Nurse With Wound - US Show / Gallery Exhibition: Dec - Jan

Record release party for the new albums "Angry Eelectric Finger" by Nurse With Wound

What: An evening with Nurse With Wound and special guests Colin Potter, irr.app.(ext.), Steven Stapleton and...

When: Saturday, Dec. 11th, 2004 - 8PM

Where: Doug Fir Lounge 830 E. Burnside, Portland, Oregon.
www.dougfirlounge.com

Tickets available now from www.ticketswest.com or www.jackpotrecords.com. The venue will hold 299 people.

What: An art exhibit with Steven Stapleton for 75 handpainted covers for the albums "Angry Electric Finger".
When: Sunday, Dec. 12th, 2004 - 7-9 PM
Where: Optic Nerve Arts 1829 NE Alberta, Portland, OR. One night only.

B-Pitch Control & ~Scape Label - US Tours: Nov

Both of these electronic, yet quite different lables from Berlin are trecking across the US and bringing their modern, dynamic dub-tech and electro-tech (respectively) sounds to the citizens. No Seattle shows (gggaaaaaaaaahhhhh!) but, well worth the roadtrip to Portland for all you Seattle-ites. If Holocene can do this, why can't we???


~SCAPE LABEL TOUR 2004 :


04-11-10
usa - cleveland, oh -b side
live: deadbeat, bus, crackhaus - dj: d meteo

04-11-11
usa - chicago, il -empty bottle
live: deadbeat, bus, crackhaus - dj: d meteo

04-11-12

usa - detroit, mi -softcurls at oslo
live: bus - dj: tadd mullinix, d meteo

04-11-13
usa - portland, or -holocene
live: deadbeat, bus, crackhau
s - dj: d meteo

04-11-17
usa - austin, tx -amoda at copa
live: deadbeat, bus, crackhaus - dj: d meteo

04-11-18
usa - atlanta, ga -club mips
live: deadbeat, bus, crackhaus - dj: d meteo

04-11-19
usa - new york, ny -subtonic
live: deadbeat, bus, crackhaus - dj: d meteo




B-Pitch Control / Ellen Allien tour Nov. 2004 :




NOV 16, 2004
USA
NEW YORK
APT

NOV 18, 2004
USA
CHICAGO
SMART BAR


NOV 19, 2004
USA
PORTLAND
HOLOCENE
W/J. ABSTRACT


NOV 20, 2004
USA
SAN FRANCISCO
RX GALLERY


NOV 21, 2004
USA
AUSTIN
PLUSH


NOV 24, 2004
USA
DETROIT
OSLO

Darren Waterston paintings at Kucera Gallery : Oct - Nov

“[Waterston’s paintings] rearticulate the organic at its most fundamental, which may be the final frontier of visual as well as intellectual mystery…His paintings are epiphanies that make the devious universality of biological morphologies subtly evident.”

— Donald Kuspit, ARTFORUM

Beautiful abstract work of great visual depth and expression currently on display at the Greg Kucera Gallery 212 3rd Avenue South Seatte, WA
Oct. 14 - Nov. 27
SOMETHING TO REALLY NOT MISS IN PERSON. The link below and the photos really dont do this work justice.

http://www.gregkucera.com/waterston_paintings.htm

Supersilent / Rune Grammofon label - US Tour: Nov

One of the avant-jazz/electronic/new music worlds most exceptional record labels; Norway's Rune Grammofon is having a series of shows in the US. The most concentrated of these is taking pace in San Francisco from Nov 3-5 - coinciding with the San Francisco Jazz Festival. This three-day run of Rune artists performing features the mighty improv/jazz monolithic power of Supersilent appearing on their first US domestic tour. Other wonders include vocal whirlwind Maja Ratkje and Horn/Reed Maestro Arve Henriksen. There are dates in Chicago, NYC and Vancouver BC the following week, with Seattle not being included as the city between stops on this tour - so you can bet I am making the trip to San Francisco for this one!

LINK TO SUPERSILENT TOUR SITE


- San Francisco Jazz Festival
https://www.sfjazz.org/

http://www.northwestpassagefestival.com/bands.html

Wednesday, November 3
Maja Ratkje & Arve Henriksen
964 Natoma www.fieldeffects.com
964 Natoma (b/w 10th & 11th Sts)
tickets: TBD
showtime: 8pm
An evening of experimental improvised music in one of San Francisco's
most intimate and unique spaces.

