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09 September 2010

10th annual Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music 18-25 September 2010 (Muffins, Magma, UZed, more!)

The 10th annual Sonic Circuits Festival of Experimental Music & beyond will begin in less than two weeks!

Below is the complete schedule of events and locations:

Saturday, September 18, 2010
La Maison Française
3:30pm
The Muffins (MD/NC/VA)
Hume (DC)
Vector Trio (DC)
Pilesar (DC)

8pm
Magma (France)


Sunday, September 19, 2010
Fairfax Old Town Hall
11am-11pm
Music Marathon Overload!
Illusion of Safety (Chicago)
The Cornel West Theory (DC)
Controlled Bleeding (NY)
Astma (Alexei Borisov & Olga Nosova) (Russia)
Fuse Ensemble (DC)
Nobu Stowe - Lee Pembleton Project "Confusion Bleue" with Special Guest: Andrea Centazzo
(Japan/LA/NY/Baltimore/Italy)
Corridors (NYC)
Colla Parte (Perry Conticchio, Rich O'Meara, Daniel Barbiero) (DC)
RDK+Insect Factory (DC)
Aster - Eli Keszler & Ashley Paul (Providence)
Mercury Fools the Alchemist (DC)
Matta Gawa (DC)
Kingdom of Sharks (VA)
Dave Vosh (DC)
Borborites (DC)


Monday, September 20, 2010
Strathmore Mansion
8pm
Trophies (Baltimore/Brooklyn)
Gestures (DC)
Lost Civilizations (DC)


Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Strathmore Mansion
8pm
Fennesz (Austria)
Arturas Bumsteinas + Janel & Anthony (Lithuania/DC)
Low End String Quartet (DC)


Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
6pm - FREE!
Andrea Centazzo (Italy)


The Fridge
8pm
Keith Fullerton Whitman (MA)
expo 70 (Kansas City)
Ancient Ocean (Brooklyn)
Li Tieqiao (China) & John Howard (DC)
Violet (DC)


Thursday, September 23, 2010
The Fridge
8pm
Night of 100 Lock Grooves - District of Noise Vol.3 Release Party
DJ/turntable abuse/live sets by
U.S. Girls (Philadelphia)
BLK w/BEAR (DC)
Sean Peoples (DC)
Tone Ghosting (DC)
Cole Goins (DC)


Friday, September 24, 2010
La Maison Française
8pm
Merzbow+Richard Pinhas (Japan/France)
Blue Sausage Infant (DC)
TL0741 (DC)


Saturday, September 25, 2010
La Maison Française
7pm
Univers Zero (Belgium)
Miriodor (Canada)


The website for the festival with complete information is here: http://dc-soniccircuits.org/

Ticketing information is here: http://dc-soniccircuits.org/festival/2010/#tickets

07 September 2010

Cuneiform Records artists on tour September 2010 part 1

AHLEUCHATISTAS
September 9 - Barking Legs Theater - 1307 Dodds Ave - Chattanooga, TN 37404 (423) 624-5347 - 9:00 pm
Septemper 10 - Lemp Neighborhood Art Center - 3301 Lemp Ave - St. Louis, MO 63118 - 8:00 pm
September 11 - Adventures in Modern Music festival (sponsored with The Wire) - Empty Bottle - 1035 N Western Ave - Chicago, IL 60601 (773) 276-3600


THE CLAUDIA QUINTET
September 10 - Cornelia Street Cafe - 29 Cornelia St - New York, 10014 (212) 989-9318
September 11 - Cornelia Street Cafe - 29 Cornelia St - New York, 10014 (212) 989-9318
September 27 - The Cedar Cultural Center - 416 Cedar Avenue South - Minneapolis, MN 55454
October 1 - Oberlin College - Oberlin, OH
October 2 - 14th Annual Edgefest - Ann Arbor, MI


MATS/MORGAN BAND
October 23 - Gouveia Art Rock - Gouveia, Portugal
December 11 - Pjeireblues - Belgium (with Jimmy Ågren Band)


MIRIODOR
September 12 - Café Chaos - 2031, St-Denis, Montréal, Quebec, Canada (514) 844-0738)
September 19 - Rock in Opposition Festival 2010 - Cap Decouverte - 81450 Le Garric (Carmaux) France
September 21 - Le Baloard - 21 Boulevard Louis Blanc - 34000 Montpellier, France (04) 67 79 36 68
September 25 - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Française - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170 (Miriodor will be opening for Univers Zero)


THE MUFFINS
September 18 - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Française - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170 (The Muffins will be playing shortly before Magma, although it is a separate admission. Also on the bill: Pilesar, Vector Trio, Hume)


