[NEWS]
3/10
New!
We'll be dj-ing at the Big Chill Bar in April, as part of the Highpoint Lowlife residency. Thanks Thorsten!
More details soon. Well, that didn't happen - stuck in NYC because of the volcano. However, here's a recent mix to give you the general idea.
It was assembled for a night at The Compound, San Franciso, but has survived the journey home ok ...
7/09
Highpoint Lowlife and slow sound system take over
upstairs at The Foundry, 1 August from 7pm.
On offer: future garage from Spatial (infrasonics),
plus jazz, Middle Eastern modes, electro-accoustics and ambient minimalism from
John Farah (Dross:tik),
worked out in real time on the FoundryÕs grand piano.
HPLL and slow sound system DJs fill in the gaps. Free to get in. See you there.
8/08
The London Headphones festival returns in its fifth year. This time we have two listening sessions,
one at Cafe Oto on 20 September,
the other at the legendary Shunt on 24 October
(as part of the NetAudio festival).
The Oto session runs from 1pm-late, Shunt from 7pm-11pm. Full lineups to follow. More details here.
7/08
In July and August slow sound system props up the bar at the ICA,
alongside our friends from Highpoint LowLife.
We're on from 9pm on 24 July and 14 August, til late. If you're around come and say hello ...
5/08
Rejoice! slow sound system is back at The Foundryon 7 June for another one-off session.
Expect digitals, low end, hip hop, some dubstep, soundscaping, noise. Starts at 7, free to get in.
To whet your appetites, for a limited time you can download Max's mix from the December session here.
See you there!
01/08
slow sound system is resting, as james and max spend a bit more time on their day jobs. we'll be doing interesting music things every now and then.
keep checking back! ...
12/07
slow sound system is djing at the Highpoint Lowlife Christmas party at The Foundry, 8 December.
Live acts are The Zephyr Skate Team,
Mandelbrot
and Brassica. It's going to be marvellous.
9/06
A couple of allday gigs coming up.
First, on 30 September we're back at The Foundry, for one of their ultra-rare allday sessions.
We're on from 4-6pm, and the whole thing goes on til midnight.
Full line-up is here.
Free to get in ... it'll be a riot!
Also, on 7 October we're playing at this year's laptoptastic Bleepfest
at the ICA.
We're on twice - as slow sound system in the afternoon, and in badass mode as unslowsoundsystem in the bar from 10:30-midnight.
Other artist include Sleep Machine, Polyphonic Soulo, Thorsten from HighpointLowlife
and our friends Fisk Industries.
Full details here.
Should cost £5-10 to get in, and things kick off at 2pm. See you there!
7/06
Listen again to the last Small Pieces show via our radio archive.
The audiostream is here,
or you can download the show here ...
we'll be back soon!
7/06
slow sound system is djing at Club Integral in Brixton this Friday, organised by our friends
The Divine Agency.
Live acts are the terrific Mayming, Superstrings and Su Zhuo.
iMax is on the decks til 2am, playing relaxed audio / mashing it up.
It's all happening at the Canterbury Arms, Canterbury Place - just by Brixton tube. 8pm-2am, £5 to get in.
See you there!
6/06
The last Small Pieces show goes out this Friday, 30 June, midnight-1am.
Tune in at Resonance FM,
or if you're in London set your receivers to 104.4fm. We'll be back soon. Thanks for listening!
6/06
The 2 June Small Pieces show is now up.
Two exclusive radio mixes, presented by the two lovely Robot Ladies.
Listen here,
download here,
and check the tracklisting here.
Happy listening!
5/06
Our Small Pieces archive is finally up.
The show goes out every Friday, from midnight-1am on Resonance FM.
Now you can listen again here.
Hours of relaxed listening with great records, special mixes and rambling comment from your hosts.
12/05
On 18 December we're dj'ing at the third of this month's Advent Sprawl gigs.
Also on the bill are live sets from Sideband and Imagination & My Mother,
plus Ben Eshmade (Chiller Cabinet) joins us on the decks.
It's on Sunday afternoon at the Charterhouse Bar, 3-7pm, free entry (and mince pies!). See you there.
12/05
iMax photographs in the latest edition of Sonic Scope magazine,
the new venture from our friends at the Grain of Sound label.
Download here.
10/05
Well, the Headphones Festival was terrific ... small, but perfectly formed. Thanks to everyone who came along!
Photos will be up soon on the Placard site.
We're going back into stealth mode for a while - our dayjobs are taking over - but you can hear us every last Friday of the month
on the Small Pieces show, midnight-1am on Resonance 104.4fm.
We'll be back with more mixes and live shows in the near future.
Happy listening!
8/05
The Placard London Headphone Festival is shaping up nicely. 10 September, 12pm - 4am,
State51 warehouse.
