Rocket Probes – July 2020 playlist

J. Zunz – Y / Four Women and Darkness
(Incredible second single of haunting repetitious electronic sounds by J. Zunz)
J. Zunz 

Petbrick – I Remixes
(The beast that is 'I" gets remixed by a hots of great artists)
Petbrick 

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Hell's Teetth (J. Zunz rework)
(Banging remix from Lorena of the mighty Pigs track...let's rock!)
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs

Och – Live at Riksgränsen 2015
(Can't wait to see this band live)
Och

Duma – Duma
(More unequalled sounds from the great Nyege Nyege)
Duma

Midnite Snake - He Ain't My Brother, He's Heavy
(Forgot all about this serious fuzz wah abuse on this until Cherrystones dropped it in a show recently...needs a first time on vinyl reissue)
Midnite Snake

Basement 5 - Paranoia Claustrophobia Dub
(Dubbed out postpunk...and Ian Green recommendation)
Basement 5 

Asimov – Flowers
(If Hawkwind came from Sweden)
Asimov And The Hidden Circus

OZO - Hydra
(Great stomp on this)
OZO

Kawabata, Pinhas, Mujica, Pereira, Higashi – Alturas
(All star jam)
Alturas

Jonas Munk – Cascade
(Kosmiche soundscape)
Jonas Munk

Kim Sun - The Man Who Must Leave
(Classic killer fuzz from 1969 South Korea)
Kim Sun

Shezmu – A Travers Les Lambeaux
(Doomed death from Canada)
Shezmu 

Tom Tom Club - L' Elephant
(Still sounds so fresh)
Tom Tom Club

Tornado Wallace – Midnight Mania
(Spaced machines on Optimo....nice Gnoomes recommendation)
Tornado Wallace

Robert Leiner – dromomania
(Krautified techdisco sounds from Sweden)
Robert Leiner

Embryo – Flute And Saz
(Track title says it all, though it missed out the wah)
Embryo

Laika - If You Miss (Laika Virgin Mix)
(Fuzzed rhythms form the mighty Laika)
Laika 

Lord High Fixers - Save My Soul
(The mighty Lord His Fixers covering the Wimple Winch Freakbeat classic!)
Lord High Fixers

Muslimgauze – Jazirat-Ul-Arab
(More infectious tribal soundcapes from the mighty Muslimgauze)
Muslimgauze

Country Joe and the Fish - Porpoise Mouth
(Fuzzed pop)
Country Joe and the Fish

Crazy Doberman – Illusory Expansion
(Freaked jazz immersions)
Crazy Doberman

Pan Ron – Don't Speak
(Cambodian psych-pop nugget)
Pan Ron 

Suuns and Jerusalem In My Heart -- 2amoutu I7tirakan
(Neu psych)
Suuns and Jerusalem In My Heart 

Julian's Treatment - Phantom City
(Great tribal drums on this sci-fi infused psych folk track from '71)
Julian's Treatment


Listen to our updated monthly 'Rocket Probes' Spotify playlist:





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Heaviest of Art interviews Adam from Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs about their sleeve for Viscerals

They say:

Psychedelic Death on a Silver Platter : 
A Conversation with Adam Ian Sykes of PIGSx7
The guitarist elaborates on the pairing of colossal sonics and enthralling visuals. 

Still from 'Rubbernecker' video by Rafael Bonilla Jr.
Earlier this year, UK unit PIGSx7 (Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs) had a well-rounded release cycle planned for the arrival of their latest composition Viscerals, which arrived on April 3rd via Rocket Recordings. An extensive North American tour, including an appearance at SXSW, reviews, music videos; everything was set to best support their 8-track maelstrom of psychedelic doom. As you'd come to expect, the COVID pandemic came and took those plans with it. 

Despite the shift in schedule, PIGSx7 remain steadfast in their support of Viscerals as the months continue to pass for it serves as their strongest effort to date. The multiple elements of doom, sludge, and punk present within the record come complemented by the vintage horror of Max Löffler, who's work has represented the likes of ELDER. TURNSTILE, and PHISH among many others. Together, the two have crafted a stimulating audiovisual experience that ranks high among 2020's psychedelic arena. 

We talk to PIGSx& guitarist Adam Ian Sykes about the band's visual approach to Viscerals months after many have basked in the heaviness:


‘Viscerals’ is months out and audiences worldwide have been able to engage with the material in their own respective manner. In doing your own personal insight, where do you see the record now compared to when you were putting it together? ...