MUJICIAN
Tony Levin's 70th Birthday Celebration - UK tour. All dates also feature the Aki Takasi Trio (with Tony also on drums)!
October 7 - St Georges Hall - Bristol, UK (0845) 40 24 001
October 8 - Richard Attenborough Centre - University of Leicester, Leicester, UK (0116) 223 1520
October 9 - Midlands Arts Centre - Birmingham, UK (0121) 446-3232
October 11 - The Vortex - London, UK (020) 7254 4097
October 14 - Lunchtime concert piano duo - Aki Takase and Keith Tippett - Kings Hall at Newcastle University - Newcastle, UK (0191) 222 8463
October 14 - Gateshead Old Town Hall - Gateshead, UK (0191) 433-8428

14 August 2010

SCALE THE SUMMIT to play Progday 2010

Though boasting an average age of only 22, SCALE THE SUMMIT has already cemented its position as a band pushing heavy progressive and prog metal into new directions. Formed in 2004, this instrumental quartet established its base in Houston, Texas, where it recorded Monuments, its self-released debut. The album garnered international attention with magazines like Kerrang, Rock Sound and Amp heaping praise upon the band.

This growing recognition led to SCALE THE SUMMIT signing with Prosthetic Records in 2008. Its second album, Carving Desert Canyons, was considered to be one of the most anticipated "heavy" releases of 2009 and was lauded for the uniqueness of it's music, the maturity of the writing and the amazing skill of it's execution. Shortly after the album's release, SCALE THE SUMMIT was invited to participate in Dream Theater's annual Progressive Nation summer tour where the band continued to garner new fans on a nightly basis. Often compared to bands like Liquid Tension Experiment, Cynic, Planet X, King Crimson, Spaced Out and Canvas Solaris, ProgDay is very pleased to bring the cutting-edge music of SCALE THE SUMMIT to Storybook Farm.


SCALE THE SUMMIT is joined by Flash, The Muffins, Mars Hollow, Half Past Four, Shadow Circus and Mahogany Frog at ProgDay 2010. ProgDay is the longest running progressive rock festival in the world. The 16th edition will take place on Saturday, September 4, and Sunday, September 5, at Storybook Farm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. For more information, and to hear music from this year's bands, please visit us at www.progday.net. One more band to be announced!

07 July 2010

A few brief news bits

CalProg 2010 ticket reminder

Ambrosia

RPWL

District 97

Mirthkon


Date: October 2

Place: Center Theater in Whittier, Ca.


Tickets go on sale at http://www.calprog.com on Saturday July 10 @ 7am.




MARS HOLLOW Performs At ProgDay 2010!


MARS HOLLOW is a prog band from Southern California that's created quite a stir with their debut CD "Mars Hollow," released by 10T Records earlier this year. Listeners and critics alike have lauded it as one of the best symphonic albums of the year. Beginning with a foundation of early bands like ELP, Yes and Genesis, MARS HOLLOW mixes it up with later bands like Spock's Beard, and then finishes with a fresh contemporary twist to create melodic hook-driven progressive rock delivered with a flourish of expert musicianship. With just the right balance of old and new, this is a show that fans of symphonic rock won't want to miss!


MARS HOLLOW is joined by The Muffins, Half Past Four and Mahogany Frog at ProgDay 2010. ProgDay is the longest running progressive rock festival in the world. The 16th edition will take place on Saturday, September 4, and Sunday, September 5, at Storybook Farm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. For more information, and to hear music from this year's bands, please visit us at
www.progday.net. Four more bands to be announced soon!



ROSFEST ANNOUNCES THE GALACTIC COLLECTIVE FOR 2011


THE GALACTIC COLLECTIVE is a fresh and innovative approach to the best of Erik Norlander's vast instrumental catalog written for ROCKET SCIENTISTS, LANA LANE and his own solo albums over the years. The versatile keyboardist recorded his new CD with an astounding new band of stellar musicians from the Akron, Ohio area in collaboration with Executive Producer Dena Henry: guitarist Freddy DeMarco, bassist Mark Matthews and drummer Nick LePar takes Norlander's music to new heights of drama and intrigue as they weave through the most subtle atmospheric art rock soundscapes to maximum martial progressive metal fireworks.

Look for this wonderful band to be featured at RoSfest on Saturday May 21st as our third band playing the 5 pm to 7 pm slot.