Thursday, November 4
Jaga Jazzist & SUPERSILENT
Great American Music Hall
859 O'Farrell Street (b/w Polk & Larkin)
San Francisco, CA 94109
tickets: $20 PURCHASE
showtime: 8pm
The two preeminent improvising bands of Norway appear together for the
first time in the USA.

Friday, November 5
DJ Strangefruit,DJ Bjorn Torske & DJ Kent Horne
111 Minna Gallery www.111minnagallery.com
111 Minna Street (b/w 2nd St & New Montgomery)
tickets: TBD
showtime: 9pm
An all-night Norwegian dj blowout featuring the coolest of the cool from Oslo.

- Vancouver
Friday, November 5
SUPERSILENT
Dance Centre www.coastaljazz.ca

- Chicago
Saturday,November 6
SUPERSILENT
OpenEnd Gallery (presented by the Empty Bottle)
www.emptybottle.com

- New York
Monday, November 8
SUPERSILENT
Tonic www.tonic107.com
Washington, DC
Monday,November 8
Jaga Jazzist
Black Cat www.blackcatdc.com

Park Chan-Wook new film "Old Boy"

"As mannered as a hyper-violent manga, yet masterfully framed in the archetypal structure of a Greek tragedy, director Park Chan-Wook's "Old Boy" intoxicates its audience with the perilous, vindictive dance of a torturer and his victim ensnared in a crescendo of psychological visceral revenge."

Based on that synopsis from the British Film Council you would think this was going to be an over-the-top sensationalized Tarantino blunderfest, but instead you get something between the almost hilarious Takashi Miike-like ultraviolence and the unpredictable Alfred Hitchcock plot/moral turns & twists. Inventively shot and quite a surprise the first time through, its no wonder this film won the Jury Prize at Cannes.

(His previous film "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance" is also an engaging anti-feelgood
film that is beautifully shot and involves one of the most amazing downward spirals
of life-events I have ever seen in a film... and a very excrutiating turture sequence
that was actually physically painful to watch.)

Not playing in any US cinemas as of yet, but Scarecrow Video here in Seattle has a Korean DVD for rental/purchase for those of you who made the wise investment in a All-Region player.

Michael Haneke new film "Time of the Wolf"

New film by Director Michael Haneke known for the Cannes award winning "Piano Teacher" and "Funny Games" to name a few. Entirely shot in natural light, it is a tense and difficult bit of cinema that addresses a (cant spoil it) potential future and is therefore sci-fi? Can we call it sci-fi? Complex moral/social questions and contemplative subtle storytelling make it quite unlike anything else in domestic theatres right now.

At the Grand Illusion Theatre Sept 3-16th
50th and University Way
Seattle, WA

PJ Harvey - US Tour : Oct

PJ Harvey returns to the US for a fall tour following the excellent string of indie rock and era defining albums, that began with her collaboration with John Parish, followed by "Is this Desire?", then the lush arrangements of "Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea", and this year's "Uh Huh Her". With a date on the tour at Seattle Showbox!

www.pjharvey.net

SHOWBOX SEATTLE

www.showboxonline.com

Decibel Electronic Music Festival - Lineup

Decibel Festival – 1st Annual NW Electronic Music and Arts Festival
Seattle, WA (Capitol Hill, 6 venues)
Sept 23rd – 26th

