Bang the Bore Say Nice Things About Ap Martlet

Bang the Bore have included a track from one half of Hagman (Ap Martlet) on their blog.

"Thoroughly enjoyable track of ‘treated silence’..."

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Poster for the July 28th Gig

More details in the post below or on Facebook.

July 28th - A Date For Your Diaries...

Sheepscar Light Industrial and Striate Cortex present...

An evening of celebration to mark the release of the Victorian Electronics box-set on Striate Cortex and the launch of Sheepscar Light Industrial, featuring Ashtray Navigations, Astral Social Club, Hagman, Mel O'Dubhslaine, Midwich and more t.b.c.


Since 2009 Andy Robinson has been releasing limited runs of beautifully packaged experimental, ambient, drone and noise on his Striate Cortex label. To mark a half century of releases, he is releasing the Victorian Electronics box-set: packaged in a hand-decorated box, this release will contain four 3" discs, one each from Astray Navigations, Astral Social Club, Daniel Thomas and Midwich.

More on Striate Cortex - http://striatecortex.wordpress.com/
http://amour-discipline.org/zine/why-striate-cortex-is-my-favourite-label-and-why-it-could-become-yours-too/


And, as Striate Cortex reaches a milestone, Sheepscar Light Industrial is born. Daniel Thomas' Leeds based label has been bubbling under the surface for a few months and is now ready to deliver its first three releases; Daniel Thomas & Midwich, Mel O'Dubhslaine and Azores. The latter will feature remixes by Ap Martlet, Daniel Thomas and Phil Todd.

More on Sheepscar Light Industrial - http://sheepscar.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.facebook.com/SheepscarLightIndustrial


All three Sheepscar Light Industrial releases and the Victorian Electronics box-set will be available on the evening, there will also be live performances from Ashtray Navigations, Astral Social Club, Hagman, Mel O'Dubhslaine, Midwich and, hopefully, a couple of others too...

Ashtray Navigations
Originally started as a solo project back in 1994, Phil Todd's Ashtray Navigations have been consistently turning out high quality, psychedelic, experimental, noise. Here, longevity is most definitely an assurance of quality.

More on Ashtray Navigations - http://ashtraynavigations.wordpress.com/
http://www.facebook.com/AshtrayNavigations


Astral Social Club
Astral Social Club is the (usually) solo project of former Vibracathedral Orchestra member and veteran experimental musicalist Neil Campbell. As was recently said - "The undisputed granddaddy of underground noise/improv/drone/whatever who has been exploring these murky waters for close to 30 years."

More on Astral Social Club - http://astralsocialclub.wordpress.com/
http://soundcloud.com/astral-social-club


Hagman
Mere babes in comparison to the aforementioned stalwarts of the experimental noise underground, Hagman are Daniel & David Thomas (no relation); two men with a variety of noise making devices, effects pedals and lots of wires...

More on Hagman - http://www.facebook.com/HagmanHagmanHagman
http://soundcloud.com/hagmanhagmanhagman


Mel O'Dubhslaine
Mel explores extended vocalisation and non-verbal language using real and synthesised breath.

More on Mel O'Dubhslaine - http://melanieodubhshlaine.wordpress.com/


Midwich
Midwich is the noise of Rob Hayler; former Fencing Flatworm Records head honcho, documenter and veteran of the no audience underground...

More on Midwich - http://radiofreemidwich.wordpress.com/


Hopefully news of further additions to the line up soon.

Doors 7pm, £4


Wharf Chambers is a members' club and you need to be a member, or guest of a member, in order to attend. To join, please visit wharfchambers.org. Membership costs £1 and requires a minimum of 48 hours to take effect.

Sounds of the Summer

What Becomes of the Broken Hagmen?

Hagman recording from this evening at the Foxy Newt. Thanks to Andy, Fawn Spots, Furrow and City Yelps...

Rottenmeats Review Delighted in Isolation

Lovely review of Delighted in Isolation over at Rottenmeats...

"A beautiful occultist origami of time spans groaning with oscillatory majestics, rifling deep into your psyche with a chemistry of grainy concretes, tectonic shifts, and funnelling hypnotics…"
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(Photo by Andy Robinson)

Hagman Gig this Sunday

Hagman will be playing this Sunday evening at Leeds' own Foxy Newt (The Fox & Newt). Also playing are Fawn Spots, Furrow and City Yelps...

More details on Facebook.

Vital Weekly Review of Delighted in Isolation

Hey hey, the good people of the Vital Weekly podcast have included a track from Delighted in Isolation and written a nice review;

(Photo by Andy Robinson)

"DANIEL THOMAS - DELIGHTED IN ISOLATION (CDR by Striate Cortex)
On the recently reviewed CDR by Midwich, see Vital Weekly 829, we found a track recorded in collaboration with Daniel Thomas, which apparently was liked by Striate Cortex that they invited him to do a CDR on his own. Like Midwich, Thomas is from Leeds and like Midwich his music owes a bit to the world of drone music. But a difference is that Midwich works clearly with a background of organ like sounds and for Thomas its less easy to say what he does or what his sound sources are. His drone music is then a bit different too. Occasionally a bit more pulse like, such as in the second or the seventh tracks (all untitled), but then also, at other times a bit more oriented towards to the more heavy, noisier drone clusters such as in the eighth piece. Its not always the most refined voices in drone music Daniel Thomas uses here, although the fourth piece shows he can. Sometimes however things are quite loud and dirty and its never easy to tell what Thomas want with his music. Set forward to please people, lull them to sleep, or perhaps give them a perfect nightmare. Whatever it is, he does it quite well. In the crowded of even noisy drone makers, Thomas shows quite a promise for the future. (FdW)
Address: http://striatecortex.wordpress.com"

(Review by Frans de Waard for Vital Weekly)