The Centrifuge Archive (2008-14)

Category: Featured

  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show #58 – Guest mix from Thin Consolation / Unrezt

    Unrezt

    Having reached their second decade, Thin Consolation have a great history of putting out off kilter, hip hop influenced beats. With Funckarma, Cupp Cave and Hermutt Lobby (amongst others) appearing on their releases, they’re one of the more interesting collectives to come out of Belgium in recent years. More details? ‘Some people drink, some collect stamps, some prefer gardening or cross dressing. This is our thing.’ Perhaps listening to their guest mix on the show this week will give you a better idea…

    In addition, new music from Rustie, The Fear Ratio, Martyn, dBridge, Dead Sound & Videohead, Shebuzz, Funkineven, King Midas Sound, Orbital and many more…

    www.brap.fm 10pm BST Thursday night – archived soon after on The Centrifuge and Brap.fm sites

  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show #57 – Exclusive guest mix from Space Cadets Records

    Space Cadets

    Back again with an exclusive guest mix from Space Cadets Records. Label owner Empire has put together a 35m mix of material featuring Oak, Bop, ASC, The Binary Collective, and a host of other 170bpm minimal genius. Fans of the above should find a lot to enjoy.

    In addition we’ve new music from Baconhead, Plaid, Lumisokea, Boxcutter, Eutechnik and many, many more.

    www.brap.fm 10pm-12pm UK time. See us in the chatroom!

  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show Bestival Special – Interviews with Breakage, Mount Kimbie and Kate Tempest (Sound of Rum)

    Bestival

    We’ve arrived back from Bestival with a cracker of a show for you. Over the weekend Ursa managed to track down Breakage, Dom and Kai from Mount Kimbie, and Kate Tempest from Sound of Rum to chat, and you can hear the results (plus a few of our favourite tracks from those artists) in a special feature on tonight’s show. In addition, we’ve got new music from The Binary Collective, Hitori Tori, Ninjato, Funckarma, Pangaea, Oxynucid, Space Dimension Controller and more, plus details of a competition to win CD copies of the new Cosmin TRG album on Monkeytown.

    Tune in 10-12 UK time on www.brap.fm, or listen to the archives via the Brap and Centrifuge sites, Mixcloud, iTunes or PFRadio.

  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show – Interview with MODESELEKTOR

    ModeselektorAs we approach the release of their 3rd LP, Modeselektor dropped into London to play at the SW4 festival alongside Pendulum, Richie Hawtin and others. We took the chance to corner them for a half hour chat about the new album, starting 2 labels, collaborating with Antipop Consortium and Busdriver, their live and recording processes and many more. We’re really proud to be able to give this insight into one of the best electronic acts of the last decade.

    As if that wasn’t enough, there’s also new music from Cosmin TRG, Himuro, Legowelt, FMControl, Geotic, Ion Driver, Aardvack, Mark Swift, Unquote and many more.

    Tune in at www.brap.fm, 10pm tonight.

    Also my apologies for anyone who missed out on last week’s show – we were unable to send them promo from a field in Croatia. If you missed it, that show is now online. Check the Radio page for details.

  • [CF057] Carl Brown – Time Release LP

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    [CF057] Carl Brown – Time Release LP

    Released on Monday 29th August 2011 at https://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk, free download.

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    Carl Brown returns for his 3rd album on The Centrifuge label, full of East Anglian electronic sorcery.

    Tracklist:
    1. Day Before Day
    2. Kakapo
    3. Unfolding
    4. Clarity 2
    5. F**king Ghastly
    6. A Space
    7. Milky
    8. Fun Track
    9. Butterfly Twat
    10. Quartz Clock-Hop
    11. Year By Year
    12. You’re A Strange Boy

    Artist Profile:
    http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk/carl-brown/

    Artist comments:
    Hello you mysterious demographic of people who read about netlabel releases. This album has taken forever. I write this immediately after finishing the last little solo, and I can’t rightly express the amount of relief this brings.

    I wouldn’t describe this as a skill, but if I read enough old diary entries/emails/album notes I am able to reach a weird state of exponential confusion/upward spirals of wonder, and what I now know is called “Presque vu”. It sort of feels like time is closing in on itself, that linear thinking is wrong. During the making of this album I have also begun to experience this feeling with music, which isn’t very convenient. I guess that’s just what happens if you have tunes which you have been working on for so long that you have started and ended a relationship by the time you finish them. Some of these tunes started three beards ago.

