Audio Poverty event: Berlin 6-9 Feb 2009

Audio Poverty » Event. I’ll be talking on “Misadventures in music blogging” at this festival, as well as chairing another talk and DJ-ing alongside Olaf Karnik (who has written a book on soundsystem culture in Germany) at the closing party. I’m very excited at being able to attend – the other participants include Kodwo Eshun, …

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Xmas Heatwave

Some good things to do between the dead time of the 25th and the obligatory “fun” of NYE. Both featuring the big bad juggling machine of badman commanders Heatwave.

DJing in Dalston tomorrow

Festive business for my friend Thor’s label. Come down and have some beers and hear me play some of my tunes of 2008. Blag Woofahs off me. That sort of thing. Cafe OTO | 18-22 Ashwin St | Dalston | London | E8 3DL http://www.cafeoto.co.uk/HighpointLowlife.shtm

harking back to the ark #2

‘Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry – burning down the Ark’ with Henk Targowski Saturday 29th November – 5pm Housmans Bookshop 5 Caledonian Road, Kings Cross, London N1 9DX http://www.housmans.com/ Black Ark photo by Peter Dean Rickards, afflictedyard.com Reggae producer Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is one of modern music’s undisputed legends; his groundbreaking production techniques proving hugely influential to …

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Spirit soundsystem benefit – Saturday

Solution Sounds Benefit Session 15 November 2008 Silent Whispers 21-23 Sedgwick Street Homerton E9 11pm – 6am £8.00 An update on the case, via Hackney Solidarity Group Bailiffs abandoned plans to take possession of Spirits shop on Monday (03/11/08) after a rally of local supporters collected on Broadway Market to show their support for one …

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Berlin: Datacide conference and party 31 Oct 08

Datacide is a magazine which emerged out of the more political techno subcultures in Europe in the 1990s. It has been characterized as a breakcore magazine but its sonic spectrum also covers industrial, speedcore, ragga jungle, dubstep, mash ups etc. But it is the political and cultural aspects which are most interesting for me – they …

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Datacide conference and party, Berlin, 31 October

  VENUE: K9 Kinzigstr.9 10247 Berlin-Friedrichshain Berlin  Doors open 15.00 Conference start at 15.30 CONFERENCE: Christoph Fringeli: Introduction A brief introduction to Datacide, where it’s coming from and a brief introduction to the new issue and the conference. Christoph Fringeli: Hedonism and Revolution Will true pleasure only exist after the revolution, or will it be …

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