Isis, Below the Sea, Austerity Report Live at Sala Rossa,
Sept 6

Other Upcoming Alien8 Presentations...
New Items at The Alien8 Web Store

ISIS, BELOW THE SEA, AUSTERITY REPORT LIVE AT SALLA ROSSA,
SEPT 6

Alien8 Recordings in collaboration with Casa del Popolo are pleased to
present Hydra Head/Ipecac recording artists ISIS with special guests
Below the Sea and Austerity Report. The concert is part of the weekend long festivities celebrating the second anniversary of the Casa del popolo.

Poised to release their latest full length, Oceanic, for the incredibly
hip Ipecac label, this will be only the second local appearance by the
Boston based leaders of what is now being refereed to as
post-metal...if this confuses you check out the review below courtesy of Aquarius Records in San Francisco.

Fronted by Hydra Head honcho Aaron, Isis were always The indie rock
metal core band, fusing their pummeling metallic crush with plenty of
Slint-isms, making them the perfect band for Allan and Andee, who are
always saying, ’I don’t understand why that post rock band doesn’t just
play metal’. On this, their newest ep, Isis do get heavier as well as a
bit more varied. Half the songs could’ve been Neurosis out takes;
monstrous and glacial instru-metal, somewhere between Earth and...well, Neurosis (which is maybe appropriate seeing as this is on Neurosis’ Neurot label). But the less heavy moments are the ones that make them really stand out. Track 3 is a slow motion, tribal soundscape of simple, pounding drums and droning guitars. But track 5 is the one; a breathtaking cinematic soundscape of chiming guitars and restrained drumming. Sounding a lot like Godspeed You Black Emperor, they stretch out, and build an epic, emotional, slowly building, post rock masterpiece.

Below the Sea recently released their sophomore release Les Arbes
Depayseront Davantage and things have never looked brighter for this up and coming Mtl and Quebec City based trio. The band doesn’t play all
that often, so if you missed the record launch, here’s your chance.

Austerity Report are totally unknown to us at this point, aside from
the fact that have recently signed on the dotted line for Hydra Head and
have a recording of some sort in the pipes. The band was described as
non-cheesey industrial duo that could be compared to a hybrid of
Shellac/big black meets prime era Godflesh.

The concert features Isis, Below The Sea and Austerity Report and takes
place Saturday September 6 at 9pm at the Sala Rossa, admission is $10
in advance and $12 at the door.

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OTHER UPCOMING ALIEN8 PRESENTATIONS...

Pholde a.k.a. Knurl and guests at the Casa Saturday Oct 5.

Kawabata Makoto of Acid Mothers Temple/High Rise etc. will perform a
solo set along with some local guests tba at the Casa Monday Oct 14.

Acid Mothers Temple play their first ever canadian concert with special
guests tba at the Sala Rossa Tuesday Oct 15.

Tanakh will finally make their local debut with guests tba at the Casa
Saturday Oct 26.

Tim Olive ex-Roughage and Nimrod performs with Jeffrey Allport as a duo
at the Casa Saturday Nov 9.

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NEW ITEMS AT THE ALIEN8 WEB STORE

The following items are newly available from the Alien8 Recordings web
store at http://www.alien8recordings.com/store/

Vromb: Memoires paramoleculaires CD (Hushush)
Inspired by the emerging Hushush sound, Memoires paramoleculaires is a digital sequencing of analog sources. This is the result of a process
of understanding Heurel Gaudot’s participation to Vromb’s musical output.
It is constructed as the first chapter in an electronic opera for
ultratonical machines. Questioning our link to reality, this sci-fi
musical project is a reflection on our condition as organic machines.

Alexandre St-Onge: Kasi Naigo CD (Squint Fucker Press)
St-Onge’s third solo release continues his experimentations with
acoustic
sound.

Good morning.

