as absurd’s life circle comes to its end deja vu flashes strike. as happened with harsh dept and some perverse series releases happens this time too. the tasos stamou 10″ is cancelled. there won’t be any absurd #81 replacement. and am not sure about the format this recordings that will see daylight as long as it has to deal with little nefeli and her birthday’s recording. perhaps a cd or cdr under nefeli’s own record label according to our tradition of blasting a label for every kid whose birthday we celebrate.
just for the record and absurd completists, 5 test pressings of the 10″ were made.

also a note to any motherfucker who might pop up in the future and demands the entire control as the administrator of noise-below and its basic projects (organized music from thessaloniki, allnoisesswelltogetherinlandscapes, excrete music blog, outside my window blog, editions_zero, hrysallida, etc) is that we fankly don’t object to it as it’ll save us money and most important we’ll have more free time BUT at least make sure you know out of which thomas pynchon book the quote ‘noise a few decks below’ was lifted. (to the day only larry gus has found it, with kostis we were astound as he almost found not only the exact chapter but almost the exact line and paperback edition! larrygus.blogspot.com).

Tags: absurd, tasos stamou

this coming friday, January 15
At six d.o.g.s, avramiotou 6-8
monastiraki, athens

same day as larry gus’ set at the cast-a-blast showcase at bios (…)

Tags: alva noto, athens, floros floridis, six d.o.g.s, spyweirdos

the buzz has been on for quite some time now around Veroia’s finest beat-maker Larry Gus (Panagiotis Melidis). While he’s no stranger to these underground waters (see older posts here), he’s been steadily making a name for himself as a (non-exclusively) hip-hop artist. Just released on the Greek ‘cast-a-blast’ label is his smashing sampladelic summer trip called ‘Stitches’. Great as the album is (close to fucking fantastic), panagiotis is -in some circles- loved even more for his inimitable, border-like neurotic, train-of-thought talk. On the occasion of his new album, you have a taste of those ramblings in an interview he gave to the greek music zine mic.gr here

if you want more, there’s always his blog

of course, a taste of his music is even better. More info on his label’s site here

Tags: larry gus

in what must be one of my most belated announcements, it is a great joy to announce four fabulous absurd related editions (well, three that you can actually get, but four in total)

first of all some crunching saxophone and non-saxophone sounds from absurd favorite antoine chessex, approximating the variety and energy levels of his solo shows this is one record you won’t really appreciate from a measly image on the net. 1-sided 12″ + a hidden 7″ on the back, in a beautiful fold-out sleeve. then there’s the live document of a meeting between al margolis & dan burke. if the names if,bwana & illusion of safety mean anything to you, then you probably already have this. if on the other hand they don’t mean anything to you, then you have some serious studying to do… third in a row is a private-press nugget, absurd released 25 copies of a 7″ by antony milton. featuring lo-fi strummings and mesmerising atmosphere (caution: the last antony milton 7″ is not available for purchase)

and for an encore we have a disc by an amazing young greek musician, operating under the moniker larry gus. larry gus is very much in the spotlight these days in the greek indie community and rightly so because he’s a tireless guy with immense prospects ahead of him. a year ago he played a birthday party in the city of xanthi, but the disc is not a direct documentation of that party since the recording was faulty in parts. instead he reconstructed the whole thing adding new sounds and layers, while using sections from the original music along the way, and ended up with an even better disc than we could have had with a straight document. get it now & don’t be afraid of your inner child.

‘iasmos’ was released by a new label called “oko” in the family of hrysalida, lalia and other small names like that

Tags: absurd, eclipsis/hrysalida & family

hhhmm… like the good ol’ days… every week a new release…
at least that’s how it worked the last 2-3 weeks over here. below’s the info on the new ones. including an antoine chessex 1sided LP, an al margolis / dan burke cdr on absurd and on little orion’s ‘okko’ records a cdr of larry gus.

upcoming there’s still plenty of stuff… next week in berlin for the 20th sudden infant anniversary (www.suddeninfant.com for infos) will come out a vinyl reissue of the rudolv eb.er / joke lanz ‘akustiche aktion’. a limited lp issued by pan records (www.pan-act.com) and absurd’s ‘all noises swell together in landscapes’ blog.

may / june sees an incredible nokalypse LP co-released with entracte (www.entracte.co.uk).

more’s in the pipeline too (of course)… a cdr by none is also in mind / works but gotta meet mr. 1000+1 (www.tiltrecordings.org)  tilt first to get the master that ashley handed him a couple of months ago… keeping in mind that i should hand jason also a design for a noise-below.org t-shirt guess that we’ll meet for those 2 specific releases and we’ll end discussing for more…

also keep an eye on nikos veliotis’s ‘cello powder’ limited edition cd. document of his instal performance. for more infos pls visit here www.cellopowder.com. should you wish a promo copy feel free to email me, ‘ve got a handful of promo sleeves rotting on my room’s floor…

last but not least as i chanced yesterday at a live set @ kinky kong (http://kinkykong.blogspot.com) and saw a great sax / electronics pal performing keep an eye on his work  http://www.ilanmanouach.com/. he’s having a cdr on triple bath (www.triplebath.gr) in a week or two.

ahhhh if you find the time too check also http://excretemusic.blogspot.com mostly uploading stuff i like. guess i shoulda upload all my fave violent onsen geisha stuff too as is thanks to the master’s same titled cd the blog named after.

no more no less

love & noise

nicolas

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photos from the recent live set of larry gus (www.myspace.com/larrygus) during litlte orion’s 2nd birhtday!