    If you’re a musician then you have unfinished projects lying around, don’t you? that’s just inevitable. You get used to it, they build up, you make a little list of things to finish, and try not to start anything new, but ultimately there will always be that feeling of having unfinished projects. Well, as of five minutes ago, I don’t. I finally tied everything up! After ten albums, over eighteen EPs, countless mixes as miscellaneous bits, or, 1 day 15 hours and 14 minutes of recorded music. I haven’t had this state ever before’ Of course, I have projects planned, but they are going to be much less electronic – although now I get the feeling I’ve said this all before…

    Anyway, on with the words about the sounds…

    The wonderful Zoe Stewart recorded some great harp for Day Before Day (which is called that because it was actually started before the tune from the Luminaries EP called “Day After Day”) but after many many tries, I couldn’t quite get it to sound right, so it is served here without harp. But you can hear a little bit of Zoe in “Kakapo”. The bass sound is a sample of a kakapo. You can hear it unaltered at the beginning, but then I go and put some jungley worbs on it. Other bird sounds heard during this tune are also the Kakapo.

    Unfolding has Phillip Glass style arpeggiations with some timing experiments. Clarity 2 was made exclusively between 5 and 7am. F**king Ghastly is a drumfunk attempt that descends into brutalism. I made A Space a year ago almost to the day (I say that as if it will always be a year ago… it is now August 2011) There is then a long intro to Milky, which I made today. Milky is another drumfunk/breakcorey one and features on the compilation “Amen-tal Round 3”. Fun Track is fun. Butterfly Twat interjects some ridiculousness. I once fell asleep to the main loop of Quartz Clock Hop, and now it makes me feel a bit odd. Year By Year is a mutilated Day Before Day, made a year later, and it is like an audio-summing up of that exact feeling I was on about earlier. I made You’re A Strange Boy one night in Germany.

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  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show 2nd Birthday – Guest mix from Hanal (Swishcotheque recordings)


    It’s the show’s 2nd Birthday, and to celebrate, we’ve got a guest mix covering the wonderful back catalogue of Swishcotheque Records. Dave Hanal has stepped up with an hour of tunes from the label, from such artists as Kalavnik, Volitune, Robot for Brains, and The Pad Foundation – an hour of proper electronic beats. I’ll also be playing some tracks from forthcoming Swishco releases.

    In addition, there’s new music from James Blake, Machinedrum, Old Apparatus, Carl Brown, Kevin Polzer, Galaxian, Blackmass Plastics, Oak, and many more.

    www.brap.fm, 10-12pm BST, archived soon afterwards on The Centrifuge and Brap.fm websites, plus mixcloud.com/ursa, iTunes and PFRadio

  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show #51 – mix from Anstam (50 Weapons)

    As our radio show approaches its’ 2nd birthday, The Centrifuge Radio Show is honoured to feature a mix from 50 Weapons/Monkeytown’s secret weapon, Anstam. Originally recorded to celebrate their appearance at this year’s MUTEK festival, and featured as part of FACT Magazine’s podcast series, the secretive Berlin duo are back after two years away, and combine 90’s jungle, skeletal dubstep, IDM flavours, and a little bit of Arvo Pärt into 35m of utter ingenuity, and we’re glad to be able to feature them on the show.

    In addition, we’ve some tracks from ICASEA’s new monstrous 75 track compilation in aid of Japan, plus new music from Raoul Sinier, Vincent Steiner, Bop, IJO, Eschaton, Opti, Hurtdeer, Tatlum, The One AM Radio, Threnody, Aerea Negro and many more.

    And if you’re in the London area, don’t forget about the first Free-lectronica night, Weds 3rd at 93ft east, Brick Lane. For more details, visit http://www.facebook.com/ev​ent.php?eid=12266245781905​6

    www.brap.fm, Thurs 21st July, 10-12pm BST

    archives soon afterwards on www.mixcloud.com, the brap and centrifuge websites, iTunes and more.