www.dbfestival.com

UPDATED DECIBEL LINE UP (complete as of 9-2)
in alphabetical order

Absolute Madman (Seattle - Fourthcity)
(A) ppendix Shuffle a.k.a. 8 Frozen Modules (L.A. - Orac, Proptronix Records)
.greg. (Decibel)
Beehive (Seattle)
Brandy Westmore (Seattle)
Bruno Pronsato (Seattle - Orac Records)
Caro (Seattle - Orac Records)
Cepia (Minneapolis - Ghostly International)
Circle Square (Vancouver, B.C. - Output Records)
Clever (Offshore, Breakbeat Science)
CNS Engineering (Portland - Bella, Classic Records UK)
Codebase (Seattle - Force Inc Records)
Deceptikon (Portland - Merck Records)
Derek Fisher (Portland - Shameless)
DJ Clandestine (Detroit - Underground Resistance)
DJ Eddie (Seattle - Decibel)
DJ Minx (Detroit - Girl Fun (k), M-nus Records)
DJN (Seattle - Fourthcity)
DJ Recess (Seattle - Shameless)
DJ Slip (Portland - Kanzleramt, Missle, Music Man Records)
Dub Exorcist (Portland)
Edit (L.A. - Planet Mu Records)
Electrofunk feat. Mr. De’ (Detroit - Electrofunk Records)
Foscil a.k.a. Scape (Seattle - Fourthcity)
Fourthcity Laptop Battle Championship (featuring Laptop battle finalists)
Hakea (Seattle)
Jeff Samuel (Seattle - Trapez, Ghostly/Spectral, Pokerflat Records)
Jeromy Nail (Seattle - Uniting Souls)
Jerry Abstract (Seattle - Decibel, Fixelplix, Shitkatapult Records)
John Tejada (L.A. - Plug Research, Playhouse, Palette Records)
Johnny Fever (Vancouver, B.C.  - Volume)
Kill Memory Crash (Chicago - Ghostly International)
KJ Sawka (live drum and bass band - Seattle)
Kris Moon (Seattle - Decibel, Fourthcity)
Kristina Childs (Seattle - Plasmodium Radio)
Loscil (Vancouver, B.C. - Kranky Records)
Lusine (Seattle - Hymen, Ghostly International)
Mani (Chicago - obS, Are You Techno?)
Marcus Nikolai (Frankfurt, Germany - Perlon, Classic Records)
Mech Warrior (Vancouver, B.C. - Barcode)
Michael Lakeman (Seattle - Decibel Radio)
Mike Huckaby (Detroit - Deep Transportation, Harmonie Park)
Misha (Seattle)
Mori (Portland)
Mr. Projectile (Santa Cruz - Toytronic, Merck Records)
Murat (U.S.A.)
ndCv (Seattle - Bass Kamp)
Nora Posch (Seattle - Dance Ritual)
Nordic Soul (Seattle - Decibel, Dreaming in Stereo)
Obelus (Seattle - Bass Kamp)
Paul Edwards (Seattle - Decibel, PG Series)
Plan B (Seattle - Luckyhorse Industries)
Plastiq Phantom (Seattle - Sweet Mother, Imputor?)
PJ Pooterhoots (Detroit - Definitive, Proptronix Records)
Primal (Portland - Mafia Records)
Psidream (Vancouver, B.C. - Barcode, Breakbeat Science)
Portable (South Africa - Sud, Background Records)
P.S. I Love You (Olympia)
Primal (Portland - Mafia Records)
Rama (Seattle)
Richard Chartier (Washington, D.C. - 12k/LINE Records)
Richard Devine (Florida - Schematic, Warp Records)
Robin Judge (Vancouver, B.C. - Onitor, Mille Plateaux Records)
Saba (Seattle - Blatant Records)
Safety Scissors (S.F. - Force Inc, Proptronix Records)
SCAN 7 (Detroit - UR, Tresor, Cratesaver, Elypsia Records)
Scientific American (Seattle - Massmvmnt Records)
Skiks (Bellingham, WA - WWU)
S.O.G. (Portland - Renegade Rhythms, obS/EAR)
Solenoid (Portland - OMCO, Orac Records)
Solvent (Toronto - Morr Music, Ghostly International)
Strategy (Portland - Kranky, Orac Records)
Sutekh (S.F. - Force Inc, Context Records)
Synth Club (Seattle - Reggie Watts, Nordic Soul, Daniel Spils, Steve Scalfati)
Tek Brothers (Detroit - Tunnel 7, Local 3000)
Terso (Seattle)
The Perfect Cyn (Portland - Shameless)
The Advent (London - Gigolo, Tresor, Kombination, Internal Records)
Tipper - DOWNTEMPO SET IN 5.1 (U.K. - Fuel, Mutopia Records)
Tomas Jirku (Vancouver, B.C. - Force Inc Records)
Twonz (Detroit - obS/EAR, Hi Jacked Records)
Zapan (Seattle - Fourthcity)
Zion 12 (Seattle - Zion's Gate Records, Uniting Souls)

Pan(a)Sonic - 1 North American show 9/23 : Vancouver

Fantastic ear-damaging Scandinavian analog-electro-brutalists Pan Sonic are doing -1- show in North America and you can bet I'm going to be there!

Pan Sonic
September 23
Richards on Richards
Vancouver B.C.
Canada

www.phinnweb.org/panasonic

Siouxsie and the Banshees - US Tour : Aug - Sept

Before there was Bauhaus, before there was The Cure, before gothic rock was even coined as a term, there was Siouxsie and the Banshees. Siouxsie Sioux, Budgie, Steven Severin, and the band, perform a rare US tour this fall. With a date at Seattle Showbox!

www.siouxsieandthebanshees.co.uk

SHOWBOX SEATTLE

www.showboxonline.com