The Centrifuge Archive (2008-14)

Blog

  • Igloo Magazine publishes exclusive “Syncratica” 5th Anniversary label mix by missaw

    Over the bank holiday weekend, that bastion of truly innovative electronic music Igloo Magazine published a special mix “Syncratica” compiled by missaw and packed full of exclusive & unheard tracks from our forthcoming 5th Anniversary compilation, with particular emphasis on the atmospheric.

    Full infos over at Igloo

    Quick & Dirty Preview:

    Archive Audio Player

    Tracklist ::
    —Yellow Then Blue :: “Big Dipper”
    —Eraserhead :: “Cusp”
    —Rival Consoles :: “Sebastian”
    —Vaetxh :: “Resonant Bridge”
    —Gareth Clarke :: “Folie A Deux”
    —Lodsb :: “Cyan”
    —Point B :: “Fen”
    —Roel Funcken :: “Gallice”
    —Eutechnik :: “Alex Makes It Good”
    —Soundex Phonetic :: “Celestial Navigator”
    —TCO :: “Errors And Fatality”
    —Prima Mater :: “Eternities (Remix of Carl Brown)”
    —Sense :: “The World Is Yours”

  • [BCN] 07/06/12 ::: Nereida & The Centrifuge presents Gallery Session::: Vaetxh | CN | missaw

    The Centrifuge Agency & Nereida Productions are hosting a FREE ENTRY evening showcase on Thursday 7th June at NIU BCN.

    Facebook Event Page

    Information:

    CN (aka EOD / 030303, WeMe, Wil-Ru)
    CN is the machine-music alias of emerging Norwegian electronic musician Stian Gjevik, perhaps better known under his “EOD” alter ego. Informed by sci-fi imagery, alien landscapes, classic analog hardware, submerged Drexciyan sonics and cold teutonic rhythms, he creates a rich sound world where arpeggios and atmospheric synth pads transport you to another realm.
    http://www.eod.fm

    Vaetxh (Detroit Underground, Schematic, The Centrifuge)
    Vaetxh is a fast-rising star of bass and glitch. Discovered by The Centrifuge in 2010, his heady mix of laser-precision audio manipulation and high-fidelity bass frequency workouts is winning him fans across the globe. The end result is something refreshingly unique in today’s hyper-saturated sonic landscape – intricate, engaging and emotive scapes incorporating the aesthetics of dubstep, glitch, IDM, ambience and field recordings. It’s in the interplay of natural and unnatural, of the real and the synthetic, the planned and the unexpected, the mechanical and the organic, that Vaetxh finds his inspiration.
    http://www.vaetxh.com

    missaw (The Centrifuge)
    missaw is The Centrifuge’s founder, label curator and resident DJ. His repertoire spans the cutting-edge musical spectrum, from ambience and drone to electro, acid and drill & bass. He is equally at home in concert hall, lecture theatre, laboratory and club conditions, mining his well-travelled collection of classics, obscurities, forthcoming label material and exclusive music from the artists and labels The Centrifuge is affiliated with.
    https://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk

  • [LDN] 26/05/12 Orcas | Rafael Anton Irisarri | Benoît Pioulard @ Cafe OTO

    The Centrifuge presents:

    Orcas (Morr Music)
    Rafael Anton Irisarri (Touch, Room40, Ghostly, Miasmah)
    Benoît Pioulard (Kranky, Type, Desire Path)
    Prima Mater (DJ set)

    Facebook Event Page | Ticket Link

    /////

    Quite a last-minute show so please help us to spread the word! The Centrifuge Agency is delighted to be welcoming the critically-acclaimed Orcas for their first ever London show, fresh from the release of their widely praised debut album on Morr Music. This will be a very special evening with both band members, each respected and established in their own right, also performing solo sets.

    Seattle’s post-minimalist composer Rafael Anton Irisarri plays his only solo UK show this year and Michigan’s Benoît Pioulard returns to London after recently enchanting a full house at Cafe OTO with his unique guitar and vocal explorations. Be prepared for an evening of Pacific Northwestern experimental guitar music, avant-folk songcraft and symphonic neo-classical ambience.