Erik Norlander site - http://www.eriknorlander.com
The Galactic Collective - http://www.thetank.com/entgc.htm
Look for a complete bio at the RoSfest website - http://rosfest.com/Performers-2011/Galactic_Collective.htm

02 July 2010

Cuneiform Records artist tour dates: July 2010

THE CLAUDIA QUINTET
July 23 - Pori, Finland

July 24 - San Sebastian, Spain

September 10 - Cornelia Street Cafe - 29 Cornelia St - New York, 10014 (212) 989-9318

September 11 - Cornelia Street Cafe - 29 Cornelia St - New York, 10014 (212) 989-9318

late September/early October - midwest tour - dates t/b/a


ERGO

November 12 - BAM Cafe - 30 Lafayette Avenue - Brooklyn, NY 8:30 pm - FREE!


LED BIB
[2009 Barclaycard Mercury Prize-Album of the Year!]

July 9 - Marlborough Jazz Festival - Marlborough, UK

July 11 - Lounge on the Farm - Canterbury, UK

July 15 - Gala Theatre - Durham, UK (with Empirical)

August 3 - Ronnie Scott's - London, UK (Double Bill with Phronesis

August 29 - Saalfelden Jazz Festival - Saalfelden, Austria

November 27 - The Shed - Brawby, Malton, UK


MATS/MORGAN BAND

July 17 - Nefertiti - Gothenburg, Sweden

July 22 - Fasching - Kungsgatan 63 - Stockholm, Sweden

October 23 - Gouveia Art Rock - Gouveia, Portugal

December 11 - Pjeireblues - Belgium (with Jimmy Ågren Band)


MIRIODOR

September 19 - Rock in Opposition Festival 2010 - Cap Decouverte - 81450 Le Garric (Carmaux) France

September 25 - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Francais - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170 (Miriodor will be opening for Univers Zero)


THE MUFFINS

September 4-5 - ProgDay - Storybook Farm - Chapel Hill, NC

September 18 - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Francais - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170 (The Muffins will be playing shortly before Magma, although it is a separate admission. Also on the bill: Pilesar, Vector Trio, Hume )


ED PALERMO BIG BAND

August 25 - Echo Lake Park - Mountainside, NJ (show at 7:30 - Playing the music of Paul Butterfield and Mike Bloomfield)


RICHARD PINHAS

July 8 - Resonance Festival - Istanbul, Turkey

July 13 - Center of Humanities of Utrecht - Amsterdam, Holland

July 28 - Sajeta Festival - Slovenia

September 24 - Richard Pinhas + Merzbow - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Francais - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170

October 6 & 7 - Jan Eyck Academy - Maastricht, Holland (note: this is a lecture/conference about music - not a concert)

October 20 - Pop Philosophie Festival - Marseille, France


UNIVERS ZERO

September 25 - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Francais - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170


UZ JSME DOMA
(new CD "Caves" released in September!)

US tour - September 23 to October 10. Watch for more details asap


VOLAPUK

September 3 - Villeneuve lez Avignon - Avignon, France : 20th anniversary of Inouï Productions


ZEVIOUS

huge entire USA tour (well, they may have to skip Boise) - mid February - mid March 2011. watch for more info here as we get it

30 June 2010

Some Festival news

PROGDAY:

THE MUFFINS is one of those amazing bands that you used to hear about from the 1970s...after it had disbanded. Formed in 1973, the band released its first official album, "Manna/Mirage," in 1978. This would later be hailed as one of the best all-time American prog releases from the 70s and an essential release for any progressive music collection. But while the band developed a cult following on the US east coast, notoriety on a larger scale was elusive. Despite continuing to create excellent music and working with artists like Fred Frith (the band backed Frith on his 1980 album "Gravity"), THE MUFFINS played it's last show of the period in 1981 and broke up soon afterwards.


However, the legend of THE MUFFINS continued to grow long after its demise and in 1998 the progressive music scene was given a reprieve when the original members decided that they still had something to say and reformed. Unlike many other "reunions," THE MUFFINS really DID still have something to say and the band started writing and playing music again like they had never taken a 17 year vacation. This culminated in the release of a new critically acclaimed studio album, "Bandwidth," in 2001. Since then the band has continued to record and perform, appearing at ProgDay in 2001 and 2002, and at NEARfest in 2005. We are very happy to host the return of THE MUFFINS to the Storybook Farm stage.


THE MUFFINS is joined by Half Past Four and Mahogany Frog at ProgDay 2010. ProgDay is the longest running progressive rock festival in the world. The 16th edition will take place on Saturday, September 4, and Sunday, September 5, at Storybook Farm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. For more information, and to hear music from this year's bands, please visit us at http://www.progday.net




NEARFEST:


Signed for NEARfest 2011 are simakDIALOG (Indonesia) and Gosta Berlings Saga (Sweden). Bios to follow shortly, or alternatively:


http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3083 (Gosta Berlings Saga)

http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=4831 (simakDIALOG)


http://www.nearfest.com



CALPROG:


German progressive rock band RPWL was signed this week as the 4th performer at the 7th annual CalProg Progressive Rock Festival. The event will be held on October 2 at the Center Theater in Whittier California. The complete lineup is:


Ambrosia

RPWL

District 97

miRthkon


Tickets go on sale Saturday July 10 @ 7am. All seats reserved.


Visit http://www.calprog.com for more details and to listen to audio samples of the bands.




SUMMER’S END:


The Summers End Festival to be held at Lydney Town Hall, Gloucestershire on October 8,9,10 is delighted to announce that day tickets will go on sale on 1st July from www.summersend.co.uk. We are also pleased to announce the draft day line-ups now that all the bands have been confirmed.


Ticket prices. Day tickets Friday - £17. Saturday and Sunday - £27.50 per day

A small booking fee will be applied to each order to cover the transaction fees for online purchases. Still available: 3 day tickets £60. 2 day (Saturday and Sunday) tickets £45

Draft line up - subject to change


Friday 8th October

The Defence of the Realm with 3Js and a P - featuring Jem Godfrey, Pete Trewavas and John Mitchell (UK)

Tinyfish (UK)

Unto Us (UK)


Saturday 9th October

Karmakanic (Sweden)

Agents of Mercy (Sweden)

Unitopia (Australia)

Ark (UK)

Haken (UK)


Sunday 10th October

The Watch (Italy)

Sylvan (Germany)

Phideaux (USA)

Dead Heroes Club (Ireland)

Multifuse (UK, France, Italy)


http://www.summersend.co.uk

01 July 2009

Cuneiform Records artists on tour

Info courtesy of label president Steve Feigenbaum:

BIRDSONGS OF THE MESOZOIC (special tour to promote "Dawn of the Cycads", so founding member Roger Miller (Mission of Burma) is performing with the group in place of current member Ken Field, and all material will be vintage - 1988 or earlier)

July 23 - AS220 - 115 Empire St. - Providence, Rhode Island 02903

July 24 - Mercury Lounge - 217 E. Houston St - NYC, NY

July 25 - Kung Fu Necktie - 1250 North Front St. - Philadelphia, PA

July 26 - Talking Head - 407 East Saratoga St. - Baltimore, MD 21202 - buy advance tix

July 30 - Johnny D's - 17 Holland St. - Somerville, MA 02144


DAVID BORDEN/MOTHER MALLARD
[40th anniversary celebration]

July 26 - Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art - Cornell University Campus - Central & University Ave. - Ithaca, NY. 14853-4001


CHEER-ACCIDENT

October 24 - The Philadephia Experiment: New Music Festival - The Rotunda - University of Pennsylvnania - 4014 Walnut Street - Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 573-3234 (with CHEER-ACCIDENT (headliner), Fern Knight, The Red Masque and Make A Rising) all ages - FREE but donations for the bands requested.


THE CLAUDIA QUINTET

July 8 - Barbican Hall - London, UK (opening for Medeski, Martin and Wood)

October - west coast USA touring


DJAM KARET

August 22 - Crescendo Festival - Saint Palais-sur-Mer, France


DOCTOR NERVE

July 12 - Le Poisson Rouge - 158 Bleeker Street, NY, NY (7:30pm Todd Reynold solo violin and electronics / 8:30pm Doctor Nerve / 9:30pm Dither Guitar Quartet)


ERGO
(our latest signing! CD out in September!)

September 22 - Sonic Circuits Festival - Washington, DC


FORGAS BAND PHENOMENA

September 30 - Sunset Club - Paris, France

December 5 - Theatre de Sens - Sens, France

June - NEARFest - Zoellner Auditorium - Bethlehem, PA


GUAPO

September 18-20 (Guapo meets GMEA) - Rock in Opposition Festival - Maison de la Musique - Cap'Découverte - 81450 Le Garrick (Carmaux), France


GUTBUCKET

June 27 - Danger Danger Gallery - 5013 Baltimore Avenue - Philadelphia, PA (CD release show!) (with Elliot Levin Trio)

November 10 - Lemoyne College - Syracuse, NY


HAMSTER THEATRE

July 3 - Trident Booksellers and Cafe - 940 Pearl Street - Boulder, CO

October 17 - Edgefest - The Firefly Club - 637 South Main Street - Ann Arbor, MI : 9:00 PM


LED BIB

July 1st - rebroadcast of their gig at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam. It was recorded for NPS Radio 6 in Holland. It will be broadcast in it's entirety on at 22:00. You can listen on the radio in Holland or on www.radio6.nl everywhere else.

