A gig on Friday 10th May. The event starts at 20:00.
THE HAXAN CLOAK (Live) // UK
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Haxan-Cloak/157897796801
"As the mastermind behind ultra-black project the Haxan Cloak, Bobby Krlic orchestrates terror on an unsettlingly intimate level. His music is indebted to dark, filmic motifs-- especially Wendy Carlos' seasick synth experiments for Stanley Kubrick's 1980 masterpiece The Shining-- and it's easy to imagine a dismembered man's final breaths while the cracks and rumbles seep through your headphones. His 2009 self-titled debut used traditional instrumentation to pile on the dread; on forthcoming sophomore effort Excavation (out in April via Tri Angle), he takes the inverse approach, wielding creaky samples and cavernous, awesomely disorienting levels of bass. In Krlic's world, no one can hear you scream.
Citing doomy inspirations such as Sunn O)) and Earth, the producer's work exudes spookiness right down to his project's name: "Haxan" is Swedish for"witch, " a word that seems almost too on-the-nose considering new label home Tri Angle was once (perhaps unfairly) regarded as the forefather of the oft-derided"witch house" micro-genre. "That term's not something I've ever taken very seriously, and the label's shifted away from that now, " says Krlic. "If that hadn't been the case, I would have been wary of signing with them. "
Still, Excavation's conceptual arc, which picks up thematically from where his last album left off, spends plenty of time in the graveyard-- and beyond. "The first record was about a person's decline towards death, so this one's about the journey he takes afterwards, " says Krlic. The change in atmosphere is felt within Excavation's digital, Reznor-like hell, a shift from his previous album's mostly organic instrumentation: "Death represents moving away from earth. When I think of sounds that represent the earth, I think about acoustic instruments and field recordings-- so I went with the opposite of that"
- via Pitchfork - http://www.pitchfork.com/features/rising/9070-the-haxan-cloak/
NECRO DEATHMORT (Live) // UK
http://www.facebook.com/necrodeathmort
"Dwelling within the fittingly polluted surroundings of London's eternally grey haze, AJ Cookson and Matthew Rozeik (aka Necro Deathmort) have only been conjuring up their funereal amalgamation of abrasive industrial beats and lurching drone for a mere five years now, yet over the course of three records, their music has endured more warped mutation than many bands could muster in an entire decade. With the ability to veer seamlessly between dub-infused electronica, pounding sludge and experimental noise - often within the space of just one song - their music is as intriguingly fresh as it is furiously grim. A bit like walking through an unlit labyrinth with no actual exit: claustrophobically hellish, yet you're constantly on edge to see where the next turn will take you. The Quietus caught up with the duo via email to discuss their upcoming record The Colonial Script, their unwaveringly melancholic sound, and slightly offensive prog rock stereotypes. "
- via The Quietus - http://www.thequietus.com/articles/09630-necro-deathmort-interview
ERAAS (Live) // USA
http://www.facebook.com/eraasgroup
"ERAAS are Robert Toher and Austen Stawiarz, formerly half of earthy Connecticut post-rock outfit Apse.
In the years following the dissolution of that original band, Toher and Stawiarz have reconvened as ERAAS. The new alias sees the pair swerving into darker territory, jettisoning the more song-based elements of the Apse repertoire in favour of spooky, rhythmic mood pieces. "
- via FACT Magazine http://www.factmag.com/2012/09/25/eraas-blend-goth-kraurock-and-drone-on-their-debut-lp-stream-it-here/
BLAKK METAL
"This brand new burnt offering comes from our very own Fuck Off & Di label. The Black Sheep's Fat Paul this time DJ, synthesist and drummer of Old Bristol has just brung forth BLAKK METAL, an impeccably executed 51-minute mash-up, the results being actually a convincing and highly comprehensive conflation of the entire Black Metal genre. Phew. Plundering and sampling uncanny events from over 200 different Black Metal LPs and cassettes, Fat Paul has laid them end-to-end both psychically and sonically, then daubed across its length even more of this harshly unrighteous sonic plaque, creating one hugely useful, and at times even ambient, black meditation. "
http://www.headheritage.co.uk/merchandiser/item/300149-9/
Friday 10th May 2013
8.00pm - 11.00pm
Exchange, Bristol
£10 Advance Tickets available from...
