Connexion Bizarre - webzine & webcast update 2007/09/24
The Connexion Bizarre (dot) net website was updated on 2007-09-24 with a new webcast, new reviews and new recommended events and links.

Interviewed this week were Jacek Kozlowski of Artoffact Records.
Reviewed this week were Erdem Helvacioglu "Altered Realities", V/A "Modus Vivendi Vol.2", Sci Fi Industries "Drafts And Crafts", Darren Tate "Small Worlds", Phragments "The Burning World", Battery Cage "A Young Person's Guide to Heartbreak", Control Alt Deus "Control Alt Deus (demo 2007)", Schultz "BioMekanikal".
This week's webcast features "Playing It Hot & Cold" with music selection by Thinlizard and "Sanity Blasting" with music selection by M.

Webcast & Radio Show

Part 1 - Click here to stream or right-click to download
("Playing It Hot & Cold" with music selection by Thinlizard)
Rubikon - Telephone (03:30)
[Wonderland - Substream]
mind.in.a.box - Amnesia (club.mix) (06:22)
[Crossroads (Bonus Download Track) - Dependent]
Cesium_137 - Stars Turn Cold (04:52)
[Proof Of Life - Metropolis]
Seabound - October Song (03:19)
[Double Crosser - Dependent]
Burufunk (feat. 3PM) - Serenity (07:40)
[Serenity E.P. - Undermine Records]
Rupesh Cartel - Defence Reaction (ROMi Remix) (07:24)
[The Disco And The What Not (Bonus Disc) - Megahype]
Code 64 - Guardian (Bariuz Remix) (05:22)
[V/A Elektrisch Vol. 2 - Major Records]
Static Revenger (feat. Duke Mushroom) - Round & Around (Starkillers Remix) (06:11)
[Round & Around - Ultra Records]
Mark Nicholas - Two Sandwiches (04:22)
[Duchess 33 - Dirty Electronic]
Freshmau5 - Afterhours (05:30)
[Afterhours - Play Records]

Part 2 - Click here to stream or right-click to download
("Sanity Blasting" with music selection by M.)
Hansel - Waking The Ghost
[Lorentzian Lineshaper - D-Trash Records]
Lingouf - Il ne faut pas deshabiller les Umites
[Ecritomate - Ark-A
Lords of Acid - The Crab Louse
[Voodoo-U - American Records]
Edgey - Subterfuge
[Flawed - Hands Productions]
W.A.S.T.E. - Electric Beatdown Bitch (Tonikom Remix)
[Violent Delights EP - Sistinas]
Slow Soldier - 51 1
[New Under The Volt - Thisco]
Speed Freak - Controversy
[V/A - Backdraft - Audiogenic]
Lyns And Ram - Law School
[V/A - Imaginary Friends - Sublight Records]
Exist - 09.01.2002 (johnny applegate)
[V/A - Rising Tide - D-Trash Records]
Machinochrist - A Haunting
[Escape From Woolwich Arsenal - Agriculture]
Fanny - Metalphetermines
[V/A - Imaginary Friends - Sublight Records]
Mochipet - Toxic Hemp Emir Mix (Cyozlab)
[Feel My China Vol.1 - Component Records]

Listen to the Webcast


Connexion Bizarre radio show @ Radio Zero
The Connexion Bizarre radio show can be streamed every Friday at 23:00 GMT and Saturday at 19:00 GMT from Radio Zero and showcases the music selection from the second part of the coming week's webcast.