Read the rest of this great article here: Heaviest of Art

Image above is the early sketch sleeve artist Max Löffler did for Viscerals

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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs announce Hell's Teeth single – listen to J. Zunz 'remix' bside

Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have announced the release of raucous new single 'Hell’s Teeth’ tomorrow (31st July).

The track is one of the many highlights of the latest album 'Viscerals'. With its headbanging, foot stomping, driving, low-slung guitar rhythm, booming drums and ‘Let’s Rock!’ moniker, the single is an ode to metal bands through the ages.

And that is not all – the bside features an exclusive rework of "Hell's Teeth' by fellow Rocket artist J.Zunz. 

J. Zunz is the solo project from Lorena Quintanilla – one half of Mexican duo ‘Lorelle Meets The Obsolete’ and is releasing her latest album 'Hibiscus' via Rocket on 21st August 2020.

Listen to J.Zunz's rework of 'Hell's Teeth exclusively here via Overblown

Overblown

This is what Lorena says about the remix:

"I love all the ‘Viscerals’ album but I especially like this song. I like the vocals and that short trippy instrumental part in the middle. So when I started working on the remix I knew that I would focus on those elements. I basically did an extended version of that short instrumental moment and deconstructed the vocals with effects, reverse and pitch shifters. Because of the lockdown, most of my equipment is not with me so I had to work with limited tools. The vocals are powerful and up front so somehow I was having in mind 'Time Is Money (Bastard)' by Swans." 

The single is released tomorrow via all streaming platforms.

You can also buy it and Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs album 'Viscerals' and J. Zunz's 'Hibiscus' from here: Rocket Bandcamp

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Petbrick announces mighty remix album

Petbrick have announced a mighty remix album of tracks taken from last years debut LP 'I'.

This list of artists involved are impressive and very diverse – and so are the results! The list of names reads: Nihiloxica, Fango, Psywarfare, Antoni Maiovvi, Naresh Ran, Shit and Shine, Stazma the Jungle Christ, Johnny Broke and Mudo.

You can listen to the incredible Fango remix via 'Torture The Artist's Soundcloud page: 

Torture the Artist

The remix album is available to buy on an extremely ltd edition of 50 cassettes in a holographic sleeve from here:

Bandcamp

And is available on all streaming platforms from Friday (31 July)

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Il Cibicida reviews Autotelia

They say:

Autotelia is a brand new project of one of the main animators of the neo-psychedelic scene of the last ten years, that is Demian Castellanos (The Oscillation, above all) and Tom Relleen, also The Oscillation and half of the duo Tomaga with Valentina Magaletti. The project takes its name from "autotelia", a term coined by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (born in 1934) in the context of the so-called "flow theory": in short, those who are autotelic have in themselves the ultimate or contingent purpose of their being and become. 

Far from the pretense of knowing and knowing everything, here - it must be said - we refer in this case to what is meant to be the search for "happiness", understood as the search for one's own identity in a process that you want to be free from any form of conditioning external. Castellanos himself, moreover, justifies the founding act of a new musical project precisely with the desire to feel free also from his own past and current experiences in the field of music, to devote himself to this new project in an evasive way.


I  is therefore an expression of a centrifugal force which, with a meditative and almost confessional approach, reaches deep space. The recordings have been held over the past two years, but a large part of the work is the result of improvised sessions, there are no particular cerebral processes and all of us listeners welcome him with open arms, as he deserves...

Read the rest here: Il Cibicida

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Watch Julie's Haircut lockdown live show in full

Watch Julie's Haircut's lockdown gig in Bologna on 5 July in full  – part of the Viralissima season

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NEOLYD reviews Autotelia's album 'I'

They say:

No guidelines or expectations. Seldom has the name of a band project so perfectly anticipated the inherent way of working. In principle, car hotel means to let something arise only for the sake of its own end. The happiness researcher Mihály Csíkszentmihályi describes this process, among other things, as a state of complete immersion, as a frenzy of activity, similar to the Stream Of Consciousness . And this is exactly how Ambient is created, which has always been the genre of music, which practically requires total free spirit in the artist, as well as the recipient, who differs fundamentally from monotonous lounge and so-called relaxation music.