Tags: larry gus, shows/tour diaries

the song remains the same… at least this led zep title strucks in mind each time i say to myself that is high time for some ‘relax’ and at the same time a hell of releases are spewn out of nowhere though new ones are added to the list… anyway.. c’est la vie… & what can’t be cured must be endured (hhmm no matter the english proverb the way written reminds of more eastern greek fatalism tradition).. absurd’s mk3 ended (at last) w/ the release of the extremely delayed (sorry werner) ‘remnants from paradise’ of werner durand.. those who fancied his ‘buzzin” cd a few years ago wil love that, is in a more ‘calm’ mood but still unique in its sounds… frankly together w/ the if,bwana ‘gruntle’ and the mprime/max eastley ‘hudrophony..’ cds form a part of ‘trilogy’ in absurd’s saga!!! www.myspace.com/wernerdurand for more infos on his work! various other releases saw daylight such as the co-production between editions_zero (amphissa) & echomusic (www.echomusic.gr – athens) of the ‘anastenaria‘ a field recording of the ritual and fire walking of may 20-21st 1979. you can get more infos on them here www.anagnosis.gr/index.php?la=eng&pageID=143 no matter is not THE ‘in_depth” review of the custom but at least is cool to get an idea around it.

of course the a la new blockaders sound of the alfredo costa monteiro & pascal battus ‘ductile’ on a question of re_entry and organized music from thessaloniki that am dying for and the just released ‘vivo’ by earzumba that is the mix of his last december’s tour using extracts from the sets from flue (wien), m.am.b.a. (buenos aires) & the folk museum (xanthi). the 1st edition of hrysallida (or the name under which members of pa.ke.thra & editions_zero work together for live sets, etc in the city of xanthi) and reminds us of the memorable live set of earzumba @ the museum last december and then the surprise birthday party we did for a friend in the bar ‘kokori’ intoxicated by the sounds of our beloved dj amigo, chirstos carras!

more lunacy to follow of course… last week larry gus, manipulated the sounds we produced at the party of little orion to celebrate his 2nd birthday.. haven’t heard yet the recordings of it but it’ll be stellar the resulted cd, trust me! chanced upon the velvet magazine’s bus tour also in xanthi where once more had the chance to fancy the post punk / new wave sounds of victory collapse, who play the music they like in a very lively and fresh way.. check out their mcd too. it was of the very few times that seriously if i had my tape recorders and tapes w/ me i would have joined them for a little cacophony as is music that you feel like adding some tapes in the background when seeing it live or at least my burned mind says so… keep an eye also on me of curse and his dissilussioned world.. haven’t checked much of his work but i won’t be surprised if i suddenly saw an editions_zero release of his work…

more news..hot on the heels of editions_zero… as july sees the 10th anniversary of our accidental 1st meeting of july 98 in various places of phokis at random days and a little part of it was documented in the ‘research center for the definition of happiness’ cdr a few years ago (the one that was meant to be out in 98 and saw daylight in 2003) we’re working on a couple of releases to coincide w/ the birthday.. so in the pipeline are a cdr w/ a field recording of the custom of the ‘ghost‘ that takes place during the carnival, a split 7″ between skeletons out & nmperign which trust me kicks asses! plus a ltd lp of a mesmerizing collaboration between family battle snake & ashtray navigations.. this one is of those that have made us nuts with and can’t see the time to see it out not only regarding the music but also the artwork we’re to use! so keep an eye on all of them!

speaking of skeletons out.. make sure you check their ‘in remembrance of me’ cd on students of decay (www.studentsofdecay.com) for those who fancy the old classic us nihilistic noise/electroacoustic tape network like pbk, hands to, haters, agog, yeast culture, etc this motherfucker will be a punch in the stomach! it fuckin’ rocks!!! got it 4 days ago and i can’t stop playing it on my deck! sets absurd’s hq’s on fire!!!!

also due for release are more yummies! like the ‘cylindre /.oeur(s+c)’ 12″ that is due for release in may between entr’acte & absurd.. 2 works of blanco estira nuestro + hermana helice (aka the same person that used to be nixilx.nijilx) that was initially to be a one sided 12″ on entr’acte and later a 7″ on absurd but as they both create a complete work, socrated thought it better that we can fit 2 into 1 (& save cash to release more shit too!).. so keep an eye on it as is a really beautiful electroacoustic thing!
of course also to mention the forthcoming raionbashi 12″ that is due to release between ignivomus and absurd between may/june (or later?)…

hhhm.. guess that’s all… uh, no.. there’s also a maverlous mouths cdr on the way too!!!!!

mios dios! also is a matter of days that amei drops a line to say that the copies of the placenta poppey / reverse mouth 7″ are ready to be posted… a 3 way split between tanzprocesz, phase & absurd…

that’s all for now..those lines were jotted under the enthusiasm of the skeletons out cd (no kiding at all!!! noise bless howie stelzer & jay sullivan!!!!) so this update is dedicated to them!!!

if you chance in athens this week make sure you came by kinky kong on holy thursday the 24th around 21.30 to say ‘hi’ and attend the mayhem of carlos giffoni / family battle snake / novasak & nokalypse…

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also last but not least… regarding children’s parties that we’ll keep on doing in north and north eastern greece… as the live set thing and mixing sounds we produce w/ toy instruments / the ambience of the place w/ the sounds produced by the friend we invite has reached a point that we feel like all that has to be done w/ it is done and we seek even more creative and interacting ways of how to continue them (be it a performance where the children that are inthe party participate, a kind of puppet theatre, an installation, or whatever that includes this kind of motion, interaction, learning, etc.. we seek people whose work does not only has to do solely w/ music/sound but also includes video, installation, motion, etc… any ideas or proposals are always accepted… for sure accomodation, food, tickets are provided.. be flexible w/ a fee and also can seek about possibilities for a live set or whatever in th cities of xanthi, thessaloniki, or even athens… interested parties feel free to drop a line, you are welcome!!!

love & noise
nicolas

Tags: absurd