  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show #50 – exclusive mix from Duskky & Hurtdeer

    We’ve reached our 50th show, and to celebrate, we’ve a mix i’ve been looking forward to playing for months. Over the last two years we’ve showcased music from some of the most exciting and interesting new acts around, and some of the most thrilling has come from the Mothers Against Noise crew and Broken Bubble label. Two of their primary artists, Duskky and Hurtdeer, have combined to present a mix of 100/200bpm beats which is up there with the best mixes we’ve heard this year, and we’re proud to present it on our 50th show. Featuring exclusive tracks from both DJs, plus music from wAgAwAgA, Cognidubus and Krest, this is one that’ll stay on your iPod (or other brand mp3 player) for some time.

    In addition, we’ve new music from Lee J. Malcolm, Galaxian, Outrage, Bop, Samiyam, Anstam, Indulin, Baobinga and Randomer, Missqulater, Fexomat and many more.

    www.brap.fm, 10pm Thursday 7th July – archives available via www.brap.fm, www.thecentrifuge.co.uk, www.mixcloud.com/ursa, iTunes, pfradio.com and more. And in case you’ve missed any…

    List of shows #1-#49:
    #49 Guest mix and interview with Orson Bramley
    #48 Guest mixes from Coco Bryce & Shepherd
    #47 Exclusive live set from Point B
    #46 Interview with Baths / Guest mix from Datacrashrobot
    #45 Live from Japan Fundraiser
    #44 Japan Fundraiser warmup – mix from Luke’s Anger
    #43 Guest mix from Vaetxh
    #42 Guest mixes from Opti and Zzzzra
    #41 Caoutchou records special – mixes from Ninjato, Stubborn and Boys Withoys
    #40 Guest mix from Global Goon
    #39 Guest mix from Exagonal
    #38 live set from Raoul Sinier
    #37 Review of 2010
    #36 Guest mix from Threnody
    #35 Guest mix from IJO
    #34 Guest mix from Kouhei Matsunaga
    #33 Guest mix from Cursor Miner
    #32 live set from Volitune
    #31 Interview feature with Macc & dgoHn
    #30 guest mix from Kone-R
    #29 guest – Missqulater
    #28 guest mix from Posthuman
    #27 Exclusive live set from Terrificolor
    #26 1st Brithday – Acroplane Recordings
    #25 guest mix from Vertical 67
    #24 guest mix from Exilon
    #23 guest mix from Automatic Tasty
    #22 guest mix from Tudor Acid
    #21 With special guest host Scheme Boy
    #20 Guest mixes from Roy of the Ravers and Kab Driver
    #19 3 hour OUAF special – live sets from Enduser, Skip, Ben Butler & Mousepad, O for Odetta and Oxynucid
    #18 Live from OUAF – live performances from Skip and O for Odetta
    #17 OUAF 2010 warm up – mixes from Oxynucid and Acidburp
    #16 Exclusive mix from Nic TVG
    #15 Exclusive mix from Rival Consoles
    #14 Exclusive mix from Herv
    #13 Label mix from Missaw (The Centrifuge)
    #12 Guest mix from 030303
    #11 Exclusive live set from Cylob
    #10 Exclusive mix from EOD
    #9 Exclusive live set from Funckarma
    #8 Exclusive live set from Ebola
    #7 mixes from Scrubber Fox (The Centrifuge) and Bit-Phalanx
    #6 mixes from Nexus (The Centrifuge) and Missaw (The Centrifuge)
    #5 Exclusive live set from Gareth Clarke
    #4 Exclusive live set from Mrs Jynx
    #3 mix from iTAL tEK
    #2 Guest mix from Kill_ref
    #1 – First show back on air

  • [LDN] 3rd Sep / The Centrifuge Free Party @ Rhythm Factory with CURSOR MINER, DEBASSER, RIVAL CONSOLES, VAETXH, GARETH CLARKE ++

    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.

  • [CF056] Alan Morse Davies – Svalbard LP

    [CF056] Alan Morse Davies – Svalbard LP

    Released on Monday 27th June 2011 at https://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk, free download.

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    ***SVALBARD ALBUM***

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    ***BONUS ALAN MORSE DAVIES ANTHOLOGY***

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    “Svalbard” is a collection of ambient pieces based on the landscape of the Svalbard archipelago. This is an abridged version, the full 3-hour work is available here: http://www.archive.org/details/Svalbard-2011

    Source materials include the Welsh pibgyrn (bagpipe), Italian zampogna (bagpipe) and ciamarella (shawm), hardanger fiddle plus some 78 records from the 1920s. All have been stretched, processed, re-tuned and edited into soundscapes ranging from the relatively static to the dramatic.

