The Centrifuge

Forthcoming Shows

admin — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 17:33:18 +0000

View our latest agency newsletter:

24 August 2010 Artist Update: Bong-Ra, Global Goon, Point B, Tudor Acid, The Gasman, Kill Ref

Recent Newsletters:

17 August 2010 Artist Update: Bogdan Raczynski, Monster X, Raoul Sinier, Somatic Responses, Koolmorf Widesen, Scrubber Fox

10 August 2010 Tour Update: Enduser, NHK yx + Sensational, Rival Consoles, Wisp, Mike Dred

The Centrifuge Radio Show – TONIGHT! – Exclusive guest mix from POSTHUMAN

Ursa — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:00:25 +0000

On this week’s show we’ve a corker – a brand new exclusive guest mix from POSTHUMAN. Josh has put together a fantastic collection of tracks for us, including classic Orbital and Boards of Canada, Speedy J, Rustie, Ardisson, Hrdvision, Global Goon and many more.

Add to that new music from Venetian Snares, Baths, Drum Eyes, Shed, Funckarma, Fourtet, Cosmin TRG, Eats Tapes, Dorian Concept, IJO, Stingray313 and many more.

Tune in Thursday 2nd August, 10-12pm gmt at www.brap.fm. You can listen again afterwards via mixcloud.com/ursa, download the archives via the brap.fm site or via iTunes. Why not try out the brap.fm application? 1-click listening – just dl from the brap.fm site.

See you in the chatroom,

Ursa

31/08/10 Agency Newsletter: Funckarma, Combat AV, Mrs Jynx, Herv, Gareth Clarke, Scheme Boy

admin — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:00:44 +0000

The Centrifuge Agency Newsletter

Artist Update – August 2010

http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk

Cutting edge live electronic and electro-acoustic music, audiovisual installations, performance art, music PR & consultancy and lecture / seminar sessions.

Funckarma – New Releases

Funckarma are available for live & DJ sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk

Funckarma have a series of releases on the horizon, from the low frequency sonic exploration of ‘Dubstoned 5′, to their reconstruction of seminal album ‘Bion Glent’ and Roel Funcken’s ‘Daze Flextone’ EP. Amongst the most accomplished and diverse recording artists in the game, they carry that diversity, creativity and energy into their live performances & DJ sets.

More information & live sets on Funckarma’s Profile Page

Combat AV – New Electronic Explorations Videocast

Combat AV is available for live audiovisual & Stormfield DJ sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk.

Combat AV brings together the visual and sonic elements of the seminal Combat Recordings label in a fluid live dancefloor-rocking audio visual performance that’s already been showcased at Plex, REC Festival (Spain) and FutureEverything Festival (Manchester). With forthcoming dates in Croatia, Czech Republic and London and a recent AV feature in the popular Electronic Explorations podcast series Combat AV is riding high on the wave of new technology.

Check out a video preview on Combat AV’s Profile Page

Mrs Jynx – New Album on Planet Mu

Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk.

Mrs Jynx’s second album on Planet Mu was recently released and represents the cemeting of her position as the UK’s premier purveyor of easy-listening electronica. Delicious on its own, or the perfect aperitif to a more uptempo main course.

Listen to a recent live set on Mrs Jynx’s Profile Page

Herv – Post-Jungle Rave Master

Herv is available for live sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk.

Herv is Dublin-based Ewan Hennelly, an expert in the art of making dancefloors SWEAT. Using every tool at his disposal, including acid, jungle, techno and old-skool influences he provides a mastercalss in the art of RAVE.

Listen to a live set & recent releases on Herv’s Profile Page

Gareth Clarke – New Album Soon

Gareth Clarke is available for live sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk

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…

Listen to a live set & recent tracks on Gareth Clarke’s Profile Page

Scheme Boy – Ruff and Tumble

Scheme Boy is available for live and DJ sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk.

Scheme Boy is a stalwart of the London electronica and breakcore landscapes, having had a hand in many of the best happenings in the capital over the past decade. Never one for sticking to any one style, a Scheme Boy set could take you through a variety of genres, tempos and sonic tapestries whilst never forgetting to keep you grooving along. Although the back catalogue of his releases would indicate a hardcore/breakcore artist (albeit a melodic one), its on the dancefloor that you’ll experience the full spectrum of his sound which covers IDM, wonky techno, dubstep, jungle, DnB and of course hardcore.

More information on Scheme Boy’s Profile Page

View our full roster: http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk

Recent Newsletters:

Artist Update: Bong-Ra, Global Goon, Point B, Tudor Acid, The Gasman, Kill Ref

Artist Update: Bogdan Raczynski, Monster X, Raoul Sinier, Somatic Responses, Koolmorf Widesen, Scrubber Fox

Tour Update: Enduser, NHK yx + Sensational, Rival Consoles, Wisp, Mike Dred

24/08/10 Agency Newsletter: Bong-Ra, Global Goon, Point B, Tudor Acid, The Gasman, Kill Ref

admin — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:54:12 +0000

The Centrifuge Agency Newsletter

Artist Update – August 2010

http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk

Cutting edge live electronic and electro-acoustic music, audiovisual installations, performance art, music PR & consultancy and lecture / seminar sessions.

