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On July 31st, Bank Holiday Saturday, Neuromantek & Psychonavigation
present an Ai Records showcase featuring
FZV (live)
YELLOTONE (live)
+ support DJs
in The Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2. Doors are at 8pm, and
it's only a tenner in before 10pm (15 euro after that--Sugar Club policy,
not our choice).
The two will also be doing a live in-store appearance in Tower Records
(Wicklow Street, Dublin 2) on the same day at 3pm.
Hope to see you at both.
Neuromantek & Psychonavigation
************************ Artist Biogs and info ***********************
* FZV
Originally a classically-trained violinist, Richard D Herbert became
disaffected with the timbral range of the instrument and moved (via the
electric guitar) to the more flexible medium of electronics. Named for an
MS-DOS file generated when you dump sample data from a Casio FZ-series
sampler onto a PC, but don't let this put you off!
His early recordings, using tape loops and guitar effects, at the start of
the '90s were influenced by the likes of Coil, SPK and :zoviet*france:.
Following his acquisition of an Atari STE, he has progressed to
sequencer-based electronica, techno and drum'n'bass, all the while
retaining some of his early industrial influences.
* Praise for the album "Precedent" (Ron Scheper, Absorb Magazine, May 2004):
Quickly now. Name the artist known for superb Warp-styled IDM, industrial
machine beats, and track titles like "Iso_r2", "Amlgm2" and "Col Modulus".
Of course, the answer's obviously FZV. Even a cursory listen confirms that
"Precedent", the first full-length from FZV (Richard Herbert) on the superb
Ai Records label, aligns itself with the "Artificial Intelligence" era of
drum machines and analog synths popularized by Aphex Twin, Bola, and
Autechre.
* Praise for the EP "Enclosure" (www.boomkat.com):
Ai's latest discovery, showcasing a harder strain of the acid virus,
suggesting sounds and directions still to be explored by this much-admired
young label. FZV's "Big Dark Room" was one of the highlights of the "New
Town" compilation, and here the man returns to throw disciplines from
techno, breaks, electro and acid into the blender to deliver five tracks of
dark electronic vision. Simple reverbed vocal samples and subtle noises
all combine with the main ingredients to deliver an ace finish to the
far-reaching attitude of this EP.
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* YELLOTONE
One of Ai's leading and most prolific artists, Yellotone is well known from
repeated airplay by Donal Dineen in his late-hour slot on Today FM. As
well as appearing on various Ai compilations, he has released several
lovely ambient but danceable EPs on the label, including the well-known
"Geen Mayo" (Ai 004). Yellotone (real name Simon Harding) plays his own
guitar, bass, drums and keyboards, and is influenced by a diverse range of
artists, producing a light-hearted brew from a minty selection of
home-grown samples. His first album was known only by its catalogue number
"CD1", but despite the name, this low-fi collection scored an Ibiza anthem
in "Mumra" and hits in "When We Danced" and "In Flight Owl".
* Praise for the "Geen Mayo" EP (Sam at www.tesselate.co.uk)
"Morning Buns" entices you in with a lovely, ever-so-slightly fuzzy guitar
chord strumming away; the hissy drumbeat joins in and then the bassline
erupts. You know a track is going to be a classic when your head nods by
itself.
Imagine sitting aboard a robot transport vehicle, and the droid next to you
has "Morning Buns" playing on his internal sound system. As you lean over
to get a better earful, the sounds of the vehicle's treads bashing on the
metallic road create a ticky drumbeat to accompany the track. Lasers flow
over the transporter, scanning for viruses, and sparkle off the circuit
boards filling the air with a spangly liquid cloud of audio beauty.
Unluckily, you arrive at your destination and head off to work. Amazing
track.
The title track "Geen Mayo" bangs into action, dropping huge bombs of bass
and leaving holes in its path. The percussion is as smooth as a human eye
and the bassline has a very classic electronic feel. Another guitar line
joins in, and once again works so well, twanging away over the dampened
subby undertones. A more rampant chordy beat comes into play at the end,
taking the track into the sunshine-enabled waiting room at Ai Substation B.
Just excellent.
Ai records have a deal with the devil, or something along those lines,
because every release is killer, and this is no exception. Yellotone
brings another element to the Ai fold, using beautiul guitar lines and
chilled percussion, creating tracks that are nothing short of classic.