14 hours of headphonics from Ardisson, Foneq, Walker, Matt Grey, Ubergeek, Pline, Julian Weaver, U-Sun + John Chantler,
Poptatari, Gavin Starks, Pete Marsh, Butterfly Cut, Slub, Boca Raton, Cheapmachines, Knut Auferman + Sarah Washington,
Bad Anarok 404 and old favourites Cormac Heron, Leafcutter John, Sanso-Xtro and Dallas Simpson. Plus more tbc.
For more, have a look at the press release or go here.
See you there. Free to get in. Bring your own headphones!
8/05
John Chantler's April set is finally online.
Sorry for the wait. It's been worth it ...
30 mins of long, hypnotic guitar figures over loose rhythm patterns and organic ambience.
Go to the archive, scroll down to the bottom.
You can now also download all the sets from our audio vaults, free. Go here to begin.
7/05
New! Freeform psych-folk electronic drone mix by iMax is now online. Growing, Masaki Batoh and John Fahey
rewired through Black Dice, Can, Motion and So.
Listen here.
Tracklisting here. We hope you like it ... tell us!
7/05
We're playing at The Foundry on 27 August at 9000000,
alongside our friends Slub
(Fallt, Fals.ch),
Nebogeo,
BEFLIX, Sarcomasine Bloc " " and
U-Sun.
iMax will be on the decks in a threeway with BEFLIX and U-Sun ... should be good.
Here's the flyer.
8pm - 11pm, free to get in. See you there!
6/05
The Placard London Headphones Festival 2005 will be held on 10 September at the State51 warehouse, E1.
Part of the global Placard family, last year over 500 people packed in to hear 14 hours of headphones-only performances by people like
David Toop, Adem, Janek Schaeffer, Leafcutter John, sAnso-Xtro, Hot Chip, Antenna Farm, We're Breaking Up, Max Eastley, Motion, Rashamon, Holkham and Paul Hood
(read the reviews from The Wire
and The Guardian).
We're changing the format a bit this year - there'll be a curated session in the afternoon and early evening, with
a self-organising open session til late. More details soon ...
5/05
Thanks to everyone who came along to our April Foundry session last month.
We now have two spectacular sets from John and
Matt, straight off the desk. They should be online soon.
In the meantime, we have February's live sets from We're Breaking Up
and Cheapmachines up in the
audio archive. Happy listening!
3/05
New! We have another listening session at the Foundry on 17 April.
Expect delicate electro-acoustic guitar and laptop excursions from John Chantler
(Fat Cat,
Room 40), while
Matt Nicholson (Fat Cat,
Wonderground,
Hello Square) lays down psych-pop, microsonics and deep, sleepy drones.
John and Matt will play solo and come together on a performance of Morton Feldman's
'Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety'.
Full details are here, and the flyer's
here.
It should be a terrific show - don't miss!
2/05
Fat new mix from iMax online here.
Classic Ambient, 4th world, field recordings and the free-est of jazz - it shouldn't work but it does, trust us.
For those who doubt, the tracklisting's here.
2/05
Thanks to everyone who came along to our listening session on 13 February.
Great sets from Cheapmachines
and We're Breaking Up should be going online soon.
This is your chance to hear those firecracker samples again ...
Our next session is on 24 April and features ace Australian expats John Chantler (FatCat, Room40)
and Function's Matt Nicholson (Hello Square).
More details shortly.
1/05
Our first listening session of 2005 is coming up!
It's on February 13th at our favourite East London venue, The Foundry.
Guest artists are We're Breaking Up
(TwoThousandAnd, Antiopic)
- really on a roll at the moment - and the lovely Cheapmachines (KabukiKore).
Here's the flyer,
and there are more details on the press release.
Expect an afternoon of warm sounds to soothe the chills away.
12/04
We have an excellent new mix up. It's a 70 minute soundscape mixed and processed by James, seamlessly mixing classic Ambient, drones, minimalism and lo-fi electronics.
Listen to the stream here.
The tracklisting is here.
11/04
At last. Our live sets archive is online and looking good.
Go here to browse the first six sets and listen to the mp3 streams.
More to come soon ... watch this space.
11/04
Our friends [no.signal] have got an excellent event lined
up this Saturday, 20 November. Construction Sonor
features live performances from Swiss musicians Bernd Schurer,
Steinbruchel,
Gunter Muller and
Marcus Maeder, plus projections, presentation and a Swiss
buffet ... It's at the Horse Hospital.
Things kick off at 6, food is at 7, performances at 8:30. £5 to get in.
See you there.
10/04
New iMax photo content online ...
have a look here.
Sign the guestbook if you like it.
9/04
We've got a new radio show on Resonance 104.4FM.
It's called 'Small Pieces' and it's on every Friday night, midnight-1am GMT. Presenting duties are shared between ourselves and our friends
[no.signal], Sprawl
and Highpoint Lowlife records.