New Signing: Bong-Ra / November Dates Open

We welcome “jungle rock” titan Bong-Ra to our roster and announce his availability for live sets in November. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk

More information on Bong-Ra’s Profile Page.

Global Goon – New Releases & Winter Tour

Global Goon is available for live & DJ sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk.

A former shepherd and one-time roommate to Richard D. James, he spent 10 years as a core part of the Rephlex phenomenon. Now releasing on labels as diverse as Planet Mu, We Me, Balkan Vinyl and The Centrifuge, his direct dancefloor assault involves such armaments as acid, disco, techno and funk.

He will be touring in support of his new LP on the Balkvan Vinyl imprint this winter.

Listen to a live set on Global Goon’s Profile Page.

Point B – New Album Soon

Point B is available for live sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk.

Point B is the creation of writer and producer Richard Bultitude. Combat Recordings’ released his second LP ‘Suicide Beauty Spot’ in 2010 and this takes his sound above and beyond all that has gone before it with a stunning sonic journey that massages the synapses and shakes the hips. The sound he has perfected over the last 7 years is a slick, textured, bass rich take on Dubstep/2-step hybridised with cerebral electronica.He is putting the finishing touches to his 3rd album so his live sets are jam packed with exclusive new material!

Listen to a recent live set and read album reviews on Point B’s Profile Page

Tudor Acid – New Release & Website

Tudor Acid is available for live sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk.

Tudor Acid is the main creative alias of Richard Wigglesworth, a Bristol native and senior acolyte of the church of ACID. His fully live hardware sets have wowed dancefloors across England and his nascent label Tudor Beats has just launched a new website.

Listen to a live set & watch video clips on Tudor Acid’s Profile Page

The Gasman – New Releases

The Gasman is available for live sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk

The Gasman has been at the forefront of deconstructed sonic exploration for almost a decade now, and having recently released a new album on Planet Mu and an EP on The Centrifuge he is on a roll.

Listen to a live set on The Gasman’s Profile Page

Kill Ref – New Release Forthcoming

Kill Ref is available for live and DJ sets. Enquiries to agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk.

Kill Ref aka Ale Signore is a Rome-based musician and DJ specialising in electronica, glitch and hard electro. With a killer 4/4 EP emerging on Labrynth Records he is set to take dancefloor destruction to the next level.

More information & watch videos on Kill Ref’s Profile Page

View our full roster: http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk

Recent Newsletters:

August 2010 Tour Update: Enduser, NHK yx + Sensational, Rival Consoles, Wisp, Mike Dred

August 2010 Artist Update: Bogdan Raczynski, Monster X, Raoul Sinier, Somatic Responses, Koolmorf Widesen, Scrubber Fox

Email: agency@thecentrifuge.co.uk

Tel: +44 7951 487478

The Centrifuge Label & Agency (London / Berlin)

The Centrifuge Radio Show TONIGHT! – Exclusive live set from Terrificolor (The Centrifuge)

Ursa — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:35:38 +0000

We start our second year of broadcasting, and due to a change of plans, this week’s edition of The Centrifuge Radio Show will NOT be pre-recorded. yes, i’m doing it live, so get in the chatroom and keep me company.

This time round we’ve an exclusive live set from Terrificolor (The Centrifuge) – a live performance of his tunes through Reaktor, one take, no edits. A wonderful 45m of glitched up beats, walking that fine line between dancefloor and experimentation. In addition, we’ve new music from Autechre, Cursor Miner, Luke’s Anger, Jon Hopkins, Jimmy Edgar, Digital, Dub One, Kidkut, wAgAwAgA, Herv, The Gasman and many, many more.

Tune in live, 10-12pm gmt at www.brap.fm, or listen again to the archives via www.mixcloud.com/ursa, or subscribe to the podcast via iTunes.

[BCN] 18/08 MIKE DRED & MISSAW @ Moog / 19/08 The Centrifuge In-Store Session @ Discos Paradiso

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:08:03 +0000

After this weekend’s Krake Festival appearance by Bogdan Raczynski The Centrifuge is heading to sunny Barcelona for The Kosmik Kommando DJ set at the legendary Moog Club on Wednesday 18th August. Support comes from Omar Leon & missaw.