During Autotelias"I" nobody relaxes; should not, never. Demian Castellano (The Oscillation) and Tom Relleen (Tomaga) give the five songs a little more than 55 minutes to put the listener in a constant state of tension and repeat individual tone sequences almost excessively. The almost seven-minute “Floating Island Of The Gods” consists (practically exclusively) of a rather defeatist mantra that annoys and stimulates at the same time. The following "Storm At Tucanae" takes nine minutes on spherical drones, such as the Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation has been launching since 2007, or even drilling & the Club of Gore. "First Flight" in the first place on the tracklist, due to its intricate but still existing rhythm, tends to suggest an electro album by the brand "RIP...

Read the rest here: NEOLYD

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Autotelia album 'I' out today

"Parallels the blissful drift of Cluster’s ‘II’, the overheated ampstacks of prime Spacemen 3 or the becalmed modernism of Eno."

"Imagine if Seefeel came from 70s Berlin!"


Autotelia – the project conceived by The Oscillation’s Demian Castellanos and Tomaga’s Tom Relleen debut album 'I' is released today.

I’ is available on Black/White 'Electric Storm' vinyl via the Rocket shop link below and there is also a 'Wired Green' vinyl version that can be bought from your local record shop:

Rocket Bandcamp

Watch video for latest single 'Red Bloom' here:

Watch video

'Autotelia' started purely as an exploratory audial voyage with no expectations, no boundaries and no context. Autotelia’s sound - as chronicled on ‘I’, evolved purely of its own volition, as its makers were happy to allow their own chemistry and interplay to take its course. This zen-like simplicity of approach has been more than rewarded, as the impulses and intentions blossomed into meditative extrapolations both sonically rich and spiritually captivating (bewitching).

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Matt from Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs talks tattoos with The Pit

Earlier this year, U.K.-based heavy-metal crew Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs (or Pigs x7) dropped their gnarly third LP, Viscerals which channels the doom-meets-sludge of Red Fang, the fun of Turbonegro, noise rock of the Melvins and grind of Torche. As the band continues to ride high on the critically release, we caught up with vocalist Matt Baty to talk tattoos, including his first piece, most painful piece and the one that makes people laugh that he’s not at all embarrassed about at all....

See what Matt said here: The Pit

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Birthday cake for Breakfast premieres new Autotelia video

"Parallels the blissful drift of Cluster’s ‘II’, the overheated ampstacks of prime Spacemen 3 or the becalmed modernism of Eno."

Autotelia – the new project conceived by The Oscillation’s Demian Castellanos and Tomaga’s Tom Relleen have revealed the third track to be taken from their forthcoming  debut album called 'I', which is released on ltd edition vinyl tomorrow.

The track is called 'Red Bloom' and you can watch the colour melting video created by Ross Adams exclusively via Birthday cake for Breakfast here:

Watch video

‘I’ by Autotelia is available to preorder on Black/White 'Electric Storm' vinyl via the Rocket shop link below. There is also a 'Wired Green' vinyl version that can be preordered from your local record shop:

Rocket Bandcamp

'Autotelia' started purely as an exploratory audial voyage with no expectations, no boundaries and no context. Autotelia’s sound - as chronicled on ‘I’, evolved purely of its own volition, as its makers were happy to allow their own chemistry and interplay to take its course. This zen-like simplicity of approach has been more than rewarded, as the impulses and intentions blossomed into meditative extrapolations both sonically rich and spiritually captivating (bewitching).

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Backseat Mafia say some words about J.Zunz latest single 'Four Women And Darkness'

They say:

J. Zunz is the solo project from Lorena Quintanilla – one half of Mexican duo ‘Lorelle Meets The Obsolete’ and today they share ‘Four Women And Darkness’, the second single from the forthcoming second album Hibiscus set for release on 21 August.

The video was first screened over the weekend as part of Supersonic’s ‘Sofasonic Festival’, as J. Zunz was set to play this year as part of the label’s showcase. About the video Quintanilla comments, “‘Four Women And Darkness’ is a story from my grandmother’s childhood. She told me that once during wartime in México in the late 1920’s, she and her sisters were hidden by her grandmother in a little, cold secret room. She hid them there because the militia wanted to search the house. Soldiers used to look for women or girls to rape them or to kidnap them. My grandmother and her sisters stayed there in the dark room for hours until the soldiers left.” She continues…“I asked four close friends of mine to express their own darkness. They all come from different cities and backgrounds. I instructed them with some movements remarking and reassuring the limits of our bodies, which for years have belonged to everyone but us.”

