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BIT-PHALANX LIVE NEWS!
Bit-Phalanx & Friends take over Camden, Friday August 22nd!!!
What took Bit-Phalanx so long to get a gig in Camden then? Well, we wanted to make sure we got the best place possible for our troops... and we finally have.
On Friday, August 22nd 2008, two of Bit-P's veterans will be taking the stage at the delicious and oh-so healthy InSpiral lounge cafe in Camden for a night of uplifting and delightful electronic-tinged live music. (For Electronica enthusiasts out there... you know your in good hands at a cafe responsible for the legendary chill-out zone, IDspiral, at the UKs only prodiminantly electronica & dance festival, Glade!)
On the night we are happy to be able to bring you two mighty fine special guests as well. An old friend of Bit-P's, Wrong Music's very own live Sitar & Beats guru, Hot Roddy.
As well as Mr Roddy, A new aquaintance of Bit-P's... The Tenorions. Three beautiful young ladies who've taken the most advanced gadget that music nerds normally would have to save a months salary for (The Tenori-On) and created a name for them selves accross Europe with their own unique brand of throbbing electronica.
So, what's in store for the whole night then?
Live:
- PORTMANTEAU (Bit-P's clashing, neon, electro-junkies, with live multimedia visuals galore!)
- The TENORIONS (3 beautiful girls, 3 flashing gadgets of throbbing electro!)
- T-TOE (Bit-P's veteran Trombone tooting, grimey electro-dubstepper.)
- HOT RODDY. (Wrong Music's Sitar-plucking electro guru)
PLUS... Bit-P DJs and live visuals courtesy of VJ ODL.
Oh... and did we mention??? IT'S FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-D
MORE DETAILS COMING SOON!
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BIT-PHALANX UPDATE!
So yes... for those following Bit-Phalanx's live activitiy in 2008 so far, may have noticed a certain "Mr O" popping up on a few occaisions. Mr O is rather special to say the least... maker of deliciously textured, epic glitch-scapes capable of anything in between a low, rumbling haunt, to full on base assult - reminicent of a late 90's Autechre, you might say?
Well, following his appearance at BeatFeast in Reading, and Bit-P's May The 4th Be With You! in East London, it's Bit-P's long-overdue and utter delight to welcome Mr O formally into our ranks, and under our merry old Umbrella.
We do whole heartedly suggest you check out the O'ster's Myspace for a selection of his crispy delights.
- Mr O
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Bit-Phalanx:
- Bit: Dictionary definitions:
1. A short time: Wait a bit.
2. Stereotypic or habitual set of behaviors, attitudes, or styles associated with an individual, role, situation, etc.: the whole Wall Street bit.
3. Anything that curbs or restrains.
4. Also called binary digit. A single, basic unit of information, used in connection with computers and information theory.
- Phalanx: Dictionary definitions:
1. Any body of troops in close array.
2. A number of individuals, esp. persons united for a common purpose.
Bit-Phalanx brings together unsigned recording / live artists who have their feet firmly rooted in electronic sounds. The direction their branches grow in though is entirely their own, and unique to each and every one of them.
Folk. Breakcore. Classical. Drum&Bass. Whatever - The directions vary extremely...
It is our aim to give unsigned talent that adheres to the above formula a platform for their work, and an umbrella-group to be part of, to hopefully get them where they so rightly deserve.
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NEWS: Bit-P Releases... FINALLY! -
So, Bit-P has had a little break over the last few weeks following our triumphant New Years Eve Dirty Clean, but we're back and getting the ball rolling, 2008 stylee.
What better way to start the new year with some long over due physical fabulousness in the form of some actual releases from the Bit-P troops!
Former Clean performer and Airvent Media Ltd boss, Arctic Sunrise has been brewing up a little project for sometime now named Event White - A compilation of experiements into white noise, static and all sonically spellbinding and freeform by the clan of Airvent Media and some especially invited artists.
As well as a few other familar names from previous Clean events, Bit-P veteran Jilk finds himself comfortably in the middle of all the chaos on track 7 with 'Clostohouse'.
'Event White' is the 4th offical release from Airvent Media and will be released Mid-February through all your finest online retailers such as www.boomkat.com and Amazon, as well as direct from www.airvent-media.co.uk , and will be housed in a ltd hand painted digipack. Available for a limited time for Â£6.00 (which includes postage to anywhere in the world!)
Tracklist:
1. Arctic Sunrise - Intro
