Connexion Bizarre was updated on January 18th with new content (a new release, piles of reviews, podcasts and links).

A quick overview of this week's update:
Podcast:
"Xiled Radio @ Connexion Bizarre" with music selection by DJ Arcanus
and
"Trapped In Indigo Waves" with music selection by :JW:
Reviews: Error Response "Zen", ESA "The Immaculate Manipulation", Sturqen "Piranha", Madeline Puckette "Tsar Bomba (pre-release)", Tonal y Nagual "La Sierra Mecánica", Lolita Terrorist Sounds "Rudiments and Bases for the New Millennium", Vlüba "Live at Erks", 13th Monkey "Redefining the Paradigm of Bang", The Peoples Republic Of Europe "Babylon", Voide "Humachine"
Release: Savage Ideal "Ghosts Dance Lightly On the Puncheon Floor"

All the best,
Miguel de Sousa
(editor, etc @ www.connexionbizarre.net)
    



Connexion Bizarre events

Glorious Elektroanschlag 11 Warm-Up Party!
2010-03-25, thursday, Villa Bar, Altenburrg (DE) map location
Trans Europe Express returns in 2010 for another night of gay mayhem in Altenburg to warm everyone up for the Elektroanschlag 11 festival. On the decks this year are founding members M. (Connexion Bizarre, PT) and JanaDark (TanzFront, RU) accompanied by Thedi (13th Monkey, DE), PapaLoco (DE) and other guests and hangers-on. FREE ENTRANCE (but no free beer). Tip: ask at the bar for a "Swimming Pool".
www.elektroanschlag.de
www.villabar.de
www.tanzfront.ru
www.connexionbizarre.net (hey, that's us!)


Podcast & Radio Show

Part 1 - Click here to stream or right-click to download
("Xiled Radio @ Connexion Bizarre" with music selection by DJ Arcanus)
Flint Glass - Connexion Bizarre Podcast Intro (0:28)
[exclusive]
Monstrare - Quykiis (3:32)
[Dark Transmissions - Force Of Nature Productions]
Crepuscular - Ethereal Shadow (4:25)
[Deep Slow Majesty - Black Drone]
Love Power Experiment - I (3:39)
[The Politics Of Self Mutilation - Dark Seeds]
Deaf Machine - Noise Destruction (5:44)
[Found Noises - Raubbau]
Sistrenatus - Echoes From The Past (8:31)
[Sensitive Disturbance - Cold Spring]
Bereft - No Change In Sight (5:12)
[Your Messiah Will Fail - Bloodlust!]
Des Esseintes - Fragments (8:01)
[Mondo Macabro - Malignant Records]
Omei - A Single Sickened Cell (9:03)
[...A Single Sickened Cell - Beauty And Pain]
Conure - Dreaming In Stereo (5:40)
[49 Minutes (Until Release) - Crunch Pod]
Maurizio Bianchi & Telepherique - Mood Fluctuation (5:49)
[The House Of Mourning - Radiotarab Recordings/Cold Current
Productions]

Part 2 - Click here to stream or right-click to download
("Trapped In Indigo Waves" with music selection by :JW:)
Flint Glass - Connexion Bizarre Podcast identifier
[exclusive]
Armando Trovaioli - Profeta (2:46)
[Beat At Cinecitta Vol. 3 - Crippled Dick Hot Wax!]
T.A.G.C. - Iso-Erotic Calibrations (6:47)
[Iso-Erotic Calibrations - Musica Maxima Magnetica]
The Black Ghosts - Some Way Through This (4:02)
[The Black Ghosts - Southern Fried Records]
slowEarth - I Will (3:33)
[Beautiful Machines - slowEarth]
Anita Lane - Blume (4:33)
[Dirty Pearl - Mute Records]
Goblin - Suspiria (6:03)
[Suspiria Original Soundtrack - Cinevox]
Black Tape For A Blue Girl - We Exist Entwined (5:17)
[This Lush Garden Within - Projekt]
Machine In The Garden - Falling, Too (6:33)
[One Winter's Night... - Middle Pillar]
Kraftwerk - Sex Object (6:51)
[Electric Cafe - Kling Klang]
In Slaughter Natives - Media (4:33)
[In Slaughter Natives - Cold Meat Industry]
Leonard Cohen - Take This Waltz (5:58)
[I'm Your Man - CBS]

