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FONIK

Formed by ex - members of Psychiatric Challenge to carry on the performance and promotion of
alternative, experimental forms of music and improvisation. They have releases on Electronic Musik,
Casual Seizures, Earth Monkey & Knife in the Toaster.

Ian and Harry also guest occasionally with (the very wonderful) Gnod .

Dowload FREE Fonik tracks (includes 3 full gigs) by clicking here

Fonik have performed with / alongside, amongst others, the following....

Evan Parker Damo Suzuki Frakture Big Band Eddie Prevost Orion Arm Towering Breaker Alexander Von Schlippenbach A Middle Sex Bark ! Gnod Fallen Brothers Solar Fire Trio / Duo The A Band Blood Moon Alan Wilkinson Janek Schaefer Poltergroom Jackson, Dean, Mitchell Hesketh Action Beat One Ensemble Spoils & Ruins Joe Williamson Beach Fuzz Thee Moths Ford Maddox Brown Pete Um Hyena Pandacetamol The Long Tail Whores of Meggidddo Parting the Wild Horses Mane SonVer Clutter Rex Casswell Agripon Duet for Theremin & Lapsteel The Tajalli Vortex The Cardboard Lung Ashtray Navigations Lanterns I'm Being Good Serfs Noise Club Lol Coxhill The Telescopes Paul Obermayer David Thomas Broughton Cooper Jones Good Noise Bad Noise Chora Sann Yasin Zaum Gimp Nipples Mark Wastell Paul Rutherford Simon Rose Baltic Fleet Designer Babies John Russell Astral Social Club Ray Dickaty Phil Marks Johnathan Raisin Mick Beck Petals Keith Rowe John Scott FSTE 100 Rhodri Davis Colin Potter Horse Hair Julia Neagle The Good Anna Smear Campaign Stuckometer RPM

CD's are available from Electronic Musik , e mail for details.

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
The performance shown above from the Grapes is actually the members of FONIK. It was billed as Psychiatric Challenge before the decision not to carry on gigging under that name. Also features Pascal from Stuckometer !

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/30/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/electronicmusiklabel
Band Members: Ian Simpson - prepared lapsteel / electronics
Harry Gallimore - electronics
With occasional guests

Influences: Stockhausen, Derek bailey, Groundhogs, The Fall, Keith Rowe, AMM, Hawkwind, MEV, Evan Parker, John Russell, Ligeti, Borbetomagus, Revolution 9, Captain Beefheart, Hendrix,The Boredoms, Janis Joplin, Sonic Youth, Xenakis, Nono, Faust, Can, Neu!, Fred Frith, Joy Division, Henry Cow, Ivor Cutler, Iskra, Boulez, Bill Evans, Anthony Braxton, Eugene Chadbourne, Throbbing Gristle, Arvo Paart, Eric Bourdens War, The Beatles, John Cale, LFO, Tony TS McPhee, Caberet Voltaire, Zappa, John Zorn, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Steve Reich, Kraan, Kraftwerk, Guru Guru, Amon Duul, Bach, John Mayall, Peter Green, Polar Bear, Dragon Break, Lemmy, John Peel, Webern, Bartok, George Melly, Nick Drake, Crispy Ambulance, Nik Turner, Del Detmar, Dik Mik, Crass, JG Ballard, Nurse with Wound, Soft machine, Egg, Hatfield and the North, Magazine, Buzzcocks, The Fall, Gong, Here & Now, Archie Shepp, E.A.R., Spring Heel Jack, Eat Static, Ozrics, Tangerine Dream, DJ Vadim, FSOL, Micheal Tippet, Charlie Parker, Cream, Centrozoom, The noise of industry, The Byrds, SRV, System 7, Steve Hillage, Pierre Henry, Nirvana, Neil Young and Crazyhorse, Massive Attack, 13th Floor Elevators, The Seeds, Pink Fairies, Fairport Convention, Kraan, Mothers of Invention, Spacemen 3, Little Feat, Son House, John Martyn, John Stevens, Naked City, Thr Ruins etc etc etc

CURRENT MOON moon phases:

Sounds Like: we need locking up ........
Record Label: Electronic Musik, Casual Seizures, Earth Monkey
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Pyramid 5 Festival Review

FIFTH FESTIVAL of ALTERNATIVE MUSICAL FORMS (Warrington Pyramid, 21 June 2008) This event began at three in the afternoon and was a succession of twelve different improvising or alternative music grou...
Posted by Fonik on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 03:49:00 PST

Check out this event: New Releases from EMP

Hosted By: Earth Monkey Productions When: 26 Jun 2008, 03:00Where la142reUnited KingdomDescription:Earth Monkey Productions Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Fonik on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:53:00 PST

New releases on Earth Monkey

Fonik have new releases on the very mravelous 'Earth Monkey' label. Earth Monkey Productions Theres a full length cd and a track on their 4th coming compilation. Thanks to Shaun (as always) ...
Posted by Fonik on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:04:00 PST

Importance of Being Analogue 3rd May

MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY'S FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AND RED OFFICE , IN ASSOCIATION WITH FUTURESONIC2008 PRESENTS ........ "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ANALOGUE" an interactive radioph...
Posted by Fonik on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:37:00 PST

New Fonik / Bacillus split cdr

There is new Fonik release on Electronic Musik. Its a split with Bacillus and features a live performance from Fonik from 2006 with Pascal Nichols !! The Bacillus is a studio piece from 2008. Go to ww...
Posted by Fonik on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:56:00 PST

Gnod at Cafe Saki

Last nights performance at Cafe Saki as guests of Gnod was undoubtably a triumph. A seamless blend of free improv / jam band / tribal sensebilities left me buzzing for hours on end. Gnod wil...
Posted by Fonik on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:28:00 PST

Fonik with the Frakture BB + Eddie Prevost

On the 27th of March Fonik will be playing as part of the Frakture Big Band . Frakture Big Band performers on that night will be as follows..... ..> ..> Stage Name Instrument Phil Morton Acci...
Posted by Fonik on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:05:00 PST

Gnod plus Fonik

I have uploaded a clip from Gnod's gig at the Pyramid from January 2008. It features Ian and Harry as Gnod kindly let us play with them. It was a magical experience !! Del from Gnod has said it ...
Posted by Fonik on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 07:17:00 PST

The secong Fonik ep on 3" cdr

There is a secong Fonik 3" cdr now available from Electronic Musik ( www.myspace.com/electronicmusiklabel ) Entitled 'Sounding Second' it was recorded at The Britons Protection in January 2008. It has...
Posted by Fonik on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:00:00 PST

New Fonik 3" cdr on Electronic Musik

There is a new EP from Fonik on 3" cdr. It was recorded at the Britons Protection gig last Wednesday (23rd Jan) and coprises the second set from that night. it is £2.00 plus p+p and is entitled...
Posted by Fonik on Sat, 26 Jan 2008 06:01:00 PST