We'll have guests from DFuse, MidRange
and others tbc. We're really pleased about this - since we all work together, we can now present the connections live on air.
In London, set your receivers to 104.4fm. Everywhere else, go to www.resonancefm.com for live and archive audio.
8/04
Good news ... the new kabukikore compilation is out, and we're in it,
along with Steve Beresford, Monolight, Posset, Cheapmachines, The Beale and many others.
The double cd is called 'There Is No Hidden Meaning',
and you can get it at the kabukikore website.
Go there now and purchase ...
8/04
Our friend Archive,
aka Mike Hallenbeck, has a new record out. Immersion: Water Works is a series of pieces based on the sound of rain, rivers and snow,
bookended with short field recordings. It's a great piece of work. You can get it direct from the label, Insides Music
which also has some mp3 samples. It's definitely worth the investment.
8/04
Our campaign to
brand the UK's lamp-posts continues.
Thanks to Chris for his efforts in the Kingston Upon Thames area...
7/04
The London Headphones Festival was brilliant:
hundreds of happy people, 14 hours of headphonics and (as usual) everything ran like clockwork.
Thanks to everyone who came along, played or spread the word. Have a look at photos here and
here,
and have a read of this nice piece in the Guardian.
The Wire is also covering the event
in its September issue.
7/04
It's the London Headphones
Festival tomorrow. Coming in your ears - Janek Schaefer, Leafcutter John, Main, David Toop & Max Eastley, Hot Chip,
Holkham, Antenna Farm, Noun, John Chantler, Adem Ilhan/8 Hours, Paul Hood, Cylens, Discom, The Sound Of Squaljax & Farbulous,
Jonathan Coleclough, sAnso-xtro, eg0 + e/n, Heller, Dallas Simpson vs Viv Corringham, Michael Rodgers vs Romuald Wadych,
Nada, Nebogeo, Table, Claire Hope, 87 Central, CK Dexter Haven, Fisk Industries, Dual vs Murmer, A.M.P. Studio,
Duncan Whitley, Smack Miranda, Karina ESP, Ed Bennett vs Cormac Heron, Yellow6, Rashamon, Same Actor, Pez Orchestra,
Recon vs Thorsten Sideb0ard, Emanuela De Angelis, Nullpointer and Cedric Pin. See you there.
6/04
We're having another UNSLOW SOUND SYSTEM at The Foundry on 10 July, 5-11pm.
Expect soundscaping plus beats, bass, noise and electro as we move through the evening. Onstage we have Recon,
aka 12k and FatCat artist Motion,
this time joined by Highpoint Lowlife boss
Thorsten for an excursion into stripped down, dubbed-out techno. We also have an exlcusive set from local heroes iBoard,
plus resident djs iMax and Albert, with visuals from Jayrope.
It will be loud. Bring earplugs!
6/04
The 2004 London Headphones
Festival is taking shape fast. More details here.
The lineup includes Ars Electronica-winners Janek Schaefer and Leafcutter John,
alongside Main, David Toop & Max Eastley, Antenna Farm, John Chantler, Adem
Ilhan, Paul Hood, SSetrieb/OST, The Sound Of Squaljax & Farbulous, Jonathan
Coleclough, sAnso-xtro, Heller, Dallas Simpson, Jacob Kirkegaard, Table, Claire
Hope, 87 Central, Fisk Industries, Dual, A.M.P. Studio, Smack Miranda, Karina
ESP, Ed Bennett vs Cormac Heron, Yellow6, Recon, Emanuella De Angelis and Akira
the Don.
6/04
Our new website is up and running, as you can see. Hope you like it! Many thanks
to Crayola at kabukikore
for all his hard work.
5/04
A tremendous session at The
Foundry on Sunday, with great werks from Adam
Butler, Paul
Hood, Dubassy
and the BBCi
crew. Thanks to everyone who came along! We're now taking a rest for a while,
and concentrating on this year's London
Headphones Festival on 17 July. Streamed sets from the last few sessions
will be up online shortly, alongside a redesigned website by our friends at
Kabukikore
... watch this space.
5/04
We're back at The Foundry this Sunday, 9 May. Special guests Adam Butler (aka
Mouse on
Mars collaborator Vert)
(Sonig, Whatness)
joins us on piano and laptop for some deconstructed jazz lounge sounds; London
improv linchpin Paul Hood (turntable
hell, 2+++)
plays turntable and objects; and the BBCi
experimental djs hit the decks. Dubassy
(big chill) provides visual support, alongside the usual suspects. 3-8pm, free
to get in.
4/04
iMax is djing at the next [no.signal]
on 24 April. As ever, it's a superb lineup and includes Intr_Version
head honcho Mitchell
Akiyama, the lovely Desormais
and Glasgow geniuses Marcia
Blaine School for Girls. £5 to get in as usual. State51,
8-10 Rhoda St, E2. 8pm onwards. Don't miss!
