We’re happy to announce the next instalment of our “Supernatant Sessions” Workshop & Seminar Series will take place in Denmark on the 13th and 14th of December within the award winning retro-futuristic setting of The Culture Yard in Elsinore.

The Centrifuge curates, produces and delivers the “Supernatant” programme of Workshops, ‘Make Sessions’, Lectures and Seminars. These have been designed to enrich and enliven artistic, cultural and electronic music festivals, outreach events, universities and beyond. Supernatant is a multi-faceted project focusing on artistic and technical practice at the interface of sound, experience, science, interactivity and futurism.

This 2-day session explores “creativity with electronics” with participatory synth-making sessions, game console hacking and theremin masterclasses and small-group seminars learning about advanced music software & interfaces and thinking about the future of music in the internet age. It is being provided for young Danish musicians from a variety of backgrounds including jazz and composition as well as electronic. Session conveners are Beat Frequency, Mr Underwood, Nick Bugayev, Scrubber Fox & DJ Stuff, Wassim Alsindi and are also joined by Marc Weiser, Mala and Michael F who will also be giving talks & performances.

For more information on our Supernatant Series, please check The Centrifuge Agency website or email agency[at]thecentrifuge.co.uk.

Saturday 3rd September @ The Rhythm Factory, Whitechapel Road, London

10pm – 6am // FREE ENTRY ALL NIGHT

We return to our spiritual home of East London after myriad excursions around the festivals, warehouses and dancefloors of Europe and North America over the summer.

To celebrate our homecoming we’ve assembled a bumper lineup to test the outer reaches of the Rhythm Factory’s souped-up soundsystem. With no less than 5 cutting-edge live acts and the Dispatch Agency crew taking over the second room, somehow incredibly we’ve managed to keep it free entry too. All the more reason to come and celebrate!

Room 1: The Centrifuge (Bleeps / Acid / Breaks / Bass)
Cursor Miner (Lo, Uncharted Audio) – http://www.myspace.com/cursorminer
Debasser (Novamute, Seed, Wide) – http://www.debasser.co.uk/
Rival Consoles (Erased Tapes) – http://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/sets/rival-consoles-kid-velo/
Vaetxh (Tigerbeat6, King Deluxe) – http://soundcloud.com/robclouth/sets/vaetxh
Gareth Clarke (The Centrifuge, Sublight) – http://www.myspace.com/garethclarkemusic
missaw (The Centrifuge) – http://www.myspace.com/missawuk
Ursa (The Centrifuge) – http://www.mixcloud.com/ursa/

Room 2: Dispatch (House / Techno)
Bare Girls (Streets Of Beige) – http://soundcloud.com/fofmusic/bare-girls-uk-streets-of-beige
Dan Peace (Church, Slum State) – http://soundcloud.com/slum-state
Back From the Dead (Dispatch) – http://dispatchagency.com/

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More Infos:

CURSOR MINER is the avant pop anti-hero who continues to confound expectations, sport outlandish costumes and shatter genre preconceptions with his barnstorming live show. His last album on Uncharted Audio was a veritable tour de force straddling the line between perfectly crafted vocal pop and cerebral dancefloor electronics. Having torn the roof down at The Centrifuge’s 3rd Birthday Party in Berlin last year we are delighted to welcome him back for a romp in his home territory.

Did DEBASSER really start the whole UK bass scene? You better believe it, when his critically-acclaimed release on NovaMute “Fat Girls” came out it caused a ruckus and endless inspirants, imitations and countless sub-genres. Having just released a new single “The Tingler” on his own WIDE Records, this is his first live outing for The Centrifuge and the excitement is already building to hear those basslines on that PA.

Electro-pop noizenik RIVAL CONSOLES has just released his landmark 2nd album on Erased Tapes Records with an innovative viral campaign seeing each track released separately over a number of weeks. Now the album’s out! Listen, enjoy, then come and rave.

VAETXH is a fast-rising star of bass and glitch. Having been discovered by The Centrifuge in 2010, his heady mix of laser-precision audio manipulation and body-spasmic bass frequency workouts is winning him fans across the globe. Not least record label bosses, who are queuing up to sign him. Come hear (and feel) what all the fuss is about!

GARETH CLARKE is a master of melody like no other. Combining compositional virtuosity with dancefloor sensibility it’s no wonder why he is harbouring an impressive and growing legion of admirers comprised of the great and the good of forward-thinking electronic music.

Press contact: missaw@thecentrifuge.co.uk

Further Linkage:
http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/
http://www.dispatchagency.com/
http://www.rhythmfactory.co.uk/

The Centrifuge gratefully acknowledges financial support from the PRS for Music Foundation.

Thursday 28th April @ Islington Metalworks (aka Elektrowerkz) / 10pm until late
£7 early / tickets / NUS
£10 after 11pm

ADVANCE TICKETS: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/169855

RSVP ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=206431512718104

United by the recent tragic events in Japan, The Centrifuge & Splutter team up once again to host an evening of altruism and cutting-edge music in the newly refurbished Islington Metal Works (aka Elektrowerkz). We’ve assembled a world-class lineup of musicians and artists to help us raise as much for charity as possible. 100% of the profits will go to Peace Winds who are providing aid and relief to the people most affected by the crisis.

We’re also holding a raffle prize draw, with exactly the kind of exclusive treats which money can’t buy, so you’ll want to bring a few extra pennies along!

Electronic music legend and “Jimi Hendrix of the TB-303″ MIKE DRED aka THE KOSMIK KOMMANDO is heading up the lineup – check R&S, Rephlex and his own Machine Codes imprint to explore his expansive back catalogue. Resurgent drum’n'bass experimentalists ICARUS touch down for a rare London show, having recently remixed Caribou and Eclectic Method and ready to embark on a European tour this spring. LUKE’S ANGER promises to deliver his patented blend of rave-fuelled analogue techno whilst MONSTER X, POINT B and SCHEME BOY are geared up to pump out their own unique flavours of broken beats, bass and bleeps.

In the courtyard The Centrifuge and Splutter DJs and friends are on hand to fill the room with their latest sonic treats and we’re also pleased to announce that infamous street artist STIK is involved – known for his endearing humanoid stick characters which are seemingly endemic around London streets and art happenings.

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Main Room:

MIKE DRED AKA THE KOSMIK KOMMANDO (Rephlex, Machine Codes)
http://www.machine-codes.com / http://soundcloud.com/kosmik-kommando

ICARUS (Leaf, Rump)
http://www.icarus.nu/ / Bonus Material – Icarus remix of Caribou http://soundcloud.com/caribouband/bowls-icarus-remix

LUKE’S ANGER (Bonus Round, Tigerbeat6)
http://www.lukesanger.com/

MONSTER X (Tigerbeat6, The Centrifuge)
http://myspace.com/beatzemonster

POINT B (Combat, Frijsfo Beats)
http://www.point-b.co.uk/

SCHEME BOY (Ninja Columbo, Adverse Camber)
http://www.schemeboy.com/

Courtyard:

STIK
http://tinyurl.com/3c85gyf

missaw (The Centrifuge)
http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk/

KIRSTI WEIR (null+void)
http://null-void.co.uk/

BFG (Splutter)
http://sonicsplutter.blogspot.com/

URSA (The Centrifuge)
http://mixcloud.com/ursa

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28th April 2011
10:00 – 04:00
Electrowerkz
7 torrens st
EC1V 1NQ

Booking Information on The Centrifuge Agency Website
Full details on the Icarus Website

I ♥ Acid, The Centrifuge, and Complex Sound Sagacity present:

PRE-BLOC WARMUP PARTY!
Facebook Event – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=141758199216073

For those who can’t make it to BLOC WEEKEND on the Thursday, come join us in East London for a good & proper session of acid, electro and rave – with guests:

MARK ARCHER (ex Altern8 / Nexus 21)
ED CHAMBERLAIN (Baselogic)
AGT RAVE CRU (I ♥ Acid)
EOD (030303)
HIM + ME (C.S.S.)
A.i (C.S.S.)

7pm-2am Thurs 10th March
@ The MacBeth
70 Hoxton St.

£3 before 9pm, £4 after – bargain!!

Mark Archer
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mark-Archer/166324154169

Headlining the night is none other than rave legend Mark Archer (of Altern8 & Nexus 21 fame) playing a pure vinyl set of stone cold acid & old skool classics.

Check this video of him in action at I <3 Acid back in 2009 – top one, nice one, get sorted!

Ed Chamberlain
http://soundcloud.com/ed-chamberlain

BaseLogic founder member Edmund Chamberlain, preternaturally gifted composer and awkward gentleman, refused to commit his live sound to vinyl for many years and remained a shadowy figure despite calls from such luminaries as John Peel to come in from the cold and tell us what the deuce he was about. After years of tense negotiation, the three part ”Fixxy” series was prised from his white knuckles and unleashed on the world.

It went down like a spoon at a jam festival. The reaction was so overwhelming everyone had to sit down, and when no-one was looking Surgeon, Vent and Ochre did some remixes and the ”Mixxy” series was born. Stay tuned for further developments from Ed, as no-one can be quite sure what, if anything, will happen next.

friendly warning by Ed Chamberlain

Synthia by Ed Chamberlain

AGT Rave Cru
http://www.agtravecru.com/

The Chas and Dave of Rave, AGT run at a hundred-tracks-an-hour on stage, mashing up rave anthems, acid house, warehouse basslines, old skool classics, 80′s electro, hardcore jungle, and whatever else happens to be tickling them at the time…all at lightning speed without ever missing a beat.

AGT Rave Cru – Rave Side Of The Moon by AGTRaveCru

EOD
http://www.002q.com/

Mysterious Scandinavian electronic transmissions with transcendental qualities for fans of braindance and electro. Sit up and take note music heads, this one’s star burns brightly for the future.

questionmark 2 by EODtracks

EOD – On A Herald Go by 030303recs

A.i / Him + Me
http://soundsagacity.com/

Joining us all the way from the Mediterranean isle of Malta are Complex Sound Sagacity crew members A.i (live) and Him + Me (DJ set). Expect sun-ripened advanced electro and acid from the islanders.

More info:
www.iheartacid.com
http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk
http://www.soundsagacity.com

Saturday 19th February 22:00 till late / 15 Euro on the door
Liquid Club, Limits of San Gwann, Malta

Global Goon (Rephlex, Planet Mu – UK)
Rival Consoles (Erased Tapes – UK)
Kill Ref (Labyrinth – IT)
Quip (STFU – UK)
missaw (The Centrifuge – DE)
CSS Residents (Complex Sound Sagacity – MT)

Oh, to be 4 years old. In human years we’re a diminutive malevolent skinbag filled with blood, crap and bile. In Centrifuge years we’ve been fortunate enough to spawn a wee spinning machine that has organised some notorious parties around the UK and Europe, runs a fortnightly radio show, operates a growing family of digital labels and an artist agency. It’s been a busy time for us and it feels like time to celebrate!

We’ve decided to make quite a big deal out of this one, so we’ve assembled a killer team of live cadets who are heading to our new favourite place – the mediterrenean island of Malta – as we team up with the Complex Sound Sagacity crew for a BIG BAD ACID RAVEUP at Liquid Club.

Top of the list is Rephlex and Planet Mu’s legendary acidmeister GLOBAL GOON, bringing his filthiest 303 lines and tweaked up variants of techno, electro and breakbeat ahead of his performance at Bloc Weekend. London’s RIVAL CONSOLES fuses electro, pop and IDM and twists them into pulsating megaliths of percussion and melody. With his second album on the luminous Erased Tapes Records on the horizon, you’ll get to see what all the fuss is soon going to be about. KILL REF is our Roman acid and techno guru, with a impressive discography and the sweat of most European cities spilled to his electrifying sets. Leeds’ QUIP is packing a hardware punch, playing electro and techno with a twisted attitude to pitch and rhythm. No stranger to Malta, MISSAW will play a special anniversary DJ set taking in some of the music that has shaped the past 12 months for The Centrifuge.

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GLOBAL GOON
According to his press bio, Global Goon’s Johnny Hawk is a former shepherd from Liverpool who earned a recording contract after moving to London and rooming with Richard D. James (aka Aphex Twin) for a time. Hawk had worked in the capital for a multimedia company while making music on the side; after moving into a shared house with James, he released his first album Goon on Rephlex in 1996. Rumors that Goon actually was Aphex Twin persisted even after the release of Cradle of History 4 years later.

Planet Mu / We Me Records Syntheme project is a recognised alias of Global Goon and his recent live / DJ performances exhibit his tweaked-up take on acid house, techno and disco.

http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/global-goon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy7N4jlA59U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1jVMxrFXxY

RIVAL CONSOLES
Born in the winter of 1985, Ryan Lee West grew up in the small city of Leicester in the midlands of England. Fascinated by sound from an early age, Ryan chose to dedicate his time to studying, experimenting with and producing sound at De Montfort University Leicester before relocating to London. West strives to humanise and at the same time emphasise entirely computerised sounds to defy categorisation in modern electronic music. Rival Consoles combines a clever and complex mix of hard-hitting beats with catchy acid melodies.

Or as he describes it in his own words: ‘Rival Consoles is a musical project where I take ideas which are cheap and processed, and combine them with rich, unpredictable patterns – resulting in music which appears commercial yet typically against commercial music at the same time.’

http://www.myspace.com/rivalconsoles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2Jet-ZEOCQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EODD6mYYevI

KILL REF
Kill Ref, born as Alessandro Signore, started his own musical path in the early 1994 DJing at several small independent techno parties located between Rome and Naples. His sound has always straightaway pointed out his natural suitability for an avantagarded style such both regarding Autechre’s And Aphex Twin’s visionary rhythmic choices, the strong heirlooms of Mills’ and Hood’s Detroit techno, the Rotterdam ravish hardtouch, the industrial echoes of the early Nitzer Ebb and Front242. Actually more regardless of any time signature, KR can inspire people both moving and travelling through an ecstatic obsessive dance: that’s the simplest and then purest meaning of the complexshaped language inside his dancefloor appeal. The everlasting love for the industrial landscapes and ruins and then the growing dark influence affecting his hybrid productions can let KR glaringly be considered as the “industrial-techno forerunner married with an electronic glitching, drilling hyperuranium”.

http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/kill-ref/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa89YczisAU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb5UO28vpd4

QUIP
Experiments in small suburban bedroom, playing guitar in a punk band, classical guitar, show band, making tracks with a one second sampler, getting my first PC and rinsing the Soundblaster card, working to pay for equipment, making tracks on trains, in basements and in peoples houses, more bands, loss of my music partner, learning how to write tunes, recording the guitar, making sounds with the guitar that doesn’t sound like the guitar, working as a sound engineer, doing lots of gigs, working to pay for equipment, moving house, splitting up with long term girlfriend, making more music, releasing music for I Can Count, Hippocamp, more gigs, working with STFU collective, teaching music technology, moving house, making more music, working to pay for equipment, joining some more bands, doing some music for The Centrifuge and Inaudible Answer, making music for TV and film, doing more gigs….

http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/quip
http://www.quipmusic.co.uk/wordpress/

MISSAW
Resident miscreant and birthday boy.

http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/missaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3kun-SzZ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INyamBah3xM

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Around the web:
http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk
http://www.soundsagacity.com
http://www.facebook.com/thecentrifuge
http://www.myspace.com/centrifugeuk
http://www.twitter.com/thecentrifuge

The Centrifuge Midweek Sessions

Tuesday 16th November 19:00-01:00 / £3 OTD
The MacBeth, 70 Hoxton Street, London, N1 6LP.

Monster X (Tigerbeat6, Peace Off)
Dead Fader (3By3)
Rival Consoles (Erased Tapes)
Gareth Clarke (Sublight)
Volitune (The Centrifuge)
missaw (The Centrifuge)

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=157298597620583

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The Centrifuge returns to its occasional midweek residency at The MacBeth for an diverse evening of live electronic music. Having burst the walls with DMX KREW and BOGDAN “COLESLAW” RACZYNSKI and then swiftly followed with RADIOACTIVE MAN, THE DOUBTFUL GUEST and TUDOR ACID at the start of the summer, the benchmark has been set. Now that things are chilling down in the capital its time to get down and dirty with the uncompromising electro-drill of MONSTER X, DEAD FADER’S bass led noise, RIVAL CONSOLES’ avant pop, GARETH CLARKE’S advanced electronics and VOLITUNE’S funky acid. All that for three quid? You better believe it!

MONSTER X
Professional radio / tv sound designer by day, electro-breakcore mentalist by night, this smiling misfit has caused so much recent mayhem in his hometown of Grenoble (France), that only London could take him. Since arriving here, he’s already torn up all four corners of the city and events all across Europe. Remember his show-stopping performance at Glade 2009? If not, check this – it was the highlight of our weekend!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l94bY2ssV2Y
http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/monster-x/

DEAD FADER
Dead Fader make heavy electronic bass/noise music, specializing in nasty sounds and nasty distortion. Currently signed to Cloaks label 3BY3, they released their debut album, Corrupt My Examiner, in April 2010 to critical acclaim. They are one of the few acts to successfully merge dubstep with heavy industrial sounds and make it work on the dancefloor. They never fail to impress when performing live and are possibly the loudest electronic live act ever known!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz8ZFba1Ags
http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/dead-fader/

RIVAL CONSOLES
With his highly anticipated debut album IO released on Erased Tapes Records in 2009, West crafted an electronic record to transcend the discerning and flirt a little with the club culture. With rave reviews from XLR8R, NME, DJ Mag, The Milk Factory, Musikexpress the arrival of a new talent on the scene was heralded, and the buzz has been building yet more. Now primed to deliver his second studio opus this Winter, his sound has taken on another dimension as the cutting edge marries with his pop sensibilities.
http://vimeo.com/3119537
http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/rival-consoles/

GARETH CLARKE
The word ‘genius’ has been used to describe Gareth Clarke a few too many times for it to be simply hyperbole. Taking his cue from lush textural melodic electronics and the intensity of post-DSP drill’n'bass his heady mix of intricate sonics provide the perfect pleasure amalgam for body and brain. Stay tuned for new album announcement soon…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKaZB96HlUk
http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/gareth-clarke/

VOLITUNE
Sweet acid, funk basslines and live instrumentation all feature in Volitune’s live sets. Get down early to enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ee0ZpGvKlI
http://www.myspace.com/volitune

MISSAW
Resident miscreant.
http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/missaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv3kun-SzZ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INyamBah3xM

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Around the web:
http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk/
http://www.facebook.com/thecentrifuge
http://www.myspace.com/centrifugeuk
http://www.twitter.com/thecentrifuge

Alright, seeing as we’re here and to say a BIG thankyou to the island for last weekend we may as well THROW A FREE PARTY @ Liquid Club this Saturday 7th August

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124725617574344

The Centrifuge & Complex Sound Sagacity Free Party
Saturday 7th August @ Liquid Club, Limits of San Gwann

Lineup:
missaw (The Centrifuge / UK)
DJ Virtue (Handbaked / UK)
Acidmoths (CSS / MT)
Mutex (CSS / MT)

http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk
http://www.soundsagacity.com/

7th / 8th August 2010

The Second Annual Stenchival.

Join us for a weekend of experimental music, performance and digital arts at Fabrika Independent Art Organisation (on Humberstone Gate, Leicester). There will be multimedia installations in the café from local artists, plus workshops and two nights of great music and visuals.

See http://www.stench.org.uk/ for more information.

Saturday 7th August

1pm – 6pm – Exhibition
Exhibition of work from local multimedia artists.

Entry – FREE

2pm – 6pm – Atari Fuzz Console Workshop
Electronics workshop with Stu Smith (A.S.M.O)
Build your own stepped tone generator with in built fuzz/distortion, a self contained noise instrument. Limited to 12 places.

Entry £15 (includes entry to evening show) + £8 for materials

8pm – 1pm – Bathysphere/PVC Present
Auxilec - http://www.myspace.com/steveauxilec
Threep - http://www.myspace.com/threepspace
Pure Phase - http://www.myspace.com/purephase1
Myoptik - http://www.myspace.com/myoptik
Roy of the Ravers - http://www.myspace.com/royoftheravers3000

Entry £6

Sunday 8th August

1pm – 6pm – Exhibition
Exhibition of work from local multimedia artists.

Entry – FREE

3pm – 6pm – VJ Workshop
VJ Workshop with Tony Coleman (theLAB), VJ Bridd (theLAB), Tempus, Sean Clark (Cuttlefish). Learn about producing live visuals from professional VJs. Bring your laptop (Mac or PC).

Entry £15 (includes entry to evening show)

8pm – 12midnight – Electronic Umbrella.
Triax – Live electronics and hurdy-gurdy.
Ferret & Badger – Electronic percussion, electronics and guitar.
Synchropha – Voices, electronics, and cello.
Bridge – Theremin, voices, bass, samples, & electronics.
Qwire – Improvised choir with and without electronic treatments.
Memory Wire – Systemic and ambient duo.

Entry £6

Weekend ticket £30. Includes entry to both workshops (limited places available) and evening shows.

E-mail Sean Clark on seanc@cuttlefish.com to book workshop places or to buy advance tickets by PayPal, or you pay on the door (subject to availability).

Part of the Summer Sundae Fringe Festival
http://www.summersundaefringe.com/

See http://www.stench.org.uk/ for more information.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143985545612403&ref=ts

http://pineapster.com/events/2010/08/07/stenchival10

Yeah. The Centrifuge is heading to Malta for a much needed dose of sunshine and nightclub mischief…

More info at the CSS Website, and Facebook event.

There’s also a few other secret shenanigans going on, well you’ll have to be there to find out about that!