http://www.Exchange.com
Resident Advisor - http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?465628
See Tickets - http://www.seetickets.com/event/the-haxan-cloak-live-eraas-live-/the-exchange/703100
Bristol Ticket Shop - http://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk/
Rise Bristol - http://www.rise-music.co.uk/
Entry requirements:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Haxan-Cloak/157897796801
"As the mastermind behind ultra-black project the Haxan Cloak, Bobby Krlic orchestrates terror on an unsettlingly intimate level. His music is indebted to dark, filmic motifs-- especially Wendy Carlos' seasick synth experiments for Stanley Kubrick's 1980 masterpiece The Shining-- and it's easy to imagine a dismembered man's final breaths while the cracks and rumbles seep through your headphones. His 2009 self-titled debut used traditional instrumentation to pile on the dread; on forthcoming sophomore effort Excavation (out in April via Tri Angle), he takes the inverse approach, wielding creaky samples and cavernous, awesomely disorienting levels of bass. In Krlic's world, no one can hear you scream.
Citing doomy inspirations such as Sunn O)) and Earth, the producer's work exudes spookiness right down to his project's name: "Haxan" is Swedish for"witch, " a word that seems almost too on-the-nose considering new label home Tri Angle was once (perhaps unfairly) regarded as the forefather of the oft-derided"witch house" micro-genre. "That term's not something I've ever taken very seriously, and the label's shifted away from that now, " says Krlic. "If that hadn't been the case, I would have been wary of signing with them. "
Still, Excavation's conceptual arc, which picks up thematically from where his last album left off, spends plenty of time in the graveyard-- and beyond. "The first record was about a person's decline towards death, so this one's about the journey he takes afterwards, " says Krlic. The change in atmosphere is felt within Excavation's digital, Reznor-like hell, a shift from his previous album's mostly organic instrumentation: "Death represents moving away from earth. When I think of sounds that represent the earth, I think about acoustic instruments and field recordings-- so I went with the opposite of that"
- via Pitchfork - http://www.pitchfork.com/features/rising/9070-the-haxan-cloak/
NECRO DEATHMORT (Live) // UK
http://www.facebook.com/necrodeathmort
"Dwelling within the fittingly polluted surroundings of London's eternally grey haze, AJ Cookson and Matthew Rozeik (aka Necro Deathmort) have only been conjuring up their funereal amalgamation of abrasive industrial beats and lurching drone for a mere five years now, yet over the course of three records, their music has endured more warped mutation than many bands could muster in an entire decade. With the ability to veer seamlessly between dub-infused electronica, pounding sludge and experimental noise - often within the space of just one song - their music is as intriguingly fresh as it is furiously grim. A bit like walking through an unlit labyrinth with no actual exit: claustrophobically hellish, yet you're constantly on edge to see where the next turn will take you. The Quietus caught up with the duo via email to discuss their upcoming record The Colonial Script, their unwaveringly melancholic sound, and slightly offensive prog rock stereotypes. "
- via The Quietus - http://www.thequietus.com/articles/09630-necro-deathmort-interview
ERAAS (Live) // USA
http://www.facebook.com/eraasgroup
"ERAAS are Robert Toher and Austen Stawiarz, formerly half of earthy Connecticut post-rock outfit Apse.
In the years following the dissolution of that original band, Toher and Stawiarz have reconvened as ERAAS. The new alias sees the pair swerving into darker territory, jettisoning the more song-based elements of the Apse repertoire in favour of spooky, rhythmic mood pieces. "
- via FACT Magazine http://www.factmag.com/2012/09/25/eraas-blend-goth-kraurock-and-drone-on-their-debut-lp-stream-it-here/
BLAKK METAL
"This brand new burnt offering comes from our very own Fuck Off & Di label. The Black Sheep's Fat Paul this time DJ, synthesist and drummer of Old Bristol has just brung forth BLAKK METAL, an impeccably executed 51-minute mash-up, the results being actually a convincing and highly comprehensive conflation of the entire Black Metal genre. Phew. Plundering and sampling uncanny events from over 200 different Black Metal LPs and cassettes, Fat Paul has laid them end-to-end both psychically and sonically, then daubed across its length even more of this harshly unrighteous sonic plaque, creating one hugely useful, and at times even ambient, black meditation. "
http://www.headheritage.co.uk/merchandiser/item/300149-9/
Friday 10th May 2013
8.00pm - 11.00pm
Exchange, Bristol
£10 Advance Tickets available from...
http://www.Exchange.com
Resident Advisor - http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?465628
See Tickets - http://www.seetickets.com/event/the-haxan-cloak-live-eraas-live-/the-exchange/703100
Bristol Ticket Shop - http://www.bristolticketshop.co.uk/
Rise Bristol - http://www.rise-music.co.uk/
Entry requirements: