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

Cuneiform Records artists on tour September 2010 part 2

RICHARD PINHAS

September 24 - Richard Pinhas + Merzbow - Sonic Circuits Festival - La Maison Française - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170
September 29 - Richard Pinhas + Wolf Eyes - The Floristree - Baltimore, MD
September 30 - Richard Pinhas + Wolf Eyes - The Secret Project Robot Art Experiment - 210 Kent Ave - Brooklyn, NY, 11211 (917) 860.8282
October 1 - The Temple - 670 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain MA 02130 (with:
Jason Lescalleet, Schurt Kwitters (Jess from Fat Worm), Vile Bodies)
October 2 - tbd - with the Sonic Circuit all-stars
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 Française - 4101 Reservoir Road Northwest - Washington, DC 20007-2170

UPSILON ACRUX

September 2 - The Sex - 816 Santa Fe. Ave - Los Angeles, CA (with Kid Infinity, Briefcase Scenario, Halloween Swim Team) Free show!

UZ JSME DOMA

September 23 - Daniel Street Club - 21 Daniel Street - Milford, CT
September 25 - Building 16 - 95 Empire Street - Providence, RI
September 26 - Lesco - 4467 St Denis - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
September 28 - Zaphod Beeblebox - 27 York Street - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
September 29 - Sneaky Dee's - 431 College Street (at Bathurst) - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
September 30 - Bug Jar - 219 Monroe Avenue - Rochester, NY 14607-3527
(585) 454-2966
October 1 - The Rock Shop - 249 4th Avenue - Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 230-5740
October 2 - 12th Annual Czech Street Festival - 83rd Street between Madison & Park Ave. - NYC, NY Free! 12-7 pm (with Zuby Nehti)
October 4 - Maxwell's - 1039 Washington Street - Hoboken, NJ (201)653-1703
October 5 - M Room - 15 West Girard Avenue - Philadelphia, PA 19123-1707 (215) 739-5577
October 6 - Black Cat - 1811 14th St. NW - Washington, DC 20009
October 8 - Now That's Class - 11213 Detroit Avenue - Cleveland, OH
Ocober 9 - Orion Sound Studios - 2903 Whittington Ave., Suite C - Baltimore, Md. 21230

ZEVIOUS

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

Cuneiform Records new release spotlight 2: Richard Pinhas/Merzbow - Metal/Crystal

In Metal/Crystal, French experimental guitarist and electronic musician Richard Pinhas summons the assistance of noise artists Merzbow (Masami Akita) from Japan and Wolf Eyes from USA to weave a spellbinding aural web that spans 2 CD's.Over the years, many artists in the 'noise arena' have expressed interest in his pioneering use of synthesizers and electronics in rock and contemporary music. Pinhas has likewise been intrigued by various areas of the ‘noise’ scene and Metal/Crystal, recorded "during these two worst years of my life" reflects these influences strongly. Metal/Crystal also intertwines some of the most radical electro-acoustic sonic innovations to emerge from three different continents: Europe, Asia and North America. Pinhas has been ceaselessly innovative in a career spanning more than 30 years, and recently has been exploring areas of the international ‘noise’ scene.

His newest release shows him working with two of that scene’s highest profile artists; Merzbow and Wolf Eyes are considered to be the premier ‘noise artists’ of their respective countries. Metal/Crystal is Pinhas’ second collaboration with Merzbow, the originator of Japanese noise music. It is Pinhas’ first release with Michigan's Wolf Eyes, whom he’s worked with since 2007. In addition to Merzbow and Wolf Eyes, Metal/Crystal features several of Pinhas’ longtime collaborators: Antoine Paganotti (drums), Didier Batard (bass), Patrick Gauthier (mini-Moog) (all ex members of Heldon and/or Magma); Jerome Schmidt (electronics), whom Pinhas has recorded and toured extensively with for 2 decades; and his son Duncan Pinhas (electronics), who also helped mix the album with Laurent Peyron and Francis Gernet. The album’s artwork, by Yann Legendre and Joy Burke, features intricate, back-and-white cartoon-like drawings, with images hidden inside larger forms. The 6 lengthy tracks on Metal/Crystal features some of Pinhas’ most melodic guitar riffs in recent years, as well as his ‘noisiest’ sonic abstractions ever.

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