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absurdities



hi

long since the last update or at least i think so.
so just out is cranc’s ‘copper fields’ cd co-produced with organized music from thessaloniki. in brief a noise-below release.
marks the 2nd cranc release exactly after a decade since their first ‘all angels’ cd on edo records and is far more different in style. listening both of them you may see the difference and progress (depnends on your opinion if is progress or whatever) the trio did in their sound search the last decade.
it also marks the end of absurd and an almost 14 year journey comes to its end.

there are various plans in mind for future projects not as intense as absurd at least at the moment (well absurd started like that in 96 you might say and then…). in early / mid july a new project starts and will be the main vehicle for this decade. also important as a vehicle is the ‘outside my window’ blog. my greatest interest wth it is field recordings but never sayno for proper mp3/flac releases. already a dead gum mp3 is uploaded also a binaural field recording of a specific site of the city of kalamata as recorded by nikos kyriazopoulos last april while cycling in the city.
check http://thenoisehitthemastheyopenedthedoor.blogspot.com

slowly will keep upldating the ‘story so far’ blog http://allnoisesswelltogetherinlandscapes.blogspot.com as still there are shitloads waiting to be uploaded.

also a kind of posthumous release is a 10″ by tasos stamou. a recording of a party held for the birthday of a friend’s daughter last july in the village of nea triglia in halkidiki, north greece. guess sometime in july will be out too.

as has happened with any project unearthed from the genital grinder zine saga and on a ‘link’ between absurd and the new project that is in the works will be a special release somehow the ‘official’ final a 7″ by howard stelzer & frans de waard which is nothing else than another brick on the ‘torn tongue’ wall they slowly built. i assume that it’ll be out sometime in september or october.

speaking of posthumous releases as well the ‘adieu absurd’ party thing will take place on saturday the 4th in the city of xanthi. further details to be announced sometime later during the year.

also ‘a question of re_entry’ has almost fulfilled its idea. a final co-production cdr is due for release sometime in 2010 and will mark its end as well.

hhmm guess that’s all for now. sometime in july will email infos on the new project, its first release, etc.

love & noise
nicolas

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cranc – copper fields



Angharad Davies: violin
Rhodri Davies: electric harp
Nikos Veliotis: cello

organized music from thessaloniki #9 / absurd #82
research center for the definition of happiness (istanbul branch)

the new album by this greek-welsh trio is now available, just 11 years after their debut ‘All Angels’ on Costis Drygianakis’ EDO label. An expansive piece for bowed and e-bowed tones, pulsating drones in an unbroken (?) continuum.

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available now, through organized music from thessaloniki & absurd

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http://www.rhodridavies.com/
http://www.angharaddavies.com/
http://www.nikosveliotis.com/

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tot 1.0 festival



an ambitious little festival coming up next week in athens…

tot 1.0 evolved from the coinciding visits of ferran fages and grundik kasyansky in athens, greece. of course it grew up to be a lot more than that, it will feature performances of said musicians together and with local musicians, a solo performance of nikos veliotis on piano, a sax and electronics set from ilan manouach & george axiotis and a kind-of “dj set” from members of this site opening the festival

hopefully the first in a series of many rich weekends

25.06.2010, 20:00, 8 Euro
FERRAN FAGES, DANAE STEFANOU,
DIMITRA LAZARIDOU CHATZIGOGA //
GRUNDIK KASYANSKY, SYRRACUSE TRIO //
NN+ //

26.06.2010, 20:00, 8 Euro
GRUNDIK KASYANSKY, FERRAN FAGES
ILAN MANOUACH, GEORGE AXIOTIS //
NIKOS VELIOTIS //

KNOT Gallery

Mιχαλακοπούλου 206 & Πύρρου (εις. από Πύρρου)
πλησιέστερος σταθμός Μετρό: Αμπελόκηποι
Λεωφορεία: Α5, Β5 (στάση ΖΑΓΟΡΑ)

http://knotarts.blogspot.com/

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ilan manouach, live at xanthi folk museum 10/10/09



a link to nicolas’ blog, ‘outside my window‘, where you can find available for downloading a recording of ilan manouach’s solo set at the xanthi folk museum last autumn.

ilan is a graphic artist as well as a formidable saxophone player whose work often flirts with noise. In the case of this concert (original post about it here) things got a bit out-of-hand, so much that ilan himself thought the recording was somehow defective when we played it back some days later. a very strong gig, get it here:

http://thenoisehitthemastheyopenedthedoor.blogspot.com/2010/05/ilan-manouach-live-at-xanthi-folk.html

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