Pholde (Alan Bloor’s ambient project) will play a live set on Oct. 5th
at
Casa del Popolo
4873 St. Laurent
Montreal, P.Q

additional information from alien8 news:

"Pholde a.k.a. Knurl will make his Montreal debut under said name and will be joined by guests Whilst performing in a quartet also featuring the duo of Jacques Gravel and James Schidlowsky.
Also on the bill will be Roughage.
The over all theme for this evening will be subtle shifts in sound with a strong emphasis on the ambient qualities of improv.

The show happens at the Casa Saturday Oct 5 and admission is $6."

additional information from the Panta Rhei newsletter:

"Hello,

This a letter to let everyone know that the Pholde "In Accordance With
Conscience" CD release can be purchased and heard at cdbaby.com/pholde.

Pholde.com will hook you up to the Ambient Ping (theambientping.com)
web-page,where a Pholde web-page exists.
Great live photos as well as info on the Pholde project. From there you can also check-out the Knurl web-page from Alien 8 Recordings.(alien8recordings.com)

Also, two shows coming up if you’re in the area.
Knurl Oct. 4th- Kingston, Ontario. (about two hrs. west of Montreal)
Tone Deaf Festival. This festival runs two nights: Oct.4th + 5th.
For more info contact Craig Leonard at elevenfifty@hotmail.com or
Princess Court Theatre—(613) 530-2863—where tickets can be
reserved ($15).

Pholde Oct. 5th- Montreal, P.Q.
Casa del Popolo
4873 St. Laurent

Thank you for your time,

Alan Bloor"

Hello,

[sic]’s most recent effort ’...And Rabbits Named Friday’ is now available for purchase though HUSHUSH.

http://www.hushush.com

other recent additions to husush’s mailorder include

Beefcake
Various Artists
Maschinenfest 2002
Mago
Magwheels
Mimetic
Polmo Polpo
Tim Hecker
Shalabi Effect
Set Fire to Flames
Sam Shalabi
Telepherique + Contagious Orgasm
Cordell Klier
Various Artists
Brain in the Wire
Dead Hollywood Stars
Scorn
Hypnoskull
Not Breathing
Bernhard Günter
Richard Chartier
0/r
Ghislain Poirier
Goem
Taylor Deupree
Kreptkrept

take a look and browse through their amazing selection,

ta,

Aiden

DON’T BE A FUCKING ASSHOLE.
COME TO OUR SHOW.

ROUGHAGE
[SIC]
&
THE ROYAL TEASE

LIVE AT THE CASA DEL POPOLO
NOVEMBER 7, 2002
SEVEN DOLLARS AT THE DOOR

FORGET WHATEVER ELSE YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR THURSDAY NOV. 7TH!
THE STIRRING DIGITAL CACOPHONY OF ROUGHAGE
MEETS
THE HAUNTING ANALOG DRONES OF [SIC]
AND
THE ENTERTAINING HISTRIONICS OF THE ROYAL TEASE.

FEATURING DAZZLING AUDIO & VIDEO PRESENTATION.

DON’T MISS THIS RARE OPPORTUNITY.

Montreal Music News

Montreal mirror

ROUGHAGE & [SIC]
Performances at the Vancouver Underground Film
Festival
http://www.blindinglight.com/vuff.htm

Details about performers:

Scratch/Earwing recording artist: ROUGHAGE
Royk/Squirrelgirl star: [sic]
And performative synth duo: The Royal Tease

Zev Asher formed ROUGHAGE in Montreal in 1988. This experimental music and performance project has appeared on over a dozen CD’s, LP’s and cassettes on labels around the world. With a rotating line-up, ROUGHAGE has also performed extensively in North America, Japan and Europe.

Earlier this year, Zev toured solo as ROUGHAGE in the Balkans.
He performed in Zagreb, Sarajevo, Ljubljana, Banja Luka and Illirska Bistrica, as well as Paris. ROUGHAGE performances always feature an extensive visual element, often involving multiple projections of film and video.

zev@sub-versivemedia.com
www.sub-versivemedia.com

Select ROUGHAGE links
eye net
http://www2.arnes.si/~pomknz2/zev1.html
http://insound.com/zinestand/cscope/feature.cfm?aid=7098

[sic] is the solo project of Montreal sound manipulator Jen Morris.
Her music is often created from samples derived from her original
digital field recordings. Haunting and atmospheric, CD’s released by [sic] have been glowingly received by critics and music lovers around the globe. This is a very rare opportunity to see and hear this exciting artist live, accompanied by projected visuals of her own unique design.