October 2 - The Vortex - 11 Gillett Square - London, UK

October 14 - tba - Barnstaple, UK

October 23 - tba - Derby, UK

December 10 - tba - Nottingham, UK


THE MAHAVISHNU PROJECT

July 7 - 8 - Vishnufest - Le Poisson Rouge - 158 Bleecker St - NYC, NY
The three part program will consist of:
PROGRAM 1. "The Best of Mahavishnu"
- Highlights from Birds of Fire, Inner Mounting Flame and The Lost Trident Sessions; PROGRAM 2. "Before & After Mahavishnu: The John McLaughlin Songbook" - Featuring music from Extrapolation, Devotion, Electric Guitarist and the WORLD PREMIERE of several really cool, newly discovered CHORAL WORKS, setting the poetry of guru Sri Chinmoy; PROGRAM 3. "Return to the Emerald Beyond" - The 11-piece band plays the complete Visions of the Emerald Beyond plus "Smile of the Beyond" and a few fan fave encores.

MATS/MORGAN BAND
(Mats Öberg and Morgan Ågren with former Meshuggah bassist Gustaf Hilem)

August 16 - 20 - Zaapanle - Germany (with Denny Walley)


MIRIODOR

July 10 - Festival d'été de Québec - Quebec City, Quebec, Canada (outside show - opening for Van der Graaf Generator!)

September 12-13 - FMPM - The Gesù - 1200 De Bleury Street, between St-Catherine Street and René Lévesque Boulevard - Montreal, Quebec, Canada


THE MUFFINS

September 12 - Orion Sound Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave., Suite C - Baltimore, MD

September 18 - Rock in Opposition Festival - Maison de la Musique - Cap'Découverte - 81450 Le Garrick (Carmaux), France


PRESENT

September 19 - Rock in Opposition Festival - Maison de la Musique - Cap'Découverte - 81450 Le Garrick (Carmaux), France


RADIO MASSACRE INTERNATIONAL

October 31 - Hampshire Jam - Millenium Hall, Liphoo - Hampshire, UK


REVOLUTIONARY SNAKE ENSEMBLE

August 15 - Salem Jazz & Soul Festival - Salem, MA


UNIVERS ZERO

September 20 - Rock in Opposition Festival - Maison de la Musique - Cap'Découverte - 81450 Le Garrick (Carmaux), France

October 13 - Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival - Nancy, France


ZEVIOUS
(our latest signing! CD out in September!)

August 14 - Yippie Cafe - 9 Bleecker St - Brooklyn, NY (with Third Space)

August 15 - Avant Gentleman's Lodge - 4028 Filbert St - Philadelphia, PA 19104 (with Make A
Rising, Hume)

August 16 - Galaxy Hut - 2711 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA 22201 (703) 525-8646 (with DCIC)

August 17 - Nara - 1309 W. Main St - Richmond, Virginia (w/ The Wayward)

August 18 - DIVEbar - 3 Glenwood Ave - Raleigh, North Carolina - (Free show)

August 19 - BoBo Gallery - 22 Lexington Ave - Asheville, NC (with Shane Perlowin, King Tut)

August 21 - Dada Dollhouse - Winston Salem, NC (with St. Peter Pocket Veto)

August 22 - Hexagon - 1825 N. Charles St - Baltimore, MD (with Expanding Man, others tba)

September 16 - Monkeytown - 58 N. 3rd St - Brooklyn, NY 11211 (with Father Figures, Little Triumph)

18 February 2009

RiO Fest 2009 finalised

Rock In Opposition

Friday - September, 18th - 2009

6 PM Electric Epic Main Hall
9.30 PM Magma 40 # anniversary Main Hall


Saturday - September 19th - 2009


2 pm Charles HAYWARD Main Hall

4:30 pm Aranis Main Hall

7:30 pm Combat Astronomy Main Hall

10:30 pm Koenji Hyakkei Main Hall


Sunday - September 20th - 2009


1 pm Yolk Main Hall

4 pm The Muffins Main Hall

7 pm Present Main Hall

10 pm Univers Zero Main Hall


Grand Finale


Univers Zero + Present




Ticket Info:


http://www.rocktime.org/rio/tickets_english.htm