Interviews




Jacek Kozlowski - Artoffact Records
During its 10 years of existence, this Canadian label has kept a consistent output of quality releases featuring artists from all over North America and Europe. In addition to counting with some rather well-known artists in their roster, Artoffact Records was also responsible for the debut of acts like Urceus Exit and Cabaret from Poland.
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Reviews




Erdem Helvacioglu - Altered Realities
The sublime odyssey of "Altered Realities" is an inspired nomadic epic, and although there exist some moments more shadowed than others, it is overall a joyful paean of spiritual awakenings..
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V/A - Modus Vivendi Vol.2
An excellent compilation that will definitely give you a way out of your empty, meaningless mockery
of a desk life and into a sunnier, warmer place, right up to the cool night party by the beach, in just 61 minutes. Just make sure you don't get fired for daydreaming on it.
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Sci Fi Industries - Drafts And Crafts
The album in its entirety is a very powerful and energetic work, housing immense aggression in its sound without succumbing to the rigid clichof obligatory harshness of the genre. Sci Fi Industries manages to make cold look cool (pun intended) instead of forced with this release.
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Darren Tate - Small Worlds
Tate's latest release, "Small Worlds," is precisely as its title implies - windows seemingly opened in the air, cutting through the very substance of atmosphere and reality to offer fathomless views into realms both mystical and (ironically) minute.
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Phragments - The Burning World
If you enjoy dramatic martial overtures and neo-classical post-industrial anthems but feel alienated by the political claptrap offered by other artists in the genre, this is the release for you.
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Battery Cage - A Young Person's Guide to Heartbreak
"A Young Person's Guide to Heartbreak" is the second release from this US-based four-piece to be released through the Metropolis label. With a pretty good track record and a sizeable following under their belt, Battery Cage naturally have some expectations set.
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Control Alt Deus - Control Alt Deus (demo 2007)
Within a genre as oversaturated with mediocrity as that of dark electro (or "Endzeit EBM", or "Hellektro", or what-have-you) it is a rare pleasure to find something fresh and aurally stimulating hidden amongst the dross. Control Alt Deus' eponymous demo EP affords exactly this.
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Schultz - BioMekanikal
A fair first effort, but terribly naSchultz has his work cut out for him, developing the basis he has into something more complex and aurally exciting for a second release.
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Merchandise




Connexion Bizarre Pins
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Connexion Bizarre events status:

Bodypop @ "Era Uma Vez No Porto" bar (map location)
20/10, saturday, 10pm-1.30am; Rua do Passeio Alegre 550, Porto (Portugal).
The "usual selection and latest news" of synthpop, electropop, robotpop, 8bitpop and bodypop!

Recommended Events:
Note: we are not involved directly in the organization of recommended events.


SoirKod.eX/YB70
2007-09-28, Le Klub, Paris, France
Live performances by Iszoloscope, Imminent, Element Abuse and DJ sets by Ray Gurge, Cyb@l, Kyronn, K.oz, Krank and Juke.
Please check the Kod.eX site for more information.


Live InfeKtion XIV
2007-09-29, Slimelight, London, U.K.
Live performances by Iszoloscope, Proyecto Mirage, with support from K'teus and DJ Kyronn.
Please check the InfeKted Sound site for more information.


Electronically Yours
2007-10-11, Hoxton Square Bar, London, U.K.
Live performances by Marsheaux and Schmoof and DJing by A-Dam and EMP.
Please check the Electronically Yours micro-site for more information.



Recently added links

Cyanhide, French electro-industrial/metal duo
Hyperbubble, Texan synthpop
Karl Bartos, updated site for the ex-Kraftwerk member.
Vernian Process, Steampunk electronics


Latest recommended links

D'incise + Lucas Olivet "L'enclos", new release on the Antisocial netlabel
Mikroben Krieg "Possessive Memories", 10-year retrospective of Portuguese electro-industrial act Mikroben Krieg on the Enough Records netlabel.
PJE "A Different Place EP", new release on the Cold Room netlabel.
Sparagmos feat Kenji Siratori "Corpse City", Portuguese power electronics feat. Kenji Siratori, new release on the Enough Records netlabel.
Play On Tape, an ever-growing archive of the Portuguese tape-scene from the 90's (industrial, experimental, rock, metal, etc).
They Rule: "'They Rule' allows you to create maps of the interlocking directories of the top companies in the US in 2004."
"End Of The Line", a photographic essay by Brendan Corr about the disassemblage of super-tanker boats in Bangladesh. (from Foreign Policy magazine)
"Maddy: TV torture for the ADD generation" (from The Register)
"The cold, cold heart of Web 2.0" (from The Register)

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