Re: [microsound] Nice

[philippe petit <philippe-petit@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> i'm in Nice until the 27th of June and i'm looking for any cool concerts or
> happenings or anything of interest in the senior citizen capital of Europe.
>
> peace be with you.



well, if you can make it to Marseeille, on the 24th :
venue =  La MACHINE A COUDRE - 19h. / 30 francs
8, rue Jean Roque - 13001 Marseille
P : 04 91 55 62 65

Concert / Generation BiP_HOp # 7

Sunday 24 June / 7 pm

SI-CUT.DB  (19h.30)
BENGE (20h.45)
TENNIS (22h.)


BIOGS OF EACH ACT :


TENNIS is Benge (real name Ben Edwards) and si-{cut}.db (real name Douglas
Benford), two renown solo sonic artists in their own rights; Tennis is part of
an on-going London based collaboration exploring digital and electro-acoustic
sounds and rhythms combined with 21st century audio software. All tracks are
recorded at Benge's Expanding Studio bunker.
"Wooden Sweets" was the first Tennis release on the Cologne label
ElectroChemicalResearch.
The latest album is entitled "Europe on Horseback", and shows a progression of
the "Tennis sound" into a harder and more digital/glitchy but accesible
rhythmic realm, with dub and german influences to the fore. Tennis have
already played a few gigs, one of which was was supporting Vladislav Delay in
London. Tennis have also jammed on Coldcut's pirate.tv and provided a mix for
their Solid Steel radio show.

TENNIS : europe on horseback [bleep 03]
Europe on Horseback, as its title suggests, is a relaxed voyage. The rhythms
slowly draw you into a cushioned saddle and an electronic trot then begins,
taking us through fields of bubble bass, valleys of sonic glitches, and
mountains blooming with digitalia. Not quite as minimal as Pole but just as
deep. They never break into a gallop, conserving energy rather than letting it
run wild. This record is a form of deconstructed dub / house which avoids 4/4
time at every corner creating a relaxed, challenging and accessible
electronica lined with interesting bass lines. A great full-length from
bip-hop stables.
REVIEW WRITTEN BY Black Sifichi - www.novaplanet.com



SI-{CUT}.DB aka Douglas Benford :

London-based SI-[CUT}.DB (pronounced 'Sye Kut Dee Bee') aka Douglas Benford
has had many recorded releases under many guises : mainly as SI-{CUT}.DB, but
also Radial Blend, Phoenix Jig, Pantunes Music & Media Form, covering
electronica/drum n' bass/ambient, and then into jazzy-glitch and dub...as
SI-CUT.DB.
Douglas also runs and plays at the SPRAWL club, based in London, and its label
SPRAWL IMPRINT.
Both BENGE and SI-{CUT}.DB have a track on Sprawl's HMM album project with
VLADISLAV DELAY, WANG INC, FARBEN, DAVID TOOP, CARL STONE, KIT CLAYTON, and
FREEFORM....and SI-CUT.DB is apparently in the top 200 of US College radio
acts played in the last year!
SI-CUT.DB/Douglas has recently remixed a track for St ETIENNE's new single, a
track by Youth's (Orb) Dub Trees and has a classic (1991!) SI-CUT.DB track on
MIXMAG's recent Osymyso cover mounted mix cd. There was a recent SI-CUT.DB VS.
BITTONIC track on The Wire magazine's last WIRETAPPER CD, and upcoming tracks
on FIBLA'S (sub rosa) Spanish label SPA.RK, a 12" on Germany's BACKGROUND, and
2 tracks on france's The BiP_HOp Generation v.4. Also just completed: a
'physcial remix' of JANEK SCHAEFER'S WOW.

A new SI-CUT.DB album is due out on BiP_HOp this Fall. It is called
"Enthusiast".

FALLT records, outta Ireland, will release one in January 2001.

Recent SI-{CUT}.DB tracks have been on the German/US CounterIntelligence
collections along with Kreidler, Aube etc, and more si-cut.db will be
appearing on LAW&AUDER's up-coming "DUB AUDER" compilation, and a remix on a
new Hrvatski/RKK US project with FARMERS MANUAL, GENERAL MAGIC, LOWFISH, JAKE
MANDELL, MDK, THURSTON MOORE, SPEEDRANCH, WHEEL and V/VM.
As SI-{CUT}.DB he has recorded three albums, and as part of Pantunes Music, a
number of remixes, and the odd Playstation soundtrack. In the past Douglas has
also remixed, produced, and collaborated with Andrew Weatherall, Scanner,
Momus, Sarah Cracknell (St Etienne), Add N TO (X) and produced documentary
soundtracks.
He has Djed at places as diverse as the Rumpus Rooms, the Dogstar, The Batofar
(Paris), Futuresonic, the Electronic
Lounge, Sunday Best and other events, as well as being a regular live act and
DJ at Sprawl events.
LATEST NEWS   http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/benford/news.html
DISCOGRAPHY    http://home.earthlink.net/~efrans/benford
SPRAWL  http://www.dfuse.com/sprawl/




BENGE aka Ben Edwards
Ben started recording as Benge in 1995 and set up Expanding Records to release
his own cds. In 1998 he signed a deal with Sub Rosa to release Benge albums,
and has also appeared on their 'Substantia' series of compilations. A Benge
album will released on Sprawl in the future. His albums on SUB ROSA are "The
very best of..." and "silicon valleys".

Recent releases:
Jun 2000: Benge 'silicon valleys' cd album on Sub Rosa
Jun 2000: Volume 'evolver' cd album on Expanding Records
Apr 2000: Tennis (in collaboration with si[cut]db) 'wooden sweets' cd album on
ECR records [Germany]
Oct 99: Benge 'the very best of.' cd compilation on Sub Rosa
May 99: Volume (in collaboration with P Elliott and R Lee) 'computergun ep' cd
ep on Expanding Records

Older Benge discography :
Sep 95: 'electro-orgoustic music' cd album
Sep 96: 'beautiful electronic music' cd album
Apr 97: 'polyrythmic electronica' cd ep
Dec 97: 'I, computor' cd album
May 98: 'home music' cd album
May 99: 'experimental non-vocal electronic pop' cd album

http://www.expandingrecords.com