Select [sic] links
Info: sic@squirrelgirl.com
www.squirrelgirl.com
incursion
stylus magazine
BBC

The Royal Tease is a collaboration between extreme noise terrorist WADE MORRISSETTE and casiocore superhero THE WORLD PROVIDER. Their combination of instrumental synth pop and conceptual performance has been delighting and confusing audiences all over town, Their self-titled demo recently broke the top 20 on CISM.

regards,

aiden

Dearest Vancouverites...

THE V.U.F.F begins this Thursday November 21st, 2002

[sic] will be performing ’Realignment’ the following night at The Blinding Light 10pm during the ’Live On All Channels’ bill alongside Roughage, Brain Coffey and Eric Theise.

details http://www.blindinglight.com/vuffschedule.html#live

’Realignment’
LIVE sound and video (25 mins)
Through images of waterfalls, road trips, myriad physio treatments and walks through the park in search of squirrels [sic] explores the failure inherent in conscious attempts to align the mental and the physical. As we continue to overplan, overspend, and overkill, physical and emotional incoherence follow. Ultimately, these sounds and images become jarring, and they provoke anxiety. Slow-motion images become separated and disjointed as [sic]’s soundtrack supports their awkward state.

VUFF schedule and daily news can be found here http://www.blindinglight.com/vuff.htm

Cheers,

Aiden

[sic] live at Les Digitales in Lausanne, Switzerland

Les Digitales de Mon Repos (Lausanne, parc de Mon Repos) Jeudi 28 juin 2007 de 16h à 22h avec

Iria Flavia

Collectif I+

Effedege

Radon

Tokoloten

Bacalao

[sic]

Consor

Larytta

POL

À faire se retourner Edison dans sa tombe, voici en première mondiale le pivophone, dont la performance sera retransmise en direct sur plus de 20 radios publiques européennes, dans le cadre du Art’s Birthday organisé à Lausanne par Espace 2 au Cinema Bellevaux.

Tournant dans la tête de Jen Morris depuis des lustres et réalisée avec Micheal Egger, cette nouvelle machine pourrait s’inscrire comme la cerise sur le gâteau d’une histoire des machines à bruits. Des Intonarumori futuristes aux tubes robotiques des frères Decoster, c’est toute une généalogie glorifiant la virilité agressive, la force, le pouvoir, l’industrie et la guerre que révèle le pivophone. Le pivophone met en doute ce qui jusqu’à son arrivée faisait autorité dans les arts du son. Alors, s’agit-il d’écouter des pives comme John Cage désirait entendre l’âme des cendriers ? Non, mais on se rapproche. Et oui il faut se rapprocher. On est dans l’art de la miniature. Miniature d’un gros show télévisé où les pop stars sont des pives. Miniature d’une scène faite miroir. Miniature d’une patinoire d’Holidays on Ice, où les danseurs-hockeyeuses sont finalement grandeur nature. Alors déjà assité à un ballet de pives majestueuses sous speed ? Déjà écouté le fracas d’une pive contre une autre ?

Jen Morris est une artiste sonore de performances électroniques, radicales et troublantes. De renommée internationale sous le pseudo [sic], Morris communique rarement avec l’espèce humaine. Mais lorsqu’elle le fait, à travers, aussi, la vidéo, l’installation, la bande son de films et son label Squirrelgirl, c’est frontal et désarçonnant.
http://squirrelgirl.com/releases/SIC/

Michael Egger est un artiste vidéo, bricoleur-inventeur, programmeur, musicien et pédagogue.
anyma.ch/about/michael_egger/

Et aussi au programme de la soirée:

Thomas Tilly, Abstral Compost, Louis Schild et Antoine Läng, Raphaël Raccuia.