The Pink Flimingo vs. FluiD

NITCO Records and Nitetrotter uploaded for your listening pleaseure an EP, that I released a few years back. 'The Pink Flimingo vs. FluiD' was originally released on 3" CDR by NITCO Records and included cover art by Jorge Tapia.

Get the full story along with the download links here -

http://nitetrotter.blogspot.com/2010/10/fluid-vs-pink-flimingo-free-download.html

By The Rivers of Babylon: Always/Forever

'By The Rivers of Babylon: Always/Forever'

New compilation just released by Babylon Projects from Chile.

"Musicians from different latitudes have contributed themes for the new project Babylon Projects is developing. 'By the Rivers of Babylon' is a series of compilations including music, original art and clips (in this current compilation is a contribution from the Ghost Network).

For this project we worked in collaboration with Christopher Moya (Abigail's Church), Robert l. Pepper (from Post Abortion Stress) and bands from as far afield as Italy, Poland, England, Holland and Germany."

You can download the compitlation (in two parts) here -

http://www.archive.org/details/ByTheRiversOfBabylonCompilationAlwaysi&reCache=1
http://www.archive.org/details/ByTheRiversOfBabylonCompilationForeverii&reCache=1

Includes music from:

- MegaJoy (CHILE)
- Gastón Céspedes (CHILE)
- La Iglesia de Abigail (CHILE)
- Zilmrah /O\ (USA)
- Ghost Network (USA)
- Strangewalls (USA)
- FluiD (USA)
- Swedenborgs (USA)
- Clutter (USA)
- Richard Lainhart (USA)
- HATI (Polonia)
- Eheim 1000.220 (Alemania)
- 1dp (Holanda)
- Zerocrop (Inglaterra)
- Murmurists (Inglaterra)
- Will Connor (Inglaterra)
- Astrometria (Inglaterra)
- Fecal Love (Italia)



Alrealon Music Update 10.13.10

Several things are happening at Alrealon Music:

We're having a remix contest based around our joint release with DSMS, 'ARU meets FluiD - Fearless Empire Killlers'. The top 7 remixes will be released as part of 'ARU meets FluiD - Fearless Empire Killers (version)', in both digital and CDR formats.

For more info on the contest - http://alrealon.ownforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=71

Alrealon artists PAS and FluiD appeared together at Spark Festival in Minneapolis, MN. I detailed our weekend at Spark Festival in a previous post.


PAS/FluiD live at Spark Festival 2010 from PAS (Post Abortion Stress) on Vimeo.


In other PAS releated news, they will have a new release on Alrealon in early 2011. The release is titled PAS - Re-construction'. We're really excited about this release at is a collaborative effort between PAS and all Alrealon artists. More on the release, here - http://alrealon.ownforum.org/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=63
PAS currently have a new CD, 'Pure Energy Output Sessions'. It is available directly from PAS, via CD Baby -
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/PASPostAbortionStress

Brooklyn, NY musician/artist Zilmrah /O\ who did a podcast for us back in April of this year, will have a new full-length release available early next year. In the meantime you can hear a new track from Zilmrah /O\ as well as John 3:16 on the DSMS compilation, 'Psidronic'.

I also want to remind everyone of the Alrealon Music Forum and if you join our forum, you'll receive a download link for the free digital single, 'Machina - re/tooled'.

Current Alrealon Music Releases:

ARU meets FluiD - Fearless Empire Killers
LAX - Deep Water b/w cREEPYsHEEP (incl. remixes from Ghoul and FluiD)
mNIPK - Paul Auster's Tears

3 X 3

Previous:

PAS - Pure Energy Output Sessions
David Bowie - Station to Station
Miles Davis - On the Corner

Current:

Return to Forever - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy
Nadja - Touched
Dysrhythmia - Barriers and Passages

Future:

Art Ensemble of Chicago - Les Stances a Sophie
Herbie Hancock - Crossings
Henry Cow - Western Culture

Creative Entities

I wanted to draw your attention to some creative entities which haven't received the credit they deserve. Those entities being a selection of record labels that are working hard to release great music (often accompanied with stunning visuals). These labels are releasing music that defies easy catagorization and genrification. A few of the labels who are releasing music that is stimulating, unique and challenging: DSMS, Milligrid Records, Placenta Recordings, TrashF**k Records, 5nakefork, Tundra Dubs and Ratskin Records. Please take a look and more importantly a listen to the music that all these labels have released and are releasing; I promise you won't be disappointed.

Spark Festival - Friday night (recap)

Back home after a weekend at Spark Festival. I performed on Friday night with Robert and Amber of PAS. I arrived in Minneapolis on Friday afternoon and met-up with Robert and Amber at our hotel. We then met-up with the Vultures.  The Vultures are a UK quartet who engage in group improvisation. After a little food and a lot of catching-up we headed to our venue for soundcheck. The venue was an unused building, which lended a very industrial feel to the evening. Opening the show were the Friction Brothers who are from Chicago. They are a trio of cello, percussion and dry-ice. Yes, dry-ice! One of the members uses dry-ice as a sound producing device. You just have to see it.... A truly stunning performance that left most in attendance, awe-struck. PAS and I were next. Our set consisted of Robert and Amber improvising over my processed beats. It was one of the most enjoyable performances I have had. Following us were the nights featured artists, Vultures. Four guys and more gear than you can imagine; bass guitar, ten-speed bicycle, modular synths, computer and lots of little noisemakers. They put it all to use to create amazing soundscapes. Dense and layered their improvisatoions feel and sound more like compositions as opposed to on the spot creations. Group improv, doesn't get any better than this! We then joined Vultures for a large group improv. I was honored that Vultures would invite me to join them. We did two pieces together. The first was a beatless excurion into unknown worlds. The second featured industrial beats forming the basis for a white hot blast of industrial/krautrock.