If you're looking for a show, please contact me @ [email protected] . you can also contact me via AIM @ thattallboy777 PLEASE TAKE IN MIND THAT I DO NOT BOOK GENERIC MUSIC... so if you're one of the thousand bands trying to rip off Converge, then you can fuck off.
PLEASE CHECK OUT/BEFRIEND MY NEW YOUTUBE.COM CHANNEL for videos of Valkyrie, Unearthly Trance, Test-Site, Earthride, A.M. Salad, and more!!!: www.youtube.com/detournemont
here is footage of the Twenty Buck Spin II festival of 2005 (courtesy of Greg Perry / Tubevision :
Detournemont Productions evolved in 2000 when I started attending Goucher College. Due to being able to use space for free through a student organization I started, I decided to get involved with creating shows to support independent bands and performers. Over the years, I have booked everything from house shows to large club shows to large hall shows to shows in cafes. Emphasis has been put on creating shows with bands of different genres to incorporate the beauty of diversity within the independent music scene, establish appreciation for various musical styles, and expose new music to virgin ears. Recently, my attention has been focused on creating a multimedia impact at shows by incorporating film showings with performances. However, I've had to slow down due to finishing my last semester of college due to the workload.
I have always prefered to not do guarantees for bands/performers. I have always done my best to promote shows within my busy schedule as a student.
Detournemont Media evolved in 2006 when I wanted to self-release a split tape with my label partner at the time, Jason Seechuk. Detournemont Media's purpose is to promote progressive and experimental music through personalized packaging while establishing connections abroad. The label plans to focus its bigger releases by promoting overseas artists that deserve more recognition in the United States. The label strives to work on a friendly relationship with the artists it supports. These releases are solely available at shows that I perform at or through the other artists involved. However, I plan to have these releases available through my own mailorder soon using paypal. CD and CDr releases will soon be available through interpunk.com as well. Detournemont Media IS NOT a business. I don't care about profit. I care about promoting the music and art that's being released. Therefore, most releases are available at very reasonable costs.
Our releases to date have been:
dt-01: Nuss/Sere c30 (100 copies in standard cassette cases, no longer available)
dt-02: Piasa "On Broken Bones" CDr (86 copies, in stenciled/spray painted USPS sleeves, spray painted CDrs, no longer available)
dt-03: Kurse Go Back + Piasa collaboration CDr (100 copies, screened and spray painted CDrs, no label info included, no longer available)
dt-06: Realicide / Piasa c30 (100 copies in standard cassette cases)
dt-07: Shinryu-ken "s/t" Africa only CDr (80 copies distributed for free in the country of Senegal, not available anywhere but Senegal)
currently available at Record and Tape Exchange / RTX Records (9448 Main St. Fairfax, VA) or through paypal/trade:
dt-04: $5: Detournemont presents: Music for Treacherous Times Revised edition CDr (limited to 200, available in the uniquely packaged, experimental section in the back of RTX Records; all proceeds go to Breast Cancer research)
Unfortunately, a couple of production errors occurred that went unnoticed until the CDr went into distribution. I admit that this is completely my fault, and I've chalked it up as a learning experience. One track was repeated and somehow a track that wasn't even supposed to be on the compilation ended up on there underneath another name.
This compilation was the result of a desire to create a compilation of extreme music that featured the works of noise and ambient artists between the tracks of sludge, punk, metal, rock, and grind bands to give the compilation a unique feel. Most of the CD features bands and artists from the DC/VA area, but out of town favorites klike King Shit (Nashville), Ox (member of Sons of Otis, Canada), the Black Spoon Brigade (New Jersey), and Failure to Comply (Tennessee) were included on the compilation as well. The disc was mastered by Ben of Aeternus Animus. The CDr comes in a poly sleeve with inserts.