See the post here: Backseat Mafia

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Counteract reviews Rocket's events at Supersonic

They say:

In March, Supersonic announced a bumper 2020 lineup following last year’s sell out weekend in Digbeth. This was not to be, but in June, they announced Sofasonic. With live music on hold over summer, the digital program was welcome news to their curious audience.

July 17th would have been the opening Friday for this summer’s edition of Supersonic. Instead, forty-eight-thousand viewers tuned in to the first evening of Sofasonic. Over the weekend, that number climbed to six-thousand.

A showcase from Rocket Recordings brought new music to the centre of the lineup. J.Zunz (best known as half of Guadalajara’s psych rock duo Lorelle Meets The Obsolete) offered some hynotic new electronica. ‘Faca De Fogo’, a thunderous new collaboration between Supersonic favourites Gnod, experimental percussionist João Pais Filipe, and video artists IMPATV was another highlight. Both offerings embodied the spirit of discovery that always drives this festival’s curation. Experimental duo Petbrick were originally booked to play this summer alongside the other Rocket artists. Instead, Iggor Cavalera kept the party going all night with a storming DJ set. His experience performing with Soulwax shone through as he spun Bad Brains and Black Sabbath over some glitched out beats...

Read the rest here: Counteract

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"A Supersonic Rocket Ship" – Listen to Chris Reeder 's curated playlist for Supersonic

Chris was asked by Supersonic to create a Spotify Playlist for them containing 20 Rocket and non Rocket tracks.

Listen here: Playlist

And this is what Chris said about each track:

A 'SUPERSONIC' ROCKET RECORDINGS PLAYLIST
Compiled by Chris Reeder

Intro (Kinks – Supersonic Rocket Ship)
Sorry, I couldn't resist...

01 Anthroprophh  – Too Old
Our 200th release, apt that it features two musicians who appeared on our first ever release, Paul Allen from The Heads and Gareth Turner from Lillydamwhite (also from Kuro).

02 Landtrance – A Raft
Great track rom one of our favourite albums of the year so far, if you have not heard it then you must!

03 Teitanblood – Ungodly Others
Really love this band, ferocious death metal from Spain.

04 Zen Mother – Beginning
Machine repetitions from Brooklyn that reminds of a slightly more industrial Fabulous Diamonds – another band we love.

05 Kooba Tercu – Cemento Mori
Our first Greek signing on Rocket, and wow, what a way to start! Like many Rocket bands they completely carve out  their own sound – supposed to be stunning live, let's hope they will be at a Supersonic in the near future?

06 Jon Hassell – Blue Nile
Recently reissued on vinyl finally, if you don't have it, get it!

07 J. Zunz  – Y
New signing to Rocket, the solo project of Lore Lorelle Meets The Obsolete from Mexico. We are really gutted that J. Zunz was unable to play Supersonic this year, we cannot wait to get her over to the UK and immerse into her haunting sounds.

08 Nihiloxia – Endongo
Iggor from Petbrick turned us onto the music from fantastic Ugandan label Nyege Nyege, and Nihiloxia became an early favourite from their roster – great band, and a must see live.  

09 Deafkids & Petbrick – Força Bruta
Talking of Iggor...two incredible forces of nature combine to form the unstoppable Deafbrick, so proud to have this on Rocket.

10 Idassane Wallet Mohamed – Aylana
TBH, don't know too much about this, bar it is great!! Desert grooves form Mail.

11 Normil Hawaiians – British Warm
Love this track, goes many places, from Fourth World ambience, to post punk pop to psyched fuzz repetitions. The whole album 'More Wealth Than Money' is well worth checking out.

12 Golden Oriole – The Waxing Slain
Don't know that much about this duo bar they are from Norway and they blew me away at last years Supernormal Festival...another festival we are truly gutted to be without this year.

13 US Music – Rat Kiss the Cat on The Navel
A track that never leaves the DJ bag – a certified fuzz banger from Funkadelic, their best track? We think so!

14 Sex Swing – Garden of Eden / 2000 AD
Another band we are sad to not be playing Supersonic this year – this track from new album Type II is something to behold live!

15 Och – Nu:64
We have been mining the Swedish music scene for years with GOAT, Hills, Flowers Must DIe etc, well Och are the next jaw dropping band, there is definitely something in the water overt there.

