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: Unterm Rad "The Rake's Progress", Ultraviolet "The Thin Line Between Love And Addiction", Various "...Where Tattered Clouds Are Stranding"
Interviewed this week: Squid of Bugs Crawling Out Of People
In the Media section: another installment of Business Traveller.
This week's webcast features "Snaredrums & Freebase II" with music selection by DJ Istabmyhead and "Sorted & Looking Forward" with music selection by M.
Also this week, we begin a giveaway of a 3 CD set of the latest releases on the Force Of Nature record lanel and announce the winners of the previous giveaway. (see below for details).
Regards,
Connexion Bizarre
(www.connexionbizarre.net)



Force Of Nature Productions giveaway

We have one complete set of the latest three releases from Force Of Nature Productions to give away, courtesy of the record label. Included in this set are Synnack's debut album "v2", "Mondegreen" by Concrete Cookie & The Maggot Farmer and "Triomphe de la matiére" by Perfection Plastic.
To be elegible to win this set of releases please mail us info[at]connexionbizarre[dot]net with your full name and street address. The deadline for this giveaway is July 6th, 2008. The winner will be randomly selected and announced on July 7th.
Not valid for current Connexion Bizarre staff members.

Famine "Every Mirror Turns Black" giveaway
We had 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).
The winners were: Kam A. (us) and Anna-Christine H. (dk)


Webcast & Radio Show

Part 1 - Click here to stream or right-click to download
("Snaredrums & Freebase II" with music selection by DJ Istabmyhead)
Cyberworm - Outside Limits
[Wasteland - Opposide Records]
Kraken - Warped
[2 On 1 Series - Underfire]
Cubanate - Isolation
[Interference - Unacceptable]
Counterstrike - Lost Souls
[From Beyond The Grave - Algorythm Recordings]
Raiden & The Panacea - La Shit
[Cryptonomicon EP - Position Chrome]
Limewax - Icicle
[Romance Explosion EP - Freak Recordings]
Technical Itch - Death Jazz
[The 50th Plague - Tech Itch Recordings]
Mr. Kill - Aerodynamit Punx
[The Teknoist & Scheme Boy vs Mr. Kill - Bang A Rang]
Doormouse - Ghosts (Abelcain mix)
[Ghosts - Addict Records]
Slacknote + DJ Hidden - Where's The Score? (Evol Intent remix)
[Where's The Score? - Evol Intent)
Hecate - Houris' Horus
[Seven Veils of Silence - Hymen Records]
[Through The Looking Glass - Polydor]

Part 2 - Click here to stream or right-click to download
("Sorted & Looking Forward" with music selection by M.)
IGO - Fake Van Goth
[Synth Love - Modern Sky]
The Rorschach Garden - Your Face
[Transfer - Bazooka Joe]
Iris - Lands Of Fire (Mesh Pyromix)
[Hydra - Diffusion Records]
Boole - Anachron
[The Vital Few - Sonic Mainline]
Everything Goes Cold - I've Sold Your Organs on the Black Market to Finance the Purchase of a Used Minivan (Except for the Stupid Skeletor Tattoo on Your Right Bicep... I Kept That Shit Mix by Boom of Society Burning)
[Prepare To Be Refrigerated - Sonic Mainline]
Famine - Blood Sacrifice
[Every Mirror Turns Black - Bugs Crawling Out Of People]
Alter Der Ruine - Coppin' It Sweet
[State Of Ruin - Sistinas]
Angelspit - Girl Poison
[Blood Death Ivory - Dancing Ferret Discs]
Element Abuse - Human Ladder
[Unbirth - Ytterbium]
Pneumatic Detach - Automatic Nation (PD vs Alessandro Paccia)
[[ko.mor.bid] - Tympanik Audio]
Frontline Assembly - Lowlife
[Artificial Soldier - Metropolis Records]

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



Squid - Bugs Crawling Out Of People
Though not remarkably active release-wise, Bugs Crawling Out Of People has consistently released intense material which, despite a wide variety of styles, shares a visceral and deeply cynical vision of existence.
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Reviews



Unterm Rad - The Rake's Progress
A wonderfully experimental release and has the added bonus towards the end of a fair few remixes that add a new level to the journey, giving the tracks some essential edges that a few listeners out there may be craving for midway through the proceedings.
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Ultraviolet - The Thin Line Between Love And Addiction
A pretty good album compared to many artists. Originality is always a problem in pop music, but at least Ultraviolet have taken some of the latest influences to use for their own ends, in quite an effective manner.
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V/A - ...Where Tattered Clouds Are Stranding
Certainly this compilation is worth listening to for anyone interested in neo-folk and dark ambient, but the Einar Jónsson connection could have been developed further and there are plenty of higher quality compilations available for those new to the scene.
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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


In Transit @ "Era Uma Vez No Porto" bar (map location)
26/06, saturday, 11pm-2.30am; Rua do Passeio Alegre 550, Porto (Portugal).
Longe broken beats, idm, chillout soundscapes and other fine electronica.

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.

One Man Nation + PS
2008-07-03, Casa Viva, Porto (PT)
Live performances by One Man Nation and PS and post-concert spinning by M.. Organized by Soopa with cooperation of Connexion Bizarre and Enough Records


Recently added links
Real Snail Mail

Netlabel releases spotlight:
2methylBulbe1ol "Dans l'Oreille d'un sourd" (Abyssa)
Vive La Sieste "Vive La Sieste" (Antisocial)

Latest recommended links
'Oldest' Computer Music Unveiled (BBC)
OTT Films + "Necromantic" blitz-film
Inviting Death From Space (Warren Ellis)
How to train death squads and quash revolutions from San Salvador to Iraq (Wikileaks)
A Life 4 Sale


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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