Insanely good label, insanely good artist--that's all there is to be said.
present an Ai Records showcase featuring
FZV (live)
YELLOTONE (live)
+ support DJs
in The Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2. Doors are at 8pm, and
it's only a tenner in before 10pm (15 euro after that--Sugar Club policy,
not our choice).
The two will also be doing a live in-store appearance in Tower Records
(Wicklow Street, Dublin 2) on the same day at 3pm.
Hope to see you at both.
Neuromantek & Psychonavigation
************************ Artist Biogs and info ***********************
* FZV
Originally a classically-trained violinist, Richard D Herbert became
disaffected with the timbral range of the instrument and moved (via the
electric guitar) to the more flexible medium of electronics. Named for an
MS-DOS file generated when you dump sample data from a Casio FZ-series
sampler onto a PC, but don't let this put you off!
His early recordings, using tape loops and guitar effects, at the start of
the '90s were influenced by the likes of Coil, SPK and :zoviet*france:.
Following his acquisition of an Atari STE, he has progressed to
sequencer-based electronica, techno and drum'n'bass, all the while
retaining some of his early industrial influences.
* Praise for the album "Precedent" (Ron Scheper, Absorb Magazine, May 2004):
Quickly now. Name the artist known for superb Warp-styled IDM, industrial
machine beats, and track titles like "Iso_r2", "Amlgm2" and "Col Modulus".
Of course, the answer's obviously FZV. Even a cursory listen confirms that
"Precedent", the first full-length from FZV (Richard Herbert) on the superb
Ai Records label, aligns itself with the "Artificial Intelligence" era of
drum machines and analog synths popularized by Aphex Twin, Bola, and
Autechre.
* Praise for the EP "Enclosure" (www.boomkat.com):
Ai's latest discovery, showcasing a harder strain of the acid virus,
suggesting sounds and directions still to be explored by this much-admired
young label. FZV's "Big Dark Room" was one of the highlights of the "New
Town" compilation, and here the man returns to throw disciplines from
techno, breaks, electro and acid into the blender to deliver five tracks of
dark electronic vision. Simple reverbed vocal samples and subtle noises
all combine with the main ingredients to deliver an ace finish to the
far-reaching attitude of this EP.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
* YELLOTONE
One of Ai's leading and most prolific artists, Yellotone is well known from
repeated airplay by Donal Dineen in his late-hour slot on Today FM. As
well as appearing on various Ai compilations, he has released several
lovely ambient but danceable EPs on the label, including the well-known
"Geen Mayo" (Ai 004). Yellotone (real name Simon Harding) plays his own
guitar, bass, drums and keyboards, and is influenced by a diverse range of
artists, producing a light-hearted brew from a minty selection of
home-grown samples. His first album was known only by its catalogue number
"CD1", but despite the name, this low-fi collection scored an Ibiza anthem
in "Mumra" and hits in "When We Danced" and "In Flight Owl".
* Praise for the "Geen Mayo" EP (Sam at www.tesselate.co.uk)
"Morning Buns" entices you in with a lovely, ever-so-slightly fuzzy guitar
chord strumming away; the hissy drumbeat joins in and then the bassline
erupts. You know a track is going to be a classic when your head nods by
itself.
Imagine sitting aboard a robot transport vehicle, and the droid next to you
has "Morning Buns" playing on his internal sound system. As you lean over
to get a better earful, the sounds of the vehicle's treads bashing on the
metallic road create a ticky drumbeat to accompany the track. Lasers flow
over the transporter, scanning for viruses, and sparkle off the circuit
boards filling the air with a spangly liquid cloud of audio beauty.
Unluckily, you arrive at your destination and head off to work. Amazing
track.
The title track "Geen Mayo" bangs into action, dropping huge bombs of bass
and leaving holes in its path. The percussion is as smooth as a human eye
and the bassline has a very classic electronic feel. Another guitar line
joins in, and once again works so well, twanging away over the dampened
subby undertones. A more rampant chordy beat comes into play at the end,
taking the track into the sunshine-enabled waiting room at Ai Substation B.
Just excellent.
Ai records have a deal with the devil, or something along those lines,
because every release is killer, and this is no exception. Yellotone
brings another element to the Ai fold, using beautiul guitar lines and
chilled percussion, creating tracks that are nothing short of classic.
Insanely good label, insanely good artist--that's all there is to be said.