16 Kriegshög – Tokyo
Love this absolute filth from Japan.

17 Ngozi Family – Kumanda Kwas Bambo Wanda
Anyone who knows Rocket, knows we are uber fans of the glorious 'Fuzz Wah' sound – and Ngozi Family albums all come filled with it in abundance.

18 Muslimgauze – I shall sing until my land is free
Muslimgauze has such a rich catalogue of music and this track in particularly is a real fave.

19 Buffalo – Freedom
A 70s rock classic..say no more!

20 Autotelia – First Flight
We fell in love with this as soon as we got sent it and we knew had to release it– sounds like a Warp album that came out from 1970's Berlin.

21 Centrum – Som En Spegal
Another Swedish band from the Rocket family – organic repetitions for the soul, perfection!

And if you like this playlist then we recommend you follow our updated monthly 'Rocket Probes' playlist

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Overblown reviews J. Zunz's ‘Four Women And Darkness’ single

They Say:

J. Zunz, the solo invention of Lorena Quintanilla best known as one half of Mexican duo Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, has shared a video for her eerie and unnerving new track ‘Four Women And Darkness’. Taken from her upcoming album of minimal synth Hibiscus, the track is both hypnotic and beautiful.

About the video Lorena Quintanilla comments, “‘Four Women And Darkness’ is a story from my grandmother’s childhood. She told me that once during wartime in México in the late 1920’s, she and her sisters were hidden by her grandmother in a little, cold secret room. She hid them there because the militia wanted to search the house. Soldiers used to look for women or girls to rape them or to kidnap them. My grandmother and her sisters stayed there in the dark room for hours until the soldiers left.”...

Read the rest here: Overblown

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Beats Per Minute review J. Zunz'z Four Women and Darkness

They say:

J. ZUNZ RE-TELLS HER GRANDMOTHER’S HARROWING TALE IN “FOUR WOMEN AND DARKNESS”

J. Zunz is Mexican artist Lorena Quintanilla, formerly one half of Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, who will be releasing her new album Hibiscus on August 21. This week she has shared a new song and video from the forthcoming record called “Four Women and Darkness”. She explains the origin:

“‘Four Women And Darkness’ is a story from my grandmother’s childhood. She told me that once during wartime in México in the late 1920’s, she and her sisters were hidden by her grandmother in a little, cold secret room. She hid them there because the militia wanted to search the house. Soldiers used to look for women or girls to rape them or to kidnap them. My grandmother and her sisters stayed there in the dark room for hours until the soldiers left.”  

All of that tension and fear is compacted into J. Zunz’s imposing production. “Four Women and Darkness” features Quintanalla’s voice, but the words are hard to make out, almost as if she’s whispering within the pitch black of the secret room – she might be a few feet away, or a few millimeters, but the pure shivering fear makes it impossible to know. Synths wash above, while bass pulses below, like invisible pressure pushing in on the hiding bodies, and all you can do is stay still and let that mortal feeling course through you...

Read the rest here: Beats Per Minute

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Sex Swing upload new playlist

Sex Swing have uploaded new music to their Spotify playlist.

So have a listen to some killer tracks by the likes of Kali Malone, June of 44, Megan Thee Stallion, Tomaga, Xylouris White and many, many more.

Have a listen here: Sex Swing – Busy Days

Sex Swing are heading out on tour (hopefully) in the Autumn:

30 Oct / BE / Kortrjik / The Pit's
31 Oct / NL / Amsterdam / OCCII
03 Nov / FR / Paris / Espace B
04 Nov / DE / Koln / MTC
05 Nov / BE / Antwerp / Het Bos
06 Nov / UK / Bristol / Crofters Rights
07 Nov / UK / Liverpool / Kazimier Stockroom
21 Nov / UK / Newcastle upon Tyne / The Cluny

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Echoes and Dust reviews Sex Swing's Passovers

They say:

Release wise it’s been a packed and busy season for what we might loosely call the UK noise rock underground. An absolute bumper crop of albums tumbling out into the weird lockdown limbo. For fans it’s given us plenty to blast in our ears while we’re kicking our heels and biting our nails but it’s a gear grinding migraine for bands who are often at their best in the live environment and hoping to promote a new album. One of the best of the bunch is Sex Swing‘s Type II which came out in May, four years since their debut. Taking this inconvenience in their stride as they prepared for its release the gentlemen of Sex Swing decided to help some of their friends pass quiet hours at home and set them the task of remixing their new album.