    Tracklist:
    1. Kvitøya
    2. Barentsøya
    3. Spitsbergen
    4. Edgeøya
    5. Grønlandshavet

    Svalbard images used under a Creative Commons license with credit to Stefan Lindgren. http://www.stockholmviews.com/

    Bonus Anthology of Alan Morse Davies works:

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    Press/Contact: info@thecentrifuge.co.uk

    Artist Profile:
    http://www.at-sea.com

    Artist comments: Thanks to Dave Seidel/Mysterybear for essential support and inspiration in finishing this.

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  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show – guest live mix from Orson Bramley

    Orson Bramley

    Show number 49 brings us an exclusive mix from Orson Bramley. One half of famed UK Electro duo Transparent Sound, Orson’s first solo LP ‘Inverted Snobbery’ has just been released on his own Orson records, following releases from Point B, Espion and others. Orson has put together an hour of intriguing 4/4 beats for us, a great introduction to where his sound is right now

    In addition, new music from The Dadavistic Orchestra, Paradox, Emika, Koreless, Tim Reaper, Bop, Jurek Przezdziecki, Luke’s Anger, Threnody, Meriline Avenue and many more – plus details of some upcoming events from The Centrifuge, and details of what to expect from our 50th show…

    www.brap.fm – 10-12pm GMT

  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show – Guest mix for Peer Pressure (BE) from Coco Bryce & Shepherd

    This week we’ve a special mix from Coco Bryce and Shepherd to celebrate the upcoming Peer Pressure event, 24-26th June in Ghent, Belgium. The two have put together a mix of various acts appearing over the weekend including Plaid, Fantastic Mr Fox, Slugabed and more, and we’re happy to broadcast such a fine collection.

    In addition, there’s new music from Funckarma, Paradox, dBridge, Phoenecia, Aliceffekt, The Gasman, Rotodrone, Sigha and more, plus details of some upcoming Centrifuge events you should be looking out for.

    Thursday night, 10-12pm, www.brap.fm

  • Label shop online!

    We’ve been working away at this behind the scenes for a while now, and we’re ready to announce our new lovely online store. Hosted by Bandcamp and can be found here for now. Should be reachable at http://shop.thecentrifuge.co.uk soon as well.

    As a taster, here’s the first public airing of our next release, out at the end of the month. Literally glacial music from the arctic circle…

  • [CF055] th’idiot – Decent Refuge EP

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    [CF055] th’idiot – Decent Refuge EP

    Released on Monday 30th May 2011 at https://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk, free download.

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    A quartet of original braindance tracks from Brighton’s th’idiot and a remix of each by Global Goon, Luke’s Anger, Roy of the Ravers and the mysterious DJ Spunkshower.

    Tracklist:
    1. ear pinch
    2. nippel flash
    3. ant erg
    4. korg duet
    5. ear pinch (DJ Spunkshower’s Earpunch Mix)
    6. ant erg (Luke’s Anger Remix)
    7. korg duet (Roy of the Ravers’ Anal Lord Mix)
    8. nippel flash (Global Goon’s Dub)

    Download from website: www.TheCentrifuge.co.uk
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    Artist Profile:
    http://soundcloud.com/thidiot

    Artist comments: Gratz to Stian, Luke, Roy, J.Hok, Wassim, Alfie, Mira, Binary Mum and the Cheetah.

    Published by The Centrifuge using a Creative Commons License.
    Mastered by Capta1n Cha0s.

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  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show – exclusive mix from POINT B (Combat/Bonus Round)

    Back with a stonker this week – recorded live at Metalworks for The Centrifuge’s Japan Fundraiser, we’ve a truly eclectic hour from the master of beats that is Point B (Combat/Bonus Round). Fresh from his recent KWAQ release on Bonus Round, it’s an hour of techno and dubstep flavours both dark and bouncy. A truly great hour of tunes we’re chuffed to have on the show.

    In addition, new music from dBridge, The Weevil Neighbourhood, Cause 4 Concern, Iqtu, Raoul Sinier, Submerse, Nebula, Rival Consoles, th’idiot, Fushara, Nakion and more.

    Thursday night, 10-12pm BST, www.brap.fm