    /////

    Orcas

    Interview with Vice’s Noisey Magazine

    Album of the week on Boomkat April 2012

    Orcas is a new band by haze-pop auteur Benoît Pioulard and post-minimalist composer Rafael Anton Irisarri. Theirs is a style deeply rooted in personal variations on songform and ambient craft, and as a duo they bridge the furthest outlying aspects of their previous solo works.

    “This type of collaboration between experimental pop musicians can too often devolve into aimless fancywork and tech shenanigans, but Meluch and Irisarri have crafted a genuine, coherent album that conjures immense shadows and immense depths worthy of its namesake.” – Pitchfork Music.

    /////

    Rafael Anton Irisarri

    “Irisarri embodies the hybrid genre…the new kind of composer, who exists in an undifferentiated welter of pop, techno, and classical.” – Pitchfork (USA)

    Rafael Anton Irisarri is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, curator, producer and interdisciplinary artist. He is predominantly associated with post-minimalist, drone and ambient music and has been exploring textural electronics for over half a decade. Irisarri’s recorded output captures an essential vision of floating tones, deep pulsing bass and textured Gaussian curves. His use of ostinato phrases taps into minimalist ideals, whilst his use of atmospheric layers of reverb suggests a more cinematic quality. In all, Irisarri’s compositions are deeply emotive and epic to the point of being symphonic.

    He is also known as the main member of electronic shoegaze act The Sight Below, and one half of the critically-acclaimed new duo Orcas with…

    /////

    Benoît Pioulard

    Since a young age, Michigan resident Thomas Meluch has been fascinated with the sounds of nature and tape decay—through almost a decade of recordings, he has fostered an infatuation with a sort of sonic density that combines remnants of pop song structures with the lushness and unpredictability of field recordings. A veteran drummer of a half dozen bands, Meluch chose guitar and voice as the primary instruments for his work as Benoît Pioulard. He began documenting field recordings and his own lo-fi compositions on dictaphones, discarded stereos and four-track machines in the mid 1990s, later focusing on highly limited CD-R and cassette releases of his experimental, folk-influenced songs for friends and family.

    /////

    Ticket link to follow!

    http://www.irisarri.org/
    http://www.pioulard.com/
    https://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk/
    http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/

    The Centrifuge gratefully acknowledges support from The PRS For Music Foundation.

  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show #71 – Guest mix from Cogidubnus (Broken Bubble)

    Nominated for Best New Label at the Dubstepforum awards, Broken Bubble have gone from strength to strength over the last year. With releases from Mirror State, Second Line, Macka as well as former guest mixers Duskky and Hurtdeer, the label is right at the top for interesting dubbed-out flavours, and label owner Cogidubnus has given us a very special mix showcasing the best the label has to offer.

    As well as this, we’ve new music from Scrubber Fox, Duke Slammer, Space Ladies, Thrupence, Vincent Steiner, Kristian Heikkila, Paul Mac, Max Cooper, Swarm Intelligence and many more, plus a competition to win a copy of Addison Groove’s new album on 50 Weapons.

    www.brap.fm tonight, 10pm

  • [CF062] The Gasman – Clubfoot EP

    Archive Audio Player

    [CF062] The Gasman – Clubfoot EP

    Released on Monday 16th April 2012 at https://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk

    Christopher Reeves returns for his fourth instalment of idiosyncratic electronics under his “The Gasman” moniker on The Centrifuge label. This time he takes aim at the 80s, with what he describes as a selection of “footwork classics”. So is he jumping on the Chicago bandwagon and letting the pitched vocals and toms rip? You’ll have to listen to find out.

    _______________________________

    Please enter your email address below to download the ZIP Archive (8 Tracks + Artwork, 320kbps MP3, 86 MB). A link will be emailed to you.

    Download CF062 ZIP

    Privacy & Anti-Spam notice: We are building a low-frequency label only mailing list. We will send no more than one email per month to you, focussed on our new releases. We will never sell, share or otherwise desecrate your private information!