Then the day after, there’ll be a “The Centrifuge In-Store Session” at Discos Paradiso record shop in the evening. Full details shortly!

http://www.masimas.com/en/moog/techno-sessions/barcelona/mike-dred-kosmik-kommando
http://discosparadiso.blogspot.com/

The Centrifuge Radio Show 1st birthday Netlabel Special! – TONIGHT 10pm (UK) – Guest mix from DJ ACP

Ursa — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:53:58 +0000

August 6th 2009 was the first edition of The Centrifuge Radio Show on Brap FM, and we celebrate the end of our first year with a special edition of the show. As The Centrifuge netlabel hits CF050, we’ve decided the show will focus on the wonderful music put out by netlabels over the last year, including material from Schwa!, Swishcoteque, Bedroom Research, Digibeat, Bit-Phalanx, Pinecone Moonshine and many more – AND to round off the feast, we’ve an exclusive guest mix from DJ ACP, head of possibly the most consistent electronic netlabel, Acroplane Recordings.

Thanks again to all of you for listening throughout the year, and we’ll be back for year two with some great new mixes planned. Don’t forget you can listen again through mixcloud.com/ursa, or www.thecentrifuge.co.uk, or the brap.fm archives (although they’re down for maintenence right now) or through the iTunes podcast link. The facebook group page with get an overhaul soon but for now, in case you missed a show, here’s what we got up to this year:

22nd July 2010 – guest mix from Vertical 67
8th July 2010 – guest mix from Exilon
24th June 2010 – guest mix from Automatic Tasty
10th June 2010 – guest mix from Tudor Acid
27th May 2010 – special guest Scheme Boy
13th May 2010 – guest mixes from Roy Of The Ravers and Kab Driver
29th April 2010 – 3 Hour Special, featuring live sets recorded at OUAF2010 including Enduser, Skip, Ben Butler & Mousepad, O for Odetta and Oxynucid.
15th April 2010 – LIVE from Once Upon A Festival – featuring live performances from Skip and O for Odetta
1st April 2010 – Warm up for Once Upon A Festival 2010, with guest mixes from Acidburp and Oxynucid
18th March 2010 – exclusive mix by Nic TVG (Pinecone Moonshine)
4th March 2010 – exclusive mix by Rival Consoles (Erased Tapes)
18th February 2010 Includes an exclusive mix by Herv (Cock Rock Disco, Acroplane, The Centrifuge)
4th February 2010 – atmospheric label mix by missaw
21st January 2010 – guest mix from 030303
7th January 2010 – exclusive live set from CYLOB (Breakin’, Cylob Industries
10th December 2009 – exclusive mix from EOD (030303, Kvist)
26th November 2009 – exclusive live set from Funckarma (n5MD, Warp, Skam, 030303)
12th November 2009 – exclusive live set Ebola (Spectraliquid, Mutant Sniper, Wrong Music)
29th October 2009 Includes sets from Scrubber Fox (The Centrifuge) , missaw (The Centrifuge) and Bit-Phalanx
15th October 2009 Includes sets from Nexus (The Centrifuge) and missaw (The Centrifuge)
1st October 2009 Includes an exclusive live set from Gareth Clarke (Sublight, The Centrifuge)
17th September 2009 – exclusive live set from Mrs Jynx (Planet Mu, The Centrifuge)
3rd September 2009 – mix from iTAL tEK (Planet Mu, Atom River)
20th August 2009 – guest DJ set from [Kill Ref] (The Centrifuge)
6th August 2009 Our first show on the air after a very long time away!

You can listen live on www.brap.fm 10-12pm UK time, or via the brap.fm archives afterwards. The show is also available via iTunes and will now be uploaded to Mixcloud too

[MALTA] 07/08 The Centrifuge & Complex Sound Sagacity FREE PARTY @ Liquid Club

admin — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:15:13 +0000

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/

[CF049] The Gasman – Polymerase EP Released

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:10:34 +0000

[CF049] The Gasman – Polymerase EP Released

Released on Sunday 1st July 2010 at http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk, free download.

Download ZIP Archive (7 Tracks + Artwork, 320kbps MP3, 50Mb)

http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk/pages/thegasman/audio/cf049/1-polymerase.mp3
http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk/pages/thegasman/audio/cf049/2-flics.mp3
http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk/pages/thegasman/audio/cf049/3-kwaq.mp3
http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk/pages/thegasman/audio/cf049/4-nines2.mp3
http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk/pages/thegasman/audio/cf049/5-vitriol.mp3
http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk/pages/thegasman/audio/cf049/6-nomadic-duck.mp3
http://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk/pages/thegasman/audio/cf049/7-set-me-free.mp3

7 tracks exploring deconstructions & reconfigurement of early to mid-nineties era music.

Tracklist:
1. Polymerase
2. Flics
3. Kwaq
4. Nines2
5. Vitriol
6. Nomadic Duck
7. Set Me Free

Download from website: www.TheCentrifuge.co.uk
Press/Contact: info@thecentrifuge.co.uk

Artist Profile:
http://www.gasmanmusic.com // http://www.myspace.com/thegasman

Everything By Chris Reeves, except mastering by Captain Chaos at The Wrecktory.

Published by The Centrifuge using a Creative Commons License.

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[LEICS] 7-8/08 Stenchival 2010 with MYOPTIK & ROY OF THE RAVERS

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:10:53 +0000

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