2. Crabman - Factory 50
3. Richard A Spears - My Antipathy
4. Russian Gas Supply - Ewin
5. MoQ - ToQ Sic BloQ
6. Arctic Sunrise - Machine Bliss
7. Jilk - Clostohouse
8. Somaticae - Variii (arctic sunrise remix)
9. Model Fighter - So Nice To Meet You
10. Attrition - Dead Of Night (special edit)
11. Circle Six - In Tow
12. Minuek - Untitled Event
13. Sveldt - Wht
14. Disastrato - minim_monot_repe_whit_(ff2-020den3)-cb
As well as Jilk finding his way onto a compilation, our favourite Lithuanian, IJO has produced a self-funded run of sexy 12" vinyl mini-albums, compiling some of his finest tracks from over the last few years.
IJO
(UNTITLED) LP
IJO 001
A1 Op-Quy
A2 Nachuy
A3 Implicomi_Nan
A4 Dow_
B1 Frequa Gembh
B2 Moise Drill 2
B3 (Unknown)
B4 Sypmo
This limited 12" is available directly from IJO's myspace for just Â£8.00 (incl postage). Click Here and Paypal your way to 12"'s of IJO!
MORE COMING VERY SOON!
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LAST LIVE EVENTS!
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Bit-Phalanx is here as a communication tool as well between the above artists/events for any form of collaboration, events, releases... whatever!
These guys are all hungry for live action, or infact, suggestions of nearly any electronic-music related kind... Like what you hear? Drop us a line!
Contact:
[email protected]
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ROLL UP! ROLL UP! - The Clean Emporium has some new booty!
Friends,
Four Clean nights on, and it's time for another little celebration.
Following our release of {Memento}, Clean's first compilation CD of the acts featured from our first two events, we're forming something of a tradition now with our latest edition to the Clean back-catalogue...
We're pleased to present... '{Vestige} A Selection from the clan of Clean 3 & 4.' - Our 2nd compilation CD featuring, well... tracks from the guys of Clean 3 & 4 of course!
Tracklist:
1, I Am Gargamel Calculator, Private Detective!
- The Man From Uncle Sam (Bongs for Browns Mix)
2, Hot Roddy - Magnum Please
3, VagrantGenius - Redder Than You
4, Black Victory - Yours, Panther
5, ViraCocha - Fist Of Fury
6, Edd Keene - Quercus
7, Fields Of Barley - Little Fellows
8, A Broken Frame - Qiyamat
9, star delta - Deep and Meaningless
10, Portmanteau - Air Into Thin Air
As before... We just want to warmly remind you that Clean is a totally non-profit organisation. All the artists have happily donated their tracks for {Memento}, and all profits made from this CD (and any future releases) go straight back into funding the following ones!
So... How do you get your hands on this little gem? Just like before... We've set up a secure PayPal option to click, pay just Â£3.00 (incl. UK postage) and we'll get the CD out to you as soon as humanly possible.
BUY: {Vestige} Clean 2 Compilation CD - clnngtCD2 - Â£3.00
As well as {Vestige}... We still have a few copies of our first compilation CD, '{Memento} A selection from the clan of clean 1 & 2' left...
So, again... for three of your English pounds (UK Postage incl.)...
Clean - {Memento} - A selection from the clan of Clean 1 & 2.
(Cat no: clnngtCD1.)
Click cover art for official www.discogs.com listing.
1, T-toe - Le Beau Gateaux
2, AmpUT - Talk Is Cheap (Blazing Swords Remix)
3, IJO - Sypmo
4, Hector Osbert - Xzeta
5, Jilk - My Techno Heart Melts Your Emo Dribble
6, Tuln-FÃ©e - Avaloliteshrava
7, Most Valuable Mono - Burial At Sea
8, Minuek - My Eyes Hurt
9, Arctic Sunrise - A23
10, Model Fighter - A Small Pod Of Birds
BUY: {Memento} Clean 1 Compilation CD - clnngtCD1 - Â£3.00:
BUT WAIT... We're not done...
We have a ***SPECIAL OFFER!***
If you don't have either CD, but won't them both, let us save you a whole pound...
BUY:{Menento} & {Vestige} Clean CD 1 & 2 compilation CDs - clnngtCD1 & CD2 - Â£5.00 SPECIAL OFFER (UK Postage incl.):
All the above items will ship these out to you with immediate effect (UK only. Any overseas customers, please contact us before purchasing so we can make necessary arrangements.)
Happy shopping! :-D
Onwards & Upwards!
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MORE INFO TO COME SOON
Founder:
- OneLittleSpaceman.
Bit-P vs. Ibetya, Reading.
Portmanteau @ Clean 3, Coventry. 01/07/07.
IJO @ IBETYA "Open Laptop Sessions", Afroba, Reading. 07/06/07:
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T-toe @ Boggle, Bristol. 03/05/07:
T-toe @ Detonate. 27/04/07:
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Tulin-FÃ©e @ Clean 2. 22/04/07:
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IJO @ KillAllDrummers. 27/03/07:
Jilk (ft. Tulin FÃ©e) @ Leonards. Feb 2007:
Jilk @ Clean 1. 11/02/07:
DJ star delta @ Clean 2. 22/04/07:
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Member Since: 3/2/2007
Band Website: myspace.com/bitphalanx
Band Members: Artists:

NEW RECRUIT:

- Mr O.

Hyper modern, deeply textured and exotic melodic-glitch from South London based Mr O. Having been slowly building up a bit of a back catalogue of material and live dates over the last few years, Bit-P's ears were pricked up by the talents of this guy and quickly coaxed him in for a serious of live dates. Bit-P is pleased and proud to officially welcome Mr O under our umbrella.

THE VETERANS:
- Jilk.

Domestic folk-tronic ambience... with balls. Bristol based, but Midland born Jilk fuses a bewildering collage of homefound sounds with the ambient sound scapes of washy synths, insect-like clicks & cuts, and basslines to get any heads-a-bobbing. Frequently joined live with an Accompanying fairy-princess live electro/acoustic Violinist (The one and only Tulin-FÃ©e), Jilk's live sound has developed in to a warm womb of something very special. The sound of Jellybabies in Tin-wellington boots at an arctic rave, you might say!? Crowds at line-up appearances with the likes of Luke Vibert, Shitmat and headlining slots at 93Ft East & 333 in Shoreditch, may also agree.

- T-toe.

The heart of a D'n'B raver, youth of a marching band and classically training, and the greatest lost pop melodies have all brewed together to form T-toe, your friendly local, electro-Breakcore/Dubstep-Trombonist! (Yes, ANOTHER one! ;-D) Expertly produced but with his tongue firmly in cheek (when not down the trombone), T-toe has been solidifying his reputation as a future force to be reckoned with thanks to some amazing support slots with the likes of Plaid, Radioactive Man and Si Begg and many other memorable gigs in 2007.

- IJO.

Lithuania's finest export, and something of an upcoming legend back in his home country, IJO (pronounced: "Ee-yo") planted lasting impressions on his home turf with his brooding Acid-Jazz, dark ambiance and spiralling, killer Drill & Bass, partly thanks to several digital-label releases in Europe and support slots with legends like Ceephax Acid Crew, Murcof, FunkstÃ¶rung, and The Doubtful Guest. In 2006, IJO decided to give London a try, and thus very competantly brings a welcome injection of balls & courage the Bit-P line-up.

- Tulin-FÃ©e.

Classical solo violin squares up to cut'n'paste-tronica. A formal, musical education clashing with the rebelion & freedom of modern electronic textures which form Echoes of Steve Reich, but in an undeniably unqiue form. As a frequenting guest of a certain Mr Jilk, our dear Tulin-FÃ©e ("Tulin" like Tulip. "FÃ©e" like "Fay" or, more specifically like the "Feh-" in "Ferry" - It's French for "Fairy"!) supplies a charmingly "plugged" injection of acoustic classical/folk to his soundscapes, but her time to go solo is now.

- Portmanteau.

Two men in the form of a blur of clashing neon electro dittos of Oxfordshire heritage but current Bristol dwellings. Having come to Bit-P's attention courtesy of a bewildering set at Clean 3, we swiftly kidnapped Portmanteau, squeezed them on to bills with A Guy Called Gerald and Kid Carpet amongst others, and moulded them as one of our own.

- Hector Osbert.

The sonic equivilant of a cute kitten with ADD pissing around with a ball of wool. Possibly Egypts only electronic export... Punk-at-heart Hector Osbert scratches, crawls, licks and oozes his way through a sonic rainbow, aided with *gasp* a guitar!

- Black Victory.

He comes from a future were Michael J Fox races Robocop on hoverboards, and where a car is simply not-pimped unless it has a chrome finished flux-capacator with embossed logoing... Or, err... a little north of Manchester. Where ever he is from... the beats are dirty, the drops are sexy and the kicks are charged with more volts than aforementioned flux-capacator! Bit-P is proud to have Black Victory as our honorary Northener!

Bit-Phalanx Resident DJ:

- DJ star delta.

With a deep passion for djing vinyl, star delta has developed his own style of mixing electronica. Not happy with blending or cutting the tracks like most other electronica djs he has taken many hours working out a system where every tune can be beat matched perfectly staying true to his roots as a dj opposed to a selector. Though loving electronica in all its forms star delta describes his sound as melodic electronic, playing tunes that are crunchy, off beat, quirky, tuneful and still large enough to be played in night clubs.

Bit-P Resident VJ:

- VJ ODL.

After coming on-board last minute for Bit-P's debut London showcase, ODL left all awestruck with a stunning array or mind-melting acidic visuals that flew us over city-scapes, warped squirrels beyond recognition, made Elephants dance to breakcore and everything in between. West London's very own premier VJ found a rightful Umbrella to perch under as Bit-P's latest recruit and very own resident VJ.

Related events:

- Clean (@Browns, Coventry).

As well as giving artists a platform individually, Bit-Phalanx also has a base in the midlands in Browns Independent Bar , and together form Clean, a bi-monthly, non-profit night of Live music by specially invited, local (and sometimes not-so-local) unsigned Electronic talent.

Clean also gives an oppertunity for artists of a more visual sense a platform to co-incide with the live brouhaha... Infact, almost anything goes!

Resident Venues:

- Ginglik, Shepherds Bush, London.
- Browns Independent Bar, Coventry.

Founder:

- OneLittleSpaceman.
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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

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