Passovers features a remix for each track on Type II in a complementary raft of styles. As these things tend to go, it’s a bit of a mixed bag, exploding their densely layered sound and picking at the elements. It pulls apart the sustained mood of the original album but doesn’t replace it with a new one. This is not Sex Swing in Dub (which has potential I think) or Type II the extended dance mixes (which most likely does not). In fact curiously most of the new mixes are actually shorter, as if the ways in which Sex Swing themselves distend and distort their music are not available to their remixers...

Read the rest here: E&D

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J. Zunz reveals incredible second single – taken from forthcoming album 'Hibiscus'

J. Zunz is the solo project from Lorena Quintanilla – one half of Mexican duo ‘Lorelle Meets The Obsolete’

And we are excited to share with you "Four Women And Darkness" – the second J. Zunz single to appear on the forthcoming second album, Hibiscus (released on 21st August). The following video was first screened over the weekend as part of Supersonic's 'Sofasonic Festival', as J. Zunz was set to play this year as part of the label's showcase.

Watch the video which was filmed in Mexico and edited with Rocket's very own John O'Carroll above.

'Hibiscus' is available to preorder on ltd edition 'Exotic Swirl' vinyl via the Rocket Bandcamp or on ltd 'Tropical Blue' vinyl via your local record shop:

Rocket Bandcamp

About the video Lorena Quintanilla comments,
"'Four Women And Darkness' is a story from my grandmother’s childhood. She told me that once during wartime in México in the late 1920’s, she and her sisters were hidden by her grandmother in a little, cold secret room. She hid them there because the militia wanted to search the house. Soldiers used to look for women or girls to rape them or to kidnap them. My grandmother and her sisters stayed there in the dark room for hours until the soldiers left."  

She continues..."I asked four close friends of mine to express their own darkness. They all come from different cities and backgrounds. I instructed them with some movements remarking and reassuring the limits of our bodies, which for years have belonged to everyone but us."

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Circuit Sweet say some words about J. Zunz

They say:

Hibiscus is the strikingly confident and singular second album from J. Zunz, the solo reinvention of Lorena Quintanilla – better known up until this point as one half of Mexican duo ‘Lorelle Meets The Obsolete.’  Upcoming on Rocket Recordings on the 21st August across all formats, the album is preceded by the lead single “Y” and a powerful video inspired by the artwork of Helena Almeida.


Hibiscus marks a move on sonically from earlier comfort zones in Lorena’s work (check, Silente from 2017) into minimal electronics, hypnotic repetition and compelling trance states, arriving at a soundworld in which cyclical synth patterns, eerie ambient textures and cathartic vocal exhortations coalesce into a beguiling atmosphere of otherworldly intensity. Although some might hear echoes amongst these songs of the like of Angelo Badalementi’s ghostly raptures, the bleak epiphanies of Nico’s Marble Index or Fifty Foot Hose’s spare sci-fi psychedelia, both the approach and the resulting tapestry here are Lorena’s and hers alone....

Read the res here: Circuit Sweet

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Saturday's Rocket Sofasonic events

This weekend is Supersonic's Sofasonic Festival and we are extremely proud to be involved in tomorrow's lineup of events:

7:15pm
Rocket's Chris Reeder is taking part in 'Space is the Place -panel discussion with Marcus Macdonald (Decolonise Fes), Lisa Meyer (Supersonic Festival), Cathy Pellow (Sargent House) and hosted by Luke Turner (The Quietus)

8:20pm
J.Zunz video premiere, followed by the first ever viewing of  IMPATV visualisation of the stunning GNOD & João Pais Filipe's album Faca De Fogo

9:55pm
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Bingo

11:00pm
Petbrick's Iggor Cavalera DJ session

All via Supersonic's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/SupersonicFestival

See www.supersonicfestival.com for the full programme  of the weekends events that starts today.

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'Kooba Tercu Vs Rocket's John O'Carroll' – interview in Rocking.gr

Rocking.gr asked Rocket's John O'Carroll to interview Kooba Tercu and Kooba Tercu to interview Rocket's John O'Carrol:

Kooba Tercu: "Kharrub brighter, Proto-Tekno more ominous"
An unusual dialogue between the band and its record company

Starting in Athens, Crete and London, amid the ruins of a dilapidated structure and a terrifying dystopia, Kooba Tercu returned on May 22 with the album "Proto Tekno". Rhythmic "mantra", dynamic outbursts and experimental attacks compose the main components of the new work of the six-member band released by the historic British company. In particular, Rocket Recordings has been active for over 20 years and has released albums of major bands and different musical orientations such as Ufommamut, Goat, Petbrick and Pigsx7 which are one of the bands with the heaviest stoner sound in Britain at the moment. Initiated by Kooba Tercu, the following interview is a dialogue between the band and one of the two Rocket Recordings executives , John O'Caroll. The band answers the questions asked by John O'Caroll and vice versa. The result solves many of our questions about the mentality of the band but also reveals the intentions and current concerns of a record company in the years 2020.