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Release


Savage Ideal - Ghosts Dance Lightly on the Puncheon Floor
A brooding analysis of historical landscape... Songs inspired by and dedicated to Southern History. All tracks are largely based around a vast library of found sounds / field recordings gathered during a month long Appalachian sojurn in April, 2008. Sound collage meets post industrial meets folk. Dan Barrett of Worms of the Earth collaborated on / arranged / wrote tracks 1, 9, and 12. Acoustic guitar meets powernoise in Bob Moog's backyard.
Read more & download


Reviews


Error Response - Zen
"Zen" flows immeasurably well, being neither too swift nor too sedate for too long, but rather pooling and cascading in turn, progressing from serene and laidback to taut and wonky, from cut-up and textured to melodic and hopeful. It's juxtapositions like these that give listeners a clue that, with Error Response, Arnold is at the top of his game. The funk, the atmospheres and (especially) the glimmering noir, all executed in a style clean and crisp as freshly minted hundred dollar bills, lend mysterious "Zen" exactly that - meditation, koan, satori...
Read more


ESA - The Immaculate Manipulation
A truly magnificent collage of sounds and styles, shifting indeed immaculately through any electronic subgenre worth nodding to, this record is a must have. Read more


Sturqen - Piranha
If you're sick of the crashing, numbing beats, and need something more stimulating, Sturqen has what you require. Alternatively, if you've already delved into the possibilities of harder drum'n'bass, such as that of Yuki Tendo, you've come to the right place. "Piranha" is frightening and unconventional but quite brilliant.
Read more


Madeline Puckette - Tsar Bomba (pre-release)
Rooted firmly in the synthesized pop sound and DIY underground dance of electroclash, "Tsar Bomba" also reflects Puckette's early riot grrrl leanings and an independent, girl-power aesthetic. Characterized by half-sung/half-spoken vocals and growling synths, the release touches on themes of primacy, jealousy, affluence and diabolic immoderation. Upon further reflection, perhaps that's where the arms race intimations arise after all.
Read more


Tonal y Nagual - La Sierra Mecánica
The paradox between the charm of the lo-fi delivery and the conventions of what is technically acceptable or desirable in modern music largely permeates "La Sierra Mecánica". Generally, I feel the tunes, lyrics and interesting arrangements win over concerns about poor singing and occasionally clumsy guitar work; the humour, wit and creativity evident throughout make this album something special.
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Lolita Terrorist Sounds - Rudiments and Bases for the New Millennium
This release will be a favorite of the experimental scene but a little too unique for the mainstream. But this will be the mainstream's loss as this album is brilliant in its simplicity and ability to draw the listener into the fray via arrangements and ambiences.
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Vlüba - Live At Erks
More than just a record, "Live at Erks" is a spiritual experience which deserves to be listened carefully and in a proper state of mind, in order to fully enjoy the journey it will take you to, a journey which no one can figure out the real destination..
Read more


13th Monkey - Redefining the Paradigm of Bang

At the end, there's an impression that this is something that would be extremely effective and fun in a packed dancefloor setting (preferably played live). Surely, scene-specific prime DJ material but, for home or casual listening, it will have limited appeal or revisitation potential (unless you're a sucker for 4/4 beats).
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The Peoples Republic Of Europe - Babylon

The production quality is high, there is an almost overly wide range of styles on display and plenty of interesting sounds and textures are thrown into the mix. Some of the more comedy ideas tend to grate however, and the way they've so desperately thrown themselves at the "scene" does mean that numerous clichés slip through the net, both in terms of sound and imagery.
Read more


Voide - Humachine
As a whole, this release shows an artist with promise but lacking the versatility and attention to detail
Read more


Links

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Net releases spotlight
Camp Z "Mental Straitjacket" (Zorch Factory)
Solar Skeletons "Necroethyl"
Vicnet "Mr. Hadopi" (Da! Heard It Records)
Various "Falésia 3" (Enough Records)