    _______________________________

    Tracklist:
    1. Fade to grey
    2. Won’t let the sun go down on me
    3. Ghosts
    4. Love action
    5. Dancing with tears in my eyes
    6. Owner of a lonely heart
    7. Our friends electric
    8. Feed the world

    Artist Links:

    http://www.gasmanmusic.com
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Gasman/28792488970

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

    Published by The Centrifuge using a Creative Commons License.

    The Centrifuge: Experimental electronic events, label and artist management.

    View our artist agency website: http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk

    Homepage


    http://www.facebook.com/thecentrifuge

    http://www.discogs.com/label/The+Centrifuge

  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show – Bad Sekta Retrospective from PHUQ

    As we approach show number 69, The Centrifuge Radio Show is proud to present a retrospective mix from Bad Sekta’s very own PHUQ. With past releases from Voltergeist, Blackmass Plastics, Last Boss, Ronin and many others, plus a forthcoming release from The Centrifuge’s own Scrubber Fox, Bad Sekta has a formidable back catalogue, and label boss PHUQ has harvested the best for a retrospective mix for the show. A great listen for those of you into your dark, aggressive, abstract noises.

    In addition…well, there’s so much we haven’t decided exactly what to play, but for starters you’ll hear new music from Addison Groove, Mouse on Mars, Poborsk, Ukkonen, Toob, Cygnus, Molez, Memotone, Lorn, Caoutchou records and many, many more.

    www.brap.fm – 10pm-12pm tonight.

  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show #68 – Orson Bramley (Live)


    Having done a wonderful guest mix for us back in June, we’re decided to get Orson Bramley back for another turn. Recorded live at Free-lectronica earlier this month, Orson’s set contains some of his most recent tracks on Orson records, plus new material. Fans of electro and electronica don’t want to miss this one.

    In addition, we’ve new music from Eutechnik, Patten, FURS, Toob, Qebrus, Pocz, OktoRed, Fanu, Koloah, Scrubber Fox and more.

    www.brap.fm – Tonight at 10pm

  • [CF061] Gareth Clarke – Atheist In Foxhole EP

    Archive Audio Player

    [CF061] Gareth Clarke – Atheist In Foxhole EP

    Released on Monday 12th March 2012 at https://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk

    Gareth Clarke delivers his long awaited sophomore release, underlining his reputation as one of the brightest lights and best-kept secrets in electronic music today. Oozing elegance and sensory richness throughout; subtle, playful and visceral often in the same moment, somehow. GC has elicited the perfect pleasure amalgam for body and brain.

    _______________________________

    Please enter your email address below to download the ZIP Archive (5 Tracks + Artwork, 320kbps MP3, 51 MB). A link will be emailed to you.

    Download CF061 ZIP

    Privacy & Anti-Spam notice: We are building a low-frequency label only mailing list. We will send no more than one email per month to you, focussed on our new releases. We will never sell, share or otherwise desecrate your private information!

    _______________________________

    Tracklist:
    1. August
    2. Honest John
    3. Sex In The Chancel
    4. Flex Hands Extend Mournfully to Side
    5. Eved

    Artist Links:

    http://soundcloud.com/gareth-clarke
    http://www.facebook.com/garethclarkemusic
    http://twitter.com/garethclarke_

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

    Published by The Centrifuge using a Creative Commons License.

    The Centrifuge: Experimental electronic events, label and artist management.

    View our artist agency website: http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk

    Homepage


    http://www.facebook.com/thecentrifuge

    http://www.discogs.com/label/The+Centrifuge

  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show #67 – Guest mix from Machine Gun Militia (Oeuvre)


    Our guest mix this week comes from Machine Gun Militia, a Nottingham-based crew that just released the fantastic ‘Open Fire’ EP on Oeuvre records. The four tracks within are perfect examples of skeletal, noir-ridden dubstep, and their mix expands beyond that, twisting and evolving over 40 minutes and featuring tunes from Persons Unknown, Vex’d, eLan and more. Quite possibly a name you’ll be seeing more of soon.

