http://www.connexionbizarre.net/ Connexion Bizarre Feed - weekly updates to electronic music webzine with webcast, album reviews, interviews, etc en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59:59 GMT music http://www.connexionbizarre.net/images/cblogo_rss.jpg http://www.connexionbizarre.net/ info@connexionbizarre.net (Miguel M. de Sousa) info@connexionbizarre.net (Miguel M. de Sousa) 1440 "August 2008" with music selection by DJ Razor*Grrrl Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59 GMT http://www.connexionbizarre.net/webcast.htm "Fiscal year 2008-2009 (step one)" with music selection by M. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:59 GMT http://www.connexionbizarre.net/webcast_a.htm Ukrainian label run by Dmytro Fedorenko (Kotra), started at the end of year 2006, with the aim to amplify the electronic experimental outputs from the land of Ukraine and to discover new musical variations from the outer world. Kvitnu concentrates on music and ideas with a high blood pressure in its sound-veins. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:58:00 GMT http://www.connexionbizarre.net/interviews/m_kvitnu.htm Occasionally, little wonders slip through the cracks and escape the notice of record labels. Roughhausen's "Agony of the Beat" is such a specimen - varied, dynamic, danceable and eminently listenable, all rolled into one, this release is truly a reviewer's joy. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:58:00 GMT http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_roughhausen_taotb.htm Unlike many bands sheltering under the 'experimental' tag, this guy rarely falls into comfortable predictability, and many of the tracks sound pretty far removed from your intial impressions by the end. The overall result is rather jolly, and reminds you that quirky avant-garde music can be fun, and needn't be listened to on Sennheisers in a darkened room. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:58:00 GMT http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_fluorescentgrey_goo.htm "Three" might well be called vapid or monotonous by impatient critics looking for something less hermitic and more conspicuous than idle, syrup-dipped compositions. However, it is precisely these jejune traits that lend Junkboy its special, engrossing character. When the mood is right, "Three" fits just fine. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:58:00 GMT http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_junkboy_t.htm Numusic Records compiled "nucd#02" to showcase the varied styles of electronic music represented at their music festival. Compiled from a range of international and Norwegian artists, especially those from the immediate Stavanger area of Norway where the label resides, the mix of genres represented is varied and contrasting, representing the diversity of the artists appearing at the event. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:58:00 GMT http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_va_nucd2.htm This German duo's sound covers a wide range, from lurching beats and swirly guitar to calm spasms and spaced-out ambience. Often off-kilter and detuned, but routinely interesting, "Disharmonic Universe" stays true to its name as Dissamonix dispatches seven tracks of structured slow-motion mayhem, full of bass frequencies and tripped-out beats. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:58:00 GMT http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_dissamonix_du.htm A bit heavy on the angst, a bit light on sincerity. Focusing either on a harsher, more stripped-down minimalist sound or opting for depth and technicality, rather than vacillating between the two poles, would improve the end result no end. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:58:00 GMT http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_ft13_tgd.htm Haemorrhagic reactions abound when listening to this four-track teaser EP that merely hints at what may yet be to come. Overall, excitement levels when confronted by this recording did not match the anticipated response - a breakcore/gabba/dubstep crossover works far better in theory than in practice... Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:58:00 GMT http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_ebola_mdv1.htm Logoplasm's realm of feedback and pink noise, voyeurism and mundanity, and comfort and fear challenges listeners to discover significance in the thirty-five minutes of "Testa Piena D'Orche" (meaning "head full of orcas") - a struggle that may well leave some wanting. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:58:00 GMT http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_logoplasm_tpdo.htm Although Psycho Shop have an impressive collective experience when it comes to making music, this does not translate that effectively when listening to "My Sweet Holocaust", their first studio album. Although the combination of ethereal female with harsh male vocals has been a successful formula for other darkwave/EBM acts in the past, it doesn't gel quite as well here. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:58:00 GMT http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_psychoshop_msh.htm "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." Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:58:00 GMT http://www.connexionbizarre.net/media/g_biztraveller.htm Re-release of the "Mothers Against Noise vol.1" noise and experimental sound-art compilation. Originally released in 2005 as part of the Mothers Against Noise (dot) Org temporary web phenomenon. 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