The Breeders on KEXP

The Breeders' Austin City Limits gig at KLRU Studios on March 14, 2008 will be broadcast by KEXP.

Samadhisound / Steve Jansen News

"Hello,

We are pleased to announce that there is a new work by Steve Jansen available from today exclusively in our download store.

Written, recorded and mixed by Steve Jansen at 'The Nest', London.

A commissioned soundtrack for a video installation by Shoko Ise. Created over a period of months during mid to late 2007, 'Swimming In Qualia' is a work in two parts for two projectors playing consecutively: 'Ascent' - the main body of the composition, and 'Glimpse' - a shorter, looping sequence which is not included in this download.

The installation was featured as part of the 'Still/Alive' exhibit of contemporary art and photography in Japan held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography from 22 December 2007 to 20 February 2008.

Presented as a single track, Ascent comes with a credit sheet designed by Chris Bigg and also with specially designed wallpapers using imagery from Shoko Ise. [more]

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Slope is advertised in the March 2008 issue of The Wire. We have made the advert available online for you. Click here to view [pdf, 2.3MB]."

Vaughan Oliver/v23 Update

Don't miss Debbie Millman's interview with Vaughan this afternoon at 3pm PST (that's GMT -8h for us Europeans). If you do, make sure to catch her iTunes podcast.

You wondered what else Vaughan has been busy with lately?

Then check out RCA/Print Digital, a research project led by graphic artist and writer Russell Warren-Fisher at the Royal College of Art. CONTROL|PRINT: Considering the Future of Ink on Paper is a limited edition 'publication' which was exhibited at the Sea Gallery in London. Chris, Vaughan, photographers Mark Atkins and Francoise Lacroix and a few other prominent collaborators have contributed a chapter to the book.

And read about the Postcards book, a collaboration between fl@33 and Laurence King Publishing which is scheduled for a UK release in September 2008 in English and several foreign language editions. [more]

Chemikals Shopping Online

Glasgow based Chemikal Underground Records, founded and run by former Delgados band members, have just opened the new online shop:

"It's been several eternals in the making and responsible for more than a handful of grey hairs but we've finally managed to bring you our new online store: easy to navigate, full of information on artists past and present and, crucially for you, spectacularly good value for money. So what's new about it? Well, for a start, we've put an enormous amount of time into making sure that you have as much information about our catalogue as possible. Our sections are broken down by artist, containing a biography and background notes on every single release: reminiscences of band members and chemikal staff, pointless trivia, anecdotes surrounding the recordings, you name it ..."

It is especially remarkable that the entire label catalogue is available to stream online as previews, and that individual mp3's are available for £0.69 "... tagged with cover artwork and lyrics - take that iTunes!". [more]

Mojave 3 Newsletter

"Just a quick heads-up: Neil will be performing at the Little Howdy Do? Festival on the 20th of Feb, (@ The Borderline, London) with support from Peter and the Wolf + Morrison Steam Fayre. [more]

Just before you go, you absolutely must listen to the new record from Holton's Opulent Oog, "The Problem Of Knowledge". [more]

...very Mojave 3'ish.. and no wonder - the band consists of Ian on drums, Simon on bass & guitar, and old band friend Nick Holton on vocals!"