    Add to that, new music from Mrs Jynx, Scuba, Steinvord, Radioactive Man, NCQL, Strago & Snooks, Gareth Clarke, Macka, Downstate, and more.

    Tune in on www.brap.fm, 10pm tonight, or find the archives soon afterwards.

  • [LDN] | 30/03/12 | The Centrifuge 5th Anniversary | Legowelt | Mike Dred | Ed Chamberlain | Ither

    The Centrifuge 5th Anniversary in Association with Streets of Beige & 44 Promotions

    Facebook Event Page | Tickets on Resident Advisor

    LEGOWELT (Clone/Bunker) – live

    plus

    Mike Dred (R&S/Rephlex/Machine Codes/The Centrifuge)
    Deep Space Orchestra (Use Of Weapons/Quintessentials)
    Ed Chamberlain (BaseLogic/The Centrifuge)
    Ither (The Centrifuge)

    Friday 30th March
    Rhythm Factory E1 1EW
    10pm-6am
    £6 / £8 / £10

    –

    Streets Of Beige, The Centrifuge and 44 collaborate for The Centrifuge’s 5th Birthday with hardware enthusiast and all-round acid/techno/house purveyor Danny Wolfers aka Legowelt.

    Although his output stretches back to 1996, Legowelt really got his footing from 2000 with releases on seminal Dutch label Bunker, followed by stunning work for Creme Organisation, Cocoon, Strange Life and in more recent years M>O>S, L.I.E.S, Echovolt and Clone. Such a schmorgasbord of label releases leaves Legowelt as a heavily individual artist, which is why it seems fitting that he should self-release his most recent LP ‘The TEAC Life’, and after offering it for free download was convinced enough to press the album in a four 12″ pack due to the overwhelming demand. A true electronic innovator and master of real techno, Legowelt’s live show is a spectacle not to be missed and if his recent Beats In Space mix is anything to go by London will be in for a night to remember.

    Support comes from legendary R&S/Rephlex acid techno connoisseur Mike Dred, Manchester’s organic house duo Deep Space Orchestra, tweaked electro master Ed Chamberlain and the fresh new “avant house” sound of Ither.

    Earlybirds are now sold out on RA, with limited £8 and £9 tickets available in advance.

    http://www.streetsofbeige.co.uk/
    https://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk/
    http://www.mixcloud.com/44presents
    http://www.rhythmfactory.co.uk/

  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show #66 – live set from The Byte Stripes (Werk Discs)

    The Byte Stripes

    We’ve a delightful post-Valentine’s guest for you in the shape of The Byte Stripes. Appearing on Werk Discs first release back in 2004, The Byte Stripes blend elements of old skool rave styles and classic electronics in a range on different styles. We’ll be playing an extract from his set at the last Free-lectronica event, which was one of the highlights of the night. Expect 303s, amens, footwork, beautiful melodies, and some straight out stomping.

    Added to this, we’ve new music from Burial, Goth-Trad, Benjamin Damage & Doc Daneeka, Bownr, Minor Science, Amit, Chevron, Team Toothpaste, Velapene Screen and more.

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

  • [CF060] Velapene Screen – What If They Can’t Trust You? LP

    Archive Audio Player

    [CF060] Velapene Screen – What If They Can’t Trust You? LP

    Released on Tuesday 14th February 2012 at https://www.thecentrifuge.co.uk

    Bumper selection of advanced electronic tweakery from America’s Velapene Screen, with 14 originals cruising through breakbeats, glitches and melodies alongside remix treatments from Meat Beat Manifesto, Duran Duran Duran, Sense and Kero.

    Reviews in Igloo Mag | Hipsterwave | Thismusicisfree

    _______________________________

    Please enter your email address below to download the ZIP Archive (18 Tracks + Artwork, 320kbps MP3, 161 MB). A link will be emailed to you.

    Download CF060 ZIP

    Privacy & Anti-Spam notice: We are building a low-frequency label only mailing list. We will send no more than one email per month to you, focussed on our new releases. We will never sell, share or otherwise desecrate your private information!

