xframes", Numbers On The Mast "Numbers On The Mast"
In the Media section: another installment of Business Traveller.
This week's webcast features "unknown pleasures & underground cities" with music selection by :JW: and "Deep Solace" with music selection by M.
Also this week, we continue a giveaway of two copies of Famine's album "Every Mirror Turns Black" courtesy of record label Bugs Crawling Out Of People (see below for details).



Famine "Every Mirror Turns Black" giveaway

We have two copies of "Every Mirror Turns Black" the recently released album by Canadian artist Famine (www.myspace.com/chxstfamine) to give away, courtesy of the record label Bugs Crawling Out Of People (www.bugscrawlingoutofpeople.com).
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 June 23rd, 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
("unknown pleasures & underground cities" with music selection by :JW:)
Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit (3:14)
[Billie's Blues - TKO Magnum Midline]
A Place to Bury Strangers - To Fix the Gash in your Head (3:51)
[A Place to Bury Strangers - Killer Pimp]
ADULT. - I Feel Worse When I'm With You (2:41)
[Why Bother? - Thrill Jockey]
Alice In Videoland - Cut The Crap (2:59)
[Outrageous - Storming Records]
Siobhan Fahey - Bad Blood (4:17)
[Bad Blood - SF Records]
Sheep On Drugs - She's Hot (3:50)
[One For The Money - Invisible]
Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen (shower scene) (3:10)
[Kittenz And Thee Glitz - City Rockers]
Salon Boris - I Dont Want You (3:56)
[I Am The Drug - U Discs]
Second Version - Schwarzer Engel (Kuess Mich) (3:19)
[Schwarzer Engel Kuess Mich - Raumklang]
Die Perlen - Geiz (3:18)
[Szenenwechsel - Firezone]
Cromax International - Electric Pussy Boogie (extended version) (5:50)
[Electrified - Wannsee Records]
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Strange Fruit (3:52)
[Through The Looking Glass - Polydor]


Part 2 - Click here to stream or right-click to download
("Deep Solace" with music selection by M.)
VortexSoundTech - inOUT
[Fiery Silence - Thisco]
Empusae - Waanzin
[The Hatred Of Trees - Hands Productions]
Mind Necrosis Factor - Immanence
[Morphogenesis - Audiotrauma]
Eretsua - Travelling Light (Flint Glass Remix)
[Circumsounds - Tympanik Audio]
Phil Von - Untitled
[V/A - Antibothis - Thisco]
Xabec - Liquid Journeys transformed by Wild Shores
[Transformed - Hands Productions]
Blackfilm - Interference
[Blackfilm - Spectraliquid]
Freeze Etch - Vehicularism
[Vessels - Force Of Nature]
Famine - Idle Flattery
[Every Mirror Turns Black - Bugs Crawling Out Of People]

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.


Reviews



Feu Follet - FogbankFor its tenth release Triple Bath asked Tobias Fisher - known for his activities for the highly praised Tokafi webzine, as well as his labels Einzeleinheit and Ex Ovo - for a release. Under the name Feu Follet, Fisher creates massive ambient soundscapes built from drones, field recordings, loops and additional instruments.
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Oxygenfad - OxygenfadListening to Oxygenfad's self-titled CD is like channel surfing at high speed with the picture off. There really is something for (almost) everyone here. You never know what you're going to get next, and while in lesser hands the quick change from one genre to another (sometimes mid-track) could wear thin pretty quickly, Oxygenfad's assured handling of the material shines through.
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Autopsia - The Berlin RequiemAutopsia have an impressive history of making singular, inspired music that spans genres. In fact, the only common thread binding their massive discography together is the pervading sense of impending doom that typifies this Czech outfit. "The Berlin Requiem" is therefore no surprise in terms of subject matter and atmospheric content.
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Disharmony - XframesAlthough cinematic in nature, "XFrames" is essentially downtempo EBM with ritual ambient influences. Often individual tracks are more iterative than suits the styling, however there is suitable variation between tracks to avoid redundancy.
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Numbers On The Mast - Numbers On The MastThematically occultist in nature, the debut by this Austin-based trio is a curious affair. As usual, the armoury is stocked with a variety of synths and a plethora of lord-knows-what mixed into the pot to create a stream of eclectic and ominous absorbing drones teetering along with flashes of organic sounds that seem to be the standard within this genre.
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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)
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!

Recommended Events
(note: we are not directly involved in the organization of these events)


Slaughterhaus 5 - Freedom Day
2008-06-28, The Other, London (UK)
Please check http://www.slaughterhausfive.org/ and Slaughterhaus 5 @ Facebook for more information.


Recently added links
Throbbing Gristle (editor's note: yes, I'm fully aware it's quite amazing we haven't linked to TG in almost five years...)
Das Boot Festival (dk)
EBMfest 2008 (ca)

Netlabel releases spotlight:
Mothball Z "Milk & Cereal EP"
Sparagmos "Visceral" (MiMi)
V/A "Italian Body Music Vol.4" (Italian Body Music)

Latest recommended links
PETA Kills Animals + PETA Overview
Glass Houses: e-mail compares George W. Bush's eco-friendly ranch with Al Gore's energy-expending mansion. (Snopes.com)
The United States Of Advertising (BBC)