Note: If you have one of the unrevised editions (the CDr face is not a paper label/tracks 17 & 18 repeat) and would like one of the revised ones, I will happily mail one to you. Just e-mail me @ [email protected]
Here is the tracklisting:
1) King Shit - "The Crowning" 2) Cough - "288 Years of Sin" 3) Tenth Key - "Whiskey" 4) Swords - "Totally Werewolf" 5) the Black Spoon Brigade - "Delusions of Grandeur" 6) Bastet - "Fog the Emperor Out" 7) Admiral Browning with Steven F. Kerchner - "Bukwas" 8) Ox - "The Horror" 9) Acheronian - "Playing God" 10) Pat Paul - "Of Hopes and Fears" 11) Durga Temple - "J ay's Knife" 12) Nuss - "Safe Haven" 13) Vog - "Like the Sky Above" (old version) 14) Sere - "Autoerotic Response" 15) The Tenth Key - "After the Feast" 16) Hoarse Pill - "Distinction" 17) The Seventh Gate - "Black Tongued Truths" 18) Fasapa - "Hip Shooter" 19) Ol' Scratch - "Cycles" 20) Damian Languell - "Camptown House" 21) Failure to Comply - "Disavowel"
dt-05: $3: Bobby Vomit / ++ (aka shin nihon shinto) tape (100 copies in standard cassette cases with color inserts; available on side wall in RTX Records)
The story of the Jandek record that has been all over the place, pissed on, and manipulated finds its documentation in Nate's manipulation of the record as Bobby Vomit. His side starts off with him pissing on the record and then it being manipulated with turntablism guru, Nate, dominating the wax for a harsh and absurd noise track entitled "Pissing on Jandek." Shin Nihon Shinto (previously known as "++") is a mysterious, Japanese noisician, who provides two tracks of raw Japanese noise named in letter and number sequences. One track sounds like the soundtrack for an industrial armageddon while the other track provides an aura of psychedelic ambience that transcends space and time. This release is highly recommended for fans of turntablism and Japanese noise.
dt-08: $3: The Xanax Diaries: The Split Channel Debauchery of Nuss and Acheronian c30 (available on the side wall in RTX Records)
Two of Piasa's most notorious noise scoundrels got their grubby hands on a decent amount of Xanax and alcohol and threw down 2 split channel harsh drone tracks.... "The Pursuit of Happiness" by Nuss and "Miss Everything / Social Rape" by Acheronian. The cassette is presented in cases w/ cardstock insert. Xanax is not included. Sorry... hit up your local spot.
dt-10: $3: Legless CDr - "Conqueror Worm" (limited to 50 copies in slim jewel cases)
Danny Propert (formerly of the New Flesh) provides an epic, harsh noise track of guitar noise, feedback manipulation, junk sounds, and samples. This track is the soundtrack to the apocalypse. The end is near.
DETOURNEMONT INTERNATIONAL MUSIC DISTRIBUTION:
I am interested in distributing foreign releases in the United States. Please do not contact me about domestic distribution. I am mainly interested in distributing foreign black metal, harsh noise, power electronics, experimental, doom, sludge, d-beat, etc. If you're interested in purchasing any of these, please don't hesitate to contact me @ [email protected] Unfortunately, I cannot trade with anybody in Germany anymore due to the German government confiscating goods viewed to be "propaganda." This really sucks. Please let me know if there are other countries that confiscate exported items.
These releases are currently available at the shows above as well as Pastures/Shinryu-ken/Nuss shows ( www.myspace.com/pieuhsaw )shows:
Glaukom Synod - Hydrocephalizer CDr (dark, terrorifying soundscapes from France) - $6
Glaukom Synod - Obsessism XXIII CDr (grim, haunting early industrial influenced sounds from France) - $6
Impureza - Inquisition: the demo years (crushing French death metal) - $6
Asguard "Dreamslave Awakening" CD and DVD (melodic, thrash, blackened metal from Belarus)
upcoming releases include:
dt-09: Twilight Memories of the Three Suns DVDr (50 copies, check it out on youtube.com in the meanwhile; this release has been postponed due to more videos being added to the release)
dt-11: Vedmak "Amaka Hehabucmu" (fierce & raw black/death metal from the Russian Federation; US release; limited to 100 CDrs in standard CD cases w/ pro tray cards & stickers, available in mid April of 2008)
dt-12: Realicide / Half Gorilla 7" (available in late May of 2008)
dt-13: Incinerad (Brazilian black/death metal) / Freehand Arson (local death metal) / TBA - 3 way split CDr (limited to 100 copies in standard CD cases w/ pro tray cards and stickers)
dt-14: Shinryu-ken TBA c20s/CDrs (limited to 36 c20s and 36 CDrs in recycled packaging)
dt-15: Empowerment Through Extremity Fest DVDr - featuring sets from Social Junk (WV), Kakerlak (Baltimore), AM Salad (Baltimore), Caustic Castle (Richmond), Amrita K. Dang (Baltimore), Twilight Memories of the Three Suns (DC), Pastures (Baltimore/DC), wm mansfield (DC)
dt-16: Nuss DVDr - "Submit to Her" - amateur catfight, digitally manipulated with 45 mins. of harsh drone (available early Fall of 2008)