    _______________________________

    Tracklist:

    1. Brakes Are For Quitters
    2. Superhero Ghost
    3. Knees High
    4. No Hunt No Game
    5. My Beat
    6. Breathe Again
    7. Big Sand
    8. Glass Eye Rewind
    9. Breaks the Habit
    10. Making The Meat
    11. 5-iVE (Meat Beat Manifesto My Beat Remix)
    12. Breathe Again (Kero Remix)
    13. My Beat (Duran Duran Duran Remix)
    14. A Drink In The Right Glass
    15. Fins And Legs
    16. Ghosty Eye Holes
    17. What If They Can’t Trust You
    18. Breathe Again (Sense’s In, Out and Around Mix)

    Music & artwork by Chris Ghiraldi, mastering by Keith Derek Jackson

    Artist Notes:
    This record was and is about exploring the creative process, there’s a subtle truth in creating something that drives you to create more. Creative cannibalism can work if it’s for fueling purposes. Changing my comfort zone and moving to the desert gave birth almost a full year of solid writing, late nights, love, friends, lies, truths, exploration and forward thinking all realized in a hot, dry, bleak and lonely place. This record wouldn’t have happened if not for a few simple moments in perfect position. I was also graced with some amazing remixes from some of the most talented musicians I’ve come to know and respect. Thanks for the contributions of extraordinary sound from Jack Dangers, Kero, Duran Duran Duran and Sense.

    Thank you to Natalie C, Keith Derek Jackson, Digital Nimbus, The Centrifuge, Bill Youngman, Charlie Nicolls, Dj Rubrene, Big Picture Media, Rob Paterson, Glen Ganguzza, Regina Spektor, Jack Dishel, Threv, Damian Conti, Jill, Ciro, Alexis and Igloo Mag. Thanks for supporting at every chance and making this record feel like a gift and a piece of art to me. Wassim, thanks man, I’m glad we got to talking and crossed paths here. Natalie you are a trooper for sitting through 90 percent of the writing in our high rise apartment in the sky (with windows that didn’t open). Hey Leyland, I finally have some time to tell you to shave.

    Artist Links:
    http://www.facebook.com/velapenescreen
    http://www.soundcloud.com/velapene
    http://www.velapenescreen.bandcamp.com
    http://twitter.com/velapenescreen

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

    Published by The Centrifuge using a Creative Commons License.

    The Centrifuge: Experimental electronic events, label and artist management.

    View our artist agency website: http://agency.thecentrifuge.co.uk

    Homepage


    http://www.facebook.com/thecentrifuge

    http://www.discogs.com/label/The+Centrifuge

  • TONIGHT – The Centrifuge Radio Show – The Centrifuge 5th Birthday special

    This week we’re celebrating The Centrifuge’s 5th Birthday. We’ve come a long way since our first events in Nottingham, and Missaw and Ursa will be
    in the studio chatting about about forthcoming releases and events, with some brand new unreleased material and a competition to win a whole stack of Centrifuge related stuff.

    Added to which, we’ve new music from Scuba, Kill Moda, Radical G, Austin Cassell, Paradox, Ukkonen, Bownr and many more.

    www.brap.fm Thursday night 10pm-midnight

  • Video Diary

    Scrubber Fox and DJ Stuff have put together a neat little video diary of our “Supernatant Sessions” at the Culture Yard in Elsinore, Denmark last month. Check it!

  • Tonight – The Centrifuge Radio Show – live set from D’Arcangelo (Rephlex, 030303)

    Time for the first proper guest mix of the year, and we’re starting as we mean to go on. D’Arcangelo should be well known to anyone with an interest in electronica. From their first EP on Replhex back in 1996 through to their most recent LP for 030303 in 2010, they’ve continued to astound critics and listeners alike, and have very kindly given us permission to air a live set recorded at Moog in Barcelona a couple of months ago.

    In addition, we’ve new music from Hurtdeer, The Flashbulb, Mark Archer, Rave Wars, Memotone, Lodsb, Venetian Snares, Patscan, Kappah, and many, many more

    Tune in at 10pm UK time on www.brap.fm