Connexion Bizarre (
www.connexionbizarre.net ) was updated on 2007-10-08 with a new webcast, new reviews and new recommended events and links.
Interviewed this week was Ben Arp of Crunch Pod.
Reviewed this week were Susan Matthews "Hope Bound", JapaneseCARCRASH "BADmachine", Plastic Violence "Dog Series", Six Twilights "Six Twilights", Concise "Revive", FrightDoll "Reference Version".
This week's webcast features "10.30 nova entrada no diario - Encontrei pequenos cadaveres abandonados, seriam de esquilos deprimidos?" with music selection by :JW: and "Cain was a misunderstood child." with music selection by M.
Webcast & Radio ShowPart 1 http://www.connexionbizarre.net/webcast/cb_20071008-1014_a.mp3("10.30 nova entrada no diario - Encontrei pequenos cadaveres abandonados, seriam de esquilos deprimidos?" with music selection by :JW:)
Elvis Presley - Introduction - Also Sprach Zarathustra (1:11)
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Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite - RCA]
Elvis Presley - See See Rider (2:57)
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Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite - RCA]
Container 90 - Disko Jugend (7:28)
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Der Container Klang - Sham Recordings]
Planetakis - Raus Aus Der Wirklichkeit (3:70)
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Out of the Club into the Night - PengMusic Cargo Rec]
TNT Art - The Robots (3:53)
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Elektronenklange Aus Dem Radioland - A Tribute To Kraftwerk - Vasilisk Records]
Horologium - Faustus (2:50)
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Paradise Inverted - Old Europa Cafe]
Kammer Sieben - Flamme Empor (2:54)
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Unfinished Movies - Eislicht]
Avoid Catoblepone - Prisonnier (5:55)
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Musiques de Chambre - Self-Release]
Opera Multi Steel - Massabielle (6:42)
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Days of Creation (An Anthology 1984-1994) - Museum Obscuro / Cri Du Chat Disques]
Edge of Dawn - Black Heart (4:36)
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Enjoy The Fall - Mindbase]
Specimen - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Specimen vs. Atomizer) (4:40)
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Electric Ballroom - Metropolis]
Part 2 http://www.connexionbizarre.net/webcast/cb_20071008-1014_b.mp3("Cain was a misunderstood child." with music selection by M.)
Haus Arafna - Scars[
Butterfly - Galakthorrö]
Necromondo - Sanatorium Archives[
Quarantined Quarters - Mechanoise Labs]
Contagious Orgasm - Perfect Rip[
V/A - Audiotion: a sonic tribute to Takashi Miike - Vital]
Navicon Torture Technologies - Three Knives[
Pure Skin - NCC]
Cenotype - Sinking[
Dimensional Construct - Hands Productions]
Ybrid - Virga[
Ex Nihilo Nihil / Defixio - Ark-Aïk / Ozore Records]
Converter - Soulstealer[
Exit Ritual - Ant-Zen]
Flaque - Northland[
Mindscapes - Wycombe Music]
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/webcast/main_webcast.htmConnexion Bizarre radio show @ Radio ZeroThe Connexion Bizarre radio show can be streamed every Friday at 23:00 GMT and Saturday at 19:00 GMT from Radio Zero (
http://radio.ist.utl.pt/ ) and showcases the music selection from the second part of the coming week's webcast.
Interviews
Ben Arp - Crunch PodCrunch Pod is an American industrial music label and online web store currently based near Sacramento, California. Crunch Pod, the label, began in 1998 and has grown from a small, limited edition only CDR label to the home to such acts as Caustic, C/A/T, Cervello Elettronico and Manufactura.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/interviews/m_crunchpod.htmReviews
Susan Matthews - Hope BoundMore positive in mood than Matthews' previous albums but, while the sound is generally more polished, the intensity of feeling and experimental qualities are all still there. Matthews continues to go from strength to strength with each release, offering something new and interesting every time.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_susanmatthews_hb.htm
JapaneseCARCRASH - BADmachineTexan musician Casey LeBleu, being neither Japanese nor sounding anything like a car crash, fortunately, has produced plenty of quite enjoyable synthpop moments.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_japanesecarcrash_b.htm
Plastic Violence - Dog SeriesDuring the Chinese year of the dog, Italian experimentalists Plastic Violence released twelve monthly mini-CD singles with canine-themed covers. The tracks are an interesting bunch, generally pretty lo-fi, and Plastic Violence aren't afraid to add noise to the mix.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_plasticviolence_ds.htm
Six Twilights - Six TwilightsVery gentle and ever so slightly folky experimental electronica mostly dominated by manipulated voices and backed up by minimal loops possibly generated by guitars more often than synths. All lovely stuff, just as long as you're not easily bored and you can allow sentimental feelings for simple things.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_sixtwilights_st.htm
Concise - Revive / Flaque - Mindscapes / X_Dynamics - Regular Loader RoutineThree full-length CDs, by three bands that don't really have much in common, packaged together for about the price of one album. Good value, you might say, but what's the point, even though there's plenty of folks out there who will like the sound of this collection?
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_concise_r.htm
FrightDoll - Reference VersionYou don't even have to listen to this album to tell it's going to be awful. The fact that it's released on an eponymous record label sets alarm bells ringing, as does the dubious imagery of FrightDoll posing smugly in PVC attire over a generic black and red background of circuitry and stars.
http://www.connexionbizarre.net/reviews/r_frightdoll_rv.htm