John O'Caroll of Rocket Recordings at Kooba Tercu

The cover of the new album "Proto Tekno" depicts an illustration of a temple from Southeast Asia, through which they pass through large tree roots. In this I personally see an analogy with the climate that currently exists in the world. What is the symbolism behind choosing this image?

One of the topics that fascinates us is the exploration of dipoles and tensions between the old and the new, the city and the countryside, human culture and nature, underdevelopment and technology, opposition and coexistence. It is true that the development of the capitalist world sometimes gives the impression that it is accelerating simply to disintegrate more violently. Returning to the cover, the existing building is not uninhabited. These almost mechanical roots are an eco-technological local infrastructure that has not yet become a reality. These parasitic lichens break down metals from waste and make them available in biomass cycles. The slow-moving debris can hit satellites, even if they learn quickly ... By the way, for us,...

Read the rest here: Rocking.gr

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GNOD announce November UK Tour

GNOD have just announced a UK tour this November –after the best part of a year without live shows, these are gonna be pretty special indeed:

13 / Preston / The Ferret
14 / Liverpool / The Kazimier 
15 / Manchester / Yes (Pink Room)
16 / Leeds / Mabgate Bleach
17 / Leicester / The SoundHouse 
18 / Cardiff / The Moon
19 / Bristol / The Exchange
20 / London / Studio 9294
21 / Newcastle / The Cluny

We have Ltd edition GNOD shirts and LPs available from here: Bandcamp

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Louder than War puts Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Viscerals in their 'Albums of the Year-So-Far' List

Great to see Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Viscerals at No.2 in Louder Than War's 'Albums of the Year-So-Far' list.

See the full rundown here: Louder Than War

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The Utopia Strong announce second self released LP

The Utopia Strong have just announced 'Dreamsweeper, the second in a series of ltd edition self released LP in hand made sleeves.

You can buy yours from here, and if like the others they won't be around for long:

Bandcamp


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Watch Pasiel's show at CCOP in full

Watch Paisiel's show from Sunday at CCOP Arena in Porto

Buy Paisiel's debut ST album here: Bandcamp

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Brainwashed reviews GNOD and João Pais Filipe's “Faca de Fogo”

They say:

GNOD has made a career—a lifestyle—as a creative collective of musicians that weave together rhythmic, trance-inducing psychedelia and cacophonous pandemonium, unafraid of experimentation across genres. For this release, they connected with Portuguese experimental percussionist Joăo Pais Filipe after meeting up at the Milhões de Festa event in Barcelos, Portugal. This resulting experiment, improvised over 3 days and recorded in four at Joăo’s metal shop, was originally intended to premiere at the (now-socially distanced) 2020 Supersonic Festival in Birmingham, England. Overflowing with meditative tribal percussion and ritual, shamanic musical mantras, these four lengthy tracks ride a rollercoaster of moody atmospherics, Kraut-driven psychedelia and industrial mechanization, and will take an already widened musical mind for a ride.


Having followed GNOD for some time now, I look forward to their many varieties of sound exploration. WIth a fervent following, the collective has been mistaken for a quasi-religious assemblage by the uninitiated with album titles like InGnodWeTrust, but if any religion is present, it is of the divine in music. Pushing the boundaries of ambient, industrial, noise, and jungle, the group has a residency at The Islington Mill in Salford, UK that far exceeds sound to include light and art installations which serves as their creative workspace, as well as to house members. Their sound is genreless from album to album, generally freeform in production, yet with a consistent honoring of largely western-driven industrial sounds...

Read the rest here: Brainwashed

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Listen to 'Rocket Recordings Best of 2020 (so far) ' playlist

We have compiled a playlist together of tracks from this years Rocket Recordings releases so far (one track per release). 

More tracks will be added as they are announced.

Listen/follow here: Rocket Recordings 2020 playlist

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