4/04
We're doing an allnight broadcast on Resonance
FM this Saturday (17 April). We run from 12pm – 7am GMT, and will
be featuring a mix of the best dj sets and live performances from the past couple
of years. Plus, of course, some Mixing
It-style chat. Those in London, go to 104.4FM – everyone else, go
to www.resonancefm.com
to hear the whole thing streamed live.
3/04
We're back at The
Foundry on Saturday 27 March, 5-11pm. This month, a longer, louder show
featuring three heroes of London's electronic underground: electropop and melancholy
ambience from Ai
Records' LJ Kruzer (Ai, Uncharted
Audio), soundscaping and breaks from Fred K.U. (Dorp,
Moonpalace), plus hiphop, dsp and noise from the Ministry of Loud soundsystem
(Midrange).
Residents djs and vjs are, as ever, iMax,
Albert and Janek
Ropinsky. Free entry. Bring earplugs.
3/04
A slice of our last Foundry
session has become part of the latest London
Soundscape Project broadcast. The project hooks in audiostreams from across
the city and collages them together in real time. The show went out on Resonance
FM on Sunday afternoon, but you can listen to the results again here.
2/04
Remember, our first listening session of 2004 is on 22 February at The
Foundry, 3-8pm, free entry. This month, beautiful ambient guitar manipulations
from Sebastien Roux (12k,
Apestaartje),
microsonics and dubbed out techno from Motion / Recon (12k,
fat cat,
highpointlowlife),
plus Ableton wizardry from Duff Parka (8bitrecs),
residents djs, new digital artwerks
and (we hope) a
Resonance FM simulcast. Don't miss.
2/04
We're lending a hand at [no.signal] on 6 February at State51.
It's a co-production between our friends sonomu.net
and kultureflash.net.
The lineup is Sebastien Roux (again!), plus Apestaartje
labelmates Aero and Anderegg. Opening soundscaping's by our own iMax and HighpointLowlife
big man Thorsten Sideb0ard. £5 to get in, £3 if you email nosignal
beforehand. Doors open 7:30. See you there!
1/04
One of the tunes we did with Posset
got played on Friday's Radio 3 programme Mixing
It (Jan 23rd). You can listen to the show for the next seven days here.
1/04
Our first listening session of 2004 is on 22 February at The
Foundry, 3-8pm, with Sebastien Roux (12k,
Apestaartje),
Motion / Recon (12k,
fat cat,
highpointlowlife)
and Duff Parka (8bitrecs)
- plus residents, new digital artwerks
and Resonance
FM simulcast. It'll be great. See you there ...
1/04
New mix up from iMax - minimalism, bass, bleeps and Bjork. Listen here.
12/03
Albert is playing at the next MoonPalace, along with the luminaries of London's
electronic underground: Colin Bradley (Dual),
Fred K.U. (Dorp),
Infinite Scale (BBA),
Tixe On! plus MoonPalace residents. 4 January, 4-11pm @ Monkey Chews, 2 Queen's
Crescent NW5. Chalk Farm tube. Free!
11/03
MidRange is happening
next Friday, 21 November. It's an evening of drones, clicks+cuts and other low
key sounds. Performers are the legendary Troum
(staalplaat, drone), Dual
(coombe, CEE), iD
(project dark) and murmer (absurd, staalplaat). iMax provides DJ and visual
support. It's all happening at The Red Rose, Seven Sisters. 9-2am, £5 to get in.
Full details here.
11/03
Local hardman Cormac interviews John Cale for PlayLouder
... very, very good.
10/03
kabukikore have released the remixes we did of Posset!
Buy here.
Only a few available ...
10/03
Disquiet.com did an interview with Thorsten. It's a good one. Have a read here.
10/03
iMax is djing at the next MidRange
on 21 November. Performers are the legendary Troum
(staalplaat, drone), Dual
(coombe, cee), iD
(project dark) and murmer
(absurd, staalplaat), with images and films by GR., Brown
Sierra and iMax. Full details to follow.
09/03
iMax's image gallery is now up. Have a look here.
09/03
We're working on rebuilds
of DJ Foundation
and Posset.
The Foundry
is curating our archive
- expect to see new mixes and live performances up shortly. And look out for
reworks of Mou,Lips!,
the Doctsect
crew and others.
07/03
Jayrope's Hardman hit the
streets with the fantastic 'Shirts and Pistols' album. Listen here.
The band's already getting rave reviews from Rolling Stone, Intro and De:Bug
... Gagarin's
brilliant album 'Earthling' is also out and getting much love from De:Bug, Igloo,
Absorb and Uncut.
11/02
'First steps', our dj-reworking of Portugese digitals label grain
of sound is out now. Go here
for more.
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